Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, MARCH 80, 1899.

Manawatu Herald, 30 March 1899, Page 2

Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, MARCH 80, 1899.

Advertisers are requested to notice that the Manawatu Herald will not be published on Saturday next. Mr E. Osborne, of the Centre of Commerce, has a replace advertisement to-day. Messrs Robinson Bros, notify that trespassers on the Herrington estate in pursuit of game will be prosecuted. The next polo tournament will most probably be held in Wellington if a suitable ground can be obtained. Yesterday the polo team selected to go to Australia and a team consisting ot Messrs Lloyd, Dalrymple, Snow and W. Strang, played a match at Palmerston, and resulted in the defeat of the New Zealand team by 7 goals to 3. We hear that through the agency of Mr W. Alzdorf several Foxton town sections has lately changed hands, at prices both satisfactory to vendors and buyers. He has also in hand other properties for disposal. The Maori meeting at Waitangi has been a failure. The proposed visit of Mr Hone Heke, M.H.R., to England, which was contemplated the chief business, is not likely to eventuate. The proposed transference of Mr "H. W. Brabant, S.M., from Auckland to Palmerston North, is to be reconsidered by the Cabinet. A civic dignitary, speaking at the ceremony in connection with the launching of the Mapourika, dealt in glowing terms upon the enterprise of the Union Company, and praised the Mapourika, winding up : " And fancy them sending her to such a port 1" Explanation of what was meant only made matters worse.

A big sunflower, measuring ißin diameter when in full bloom, was grown this season in the garden of Mr F. McGuire, M.H.R., at Okaiawa. A man named Arthur Johnson, working at Bartholomew's mill, Takapau, met with a painful accident at the work 9 on Saturday last, nearly cutting his left foot in two with an adze. He was taken to the Waipukurau hospital by the afternoon train. " Mine is no new message," said General Booth to his Dunedin audience. "lam no advocate of any new religion. We believe in the realities of eternity, the great white throne, the choice of heaven and the pains of hell." The latest reports concerning the salvage operations at the wreck of the s.s. Tasmania are considered highly satisfactory. The diver has been able to make several descents into the forehold, and on each occasion has secured a small parcel of cargo. The great difficulty of working in the saloon is the intense darkness, and to overcome this Mr Porter is now in Wellington for the purpose of securing an electric lighting apparatus, with which t the syndicate are quite confident they will secure what valuables there may be in the cabins* and saloon. The diver is still of the opinion that there will not be any difficulty whatever in carrying out the salvage operations to a successful issue. — N.Z. Times. The Rev. James Spurgeon, whose sndden death in a railway carriage in England was reported in last week's cable messages, was a brother of the late Rev. Charles Spurgeon, the pastor ofthe Tabernacle. On the death of the latter he was mentioned at one time as his successor, but the choice of the congregation eventually fell upon the Rev. Thos. Spurgeon, formerly of Auckland, a son of the great Spurgeon. Mr James Spurgeon was associated with his nephew in the financial arrangements of the Tabernacle. On Friday afternoon at the Thames a little boy, six years ot age, the son of Mr H. Henderson, of the Karaka Creek, was suddenly taken ill, exhibiting all the symptoms of poisoning. He had eaten some tinned fish for dinner, and immediately afterwards became unwell. His head and face swelled up to an abnormal size, the body was covered with large blotches, and feverish symptoms were apparent. Dr Payne was sent for, and administered strong emetics, to the relief of the little sufferer, who has since quite recovered. Mr F. J. Oakes, Secretary of the Nortb Island Brass Band Association, received a cablegram from Mr A. Gartnell, proprietor of the Intercolonial Bandsman, a newspaper published in Bathurst (N.S.W.), offering £150 and 25 gold medals to the Wellington Garrison Band if it will go over to Sydney to compete at the contest to be held there shortly. It is not probable the band will be able to accept the offer. Coloured steel is one of the latest fads in the American jewellery offerings for the season. By some process known to metal workers, steel can, in the furnace, be dyed almost any colour, and marvellous greens, blues, liliacs, reds, yellows, and intermingled tones in steel are displayed by the thrifty jewellers. A red steel watch with inwrought initials in gold in a new and attractive trifle, or a walrus hide card case with wonderful steel bindings is the type of attraction for which American women are forgetting even the precious metals. Between 20 and 30 claims for compensation arising out of the Rakaia railway accident, have already been received. The claims will be investigated by Dr Diamond, medical officer to the Department in Christchurch; Mr Gow, traffic manager, and Mr Gringer, Crown Prosecutor, who will report to the Department. Mr Duthie is notoriously a hard man, as hard as a nail — a simile he will, of course, understand — but he certainly went beyond the borders of good taste, to say nothing of a regard for humanity when he sneered, at Westport, at the Maori race as niggers ! The " nigger " sentiment he probably got from his friend and political mentor, the Hon. John Bryce, whose love for the native is so well known. Even the " Post's " gorge has risen at the coarseness of Mr Duthie's reference to a race which was here before he was born, which is a noble, gallant race, a race of true gentlemen. The person who moved a vote of thanks to Mr Duthie for what he called the " gentlemanly speech " of the member for Wellington a week or two ago will, I presume, go into raptures of enthusiasm and hilarity over the humour of calling a Maori a " nigger." ' " This man from the West Coast and " the niggers." Mr Duthie is getting along very nicely, very nicely indeed. — " Scrutator " in N.Z. Times. The Hon. W. P. Reeves, AgentGeneral for New Zealand, has asked the Duke of Norfolk, the PostmasterGeneral, to send by Suez the New Zealand mails which have hitherto been sent to the colony via Vancouver. The Warrimoo will commence the service, via Brisbane, on April 6. Mr G. W. Russell, in the Canterbury Press, thus dresses down Mr T. E. Taylor: In this day's issue Mr T. E. Taylor is reported as saying: "Thej Premier drew £1200 a year and house allowance, and when he was travelling he drew travelling and hotel expenses, and ten guineas a week pocket money." These statements are incorrect. The Premier's salary is £1000 per year not £1200. As he lives in a ministerial residence he does not draw •£2OO per year house allowance. When travelling, Ministers draw 30s per day travelling expenses, and out of this sum pay all hotel expenses and entertainment of visitors. The cab fares are the only additional expenses they charge the State, and for these vouchers are drawn in the ordinary course. lam surprised Mr Taylor, as a member of Parliament, was not aware of these facts. If he was aware 1 of them, it is difficult to characterise his statement in thus wilfully misleading his hearers, in order to create feeling against the Premier."

