Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 1900.

Manawatu Herald, 10 March 1900, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 1900.

At Pretoria, on 2nd January, new. arrived that six horsemen who had mado a dash from Ladysmith succeeded in escaping. On the 4th January Thorneycroft's Counted Infantry found a quantity of bandoliers containing Mauser cart ••Idges in a donga (dry watercourse). This looks as if the past holders bad got tired of a military life. Lady White, the wife of the defender of Ladysmith, who is still in Lon don, informed the Times on iath January that the result of bet appeal on behalf of the Ladysmith garrison ha. been the receipt of £4,227 ios in money and 45.151 presents in kind. This has enabled her to give to eaci: combatant in the Ladysmith garrison, whether soldier or sailor, exclusive of officers, two pairs of socks, a cardigan jacket or jersey, a muffler, cap, pipe, md half a pound of tobacco. She Mas also been able to extend the beneV s of the fund to all the forces in Na_>l at the date of closing of the fund. A Departmental Committee, whicb 'ias been inquiring into the cost to ' .Teat Britain of old age pensions, har -eported to the Hou. c of Common, 'hat the cost ot a scheme for p. nsion \vf tbe deserving poor at the age of -:x-y live will be £10,250.000 in 1901. and 50 per cent, more ih 1931. The result of the voting in connection with, the. election to fill tbree vacancies on the Wellington Board of Education is that Messrs A. W. Hoag md John Young have been re-elected. »nd Messrs j. Kebbell and J. T. M. Hornsby have obtained an eaual number of votes. A meeting of the Board •vil] he held on the 14th inst. to decide the tie. The Hon. Muriel : Oh, yes, I suonose I could get married, if I conM find a man I simply couldn't live wuhout. — The Hon. Maude : My dear girl, the difficulty is to find a man you can live with 1 Though London shops are full of \mer ican fruit, the apple crop in America is said to have been a bad one. The Admiralty have given orders to Me. srs Graham, Cooper and Co. for 2,400 cases of coffee, weighing altogether 40 to 50 tons, for use of the I troops io South Africa.

