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Manawatu Herald, 30 June 1900, Page 2

About 19,000 horses for the British army have been bought and shipped by Colonel Aspinwall from Buenos Ayres to the Cape. The average los%on the voyage has been two in every thousand. An English parliamentary committee is investigating a bill promoted by a company ready to build a railway on the mono-rail system by which trains will run at 100 miles an hour. The proposed line is between Manchester and Liverpool. Lord Roberts has divided the Free State, south of Bloemfontein into dis tricts, each under a military commissioner, who has been given a freehand with regard to its administration. The Mail understands that Mr Williamson will start to erect the Waikawa bridge in a day or so. Massage is not of such recent origin as some people think, says an exchange. When old King Thakomban, of Fiji, was suffering from too big a dinner (half a pig, several pullets, and a bucket of yams), he used to order six or seven little children to run up and down his stomach while he lay on his back grunting like a contented sow. Nothing new under the sun. Mr A. R. Osborne, who has lately started business, appears determined to win public favor, and has called a clearing sale of jewellery for July. This is an unusual opportunity to get first-class articles at such a discount. We presume this includes watches, &c, also wedding rings,

A juvenile operatic society is now being formed here, and it is their intention to perform at an early date Messrs Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera entitled "Trial by Jury." The scenery, scores, libretto, etc., has been procured from Wellington, and no pains will be spared to make *he undertaking a success. The musical portion will be under the directorship of Mr J. Kearsley, who has had considerable experience in the operatic stage, he having staged " H.M.S. Pinafore" in the Wairarapa and Manawatu districts, also " The Pirates of Penzance," " Trial by Jury," and various others, j Mr Kearsley has also had considerable experience with " Pollard's Opera Company," 50 tjias he will no doubt bt able to bring it id & 3u'cc'e<fsf.ul issue. The Official Assignee advertises tri£t tW tWO flaxmills in the estate of Joe i lis Ate for sale for cash or part cash, pd approved security. There are gill some agricultural implements and , potatoes, onions and other vegetables pr sale, besides a delivery trap atmost iew. Messrs Heasman and Baker have decided to stock mercery, and they invte a call to inspect the variety they lpld. 1 Mr George W. Russell, M.H.R., whem the old residents know from his 1 hadng been the first editor of the • M/nawato Herald, objects to women labouring under any disabilities, and h«5 therefore introduced into parliament the Removal of Women's Disabilities Bill. His friend, Mr George FTsher, opposed the first reading, but ! was overwhelmingly defeated. Our readers will notice ttfat Dr Mackenzie, of Levin, has arranged to visit Foxton twice a week. Halt a loaf is better than no bread, so that fixed visits of a doctor are better than no visits. Dr Mackenzie is a young and popular man and will, no doubt, speedily secure a lucrative practise in this town. A new teacher's residence is being built at Ohau. After six days' hearing, the Compensation . Court gave a unanimous decision in the case of the Hatuma estate, taken compulsorily under the Lands for Settlement Act. The whole estate was 26,976 acres, and Government ogered £4 10s an acre, or £121,---000 in all. The owners (Mr Purvis Russell and trustees) asked £238,590. The award gives the claimants 585 ! acres of the best land on the run with the mansion and chief station buildings, and for the balance of 26,391 acres £141,618, or £5 7s 4d an acre; also ■ £300 towards costs. < This week's Canterbury Times is 1 another excellent number. As a further addition to its illustrated supplement, which by the way contains some good photographs of Mr Seddon's Island trip, from which it is ' apparent by the number of Native ' belles he is surrounded, it is lucky that ! Mrs Seddon accompanied him, it has ) a full page likeness of R. J. Seddon,' . which is well executed. A good map , of China is also added. The reading j flatter js well up to the standard. j The Hon. J. McKenzie has wired to 5 thfe Premier acknowledging the request ot the Government party that he would reconsider his resignation, but stating " it is quite impossible to do so. He 5 says that if he gets better he must have i complete rest, which he could not get > while holding so responsible a position. ! At the Denistry examinations at ' Wellington the following passed : — , F. F. St. John, Nelson ; F. J. Short, 1 Auckland; J. W. Batt, Wanganui ; and H. E. Andrews, Wellington. . Major Alfred W. Robin, officer com- [ manding the first contingent of New Zealand Mounted Infantry in South \ Africa, has been promoted to the rank of Lieut.-Colonel in the New Zealand 1 Militia. An official notification has been pub- > lished at Capetown that no troops will i be drawn from South Africa until the r end of the war. ; Mr J. P. M. Botha, member for Alii wal North in the Cape House of As- [ sembly has been arrested on a charge , of treason. 1 During the past year the Bishop of • Wellington ordained three priests and [ one deacon, and administered the rite p of confirmation to 206 males and 371 females. His Lordship consecrated • four churches, issued five licenses to 1 the cure of souls, six to assistant curacies, and 11 to lay readers. Per- [ mission to officiate was granted to . eleven priests and two deacons. Four , surrogates were appointed. Two boxes of the Queen's chocolate , were sold on May 2nd a.t Messrs s Christie's, London, in both castes for the benefit of the recipient who had been invalided home. One box realised £5 ss, the other £4 10s. An Irishman is an authority on potatoes, and when he states a certain ! kind are excellent it is generally ac- ! cepted to be so. But other people, besides Irishmen claim a knowledge of , potatoes, one of whom is Mr Matthew Walker, and he insisted on our testing a* sample of those he holds in stock, feeling assured that as they were ex- \ cellent they must necessarily be as good as Messrs Hennessy's potatoes. We have obliged Mr Walker by sampl irq and can declare the potatues to be very good both in size and boiling, being floury. No one will regret buy. ing them. The- Sydney Bulletin relates this yarn. At Dunedin, M.L., the horsebuyer for the local contingent, noticing j a really good horse in possession of a Maori, edged up for a deal. " Goodlooking horse that." The Maori looked sorrowfully at his prad and said — " Good horse but not lookee well." " Nonsense ! why he's in top condition. I'll give you £15 for him." The Maori took the money and handed over the horse— muttering all the time "Not lookee well — not lookee well." When the dealer got to camp he mounted one of his men for the hurdle jump, but though the horse showed beautiful action he blundered heels over head at the hurdle. Then the dealer hunted up the Maori who resolutely refused to part. "Why, he's as blind as a fence I" yelled the dealer. " Well, I tell you he- no lookee well." said the Maorj.

It will be remembered that Colonel Crofton, who was in command at Spion Kop after the fall of Major-General Woodgate, was superseded by Colonel Thorneyc/oft. After the publication of the Spion Kop despatches Colonel Crofton was put on half-pay. Wiara T. Turoa was to-day before the Police Court on a charge of stealing potatoes and onions from Joe Tos's garden. The accused elected to be dealt with summarily, After evidence had been given by Joe Tos, C. Austin, VVyeth, Gerard and the constable, the accused made a statement, but declined to be sworn. He was convicted and fined £5, costs of Court us, witnesses 18s, and interpreter's fee 21s, in default one month's imprisonment with ! hard labour. The fine was paid.