Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, JULY 1, 1899.

Manawatu Herald, 1 July 1899, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, JULY 1, 1899.

In Dunedin onions are rising in value, prime are said to be scarce at £5 per ton. From the Wool Broker's report of the May sales we notice that one wellknown local clip realised B£d per Ib. The Post learns that the Auckland doctors hold out no h6pe for the recovery of Mrs Thompson, wife of the Minister of Justice. A French vessel which was seized for infringing the Newfoundland bait laws, sailed away with a Customs officer on board. The officer was subsequently set adrift on a raft. We have been requested to draw attention once again to the unsatisfactory information that is to be obtained at the Borough office with regard to sites in the cemetery. The plan that was made a year or two ago should be regularly added to, and as the Town Clerk is a surveyor there should be little trouble in getting this done. The funeral of Mr and Mrs John Robinson's baby boy took place yesterday afternoon. Four little girls carried the tiny casket to the hearse, and again, at the cemetery to the grave side. Many wreaths were sent by sympathising friends. The casket was white with white metal mountings. Mr Brown, lay reader ot Shannon officiated in the absence of the Vicar at the Synod. Mr Jonson was the undertaker. The man Isaac Bowe got his case heard yesterday, owing to the visit of another Justice. He was charged with having struck Mrs Wanklyn, though it was not a heavy blow. He admitted having put his hand out but did not think he had struck her, which he owned would have been very cowardly. He said he had been drinking heavily the last three days. He was fined 20s, costs ss, in default seven days hard labour.

The Borough Council meets on Monday night. The Steele- Payne family of Musicians have secured the Public Hall for an early date. Messrs Abraham and Williams hold their usual stock sale at Palmerston on Thursday. The libel action, E. G. Jellicoe v. Blundell Brothers has been, by counsel, submitted to the arbitration of Sir James Prendergast. The news now to hand about the anarchy in the Southern Phillipines has much to do with the firmness in the flax market. The Rev. W. Woollass preaches at the Primitive Methodist Church tomorrow night, and Mrs Woollass will sing one of her special sacred solos. The Queen reviewed 14,000 troops at Aldershot. The Sydney Lancers were attached to the First Cavalry Brigade, and acquitted themselves excellently. They received an ovation. At the Synod Mr John Kebbell presented a petition asking for the appointment of a clergyman to take I charge of the district from Otaki to Paikakariki, with headquarters at Otaki. Dairymen are now beginning t° advocate that cows should be fed with crushed maize if il is desired to secure the best returns of cream either for cream alone or for cream for the churn. In either case the best quality is by this means ensured. Mr Hogg, M.H.R., speaking at Eketahuna the other night, expressed himself of the opinion that if gambling could not be prevented, it would be a good thing to legalise it and so keep the money which annually went out of the colony for sweeps in the place. Paper that is absolutely waterproof has been invented by a Parisian chemist. The process can be carried out after the paper is made, or during the operation of making it. Paper thus treated will be very valuable for packing. Slightly irregular. A French paper reports the transit through Paris and Marseilles of " Sir Dar Kitchener, Duke of Khartoum, Member of the Chamber of Lords, Chief of the Military Council of Great Britian, and Governor-General of the Central African Indies." The Christchurch Meat, Company are busy converting Messrs Nelson Bros.' freezing works at Woodville into a central bacon-curing factory for. the North Island, and their representative, Mr Anderson, informs the Dannevirke Press that he anticipates the works will be in going order within a month. The Post says it is expected that the no-confidence debate will end on Tuesday next. So far the interest excited has been small, owing to the circumstances of the Marine Scandal being so fresh in the minds of the public, and the result of the voting being practically a foregone conclusion. India has just been given a farthing stamp. It is to cover the postage on newspapers that weigh under three ounces. This new stamp is carmine in colour and ordinary in design ; within the oval is the profile bust of tha Queen Empress, generally known as the Jubilee portrait. On the upper edge of the oval are the words " India Postage," and beneath the oval runs the legend " Three pies." This stamp is about the lowest value of any postage stamp in the British Empire. At the last meeting of the Wanganui Educational Institute it was resolved to communicate with the Union Steam Ship Company regarding the running of a special excursion steamer for teachers and their friends from Wei lington to the South Sea Islands during the midsummer holidays, and that should a favourable reply be received the proposal be submitted to the branches, and if it be approved the teachers of the colony be invited to take advantage of the excursion. Some of the imported boulders which have been put on our roads for metal have been broken by the day men, but every ratepayer can easily figure out the cost of this slow process. Our roads are not a success whoever takes them in hand. We look forward with pleasure to the time the clay on the Main street will be raked off and carted to some other spot as has been promised for some time. One of the witnesses in the Chinese raiding case at the Christchurch Magistrate's Court pleaded as an excuse for his presence in the gaming house that he had been giving one of the Chinamen lessons in English and the Bench further gathered from this young man's evidence that he was a Sunday school teacher! When in order to facilitate matters, this defendant said he was prepared to plead guilty, the Justices expressed horrified surprise that a Sunday school teacher should not only have been in the house, but should actually plead guilty. A leading Australian ecclesiastic, who is also a Frenchman, was asked the other day on his return trom a visit to Europe, what he thought of the Dreyfus- affair. Here is his astonishing reply : "It is an agitation fomented by foreigners, and backed up by foreign money, with the unmistakeable object of shaking public confidence in the General Staff of the French Army, and of practically destroying the army itself. It is not known by outsiders, but it is known in France, that millions of france have been spent to bring about the disintegration of the army. Mr Rawlins, the new member for Tuapeka, made his maiden speech in the House on Wednesday on the NoConfidence motion. The " Post " says he is a vigorous speaker, speaks his mind openly and with the air of a man who has the courage of his opinions, is earnest, hard hitting, and not without humour. His air last evening was that of an old campaigner rather than that of a member making his first speech in the House, and he was in no way disconcerted by the interruptions his outspokenness provoked, but rapped back ready retorts, sometimes to the discomfiture of his interrupters. He should prove an acquisition to the debating strength of the Opposition.

