Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, SEPT. 7. 1899.

Manawatu Herald, 7 September 1899, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, SEPT. 7. 1899.

The Foresters have re-appointed Dr Meares as their medical officer. The doctor is now residing at the vicarage with Mr Leach.

The Bulls Bridge occassioned a great deal of disscussion in parliament, as Mr Ueorge'Hutchison brought in a Bill to provide that the bridge should be erected on the site approved of by the engineers of the department. The first reading was refused by 25 votes to 22.

The aerated-water machine imported by Mr Walls is one of Barnet and Foster's, and is capable of turning out 150 dozen a day.

Mr Wason, M.H.R., having said that " many of these Austrians frequently plundered the country by taking more out of it than they. spent in it," caused a warm discussion in the House on Tuesday, as the Premier interpreted it as calling them " thieves and robbers," which Mr Wason said was deliberate misrepresentation.

Sapper Head is reported to be making slow but favourable .progress towards recovery.

The Admiralty has ordered twelve torpedo-boat destroyers from private firms.

At a meeting of the Wanganui Liberal Association on Tuesday, Mr A. D. Willis, a former member, was selected to be the candidate at the general election in the Liberal interest by about 170 votes to Mr T.- B. Williams' 80.

The death is announced of Mr Ernest Renshaw, the well-known lawn tettnis player.

Mrs Blake, who, a few years ago was sentenced to imprisonment for life for attempting to poison her husband, was released on Saturday on the ground of ill-health.

Two ladies and two children, proceeding to church at Glendowan, Victoria, were struck by lightning. Mrs Gannell was killed, and the others escaped with shocks.

Friend : Has your son learnt much since he went to college ? Father : No ; but I have.

At the Chancery L,ane (London) Safe deposit, one of the safes is said to contain between thirty millions and forty millions in value. Five millions is quite a common deposit.

The steamers Gertie and Himatangi irrived in port yesterday with ovei 'oo tons of coal. They left thk morning.

Captain Kemp is overhauling the p.s. Nile preparatory to her being seni :ip to Auckland.

Messrs Heasman and Baker inform is that their new materials for th spring and summer seasons hay irrived and an inspection of them i nvited.

Mr Silby, who is the agent a Vanganui for the Napier Fish Co advertises to-day for a daily supply o; whitebait. Our river should be a source of revenue during the whitebait season to any numbers of fishers.

The Town Clerk requests applications for the position of fire inspector to the Borough at a salary of £20 a year.

A good many men require wrisi straps, and it will therefore interest them that Mr Henderson has a sample of one in his shop which is superior to the ordinary make, inasmuch by the arrangement of the straps a double purchase is obtained, and they will fit any wrist. The strap is also lined with chamois leather.

Mr Henderson has some very nice saddles amongst his stock. One, which is know as the Na. i*A Napier demi has a hogskin seat and flap, knee and thigh. It has a square skirt and English cut flap on a Qplonial seal. A light exercise saddle is also one to attract attention. The Wellington stock saddle has the knee pads extra strengthened by green-hide caps. All these saddles are provided with leather girths and heavy nickle mounts.

Changes, owing io the times, are continually, . taking place. The newshop, now nearly completed, adjoining Mr Spelman's smithy, has been taken by Mr Harris and the' Old Times boot business will be conducted. The shop Mrs Harris is converting into a ;ver.y comfortable boarding house in which she will be able to accommodate about eight or nine boarders. Mrs Harris is so well-known that she is likely to have no difficulty in securing the number she requires. The alterations will be made in about ten day.

The Returning Officer gives notice of an extraordinary vacancy in the Borough Council.

At the Methodist Church quarterly meeting yesterday the Rev. W. Woollasss received and accepted a unanimous invitation to remain in Foxton for a third year.

Mr Fred. Collins leaves town tomorrow 'morning to catch the s.s. Papanui at Lyttelton en route to Old England. We wish him a safe and pleasant voyage.

The Rev. F. W. Isiit will speak on the subject of Prohibition in the Public Hall at eight o'clock to-night. All who are interested in the question, pro and con, are invited to be present. At 9 o'clock Mr Isitt will be prepared to discuss any aspect of the subject with any representation of the Trade who will come forward. Great interest has been excited in the Taranaki district by both parties meeting on the platform and fighting the matter out in debate.

Last night the Million Loan Bill passed through committee without the schedule being altered.

The next English and European mail, via San Francisco, will close at the local office on Friday, the 29th day of September, at 8 p.m.

This morning the Rev. H. Leach united in holy matrimony, at All Saints Church, James Kilminster and Miss Gertie Williams. Messrs Perreau Bros, supplied a handsome wedding cake.

A special train came in yesterday afternoon bringing some 30,000 feet of timber for the Whangaroa and empty trucks, and left with a load of coal.

The Whangaroa is now at the wharf, being delayed from getting a berth yesterday owing to ,,the arrival of the two steamers. Shells now taking in timber from Messrs Gamman & Cos. mills and might possibly get away to-morrow night. She returns directly to load timber from, the Messrs Austins' mill for Melbourne.

Barnstaple, in England, known as Old Barum, must surely date from about the year one, for the Saxon King Athelstan repaired the town's walls and defences, which had fallen into ruin from old age.

The trouble in the north of Auckland last year arose, so said Hone Heke, f/om a statement that was cirlated amongst the- Natives t>y the person who collected the dog tax tfhat should they continue to object to paying this tax the Government had decided to send a force of soldiers up to Hokjauga for the purpose of arresting thefjjft and deporting them to an ice-bouna island. A fine invention M$ tohiak /qreated J& . very great expense. ""■'"' "' "' •■ *<• 7? ' ' '•_ \ According to an account of Lord's cricket ground in. the last Windsor Magazine/ we fincl that the ground bowlers are paid f^om thirty shillings to fifty shillings & week, and these wages are largely supplemented by tips. For country matches the professionals receive £6 a match, and £3 for each match played at Lord's.