A company of native haka dancers from the Hawke's Bay district are advertised to appear at the Public Hall on Saturday and Monday next. By our exchanges the entertainment given by them is very well spoken of. The Empress of China carries with her 3000 dresaes when she travels. These fill 600 boxes, and are taken care of by 1200 coolies. About 5000 words in the English language have no rhyme to them. These include such important words as gulf, month, and echo. The latest Picton conundrum is : Why is a Picton bloater better than a mackintosh ?— Because it only costs a copper and will keep you dry all day. Marvellous I Owing to further sickness in his family the address by Captain Russell and the banquet to him will be postponed till after Easter. To avoid splitting votes, Mr John Wilkie publishes a proposal to Mr A. E. Remington by which the candidate likely to receive least support from the Liberal party for the Patea seat will retire from the contest. The following letter appears in the Manawatu Daily Times: — "One of the heads ofthe Inspectors of Factories Department was making an inspection of the flaxmills of this district and also of the Foxton district last week, accompanied by Constable Foster. He has given the millers notice to put on loose pulleys on the scutcher and drum shafts. With the speed at which scutcher and drum are driven the millers consider it most dangerous to put on a loose pulley. How i? it that this Inspector can recommend this thing to be done, considering that the Government Inspector of Machinery was round all the mills a few months ago, and he did not say anything about it. I understand that the millers are going to petition the Government to send round one of their machinery Inspectors to look into the matter and report to the Government. — lam, etc., Too Many Inspectors." It is no secret that the German Emperor is keenly anxious to visit the Paris Exhibition of 1900 in State. But he is not at all sure whether he will be made welcome by the French. As a preliminary experiment he has induced the German Empress to lease Count Hatzfeldt's ville at Dinard. She will reside there in March, and by what the suite can judge of the demeanour of the French, the Kaiser will be guided as to whether or not he shall go to Paris. The presentation of the public testimonial to the Minister of Lands will be made on April 7th or Bth. Prominent women throughout the State of Illinois are organising a crusade (a Mail telegram from Chicago reports) against the use of the female form in illustrations for advertising Purposes, and a bill will soon be intro* ueed in the State Legislature prohibiting it. Mrs Gertrude Wallace, president of the federated women's clubs, said recently:— "The mothers, daughters, and sisters of free, civilised, enlightened America believe that the common, indiscriminate, immodest use of woman's face or figure as an advertising medium not only lowers the standard of her womanhood in purity and dignity, but depraves the high ideal for which she was created." It is stated on reliable authority, says the N.Z. Times, that the Hon. J. G. Ward is redeeming the promise he made some time ago to pay his creditors 20s in the pound. He has recently paid nearly all his liabilities in the colony, and intends shortly to pay what he still owes Connell and Co., London. He does not intend, however, to pay anything to the Colonial Bank, which he considers was the cause of his bankruptcy. Mr Ward has lately secured several valuable business agencies in the colony, and has come into possession again of nearly all the buildings and lands he formerly held. A remarkable story is agitating a section of London society just now. A young lady of rank (it is the Daily Chronicle which tells the tale), who is engaged to an officer serving in India, recently had her photograph taken by a leading photographer before going out to India to be married. To her horror, when the photographs were sent home, there was plainly to be seen standing behind her, in a very menacing attitude, the phantom image of her fiancee. The young lady was photographed no less than three times under apparently ordinary circumstances, but each time the same form is said to have appeared on the negative. The prospective bride has postponed her departure until enquiries can be made regarding this very singular affair.