Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, FEB. 6, 1902.

Manawatu Herald, 6 February 1902, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, FEB. 6, 1902.

The British Admiralty has ordered a submarine boat a hundred feet long. It will be the largest and finest in the world.

The Duke of Connaught will command fifty thousand troops at the coronation. The colonial Premiers will be quartered at the Hotel Cecil. A dust explosion occurred in Bond’s colliery, Coahuila, Mexico, killing a hundred men.

A hundred and ten Japanese infantry while practising marching in the northern Nippon, lost their way. The burned their havesacks and the stocks of their rifles for warmth, but all perished except one. A Wanganui correspondent states that Mr C. A. Piper, District Traffic Manager on the Wanganui-New Plymouth section of railways, has received notice of his transfer to the charge of the Invercargill section. Mr Piper, who has been in charge of the Wangamii section for twelve months, has proved himself an obliging and thoroughly capable" officer.

The Criminal Sessions of the Supreme Court opened on Monday before the Chief Justice. In his charge to the Grand Jury, His Honor said there were twelve persons charged besides three who had pleaded guilty, and had been dealt with. Last February there were only nine, and ha commented on the increase thus shown, laying stress on the number of sexual offences—five out of twelve.

The foreman ot the Grand Jury asked his Honor’s permission to record the following resolution of the Grand Jury in respect to Inspector Pender: — “ The Grand Jury desires to take this opportunity of placing upon record its regret at the approaching retirement of Inspector Pender, and its concurrence with the remarks of his Honor the Chief Justice concerning the Inspector’s able efforts in the suppression and detection of crime during his supervision of the Wellington district.”

How seeds are distributed, Darwin found in the earth adhering to 1 * the feet of a plover three different kinds of seeds. In the mud sticking to the feet of English ducks and geese he detected the seeds and plants peculiar to the Victoria Nyanza in Central Africa. In the soil clinging to the feet of a Texas steer the seeds of five different kinds of greeds and grasses common in Texas were discovered at the other extremity of the American continent by the aid of a microscope.

Mr Fred Pirani M.H.R. has announced that he will not contest at the next election.

A singular old man has died in Vienna in his 73rd year. From his 37th year he kept accurate account of everything he bought, and what he paid for it. In the 27 years of his convivial life he consumed 28,786 glasses of beer. He gave up drinking in his 54th year, but he continued to smoke constantly, even during his last sickness, raising the number of cigars to 628,713, or an average of 13,667 a year. Of the whole number, some 43,500 were given to him; he bought the rest for £2500, or about a penny each. The average smoker will contemplate shuddering at the idea of consuming hundreds of thousands of “penny” cigars. At the Compensation Court the Chief Justice delivered the award in the case of John Kirkcaldie and the trustees of the estate of the late C. J. Toxward against the Government of New Zealand in connection with the taking of land on Lamfaton quay as a site for a Magistrate’s Court. His Honor intimated that the decision he was about to give was a majority one. It was that of Mr Macdonald and himself. Mr Duthie, the claimant’s assessor, dissented. The award of the Court was £4BO8 —one-half to each party, and each party was ordered to pay its own costs. The amount which had been offered by the Government in settlement of the claims was £2250 for a h-'lf interest. The amount cl-iiULii ..-s b* alh — Times.

The Harbourmaster of Wellington reports that the tonnage of vessels handled by the pilot to or from the wharves during January amounted to 140,570 tons net register, as compared with 122,860 tons in January, 1901. This tonnage is the largest ever handled by the pilots in a month at this port. The Post says—Some consciencestricken or perhaps some jocular person has forwarded to the police, by post, a parcel of tools- similar to those used for delicate and forbidden operations. The tollowing note was enclosed in the parcel Would you be kind enough to take these things in your charge, as they have caused a lot of trouble?—(Sd.) Anxious.” One of the articles is rusted, but the others have a new and workmanlike appearance.

The application of the principle of the phonograph to the violin is the latest musical curiosity. The result is the Stroh violin, which is claimed to be the only scientific violin ever made. The inventor, Mr Stroh, has done away with the body of the violin, and for it has substituted a circular flat diaphragm or sound box, five or six inches in diameter, which is fastened to the side of a wooden tube, to which the strings are affixed in the usual way. The neck is unaltered. The bridge of the “Stroh” oscillates almost imperceptibly as the bow is drawn across the strings, and the oscillation is conveyed to the diaphragm by a small pin. It is the oscillation of the air within the diaphragm that produces the sound, which is given out by an aluminium trumpet. The instrument produces the tones of an ordinary violin, but it is claimed that the tones are richer.

“ All the World’s News" says “ No other man ever stood so bravely and loudly by any thing he had little or nothing to do with as Mr Seddon has stood by his Empire. Beyond a doubt, the Imperial Government ought to do something especially big for him—preferably in the way of a Governorship in tfie heart of Africa, where there is no telegraph office." The suggestion about the telegraph office is distinctly unkind.

