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Manawatu Herald, 13 September 1902, Page 2

The usual meeting of Foresters will be held on Tuesday, at 8 p m. A steady well-educated man wants employment of any sort. The next term of the firmly established Kindergarten school, which is conducted by the Misses Withers, commences on the 25th instant. Mr George Simpson has decided upon erecting a handsome ten roomed house on his property, and has let the contract to Mr Speirs. Mr and Mrs MacDermott left for Waimate by the train yesterday morning. It cannot be any colder down South than it has been here the past few days. A serious situation has arisen in Morocco. The Kabyles uear’Mequneiz have risen-against the Sultan. Seven thousand troops have been despatched from Fez, capital of the northern sultanate, to the scene of disturbanceMr A. Seiferts new flaxmill at Makerna is very,nearly completed. It is expected work will be commenced next M mday. Mr George Whibley, a s'n of our old townsman Mr D. Whibley has been appointed manager. Mr Speirs built the mill. The safe plan the Railway Department obliges the public is assuring to the ratepayers, if not to the promoters of sports. They demand a certain sum to save themselves from loss, but they reserve to themselves all profits arising from the excursion. The promoters have the fun.

In the public eye. Under this heading are ph itos and notices of the Arcnbishop of Canterbury, Hon. W. J. Steward, the late Mr Andreas Reits chek, Dr Mason, and the late Mr J. L Wilson, and Mrs Cowie, widow of the. late Bishop Cowie, in the N ,Z, Illustrated Magazine for September.

The Commission to report on the Shannon bridge will sit in Foxton at a very early date.

The number of men Employed on the railways of the colony on ist April, igoa was Sia6.

Signor, Marconi is communicating’ perfectly between Cornwall, Gibraltar and Spezzia. During heavy rain at Pictoty Thursday there was an appreciable Fall of sulphur.

Kilanea, in Hawaii, Slromboli, in the Mediterranean, and two Alaskan mountains are in active eruption. The French Admiral on the West Indian station has notified the disappearance ot the island of Bermeja, in the Gulf of Mexico.

We are glad to inform our readers that Messrs Gosling and Graham, the Levin auctioneers intend holding a Mock sale in Foxton on the 4th October. To save settlers any trouble, entries can be sent direct to the office of this paper.

Some flaxmillers have found a difficulty in putting the numbers on their flax labels. We would recommend them to purchase, they are very cheap and can be had at Mr Alf. Fraser’s, a chalk holder, and then obtain a piece of cork, for which it is unnecessary to purchase a bottle of whiskey to get, many bottles—empty —and corks lying about, cut a piece with a broad end, and fit into holder. Phis makes a good marker and is easily renewed.

Foxton is admitted as being the home of the flax trade in the colony and the residence of men well skilled in building flax requirements. Mr Speirs has got a far away name for building scutchers. Lately he made one for the Wairarapa, others for Rangilikei, and he is now building one for Hokitika!

The following story hails from China —A tiger captured a monkey. The monkey begged to be released on the score of his insignificance, and promised to show the tiger where he might find a more valuable prey. The tiger complied, and the monkey conducted him to a hillside where an ass was feeding—an animal which the tiger had never seen before. "My good brother,” said the ass to the monkey, “ hitherto yon have always brought me two tigers. How is it that you have brought me only one to-day P ” The tiger fled for his life. Thus a ready wit wards off danger. Counsel —“ Your wife, did you say ?” Witness—“ Well, I reckon I’ve got a good claim to her—l lived with her thirteen years." Counsel—“ What’s her name ? ” Witness—“ Well, I could toll you six different names she’s had.’’—Domestic item elicited in Magistrate’s Court proceedings. - Post.

In Cuba cabbages frequently weigh as much as eolb. All vegetables do well. Radishes may he eaten from 14 to 18 days after sowing, lettuce in five weeks after sowing, while corn produces three crops per year. Sweet potatoes are perpetual. A. B. Worthington, charged with obtaining money under false pretences, was committed for trial. When asked if he wished to say anything he replied: “ There is a great deal which I shall have to say at the proper time and the proper place ”

At the result of his investigations in South Africa, Mr Gow states unhesitatingly that there is an unlimited market there for produce ot all kinds, particularly mutton, beef, butter, cheese, hams, bacon, eggs, oats, wheal, flvir, hay and maize Amongst frozen products’, butter inbu'k and in ilb pats, also in rib tins..

With regard to the grading of oats, Mr Donne, of the Trade and Commerce Department, states ; —"The services of the department have been used very extensively by the Imperial authorities to inspect and pass all oats purchas'd by ihem in New Zealand lor the supply of troops iii South Africa. The magnitude ot the operations in this respect m ay be gauged by the fact that from the beginning of last year up till July ist, the cargoes of thirty steamers, covering an aggregate quantity of 115,907 tons of oats, have been inspected and graded. The remuneration received from the Imperial authorities for their sei vices covers the outlay the department is put to. It is gratifying to he able to report that, notwithstand ing the great quantity of oats inspected and graded, not one single complaint has been received as to the quality or condition of the grain that has been passed. The same remarks apply to the inspection of hay and tinned meats purchased by the Imperial authorities in the colony, and inspected on their behalf by the department.”

The Committee of the third annual tennis ball are sparing no efforts to make the same a thorough success in every way, and we are glad to learn that the ball is to be nicely decorated with evergreens, flags, &c. The best possible dance music has been arranged for, and the floor on this occasion is to be second to none. The invitations are all out, and admittance will be by ticket only, which can be obtained from any member of the Committee, who are Messrs Alf Fraser. O. Robinson, E. Smith, and the Misses Collins and Laing, or the secretary, Mr W. S. Stewart.

The Wanganui Education Board has notified school committees under its jurisdiction that the not uncommon system of working “ double time” must be discontinued. The practice is in vogue in most of the education districts of the colony. It consists in working extra time before the luncheon interval in order to observe a holiday during the afternoon, and is, as a rule, resorted to on very wet days.

The question of giving power to a racing club to exclude any person from a public reserve used as a racecourse is to be raised by Mr Willis when the Public Reserves Bill is in committee. He will then propose a new danse giving power to such club to remove, any person Irom the course whom it is considered desirable to exclude, and linking it the duty of every constable present to assist the club in that direction.