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Manawatu Herald, 10 August 1899, Page 2

Farmers in rabbit infested country in Carnarvon and Horowhenua may obtain supplies of phosphorus on making personal application to Mr Hull, Stock Inspector. Another mob of 18 head of cattle were slaughtered at the Longburn Manure Works on Thursday last, says the Manawatu Times. The majority of the cattle were obtained in the Horowhenua county, and some were in a particularly diseased state. Mr Allison, of London, acting on behalf of Mrs Langtry, has bought Chesney (who has been the winter favourite for the V.R.C. Derby) for 2500 guineas and 500 soys out of the first race he wins. The conditions of sale preclude the colt being raced in Australia. The Governor (Lord Tennyson) has presented to the Adelaide Public Library a manuscript of the first poem written by his father, the late Poet Laureate^ Tbie poem, which was written in 1851, is dedicated to her Majesty the Queen. It is stated that Mr F. W. Styles, station master at Wellington, vy\\ shortly be transferred to Auckland, where he will occupy a corresponding position ; and that he is to be succeeded at the Wellington station by Mr T. W. Brebner, at present at the Bluff. The " Sportsman " says that F. C. V. Lane, of Sydney, is the best swimmer who has ever visited England. On the report of the Fitzgerald petition being tabled the Premier remarked with unmistakable decision, " I may say that the Government will not pay another shilling to Mr Fitzgerald." A car on an electric railway was derailed at Skelton Heights, Bridgeport, Connecticut. The car fell 90ft, and 46 of its occupants were killed. The Ritualistic clergy at Cardiff and ! Norwich have disregarded the Bishop's decision. Mr Cobb, assistant secretary of the English Church Union, states that the decision of the Archbishops has rendered dis-establishment inevitable. The Wairarapa Star understands that the Rev. L. M. Isitt has definitely decided to contest the Masterton seat against Mr Hogg. He will stand in the interest of the Left Wing. The Canadian • Australian mail steamers, together with contracts and other assets, have been purchased from the liquidators of the old company by the New Zealand Shipping Company. The service will continue to be conducted as at present. The Wellington School Commissioners met on Monday afternoon. Present — Messrs J. R. Blair (chairman), J. W. A. Marehant, and Fred. Pirani, M.H.R. Applications from B. G. and J. W. Gower for renewals of leases of sections near Foxton were held over for report. It was decided to grant Mr S. J. Mullins, Palmerston North, the right to retain sections occupied by him in Park road for three months after the sale if he is not the successful bidder.

The Town Clerk advertises for a cattle ranger. Samuel Cousins, with numerous aliases, and William Arthur Adams were arrested at Waipukurau in connection with the Hastings burglary, and were brought before the Court Tuesday morning and remanded. To meet the growing demands for early lambs (writes the Ellesmere correspondent of the Christchurch Press) farmers every year are arranging to have their lambing as early as it is expedient to run the risk of bad weather. This year there are a number of early lambs in the Leeston district ; and in spite of the present severe weather, the mortality has been surprisingly low. Messrs Holley Bros., Leeston -, were one of the earliest farmers to haVe lambs, securing a large number of Shropshire Downs cross on July tst. They have lost very few sinde larribing, and both the ewes and lambs are doing well. Mr Commissioner Tunbridge's defence of the police which he made in his report has had effect*, as In Wellington during the hearing of the " tote-betting '' case in Court on Tuesday a solicitor condemned the methods adopted by the police in obtaining evidence for such prosecutions, and referred to them as "hired spies." The Stipendiary Magistrate -emphatically intimated that he was not of the same opinion. Officers of justice had ho said, to submit to a great deal of abuse — " hired abuse," he might call it. But if they did their work well they carried With them the approval of honest, thoughtful men. There was nothing so disgraceful as counsel had insinuated in detecting such offences as these in the way indicated. 