Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, MAY 15, 1902.

Manawatu Herald, 15 May 1902, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, MAY 15, 1902.

Tenders for the erection of Mr Janies Symons’ new residence must be in by ii a.m. on Saturday. The plans and specifications may now be seen at this office. The second ballots give the French Ministerialists 382 seats and their opponents 198. Mr Pierpont Morgan is trying to make arrangements to obtain control •t 1 a Manchester Ship Canal. Mr R. T. Bell, who has had practical experience: as a flaxmiller in the ManawMu, has been permanently appointed assistant to Mr Fulton, Government Hemp Grader for the Wellington, Hawkes Bay, Canterbury, Nelson, and Marlborough districts. He has been assisting Mr Fulton for sometime past. Dr Mac Leah, Senior Resident Medical Officer of Brisbane Hospital has been attacked by plague. The case is serious. The doctor is supposed to have contracted the disease while examining a patient who died at the hospital gates.

The Horowhenua County Council at its last meeting maintained that the Foxton Borough Council should still pay a third of the cost, 'and resolved that the matter should be decided according to the Act dealing with cases of this class.

The output of gold from the Rand since the resumption of mining operations has amounted to 603,803 ounces. The Mutual Provident Messenger for May, a copy of which has been sent us by the New Zealand Office of the Australian Mutual Provident Society, contains a variety of interesting reading matter.

To secure prompt despatch of business the Japanese War Office has done away with the chairs used by the junior officials of the Accountants’ De partment, as well as those provided in the waitingrooms. The result is stated to be most successful.

The Dannevirke Advocate has the following: A resident of this district, a farmer, has just returned from a three months trip round the North Island. He went by tra'in from Dannevirke to Napier. From the latter town he walked, carrying a change of clothes and a few other things in a swag, to Rotorua, a distance of 156 miles, doing the journey in five days. From there he went to North Auckland, the journey being by train, boat and on foot. Returning to Auckland' he went through the Waikato and to the Kawhia, of which block we have heard so much of late. The tourist thought very little of the Kawhia block and prefers this district to it. Carrying his. swag he walked to Raetihi, where he met a friend who drove him to Feilding and thence he went by train to Dannevirke. The trip took three months and the cost was about £2O. It was a novel and interesting way of seeing the country, and the gentleman in question greatly enjoyed his experiences.

The theory that Providence specially guards topers and children was aptly illustrated at ..the Queen’s Wharf on Saturday. A Dutchman, who had been having “ a hot time ” on a comparatively small scale, meandered down to a small steamer and casually fell down between her and the wharf. He dropped squarely on to the stringer head first, and remained across the beam quite still. Instantly a cry went up that the man was killed. “ Get an ambulance —the horse ambulance ring up the police ” roared the skipper of the steamer, and “ shove ’er oft,” howled some one else. Willing hands pushed the steamer from the wharf so that she would not crush the poor quiet Dutchman on the stringer. A volunteer slid down, and passing a rope under the fallen one, had him hauled to the decking of the wharf. Then, what appeared to the assembled crowd to be a miracle happened. The Dutchman rose, shook himself, walked to the fore part of the steamer, and commenced to work as it nothing had happened. Presently a mat- in charge of an ambulance rushed down, and asked tor the body of the dead Dutchman. “ There it is,” said a disgusffed na’ - her, •• hauling on a blaaky rope ”-Poßt.

Mr Arthur Silk, pianoforte tuner is now paying his usual professioaal visit to Foxton. In another column will be noticed a preliminary advertisement as to the date fixed for a concert and entertainment in aid of All Saints’ Church. We are told that several well-known professional singers have promised their assistance, together with local amateurs. According to “ The Times ” Calcutta correspondent, the final revised census returns show that the population of I adia is 294,366,701. P. Bock & Co., manufacturing chemists, of Auckland, wish us to thank the public for their liberal patronage of Bock’s Cough Balsm and other preparations. They are meeting with great success in other parts of the colony which speaks volumes for the value of their preparations, and we hope they will continue to merit it. - A remarkable quarrying feat was 6 accomplished at Rubislaw, Aberdeen, recently. A large stone had been drilled ready for splitting, when the thought struck the foreman that Nature might aid in the object to be attained, the idea being suggested by the severe frost which prevailed. Water was poured into each of the drill holes, and it being Saturday afternoon work was suspended until Monday morning, when it was found that the block of granite had completely burst open. An idea of the immense power of the frost will be gathered when it is stated that the stone thus detached measures 12ft by sft, and has a weight of about six tons. —Aberdeen Journal. A shooting party near the mouth of the Rakaia the other day were astonished to see five cats swimming across the river towards them. Apparently the animals were in the last stage of starvation, as when a skinned rabbit was thrown to them they devoured it like a pack of wolves. Some time ago a number of cats were turned loose on an island in the locality for the purpose of destroying rabbits, and it would seem that they are unable to get enough rabbits to keep them from starvation, otherwise their well-known aversion to water would have prevented them from venturing into the river. A remarkable case %vas brought under the notice of the hospital doctors at Bendigo. A man named Aldridge, who had been admitted suffering from an complaint, was operated on, and a small tumbler was extracted from his body. It is stated that Aldridge attended a recent race meeting at Fosterville, and at night got drunk. Next morning he was tound in a paddock lying helpless. SANDER and SON'-! EUC\LPYTi EXTRACT.

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