Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, NOV. 1, 1900.

Manawatu Herald, 1 November 1900, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, NOV. 1, 1900.

Mr Andrews, of Messrs Bridge and Andrews will visit Foxton to-morrow and can be consulted at Mr Hamer's. Trooper Harry Whitehorn, of the Queensland Mounted Infantry, now in South Atrica (late of Otaki), has been invalided home. Mr C. H. Mills has been«sworn in as a Minister of the Cabinet. He takes charge of the Customs, Valuation and Advances to Settlers' Department. Mr Whitehead has taken two capital photographs of All Saints' Church. One an inside view and one an external view of the addition to the church. We understand that the 431 acres advertised for sale at Moutoa has been purchased by Mr George Gower, who will be a desirable addition to our settlers. During the year ending the 31st May iqoo, the General Library Assembly av.4u.Lcd by purchase 695 volumes.

A private letter received in Wellington shows that Mr C. J. Sanderson, one of the New Zealand Agricultural Department's veterinary surgeons, who went with our tr? ;ps to the Cape, has been promoted to the rank ot captain, and received an appointment at P.V.O. to the Transvaal Constabulary. He thinks there is likely fo be a big demand for frozen me.it in South Africa as the war has simply exterminated the herds, and " before war the Transvaal could not produce enough to feed itselt." The following advertisement taken from a late London paper intimates that the advertiser places more faith in the spot he resides than in himself, for securing himself a wife :—Matrimonial. Clergyman in one of the prettiest places in England, wishes to marry. —Address, C. D., Box 182. " People," Arundel-street, Strand. The Assistant Librarian of the General Assembly Library had very little spare time during the past i months as he was occupied in pre- : pnrir-g \h<2 books for removal into the new buildings. In the general preparation 40,482 volumes were handled, each of which had to be dusted infside and outside, classified, entered in the accession-book, supplied with a bookplate duly filled in with the necessary figures, and stamped with its classnumber by the. binder; and, finally, the whole had to be sorted and arranged on the shelves. Besides the usual staff, eighteen persons, including four binders, were employed on this work. Bicyclists will be glad to read the following paragraph from a Home paper :—I have this week been shown a new preparation which has been happily christened " Millennium." The preparation which has not yet been put upon the market, is a solution of about the same density as cream, and is "poured into the inner tube through the valve. A complete tyre on a rim was shown to me, fully inflated, and I was invited to pierce it with what ever instrument I liked. I commenced by a gash with a small penknife, and then ran a bradawl through the tyre laterally so that its point protruded. On withdrawing both the knife and the bradawl 1 listened and felt for a leakage, but not even an air bubble was raised when a drop of water was poured over the puncture. I hope to give " Millen ninm " a trial on the road ; it certainly would seem to be by far the most efficient puncture self healer that has yet been invented. I a told on expert authority that the preparation does not injure the most delicate rubber, nor does it, according to a London and Liverpool record holder, slow the . tyre. If we succeed in obviating the oftects of punctures, then certainly we shall have arrived at a cycling millennium. The Chief Justice has decided that the trial of Brothers Wybertus and Killian, formerly connected with the f.taiT of the Stoke Orphanage, should take place at the criminal sittings of tho Supreme Court in Wellington, commencing on the 12th proximo. Hone Heke, M.H.R., has been adjudged a bankrupt on the petition of Jas. Hatfield, hotelkeeper, Christchurch, and W. P. Cowlishaw, solicitor, Christchurch. A large number of the friends of Captain and Mrs Harvey assembled in the Masonic Hall on Monday evening at Wellington to celebrate in a social manner the silver wedding of the popular master of the Himitangi. Mr and Mrs Hawey were married in Wellington, ami have resided here evor since, and during that time the sterling qualities of the captain have been recognised by a very large circle of friends. His popularity was made manifest at last night's re-union. During the supper the health of the ccuple was pro- i posed by Mr W. E. Fuller, who congratulated them on the event, and hoped that they would see many more anniversaries of their marriage day. A programme of twenty-two dances was gone through, capital music being supplied by Marine's String Band. These were interspersed with song<?. recitations, etc., by Miss Harvey, Misses ' May Harvey, Hennah (2), Winnie Birch, Messrs J. Carr and W. E. Fuller. Supper was provided by MrJ. Godber in his best style. — Times. One of the most curious things about the war (says the London Daily Mail) hns been the blind faith in General Buller, shown by the general public. He has held their admiration throughout as a dogged commander with bad luck. We have not the facts yet to enable us to say whether this is a right judgment. But we are glad to find that Lord Roberts is able to congratulate Sir Kedvers upon " a fine performance " in the capture of Bcrgendal. The advance has won the unqualified i praise of our foremost strategist, and will have an important effect upon the ultimate issue of the battle. When the accounts are finally made up, it will be found that he had all the bad luck and a lot of hard fighting. The Railway Department is highly gratified with the results of the traffic consequent on the reduction of fares (says the Po-t.) The new fares have now been in force tor about four months, and the traffic returns for that period for the whole colony show that 220.000 more persons were carried than during the corresponding period of last year. The increase represents about £1800 in fares. The burglar had entered the house as quietly as possible, but his shoes were not padded and they made some noise. He had just reached the door of the bedroom when he heard someone moving in the bed as if about to get up, and he paused. The sound of a woman's voice floated to his ears. " If you don't takeoff your boots when you come into this house," it said, " there's going to be trouble and a whole lot of it. Here it's been raining for three hours, and you dare to tramp over my carpets with your muddy boots on. Go down stairs and take them off this minute." He went downstairs without a word, but he didn't j take off his boots. Instead he went straight ont into the night again, and the •' pal " who was waiting for him saw a tear glisten in his eye. " I can't j rob that house," he said ; " it reminds , me of home."

