Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, MARCH 8, 1902.

Manawatu Herald, 8 March 1902, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, MARCH 8, 1902.

Count Leo Tolstoi, the novelist, is rallying from the serious illness from which he has been suffering. Last week there were 75 deaths from smallpox in London. There are 1365 patients in the hospitals. Another expedition, led by Mr R. T. Maurice has started from Fowler’s Bay to explore the interior of Australia. The action of Germany in insisting on further modifications has delayed the signing of the Sugar Bounties Convention. The fitting up of the electric light plant by the Patea Borough Council is proceeding rapidly. Power is derived from a stream situated about two miles from the town. The Catholic Carnival held in Masterton last week concluded on Saturday. It is expected that over £SOO will be netted after paying all expenses. During January, the number of passengers carried on the New Zealand Government Railways was 580,828, the amount collected in fares being £49,578 14s id. The total revenue from all sources was £150,548 19s 4c!, being an increase of £5205 5s id on the corresponding month last year. Twenty five Chinamen were arrested in a police raid in a Haining street house on Wednesday night and appeared before the Magistrate next morning. They were remanded till Monday. Peter Grant pleaded guilty at the Dunedin Police Court to five informations of “ tote ” betting and was fined £2O and costs in each. The remainder of the informations were withdrawn. This closes the prosecutions of Grant against whom 55 informations were originally laid. The late John Eastwood bequeathed a collection of oil paintings, water colors, engravings, and ancient coins to the Auckland Art Gallery. The price of bread has been raised in Palmerston, the advance taking effect from the Ist inst. The price paid now is 3d over the counter, 3W cash delivered, and 4d booked. Mr F. S- Easton, the new proprietor of the Criterion Hotel, Bulls, has decided to start another flaxmill on Mr R. McKenzie’s property at Parewanui. Building operations will soon bs completed and it is stated a good supply ol flax can be obtained.

A poultry raiser in the Palmerston district recently sold to a Wellington dealer seventy-five birds at four shillings each~a very profitable transaction. At Hokitika, Judge Denniston upheld the contention that the license for a vehicle operates for a radius of five miles outside the district in which the license was originally issued. Some new scenic wonders have recently been discovered by Mr A. Warbrick, the well-known guide, amongst the Paeroa ranges. In one gully he found numerous coloured boiling lakes, hot springs, porridge pools, etc. From Mr Warbrick’s account of the trip it seems not at all unlikely that the journey, as it becomes better known and more accessible, will form a very popular one. The Secretary of the Athletic Club is in receipt of a subscription of £i is from the Friendly Society’s Committee towards the cinder track on Victoria Park which makes the balance in hand £l9 5-b

Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd., advertise entries for Palmerston sale on Thursday, 13th March, and Levin sale on Friday, 1 ith instant. The Spectator says the pro-Boers too often seem intoxicated with the heady wine of self-righteousness. There are 225 divorced men living in New Zealand. The number of women resident in the colony who have had the marriage ties severed by the Courts is 141. There are'also 10,653 widowers hut the theory that married men live Gnger than bachelors seems to be exploded by the fact that the number of widows is 17,904, over three thousand of whom are alleged to be under 40. There are 29,482 unmarried men between the ages of 21 and 25 in the colony, but there are only 24,114 women of similar age. A farmer of Opotiki has introduced quite a novelty in stack making. At his property he completed a monster stack, containing the hay of 40 acres of land. The process of pressing was performed by means of a horse, which was hoisted on top of the stack, and made an efiectual tramper. Out of the £4*0,000 required for the new Roman Catholic Cathedral at Christchurch, £24,000 has been subscribed. About £IOOO P er month is required to carry on the work, and Bishop Grimes has made an urgent appeal for farther funds. The Catholic population of the diocese is 22,000. A curious and unexplained phenomenon was witnessed by a party of workmen at the Hamilton Lake Reserve, Waikato, last week. For three or four minutes a large body of water appeared to be rising in the middle of the lain?, causing considerable disturbance on the surface and being accompanied by a loud noise resembling thunder. A painful scene occurred prior to the commencement of a recent service in the Balclutha Presbyterian Church, when a female worshipper attacked a gentleman with her finger-nails and his brother with an umbrella. The cause is alleged to be that the gentleman jilted the lady’s daughter and married another lady. The woman was escorted away, and many worshippers also left the church. A man named Charles Nilson was brought before Mr Jenks, J.P. on Wednesday last, charged with drunkenness, and was fined £r. The same offender, for a similar offence, was fined £3 on the following day by Mr A. Fraser, J,P * As showing the effect the dairying industry has on the increase of the population near Stratford, the Egmont Post mentions that the newly-estab-lished school in the Toko township has already an attendance of fifty children in the first standard. Speaking at a reception in Welling* ton, Mr Wilson Barrett said every theatre he had acted in in New Zealand so far was a disgrace to the colony. The housing accommodation for the actors was such that any selfrespecting dog would bark and howl to get out of. Mr Barrett is in favour of the establishment of State theatres under Government censorship. Mr Cameron, inspector of New Zealand produce at Home, reports that the prices of New Zealand butter, although not so high as they were last year, are good, and a very steady demand throughout the country is keen and growing, while the satisfaction with the article is universal 1 Prices for Danish and New Zealand butter are now about equal, 'and a largo butter dealer at Home predicts that the New Zealand article will take the first place ere long. The demand for New Zealand cheese continues good, and the prices are very firm. There have been no serious complaints of late about the quality of either our butter qr our cheese.

The Borough Council meet on Monday evening. To-night at the Public Hall the Coppin Royal Dramatic Co. appear in “ When London Wake?,” and on Monday night will perform “ East Lynne.” The piece to be staged tonight is of a sensational character, and the company will produce the drama in an. up to date manner. Messrs T, Westwood & Co. have a replace advertisement to-day in which they announce to their customers that the “Defiance” brand of butter as obtained from them is the best in the market. We are asked to announce that Mr G: H. Stiles has just opened up a few lines in up-to-date blousings in Ceylon flannels, (he balance of which are arriving next week, together with autumn goods. A splendid line in men’s neckwear is also just to hand. SANDER and SON'*. FRIO MiPYTt EX TRAGI. According to reports of a great nunb-r oE physicians of die higbtest professional standin;', there are offered I'ucalpyti Extracts which possess no curative qualities. In protection of the world wide fam - of Sanders and Sons preparation wo pobTT a few abstracts from these reports, w nob boar luily out that no reliance can bplaced in other products Dr. T li Rush, Oakland F : a., writes ft is so-iK-Tn • ■ difficult to obtain the genu inarticle (Sander and Sons). I o:n:do-;-‘d dufer-m* other preparations; they hut n-> m-r ■ peutic value and no effects. Li lithe effects were similar to the oil campiio.-.i. the objectionable action of which ;s w..- 1 known.” Dr H. B. Drake, Portland, Oregon, says—“ Since I became acquainted with this preparathon (Sander and Sons) I n e no other form of cucaly-pms as I ttuT-; it is by far th ■ be;-:*-.” Dr L P. P i ’.on, Lynchburg, Va., writes—“ f nwar u via t y preparation other than Sander and -:>u -. as I found the other.: to bo aim or a--Dr J. T. Cornudi, Kansas Cry. Kiin., -a.. f —“Care has to be exarchrd no - •> supplied with spurious preparation -. : s done by my supply druggist.” Dr it. !i Ha r t, New York, says—“ it goes whho.t saying that Sander and Sons’ Euoilyp i Extract is tho best in the market.” Dr James Reekie, Fairvtow, N. M.—“ So w-dc-is with me the range of ‘applications of Sander and Sons Eucalypti Extract Ilia I carry it with me wh-w'-vor 1 go. I find it most useful in diarrhoea, all throat troubl d bronchitis, etc.” You can depend on ridding your children of Worms with WADE’S WORM FIGS, the wonderful worm worriers. Price