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Manawatu Herald, 12 May 1900, Page 2

A handsome sideboard and oval mahogany table are offered for sale.

The dates of the visits of Mr Bridge's representative are advertised to-day.

Notice re horse in the public pound appears to-day, and unless - released will be sold on Wednesday.

The Rev. S. H. Leach and Mrs Leach arrived in town from the north by Thursday's evening train.

In response to a call made by Lor° Roberts, many Imperial and colonial officers are applying for District Commissionerships in the Free State.

The Mayor notifies the appointment of Mr Alf. Fraser as Town Clerk, Mr Alzdorf as Inspector of Nuisances and Mr Ernest Ball as Caretaker of the Public Library.

In a letter to a friend Trooper Perreau states that the horse he took from this district is in splendid condition and as lively as a young one.

The Australian Commonwealth Bill will be introduced into the House of Commons on Monday next by the Right Hon. J. Chamberlain, Secretary of State for the Colonies.

A case ot plague, the first that has occurred iv Melbourne, has been found at Collingwood, one of the suburbs. The patient is a man named Cooper, who was engaged in handling cargo received from Sydney. The case is a mild one.

An old saying is, " If I had a donkey that wouldn't go, would I whop him, oh, oh, oh ? It seems the same case in South Africa, as Mr Perreau says it is amusing to see the natives'driving a team, of donkeys. It takes three of them to drive six donkeys — one fellow to lead, one to drive, and one to use the whip and swear! and they all know how to do that.

Lieutenant Dowling, who has just returned to Melbourne invalided, after having been found by the British troopsin hospital on the capture of Bloemfontein, pays a high tribute to the treatment accorded him by the Boers. He regards them in the main as honourable foemen.

Lady : "So you are looking for a square meal, eh ?" Tramp : "No'm; I'm looking for a round one." Lady : " I never heard of such a thing. Pray, what is a round meal?" Tramp: '• One dat hasn't any end to it, mum."

We will give no correspondent away. There is no knowing who might be concerned. We have been informed by one in khaki 'in South Africa that the Dutch girls are not bad looking 1 If this is really so, the girls the members of the contingents have left behind them may be left sighing for many and many a day.

Mr Richard Gray the proprieter of Louth Nursery informs the public that he has a fine nursery stock of Macrocarpas, and raspberry canes. Mr Gray has resided here a number of years and he can point to many successful plantation laid out by him. We recommend a visit to Louth Nursery as then a very good idea will be gathered as to how pines can be trimmed to advantage.

The troopship Moravian sailed from Capetown on Saturday last for Australia with fifty invalided soldiers.

Mrs Wickwire — " The idea. Here is -a story in the paper about a woman suing for ten thousand dollars for the loss of^>nly a thumb" Mr Wickwire — " Perhaps it was the thumb she kept her husband under."

Before the capture of Cronje the •Vienna papers said :— lf Lord Roberts 'idvances through Boer territory to Bloemfontein and Pretoria, his enterprise will be as disastrous as Napoleon's march to Moscow. . . . Lord Roberts's ability may be great, his daring unquestioned, but a Cronje with his wiliness is worth ten Roberts and Kitcheners together.

The Standard mentions that at the meeting of the Hospital^ Board on Thursday, Mr \V. P. Kendall suggested that an effort should be made to get the Government to repay the amount of the subsidy -£45, deducted on account of the Saville trust at Foxton, but after discussing the matter, the general feeling of the members was that it would be useless to attempt it, and the idea was abandoned. A concert organised by Miss Marie Poucicault was given in London in aid of the fund to provide comforts for the Australian soldiers at the front. The affair proved a great success. Miss Ada Crossley, the Tasmanian contralto, and other colonial artists, were amongst the performers.

Mrs Rambo (on the inside of the front door) : " Absalom, you have been drinking again I" Mr Rambo (on the outside : " No, m' dear, I' . Mrs Rambo : " Say ' Prompt payments patiently pursued produce prosperity." Mr Rambo/: " Prompt payments patiently prosued pos . Mrs Rambo : "'Absalom, you can go up to your room by way of the back door."

Judging by the frequent serious accidents of late by the setting fir* of a mixture of turpentine and beeswax^ j says a contemporary, it does not seem to be generally known that it is unnecessary to bring the mixture near the fire. It may be safely prepared in the following way :— Let the beeswax be cut into small pieces, and put in the oven to soften, then when sufficiently softened it should be taken away and the turpentine mixed with it. It such I a mixture should become alight it should be quenched by throwing such subrtances as ashes or sand or earth . on it. Throwing water on it wouU diffuse the burning material over the room, and increase the danger.

One of the wonders of the coming P?.ri..- Exposition will be a 360 ft tower, in which scientists will experiment with a pendulum to ascertain if it is possible to detect or demonstrate the motion of the earth.