Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, MAY 23, 1903.

Manawatu Herald, 23 May 1903, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, MAY 23, 1903.

There has died at Caheney, Co. Derry, in her 107th year, a remarkable old woman, named Fanny Cox, who was an itinerant egg dealer practically all her life. The Prince and Princess of Wales have consented to receive the Honorary Degrees of Doctor of Laws and Doctor of Music, respectively, from the London University on June 34. The ceremony will take place in the Albert Hall. , During the past year it is estimated that the property dost and unclaimed on the trunk lines of Great Britain was worth £150,000 to the owners; under the hammer it would not realise more than £50,000. The three Maoris who went from Wellington to Sydney by the Mokoia, and who were stopped from landing by the Customs authorities, are haka dancers for a circus. They hail from Papawai. The Maoris were released under a guarantee that they leave the State within three months. It is notified in the “ Gazette ” that in future May 34th will be observed as a holiday in the Government offices in the colony, and that the said day will be known as “ Empire Day.” As the 24th<*instant falls on Sunday, Empire Day this year will be observed on Monday, the 33th instant. The first cremation of a human body in South Australia took place at the Adelaide Crematorium recently, when a Sikh was reduced to cinders. A countryman delivered an impressive funeral service in the presence of a number of friends of deceased. In Mr Edmund Osborne’s changed advertisement appearing to-day a special line is now offered, and which is considered the best value on the coast. The millinery department at Manchester House is becoming well known by competent judges, as only the latest styles are sent out. The proprietor is having this branch freshly supplied each month, so that patrons may have the very best articles for their selection. “ I’m going to get married,” he said, as he placed a hand as large as a Dutch cheese upon the counter, “ and I want a wedding cake.” ‘‘lt is customary nowadays," said the pretty confectioner’s assistant, “ to have the materials of the cake harmonise with the calling of the bridegroom. For a musician, now, we have an catcake; for a man who has no calling and lives upon his friends, the sponge cake; for a newspaper paragraphed spice-cake; and so on. What is your calling, please?" "I’m a pugilist." "Then you’U want a pound-cake 1”

The Strike Suppression Bill has passed the State Assembly" without amendment. Futile efforts were made in committee to secure the pension rights of men returning to work. The Premier stated that the question would be dealt with on its merits. Arthur Shrewsbury, the Nottingham cricketer, whose death by suicide was reported yesterday,“suffered from melancholia after an operation, and feared he would never be able to play again. The first bullet from the revolver penetrated his left lung, and the second his right temple. The • second shot was immediately fatal. On Thursday evening a social was given in the Methodist Schoolroom to Mrs Austin, Miss Austin and Miss L, Austin on the eve of their departure for America. There was a good attendance. Refreshments were provided by the ladies. The Rev. W. Harris, on behalf of the congregation, wished the guests of the evening a pleasant trip and a safe return to New Zealand. Mr O. Austin responded on behalf cf his mother and sisters, and the meeting, closed by singing “ God be with you till we meet again.’-’ At the annual dinner of the London Association of Correctors of the Press at the Hotel Cecil, to the toast of “ the House of Parliament,”—Mr T. P. O’Connor, M.P., responded. He said the man in the street should not take too seriously all he reid as to the dissentions in the House of Common?. He had seen a red hot Radical dining with a reactionary Conservative, and he had seen an Irish rebel at a chess table with an almost besotted admirer of the existing Ministry. A political prisoner in gaol one month might the next, month be seen absolutely helping to keep the Government of his Majesty in power. T'tv' House of Commons was the great intellectual and political centre of the Empire, and if it was not in a sound condition the Empire must suffer. The d .v.viig for Mrs Quinn’s art union, by permission of the Colonial Secretary, will take place in the Theatre Royal on Monday next, at 3 p.m. The winning numbers will appear in the Herald of 28th May.