Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, MAY 20, 1902.

Manawatu Herald, 20 May 1902, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, MAY 20, 1902.

The examination of the State School by the Inspector will be held on Thursday and Friday next. The County Clerk issues a warning to flaxmillers and carters re heavy traffic, and for their information he advertises a portion of the by-law. This morning John Conflell, who only arrived in town last night, was brought up for drunkenness and fined ss. Yesterday S. Mason was fined 5s for the same offence. The Chairman of School Committee informs us that the inquiry which was to have been held this evening, has been, at the request of the complainant adjourned for a fortnight.

Great Britain is establishing a residency at Upper Bornu, in Central Africa, and has effectively garrisoned the area from the Niger to Lake Tchad. A stoway arrested on the steamer Hauroto at Suva, is believed to be one of the Kennifs, who are wanted in Queensland for murder. The steamer was released from quarantine on Saturday. At the Sawmillers Conference held last year it was stated the Americans were selling sawn timber at Sydney at 6s gel per 100 ft. The Carterton Observer’s football contributor thus describes a player in a scratch match on Saturday:—“A player named Epati—a Pakcha-Maqri. ' with an india-rubber frame—also did a lot of good work, and he managed, before the game terminated, to cover himself with glory and lose half his habiliments, (he latter c insisting of a pair of trousers and a shirt.”—Awkward —very. A sawmillcr predicts that about 15 years will see the end of the kauri timber trade. He also declared that five years would sec the end of the white-pine in the Taranaki district. The Prince of Wales’s Birthday (3rd June) will in future, it is gazetted, he observed as a public holiday in the Government offices throughout the colony. There would appear to be a good market for apples in South Africa. A late Canterbury resident saw the fruit sold by auction in Johannesburg at 3s 6d per dozen, and subsequently be bought a couple at sixpence each, A witness was asked by a parliamentary committee how long his Road had been in existence and if it had given general satisfaction ? The reply was that it had lived 37 years and had given general satisfaction. It is a pity how few Boards there are of which this can be said.

If anybody but Mr E. Osborne had said he was going to put on more front he would have been offended, but as he has said so in his new advertisement on oar front page, it is all right. There is no doubt the “ front ” of his shop is being materially improved and to have all things fitting he has secured the services of a first-class draper. We do not doubt but that the general public will appreciate Mr Osbone’s efforts to push the town ahead and reward him accordingly. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is intended especially for coughs, colds, croup, whooping cough and influenza. It has Income famous for its cures of these diseases over a large part of ibe civilized world. The most flattering testimonials have been received, giving accounts of its good works; of the aggravating and persis tent coughs it has cured; of severe colds that have yielded promptly to its soothing effects, and of the dangerous attacks of croup it has cured, often saving the life of a child, 'the extensive use of it for whooping cough has shown that it robs that disease of all dangerous results. It is especially prized by mothers because it contains nothing injurious and there is not tiie least danger in giving it, even to babies It always cures and 'cures quickly. W. Hamer, Chemist, sells it. WADE’S WORM PIGS-the Wonderful Worm Worriers-are a safe and sure remedy, in itboxes; sold everywhere. Athroats, Coughs L iviiuv cured by taking Bock’s‘Balsam, remarkable for healing outs and sores, price