The Mayor.

Manawatu Herald, 2 September 1902, Page 2

The Mayor.

The town is to be congratulated on the possession of a Mayor who exercises interest in all public questions affecting the well being of the inhabitants. They will mark the celerity with which the application of the railway engineer was met as to work on Harbour-street, so as to enable the railway station to be placed so that a platform of at least twenty feet wide is secured. The approach to the station will also be improved by reducing the grade to it from Harbour-street. This may he but a small matter in itself, but the promptness of the action of the civic authorities demands recognition. The motion passed ’at the last meeting of the Council about wharf extension and further siding is much tc the purpose, and should be granted, and it our public men will only keep up the energy displayed since Mr Hennessy became Mayor the town will be so much the gainer. We have said some time back that our Council was as good as was to be got hut that they suffered from want of a head, and as Mr Hennessy has supplied this want, there has boon shown a most pleasing action in all public matters.

The Mayor took a move the other night in a small way, but which we verily betieve, within a few years time will be acknowledger] as one of the most valuable innovations introduced—that of poultry raising. It wis necessary for some one to act, and it re d muds to Air Hennessy’s credit that he took upon himself the initiative. There was no great thing in the start but he grasped the potentialities and moved. These are the matters where a town gains by having an active Mayor.

The cadet corps attached to the Karori, Levin, Newtown, Otaki, and Roseneath Schools have been officially recognised.

In another column will be found the dates on which Mr Bridge’s representative will visit this district.

Mr, Mrs and Miss Seddon visited Cork, where they were entertained by the Lord Mayor. They are now visiting Killarney.

The War Office will in future furnish officers' messes in the unmarried regimental quarters at the public expense, and will also supply each officer on joining the Army with a field kit free, the officers maintaining their kits afterwards.

Heavy rains are falling in the costal areas of N.S. Wales and have extended some distance inland. Mr Albert Sanford, an expart on the fishing question at Auckland has stated that “ there are no conditions making it necessary to proclaim any limit to trawlers in the waters of New Zealand."

The “ Novoe Vremya " states that in 1900 Russia formally suggested a modification of the Anglo-Russian trans-Caspian agreement of 187.3. Russia now considers herself not bound in regard to the question of closer direct relations with'Afghanistan.

We learn with much regret that Mr D. Mackie died on Saturday night after a lingering illness of three year’s duration. The late Mr Mackie came to Foxton from the Hawkes’ Bay district about a year ago, hoping that the change would be beneficial, hut although feeling better, he was not strong enough to follow his usual vocation as a shepherd, or in fact do mivtliini;. The deceased leaves a wife and family 01 two little boys and one and. --’i.d i-.' them we RM.end our sym* A;

The Marine Department puts down the cost of weather-reporting at £390 i6s id.

During the last month (July) the Colonial Ammunition Company manufactured and delivered to the New Zealand Government 555,000 rounds of .303 ammunition for the Use of the defence forces, being at the rate of about 6,500,000 rounds per annum. Under the heading of former occupations of patients in the asylums amongst the males, labourers total 137, the next largest number being farmers, 33. There was only onejournalist. the rest still doing duty. Amongst the females those having done domestic duties number 148; housewives com ing next 32. Curiously 3 men cooks went mad, whilst only one woman cook did.

Heavy rains in Nepaul the rivers Baghmati and Vishnumati to oveiflow, causing serious landslips and great damage to the cities of Bhatgaon and Paton. Several hundred people were killed.

During igoi there were 2760 boilers of stationary engines inspected and certified to and 223 digesters. There were also 1386 portable engines inspected. It is the King’s intention to retain Barton Manor, with the cottage residence and golf links, at Osborne. This decision has greatly delighted the inhabitants of the Isle of Wight.

An Anglo-French Commission has been appointed to delimit the frontier of Northern Nigeria. Only one accident at a flaxrnill is recorded in the Inspector of Machinery’s report.

The King on Saturday took part in a deer drive at Kinloch Forest, Ballachulish.

Tho proportion o£ male insane to the male population is, inclusive of Maoris one in 264, and the proportion of females to the female population is one in 352. The proportion of the total insane to the total population is one in 300.

The earthquakes in the West Indies have caused many shoals in the Gulf of Mexico, where there was formerly a depth of half a mile. The following officers were elected at the annual meeting of the Manawatu Racing Club President, Mr R. S. Abraham; vice-presidents, Messrs Allan .Strang and C. A Loughnan; hem. treasurer, Mr D. Pringle (reelected) ; trustees, Messrs R. S. Abraham. W. T. Wood, W. Park and Strang. The total number of insane persons on the 31st December, 1901, was 2,773 Males, 1,654; females, 1,119, being an increase of 101—males 73, females 28 —over previous year.

The King has granted the Volunteer Officers’ Decoration to the Dean of Westminster on completion of his twenty years of service as chaplain to the Queen’s Westminster Volunteers.

In our next issue Mr G. H. Stiles announces the arrival during the week of spring goods. Some promises of good things to come are made, and knowing tho enterprise of the proprietor we are satisfied that there is something behind them. Low prices are announced, and it only remains for an inspection to prove this fact. In the course of the next month something important will be made public as to the dressmaking department.

SANDER and SONS BUG ALP YTI EX TRACT.

According to reports of a great number of physicians of the hightest professional standing, there are offered Eucalpyli Ex tracts which possess no curative qualities. In protection of the world wide fame of Sanders and Sons preparation we puHish a few abstracts from these reports, which bear fully out that no reliance can he placed in other products:—Dr. W. B. Rush, Oakland Fla,, writes Tt is sometimes difficult to obtain the genuine article (gander and Sons). I employed diff;r-m : other preparations; they had no th re peutic value and. nn effects. In one casthe effects were similar to the oil oamph «'s. the objectionable action of which Is well known.” Dr H. B. Drake, Portland, Oregon, sa y S —•> Since I became acquainted with this preparation (Sander and Sons) I u e no other form of eucalyptus as I think t is by far the best.” Dr L. P. Preston s Lynchburg, Va., writes—“l never used any preparation other than Sander and Son’s, as 1 found the others to be almost useless.' 1 Dr J. T. Connell, Kansas City. Kans.-, fays —“ Care has to be exorcised not to be supplied with spurious 'preparations, as done by ray supply druggist.” Dr tf. H Hart, New York, says—“ It goes without saying that Sander and Sons’ Eucalypti Extract is the best in the market.” Dr James Reekie, Fairviow, N. M.—“ So wide is with me the range of applications of Sander and Sons Eucalypti Extract that I carry it with me wherever I go. I fin 1 it most useful in diarrhoea, all throattroubl. d bronchitis, etc.” ■ WADE’S WORM FIGS-the Wonderful Worm Worriers, are always effective. 1/- boxes everywhere* Chamberlain’s .Cough Remedy is intended especially for coughs, colds, whooping cough and influenza. It has become famous for its cures of these diseases over a large part of the civilized world. The most flattering testimonials have been received giving accounts of its good works; of the aggravating and persistent 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 tjie life of the child. The extensive use o£_ 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 the least danger in giving it, even to babies. It always cures and cures quickly. W. Hamer,, Chemist, sells it.