Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, AUG. 1, 1903.

Manawatu Herald, 1 August 1903, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, AUG. 1, 1903.

The Vicar will preach, on Sunday evening, at All Saints’, on the subject of Confirmation.

The licensed victuallers of the colony propose raising £40,000, to be used as a fighting fund at the next general election.

Mr Job Vile, member for Manawatu, was a visitor to the Winter -Show at Palmerston on Thursday. It is anticipated that the steamer Niwaru which bumped on the rocks at Napier will he able to leave for Auckland about the end of this week. Pursuing the policy of dealing severely with sly grog selling in the King Country, Mr Northcroft sentenced J. Murtagh to two months’ imprisomnent on two charges. The Japanese Minister in London, interviewed, stated that war with Russia is a very long way off, and any disagreement with Russia will doubtless be settled by arbitration. Mr Geo. Stiles advertises more bargains for two weeks only. The prices of different lines are marked low* some of which appear in his re-place advertisement. .. The sanatorium for consumptives at Frankfort-on-the-Main has windows that consist merely of openings, without glass, so that the patients are exposed to air currents day and night, all the year round. Truth states that the Pope’s nephew and grand nephews are preparing to dispute his will. There are twenty possible candidates, for the Papacy, The Liberal press in Rome favour Cardinals Serafino and Vannutelli. At the inquest on the body of William Tomlinson, which was found in a drain in the Kereru swamp, where he had been working, on Saturday, the medical evidence.showed that death was caused by rupture of a bloodvessel, and a verdict was returned accordingly. The sky becoming suddenly darkened, the inhabitants of Macon, France, expected a thunderstorm. Instead, there was a deluge of frogs, which fell from the clouds in thousands and covered the ground for miles around. Two divers went down to a depth of xooft on to the deck of the wrecked steamship Liban, at Marseilles. A. terrifying sight met their gaze. Over fifty bodies were clinging to the netting of the after-deck. One whole familyfather, mother and three children—were tightly enlaced together in one corner. Further on they saw a mother tightly grasping her baby. Only eight corpses were raised during the day. A lady purchaser to the extent of 5s of slices of the half-ton cheese at the Winter Show will have no cause to regret her outlay. In one of the pieces bought were embedded for the fortunqte lady two half-sovereigns and a three-penny piece. The last piece of the monster cheese was sold at 2.50 p.m. on Thursday. The total sale of the cheese realised the sum of £gg 7s, In the prison fortress of Tomsk, in Siberia, according to the St. Petersburg Life, one of the political prisoners, finding existence intolerable, killed himself by drenching his clothes with petroleum and then setting himself on fire before the warders could come to his assistance. Two very good specimens of frostfish—each about two and a half feet long—were netted at Cloudy Bay by the Pania, having been captured during ordinary trawling operations. It is only on rare occasions that these delicate fish are netted, they being usually found stranded on the beach after a frosty night—hence the name. The Minister in charge of the Tourist Department, Sir Joseph Ward, was asked by Mr Massey whether there is any prospect in the near future of connecting the steamers on the Wanganui River with the Main Trunk Railway at Taumaranni. The Minister replied that Messrs Hatrick and Co stated that they would com mence the running of the steamers connecting with Taumaranui in December next. Thomas Rush, of Staten Island U.S.A. claims to be the only man in the world who sells his skin for a living. Rush, who was formerly a mechanic, one day saw an advertisement asking.for a healthy subject who would consent to sell a portion of skin to be grafted on to (he face of a rich child who had been burnt severely. He got £2OO for his trouble, and has since been in hospitals in all parts of the States on similar jnissions. No licensing legislation will be introduced till after the decision of the Full Court has been come to in respect to the Newtown and Chalmers petitions. More stringent legislation is likely to be proposed regarding clubs and it is quite likely that an at tempt will be made to bring them into line with hotels. An effort will probably be made when the Bill is under consideration to have the Gothenburg system applied to the King Country and to the Wanganui River trade. Mrs W. R. Williams, widow of the late Captain Williams, has presented £7OOO to the Missions to Seamen, Wellington, for the erection of a memoriaUo her late husband. The memorial will take the form of a building fronting the Supreme Court, and will be for the benefit of seamen of all nations and creeds visiting the port. In view of the recent exceptionally severe weather in the South Island, the Government has authorised the free railage of fodder to those districts where it will be more advantageous to carry stock to places where pasture is available, that also will be done. Sir Edward Hulse, who was press censor at Johannesburg during the latter part of the war, was found dead by a servant in his bedroom, shot through the head, on June ist. He was captain of the 15th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry, served in South Africa in igoo, anchwas mentioned in despatches. ‘ Sir Edward, who was formerly captain ot the Wiltshire Yeomanry, represented Salisbury in the Unionist interest from 1886 to 1897. In Parliament he was considered the most expensively-dressed man in the House of Commons. Sir Edward’s brother, Major C. W. Hulse, was killed in action in South Africa while leading a charge of Imperial Yeomanry at Braklaagte on June 4th,: 1901,

