Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1903.

Manawatu Herald, 18 June 1903, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1903.

A man named James Anderson was sentenced at Raglan to one month cumulative on each of four charges of sly-grog selling. Sir Thomas Lipton’s yacht Shamrock 111 has arrived at New York to compete against the Reliance in the contests for the America Cup. The Mullah, with a force of 6500 men, has destroyed the telegraph lines at Bohotle and Damot, and executed a flank march on Nogal, intending to harry the British lines. A strange case was heard in the Sydney District Court recently, a man suing his brother for the recovery of portion of the expenses in connection with their mother’s illness and death. Messrs Loveday and Perrean have made great headway with their flaxmill on the Makerua Co’s., land at Shannon, and they* will have two strippers running at the end of the week.

Tenders are required by the Assets Realisation Board for baling and delivering grass hay at Motoa Estate. The time is also required for completing the contract, tenders to close on Thursday, 25th June. To-morrow evening the Fitzmaurice Gill Company will appear at the Public Hall, when they will produce for the first time in Foxton “ The Sign of the Cross.” The company is a very strong one, and is so well known that they are'certain to have a good house. The box,plan is now open at Fraser’s stationer’s shop. Prices of admission are 4s, 2s and is.. From our Palmerston exchanges we are glad to see that Me J. R. Russell, late editor Ob' the Manawatu Daily Times, is not to be allowed to leave Palmerston without some testimony being paid to his efforts to promote the prosperity of the town. A meeting of citizens was held on Monday evening at the Council Chambers to organise a farewell to both Mr Russell and Mr T. L. Buick. They are both to be presented with testimonials and Mr Russell with a purse of sovereigns.

The election to fill the three vacancies on the Wellington Education Board caused by the retirement of Messrs Hogg, Kebbell, and Young by effluxion of time, is to take place on the 27th July. The cargo shipped by the Essex from New Zealand on Sunday was the largest taken from this colony since the South African service was instituted. The following is a summary of the principal lines of produce forwarded by colonial agents and others from all p0rt5:—66,385 carcases mutton, 22b carcases lamb, 2200 quarters beef, 3588 boxes butter, 12 rumps beef, 508 sides pork. 551 cases meats, 298 cases fish, 30 cases kidneys. 50 cases tongues, 1 case hams, 163 crates poultry, 6 crates geese, 3 cases tripe, 10 cases apples, 358 S boxes butter, 94 cases cheese, 46,016 sacks oats, 1987 cases potatoes, 1473 sacks bran, 20 sacks cocksfoot, 17,535 superficial feet of timber, 3094 live sheep and 3 horses.

There was a good attendance at Sister Amy’s meeting in the Methodist schoolroom last night. The sister delivered an earnest address. The mission has a week yet to run, and the meetings are open to all. Captain Mann, of the transport Dilwara, tells am interesting-story of an interview he had with the Boer war prisoners before leaving Ceylon for the Cape. They absolutely refused to believe the letters sent to them by friends at home telling them the struggle was over, and jeered at the representative of the Government from Pretoria when he urged them to sign, the terms of peace. The prisoners told .him that he was attempting to deceive them, and that they would remain unconvinced that the war was at an end until Messrs Delarey, Botha and De Wet had given them their personal assurances. The purse of sovereigns which is to be presented by the Hew Zealand police-to Mr Tunbridge before he leaves for England, will be worth between £2OO and £3OO. The illuminated address which is to accompany the purse will be enclosed in a casket of New Zealand woods.

Mr John D. Rockfeller, the Standard Oil magnate, who is reputed to have offered £200,000 for a new stomach, his own being practically useless through dyspepsia, writes : “ I believe I have recovered my health. • I feel better than I have felt for years. I think the improvement is due to golf. During my stay in California I became an adept at the game, and now feel like a new man.”

At the last meeting of the Horowhenua County Council the bank forwarded a bond to be signed by Councillors on account of the Council’s overdraft hV. Mg par'd the legal limit. The Chaii'man and Ci's Davies, MacBeath, and Stephenson were willing to sign the bond if the whole of the Crs would do so. Crs Nodine, Monk, Wilson, add McDonald refused to do so, consequently the guarantee was not signed. In, consequence of this the Council only issued cheques to its employees. The overdraft was stated to be £4,550. A poll has been taken in Christchurch on the question of authorising the Tramway Board to raise a loan of /250.000 to construct and equip electric tramways. In each of the five sub-districts into which the district is divided the proposal to authorise the loan was carried by overwhelming majorities. The total votes recorded in favour were 2856 against 338. Complaints are made iti London that recent arrivals of Mew Zealand meat were damaged by the use of inferior ink in branding the wrappers. Assessors have allowed three-half-pence to threepence per stone on many of the carcases. The recent gold discovery at Randall (not Wandalis, as previously stated, fifty miles south-east of Kalgoorlie, is exciting much attention* Rich specimens have been exhibited. Some people are sanguine enough to describe the field as a second Kalgoorlie. The news with regard to the administration by Britain of the province of Kelantan, in connection with an AngloSiamese agreement which has just been signed, comes from a French source. The Morning Post asks for an official British statement on the matter. Mr Justice A’Beckett has dissolved the marriage of a man with his deceased wife’s niece in Melbourne, dedaring that “it was illegal as coming within the prohibited degrees of affinity. The auction sale of saddlery, harness, etc., which takes place in Messrs Gillanders Bros.’ -rooms on Saturday next comprises numerous lines. The sale will commence at 1 pan., and the auctioneers, Messrs Goslin and Graham, will also sell one lady’s bicycb, and a manufacturer's range of dia pery.