Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, JULY 25, 1903.
Mr Edward Coley gives notice that all poultry, dogs, &c., found trespassing on his property in Coley-street, will be destroyed from this date. The King refused to allow Scotland Yard detectives to attend bloi in JrefSßitf,
Further rich finds are reported from Nuggety Gully, where prospects yielded up to five ounces to the dish. The Duke of Marlborough has been appointed Under-Secretary for the Colonies. It is rumoured that the British Government has arranged to pay the Canard Shipping Company over a million to build two steamers, which are to be the largest and fastest afloat. They will be for use with the rest of the fleet of armed cruisers and, also, for an improved postal service across the Atlantic. It is stated that several professionals who were invited to join Warner’s leant ats dissatisfied with the Marylebone Club’s offer ot £3OO and expenses with a bonus added if the tour proves a financial success. At the Theatre Royal at Palmerston North on Wednesday night, in the presence of a large assembly, the Mayor (Mr Dank) presented Mr Piraoi (who is leaving for Petoue) with an illuminated address and a purse of 100 sovereigns. In the football match against Bathurst the New Zealanders over tan their opponents, scoring 4? points to 7. R. McGregor I'eCeiVed a severe blow over the kidneys, rendering it impossible for him to play on Saturday. The visitors received unbounded hospitality at Bathurst, where the Mayor entertained them prior to the match, and the Western Unions gave a banquet in their honor. A novel situation has arisen in one of the country districts of South Australia in connection With the annual elections throughout the State for district councillors. One councillor died between the days ot nomination and the election, but as party feeling ran high in the district, supporters of the deceased candidate considered that the only way to secure their end I was to vote for him, so that a supplementary election might follow at which a representative in touch with him might be elected. Consequently the dead man’s name appeared at the top of the poll, and the retn rning officer had no option but to declare him duly elected. At the Daunevirke Court on Wednesday George Waring, painter, was sententced to three months’ imprisonment for ill-treating a deaf and dumb woman named Jacobsen, with whom he had been living. This is the second time the accused has been convicted for cruelty to the woman. The widow of the late General Christian Botha has taken up her permanent residence at Stellenbosch, Cape Colony, where she Intends living permanently, so that her children may be educated in .the scholastic centre. Christian Botha died shortly after the treaty of peace was signed. House rents are considered to be high in Wellington, but they pale into insignificance when compared with the rents demanded in Cape town. One anxious advertiser in a Cape Times of last month says he will give up to £ls per month for a six roomed house and guarantee twelve months’ occupation. For the purchase of a five roomed house standing on a 100 ft ‘square section at Rosebank, £I6OO is asked: for a six roomed, house in the same quarter £I7OO is wanted. In the same issue top wages are offered to 150 carpenters and joiners, 60 bricklayers, 60 painters and paperhangers, 30 plumbers and tinsmiths, 10 plasterers, ro electricians, 10 wood-workers, etc., for East London —showing there is still room for the artisan in South Africa. We have reason to believe that a delegation from the upper district will shortly wait upon the Borough Council for the purpose of formulating some effective method of approaching the Government to obtain the necessary concessions in order to extend the communications between Levin and Marton. With reference to the cable relating to the Australian farmers, who are said to be desirous of settling in Canada, statements have been made in the Assembly that Canadian, Argentine and Brazilian farmers were at present in Australia looking for land. Mr Chick, who had been asked to make the Land Bill serve the needs of settlement in view of the Canadian report, said he did not know anything about the farmers, who were reported to be seeking land there. At the Palmerston Court on Monday next, a Foxton resident being under age, will appear to answer two charges of making false declarations under “ The Marriage Act." A remarkable performance of equine intelligence was witnessed at the Wellington races on Saturday last. Rags, who was ridden by G. Walls in the Final Hurdles, made a faulty jump at the second hurdle and dislodged his rider. The horse continued in the race, occupying a position just behind the leaders, but on entering the straight he went to the front and passed the winning post several lengths ahead of the ultimate winner. After traversing the customary furlong or so the riderless horse turned round and walked back to the saddling paddock, and surprised the spectators by stopping at the weighing room, as if nothing out of the way had happened. Rags evidently thought that he was “after it," and he deserved the ovation which was given him. The half-yearly report of the Broken Hill Proprietary Mine shows that the net profit was £57,660. The Niwaru, which struck the rocks at Napier, has been an unlucky ship. On her first trip to England she put into Las Palmas leaking badly and a good deal df her cargo was damaged. This is her third voyage to the colony. The Inglewood paper reports that a local butcher bad in bis shop on Thursday the carcase of a 4-tooth ewe bred and fattened by the Waihi natives, turning the scale at ißilb as it hung in the shop. The Waitara Road Dairy Factory is one out of six factories in the colony that have been asked by the Government to send a sample of their manufacture Home for exhibition purposes. This compliment entitles the manager of the factory to congratulation.-** Mill?
Lord Curzon has heed offered two years’ additional tenure as Viceroy of India. Of 353 persons tried by courtmartial for Salonica bomb outrages, four have been sentenced to death, twenty-nine to imprisonment, and twenty three were acquitted. Nearly three hundred who were implicated were outside the jurisdiction of the inquiry, which was strictly limited to Salonica. A plain and fancy dress ball in aid of the school funds will be held in the Sanson Public Hall on the 14th August. A Dunedin correspondent states that an entirely new process of branding cattle has been invented, by which branding is done by means of a fluid called “the Kemma branding compound,’’ which decomposes the hair follicles of the animal to which it is applied. It does this without injury to tab bide or pain to the animal, it is alleged, leaving a distinct and permanent brand. A syndicate proposes to float - companies in all parts of the world, with a total capital of What is to become of man ? The advantage of woman seems to be maintained all along the*line. The Cambridge Borough Cbuncil recently for a subordinate clerk. There were ninety male applicants and one female—and the woman was appointed by a bare majority of the Council. A young lady, a visitor from Christ* church) aroused the admiration of those of the Morning's crew who were on board at Lyttelton on Sunday afternoon, by climbing into the crow's-nest, the mainmast head. This is a feat which many men, landsmen, that is to say, would not care to attempt. A Lyttelton lady performed it soon after the vessel arrived there. The Department of Agriculture has been desirous for some years past of ascertaining whether New Zealand hemp could be improved by cultivation, both in quality and quantity. Arrangements were made not long ago to plant an area of land at the Experimental Station at Weraroa, near Levin, and this will be done in the course of a few weeks. Steps are also being taken to establish a collection of the various forms of flax known in the different districts as " varieties, ’’ which will be planted on an adjoining section, each root will be named and the locality from which it was obtained will be stated. This collection, whan complete, will be most valuable. Important results are anticipated from the experiments. The Borough Council hold a meeting on Monday next.
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