Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY. JULY 8. 1899.

Manawatu Herald, 8 July 1899, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY. JULY 8. 1899.

It is notified that there will be no service at St. Mary's Church to-mor-row. The Rev. W, Woollass will preach to-morrow night in the Methodist Church and take for his subject ' Men and Nobodies,' and Mrs Woollass will sing a special solo. i General de Galiffet, the French I Minister of War, has reiterated his warning to army officers not to associate with persons concerned in political manifestations. Mr Thomas Gibson'6 Tasmanian ram Admiral has been sold privately to Mr Simpson, of Jerildene, New South Wales, for 1500 guineas. The London Government Bill, which has already passed the House of Commons, has been read a third time and passed by the House of Lords. Mr H. C. Collinson has already this season several lambs, which were born on his property, Kelvin Grove, early this week. The carcase of a gigantic pig was displayed recently at a Melbourne pork emporium. The animal, which was as big as a bullock, weighed 7071b. Its longditude was 7ft 2in, and its latitude— across the shoulders — 2ft 6in. Bred in Preston, it was three years of age, and its weight is claimed to be a porcine record, according to the w.f.a, scale as applied to pigs.

We remind our readers of the entertainment to-night at the Foxton Public Hall by the Lottie -Frances Variety Company.

Eighteen women have been tried in Hungary on charges of having poisoned their husbands and children. Nine have been acquitted, but the others were found guilty and sentenced to long terms of imprisonment.

A ruby-making syndicate in London is alleged to be making, a profit of £37,000 a year, and their manufactured rubies cannot be distinguished from the natural product even by the most expert.

A Japanese bride gives her wedding presents to her parents as some slight recompense for their trouble in rearing her.

An apprentice at Whitehead's torpedo works has invented an electric gun that is at once deadly, noiseless, and smokeless. It is said that the Admiralty have offered the lad, who is only 19, and the son of Mr J. H. Newman, a Portland grocer, the sum of £75,000 for his invention, and that he has refused it.

The committee appointed by the House of Commons to inquire into the old age pensions question has presented its report. It strongly favours, the granting of pensions, and recommends that the cost be equally divided bstween the local and Imperial funds.

meeting of clergy at Christchurch, Bishop Julius presiding, adopted a form of appeal to the people of Canterbury urging them to vote for both no license and reduction at the coming local option poll.

Mr J. Donaldson, a fireman on the district line, who has been recently promoted to the rank of engineman, has been transferred to Mercer. Mr Donaldson is very popular with his comrades, and was presented by Mr T. Wilson, on behalf of the locomotive staff, with a handsome silver-mounted pipe, as a mark of their esteem.— Times.

Oats are being freely shipped from the Bluff to the English market, by means of which the local market is kept pretty steady and firm at from is 3d to is 6d per bushel, according to quality, f.o.b. at Southern ports. The farmers who hold the grain show much more firmness than the millers with their stocks of wheat.

The Democratic party at Wichita, Kansas, has nominated for Mayor, Mr Tapp, a - wealthy merchant and an enthusiastic leader in the Salvation Army. Mr Tapp promises the citizens that if they elect him he will fine every female wearing bloomers; he will insist upon policemen carrying Bibles, he will have any of them who are heard swearing discharged ; he will have religious services held twice daily in the City Hall, and he will establish a free street car service for people going to places of worship.

By the mail to hand this week the National Mortgage and Agency Company received advice of the sale of a portion of the well-known Elms under heart clip, the property of Messrs F. and G. F. Bullen, of Kaikoura, which gives further proof of the substantial rise in fine wools that has taken place in the London market since the beginning ot the year. Out of a line of 446 bales of greasy merino and half-bred wool, shipped by the Delphic in January last, the following results were obtained in Messrs Willans and Overbury's sale, held on the 16th of May. Of the shipment mentioned, 33 bales first combing merino, made 13d ; 83 bales, first and second combing merino and half-bred, nid ; 141 bales, second ind third combing merino and halfbred, 1 id, while 124 bales, ranging down to fourth combing grade, sold at xod to lojd. Scoured and greasy pieces and locks also sold at full relative values.

In a report to the South Australian Minister of Agriculture on a recent visit to Victoria, Mr George Quinn, Inspector of Fruit, remarks : — " I had an opportunity of attending a lecture given by the Curator of the Horticultural Gardens and School at Burnley. About fifty lady students, be sides about a dozen young men, attended. This is, I believe, the only horiticultural institution in Australasia where gardening is taught to females. The Secretary for Agriculture (Mr D. Martin) informed me that the lady students consisted of three sections, viz., ladies of independent means possessing gardens of their own, who were anxious to gain a practical and theoretical insight into the management of the same. Others were ladies whose health had failed in sedentary occupations, and who were desirous of learning some useful outdoor work. The third section is composed of wives and daughters of working men, who wished to learn how to turn their suburban plots to the best advantage both from an ornamental and economic point of view.

We question if there is a better known business in the colony than the one for so many years associated with the name of Te Aro House. It is therefore a matter of interest to learn that, following in the path of so many similar concerns in the Old Country, Te Aro House has been floated as a limited liability company. From our Home files we gather that the company is formed to take over the business as a going concern, the former proprietor, Mr W. H. Carter, retaining a large interest. The capital, which consists of 30,000 shares at £1, has been subscribed in London, and the board of directors consists of Messrs W. H. Carter, C. M. Duncan, and Percy Chant, the latter also acting as secretary of the new company. The local management will remain in the hands of Mr. W. H. Smith, who arrived from London to assume command jnst twelve months ago. Judging by the acknowledged success that has attended his supervision, the directors are to be congratulated on retaining Mr Smith's services. We understand that Mr W. H. Carter is now on his way to the colony to personally arrange some matters connected with the company. We hope that under present auspices the business will flourish and maintain its position among the leading establishments of the colony.

The Otaki .Mail says a meeting of subscribers to the " Annie Gillies Memorial Fund" was held at the Jubilee Hotel on Tuesday evening last, when it was decided to place an invalid chair and a book-case in the Otaki Cottage Hospital to perpetuate the memory of the deceased lady.

Mr Hutcheson, when resigning his seat, said : When I was returned to this House in 1896 I made a certain pledge, which was that when I could no longer follow this Government I would render back my trust. That time has now arrived, and in addition to that I have the added incentive of being accused by a Minister of the Crown of being faithless to my pledges, of being a degenerated Labour member, here for the sake of a few paltry pounds, of being a handy man ana loblolly boy, and the tool of capitalists. It is now my duty to hand you my resignation as a member of this honourable House.