The Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, GOT. 28, 1902.

Manawatu Herald, 28 October 1902, Page 2

The Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, GOT. 28, 1902.

To-night the ordinary meeting of Foresters will be held at 8 o’clock. The Boer Generals have arrived in Loudon from the Continent. They are being noticed.

On Friday there will be special dedication services at All Saints’ Church, it being All Saints’ Day. The Rev. Mr McNickle will assist.

Mr Hillary comes as a blessing to poultry keepers. In another column he notifies that he will supply grit and cut green bones, the very food for the production of eggs. M. Pelletan, Minister of Marine, is experimenting with the eight hours principle in some of the French dockyards. The general adoption of the system depends upon the amount of work done.

The New York News states that Mr Pierpont Morgan’s profits from the financing of his companies for one year amount to eight and a half millions sterling. Proceedings are being instituted in Palmerston by the Deputy-Registrar-of Old Age Pensions against two pensioners for alleged wilful misrepresentation in statements as to their income and properly.

M. Leontieffs Russian Mission to Equatorial Africa has been sold up at Addis Abeda, in Abyssinia, by order of the Negus, in order to pay money due to the Somali Guards who had been employed. Mr John D. Rockefeller has given £IOO,OOO sterling to establish teachers’ colleges in connection with the Columbia University, provided a farther sum of £BB,OOO be raised from other sources.

The cricket season will becommenced to-morrow at a o’clock, on a pitch in the paddock behind the Public Hall. Sides will be picked by the Captain and the Vice-Captain. All persons interested in this, the king of out door, sports, are requested to roll up punctually. A general election of Councillors for the Manawatu County Council will be held on the xsth November. Nominations must be made in the prescribed form and addressed to the Returning Officer so that he will receive them at Sanson by noon on Saturday, Ist November. While felling the forest on land at the back of Hamurana the workmen came across a very old native pah, that must date back to the very early days of the’Maori migration (says the Hot Lakes Chronicle). Immediately under the pah, which is built on the edge of a very deep gully, is an immense cave or rock shelter, capable cf holding a large number of people, possibly the whole garrison of the pah. The natives living in the vicinity were not aware of the existence of a pah in the locality The Eketahuna Express says;—“ An old pack-horse belonging to a settler In the Eketahuna district committed suicide the other day in a most deliberate and determined manner. The animal was discovered in a pool of water, apparently quite reconciled to his fate, and looking very tired of life. When an attempt was made to drive him out, he placed his head under water and kept it there until life was extinct. This incident is vouched for by persons whose veracity we would not think of doubting.” Temporary insanity, perhaps, but there is no inquest mentioned on this unfortunate nagAn instance of the terrible effect of an expanding bullet has come to hand from South Africa. While in action at Haartebeestefontein Captain T. Parkin of the Australian Imperial Regiment, lying flat on a kopje, was struck by one of these missiles. After penetrating a folded map the bullet entered the officer’s chest, passed down to and tbrought his thigh into his pocket, smashed a chain purse, pocket-book, and key chain, broke and dented a pocket knife and a penny, and cut in two the iron key to a pair of handcuffs,

Mr John Stevens will address the electors at Foxton on the 10th November. Other dates and places are also advertised.

Prince Louis of Baftenberg has succeeded Rear-Admiral Custanoe as Director of the Naval Intelligence Department. The Monowai, which left for Sydney on Saturday evening, carried about goo tons of cargo from the colony. Included are 4000 sacks of oats, 4000 sacks of potatoes, 150 sacks wheat, 180 sacks sharps, gi carcases frozen pork, 54 cases frozen fish, and 100 tons flax from Wellington en route to Canada. The Wellington Stipendiary Magistrate gave judgment in the case of Haywood v. McPharland, a case brought by one hotelkeeper against another questioning the right to nave a bar in the extension of licensed premises. The Magistrate said the question was whether a license covered all extensions of licensed premises, whether extensions by rebuilding or, as in this case, extensions by connections with an existing building. He dismissed the information, holding that the extension was part of the licensed premises.

The demand for poultry for export has Caused a considerable increase in New Zealand market rates. A year or two ago good fowls could be purchased wholesale for about a shilling each, but they are now readily saleable at as fid apiece. The Government Poultry Expert has been advised that in the South sonle exporters cannot fill all their Orders from Home and South Africa owing to the prices demanded by farmers and others exceeding the limits allowed them by their principals. Mr Hyde, who has jrlst returned to Wellington from the North, states that everywhere he has been attention is being paid to poultry raising, and he predicts tiiat by rieitt year the industry will have made an enormous advance. His London advices show that in August chichens were selling at Home at from 23 2s fid to 4s each. He will give a lecture here to-morrow night. SANDER and SONS EUCALPYTI EXTRACT. According to reports of a great number of physicians of the hightest professional standing, there are Offered Euoalpyti_ Ex tracts which possess no curative qualities. In protection of the world wide fame _of Sanders and Sons preparation we publish a few abstracts from these reports, which bear fully out that no reliance can be placed in other products:—Dr. W. B. Rush, Oakland Fla., writes It is sometimes difficult to obtain the. genuine article (Sander and Sons). I employed different other preparations; they had no therapeutic value and no effects. In one case the effects were similar to the oil camphora, the objectionable action of which is well known." Dr H. B. Drake, Portland, Oregon, says—“ Since I became acquainted with this preparation (Sander and Sons) I use no other form of eucalyptus as I think it is by far the best." Dr L. P. Preston’s Lynchburg, Ya., writes—“ I never used any preparation other than Sander and Son’s, as 1 found the others to be almost useless." Dr J. T. Cormell, Kansas City, Kang,-, s.ays —“Care has to be exercised not to be supplied with spurious preparations, as done by my supply druggist.” Dr H. H. Hart, New York, says—“ It goes without saying that Sander and Sons’ Eucalypti Extract is the best in the market." Dr James Reekie, Fairview, N. IvL—“ 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 find it most useful in diarrhoea, all throat troubled bronchitis, etc.” Chambeblain’s Cough Remedv cures the cold and does not produce any bad effects. It strengthens the lungs and leaves the system in a healthy condition. It always cures and cures quickly. \Y. Hlimer, chemist, sells it. What is. Pain Balm P Chamberlain’s Pain Balm is a liniment, and while adapted to all the ordinary uses of a liniment, has qualities, has qualities which distinguish it from other remedies of this class. Pain Balm is especially beneficial for rheumatism. Thousands of cases can be cited in which this remedy has effected a cure when the sufferer had previously tried the best medical service without securing relief. Pain Balm is positively guaranteed to give relief in the most severe cases of chronic or acute rheumatism.