Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, DEC. 20, 1900.

Manawatu Herald, 20 December 1900, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, DEC. 20, 1900.

Mr Kruger has accepted the Fret' dom of the city of Limerick. Nominations for the office of Mayor must be in the hands of the Returning Officer by noon to-morrow. Two men, William Elliott and Carl P. Nelson had prohibition orders issued against them this morning. Artist (to villager) " what a pretty cottage ! May I paint it ? " Villager " Lor' no ! It's only just been whitewashed." Mr Barham had a successful sale in the estate of the late John Kewley, having quitted the land for £29, Mr Patrick Guerin being the purchaser. " Your father and mother were not speaking terms ?" queried counsel of ?■ witness in the Wellington Magistrate's Court last Tuesday, says the Times. " Oh, weren't they 1 they were always at it !" was the unexpected answer. An attractive altered advertisement from Mr E. Osborne appears to-day on. our first page. In wishing the compliments of the season to his customers, Mr Osborne intimates his desire to still serve them to the best of his ability. Lieutenant Colonel F. W. Francis, of the New Zealand Fourth Contin gent, has been presented to the Queen. Her Majesty personally decorated Lieutenant-Commander Colquhoun, of Victoria, with the Distinguished Service Order. The Times denounces Mr Bryn Roberts, M.P. for the Eifion division of Carnarvonshire — who alleged in the House of Commons that Australian troopers in South Africa had thrown down their rifles and struck work — for having with a spirit of gloating malevolence raked up every scrap of correspondence of private soldiers in order to base a charge discrediting and insulting to the honour of the flag. The altered advertisement of Mr R. S. Barry appears in this issue. From an inspection of his stock we can say that it would be hard to find a fetter selection. In the best of electro-plated ware to cutlery and ironmongery his stock has samples, and in China and 1 glassware for presents the choice is ; very good. Mr Barry is introducing I the incandescent burners for kerosene 1 lamps wnicn secures a stronger light I An a very much smaller consumption oi oil.

Mr F. E. Jenks has been nominated for the office of Mayor.

We regret to state that Mr \V. T? .. Rhodes sought the protection of the Bankruptcy Act. The Official Assignee, elsewhere, notifies that the business will be carried on as n.uial for a time.

The secretary of the Foxton Racing Club has received a letter from Mr John Stevens, M.H.R., regretting that he will be unable to attend the race meeting owing to his having accepted an invitation from the N.S. Wales Gnvernment to attend the Commonwealth celebrations.

An inspection of Mr Traill's window should be made as he has been preparing for the Xmas season, and the show of cakes, which have been iced beautifully by Mr Alex. Langley. is very pretty. Mr Traill has a large stock of confectionery and is prepared to meet all requirements of customers.

The train arrangements for the holidays are advertised to-day. On Saturday connection with Wanganui and New Plymouth is secured as though it was an ordinary mail day. A special train will leave Patmerston at 9.45 p.m. for Wanganui, and the 11.45 p.m. goods, train will take passengers for Wellington. The usual train services will be run on Christmas Day. On Boxing Day the usual 9.0 a.m. train from Foxton will leave at 7.45 a.m., md the 5.5. p.m. train from Palmerston will not tun, but will leave at 7.5 p.m. instead.

Many anglers (says the Live Stock Journal) have learned by aggravating experience that it is not safe to leave a salmon in a field where cows are grazing, as they are likely to eat the fish if they come across it. Mr Wilmot, chairman of the Fishery Commission *ent by the Canadian Government to enquire into the state of affairs prevailing on the rivers on the Pacific slope, stated that he had seen a herd of cows eat a canoe load of salmon in i clay, the salmon weighing from 35II) to 4010 each, and having been caught by Mr Wilmot.

For fear of causing too great a rush to the store we withold the name. In Pahnerston, at a leading store we were -hown a stick that had hidden merits. The stick appeared to be a handsome Malacca cane with a silver knob ; this unscrewed and from within was produced a small glass tumbler ; but what good is an empty tumbler at a concert" or elsewhere ? The stick was unscrewed again and disclosed »a long glass tube and stopper, which could be filled with — anything. How horrible it would be to fill this stick with whisky, and on the silver top inscribe a prominent total abstainer's name, :md then to lose it. We know not where these sticks come from or where they are going to, but they appear very fetching.