Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, OCT. 26, 1899

Manawatu Herald, 26 October 1899, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, OCT. 26, 1899

In the third race for the American Cup the Columbia won by a mile, thus winning the cup. Mr Lipton admitted he had been fairly beaten, but he would try again if a boat faster than the Shamrock was procurable in England.

Fresh deposits of black gum found at Hobsonville, Auckland, below highwater mark, are being worked at certain states of the tide. According to the " New Zealand Herald," a settler at Waterview states that black gum can be obtained at other places along the beach, in the mangrove swamps, and that there are two or three deposits of gum, in different layers, 1 with strata between, as if deposited at different geological periods. At some places, 6ft or gft below the surface, the barrels of large kauri trees are discovered embedded in the soil, having apparently been growing in kauri forests there in some by-gone age.

The Rev. Hugh Leach had a very large congregation at Tokomaru on Sunday night. The reverend gentleman had a hard day's work on Sunday commencing with an 8 o'clock service, then the morning service at All Saints, then afternoon service at Wirokino winding up with Tokomaru in the evening. He travelled 50 miles and got home at 13.30.

The patriotic spirit engendered by the present embroilment of the nation in South Africa gave special zest to the celebration of the anniversary of •the Battle of Trafalgar, which was fought on 21st October, 1805. The anniversary was celebrated yesterday with great enthusiasm in London, Portsmouth, Chatham and Rochester.

The strong lad wanted for the Shannon ferry has been obtained.

A man named John Seamore was arrested yesterday on the charge of attempting to commit an unnatural offence. He was brought before the Bench this morning and remanded to Saturday morning,

Yesterday afternoon a man was seen by Mr Shadbolt to open the gates at the Church of England and walk into the grounds and then to deliberately throw a stone through a window. He then walked out. We are glad to learn that a summons has been issued for him to answer the charge on Tuesday. The session was brought to a close on Tuesday night.

The French newspapers have been much impressed hy the British order tor naval mobilisation. They regaru the movement as one intended to strike the imagination of the other Powers, by showing Great Britain's preparedness to meet any emergency,

Holiday excursion tickets will be issued from the 3rd to the 9th November on the railways, and be available for return until the 21st Nov.

Late on Monday afternoon the Court of Appeal gave judgment for plaintiff in the action W. P. Studholme v. the Government Advances to Settlers Office — a sequel to the Cathro cas£, In this action the question for the Court to decide was whether plaintiff (Studholme) or the Advances to Settlers Office should bear the loss of £1101 10s 3d as the result of the misappropriation of certain moneys by W. N. Cathro while in the employ of John Prior, solicitor, of Feilding, who was then acting as agent for the Government Advances to Settlers Offioe. Mr Hadfield was for the plaintiff and Mr Treadwell for defendant. — -Post.

The horses taken by the contingent to South Africa can never come back to New Zealand again, for fear of the rinderpest, so those troopers who take their own horses and return themselves, must leave their mounts behind them.— H.B. Herald.

We are very pleased to hear that Mr H, A. Field, M.H.R., has so far recovered from his recent illness as to be able to take his seat in Parliament at the end of last week. Mr Field desires us to contradict the rumour that he would not seek re-election, and states that there is not, and never has been, any foundation for it»-~Mail,

The German gunboat Condor, which is now at Capetown, was dressed with flags in honour of the British victory at Glencoe.

In reply to questions the Premier said the £35,000 would cover all expenses of the Contingent for six months. The sum was made up as follows : — Passage money for 220 officers and men and passage for 330 horses, £11,750 ; food and forage, £1350; horse fittings, etc., including labour, £1000 ; 250 horses, purchased a t £23 each, £5750; equipment of officers, horses, and men, £4700, pay of officers and men ,or six months, £9500; camp expenses, including labour, cartage, and incidental, £500. ' Total, £34,500.

The session of Parliament which has ended has extended over 17 weeks and x few days. The number of public Bills presented was 159, of which number 60 passed and received the Royal assent; one was reserved for Her Majesty's assent ; and 98 dropped or were otherwise disposed of. The House sat on 74 days, the average length of each sitting being Bhr ißmin. No less than 734 questions were put to Ministers, and 267 papers were laid upon the table.