The history of the month in caricature in the August. number of the Review of Reviews deals with the Dreyfus affair in France, England and the Boers, the expansion of the United States, and some Australian topics. One of these last sketches show Lord Tennyson arm in arm with Australian blacks, he having promised . to be the head protector, the true friend and helper of the Aborigines. He does not look as though he liked it.

We regret to learn, says the Manawatu Times, that Mr Hazell, secretary of the Rongotea Dairy Company, is at present lying very ill at Feilding, and that his condition is causing grave anxiety to his friends.

The Education Department announces it is proposed to introduce cane-weaving and basket work as manual occupations into some native schools. Teachers are recommended to plant osiers for basket work in suitable localities. A course of instruction ia fruit growing is also suggested.

A fifteen-feet seam of coal is stated o have been struck at Shakespeare Bay, Picton.

To-day we publish the opening totice concerning the bakery business if Messrs Perreau Bros. The busiioss has been purchased from Mr Walls and should be a good property. .t is pleasing to note that Mr Mark is in charge of it, and as he aarnt the trade under Mr Walls, mstomers will be assured of their vants being well attended to. Miss 'erreau will assist her brother.

Information has been received in Wellington that one of the largest dairy factory companies in the South, the Peninsula and Taieri Dairy Co., has sold its output of butter for the season to an English firm at iojd per lb, f.o.b.

Under the new scheme of local government, arranged by the New Zealand League of Wheelmen, the Palnerston centre will include Foxton, Palmerston, Marton and Wanganui, and extends inland to Lake Taupo. \ number of the local cyclists, says the Standard, disapprove of being attached to Wanganui, and will probably protest against the present proposal.

A Marlborough exchange hears of some prolific sheep this lambing season. On one farm one ewe gave birth to a quartette, and several others have produced triplets.

The Russian Government has been u eeding eight million people in the famine-stricken districts for the last eight months. The cost of the aid thus given has been ten millions sterling.

The " Temps," in an article on the situation, blames President Kruger for raising the question of British suzerainty and multiplying discussions.

Mangosteens from the Moluccas, an important tropical fruit, are now sold in the London Markets. They are said to taste like a combination of strawberry, nectarine, and pineapple.

The largest tree in the world lies broken and- petrified at ,the end of a defile in North-western Nevada. It is said to be 666 ft long.

Horrible details have been received of the butcheries carried out by Captains Voule't and Chanoine in the French Soudan. In January, Voulet decapitated twenty women and children after the men of their tribe had refused to act as guides to his force. By orders of the captain, villages were fired and native auxiliaries shot for trival offences. Natives were' also killed by orders of Chanoine, who, in addition, had the heads of the victims exhibited on poles.

On looking around our business establishments it is pleasing to note how many young men born in Foxton hold responsible positions in them. Taking the tour from the Post Office we find Mr John Howan as partner in Messrs Walsh and Hdwan's butchering business ; Mr Joseph Cummerfield. head man in Messrs P. Hennessy's grocery store; Mr Mark Perreau, managing Messrs Pefreau's bakery; Mr William Cook, foreman of the Herald ; Mr George Gray, head man in Mr W. B. Rhodes' grocery store ; Mr A, Langley, managing tris brother's bakery; Mr S. Trask, at Whyte's hotel; Mr F. Easton, conducting his own - butchering business; Mr H. Robinson, working at his own blacksmithing ; and Mr C. Collins in Mr Walker's store* This shows that our young men have had good early training.

An interesting incident occurred during the ceremony of presenting a State colour to the Scots Guards at Windsor early in July. Hearing that two American officers, Capt and Adjt. Falls and Captain F. G. Landon, of the National Guard, New York, were amongst the spectators, her Majesty asked for them to be presented to her. The officers were in .their uniforms of white trousers, slate-coloured coats, and peak caps. On their being brought to the royal carriage the Queen spoke a few kindly words to them.-

The Ohau mill has changed hands, the new proprietors being Messrs Wallace and Stuckey, both of whom are well-known in the district. — Mail.

A force of American troops has captured the stronghold of a force of bandits at Argogala. The attacking force, in the face "of a heavy fire, ascended the steep hill leading to the bandits' lair, and carried the position by storm, killing twenty of the defenders.

At a meeting at the Hague in connection with the Transvaal crisis, a resolution was passed making a strong appeal to Great Britain on behalf of tfie Boers, and requesting that the influence exerted by capitalists in the difficulty might be disregarded by the British Government.

The famous? Victory Sewing Machine i* he latest and mo-t perfect of Sswing Machines. It is adapted for household and work-room use, and is capable of performing the mo3t artistic fancy-work. The prices vary from sis guineas , and any of the machines can be purchased on the easiest of time payments from the New Zealand Clothing Factory, the local agency.

For Children's flicking Cjughs take Woods' Great P ppermint Car •, 1/6 and 2/6.

To Thr Deaf and those troubled with Noises in the Head or other Aural Troubles. Dr Nicholson, of Londo 1, the word famed Aural Specialist and my nior of Artificial Bar Drums, has jus issued the 100 th edition of his illustrated and descriptive book on Deafness and Aural Troubles. This book may be had from Mr Colin Campbell, 160, Adelaide Road, Wellington, N.Z. Mr Campbell was cured of hr deaf* ness by Dr Nicholson's system, anl takes pleasure in spreading the news of the great specialist in New Zealand. A little book on the oure of Rheumatism Corpulence, Lumbago, and Indigestion -by the same author may be had from M,c Campbell, also free. ~