Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1900.

Manawatu Herald, 10 May 1900, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1900.

Men are wanted for digging potatoes by Messrs Carter Bros. A young unbroken light draught hone is advertised for sale. Mr Arthur Silk will be in Foxton on or about the 14th May. Notice is given to-day that tickets for, the welcoming social to the Rev. and Mrs Leach, to be held on Monday evening next, can be had from either Mr Fraser or Mr Rhodes. Mr W. T. Stead, the noted pro-Boer journalist, accompanied the three Boer envoys on their passage through the Channel to Boulogne. The New Zealand Government has decided to supplement the Indian Famine Relief Fund by the sum of £5000. A decision to that effect was come to at a meeting of the Cabinet held on Monday night. The vote has been made as the result of the consensus of opinion among members of the Legislature obtained by the Premier by telegraph. A contemporary gives the following list of men in New Zealand, who have risen to eminence from comparatively, speaking humble positions. The late Sir Julius Yogel was a reporter on a country paper, the Right Hon. R. J. Seddon was a mechanical engineer, the present Postmaster-General was a telegraphist, the Hon. John McKenzie, a station manager, the Hon. HallJones a builder, the present Chief Justice of New Zealand a country schoolmaster, and the Public Trustee a miner. ' \ The Rangitikei County Council has agreed that subsidy to ferry service over the Rangitikei river should be discontinued on termination of present agreement, but that ferryman be given option of continuing service without subsidy.

The Queen has donated 500 guineas and the Prince of Wales 350 guineas to the Ottawa Fire Relief Fund.

The Ceylon Times states that a healthy site in Ceylon has been selected by the Imperial authorities as a temporary place for the detention of Boer prisoners of war.

Mr Fraser, M.H.R., wired to Mr Seddon in reference to the telegrams regarding the Premier's health, and received the following reply : — " There is nothing seriously wrong. Have had warnings, which, my medioal advisers say must , not go unheeded, and with complete rest for a short time will be all right again. The kind messages that I have received from all parts of the colony are very cheering, and more than compensate me for the overwork which has caused the -trouble. I should be glad if you woul J inform inquiring friends that there is not sufficient warrant for sensational telegrams referred to."

The latest returns from the Sydney plague hospital show that 196 patients have so far been admitted, ot whom 63 have succumbed to the disease. Last week furnished 37 cases — the highest record for any week as yet.

Experienced flax cutters are wanted at the Awa mill.

Messre P. Hennessy & Co. have 100 tons of Coalbrookdale coal to arrive at the end of this, or early next, week.

Tenders are wanted for cleaning out 140 chains of drains on the MotoA Estate.

A letter has been' received by Mr Stansell fro<i the officer commanding the district that the offer of a Rifle Volunteer Corps at Foxton has been considered by the Government, and it is. regretted that the offer cannot be accepted.

The other day at Taiifanga (says the Auckland Star) a small fatigue party of bluejackets from H.M.S. Pylades came up to the Tauranga Cemetery and did a good deal oi work clearing up the graves in the naval and military cemetery, repairing headboards, etc., and attending to the last resting place 9of the soldiers and sailors who fell at the Gate Pah fight.

Mr John Walker informs the Wanganui Herald that large numbers of dead hares are lying about the country. The animals have evidently suffered from internal trouble, as in every case the stomach and entrails show evidence of disease, which also caused the fur to come off the backs of the hares before death. Mr Walker states that he has never, in his long experience, seen such a mortality from disease among hares, and is at a loss to account for it. •

During the performance of " Dr Bill" at the Christchurch Theatre Royal last week, one of the actors had a narrow escape from poisoning. In \he second act, wliere Mr De Chateau, who pourtrayed the character of Firman, is supposed to faint.'thelady who took the part of Firman's wife endeavoured to administer smelling salts to him while he was lying on the sofa. Unfortunately Mr De Chateau's mouth was open, and as the stopper was out of the bottle he swallowed a portion of the contents. He* immediately sprang from the sofa and left the stage, much to the suprise of the audience, who were unaware'of what had happened. The curtain was quickly dropped, and in a few seconds Mr Bently went to the front and asked if there was a doctor among the audience, stating that Mr De Chateau was in agony. After remedies had been used, however, the actor speedily recovered, and was able to go on to Wellington with the company.

Speaking at the official welcome tendered to him at Cape Town, prior to his departure for England, General Sir George White said :— England always comes out best in the hour of adversity — (cheers— and this campaign has been no exception to that general rule. We are all proud of being English. England is only a little dot on the map of the world on which we balance one foot of the compass while we wheel the other leg towards the Poles to mark the confines of Greater Britain. (Cheers.) In this case, as in many former ones, we have found that this little England is the heart of a vast system whose giant limbs reach to the uttermost parts of the earth. (Cheers.) So brave and so strong has proved the pulsation of that little heart that it has sent a current of English lifeblood to the furthest extremity of the further possessions, and knit them together as one unconquerable whole. (Loud cheers.) The dark hours of our adversity, I believe, are past. I am sorry to say that my share in the business is over ; but I know that I have had the honor and the pride to be a lieutenant ot the gallant Field Marshal who now so ably directs military affairs in this country — (cheers — who is going to be the biggest soldier in England since the days of Wellington, and who already possesses, and deservedly so, the hearts of the whole nation. (Prolonged cheer9i)