Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, FEB. 11, 1899.

Manawatu Herald, 11 February 1899, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, FEB. 11, 1899.

Owing to Tuesday next being proclaimed a public holiday on account of the school excursion the Manawatu Herald will not be published on that day. Mr Hamer has just received direct from England the latest invention in inhalers for the administration of Nitrous Oxide Gas during tooth extraction. It is absolutely safe and quite painless. Mr Hamer has got a good reputation as an expert and quick extractor and we have no doubt he will meet with plenty of local support in his new venture. The Rev. W. Colenso, F.R.S., F.L.S., one of New Zealand's earliest 1 settlers, and the first man to introduce the printing press, which he landed at the Bay of Islands on January 3, 1835, died at Napier yesterday, aged 88. The shortening of the San Francisco mail time by two days from the colony to London will probably be inaugurated next month by the Mariposa, which will not leave Auckland until Monday, 20th proximo, in place of the previous Saturday. The change will reduce the through mail time to London to 30 days. The Warrimoo brought 350 Virginian quail for the Wellington Acclimatisation Society, and Columbian salmon ova consigned to the Minister for Marine. The Postmaster-General of New South Wales has decided to keep all post and telegraph offices open on Sundays similarly to week days. Twenty-six cows in twenty-six minutes— that is the rate at which the milking machines at the Ontario station do their work. At the Methodist Church to-morrow night the Rev. W. Woollass will continue his series of sermons on Bunyan, the special character selected for treatment being " The Man in Rags." In consequence of a want of funds in an up-country church, at a meeting of the trustees, it was resolved ' That the quarterly collections be in future taken up every alternate Sunday. 1 This accomplished the object in view.

School excursion to Pahiatua on Tuesday. Constable Forster received a wire from Wellington this afternoon that the man Aldridge, who escaped from the Terrace Gaol, Wellington, about a fortnight ago has been arrested. It is reported that the natives are disposing .of oats at 6s per sack in Hastings. The aggregate military expenditure of the British Empire has advanced during the last thirty years from about £25,250,000 to close upon £50,000,000 sterling. The greatest banquet in history took place on August 18, 1889, when the 40,000 mayors of France sat at a table in the Palais de I 1 Industrie, in Paris. There were three relays of about 13,000 guests each. To prepare the feast required about 75 chief cooks, and 13,000 waiters, scullions, etc. Terrific storms have swept the Atlantic. The Cunard liner Lucania, bound to New York, fought the hurricane for sixteen hours. Oil was poured on the sea, but proved useless. Approaching the American Coast a shoal of whales in front of the steamer necessitated the stoppage ot the vessel to prevent her propeller fouling them. What we have been experiencing here. The Wairarapa Standard says : A slice ofc winter has been experienced in the Wairarapa during the past few days, and the towns have consequently presented a very deserted appearance. Prophets aver that a lengthy spell of warm and dry weather will follow this unseasonable outburst. It is reported that Mr T. W. Kirk, the Government Biologist, has received an excellent offer from one of the Australian Governments. A jockey named R. McKay, ended the year 1898 in a peculiar way at Trentham (Victoria) races. He won an event, but as the stewards thought that he had done his best to lose they passed him out for twelve months. This is about the most remarkable thing that could happen any jockey. An old Scotch couple, each of whom had reached well night 80 years of age, came before Mr Carew seeking a pension. The old man was earning 158 a week, but out of that he had to pay rent. A witness who had known the two for over 50 years gave them an excellent character, and said they were very industrious people. The magistrate, in issuing a certificate for a full pension to each of them, said they looked as if they deserved it. A revolting scene was witnessed at Norfolk, Virginia, at the execution of John Anderson, the sailor who murdered the captain and mate of the ship Olive Pecker. Anderson was a powerfully-built man, and his weight caused the rope to break. Anderson fell upon his face, and the blood spurted over the hands of the Sheriffs deputies, who were in charge of the hanging. The wretched man was immediately seized by the deputies and held, whilst another rope was procured, with which, after some delay, the sentence of the law was carried out without further horrors. Saturday, 18th February, is to be held as a public holiday in Auckland, with the view of enabling a procession of citizens and school children to proceed to the Domain in connection with the proposed memorial to the late Sir Geo. Grey. The Pope is one of the wealthiest men in the world. In the Vatican, a palace which contains 7000 rooms, the worth of gold objects stored is estimated at £4,000,000 by weight alone, and each piece has increased in value a quarter or a third by the skilled artisans through whose hands it has passed. These treasures are practically the personal estate of the Pope. Everybody has heard of the old superstition about thirteen being an unlucky number, and most people laugh at a delusion which is fondly cherished by a few. The believers, however, have recently found comfort in a letter written to his friends by a passenger on the ill-fated steamer Mohegan which was wrecked, with great loss of life, on the coast of Cornwall in November last. The following passage is said to have occurred in the letter : *I am not superstitious, but if there is any ill-luck about the number thirteen I ought to get it this journey, as I have taken No. 13 cabin and paid £13 for it.' He was drowned, and his corpse, when identified, was the thirteenth in the line of recovered bodies. Germany offers a remarkable object lesson to the world in the way she manages her forests. In that country about 11,000,000 acres of forest land are owned by the State, and the yearly revenue is not less than £4,000,000. The Grand Duke of Saxe- Weimar is said to be the wealthiest Prince in Germany. His wife, who was his first cousin, and, like himself, a grandchild to the Czar Paul of Russia, brought him a dower of 4,000,000, in addition to vast estates in different parts of Europe. His private income is not over-estimated at £2000 a day. The following correspondence was dealt with at the Palmerston Hospital Board meeting on Thursday morning : — From the Foxton Town Clerk, intimating that the Council consented to the Saville property being vested in the Board, and forwarding particulars of same— Resolved that the transfer be completed, Messrs Park and Aisher being appointed to sign alt documents in connection therewith. From the Foxton Borough Council, forwarding a statement of accounts, and requesting a cheque for £19 13s nd the balance due up to September last. Messrs A. S. Baker, A., J., and W. Strang, who went to Christchurch to play against the Polo Club there, returned home on- Wednesday. On Saturday last they played against the Southern team and easily defeated them by 7 goals to 3. The visitors were again victorious on the Monday following, but on account of the rain the ground was anything but fit for good play. The result of the second game was Bto 5. The combined and fast play of the victors was too good for the players in the Cathedral City,

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