Additions are about to be made to the drapery store of Mr Loveday. The tenders close to-night. Mr Hamer announces the arrival of new season's vegetable and flower seeds from the well-known nurserymen of Dunedin, Messrs Nimmo and Blair, at 3d and id per packet. At a recent sale of polo ponies held at Rugby, the average for 34 head was £264 4s, the top price being 750 guineas, while others made 700, 500, 450, and 400 guineas. Mr Chamberlain, Secretary of State for the Colonies, has stated that he hopes to be able to introduce the Australian Federal Enabling Bill at the beginning of the next session of the Imperial Parliament. A single stone, 115ft long, 10ft square at one end, and 4ft square at the other, has been successfully cut from sandstone quarries in America. It is supposed to be the longest monolith ever quarried. Bishop Wallis in his address to the Synod said — " I have no fear of ritual innovations, or — what is of far greater importance — of teaching contrary to the doctrines of the church, in this diocese or province. The speech delivered at Birmingham by Mr Chamberlain, British Secretary of State for the Colonies, is considered by the German press to be an unofficial ultimatum to the Transvaal Government. ' Twenty thousand Jews and Roman Catholics on the Witwatersrand goldfields have demanded the removal of the political disabilities imposed upon them by the laws of the Transvaal Republic. When at Balmoral the Queen often takes her breakfast in a small cottage near the castle, originally a gardener's cottage. She has also a small movable house, which can be very quickly put together and placed wherever she fancies. It is about 12ft square, and has sliding walls — Japanese fashion. We again call attention to the fact that on Tuesday at one o'clock Mr Loveday's sale of drapery commences at Mr McMillian's store. Mr J. R. Montague will weild the hammer, and further particulars of the sale will be seen on the first page. The sale will be continued on Wednesday. Owing to some misapprehension the hall was not lighted up last night in time for the meeting and thus some who went there left. The directors however hurried about and got the key and threw some light upon the proceedings, but the delay spoilt the attendance which was very limited. Some shares were disposed of, and a canvass of the town will be made. Dr Meares experiences can be guaged by the fact that a woman died in the Mudgee Hospital on May 30th from exhaustion, consequent on a neglected whitlow on a finger. She could neither sleep nor take food for three weeks, as the pain was so great. She resided seventy miles away, and was in an almost comatose condition when brought in for medical treatment. It is believed that the sum to be paid to the Union Co. for the towage of the Perthshire will be between £1500 and £2000. The captain of the Perthshire wished, before being taken in tow, to make definite arrangements as to the charge which would be levied, but Captain Spinks preferred that the matter should be left for settlement by his principals. Rough travelling. The Times says that a settler from a country district, palpably -in the sear and yellow leaf, informed the Education Board that he had thirteen children (the eldest thirtythree and the youngest three). He complained bitterly, however, that the younger members of his flock had to cross over eight barbed-wire fences, two gorse hedges and three waterraces on their way to school, and suggested the removal of the structure to a more central site. The following prices are quoted as the averages for the best horses during the April fair held at Lincoln : — Matched pairs of carriage horses, very scarce, 150 to 250 guineas ; high steppers, suitable for broughams, 80 to 150 guineas ; carriage horses, with good action, 70 to 120 guineas ; high steppiug saddle horses, 80 to 120 guineas ; cab horses, 18 to 26 guineas ; van 'bus, or tram horses, 30 to 50 guineas; draught horses for town work, £50 to £80, in some cases up to £90 ; good agricultural horses, £30 to £50Two very curious items come from America. One states that the Chicago Board of Education has laid down a rule that the female teachers employed by the Board shall wear skirts which must not be less than six inches above the floor. The other item states that Norwegian legislators propose that girls who do not know how to knit, sew, wash, and cook should be refused permission to marry. Daughters of wealthy men are to be excepted. The grounds for this are not stated. Owing to the persistence of the cerebro-spinal meningitis at Omdurman all the troops have been removed from that place. The disease it may be recollected, is said to be mainly due to the former shocking insanitary condition of the Dervish capital. Part of the troops have been sent over to Halfiyeh, and the remainder have been moved to a position on the Nile a short distance south of the town. It is intended that Omdurman shall be allowed to become a waste. Mr George J. Larner, an officer, in the 19th Century, pleads in favour of greater utilisation of the pigeon by the English War Office* He says : — After the fall of Paris, many of the Powers immediately inaugurated pigeon systems that have ever since been growing in utility ; Spain, Italy, Russia, France, Germany, Austria, and Roumania have all established military lofts, and to-day large amounts of money are annually spent on their maintenance. Pigeons, he thinks, will be of great service in war time in keeping up communication between ! the fleet in the Channel and the English coast. Of course Marconi's system may obviate the need for such messengers, but until it is perfected the pigeons would no doubt be invaluable.

Husband : "lam just in the mood for reading something sensaticnal and startling — something that will make my hair stand on end." Wife : " Here is my last dressmaker's bill."