1^ however*, it could be shown that any police officer had really induced a person to commit an offence, then it Would have his strongest disapproval . Forty-two of the pigs condemed and seized by order of Messrs Blundell and OrbeU at the local saleyards, says the Chronicle, were killed at the Aramoho Free-sing Works on Saturday. Mr Gilruth, Chief Veterinary Surgeon for the Government, and Messrs Blundell and OrbeU, supervised the operation, while Mr J. J. ..Gefse, the local Inspector, was also in attendance. Every facility was afforded for a thorough inspection of the animals slaughtered, and the vital parts of the whole forty-two without execption condemned, most of then suffering front swine fever, but many of them being scrofulous or affected with tuberculosis; The Oonsulting botanist of the Royal Agricultural Society has just presented a report to the committee, dealing with the danger to animals and stock which arises from jioisdnoUs plants growing on or near pasture land. The familar buttercup comes under the ban as ' a worthless and dangerous weed,' all its varieties being more or less acrid, and farmers are warned that it should not be allowed to exist* in any pasture. The cypress has apparently been badly libelled, for common opinion puts it down as a rank poison for cattle, whereas the report declares that, although it is astringent, no record exists of its having caused any injury to stock. Yews, laurels, and rhododendrons are very poisonous, the two latter yielding an essential oil rich in prussic acid. Cattle having access to them die with all characteristic symptoms of prussic acid poisoning — laboured breathing and suffocation convulsions should never be allowed near them. A visitor to the colony who was in Wellingten (says " Mercutio " in the New .Zealand Herald), paid a visitTo the House of Representatives, and listened to some of the discussions. What struck him most of all was. the absence of gentlemanly courtesy by members to one another in their Parliamentary references. The men who seemed to him to possess that virtue most conspicuously were Captain Russell, Major Steward, and Messrs Rolleston and Lewis. A detachment of police was despatched from Russell to Whangaruru on Sunday to arrest some natives who completely destroyed a house with axes. It appears that the dispute is over a piece of land, surveyed but not passed through the Covrt. Two parties claim it. One had just put a house up, and the other pulled it down. They were brought before the Court and fined, but on their return to Whangaruru they again took possession, and threaten to kill anyone who attempts to interfere. Probably there will continue to be trouble until the Land Court decides who are the rightful owners. A fatal accident occurred on Tuesday morning to a co-operative man named John Gardner, president of the Liberal Association, Taihape, while working at a water drive for turning off the water from the railway formation beyond Utiku. He was working shifts with a mate who left off work at 2 a.m., saying that the drive was not safe, but Gardner insisted on going to work and after doing so for a few hours a fall of earth took place and smothered him. Gardner was a single man aged 45. That's the way to fetch them. The New York correspondent of the Daily Mail states that Mr John Norden, a rich Montana ranchman, is seeking a bride. He advertised that he would give 40,000d01. to any plain, practical young woman who would wed him. His hotel was so besieged by women that the proprietor ordered him to leave. He has hired a big hall in the Bowery, where he will meet the applicants. On Tuesday last the Foxton Mutual Improvement Society held its usual meetingjwhen there was a fair attendance, the Rev. Mr Woollass being in the chair. The subject for debate was " Pulpit v. Press," Messrs E. Osborne and Johnstone affirmative, and Messrs G. Simpson and Stiles negative. Mrs Woollass, and Messrs H. Baker and A. Morgan also spoke. The meeting decided on the casting vote of the chairman in favor of the Pulpit. On Tuesday. August 22, the Foxton debaters journey to Rongotea. the debate being the same as above. The Foxton team will be Messrs Woollass, G. Simpson, Johnstone and Stiles.

