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Manawatu Herald, 27 October 1900, Page 2

We have- received from Messrs William Cooper and Nephews a very handy Sheepman's Note Book. Mention is, of course, made of the advantages to be g-iined by using Cooper's Dip, which is backed up by wholesale certificates of its excellence. Mr D. Whibley ha 9 disposed of his farm adjoining Mr Nelson at a. satisfactory figure to Mr W. Dudsori. The Manager of the Motoa estate invites tenders for 60 chains of fencing. We remind our readers that the volunteer meeting will be held on Monday evening, when, after enrolment, an election of officers will be held. To-morrow morning the Bishop of Wellington will hold an early service at All Saints' Church at 8 a.m., and Morning Prayer at 11 a.m., when he will also dedicate the now portion. In the afternoon His Lorship holds a service at Taikorea, and in the evening service at Rongotea as well as a Confirmation service. His hands will be full, but the Bishop of Wellington has earned a name for energy and symphathy for and attention to the country districts. At a meeting of the Cabinet, it was resolved to offer Mr Chas. Mills, M.HR. tor Wairau, a position in the Ministry. Mr Mills will be sworn in on Monday next, and will take up his residence in Wellington permanently. One of the lessons learned by the War Office in the rough school of Boer warfare is the need for turning out war materials in enormous quantities. In consequence, £250,000 is to be. spent in extending the plant at Woolwich Arsenal. It appears that the stock of drinking water on the ship Invercauld, which lately arrived a 4 an Australian port from Liverpool, gave out a month before she reached port. They were reduced to drinking beer from the cargo, and begged piteously for water on arrival. This is a reversal of the old order of tnings. Generally the crews are reduced to drinking water and beg piteously for beer when they reach port. Writing from Government House, Gibraltar, to the Hon. J. G. Ward, in acknowledgement of the receipt of a letter from him covering the casket sent by the ladies of Westport, General Sir George White says : — " I wish to convey to you my most sincere thanks for the very gratifying reference you have made to the defence of Ladysmitb and for the flattering terms in which you have alluded to the part I was enabled to take in it. The happiest aspect of the war that has been forced on us in South Africa is the wonderful unity of sense and purpose it has called out in the many countries which unite to form our Empire. The casket is the Second beautiful present I have received from New Zealand, and they will ever remain among my most cherished possessions." A rather good story (says a Hong Kong paper), is told of the steamer St. Regulus, which left this port some time' ago for the South. She was chartered to take a cargo from Singapore to New York, and among the goods in the forehold were foui immense pythons put on board for shipment to New York. They were intended for sale to a zoo in America, and the speculation was regarded as a good one. The snakes were dormant, but it was decided to put a good sized pig in the cage of the largest snake to serve as a lasting meal when the huge reptile got hungry. At first the porker was terror-stricken and ran wildly about the cage, but as nothing happened he calmed down. Then the pig got hungry, and a week later made an attack upon the body of the snake. He also had the reptile cut in two before it was roused, and by that time the battle was over. The pig then finished him. The snake cost soodol. and the pig gdols. According to the Southland Daily News another attempt is to be made to open up a trade in the export of frozen eels — a delicacy much esteemed on the Continent of Europe. Mr H. Blodorn, of Invercargill, has made inquiries on the subject in reliable quarters, and as a result he is convinced that if conducted on right lines, there is an opening for sound business, advices from large firms in Hamburg and Berlin giving quotations 'vh :/ :h would K:ave a satisfactory margin after paying all charges. The season here fits in to meet a time of scarcity in Germany, and the market is practically unlimited. Our readers will be glad to hear that from a letter received from Mr J. McQueen, that he and his family are all well. He asks us to give his kind regards to those who have not forgotten him. We are pleased to learn that he has originated a check in the bottle trade, which tends to a very profitable income, and we trust it will turn out to be so. Mr McQueen is trading as J. McQueen & Sons, wine, spirit, and bottled beer merchants, Croydon, England. '• The men are still sullen, the women are still drumlie and sour," writes John J Stuart of the Morning Post, describing ! the Transvaal women about Krugersdorp. "As I have often before re- ] marked, these women hate us with a hatred as cruel as the grave. • Send me a wounded Englishman,' wrote a /ouiig woman of the place to her lover outside Lidysmith, : I want to watch bin .lie.' That was a common request found hi letters from all over the country, mostly dated from Km* gorsdorp.

It is announced that the Princess of Wales will spend a few days in Pr.ris. The Porte denies that Germany has leased Aroan, in the Red Sea, but admits that the Germans are using Frassan Island, near Massowah, as a coaling depot. A special service in connection with All Saints' Festival will ba held in AH Saints' Church on Wednesday evening at 7.30. The ordinary meeting of Foresters will be held in All Saints' Schoolroom on Tuesday next at 8 p.m. A replace advertisement from Messrs C. M. Ross and Co. of The Bon Marcbe 1 , Palmerston N. appears in this issue, intimating the arrival of extensive second shipments for all departments to which the attention of buyers of fashionable and family drapery is directed. The Rev. W. Woollass has returned to Foxton and we are asked to state that he will conduct the service at the Methodist Church to-morrow morqing. A good committee was set up this morning to arrange for a welcoming social to Mr Robert Perreau at the Public Hall on Thursday evening. 1 Mr Robert Perreau arrived in Wellington yesterday by the s.s. Tokomaru. Messrs Westwood & Barham have dissolved partnership by mutual consent, and Mr J; E. Barbam will dis- 1 charge all liabilities and receive all monies due to the late firm. The Athletic Club have a capital programme in to-day's issue, for the Prince of Wales' Birthday Sports, over £$0 is offered in prizes and trophies. A brass band will attend, and a luncheon booth will be provided. Given a fine day, which is likely after the weather we have been experiencing, a pleasant outing may be looked for. A Petone resident who attended the Harbour Board's late sale of unclaimed goods bought a swag for a few shillings. On examining his purchase he found wrapped up in part of a tent two fixed deposit receipts of the Bank of Australasia, one for £14, the other for £7, both dated 1893, tor the term of 7 years, at 4^ per cent, and 4 per cent, respectively ; also a Post Office Savings Bank book showing a credit balance of £65. His trouble now is to know what are his rights in the matter. — Post. Several farmers complain of a loss of lambs through some cause unknown to them (says the Oamaru Mail). Mr Mahoney, Waiareka, has lost some 40 or 50 ; Mr Mitchell similarly complains las also Mr W. Meek. It is not the young ones or the weaklings, but the mortality has occurred among the strongest and most developed* A little over two years ago (says a Nelson exchange) Mr George Bell, a Waimea West farmer, broke the horsehair guard to his watch, and the watch was ploughed under, and remained embedded in mother earth. A few days ago Mr Bell, after re-working the land, was just putting the finishing touch to it with the horse-roller when he saw the watch glistening in the sun, though he could not pull up before the 1 roller passed over it. Strange to say, the watch seems not a bit the worse for its burial, and when wound up it went as well as ever.