The Captain of the ship Hesnerides, which arrived from Capetown", states . that berthing there is at a hi-h pre- ; •ni. -rt, ?.nd i:-»1. <=•? a vp«-„eHc J. ,'. -^ .t-uv iwdn. *, mntrffiAn, -f ,„.-„, or Ui., she has a poor chance to discuarg C l rg0 V , , ere were x 7» vessels in port , when he left. The captain of one yes- i sel refused to move from a berth when j ordered, and the Commander of the , Forces sent a picket, who cut the lines and the vessel drifted into the stream. The Boers-moved their Nordenf eldts about under cover of ambulance waggons, which they also used to carry ammunition. Tenders for carting shingle are invited by the Borough Council. The Town Clerk advertises that the estimated receipts and the expenditure for the Borongh for the coming year vill be £932. We regret to learn that news ha. been received in town that Mr Little who a few years ago was a saddler here, is lying in New Plymouth hospital suffering from cancer, and little hopes are held for his recovery. The deputy Official Assignee give? notice that Frederick Hooker an 3 Thomas Curtis, trading as Hooker am' Curtis have been adjudged baukruptr Mr Alfred Ross, the Returning Officer, gives notice for the election of a Licensing Committee for Manawatu. Nominations must be made by the 14th instant and the poll, if any, will be held on the 22nd instant. The Harvest Thanksgiving servie. at the Methodist Church to-morrow will be of a special character. Tbr church will be suilably decorated witb fruit, corn, flowers etc. The Rev: W Woollass will preach moraing and evening. The new stamps are now beinj? printed in Wellington. The half penny stamp has been changed to green, and the designs of the penny and four penny stamps transposed. In future the penny stamps will represent the . pink terraoe, and be printed in red! and the four-penny will represent Lake Taupo, and will be printed in brown and blue. Rev. Mr Solum : Madame, do you fully appreciate the danger of sending one so young for liquor ?— Mrs Dooley : Vis, indaad. Only yesterday Oi *e nt him for beer, and he sphiit ivry dhrop. m Vi. countess Hampden has sent 231 1 articles of clothing, 2501 b of tobacco, 3 0 pipes aad a quantity of chocolat< to the New South Wales Lancers and the Australian Horse now at the front. An explosion has occurred in the Red Ash colliery at Fayetteville, Wesi Virginia. United States. One hundred mn?rs were entombed. Twc rot: hay. been rescued, and fifty bodies recovered. A son of Frank Cresswell, two ot three years old, was burned to deafin a field at Richmond on Wednesd_ . afternoon. His father was burniv. stubble and the child wandered to thflames and his clothes became ignited He died on the spot. There is an old saying about Can. Colony—" Rivers without water, fln wers without perfume, women withoir beauty." " I say, major, my brother is at thr '"-'nit, don't you know, and the othe' dr ■•' he had a bullet right through hi- . Imet. Wasn't it a lucky thing h? va«:n't killed ?" *' Can't say, I'm sure Oon't know your brother !" Thn dague has appeared at Cappown having been br might by a shi f rom Rosaria, Argentine Republic. The Advocate says :— Mr Jarvis, r' Ron.srotea, thrashed out 84 bushels to the acre from a crop of sparrow hi': this season, and then a la-jr amount w?s wasted on the ground He obtained 54 bushels to the acr. from a crop of barley. " They say she reigns supreme ir her household." " Yes, and whei she's angry she storms." Er.ch reco'picnt of the Victoria* C... r._ provided he is not a com oiirHo -.j '.nicer, receives an annuls /"io, and additional clasps are grantefor subsequent acts of bravery, e_cl of which carries an additional £5 year. A correspondent of the "FH . ' -uggftsts that the common swede Euglish agriculture might be useful fn feeding horses on in South Afric. The root keeps for a long time, and i food ahd drink combined. The swed> certainly is a most refreshing vegetable very palatable, when cooked, for human beings. Mr W. T. Stead has furnished the " Martin " with a copy of a letter h« has received from an American Volun • eer named James Dunn, who is now with the Boers. Dunn says that " Boer spies and allies are in every British quarter, and keep the Boer staff posted in every detail of information." Dunn's reference, of course, is to the London Transvaal committee, the " Stop the War " Committee, the Manchester Peace Com mittee and the South African Con cilation Committee, all of which are Boer organisations, suffered by the Bri tish Government to carry on their treasonable or^pntl-uis under its ve-'- : "o s «*■. A contemporary asks ; Wiieu "re the organisers of these comm:t f " going to be locked up ? Announcement is made in our advertising columns of the 31st Annual Great Art Union to be held by the Druids' Society on the!_3_d April. Orthis occasion we are informed that the _r-->ceeds are to be devoted to t*-' Melb urne Hospital, a National Charitable Institution, now burdened with the debt of £"26,000. His Excellency the Governor has granted his patronage and presence to the undertaking, and the Mayor of Melbourne, Sir Malcolm McEacharm, and other distinguished citizens are rendering .very assistance. There are £15000 to he given away in Art Union prizes the first is a £1000 or 12 months' trp rounc! the World and £500 in Cash, .nri rhere are 124 other imoort-nt or i_es. Tickets are One shilling each ; thr.v may be had from local agents, or direct from the representative, Mr Theo. W. Heide, 237 Collins-streeti I Melbourne.

" Long engagements aio unlucky," cried the Boers as they ran from their attackers. :i: 2 1...:_1_y, tho pianif.t v.t th- , irtttle in Foxton fo teach music. His | card over tbe leader will show what he ' if capable of undertaking. Mr Kearsley has had great experience and should do well here. Until he arriver, about the 17th instant, correspondence as to terms, &c, can be sent to the care of Mr A. Fraser.