Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 1902.

Manawatu Herald, 30 August 1902, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 1902.

The local lodge of Foresters hold their usual meeting on Tuesday next, at 8 p.m.

It is reported that the Shah’s visi* to Europe has already cost four him' dred thousand pounds sterling. The Shah, on arriving at Calais, telegraphed bis thanks to King Edward. He stated that he would never forget his agreeable visit.

Over the leader Mrs Hamer has an interesting announcement. To that establishment those wanting ladies and children’s outfitting should go. Mrs Hamer defies competition in these lines as well as in millinery. Notice is likewise given of her first shipment of Spring goods which are promised as a surprise both in quality, variety, and price. Mrs Hamer thanks all those who have so liberally patronised her in the past which has exceeded her most sanguine expectalions and trust to a’continuance of the

A child of Mr John Hunter-Brown died in Wellington whilst under "chloroform. An inquest is being held.

In response to the representations of Mr W. G. Tustin, the Minister of Justice has decided to make some improvements in the dietary of prisoners awaiting trial.

Dr Pomare condemns wholesale the Ma n : lichens, or kautas, as they are called. Ke declares they are veritable dec. a traps. He states that the Maori is learning to live separately, and when lie does his salvatie 1 ; s sure ; bat until that is done his do n is sealed. Lord Kitchener will visit Khartoum on his way to India in order to open the Gordon College. An expert estimates that of the sheep alive in Australia in December last 38 per cent will die. A shortage of 298,000 bales of wool is predicted. Japanese wotrmn hitherto have been expected literally to honour and obey their husbands in everything. Now, for the first time in history, a Japanese lady has challenged this tradition. She refused to perform certain manual work for her husband, who promptly divorced her, but on appeal the wife’s cause was upheld, it being decided that she was not bound “to obey the unreasonable demands of her husband.” This decision is looked upon as revolutionary to Japanese domestic life.

Tangis have been limited, especially in cases of infectious diseases, but to be of use Dr Pomare contends that all deaths among the Maoris should be certified to by duly qualified men. A Wellington syndicate has arranged for a supply of kiaemalograph films, taken during the Coronation festivities in Lond m. They are expected to arrive shortly, and will be exbibited.at the Opera House. About 500 a feet of film, as well as slides and other accessories, giving the whole of the procession, etc., will be exhibited. The visit of a Russian squadron to the Turkish ports on (hs Black Sea has caused much uneasiness at Stamboul, especially since the Grand Duke Alexander Mixhuilovitch assured the Czar that he knew more about the Turkish coasts than all the Ottoman naval officers together. Tohungaism is in its death throes, but the strong arm of the law is declared to be the only patent medicii e that can cure this malady.

Netteswell House, South-rd., Bishop’s Stortford, is the birthplace of Mr Cecil Rhodes, and its present owner, Mrs Gervis, has commemorated the fact by affixing to the front of the house a large stone slab bearing the following inscription The Right Honourable Cecil John Rhodes, the f mnder of Rhedesia, was born in the room within, July 5, 1853.” The slab has been placed in position this week and can be clearly seen from the road. At a meeting of the Boards of Go verniers of the Wanganui Girls’ College it was decided to appoint Miss Southey Baker, of Christchurch, instructress in gymnastics. Alarming cracks have made their appearance in the southern portico of St. Paul’s Cathedral. Extensive underpinning will bo necessary, which will c ist between £40,000 and £BO,OOO. A diverting old custom was revived at Bishop Stawton, Devon, in connection with some local festivities. A sturdy Exmoor sheep, with its tail greased, was offered to any parishioner who caught hold of it by its latter end. After an exciting struggle a labourer named Taylor secured the prize. The Health Report bears witness to the lessened drinking of the Natives, Where Dr Pomare has visited, where there used to be scores of drunkards you can never find any now or hardly ever. The publicans have remarked to him “ What has happened to the Maoris? They drop in once in a while, lint it will only be for a glass. Von never find a Maori drunk now; and I respect them more for it.” Dr Mason in bis report says “it is impossible to report in a hopeful manner of the administration of the public health as the hands of these (the local) bodies. Even the largest of them, the Auckland City Council, appears scarcely to realise that they are responsible for the conditions which affect the lives of the people whom they control; while with a few exceptions the smaller bodies seem totally ignorant of the fact.” The French Opposition leaders are urging the people to refuse to pay direct taxes, as a protest against the closing of conventual schools. M. Combes, the Premier, is vigorously prosecuting agitators against the decrees.

A bottle containing a letter asking the finder to state where he found it, was cast into the Mackinaw River, Central Illinois, by Mr - Reeder, of Bloomington, in January, 1900, and was recently picked up in the Pacific Ocean. The bottle must have floated into the Illinois River, the Mississippi, (ha Gulf of Mexico, the Atlantic Ocean, and by way of Cape Horn into the Pacific, a voyage of 10,009 miles. The Wellington City Engineer has drawn the attention of the Council to the alarming condition of the Wainui Dam, as the concrete is of an exceedingly poor quality, and (he water finds its way freely through it. President Roosevelt, in a speech, declared that the Monore Doctrine is simply a statement of America’s firm belief that a nation existing on that continent must be left to work out its own destinies. America could no longer be regarded as a colonising ground for any European Power. The one Power able to make the doctrine effective is the United States, but the nation which advances the doctrine must have the power to back it up. To those who enjoy the luscious oyster the Health Departments’ report comes as a sad blow, pointing out as it does that early this year it was feared in the Auckland district that oysters were the cause of enteric fever. Careful search showed how it might have arisen but the unpleasant notioii that oyster-sellers have that it is al good thing to place oysters in of flax at the mouths of sewers to ] fatten, has been made public. J

Blasting operations on the eastern side of Gibraltar disclosed a cave 350 fee! long by 70 feet high, wit*’ pillars formed of stalactites and stalagmites. There has been an c.,tineak of ruffianism in Fails. Ga ga of “ gans ” are fighting each other, and robbing pedestrians. Some are using lassos.

A turbine steamer steamer has been ordered for the Channel traffic. If will make the passage between Dover and Calais ( wenty one miles) in fortymil.' -is.

Men are at work erecting a temporary railway station. The site for the new station and the alterations in the roadway have lieen pegged out. The new station will be a tew yards further along the line than were the South end of the platform now ends, and the new platform will be joined to the present one thus giving ample space and it will be twenty feet wide the whole distance the new station being set further oft the metals than the old one was. Mr and Mrs Seddon have visited Belfast. They were also the guests of Viscount Charlomont, father of Lady Ranfurly, daring their visit to Tyrone.