Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1899.

Manawatu Herald, 16 March 1899, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1899 .

f " .... . . In all probability it will not be long before wireless telegraphy will be an accomplished fact in Australia. The West Australian Government, for instance, propose to institute telegraphic communication between Rottnest Island and Fremantle, a distance of fourteen miles, by the wireless system. Among the cows tested for tuberulosis in Napier by Mr Park, Government Veterinarin, a few weeks ago one of those condemned was a fine healthy looking animal, apparently in prime condition, belonging to a gentleman of the town and .used for supplying milk to his family. The Salvation Army has been advised that General Booth will fulfil his New Zealand programme. The New Zealand Times states that the Crown Prosecutor has been instructed by the Marine Department to take proceedings in the Supreme Court to force Captain Jones to take cognisance of the cancellation of his certificate. The deaths are announced of Mrs Keely, the actress, and of Mr Secreton, the founder of the copper ring. The Levin Polo Club has entered a team for the Junior Cup in the forthcoming tournament, which opens in Palmerston this week. The same club are also trying to secure a suitable ground in Levin, the present site at Poroutawhao being considered too far away. — Otaki Mail. Tamatauhakatangihangakoauau, is the name of a place on the sale maps issued of the Ngapaeruru block. The Dannevirke paper says : " Before that land could be offered to the public a large part of its title should be chopped off." Mr George Hutton, of the staff of the Bank of New Zealand at Oamaru, has been transferred to Palmerston North. He assumes his new duties this week. The West London coroner stated at a recent inquest that at least 600 children are annually suffocated in London through sleeping in the same beds as their parents. Mr W..H. Smith, proprietor of the Manawatu Daily Times, has just completed the purchase of the Rangitikei Advocate. The annual Methodist picnic will take place to-morrow when the s.s. Flower of Kent will take the party for a trip on the river. The steamer has been timed to leave at 9.30 a.m.,

General Booth will celebrate his 70th birthday on 10th April. Since the outbreak of the plague in India 200,000 deaths have been registered. The Hastings agency of the Bank of New Zealand is to be closed. Captain Russell's two sons are rapidly recovering from their severe attack of typhoid fever. Here is a peculiar security. In tho current number of the Mercantile and Bankruptcy Gazette appears the following: — Sam Koy, ofOtaki, gardener, to E. C. Cachemaille, £220 ; security 150 tons potatoes, 70 tons onions, 70 tons hay, and 40,000 cauliflowers 1 The election of three members of the Wanganui Education Board resulted as follows : — F. J. Lethbridge, 87 votes; Fred. Pirani, 80; B. C. Robbins, 71 ; Mrs Stewart, 22 ; Rev. W. Woollass, 10. The first three were elected. At the Education Board meeting at Wanganui Mr Sanson's report on the Foxton fence was adopted, and he was instructed to attend to the work. The Standard understands that there is a great deal of sickness in Palmerston just now. Diphtheria, typhoid fever, scarlet fever, and influenza being amongst the prevalent diseases. At the Palmerston S.M. Court on Tuesday afternoon judgment was reserved in the case of Reeve v. Wakefield, a claim for £20 for the use of a horse. A very enjoyable dance was held at the Public Hall last night, a large number being present from all parts of the district. The total amount payable annually for old age pensions granted up to the present by the Wellington Magistral is £6107. Of 443 applicants, 327 were granted full pensions. There are several minor accounts with a few rejected orpostponedfor further proof. Tourists who have lately been in the north state that some ot the Austrian camps with their whares, look like a Maori settlement. The Austrians are giving more for the lease-holds of blocks to work out the gum than the freeholds of these blocks had been in the market for. They, however, do not care whether they are freehold or not, as all that they want is the gum. They put in a face of Bft or 10ft, turn the whole soil over, and make a remunerative living on land which had already been turned over two spits deep by the colonial gum-digger. It is found that the gum lies layer under layer. A Haw era business man on being congratulated upon the energy of the surrounding settlers, the fact that they had very small rates to pay, the fertility of the soil, and that they wanted nothing else to make the place prosperous and the people happy, replied with a sigh, " That is all very true, but — we sadly want a harbor," There is no such thing as content— even in Hawera. The Post has discovered that Mr Seddon's expenses and allowances for three years, including his Hobart and Jubilee trips, have been £3459 3s 4d, and the paper continues : — " And the man who is going about the colony dropping tears about the poor condition of the 65-year-old colonist, and the great favor given to him by paying him the ufd per day, is the same gentleman who demands £6 10s per day when absent from Wellington, and a salary of £1000 a year and a house allowance of £200. To maintain a Premier for one day out of Wellington costs more than a pensioner gets for six months, and yet the Premier drops tears when he mentions the old pensioners." A. A. Lissaman, writing to the Palmerston Standard on the above subject, deplores the apathy of the public at Palmerston North in cricket matters. The ground is said to be one of the best in the North Island, and yet on the last day of the match bet weed Manawatu and Wanganui last week the takings at the gate amounted ot the miserable sum of 18s! Volcanic cl^nges at Ngauruhoe and Tongariro have been reported by recent visitors. A public meeeting was held at Taikorea on Saturnay night for the purpose of forming a dairy factor)'. Mr Greenaway offered very good terms to the company if formed. He offered the company an acre of ground and was willing to lend the company £1000 for three years at 6 per cent. If at the end of that period the venture was not a success he said he would be willing to take over the factory. He also offered to subdivide his estate of 3000 acres into farms which would be suitable to dairy purposes. Mr Couper also offered to place 500 acres of his estate on the market for dairying farms. The meeting was very enthusiastic over the matter and 600 shares of £2, each were taken up in the room. It is surmised that the factory will be built on Mr Greenaway's property about three miles from Rongotea. All the land offered is ! first class and should bring some good ! settlers to the district. With gentle- ! men like Messrs Greenaway, Couper and Clark to back it up, the factory '■ should boom ahead. — Standard. Following is the lull text of the letter which Roythorne, who committed suicide at Dannevirke last week, left behind him : — " March 9th, 1899. Dear mother and father, — By the time you read these few lines I hope I shall be out of the troubles and trials of this world. It is all through being out of work that is making me do it. I am very sorry to cause you this trouble, as I know you have had plenty of it, but if I continue the way I am going I know I shall go clean cronk. Dear mother, do not drop any tears — not a single one, but just say he is better off where he is. I enjoyed myself immensely at the sports yesterday, and bade them all goodbye. The jury may find that I com- j mitted suicide whilst in a low state of mind through being out of work, which is really the cause, as I am sane as any man. P.S. — Good-bye brothers ; and sisters, mother and. father. Your loving son, George."