The training fees have been fixed by the Foxton Racing Club at £t xs for each horse. Notice is also given that the fees are now due. The partnership which lately existed between Messrs Loveday and Perreau has been dissolved, and Mr R. T. Betty has now become a partner with Mr Loveday as flaxmillers. Alfred A. Hewlett, a millionaire banker, of Syracuse, .New York, planned a remarkable party for his 82nd birthday on February 17th. The guests were to be 125 widows. Not a man or an old maid was invited. The musiciams were. to be women, and Hewlett intended to be the v only man present. _ Report does_ not say whether the millionaire still lives I The Full Supreme Court yesterday gave judgment on the applications for writs of mandamus by the licensees of the five hotels in Newtown, to compel the Licensing Committee to grant renewals of their licenses, or in the alternative to direct the Committee to hear and determine the case. The motions were dismissed, with costs £SO, and the five hotels in Newtown will now be closed. Leave to appeal to the Privy Council was granted. From New York comes the information that Mr Nathan Henderson, a real estate dealer, has just married a woman who divorced him in 1866 and married again, her second husband dying. The curious part of the story is that the couple had not met for 37 years, and that when Mr Henderson was presented to his former wife at a reception he failed to recognise her. She knew him, but kept her counsel; He called on her next day. Recognition on his part and a fresh proposal followed, and now they are once more united. The people of Crotia have a strange superstition concerning the late Crown Prince Rudolph of Austria, who died in such sad circumstances at Meyerling in 1889. They believed that he was still alive, but that be is hidden somewhere by his enemies, and, as they are now almost in a state of revolution against Hungary, of which they form a part, they have just sent a petition to the Emperor Francis Jeseph asking him to make the Prince their Ban, or ruler. The Emperor, who was terribly afflicted by the loss of his son, is much shocked by the request, but nothing will persuade the Croats that the Prince is not alive, and that he would not go and be their Ban if his enemies would let him. An unusual use for beer was found in Alexandra, Otago, a few days ago. It was noticed that the Criterion Club Hotel was on fire. All the available unfrozen water was brought to bear on the fire, but this was soon exhausted, and as all the sources of water supply in the neighbourhood were completely frozen ap, the barrels of beer in the bar cellar were drawn upon. From these backets of beer were speedily pumped, and the fire was finally extinguished by a liberal ■ application of XXXX before any serious damage bad been done. At Oamaru Miss Annie McDermott was charged with assaulting Mrs Elizabeth Brady in the local Theatre Royal. Plaintiff was wearing a matinee hat, which happened to obstruct the view of defendant, who repeatedly tapped it with a walking stick. The Magistrate ruled that there was no law to compel a person to remove the head gear, and inflicted a fine of 10s with £z 16s costs. Medical evidence showed that Mrs Brady was suffering from a chronic nasal affection, and it became necessary to wear the hat. Considering that the German Navy is rapidly becoming a rival of the British, it is an interesting problem how far the latter are helping to further its development. In a case heard at Liverpool recently, it incilantaily came out in the evidence that there is a regular extensive business carried on of drafting German lads into our mercantile marine, where they remain for a year or so and then are recruited into the navy of the Fatherland. This is Germany all over (says the Western Mail), but of course she can hardly be blamed for taking advantage of Britain’s easy “ free trade " ideas in everything.