Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, FEB 21, 1899

Manawatu Herald, 21 February 1899, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, FEB 21, 1899

Lord Salisbury's estimate of the present condition of the Church of England is not very flattering. In a speech in the House of Lords he said " We have no discipline in the Church of England, it is quite true, whether in morals or efficiency, whether in doctrine or ritual." The " Disarmament " conference will probably meet about the middle of next month (March.) The sincerity of the Czar is open to considerable doubt. A correspondent who has been travelling for two months through European Russia says that ieverish haste is being shown in the work at the naval dockyards; that the number of men enrolled for the army and navy in October and November was larger than in any previous year ; that reinforcements are being sent to the Far East as fast as they can be transported ; and that the garrisons on the Russo-Turkish frontier in the Caucasus have of late been largely increased. A notable case of generosity is reported from the Lancashire cotton village of Withnell. Mr H. T. Parke, a well-known Liberal and Wesleyan in North Lancashire, has retired from business as a manufacturer, and has presented £20,000 to be divided among old workpeople of 20 years' standing. None have received less than £60, several have got £200, one £600, and two £1000 each. There are 89 million gallons of Scotch whisky lying idle in bond owing, Mr Dewar says, to the difficulty of finding a sufficient supply of suitable water with which to mix the spirit. The Hokitika townspeople are arranging to make a presentation to the Hon. J. McKenzie, Minister of Lands, prior to his departure for the Home Country. Picric acid is a remedy against the so-called eczema, according to the Paris Bulletin Medicale, a solution of 1 part picric acid in 86 parts pure water, applied with a brush on the diseased portions of the skin, is said to allay the painful itching at once. It forms a sort of protective covering over the sore spot, under which the healing and cicatrization progress quickly. — Scientific American. It is announced that Lady Margaret Primrose, second daughter of the Earl of Rosebery, will shortly marry the Earl of Crewe, who was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from 1892 to 1895. The next "English and European mail via San Francisco will close at the local post office on Friday, the 17th day of March, at 3 p.m. A man named Alfred Ford has been committed for trial at Melbourne for the murder of a Chinaman named Dan Young, near Horsham. Young disappeared in September last, and recently a skeleton was found in a hut covered with bloody bags. The skull had been smashed. Ford, shortly after the tragedy, sold Young's horse and cart, which he stated he had bought. He then left the district. When arrested he had Young's watch in his pocket. To those who did not know Sir George Grey, the small amount he left behind has come as a matter of astonishment. One paper says that j he who was a " greater and truer Empire maker than Mr Cecil Rhodes. j and might have piled up as many millions, leaves an estate valued in the 1 gross at £858." But Sir George Grey 1 used his opportunities and wealth for the public good in his life-time. Totara timber is being sold in Petone at 19s per 100 ft. j It is reported that the prospectors who are out in the Whangamomona district on behalf of a Stratford syndicate, have located the place where the specimen of gold quartz was recently obtained. Captain Russell is now being pricked ron to activity by his own party's newspapers who remind him that he made serious charges against the Government and that it is time he attempted to substantiate them. — Southern Standard.

On Monday the Premier received a 1 telegram from the Secretary of State ; stating that the Austrian Government j had taken steps to prevent any more Austrians leaving for New Zealand. Any New Zealander who stands on the Auckland wharf and watches ■ hundreds of cases of tinned fruit being : lander for colonial consumption from the San Francisco mail steamers, I cannot but feel ashamed of the lack of enterprise and industry that permits such a condition of affairs to exist. Our librarian, Mr Chapman, has had quite a large addition made in the number of newspapers which are being supplied free since the commencement of the New Year. Besides several new magazines the following papers are now regularly received : — The Daily News, New Plymouth; The Budget, New Plymouth ; The Weekly Record, Inglewood ; The Evening Mail, Waitara ; Eltham Argus ; Hawera Morning Post ; Egmont Settler, Stratford ; Wairarapa Daily Standard, Masterton ; The Examiner, Woodville; The Pelorus Guardian, Havelock ; Press, Christchurch ; and Lyttelton Times, Christchurch. In Birmingham 37,000,000 pins are produced daily, while the other manufacturing places of England are responsible for about 19,000,000 a day. France furnishes the market with 20,000,000 each day, and Germany and other countries yield 10,000,000. The Duke of Devonshire's mayoralty at Eastbourne, it was shown at a late meeting of the Town Council, must have cost His Grace nearly £10,000. It was decided that the grateful thanks of the Council should be suitably engrossed and presented to the Duke. The success which attended the last moonlight excursion on behalf of the Foxton Brass Band has led the Committee to hold another, and which will be held on Wednesday, March Ist. Three hours on the river in the s.s. Flower of Kent is promised for the low price of 2S, with refreshments provided. As the Band are deserving of help financially, this means of doing so will no doubt be taken advantage of by a great many. Three members of a family of 14 children are on exhibition in London. One, a young woman, weighs 36 stone, and measures 78 inches round the waist ; a brother, aged 20, weighs 19 stone, and measures 48 inches round the chest ; and the third, a girl, turns the scale at 24 stone. The most remarkable endeavour ever proposed to be made by the youth of the United States has now been triumphantly started, namely, the collecting of money from school-children in order to build a new battleship to be named the American Boy, as a memorial to the Maine. The head of the Good Templar Order in New Zealand, the Rev. E. H. Taylor, is to visit Foxton at the end of this week. He is lecturing in the interests of Good Templary, and will give limelight illustrations of his subjects. He has been all through the colony and had large and enthusiastic meetings. As he is a most able and eloquent speaker, we expect he will have large meetings in Foxton. The American Government has just published an old maid's chart, which is expected to be of the greatest value to unmarried women all over the country. It is a map, printed in colours, and shows at a glance just in what localities bachelors are thickest^ and in what regions spinsters are most dense per square mile. Mr Bridge, dentist, will be in Foxton on Wednesday, Ist March. Mr W. B. Rhodes has an altered advertisement to-day in which are given several of the agencies he holds. He also announces that all the goods purchased from him are of the best quality, and are disposed of at the lowest possible prices.