Evidence has been given In a court of law by telephone before now, but what is believed to be the first instance on record of a judge hearing a case by telephone is reported from Evansville, Indiana. Edward Ruff ler was accused of breaking the game laws at Princeton, which is in Gibson county, and was arrested at Evansville, in Vandenburg county. His lawyer successfully resisted an application for his transfer to the Princeton authorities, but the officials of the latter, determined not to be beaten, promptly "rung-up" Judge Earle on the telephone at Princeton, and informed him how matters stood. The judge held the trial over the telephone, heard what all the parties had to say, and finding Ruffler " Guilty," inflicted a fine of 25 dollars.

The Wairarapa Standard says, on Friday night about thirty friends of 'vlr A. J. Toogood, waited on him at his residence, and presented him with a handsome American Secretaire. The presentation was made by Mr F. Bladeu, who read a testimonial bearing 40 signatures. On the Secretaire is a silver plate bearing the inscription " Presented to Mr A. J. Toogood by his friends and old school-fellows on the occasion of his marriage, October, 1899." During the evening songs were rendered by Mrs Toogood, senr., and Messrs Unwin, Bladen, F. Burt, G. Hyland, B. Willis, A. Tocker, C. Kent-Johnston and N. Bunting. A most enjoyable evening was terminated by the singing of Auld Lang Syne at a respectable hour.

A young girl before the Christchurch Court, on charges of theft and false pretences, was handed over to the Salvation authorities on certain imposed conditions. Just before the Court rose, the Magistrate acknowledged the value of such a home in such cases. " I do not know," said Mr Beetham, "what we should do without the Salvation Army in cases like these. The Army is a public benefactor of no ordinary degree."

The disloyal conduct of a section of the Irishmen in the Transvaal who have formed an Irish Brigade to support the Boer forces against the British is warmly condemned by their countrymen in Capetown. A meeting of the Irish residents in Capetown has passed resolutions condemning the action of their disaffected compatriots, and endorsing the British policy as represented in Sir Alfred Milner's negotiations with the Boers.

Messrs Smale & Hay, drapers, are moving into their new shop in the Main street to-day, and will soon be in a position to" show off their large stock to advantage.

Messrs Kemp and Jupp's launch " The Planet " is now on her way for this port via Gisborne and Napier, and should put in an appearance shortly.

Further additions are made to the advertisement of the Bazaar in aid of the enlargement of Ail Saints' Church. The different stalls, and competitions being mentioned. We hope in our next issue to give some further particulars.

On our first page will be seen the new advertisement of Mr Loveday's in which some of the leading lines of the new season's goods just received, are noted. For instance there are different coloured serges starting from the low figure of one shilling per yard; lustres and crepons ; white and striped piques ; muslins ; new silks, triminings, &c. The goads imported by

..If Loveday have njw seoareJ their name for being first-class and new in designs, so that our lady readers will be easily found busily inspecting these new goods.

The Friendly Societies of Palmerston ( North will hold their annual picnic and sports in. Victoria Park, Foxton, on New Year's Day. The special tiffin will run fro-n Feilding, and this Mj|ethei' with the fact that an attracti\wßrogramp">e foi. the day will be subtwßpd, should have the effect seeing-^ «js?n a larger number of excursionists' here on that day than previously. Fares have been fixed as fallows ; — Feilding : Adults 3s gd, Children ts gd ; Palmerston i Adults, 3s, children is 3d. These fares will include admission to ground, the price of which will be is tor adults, and 6d for children. We trust $0 see the residents of Foxton also present in large numbers, for there is no doubt that 9hould the gathering be well patronised the fixture will be an established fact as far as Foxton is concerned.

The Royal Gun factories at Wool' wich have just turned out a gun with a range so much in excess of any previous ordnance that the Government range at ShoebUiynesa has been found insufficient for ascertaining its maximum range; When fired for miles beyond the targets* Though the range of the new weapon, has not been accurately measured of calculated, artillerists estimate it at 15 miles, or about 10 miles more than that of the latest rifle smallarms. The Government, at the present time, possess a measured range at Shoebiir'ynesa of 10,000 yards; and though in actual practice very few shots would be fired at a longer distance at sea (owing to the cufvatilte of the earth), the Government have decided to purchase an extensive strip and as this would necessitate waiting a long time before the trial of the new gun could be proceeded with, it has been shortened by about iaifl, so that it can be tested under existing conditions. When the Government range has been lengthened the maximum range of the new weapon will be accurately ascertained.