There is nothing like economy. The Ashurst School Committee have resolved that the school be scrubbed throughout, and the windows cleaned, provided the same be done for £i. The Uoder-Secretary for Lands has written to the Fitzherbert Road Board re the Gorge bridge, stating that the : Government intended to proceed with I the re-erection of the bridge, and apportion the cost amongst the various local bodies interested, the Board's j share being fixed at i-_2th of the cost. Mr Matthew Henry advertises a great unreserved clearing sale of farm stock and implements to be held on Wednesday, the 23rd August, at the farm of Mr Joseph Beal, who has sold his farm. This sale is a very important one and is bound to attract not only the attention of grazers but also real farmers. To-day Mr J. R. Montague the wellknown auctioneer is hard at it selling the saddlery brought to town by Mr Colvilley The attendance is fair but the buyers are getting things at their own price, and those who jfailed to attend will much regret it when they ace the bargains they have lost. The sale is an honest unreserved one. A large seam of coal has been discovered in the Enner Glynn coal mine, Nelson, which was recently taken over by a number of business men from the company. It is estimated, says "the Colonist, that some thousands of tons of coal, at least, are assured by this discovery, and that the quality is said to be much superior to that of any coal yet taken from the mine. Archdeacon Fancourt will visit Foxton on Monday, when he will hold a service at All Saints' Church at halfpast seven in the evening, and will meet the Vestry afterwards. The venerable Archdeacon will . also be paying a visit to Levin and Shannon on Sunday. J; On Tuesday afternoon (last week) says the Ashburton Mail, what appeared to be smoke was noted apparently rising from the tussocks near Springburn. It appeared to cover a limited area, and travelled rapidly towards the township, which it struck with great force, and though there was no fall of sleet or snow, everything in its path was left heavily coated with ice, men's beards and exposed portions of the face being frozen hard in less than a minute. The cold experienced was intense. The morning train ran into the wave near Hackthorne road, and though the blast lasted only Aye minutes, the engine brakes were rendered immovable, and the covers ofthe saddle tank were frozen to the seating. The driver and fireman had a rough time of it on the footplate. The engine and carriages were a mass of ice on arriving at Springburn. Those who happened to meet this wave will not easily forget it. We would remind our readers that Loveday's slaughtering sale commences to day, when many good lines may be > secured at low prices. The lines that will be most tempting will be dress gqpds, capes, clothing at discounts from 2s to Bs. in £. Some changes are being made in the staff of the Bank of New Zealand. The position of Inspector in the Auckland district, which has just been vacated by Mr P. L. Dignan, who retired from the service owing to illhealth, has been filled by the promotion of Mr Callemlar, late manager at Timaru. Mr Aldred of the head office, has succeeded Mr Challendar at Timaru. Mr J. M. Butt, late Assistant-General Manager, has retired, and his duties will be undertaken by Mr B. M. Litchfield of the inspecting staff. The office of Assis-tant-General Manager will, however, be abolished. An event of far-reaching consequences to Ireland has just occurred in the western portion of that country The Congested District Board, largely controlled by Mr Gerald Balfour, M.P. Chief Secretary for Ireland has purchased Lord Dillon^s estate of 100,---000 acres, situated in the counties of Mayo and Roscommon, for a quarter of a million of money. It is intended to settle 40,000 families upon this estate at once. These lands have been for years used for grazing purposes, while the people were forced to exist in chronic misery, accompanied by periodical famines, in the bog lands and mountain tops. Successsive Governments have been appealed to secure these lands for the people, who for generations have cast longing eyes upon them. Miss Muriel Bailey, a New York journalist, is the only lady war corresEondent in the world. She has een through the campaign in the Philippines, and was there until the fall ot Caloocan, carrying her own revolver, the only weapon on the " firing line." She saw the guns of the Charleston hurl shots off Malabon, and she staunched the wounds of the soldiers being carried along by Singalon. She also spent a day and night with the American soldiers in the trenches in front of the Caloocan after its capture. She was not only on the field of battle with the dead, but she was in the heat of battle with the living. Her pictures of death and destruction are vivid; so are her pictures of fun and feasting in camp. Being all from a woman's standpoint, they are inique and interesting as well as being history. To Ths Dkaj. and those troubled with Noises in the Head or other Aaral Troubles. Dr Nioholson, of London, th-a world famed Aural Speoialist and inventor of Artificial Ear Drums, has just issued tbe 100 th edition of hia illustrated and descriptive book on Deafness and 1 Aural Troubles. 1 This book may be had from Mr Colin Campbell, 160, Adelaide Road, Welliogton, N.Z. Mr Campbell was cured of hi 1 deaf* ness by Dr Nicholson's system, and takes pleasure in spreading the news of the greai speoialist in New Zealand. A little book on the cure of Rheumatism Corpulenoe. 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