Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, JULY 31, 1902.

Manawatu Herald, 31 July 1902, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, JULY 31, 1902.

The Railway Department are now making a decided , improvement by having the railway platform laid down in asphalt. Messrs Abraham and Williams’ Levin stock sale takes place to-morrow. Further entries are advertised.

It is suggested by the Pahiatua Herald that the Right Hon. A- J. Balfour would be conferring a great boon on Pahiatua if he cut up his Pahiatua estate into small holdings and sold it to bona fide settlers.

Mr Yeomans, second officer of the Whangape, which arrived at Lyttelton from Newcastle last week, reports that about 3 p.m. on 6th July, when the steamer was between Cape Everard and Gabo Island, he saw, while standing on the bridge, about eighty yards to the starboard, a large black snakelike creature, swimming vigorously in the opposite direction to that being being taken by the Whangape. It appeared to be about 50ft long, with a head resembling that of a seal, and it had two fins or flappers. He watched it while it moved away with an undulating motion. The weather was clear, and Mr Yeomans is sure he cannot have been mistaken as to the creature being alive and set drifting i&ftwisd or log@t j

Quite a new and original excuse. A man charged with drunkenness in the South the other day explained that corns on the soles of his feet and ingrowing toe nails caused him to so limp that his gait might be attributed to intoxication.

It is understood that oply three members of the present House (Messrs Pirani, Carncross, and Hutcheson), do not intend standing for re-election. The two latter may possibly change their minds if pressed to come forward again, hut Mr Pirani says he is absolutely determined to retire from political life, and has not the slightest intention of seeking re-election.—Wan-ganui Herald. A good story is told of a rather nervous young lady of Liverpool. The other day she was standing at a far end of a platform at Lime Street station while two or three men were doing some shunting. As the train backed up one guard, in the ordinary course of his work, yelled to the other “ J ump on her as she comes by, run her down behind the coal heap, and cut her in two and bring the bead end up to the station.” The young lady jumped up* and down, and yelled as loud as her lungs allowed until the thing was explained. A young man in Palmerston North was charged with stealing bottles. The fact of the case, as detailed in Court, were somewhat amusing. Accused, it appeared, presented himself at the Burton brewery one morning, and, having ascertained that bottles would be bought, be left a couple of sacks there, stating he would call back for them. Next morning the sacks were full of bottles, which were duly purchased and paid for- The performance was repeated on subsequent occasions. Nemesis, in the shape of a particularly heavy frost, overtook the, daring operator. It was noticed that the pile of bottles belonging to the brewery had been'disturbed, and an inspection of the sacks revealed the.frost-covered bottles that had been on top of the pile. The S.M. took a lenient view of the case, and imposed a sentence of 48 hours in preference to sending him to Wanganui. Recently it was cabled “ The Pretoria Correspondent of (he Daily Express reports that Dan Kelly and Steve Hart, belonging to the Kelly gang, served under assumed names with irregulars in the war in South Africa, and that they have returned to Australia.” The Sydney Morning Herald points out that “ In June, 1880 the Kelly gang, consisting of Edward Kelly, Dan Kelly, Steve Hart and Joseph Byrne, were surrounded by the police in an inn at Glenrowan, Victoria, where three of them —Dan Kell}’, Steve Hart, and Byrne—were shot,, and Edward Kelly was captured. Among a certain class there has been a legend that Hart and Dan Kelly were not shot, but that they escaped.” Mr J. G. Wilson, president of the Farmers’ Union, is to contest the Manawatu seat with Mr J. Stevens, as an Oppositionist.

A return as to trade with South Africa as regards New Zealand was laid upon the table of the House of Representatives. The imports for the year ended 31st March, 1902, amounted to £2Bl. One gallon of wine and an ornamental feather are amongst (he articles particularised in the return. The exports amounted to .£730,415, of which amount £41.333 was sent from Wellington. Tno greatest export total went from Invercargill—£24o,29o, Lyttelton being next with £217,034, and Timaru next with £101,802-

Unless a settlement of (he demand of the shearers tor an increase of pay is effected this week, serious labour troubles will result, and will extend over New South Wales and Smith Australia. Instructions have been sent to the unions that none of the men are to start shearing for less that 25s per hundred. The chief hopes for a settlement depend np >n the decisi n of the New South Wales Pastoralists’ Union, which meets on Wednesday. If an amicable arrangement is not arrived at, twenty-one thousand men will be thrown idle.

Lord Beauchamp, a former Governor of New South Wales, was married at Eccleston, Cheshire. There were ■goo persons present, including the Princess of Wales, the Duke of Connaught, and Mr and Mrs Balfour. The announcement of the engagement between Lord Beauchamp and Lady Lettice Grosvenor caused a good deal of interest in England towards the end of May. Lord Beauchamp had not long returned from Sydney, where he was Governor up to the time when Lord Hopetoun became GovernorGeneral of the Commonwealth. He is still quite a young man, being only 30 years of age, but he succeeded his father in the title some ten years ago. Madresfield, his Worcestershire seat, is a very fine place near Malvern. His bride, Lady Lettice Grosvenor, who is a sister of the present and granddaughter of the late Duke of West-, minster, is very popular and wellknown both in London and Cheshire society. According to an English paper, a rough estimate of the losses that can be calculated upon with some basis of fact to follow the postponement the coronation makes' the appalling total £1,000,000, and this does not include what has been spent for robes, jewels, coaches and horses, and for decorating and renovating houses by the nobility. In the first place, Lloyd’s, underwriters lose at a conservative estimate, £200,000 on policies which covered the risk that the festivities would not take place on Thursday and Friday, June 26th and 27th. They stand to lose half as much again on those policies which covered the risk that the coronation would, not take place at all. Next come the seat speculators. Insurance policies taken out by them amount to some £120,000. Now, the erection of stands and the advertising and the paying for rights involved an expenditure of at least £500,000- Supposing one way or the other they retain £IOO,OOO out of the money paid for tickets, and they receive £120,000 for insurance, they still are losers of £380,000.

A good general servant la advertised tOfi

Messrs Gosling and Graham* the new firm of auctionees at Levin,’ in another column announce their first opening stock sale at Foxton for Friday, August Bth. They.have decided to hold these sales every three months, which should be a great convenience to holders of stock desiring their sale. The firm- will also dispose absolutely without reserve on Friday next a large assortment of fruit and ornamental trees from Mr Thos. Horton’s well known Pahiatua Nursery. Further entries of stock, etc., can be sent to the firm at Levin.

William Howell, the cricketer, who is now tonring .in England with the Australian team, lost his mother on Friday. His father, who was suffering from influenza, on hearing of his wife’s death, died soon after from shock. The London Corporation has accepted gifts from Lord Kitchener, comprising a Boer “ Long Tom ” and Kruger’s fully-equipped ox-waggon. Lord Lister, speaking at a banquet at the Athenaeum, said no indiscretion had been committed in fixing the Coronation on the ninth.

The operation performed on General Methuen was successful. Pieces of bullets embedded in (he wound were removed-

The Otaki-Manakau Co-operative Dairy Company closes its first year on 31st July, and will present its first balance-sheet the third week in August, The average price paid for butter-fat for'the year is a shade over ninepence per lb, and the suppliers have been more than satisfied with their experiment in co operation. The company has just started to build a new creamery at Rikiorangi. and hope to start one at Waikanae shortly.

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