Basultoland.

Manawatu Herald, 28 September 1899, Page 2

Basultoland.

«. Our cablegrams declare that it will take two-thirds of the Orange Free State Troops to watch the Basutos, a British possession on the south-east of that country. Basutoland has an area as large as Belguim with a population of 578 Europeans and 218,324 Basutos. The country is one continuous rugged plateau. Basutoland was annexed to the Cape Colony in 1868, but separated from it in 1884 ; it is governed by a resident commissioner under the High Commissioner for South Africa.

Messrs Jones Bros., of Eltham, want whitebait. Advertisement elsewhere. The Foxton Brass Band purposes having a monster excursion on the gth November. When the mills get double shifts on there will be employed in the flax industry around the town some 600 men.

When the estimates were under consideration last Tuesday week the Premier stated, in reply "to a question, that he had received no intimation of the rumoured resignation of Mr Stratford, resident Magistrate at Tuapeka. At G >re on Saturday Mr Stratford announced he intended to resign and practice at the bar. Messrs Gorton & Son advertise the iile of a number of draught horses at Pukenui on the nth October, also a *p«oial pig sale at Feilding next Wednesday. in another column will be found a! iiotice of £50 to £2,500 to lend on personal security. The advertisement is genuine and illustrates what can be gained by judicious insurance. The new electoral roll is now printed and coritaitis the dairies df 3834 persons, as against 3243 on the old roll. Of course before the election many more names will appear on supplementary rolls* Mr and Mrs George Adams, who resided for many years in Foxton and since at Makino, have disposed of all their property attd ai ; c abodt to take a lengthy holiday in Australia and England. They have been paying a' visit to this town the last few days atnd left this afternoon for Napier, whence they go to Sydney, where they purpose staying till February and will then leave for London and Hastings, their native place; ' During a debate in tne Ud\ite Ur Scobi McKenzie told a story how an object suddenly and incidentally occurs to bring back a subject long forgotten The case occurred in Melbourne a year or two ago. A prominent citizen was walking the streets one day, a year or two ago, and happened to look from a particular .corner at a particular" building where a bank had once stood he remembered that* twenty years before, he had deposited £100 in that bank, and during all the intervening time the fact of hid having done so had entirely obliterated from his memory. The man on inquiring found that the money had been regularly carried forward to his credit, and he sued the bank for interest and compound interest during the twenty years, but lost the case on the ground that the bank was not called upon to remind him the money was there, assuming that he was bound to remember it himself. The Advocate says : — The licensed victuallers in the Manawatu Licensing District took advantage of their visit to Marton on Friday to hold a meeting at the White Hart Hotel to discuss matters affecting the trade. A report of the proceedings have been supplied to us. The chaii' was occupied by Mr S. Gibbons. After a discussion it was u/ianimously resolved to form a Manaw.itu Licensing Victuallers' Association and to hold the first meeting at Palmerston on Thursday, sth October. It is intended at the meeting to consider the advisability of taking action to protect the trade in connection with electoral and other matters. Several suggestions relating to various subjects of interest were made, but definite action on any was deferred until the Palmerston meeting is held. At the inquest concerning the deaths of the lads Loten and Grant in the accident at Circular quay on Saturday evening, the evidence showed that the beams of the staging which gave way were partially rotten where they broke. As the landing stage was under the control of a Government offici il an inquiry has been ordered. Tae Premier has written to the Captain of the Japanese steamer thanking his men for their bravery. Steps are being taken to publicly recognise the man's action in leaping into the harbour to the rescue of the children whose lives were in danger. The Manawatu Times says Mr John Buchanan is about to start a flaxmill at Taikorea, on Mr Greeuaway's land. An offer by an English publisher of a million francs (£40,000) for the right to publish Captain Dreyfus memoirs has been declined by him. His dignity offended, President Kruger has returned the lion which Mr Cecil Rhodes the other day presented to the Pretoria Zoological Gardens. The Department of Agriculture has received the following cablegram from the Agent-General: — Prices of Victorian butter nßs average. There is a good demand for butter. Finest Candian cheese 53s average. The cheese market is firm. At the annual meeting of the Wellington Racing Club Mr Baldwin moved a resolution to prohibit officer bearers, officials, or servants of the club from betting, but on a vote being taken the proposal was only supported by six members and was therefore lost. Small and Hay, importers of Blenheim, announce they have opened a branch house in the old Ready Money Store, with a superior stock of general drapery and clothing. " Prices cheaper than Wellington." The public will undoubtedly test this announcement. A Reuter's telegram has been received which records the latest development of an agitation on the Yukon goldfields. The mining companies at work in that territory have torwarded a petition to the Dominion Government of Canada. The redress of general grievances, and in particular the reduction of gold royalties, are prayed tor. The petitioners recall the disaffection among miners, resulting from undue exactions, which led up to the Eureka stockade riots at Ballarat in 1854. The members of the crew of the Japanese steamer who jumped into the harbour to rescue the children that were in danger at Sydney have been presented by the Government with two guineas each in recognition of their bravery. Dreyfus has not had his military rank or his civil rights restored to him, and for the costs in connection with his trial he is liable to the extent of 20,000 francs (£800). The Synod of the Anglican diocese of Waiapu discussed at length a motion to admit churchwomen to the franchise. The voting proved in favour of the proposal, but Bis'iop Williams exercised his veto, and the motion was therefore lost.

Mr Tos's new mill, the Kiwi, is being placed a little further up the river from his " Bridge " mill. The result of yesterday's election for a Borougii Councillor ia announced by the Returning Office?, Mr Mitchell has settled the vexed question of another name tor the I'empar.mce Hall, and has deeded that it shall be kujvvn as the Victoria HalJ. When one of the applicants for an old age pension at Unenunga. was askeJ if ne had any money in tne Ijdiik, be replied Mat he had reared too many daughters (seven) to have any money to put in such an wstuution; Premier Kingston, of South Australia when making a speech to the Adelaide Eight Hour Day Demonstration, said v (tie vvay to get into the Legislative Council is to be kicked out of the House of Assembly." In New Zealand it is much the same apparently, with this slight difference, that it is only riddessary to try to get into the New Zealand Representative Chamber and fail in the attempt to secure a call id the Council ; instance the case of the Mons. Ai'k Wright anJ Twomey who both wooed the sweet voices- of the electors in vain. Ot those who succeeded *in getting seats in the House of Representatives, but failed to retain them and were then called to the Leglislative Council, we need only to mention the names of Messrs Feldwick, Pinkerton, Shrimski, and Smith. The South Australian Premier evidently has to do as his N^w Zealand confrere does ; viz., find a haven of i refuge for the storn battered political wrecks of his stjuadroni— Wanganui Herald. In view of the possibility of a contingent of New Zealand volunteers p'rodeitiding to South Africa for service in the Transvaal* it Will \)6 iritetesting | to quote the rate of pay for recruits as follows -.—Privates 5s per day, corpo* fals 6s, sergeants 7s, and staff*sergeant 8s 6d ; all this in addition to rations, clothing, equipment, etc. President Kruger's name, which is Variously pronounced in these colonies as Krujer and Krooget (with the "g " hard) is pronounced Kreer or Kreare amongst the Dutchmen. Messrs G. A. Gamman & Co., who have lately purchased the timber business of Mr C. A. Clausen at Palmer, ston North, near the railway stationwill necessitate Mr Simmons, a member of the firm, residing there. Mr Simmons has secured Mr Broad's fine residence, which is in close proximity to the timber yard.