To-morrow night the grand Catholic concert and entertainment will take place at the Public Hall. The programme will be of such a high order that those who atterfd may be sure of getting their moneys worth. The local Dramatic Club will also stage an amusing piece, and they are sure to acquit themselves creditably. The Maori Gazette of a recent date opens with a notice by the Hon. R. Sedd">n, Native Minister, donounclng the practice of makutu and the profession of tohunga. He states in strong terms that the Crown means to put a stop to these practices, and that the police have instructions to prosecute if they continue. A correspondent in the Auckland Herald referring to a recent suicide in the northern city and the fact that the victim was suffering from cancer, which was supposed to be incurable, says he knows of the existence of one person in Auckland who can cure this hitherto incurable disease. As the editor rightly points out in a foot note, it is not creditable that any man should have the power of curing cancer and should make a secret of his methods. Any man having such a power should not stay in Auckland, but should go to Europe, where he will find thousands whom he might relieve | from hopeless torture. A cricket match will be played at Victoria Park on Saturday next against a Taikorea team. The following players will represent the Foxton Clvb :— Stiles, Betty, Nye, Martin, Ingram, Morgan, Cockery, Wissen, Wanklyn, Falkner, Shadbolt. Emergencies : Mitchell and Gray. The tragic fate ot a promising young officer in the Guards, named Alexis Philosophoff, is reported from St, Petersburg, says the Vienna correspondent of the "Standard. A few days ago 'he severely reprimanded a soldier under his command for breach of discipline. The man answered him most impertinently, and, carried away by passion, Phifosophoff drew his revolver and shot him dead. Directly afterwards seized with remorse for what he had done, he took his own life. The unhappy officer was son of the private secretary of Queen Olga of Greece, who was his godmother, and Her Majesty has been informed of the sad event by telegram. The Terrace . End school children, in charge of their teachers and friends came down by an excursion train yesterday morning. The train stopped at Victoria Park, where about 250 persons alighted. The remainder, i about the same number, came into ' town and a great many took the opportunity of going to the sea beach , for a trip in one of the river steamers. ! At the Park a cricket match between the Foxton and visiting school lads was played, and resulted in a win tor the Palmerston boys. Games of different kinds were played, and sports for the children were carried out. Milk and hot water was supplied in 1 large quantities, which was much app reciated by those present. The visitors on leaving for home, expressed themselves as very much pleased with their visit, and cheers were given for one and all when the train departed. The Mayor (Mr Alf. Fraser), had his time fully occupied in looking after the comfort of the visitors, and the arrangements made by him were considered most satisfactory.