Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 1900.

Manawatu Herald, 22 March 1900, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 1900.

The shooting season for native game will open this year on March 31st and close on June 30th. H.M.S. Porpoise is to proceed to Tonga in order to take possession, on !. •ii.Jt <>t X .., .md, in accordance with the new Angle German agreement. The Maharajah of Jeypore has given fifteen lakhs of rupees to the Indian famine relief fund — approximately £100,000. Last night a whare at the beach belonging to Mr Anreason was burnt. There is no explanation as to how the fire was caused. The following death notice appeared in the London Times weekly edition of February 2nd :— " McLachlan.— On Christmas Day, shot in the Marketsquare, Harrismith, Orange Free State, South Africa, for refusing to fight against his own countrymen, John McLachlan. jun., aged 30, eldest sou of Jno. McLachlan, of Wandsworth, and grandson of the late Jno. McLachlan, of Lambeth." Rumours having reached the North Canterbury Education Board to the effect that the master of one of the district schools, a few miles from town, had been commenting to the school children on the war in South Africa in such a way as was calculated to influence the children against the British. the Board has informed the master in question, for his future guidance, and in order that he may know how it would view such conduct, that it will not tolerate in its service a teacher who uses his position to influence the minds of the children against their Queen and country. An incident of the voyage of the barque Elizabeth Graham from Kaipara to Melbourne is reported. While the vessel was loading at Kaipara on 18th January a swarm ot bees settled under the cover of the mainmast. On Wednesday, 14th February, when the barque was off Wilson's Promontory, a heavy gale from the south-west with rain was encountered, during which the bees disappeared. The cover of the mast, an iron one, and consequently hollow, was lifted, and a store of honey was displayed. From it a kerosene tin was half-filed, an equal quantity having dropped down the mast. It will interest the public just now to know something about the population of the Cape and Natal so far back even as 1898. The Registrar-General has received from the Governments of the Cape and Natal statistics concerning the white and black populations of both colonies at the end of December, 1898. The Natal population at that date comprise 54,622 Europeans, 61,103 Indians, 587,244 natives, and 1175 aliens. The Imperial forces numbered at that time. -in-; npi "ape figures gave the wi;ut- population ot that colony at 485,. 083, and coloured population at 1,7191---586.

The following will represent the Foxton Cricket Club against Taikorea at Taikorea on Saturday :— Betty, Furrie, Stiles, Martin, Nye, Smith, O'Dwyer, G. Kruse, B. Gray, J. Morgan and J. Bo we. Emergency, J. Robinson. Players are requested to try and leave Foxton by 8 a.m. " Could you tell me if we are going right for the Town Hall ?" " Couldn't say, sir." " I believe it's opposite the — cr — King's Arms." " Oh, King's Arms ! Third to the left, second to the ri;»ht, and third to the left again."' For some time past the best of harmony his not prevailed at the Gore Borough Council table, but the climax was reached when the ratepayers held a public meeting to review the methods of the Mayor and Councillors in conducting the business of the Borough. The meeting was rather lively throughout, and eventually a resolution was carried by 50 votes to 10 calling upon them to resign in a body. Satisfaction is expressed by the Agricultural Department (says the Post) at the prospects of the present butter season. The quantity that will be exported during its currency will, it is declared, be 40 per cent in excess of any previous season, and would have been nearer 50 per cent but fo&thc c mtinued dry weather in the Auckland province. A peculiar case of poisoning from eating honey is reported from Onewhero, Lower Waikato. A party of young men had found a tree with a hive of bees lodged in it, and fell the tree to obtain the honey. The honey was obtained, and some of the mem* hers of the party tested it. These who did so were almost immediately attacked with the most agonising pains. Walter and J. Morgan, sons of Mr W. Morgan, of East Pukekohe, were the worst sufferers. Their agony was so great that it produced fits, with frothing at the mouth. Fortunately for them one of the party had declined to taste the honey, so that his services were soon required as nurse. Matters however, took a serious turn, and Dr Dalzell. of Pukekohe, was- sent for and on arrival administered an antidote and injected an alkali solution into the arms of the sufferers. One of the Messrs Morgan in one of his paroxysms iell and cut hi 9 face. However, those who suffered from this exceedingly unpleasant experience are now nearly well. The tree containing the honey was a pukatea.