Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, FEB. 18, 1899.

Manawatu Herald, 18 February 1899, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, FEB. 18, 1899.

Messrs Abraham and Williams will hold their stock sale at Foxton early in March. Entries are now being received. An alteration appears in this issne i giving the different competitions that will be held each day, commencing on : Tuesday next, for the band contest at : Palmerston North. The final test selection is fixed for Friday following, in j which twelve bands are engaged, from 7 to ii p.m. The Standard understands that the liquidator who is winding up the affairs of the Wellington A. & P. Society has intimated to the members of the Com mittee that he will be obliged if they will forward him a cheque for £10 each as their share towards liquidating the liabilities of the defunct Association. In response to a requisition Mr Geo. Laurenson has definitely decided to contest the Lyttelton seat at the general election. He announces himself as a supporter of the present Liberal party. The candidate was at 1 one time a teacher in the Foxton State School. A Southern paper states that the Government have decided to build three dining cars to be used on the express between Christchurch and Dunedin. Mr Gow, secretary of the syndicate which owns the wreck of the Tasmania, has received a wire from Mahia stating the diver had been down and brought dp some salvage. They expect to succeed. As a mark of the esteem in which Mr Lyall, late teacher at the Hawera school, is beld, the teachers and his class have sent to him at Cheltenham a pair of gold links and a letter expressing the kindest regards and best wishes of his pupils and fellow teachers. —Star. Tbe rumour reported in Palmerston of the possibility . of the Rev. Father Patterson being transferred to Auckland, is, a number of residents of this district will be pleased to learn, absolutely incorrect. — Standard. A miner named Ball has unearthed a nugget weighing 1240 Z. in Nuggety Gully, at Yandoit, 91 miles north of Melbourne. There is again a report at Rongotea that an attempt is to be made to get a licensed house there. It is stated that it is proposed to close a licensed house ' at Foxton and transfer, as was done in the Mangaweka case. I The Otarama took the following cargo from the Aramoho Freezing Works: 6795 carcases mutton, 1818 legs, 87 crates, 12 shoulders, 12 quarters beef, and 92 casks of tallow. '