A lost legging is advertised for. Mr Earham is instructed to sell some furniture at the Central Auction Rooms on Saturday. A meeting of the enrolled members of the Fnxton Rifles is convened for Monday next to elect officers. Alford, the teller of the First Nation Bank, who is wanted on a charge of having embezzled /"140,00c, has been arrested. Seven hundred N. -' •v I \^d f.*v folk are ascertained ■ -i in the storm that fonowt^ .^dter at Galveston. The Queen n. . sent a message of sympathy and inquiry. This morning Horace Brown was ] fined ios. and costs 7s tor an assault • on Charles Anderson, and Robert Henderson 5s and costs 7s for a like offence. Sid Briggs and Charles Anderson for fighting were convicted and discharged. It is officially announced that a thousand regular troops and volunteers, including 44 cuiceis, 100 cavalry and L "inr £>in=, commanded by Colonel W. G. Crole Wyndnam, ot the Twentyfirst Lancasters, will sail on November 7th to assist in the inauguration of the Australian Commonwealth. No one is likely to forget the social at the Public Hall to-night to welcome home again Trooper Perreau. The Mayor, on behalf of the citizens, a Forester, and the Captain of the Volunteers, will give an appropriate welcome. The band kindly give their services, and some vocal items will also be given. There will be some light refreshments, and cards and draughts will be provided. We trust to see a large muster. Rats are evidently very numerous in the Tuapeka district. Mr S. Henry, of Lawrence (so the Bruce Herald is informed) destroyed over 1500 of the rodents while thrashing operations were being carried on at his (Bellamy) estate. Closely-woven wire netting placed round the stacks while the grain was being threshed, to prevent the rats from escaping. It is said that Mr John Roberts, of Tuapeka Mouth, trapped over 1600 rats around his stacks during the winter. Men credited with wisdom have an unpleasant way of expressing their opinion of women. Socrates writes : Trust not a woman when she weeps, for it is her nature to weep when she wants her will. Ben Jonson : A woman, the more curious she is about her face, is commonly the more careless about her house. Southey: There are three things a wise man will not trust — the wind, the sunshine of an April day, and a woman's plighted faith. And Shakespere : Trust not a dog that seems asleeping, or a — for her j weeping, or your friends if you should need them. A Waikato trooper in South Africa says that whenever a farm or a store was met with the Bedford men would get enough to last them a day, but the New Zealanders would be carrying fowls for a week — in fact, thsir camp was like a little farmyard, and whenever the Boers heard the cocks crowing in the morning on +lia v?!dt they knew the New Zealanders were about and it was time to clear. The warship Mildura, arrived at Gisborne on Monday, from the Islands with the Governor on board. The vessel called in to telegraph despatches to Wellington. The Governor accomplished his mission of annexing, in addition to Raratonga, the New or Savage Islands, and also visited Penhryn and the Kermadecs. Colonel Gudgeon, returned with his Excellency. A few days ago a horse suffering from the " Winton disease " was brought to Wellington from Canterbury tor treatment by the Chief Government Veterinarian (Mr Gilruth). The disease is a derangement of the liver, and effects animals in such a way as to give the impression that they are under alcoholic influence. The poor brutes become quite drowsy at time, and stumble about much in the same way a human being does when intoxicated. The horse in question was cured of the disease by Mr Gilrnth four years ago, and under his treatment it is again recovering.