Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, JUNE 16. 1900.

Manawatu Herald, 16 June 1900, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, JUNE 16. 1900.

A member of the London firm, which holds the contract of supplying the army with bandages, says that they despatched 297,000 bandages to South Africa during the April month, and the output of these supplies will reach an average of 100,000 per week. Circumstances alters cases. The Bloemfontein Post says, one of the treasonable acts attributed to Mr De Wet, M.L.A., is that he sat on a a rebel Court-martial which tried a Cape policeman, Marais, for doing his duty, and ordered his despatch to Bloemfontein. Maraisi however, eacaped and returned, andjie happened to be a constable detached for the duty — which must have been in this case unusual pleasure — of conducting Mr De Wet to Aliwal gaol.

The Official Assignee invites tenders for produce on Joe i'os's market garden, and also for thi purchase of flaxmills at Wirokino. The services at the Methodist Church to-morrow night will commence at 7 p.m. The Rev. W. Woollass will preach a special sermon on " J »s n ph ' and Mrs Woollass will sing a sacred 1 solo. I On Tuesday night the first of a series of socials will be held in the Methodist Schoolroom. Mrs Austin and family are giving the social and arranging the programme, which will be of an excellent character. Young men are j specially invited. There will be a charge of one shilling admission. i The insurances on the Manawatu Hotel are as under : — £1000 on the j building and £150 on the stables in the United Insurance Company, and ! >n the furniture in the South British Insurance Company. A replace advertisement from Messrs ". M. Ross & Co. of the Bon Marche, 'ahnerston Nortlf, appears in this sue. The firm call attention to the magnitude of their present stock of i-w goods in drapery and clothing, xcceding a total of £io,ooo, and _js ■>• i-- -»n« of the finest stocks Be tween Wellington and Auckland, and payers cannot do better than pay an visit of inspection. A private in the Blues, writing to his sister at Farnham, printed in the Daily News, says : — " General French ordered one squadron of the Blues to 30 out on reconnaissance to find the anemy. Well, after some time we did md them, but they were in a too strong a position, and we only numbered 80. The bullets began to whistle round, and the shells to drop, and our position became dangerous. We had the order to retire, which took a little time, as we were all dismounted on the top of a high hill, and the horses were a little way off. By the time we Had reached the bottom of the hill someone had galloped off with my horse, so I was left without a mount. The firing was getting rather thick, tnd I thought my last day bad come, or I had no chance of getting away alone. Bnt the Duke of Roxburh came back for me, and 1 got up on his horse behind him. and he carried me in safety away from the fire. So I owe my life to him." The Duke of Roxburghe is a lieutenant in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. A good story (says the " East London Despatch,") comes from the Colonial Division. During the British occupation ot Rouxvill, an officer and a party of KaffrarianS were sent >ut to search some farmhouses for arms. At one place the owner was absent, but his wife protested by all that was holy that she knew of no guns. A quiet talk with a Tot tie servant resulted in a stone wall being demolished, and a number of Mausers found. When the old lidy saw thr she asked the officer who informed him of this hiding place. " Oh," was the ready reply, " Mrs ■ ■ (mentioning the name of the woman on the next farm]. Thereupon the old dame fell into a terrible rage, and after exhausting the words of the Dutch language in denouncing the supposed informant, she added, •• Now I'll tell where her guns are hidden." And she did with such exactness that a second good haul was made.