Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, SEPT. 8, 1900.

Manawatu Herald, 8 September 1900, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, SEPT. 8, 1900.

The girl, Mary Alice Winifred Luke* seventeen years of age, upon whom it is asserted an illegal operation had been performed, died at Wellington on Thursday morning.

In another column will be found letters from the Chairman of A.M. P. Society and the chairman of the local Board with reference to the referendun. Members of the Society should read the advice tendered.

On Wednesday next Messrs Walker and Nolan will run a drag to the Bulls races, leaving Whyte's hotel at seven o'clock.

Sir William Lyne has definitely decided that January ist shall be fixed as the date for the establishment of the Commonwealth.

The Otaki Mail states that Mr J. W. Swainson, a highly-esteemed and influential resident of Manakau, has been missing from Wellington for the past nine or ten days. His friends are becoming very anxious.

The quotations for tallow show an all round decline of £3 per ton since the beginning of April, and the outlook, judging by the statistical position is not very promising.

" Dont't answer this until I have asked you the question 1 " was the instruction seriously given by a leading council to a witness in the Supreme Court the other morning. The laughter was general.

Owing to recent wet weather there has been great mortality among lambs in the Kiwitea. It is also stated that hawks are killing many.

As may be imagined, says (he Post, the shareholders of the freezing comoanies are greatly concerned at the proposal to set up an inquisitorial committee to "enquire into the private affairs of the companies. Such representations have been made to the directors of some of the companies that we understand it has been decided to convene a special meeting of share holders to consider what action shall be taken.

Captain Russell has received a cable stating that his second son died in mid*=cean on the way from America to England. He was a bri of great -.-/-..v.-™ t-h t..^ called to the bar in England, shortly after which he was attacked by influenza.

A London paper says that a Mr Digby who died recently, was the grandson of an Admiral Digby, who was the hero of a very curious ex perience. During the war with Spain in 1799, Admiral Digby was in command of the Alemene, and was cruising on the Spanish shores, going southward. One night he was asleep in his cabin and was heard to ring his bell. His steward attended twice, and the Admiral remarked on the second occasion. "It is very odd ; every time I fall asleep I hear somebody shouting : • Digby ! go to the northward.' " . So he gave orders to sail to the northward, and when daylight broke he found a huge Spanish ship close at hand. It was boarded, and found to be laden with silver. The value of the capture was such that each seaman's bounty or prize money amounted to £182.

Mr Frank Whiteley, Mayor of Mafeking during the siege, arrived at Bradfort on Monday (says the Daily Mail of July 24th), and is being lionised. To-day he will be entertained at a Mayoral luncheon, and to-morrow there is to be a banquet in his honour. Mr Whiteley intends to settle in the Bradford district, giving up business. The bombardment of Mafeking injured his property, he states, to the extent of /4000.

An American newspaper gives in all seriousnessness, the following notice to its readers : 'We have sent an account to many of our subscribers who are in arrears with their payments without receiving any reply from them. As we can only suppose that the cause of their failure to reply to our repeated communications is to be attributed to their death, we intend to publish a list of their names shortly among the obituary notices. Any subscriber who does not wish to figure among the deaths will, therefore, please send us, without delay, an answer — and remittance.

A second lieutenant recently Graduated from Sandhurst (says a Home paper), who has just joined his regiment in South Africa, was standing in the market place of an upcountry town, when a grizzled and unshaven old soldier, wearing khaki breeches, a shirt, and a campaign hat, stepped up and stood near him. The young soldier turned on him sharply : " Here, you man, did anyone ever teach you how to salute ? " " Yes sir," drawled the trooper, as he glanced at the youngster. "Well, knock your heels together," said the young officer, and the trooper came to attention with the precision of an old soldier. " Now salute," he said, and the trooper's gauntlet came to the rim of his hat and stayed there until the young lieutenant answered it, at the same time cautioning him not to let it happen again, and demanding his name and regiment. Without relaxing his position from attention, the old trooper again respectfully saluted, and remarked drily : "My name is , and I'm brigadier general of the Cavalry Brigade."

Mr Arthur M. Mann, in his book "The Boer in peace and war" remarks : — " The Boers, are all farmers, and, according to their own statements a poverty-stricken people. They plead poverty before an English merchant because they fancy it will have the effect of reducing prices. Fortunately, the merchants possess rather an accurate knowledge of such customers, and in consequence they lose nothing. One would as soon believe the generality of Boers as walk into the shaft of a coal mine. He has the reputation for lying, and he never brings discredit on that reputation. When he lies, which is on the average every alternate time he opens his mouth, he does so with great enthusiasm and the while he is delivering one lie, he Is carefully considering the next. When he can't think of any more lies he starts on the truth, but in this he is a decided failure."* Touching on the superstitious side of the Boer nature, Mr Mann lays stress on the belief which the average Boer entertain of the efficacy of prayer when, for example, he is visited with a plague of locusts, and in this connection he forcibly illustrates the characteristic slimness of the race. " When he is not praying," he observes, •• he is putting 10 lb stones in his bales ot wool to be ready for the merchant's scales and transacting other little matters of business of a like nature."

Owing to a hitch in the negotiations the purchase of Mr Darvill's Post Office Hotel has fallen through, and the public will be glad to learn that the popular host still remains in possession.

The sale of cows at Mr A. S. Easton's farm yesterday may be termed a great success, as the prices ranged from £5 10s to £8 17s 6d for cows, four or five heifers failed to reach £5. Horses were dull of sale, nearly everyone being turned away. The two bulls brought £15 10s and £19 10s, both falling to the bid of Mr J. R. McDonald.

Mr S. Burr is advertising some low prices, for cash, for groceries. On Monday Messrs Gorton & Son sell the flaxmills of Messrs Westwood &Co. Since mentioning the sale of the 431 acres at Moutoa, the agent has altered the advertisement making it clear that the block is divided into three very convenient farms, anyone of which is well worth possessing. Mr W. B. Rhodes has a changed advertisement to-day which sets forth a few of the lines in which he deals. No doubt our readers will read it up. The piano "^"^rHsed for sale is a good bargain io •••" *"» ~" ! - : -- / such an instrume jd order and the tone 16 sv. «. ,j\verful. Mr England will give an organ recital after service at All Sainis' Church to-morrow evening. The annual meeting of the Foxton Cricket Club will be held at All Saints' Schoolroom on Tuesday evening next. During a debate on Thursday the Premier complained of what he termed the unfounded criticisms as to the progress of business made by Mr G. W. Rnisell, who, he said, was possessed of a temperament which was, and would always be, a bar to his advancement. Mr Russell voted all right, but he did not assist the Government in any other way. The Public Petitions Committee makes no recommendation of the petition of John Holmes, of Wellington, who prayed for compensation for heavy losses sustained when acting as Special Fibre Commissioner. The Dedication Festival service of St Mary's Church, at Levin, was held on Friday evening, when there was a good gathering of parishioners. The Rev. J. A. McNickle took the service' and the Rev. H. S. Leach read the lessons. The preacher was the Rev. H. F. Wilson, of Palmerston, who preached on the text. "Do all to the glory of God." The music was bright and hearty and the local choir was assisted by several of the choir boys from All Saints' Church, at Foxton.