Our new colonist. “ Gracchus," the writer of Labour Notes in the Glasgow Weekly Herald, says:—“Poor Tom ! After being an engineer, an orator and journalist, a prospective candidate t for Church ordination, and a genial and jovial publican, Tom Mann sailed for New Zealand on Thursday, after being entertained right merrily by lepresentative trade unionists of the metropolis. I wish him all the success in the world, and trust that he has at last found his true avocation.”

The Paris journal “Le Matin" says that Switzerland proposes an early revision of the Geneva Convention. Several States are anxious to embody in an international agreement the lessons of the war. Whenever thd*haze descends over the waters of Cook Strait a dull booming may be heard at the entrance to Wellington Harbor every quarter of an hour. It proceeds from the fog signal apparatus at Pencarrow Head, The gun-cotton cartridges are lifted by the endless chain out of the barrels of the revolving mechanism and discharged by electric agency on reaching the end of the iron jib that extends above the detonator house. Since the system was established about two years ago, something over a thousand cartridges have been exploded.

The attention of the Foxfon Rifles is called to the altered date of the volley firing to that which was previously advertised.

Yesterday Mr A!f Fraser, J\*P., convicted Alick Petersen of being drunk whilst in charge of a horse, and he having been twice previously convicted within six months of a similar offence, was sentenced to one months’ imprisonment with hard labour in Wanganui Gaol.

The particulars of the annual sheep fair of Messrs Abraham and Williams, Limited, on the 13th February are advertised to-day. . Tenders are invited by the Manawatu County Council for the supply and delivery of 250 yards of metal on the Foxton-Shannon and Elkins-Motu-iti roads. Tenders to be sent in by noon of Wednesday, the 12th inst. We have before now complained of the want of a smart man in this town, and not without cause, but we must confess that there is one smart man (at least in his own business), in our midst. If anyone will refer to our advertising columns they will see that Mr Alf Fraser has just received a consignment of the new “ Edison Gem Phonographs,” and a supply of records with them. The machines seem to be very complete, and we certainly never heard a greater volume, of sound from so small an instrument; the band records are very good, and we have no hesitation in endorsing Mr Fraser’s in vitation to call and see them, and we might go one better and say, hear them* A most extraordinary incident occurred during a cricket match at Melbourne, says Jack Worrall in the Referee, ifnd of all the peculiar circumstances that have happened at cricket it is - certainly one of the strangest. Wright, the Jolimont batsman, was batting to Stewart, and snicked a last ball into the hands of the wicket-keeper, who failed to hold it, the ball rebounded into the wickets. The bails were seat flying, but the ball stuck between two stumps. The Saints’ wicket-keeper carefully abstracted the ball, and appealed for a catch, which was allowed by the umpire. I never heard of such an occurrence before. The decision has given rise to a great deal of argument, many pld cricketers maintaining that the man was hot out. Upon what they based their conclusions is incomprehensible to me, for if he had been out of his crease in the first place the. batsman would have been run out, as Hayward was in Adelaide. Of course, the man was out.

The Berlin Post, in an inspired article, refers to the cordial feeling between the two countries over the recent visit of the Prince of Wales. The paper declares that the war will not impair Anglo-German relations, nor the relations of other Powers with Britain, adding that Britain's position would be unshaken.

We understand that the man Ferris was sentenced yesterday to two and a half year's imprisonment with hard labour.

Teacher (endeavouring to explain the meaning ot the word “ harness ”) —“ What does yoar father put on the horse ?" Small boy (his face brighten• ing)—“ Please, sir, 'e put on all ’e can if 'e thinks it’ll win.”

With this issue we enclose a circular from the U.F.C.A., of Palmerston North, relating to the surplus sale which commenced to-day. The firm promises some “staggering" bargains. Shop early and often is the desire of the proprietors. Notices of transfer of the licenses of the Manawatn Hotel and Whyte’s Hotel ar6 published to-day. SANDER and SONS BtJOALPITI EX TRACT. According to reports ot a great number of physicians of the hightest professional' standing, there are offered Euoalpyti > Ex tracts which possess no curative qualities. In protection of the world wide lama of Sanders and Sons preparation we publish a few abstracts from these reports, which bear fully out that no reliance can jbe placed in other products Dr. W. B Rush, Oakland P’.a., writes It is sometime difficult to obtain the genuine article (Sander and Sons). I employed Jiffarcn! other preparations; they had no thara peutio value and no effects. lu one ca the effects were similar to thooil camphora, the objectionable action of which is well known.” Dr H. B. Drake, Portland, Oregon; says—“ Since I became acquainted with this preparation (Sander and Sons) I use no other form of eucalyptus as I think it is by far the best." Dr L. 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. Oormell, Kansas City. Kans,, says —“Care has to bo exercised not to bt supplied with spurious preparation*, cs dpne by ray supply druggis Dr 'j. !1 Hart, Ntw York,’ says—“lt goes wiihoit saying that Sander and Sons’ Eucalyp i Extract is the best in the market.” Dr James Reekie, Fairvie.w, N; M.—“ So wide is with me the range of applications of Sander and Sons Eucalypti Extract that I carry it with me when ver I go. I find it most useful in diarrhoea, all throat troubl'd bronchitis, etc.”

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