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Manawatu Herald, 5 June 1900, Page 2

At the meeting of the Council last ' night a letter was read from Mr Fulton, the engineer of the Wirokino Bridge, that the bridge would be ready for traffic within one month from now. The auction sale to be held to-mor-row will be the subject ot much interest, as the number and variet)' of ! the lots to he disposed of by Mr Harry Palmer for Mrs F. R. Young inspires every one to visit the sale on the chance of securing some bargain or another in the way of horseflesh, as Flying Shot, Pivot Gun, and Little. Jack are for sale ; or harness, saddles, horse-clothing ; or a sulky ; or in household furnituTe amongst which is a piano. The sale commences at noon, and as with the early bird, the early attendant at an auction gets the best of it. The Engineer-in-Chief invites tenders for snagging the Manawatu River. Tenders will be received up to noon of the 31st July, and specifications and conditions can be seen at the Public Works Office or the Post Office in this town. On our first page to-day appears a new advertisement of that favourite, insurance office, the "A.M. P." A perusal of the advertisement will show upon what sound lines the business is conducted. Insurers get a bonus, in some cases equal to the yearly premiums they pay, every year. Seven men were entombed by a fall of^earth in a railway cutting at Cairns, the town of Trinity Bay, 900 miles north-west of Brisbane. Three are known to have been killed, their dead bodies having been recovered, and a Fourth has been extricated, seriously injured. The other three are still to be accounted for. The plague has made its appearance at Damietta, on the Suez Canal. The rumoured candidacy of Admiral Dewey for the Presidentship of the I United States is full of interesting possibilities (says the London Daily ; Mail). There are many stages between ' the present indefinite talk and a real attempt to torce the Admiral on the Democratic Convention in the summer. But if Dewey perseveres there will be as pretty a situation as the most fervent politician could desire. A large section of the Eastern Democrats has long sullenly resented the leadership of Mr Bryan, but it has been impossible to throw him on one side owing to his gifts as an orator and his influence in the West. Dewey has a personal popularity which throws even Bryan in the shade; England would have no cause to regret his nomination. He has proved himself our friend more than once. General Snyman, who conducted the siege of Mafeking, has been wounded in the foot, and has retired from active service. The Rotorua pound-keeper has been fined £8 and £10 for selling horses out of the pound without giving notice to owners, or advertising the sale in a newspaper. The Christchurch Transvaal War Kinematograph Syndicate's entertainment was well patronised by the public last night, the hall being simply packed, many having to be content with standing room. The various war pictures were distinctly good, and each in turn met with much approval. The vocalists, Miss Amy Vaughan and Mr Harry Baxter were also successful in their numbers. The management announced that the company would pay Foxton a return visit at an early date, and they are sure to meet with another good reception. Mr James Whyte has some bacon pigs for sale,

Furtherjadditions are made to Messrs Abraham & Williams' stock sale for Thursday.