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Manawatu Herald, 21 January 1902, Page 2

Owing to the races the Manawatu Herald will not be published on Thursday. A blacksmith’s bellows and ten Iron is for sale, apply at the office of this paper.

The death is announced of Sir Ellis Ashmend-Bartlett, Conservative M.P. tor the Ecclesall Division of Sheffield, aged fifty-two years. This gentleman was a brother of the husband of Baroness Burdett-Coutts.

The Foxton Racing Club, nofities that Bookmakers will not be allowed on the course on Race days and that a private detective will be on the ground to secure their identification.

Mrs Quinn, late of Kaikoura, announces that she is prepared to give lessons in pianoforte, painting and art needle-work. _Mrs Quinn was teaching for some years at Kaikoura very successfully, and anticipates like results in this district.

Paragraphs have appeared in the local papers that Mr Longhnan contemplated contesting the Manawatu seat at the coming election. There has been a mistake made in the name of the Electorate as Mr Loughnan, if he stands at all, will be a candidate for Palmerston the town in which he resides.

Bank-notes for about a farthing each circulate freely in Paraguay. It takes two notes to get one’s boots blacked, and eight to pay the postage of a letter to England- Yet one of them will buy in the season 15 orahges, three bananas, or a water-melon.

The citizens of Wellington succeeded on Friday in working themselves up into a mild state of excitement, which caused the local papers to go into headlines of “ Patriotic Wellington ’’ etc. It seems to have escaped their memories that the needed sum for the Queen’s Statue has not yet been collected.

The City of London has resolved to present Mr Chamberlain, who is already a Freeman of the City, with an address and a suitable gold box in recognition of his statesmanlike qualities, his patriotism and his attention to the true interests of the Empire. Much enthusiasm was displayed over the presentation. The baya bird of India spends his spare time catching mammoth fire-flies which ho fastens to the sides of his nest with moist clay. On a dark night a baya’s nest looks like an electric street lamp.

A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Mr Arthur Lynch, who was recently elected to the House of Commons in the Nationalist intereet for Galway City, on a charge of treason.

The Poles are organising a great national struggle and an economical boycott against Germans. The movement is increasing, and it is feared that many business people will be completely ruined. The Vatican is energetically supporting the Poles.

Nice little children I Three boys, named Gibbons, whose ages are twelve, nine and seven, sons of an old settler at Woodville, have been arrested for. attempting to poison their father. Gibbons made tea for himself on Wednesday morning, and although be noticed a peculiar taste and smell about it, he continued drinking it. Shortly after he was very ill with internal pains, and, luckily, very sick. On investigation it was found that there was quantity of aconite amongst the dry tea. The boys were discovered camped on the Hon. Mr Ormond’s property, two miles from Woodville. Besides other provisions, they had eight geese in their possession. When arrested the boys admitted that they had put aconite into the tea to poison their father. •

“Silver Spur’’ in the last “Free Lance” says,—The Foxton races eventuate next week, and after taking a cursory glance at the weight, I set Daphne down as having a good say in the Foxton Cup if she is sent up from Hastings. Gipsy Queen and Calceolaria may prove her most dangerous opponents. Pukana, Halcyon and Cobra take the eye in the hurdles; Liable, Gold Cord, and Somnolent in the hack event ; Weta, Elusion, and Waionui in the Stewards’ Hack Race ; Jemima (if she goes up), Laurestina, and Hinekoa, in the Summer Handicap ; and Tyronne and In the Van in the Hack Welter.

On Friday a patriotic meeting was held in the Theatre Royal, Wellington, when the following resolution moved by Mr Duthie was carried: -“ I. That the citizens of the City of Wellington in public meeting assembled desire to express their emphatic approval of the attitude of the British Government in the conduct of the South African war, and to record their appreciation of the complete refutation by the Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain of foreign slanders upon the honour of the British forces serving in South Africa. 2. That the Right Hon. the Premier be requested to transmit a copy of the foregoing resolution to the Secretary for State.”

The Premiers of the Commonwealth of Australia and New Zealand will be Royal guests at the King’s coronation, as on the occasion of the Jubilee of the late Queen Victoria. The Premiere of the States will be treated as distinguished personages. Their expenses will not be paid, though every effV rt will be made to render their visit agreeable.

Speaking in the House of Commons, Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, Chancellor of the Exchequer, intimated that the tax on coal exports would remain unaltered.

. The Coreans are clever students of human nature. They do not fail to lock the door before the steed i# stolen —they in fact lock the steed to prevent his stealing, as a very curious custom in Seoul, Corea, shows. The law makes it obligatory for every man to retire to his home when the huge bronze bell of the City had proclaimed it to be thp hour of sunset and the time for closing the gates. No man is allowed in the streets after that hour under pain, of flogging, but the women are allowed to go about and visit their friends.

The Manawatu Times says,—The executors of the late Mr R. Leary, chemist, have determined to carry on the business, with Mr A» J. Graham in charge. Mr Graham has been connected with the establishment for the past nine years, and is widely esteemed as one having a thorough knowledge of bis profession, and under his management the business may be expected to x be conducted with the same high reputation that has always characterised it in the past. SANDER sad SONS EUCALPYTI EXTRACT. According to reports of a great number of physicians of the ■ bightest professional there are offered Euoalpyti Ex tracts which possess no curative qualities. In protection of. the world wide fame of Sanders and Sons preparation we publish a few abstracts from these reports, which bear fully out that no reliance can be placed in other products :—*Dr. i W... B. Rush, Oakland Fia., writes It is sometimes difficult to obtain the genuine article (Sander and Sons). I employed different other preparations; they had no therapeutic value and no effects, la one case the effects were similar to the oil camphors, the objectionable action of which is well known." Dr H. B. Drake, Portland, Oregon, says—" Since I became acquainted with this preparation (Sander aud Sons) I use no other forth of eucalyptus as 1 think it is by far the best." Dr It. P. Preston, Lynchburg, Va., writes—" I never used any preparation other than Sander and Son’s, as I found the others to be almost useless." Dr J. T. Oormoll, Kansas City, Kans.-, says —"Caro has to be exercised not to be supplied with spurious preparations, as done by my supply druggist.” Dr B. H Hart, New York, says—" It goes ymhoit Saying that Sander and Sons’ Bnbalyp'i Extract is the best in the market.” Dr James Reekie, Fairview, N. M.—“ So wide is with me the range of applications of Sander and Sons Eucalypti Extract that I carry it with me wherever I go. I find it most useful in diarrhoea, all throat troubled bronchitis, etc.”

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