Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, OCT. 4, 1900. The Palmerston .-Swage.

Manawatu Herald, 4 October 1900, Page 2

Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, OCT. 4, 1900. The Pal merston .-Swage.

We earnestly trust that the Borough Council of Palmerston will be wise enough to give heed to the warnings they have received ahout emptying their sewage into the Manawatu river. On Monday night the Foxton Borough Council rose to the occasion and passed a resolution against Palmerston committing any further act of that objectionable nature. Wrong doers do not like to have their offences, and the obstinacy shown in committing such offences, made public, but the fact must be duly noted that prior to one drop of sewerage being emptied into the river the three public bodies within whose districts the river runs after passing Palmerston, namely, the Manawatu County Council, the Horowhenua County Council, and the Poxton Borough Council made a formal protest, but were debarred from moving for an injunction because the nuisance, complained of, had to be proved, which could not be done until the expenditure of taking (lie sowers to the uvec bad been ,

incurred. These public bodies have, however, taken all action that was necessary to sweep away any excuse the Palmerston Borough Council may attempt to make that they were unaware of any objection to their action until the matter was completed. The Palmerston people have not been worried by an injunction but they may reckon upon an application being made for one if they proceed with the proposed additions to the sewerage scheme. As there ia a proposed outlay of £10,000 it appea s to be a blind proceeding to obstinately spend this money in the face of the smallest objection raised, as though the nuisance may not be so very great '-t present, it must be apparent that any addition must tend to make a nuisance worse, and it is probable that no further steps will l)c caiccii l>y fclie loctil bodu^ na-iued until alter the expent'iitui'o, and it is the Palmerston Borough Council who will be only to blame. It is perhaps unnecessary to advise the Palmerston people to read the new Health Act, which if it has passed in anything like the shape it was introduced to the House, will bar the proposer!' action of the Palmerston Borough better than any injunction. Tt strikes us ns being absurd that settlers of the same division of the country, all interested in the one river, should have to waste public money in law in fighting one another on a question which every rightminded man can guage the right and wrongs of for themselves. We hope some wiser council will prevent any necessity for calling upon the law.

The Czar of Russia has issued an ukase nationalising the liquor traffic. Alderman Frank Green has been chosen Lord Mayor of London in the place of the Right Hon. A. J. Newton, whose term of office expires next month. Every article of value in the Summer Palace at Pekin was found packed and labelled for Russia. A return has been presented to the House showing (he number of horses purchased by the Government up to June 16th, for shipment to South Africa. The total number purchased and paid for was 1701. A return which has just been published gives the general statistics of Methodism all over the world. The grand totals are as follows : — Ministers 44,369 ; lay preachers 133,434 ; church members 7,382,145 ; Sunday schools 79,192 ; officers and teachers 790,850 ; Sunday scholars 6,271,748 ; churches 80,031. The Mansion House War Fund was oponed on 2.lst October, 1899, and on 21st August it amounted to one million pounds. This is the largest sum ever raised for a Mansion House Fund, the largest previous being £550,000 for the Indian Famine Fund in 1897. The way in which the Heathen Chinee adheres to the calling of his forefathers is shown (says the Chronicle) in an announcement in a weekly of large circulation in the Celestial Land. A celebrated dancing master, Hung Foo Choo, announces that he is to hold a religious service, to which he invites all and sundry, in honor of the 1000 th anniversary of the death of his 1 ancestor, who was the first of the I family to take up the profession. It would be interesting to know hew much money has been lost on the Levin tarm. The tarm has been transferred from the Labour Department to the Agricultural Department, and in the report it is stated " some 650 acres have been felled and grassed ; twenty acres have been planted with fruit trees, and a few acres with shelter trees. The Department of Labour, in handing over the farm, gave the number of fruit trees at 2467, at 3s iod each, equal to £472 16s iod. The greater proportion, however, are of little value to the department." A few words telling of a great and needless expenditure in grubbing 20 acres and njw the trees are " of little value !" I On Friday last, the chairman of the Bulls Town Board received a letter , from the Government . staging that r in the event of the Rangitikei County Council, Manawatu County Council and the Bulls Town Board agreeing to pay their share of £14,500 (which had already been agreed) that they (the Government) would pay as agreed half that amount, and the extra ?cosf, viz., £2400, so that Mr Saunders' tender might be accepted and the Bulls bridge be proceeded with at once. A special meeting of the Commissioners was held the same afternoon and it was unanimously decided to sign the igreement. — Advocate. .In a township not a hundred miles from Masterton (says the. Wairarapa Star) a resident was astonished at receiving the following wire :— " Meet your uncleaned aunt." It subsequently dawned upon him that he toad been requested to meet his uncle and aunt. This reminds (Hawera Star) of a little incident a few years back. The House of Representatives had been discussing the question of barmaids. A member possessed of prohibition proclivities ventured the remark that " Barmaids lured young men to destruction." The telegraph operator thought otherwise, for he advised the various newspapers that their virtuous member was of opinion that ♦• barmaids lbved youog men to distraction." -- : At a meeting of the Anglican Diocesan Synod at Napier on Monday the following motion was passed :— "That the attention of both the clergy and the laity in this diocese is earnestly called to the fact that during the last few years there has been a great falling off in the numbers of children attending our Sunday schools, and to the necessity of making ?reat efforts to stem this evil." The Governor left by tlio Mildura on Sunday evening for Cook Islands to perform the ceremony of annexing the group.

