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The Makuri Hotel was totally destroyed by fire on Monday morning. The Commissioner of Taxes gives notice that the land tax should be paid on Tuesday, 27th November. The Queen of Portugal, while on a visit to Cascaes, on the sea coast near the mouth of the Tagus, swam to the assistance of a drowning boatman, and succeeded in saving his life. The Lord Mayor of Dublin has declined to accept Mr Clancy's resolution affirming that the Freedom of the City should be conferred on Mr Kruger. The Lord Mayor's action has caused much tumult. Part of section No. 488, Wellington, having a frontage of 43ft to Lambton quay, by a depth varying from 78ft 6in to 85ft iin, together with the extensive business premises erected thereon, comprising three two-story shops and dwellinghouses, at an annual rental of £286, was sold on Tuesday for /5250 to Mr H. J. Palmer. Mr John Cameron has purchased from the Messrs Strang Bros, that piece of land, some 80 acres, on which Mr Olliver's house used to stand, for the sum of eight pounds an acre. Don Carlos repudiates all cognisance of the outbreaks by members of his party. The Spanish Government has suspended all Carlist newspapers. President McKinley is very confident of success at the election. The president of the Associated Democratic Clnbs is appealing for volunteers to defend the nation against enemies within its borders. Republicans deprecate any incentive to civil war. Regret is expressed on the Continent at the retirement of Lord Salisbury from the position of Minister for Foreign Affairs. France is pleased at the appointment of the Marquis of Lansdowne to the position, having feared that it was to be offered to Mr Chamberlain. The formal annexation of the Transvaal has raised a curious legal point. In the Transvaal Court at the Paris Exposition there is an exhibit which is supposed to be the property of the Transvaal Government, but as the Republic has ceased to exist, and the territory has been incorporated in the British Empire, the question arises — To whom does the exhibit belong. Burning farms is rather an exciting pastime (writes one of the New South Wales contingent), You ride up and tell the people to remove all their things, as you propose burning their residence. The women and children all start howling at once. There is no time to lose, however ; all hands start carting out the things and a fire is soon going. It is necessary to keep away from the burning place, as the roof and ceilings are tull of cartridges, which explode as soon as the fire gets to them, and if you are not careful the women are not above taking a rifle and having a shot in the general scramble. The Minister for Justice (Hon. J. M'Gowan) has in hand the details of a scheme for employing prisoners in planting some of the barren areas in various parts of the colony. The idea is to select a number of short-sentence men who have a record for good behaviour and employ them for the remainder of their terms in reforestry work. A trial of the system will be j made at Rotorua, where there is a j large area of land which has been found suitable tor tree-planting. Arthur Blatch, alias Lilly white, who has been employed in the Government service, has been arrested at Wellington on a charge of murder of a citizen of Clochester, England, whose body was found nine years ago among the ruins of his house which had been burned down. He was brought before the magistrate on Tuesday, and after hearing some evidence he was remanded for seven days, the magistrate remarking that he was either a very wicked or a very unfortunate person. He would be treated as an innocent but unfortunate person in the meantime. But he could not be let go. Six of the newest patterns Maxim guns have arrived in Wellington, and the second of 15-pounder battery guns is on its way out to the colony. Mr J. E. Barham will hold an anction sale on Saturday, at which some excellent lines will be offered.

A message from New York of September 6th says:— Mr Edward Van Ness, who yesterday hoisted the Boer flag on the arrival of the British squadron at Bar Harbor (Maine), has been socially ostracised, and the Council today passed a resolution denouncing him and asking him to leave the city." Me Snelson has received word that the granite obelisk to be erected in the square in memory of the loyal Rangitane chiefs, has arrived in Wellington from Scotland. The stone will be forwarded to Palmerston without delay, and after the inscription on same has been completed the obelisk will be erected in the triangle opposite Captain Preece's office. A townsman recently suggested to the Rangitanes that King Mahutu should be invited to take part in the ceremony of laying the stone, but tht proposal was strongly objected to. The Rangitanes said they had always been loyal to the Queen, and they would decline to have any connection with Mahutu and his followers on the matter. — Manawatu Times. An interesting marriage took place at All Saints' Church this afternoon when Mr George Edward Haggitt, accountant at the Bank of Australasia Feilding, and son of Mr D'Arcy Haggitt, a prominent Dunedin solicitor was married to Mis 9 Evaline Manson, second daughter of Mfs M. Man9on, of Terrace End, and the late Peter Manson who owned the first sawmill in the Manawatu. A large gathering witnessed the ceremony, which was performed by the Rev. C. C. Harper. The bride, who was nicely dressed, was given away by Mr G. M. Snelson. The bridesmaids were Misses Jean Manson (sister of the bride), Belle Smith, and Edna Par9ons. Mr A. D. Keeling officiated as best man and Messrs A. W. Ward and S. S. Taplin as groomsmen. The happy couple leave for Wellington this afternoon for their honeymoon. — Yesterday's Standard.

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Manawatu Herald, 8 November 1900, Page 2

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Untitled Manawatu Herald, 8 November 1900, Page 2

Untitled Manawatu Herald, 8 November 1900, Page 2

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