Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, AUG. 18, 1900.

Manawatu Herald, 18 August 1900, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, AUG. 18, 1900.

Mr Carrol, the new guard for the Foxton branch, has arrived here.

Mr Speirs has made a good commencement with the new residence for himself.

Mr Loveday, who is a brother of the owner of the drapery store, is here, and wants a house.

Mr George Coley has a large grain store erected, all of iron, on the land he lately purchased in Coley street.

Mr J. T. Morton leaves about the middle of next week for Dunedin where he enters upon a position in the railway.

Attention is drawn to an advertisement of a grand children's concert to be given in the Victoria Hall next Friday night.

By special request Mrs Woollass will sing at the Methodist Church tomorrow night the sacred solo H The Holy City. 1

Most of the dairy farmers in the Rewa district are (says the New Plymouth Daily News) having their herds dehorned, and within, the last few weeks the horns have been taken off upwards of 300 cows there.

The frequenters, and they are many, of Mr Loveday's drapery establishment, will note some great changes in the staff, Mr John Gillespie who has been with Mr Loveday some seven years, has left and will proceed South next week. He will be very much missed as owing to uniform courtesy he was very much liked. Mr Stiles also severs his connection on Saturday next.

Manawatu County Council has just completed purchase of an American Champion Reversible Road Machine. It has been proved that the work done by the machine has been very satisfactory, and also very much more quickly than by the method at present in practice in the County. It is anticipated that the employment of the machine will effect a considerable saving annually, both in repairs and for gravel, as most of the roads in the County are suitable to be so worked. Arrangements will probably be made by which the machine may be hired out to the Council's contractors.— Advocate,

A Maori canoe, 30ft long, has been lifted from beneath Bottle Lake, near Christchurch, where it has lain for 30 years. It is of totara, quite sound, and has been secured for the Christchurch Museum.

The French dockyard labourers have secured the recognition of eight hours as the standard day's work.

Severe floods have occurred in North-west Tasmania, and there is a terrific sea on the coast. A railway line under construction has been damaged near Penguin, while at the latter place, which, is on the coast of Bass's Strait, the breakwater has collapsed and is breaking up rapidly.

News was received at Palmeraton on Thursday morning of the decease of Mr Alexander Pringle, one of the earliest settlers at the Hutt, and father of Mr D. Pringle, Secretary of the Manawatu Racing Club. The late Mr Pringle though eighty years of age was most hale and hearty until a few months ago. He lived on the Hanks of the Hutt river and always had a morning dip there in summer and winter. At last Manawatu show the old gentleman was one of the most active exhibitors on the ground, showing a patent straining post. One of his sons, Jack, is away with the New Zealand contingents in South Africa.

In deference to medical advice Lord Salisbury has gone to Schucht a health resort in the Vosges, but continues to conduct the affairs of State by telegraph.

The captain and crew of the steamer Perth, which has just arrived at Perth report a singular occurrence off Geraldton, a coastal town 290 miles north-west of Perth. For two hours they watched a fight between a serpentine creature and a whale. The strange monster at times reared twenty feet out of the water. Its head was like that of a serpent, and its body like a ribbon about six feet wide,

The La France, a new torpedo boat, owing to being wrongly steered through the misunderstanding of an order, collided with Admiral Fournier's flagship Brennus, in the Strait of Gibraltar. After the collision the La France failed to right herself, and sank. The water even entered one of her water tight compartments. Four officers and forty-four of the crew were drowned.

The blacks Joe and Jimmy Governor, who committed Gilgandra and other murders last month, are still uneaptnred. In the course of the chase after the fugitives the police overtook one of them, who was doubling back upon his tracks. The criminal fired several shots at the pursuers, but the darkness interfered with his aim. Eventually he escaped into the scrub.

In the Styche case council for the defence applied for an adjournment on the ground of the illness of Mrs Styche. An affidavit was sworn by Dr Jennings that having examined Mrs Styche on August 13th and 14th and also during the day, he had come to the conclusion that she is suffering from mania, and is incapable of giving evidence, and he is of opinion that she will not be &h)e to appear at court and giving evidence fora period of six weeks. His Honor adjourned the trial to the November sessions'.

On the occasion of the Governor's visit to Foxton Mr Whitehead took five photographs of the proceedings and they are now on view at Mr E. Westwood's shop, and can be obtained at the low price of two shillings each. As a memorial of a red-letter day the photos should sell readily. The view on the railway platform is very good, the Governor being caught looking at the children. The back of the headmaster's head is admirably to the front, and the Rev. W. Woollass' smile is secured for ever. Most of the important persons can be picked out. The second view which takes our fancy might be entitled " the race for lunch," as it shows Lord Ranfurly apparently going "at top" to get on the launch, followed by the Acting-Mayor, who is beyond question putting his best foot foremost, followed by the Hon. H. C. Butler. The photos of the bridge are good, showing it with the swing-span open/and also with it closed.