Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1900.

Manawatu Herald, 15 March 1900, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1900.

A London cable quotes hemp as follows : — The market is firmer ; f.a.q. Wellington January- March shipments have been sold at £31 15s per ton c.i.f.

Mr Edward William Mills passed away at his residence, Sayes Court. Aurora terrace, shortly before one o'clock on Monday afternoon. Or Friday last Mr. Mills had a stroke of apoplexy, and although he rallied u r^ expectedly on Saturday, no hopes were entertained of his recovery.

A Sydney suburban doctor states lhat he is firmly of opinion that the so-called cases of plague here" are simply cases of typhoid fever in a virulent form occurring in weak, debilitated subjects. Professor Hughes, electrician, has bequeathed £400,000 to a London hospital. 1 Wool in London has a good sal- , and there is improving competition. News from the East states t^it the inhabitants of Mindoro and Marinduque in the Philippines are starving. Bands of robbers plunder the towns and many Spaniards and Filipinos have been treacherously murdered. Among others Sir Miguel Oalivera, a wealthy merchant, was buried alive and bis son murdered over his grave. A private of the and Cheshire who caught a Boer spy at De Aar, and tying him to his saddle, ran him into camp, was cairied shoulder high by his comrades, and he received from General French a half-crown found in the prisoner's pocket. The Queen's gifts of chocolate were distributed to the troops at Modder river on the 25th January last, amids* scenes of great enthusiasm. The troops cheered Her Majesty lustily. Creamtartarfontein, in Rhodesia, where a skirmish recently took place, is a farm on which many baobab trees grow. Hence the name. The natives call the tree the kerramatata, and a milky fluid exudes therefrom which dries into a powder said to possess all the properties of argol or cream of tartar. Both the natives and the Boers make much use ot it in their limited pharmacopoeia. The trees are very large in girth, many being 109 ft round, and the trunks otten form receptacles for rainwater. The country in this neighbourhood and for many miles south and east is practically waterless. For the first time in history the telephotographer is about to play his part — it may be a very important part — in warfare. Second Corporal F»»rd, of the Royal Engineers, Chatham, has been detailed as telephotographer to the army in South Africa, and has arrived with his cycle and apparatus at Durban. Corporal Ford's camera which is fitted with " telephoto " lenses is a wonderful machine, which will take a clear photograph of a man, or battery, or entrenchments, at any distance up to two miles. This special apparatus was designed by Lieut. Foulke, R.E., and made by the London London Stereoscopic Company. It is fixed on to Corporal Ford's bicycle in such small compass as to be hardly noticeable, and the whole thing, , bicycle and apparatus, is painted the familiar kbaki colour.

The Queen of the oouth is laid up for a general overhaul that is likely to extend over three or four weeks. During that time her decks will be reshealhed and the engines will receive an exhaustive inspection and overhaul. Messrs Paul and Roberts have ' been entrusted with the repair work about the decks. The Himitangt will take up the Foxton running until the Queen of the South is ready for sea again. "These places must exist somewhere," said the Chairman of the Hutt County Council in the course of a general discussion this morning on the question of slaughter-houses, boiling-down works etc. •' But it dosen't follow that the public must be stank out," forcibly interjectod a Councillor, and in that the Chairman concurred.— Post. The revenues of the Church of England subsidised by Parliament are five millions and three-quarters, of which lour million and one quarter are appropriate to ecclesiastical benefices. It is curious to find how small a part of the Church's revenues come from modern benefactions. Since the beginning of the last century these gifts, so often said to constitu'. * a main source of the Church's property, have amounted to £273,686. If the value of the houses attached to sees and benefices be included, as it should be, in the total, the revenue of the Church from permanent t sources will be found to exceed six millions and a quarter. Fees and pew rents are estimated at a million and a half, so that seven millions and a half may fairly be stated as the annual income of the Church.