Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1889

Manawatu Herald, 23 March 1899, Page 2

Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 18 89

At a special meeting of the Manawatu Agricultural Association at Pal merston authority was given to the ■comvnittee to borrow £5000 to enlarge tbe Show Ground at Palmerston, and effect the necessary improvements.

The girl who was lost in the bush ne ir Charters Towers (Q.) subsisted on wa er for five days.

At the Auckland Police Court the other day a female defendant was fined £5, with costs £2 6s, for keeping a dangerous dog.

Defective surface drainage is believed to be responsible for the present outbreak of sickness in Palmerston North.

A collision occurred on the Aboukir railway line. The Governor of Alexandria was among the twelve persons injured.

Work on the Makohinej viaduct is being carried on day and night, and excellent progress has been made. About 40 men are employed.

The hop production iq the Nelson district this season is set down at 5000 bales as against 2000 last year.

Mr Lloyd, proprietor of the Chicago Tribune, is on a visit to New Zealand, accompanied by his son.

A tobacco leaf grown in Masterton 3ft 6in long and 13m wide is being exhibited.

The Cromwell rabbits are so numerous and press so heavily upon the means of subsistence that, it is stated, they threaten to develop into carnivorous animals.

Mrs Edward Harris, of Hastings, has given birth to twins seven times. The last pair were boys, and arrived about two weeks ago. The fourteen children are all living.

A large ball of hair, taken from the stomach of a cow, having accumulated through tha animal licking herself, has been handed to the Masterton Museum.

A syndicate of 25 Westport townspeople has drawn the second prize in Tattersall's sweep on the Newmarket Handicap, worth £1225.

Judge Ward has held office longer than any other Judge in New Zealand, having held appointment for over 33 years. His present salary is £900 per annum.

The Executive of the Victorian Government has commuted the death sentence on Madame Radalyski, who was implicated in the murder of the girl Mabel Ambrose, to ten years' penal servitude ; and that on the young man Travice A. Tod, who was also convicted of murder, to six years' penal servitude.

Speaking at Auckland on Monday night, the Premier said that so long as he had control oi the affairs of New .Zealand he would oppose any large borrowing policy, as it meant waste, political pressure, and money spent on unproductive works;

Captain Harvey* of, the well-known trader, the Oitecii df thd South, who has been absent from the command df the vessel for some time past on holiday leave; resumed his duties on Mondftjh

Two hundred and eighty-five libraries have made the formal return necessary to participate in the vote of £2000 for subsidies to public libraries. The vote affords a subsidy of £$ 3s 3d in the £ on the nominal income, and the subsidies range from £16 7s 7d to £4 ss.

The total amount payable annually for old age pensions granted up to the present by the Wellington Magistrate is £6,107. Of 443 applicants 327 were granted full pensions, several minor amounts, while a few were rejected or postponed for further proof.

Mr G. M. Schilling, the man who is " walking round the world " for a wager of 5000 dollars, arrived in Palmerston from Pahiatua on Friday night. He left New York, on the 3rd August, 1897, and was to be back on the 3rd of August, igoi. Shilling undertakes to walk 29,000 miles in that time.

Six weeks ago it was reported that the remains of a baloon and some skeletons were discovered by the Tunguses tribe in Northern Siberia. This story was, however, discredited. A Russian mine-owner has now admitted that the alleged discovery of Herr Andree's body and the remains of the balloon was only a hoax. Professor Nathorst will leave Christiania next June in search of Andree.

There are smart men, even among farmers (says an exchange). Down South a man had forty acres which he wanted ploughed, the usual price being £1 per acre. He offered prizes for a ploughing mateh — first prize £5. second £3, third £1. All the best talent rolled up, with teams and ploughs, wives and families. Judges were appointed, and the whole thing, including prizes and refreshments only cost twelve pounds.