The bite of the mosquito would scarcely be noticed, were it not for the fact that the insect injects into the wound an acrid juice, which causes the itching and painful sensation. It is said that a tcaspoonful of vinegar boiling on the stove will counteract the smell of strong food. A teaspoonfnl of ground cloves on a few hot coals will produce the same result. It is understood that the financial arrangements are in a forward stp.te for the erection of a new stand on the showground, at an approximate cost °f £ 5°oo« Extensive improvements to the ground are also contemplated, including a new and much larger produce shed. The present area of the show ground will also probably be considerably enlarged at an early date. — Palmerston Standard. A somewhat romantic incident occurred at Masterton on Wednesday. A cabman was seriously injured by a collision in the morning, and had three ribs broken, '"but he was nevertheless married in the afternoon. The marriage was to have taken place on Saturday next, but the bride's desire to have a right to nurse the sufferer caused the fixture to be anticipated. At the sheep fair held at Palmerston last week, Mr G. H. Gower, of Mana--1 kau, averaged £4 us for 36 Border Leicesters, the highest price obtained, at the fair. This is a proof of what* this coast can produce, and Mr Gower is to be congratulated upon the mark he has made. The two youths named Blomley, who shot their father at Ballarat on the 21st of October last year, have been charged with murder. The father, it will be remembered, attempted to thrash their mother, and tne boys shot at him, inflicting wounds to which he subsequently succumbed. The jury returned a verdict of justifiable homicide, and the boys were discharged. The Nelson Mail states that the " man in the street " is speaking of both Sir Robert Stout and Mr Eugene O'Connor as probable candidates for the next general election. Mr T. L. Buick is definitely in the field against Mr C. H. Mills, and is likely to go in. Mr Harman, solicitor of Greymouth, will probably oppose Mr Guinness for Grey. Both are Ministerialists. At New Plymouth the other day the Stock Inspector, Mr Orbell, was obliged to condemn no less than 52 tubercolous pigs out of one herd. Fruit is so plentiful in Nelson this season that the proprietors of the Jam Factory there have declined to buy any more at present. In fining a Hawera publican for selling liquor to an intoxicated man, the presiding Magistrate said he held that if a man is but. half drunk it is a breach of the Act to supply him with drink. The Opposition intend opening their campaign against the Government towards the close of the present month. Captain Russell will proceed to Auckland to deliver an address, after which ssveral other centres will be visited. The patent Ebor horseshoe is attracting some notice in the old country. It is represented as a partially fuller concave shoe, with a deep slot at either heel, in which is inserted an oblong of indiarubber, or equivalent material. As the foot is set down this ping is compressed, and diminishes concussion, at the same time giving a more secure foothold on slippery roads. The shoe has been patented, and the holders of the patent have announced ; their intention of opening forges , throughout England for supplying and affixing the shoe. Next to the Jersey and Guernsey, ' the Kerry gives, perhaps, the richest milk of any British breed of cattle, : though it is closely run for this honour :by the Devon. At the last London j Dairy Show Jersey milk topped the j list with an average of 5-4 per cent, of butter fat ; Guernsey milk came next with 5' 1 per cent., while Kerry stood third with a butter fat percentage of 4*7; oddly enough Shorthorns and Ayrshires tied in this test for fourth place with a percentage of 4*07. The Wellington correspondent of the Auckland Herald telegraphed on Monday : — ln commercial circles to-day rumours are current of changes in the staff of the Bank of Zealand. I understand that one of the highest officers of the Bank will retire in March next. This gentleman's great ability was the theme of a Parliamentary discussion last session, as a result of which he was induced to rejoin the Bank. Other changes of a similar character are talked of. At the last meeting of the Wanganui Education Board, considerable discussion took place on a motion to rescind .the decision of the Board recently arrived at requiring teachers away on sick leave to get a clean certificate of health before being allowed to resume duty. Eventually, it was decided to modify the original resolution by requiring the Board to state, when giving leave, whether a medical certificate will be necessary before the particular teacher resumes duty. There can be no question that it is necessary, in the interests of the children as well as the teachers themselves, that the instructors at our public schools should be in perfect health and that no traces of infectious disease should be carried where the health of the little ones depends so largely on the character of the surroundings.—Standard . The original Jubilee Singers have again arrived in the colony, and have commenced a season at Auckland. A man named John Rule was drowned in a dam at Kennedy's sawmill, Stratford, while bathing yesterday. He was unable to swim, and got out of his depth. The friends of the Methodist Church are making special preparations for the Harvest Thanksgiving services tomorrow. The decorations will be particularly good, and there will be a splendid show of fruit and vegetables. Mrs Woollass gives an address to parents and children in the afternoon, and Mr Woollass preaches morning and night '

There are 672 known volcanoes in the world, of which 270 are active. Miss Bearne, who has had considerable experience in dealing with the people who inhabit the London slums, has co.me out to Wellington under engagement to a mission established by Bishop Wallis and a number of Church of England adherents, and is labouring zealously amongst the poor of the city. — Post. Aldridge, for escaping from the Wellington Gaol, was sentenced to ia months' extra imprisonment. The man John Mitchell, who was fined £250 for keeping an illicit still at Reefton, has not paid the fine. He has been arrested and conveyed to Hokitika Gaol. A movement is afoot in Australia toorganise a testimonial to Mr Charles Bannerman, the cricketer. The measles epidemic in Auckland seems to have passed, but whooping cough has become rather prevalent. A fund is being raised in Auckland to defray the expenses of Bishop Lenihau's visit to Rome. Mr Thomas McKenzie, ex-member for Clutha, has left England for the colony by the Kaikoura. Mr Giles Keeley, Wakanui, Canterbury, has threshed a paddock of oats this year that yielded 117 bushels to the acre. • At Oneeunga a few days ago a boy named Wells, eight years old, had the back of his hand severed while holding ar piece of wood for his brother to chop. The Otaki tennis players are unfortunately unable to come to Foxton on the 25th inst., but will be able to later on. In the meantime they have requested the Foxton players to visit them and play a match on Easter Monday.