I——————— — — m — — —^—^w The following is from the H.B. Herald : — The Parliamentary visitors to Napier, particularly the South Island members, got a surprise on Saturday, when at dinner at the Mason" r io l .el. Mr Frank Moeller, with enterprising forethought, gave them a taste of early spring prod"? 1 * - 1 " the district. This took i x i^im of new potatoes, green peas, asparagus and tomatoes, and lamb. In most other districts these products will not be available for at least a month or two. A Chnstchurch judgment debtor was being examined as to why he h*d made a certain trip to Sydney. Ai length he explained to the magistrate that his wife had run away with another man, and that he was following up. His Worship considered that this might be called a necessary expenditure. A circular has been issued by the Department of Agriculture notifying that shippers of butter will be required to pay 2*-d per 56'lbs towards tYftfizing charg'eF,~the whole of which has hitherto been borne by department. It will be collected by the Freezing Companies from the shippers. The opening of the boating season was successfully performed yesterday afternoon. Six boats were manned and went on the river for a time. The boatshed was crammed with enthusiasts of boating, and afternoon tea and the club's hospitality was taken full advantage of. The band played a niumber of selections in a pleasing manner. Mr Traill did the catering for tho Club in first-class style. . A large number visited the tennis grounds yesterday afternoon when the local Club's formal opening took place. Several gemes were played, in which new members took part. Afternoon tea was dispensed by the ladies and was much enjoyed. The. promised lecture by the Rev. J. de B. Galwey, 8.A., entittled "Scenes in South Africa," and regarding mission work in the district of Tinnevelly, will be held in All Saints' Schoolroom, to-morrow night (Friday) at 7.30 o'clock. Some beautiful lantern pictures will be shown in connection with the lecture. Admission is free, and all are welcome. A collec tion will be taken up for the funds of the N. 2. Church Missionary Association. Yesterday Frederick Danderson was sentenced to 14 day's imprisonment with hard labour for using obscene language in the Main street. This morning Joseph Gannon and Frank Spencet were fined five shillings each for drunkenness. An attractive heading " Moonlight and Music on the Water." -This is what is promised by the Manawatu River Co. on Monday evening, when the s.s. Tuna will leave the wharf at 8 o'clock p.m. Passengers are reminded that only a limited number can be carried, s<"»,it would be well "to secure tickets early, For those. w.ho.,may not be of the Incky number we may mention that if the?e excursTqiTs arj§: will patronised they will be repeated, and we cannot conceive a m^r-" 1 pleasant way of passing a summer's «ye than with " moonlight and music" on the river. We hope to be able to record a successful opening. ■ The Wanganui Metropolitan Club has approved of and passed the programme for the Foxton Racing Club's meeting on the 21st and 32nd of January. Thirty-four battalions of British militia are being disembodied. " Jacky " Underwood, who was an accomplice of the notorious Governors in the Gilgandra murders, has been sentenced to death for the murder of Percy Mawby. No bill was returned against " Jacky " Porter and the wife (a white woman) of "Jimmy" Governor, and both were discharged. Henry Cunningham, the Burnham boy who stabbed the Superintendent of the institution on 30th August, was brought before the Magistrate's Court at Christchurch on Tuesday. Evidence was then .called to the effect that accused. had,., nishej^ at .the. Superintendent and stabed him immediately the latter entered his cell to_ punish him. Accused, who reserved his defence, was committed for trial. Mr J. H. Trail^lras; purchased Mr Wunsch's bakery 'business. His advertisement appears in another column. Mr H. A. Wunsch request^ a prompt settlement of accounts owing to his having disposed of his business. The Methodists are proposing to hold a bazaar and sale* of work in the Town Hall on Wednesday and - Turaday October 10th and nth. The ladies have been industriously working for a long time apd have made a large number 6f plain and Fancy goods which are sure to attract great attention. An interesting programme will be given and there should be plenty of fun for both old and young, which, together with delicacies froia the refresh;, tnent stall will not -only be,, pleasing but satisfying. It will be the aim of the workers to make this sale of work surpass any other held by this Church in Foxton, so this should be a sufficient guarantee to all to come as. the well known success in the past is net forgotten.

SANDER and SONS EUC\LPYTT EXTRACT. According to reports of a great number of physicians of ii r hightest professional Btanrlir>p;. !:cio are offered Eucalpyti Ex trnota which possess no curative qualities. Inprotection of the world wide fame of Sanders and Sons preparation we publish a few abstracts from these re^m, which bear folly out that 60 .rrii— .c • can.b: nlaced in other products: — Dr. VV. B Rush, Oakland Fla., writes It is sometime? difficult to oblain the genuine article (Sander and Sons). I employed different other preparations ; they had no therapeutic value and no effects. In one case the effects were similar to the oil camphorn. the ohjpctionable action of whioh ig well known." Dr H. B.Drake, Portland, Oregon, says— "Since I became acquainted with this preparation (Sander and Sons) I nse no other form of eucalyptus as I think it is by far thR beat." I)r L. P. PieUou, Lynehburg, Va., writes—" I never used any preparation other than Sander aud Sons'. as • found the others to be almost useless." Dr J. T. Oorraell, Kansas City. Kan9.-, says —"Care baa to be exercised not to be

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