Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, JAN. 6, 1900.

Manawatu Herald, 6 January 1900, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, JAN. 6, 1900.

The Commissioner of Taxes has a notice to the effect when the respective duties by way of income tax leviable should be paid.

We regret to learn that Miss Tessie Smith, the eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs J. A. Smi'h, old and much resperted [residents of Moutoa, died this morning. The young lady has been a patient sufferer for some time, and has passed away at the early age of 19 years, and to the bereaved parents we tender our sympathy in their great loas. The funeral will leave Mr Smith's residence at 2 o'clock on Tuesday afternoon next.

A sitting of the Justices' Court was held yesterday before Messrs F. Robinson and A. Fraser, when David McDiarmid for theft of £2 was convicted and ordered to refund the amount stolen, in default one month's imprisonment. Defendant was allowed one month in which to pay the amount. James Egan was also charged with theft from the person and forgery, and was committed for trial at the next sitting of the Supreme Court at Wellington. Arthur Egmont Smith, aged 9, Sidney Stanfield Smith, aged 15, and George McAllister, aged 8, were charged with breaking and and entering the dwelling of Mr Perreau. The two former boys were found guilty, and were remanded to Palmerston to be dealt with by the Magistrate. The case against McAllister was dismissed.

The Borough Council gives notice that on the 15th of January they will fix the day for the statutory half-holi-day.

The passenger traffic on the Government Railways during the holidays surpassed any previous returns.

All the Ministers are expected to arrive in Wellington to-morrow, and a meeting of the Cabinet will be held on Monday.

During the past year three flaxmills, employing about 100 hands, have been established in the South Wairarapa Valley.

One of the troopers with the New Zealand contingent, writing to a friend in Wellington, from Maitland, says : — To illustrate how matters are mixed here I need only mention about a family who reside near our camp. The family comprise people of the name of M'Gregor, the male members of whom (five in all) are fighting against the Boers, and the other branch of this peculiar family are Boers (cousins of the M'Gfegors), the male members of whom are fighting against the British, but the women at the farm at Maitland are on the best of terms.

Speaking at Hokitika the Premier mentioned that it might yet be necessary to send a third contingent to South Africa.

Another lady whose husband' is a captive in Mafeking, under the safe keeping of Colonel Baden- Powell, is Lady Edward Cecil. She was Miss Violet Maxse, daughter of Admiral Maxse, and her "marriage with Lord Edward Cecil, one of Lord Salisbury's sons, was a true love match. Lady Edward is a very charming and beautiful young woman, and as a debutante some years since was one of the most attractive girls of the season. She has read and studied much. Her husband was reported wounded in a recent sortie from Mafeking. At the sale of the Silverbope estate property, the area disposed of totalled 2212^ acres. The Advocate says the bidding was not overspirited, the sections being mostly taken at the reserve. Another Sydneyite has donated £5000 towards the proposed Bushmen's Transvaal Contingent. The Native Land Court opens again at Pipiriki this morning. There is sufficient business to engage the attention of the Court till April. The Pipiriki Block of about 16,000 acres, is at present being dealt with. The resignation by the Rev. H. F. Hont of the cure of All Saints' parochial district, Palmerston North, has been accepted, and will take effect on the 30th April. Mr Hunt, who is leaving for England, will be succeeded by the Rev. C. C. Harper, of Patea.

The recXent Friendly Societies' picnic at Foxton was a great financial success, and it is anticipated that there will be a profit of nearly £50 on the gathering.

Mr P. E. Daniells, of Scott's Ferry, holds a record for efficient work at one of the most difficult ferries in th« colony. During his management the mails have been crossed 2000 times, and have always been delivered ii time.

A Kiwitea settler recently dug up s^me moa bones in a good state o preservation.

The amount realised by the extra race for the Transvaal Fund at ttu second day's races at Bulls amounted to £47 10s.

The dairy exports at New Plymouth from September Ist to December 31st were 70,677 boxes of butter and 2580 crates of cheese, of the approximate value of £165,000.

The nominations for the Foxton races, which are published in another column, must be considered very good, and total an increase of 40 more than last year. The weights for the first day will be declared on or about the 12th, and. the handicapper (MrJ. E. Henrys)* will no doubt make such ad justments that large acceptances will also be received. ,

The Heller company gave one of their clever entertainments at the Public Hall last night before an appreciative audience. The performers came in for a lot of applause, and the items were much enjoyed.

Messrs W. H. Field and C. B. Morison have been nominated for the Otaki Seat, and the election is being held to-day.

A German resident of Ashburton has given five horses for the Government for the use of the second contingent. The donor, in handing them ovei % remarked, "We came here Germans, and we could not have been better treated if we had been Englishmen. We must do what we can for you." Such an expression is worthy of the hearty appreciation of every Britisher, and the sentiment does credit to the gentleman who uttered it.

An interesting discovery was madf. the other day at the grounds of the Australian Museum, Sydney, , the felling of a tree remarkably like the Moreton Bay fig in appearance resulting in the collection of a quantity of good rubber. No [one appeared to have known that the tree was of that variety which yeilds rubber, and the discovery is interesting as showing that rubber caja be successfully grown in New South Wales.

A private cable message has been received in Melbourne stating that Miss Amy Castles has just sung for Madame Morchesi, who was highly delighted with her singing. Madame Marchesi said that her voice was perfect in quality, and that its lucky possessor would probably be one day a great star. The principal critics in London and Paris agree that Miss Castles has a voice of phenomenal beauty and rare excellence. Her term of study will extend over 16 months.

Influenza is raging in England, causing a heavy mortality.

The Mauser rifle, which the Boers carry, was thoroughly tested in the recent fighting in Cuba. It is a merciful weapon. General Maceo had been wounded nineteen times by Mausers before the fatal shot in Pinar del Rico, and every ragged Cuban private . exhibits wounds inflicted by the tiny bullet without serious effect. At regular ranges the nickel projectile make a clean perforation, passing through bone without splintering, and taking no cloth or foreign substance into the wound. If the nickel coating shonld be damaged however, or the velocity is reduced by extreme range or ricochet, the wound is more complicated than those inflicted by the Dum Dum. Our correspondent was wounded at Cruces. A Mauser bullet passed through hio leg and killed his horse. Dressed only with cigar ash, and wrapped in a shirt cuff, the wound healed in a few days. In other cases Mauser wounds invariably required nothing beyond carbolic acid and a bandage. The number of men who died in Cuba ostensibly from wounded were generally victims of the commissariat department.

The Rakaia's cargo to London included 924 tons of butter and 273 tons cheese from all ports.

Mr P. Fitzherbert, who accompanied the First New ZealanJ Contingent to Capetown, writes to his father, Mr H. S. Fitzherbert, of Palmerston North. He mentions that he has taken service in the South African Light Horse, and is a member of No. 4 troop of E squadron, Major Villiers in command. The rate of pay is 7s 6d per day, less is for rations. There are six other New Zea.landers in this squadron, including Snow (Levin), Anderson (Christchurch), Hayne, Jessop and Oliver, and one other. The squadron eventually proceeded to De Aar, to join Lord Methuen's column.

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