Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1903.

Manawatu Herald, 14 May 1903, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1903.

MWIWIfHH IM 111 f———>—AM———K— Dr. Bennett joins Mr Hamer in his flaxmill purchase. An officer of the British Boundary Commission in West Africa has captured the Emir of Kano, against whom an expedition under Colonel Morlarid was lately sent. A final notice is given by the Town Clerk as to householders providing proper pails for sanitary purposes, as in default proceedings will be taken against them.

Half the inhabitants of the shores of Lake Victoria Nyanza, in British East Africa, are suffering from sleeping sickness. Tremendous ravages have also been made by the sickness among the natives of Southern Kairroudo.

A solicitor in the Westminister County Court told a true story about a picture. It was bought one day for a shilling; it was sold the next day for £7B; a day or two afterwards it was sold again for £250, and within fortyeight hours it realised £SOO. On Tuesday af Palmerston F. C. Johnston sued John Davies for £l3 5s amount of wages alleged to be due to the plaintiff as shepherd for the defendant. Judgment was given for the plaintiff for £6 15s, less a counter claim for £3 14s 3d for meals, with costs £1 18s. On Tuesday night as the train left the Oroua Bridge station for Foxton a man was noticed by the passengers to fall off one of the platforms of the carriages. The guard was iaformed and the train stopped, and the man picked up, who suffered no more than a little gravel rash. It has not been made clear why he left so hurriedly.

German newspapers endeavour to minimise the results of the King's tour. The Berlin “ Post ” remarks: A real Anglo-French entente is in the long run impossible, because in their colonial sphere differences are invariable —in fact will soon arise—and then the artificially-spun threads will be severed with a jerk. On Monday Mr Justice Edwards heard a petition by Alice Maud Reid, Foxton, for judicial separation from her husband, James Reid. The parties were married in Wellington on June 29th, 1899, and there were two children of the marriage. The petitioner alleged that since March, rgoo, her husband had been an habitual drunkard, and had been guilty of cruelty on several occasions. There was no appearance for the respondent, and having heard the evidence of Mrs Reid and Constable Griffiths, his Honor granted a decree nisi, to be made absolute at the expiration of three months. Mr Jallicoe appeared for the petitioner. On Monday evening as Mr Donald Fraser was riding into town in company with Mr Fred Easton, from inspecting the Motoa Estate, the horse he was riding suddenly collapsed and fell throwing Mr Fraser with great force on to the road. The injuries inflicted was .a very ugly gash on the forehead and nose, but he pluckily mounted and rode into town. Dr Bennett washed the wound and dressed it, and yesterday he left for his home. Though confined to the house by his doctor’s orders, Mr Fraser’s energy pulled him through what might have been a very serious blow, and was able to attend meals in the diningtroom. He bore the appearance of a returned trooper who had seen active service. We are very much pleased that he has made so good a recovery, as must all his many friends in this and the Rangitikei district.

; A Bill has been introduced into the' British Parliament for the prevention of juvenile smoking: Its main provisions are that no person under the age of sixteen years shall -smoke or use tobacco in any form, and any person so doing renders himself liable on conviction to a penalty not exceeding ten shillings for each offence; and no person, under an increased penalty, is to sell, give, or supply tobacco in any form to, or for the use of, any person under sixteen years of age.