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Manawatu Herald, 4 August 1903, Page 2

Mr Cottle, dentist, will pay his next visit to Foxton on the 15th lost. Mr J, Rnni.i i, of Dunedin, has been appointed Town Clerk of Feilding. Messrs Blanche and Loft advertise that they are prepared to, break in horses. Messrs Abraham and Williams hold their usual stock sale at Palmerston on Thursday. Entries are advertised. The Marine Department invite applications for the appointment of harbour master and pilot for the Port of Foxton. In Ceylon, children of from six to ten years’ of age are forced to labour ten hours or more a day in the fields in all weather. The. New Zealand Band has sailed in the Gothic on its return to the colony. The tour has been unsuccessful financially. Mr Geo. Stiles makes an addition to his advertisement of ladies’ fur-lined gloves now selling at 2s gd, the usual price being 4s 6d. Mr Pedersen, of Denmark, has been engaged by the Government as dairy expert in place of Mr Kinsella. He is expected to arrive in the Colony within three months. Although building operations are proceeding apace in Foxton at the present time, there are many other residents who contemplate the erection of residences in the near future. A footless race of men is said to have been discovered in New Guinea. They live in the midst of lakes, moving about on little canoes and possessing a few cabins built on wood piles. Their feet are so undeveloped as to be practically useless for walking. ® Several new flaxmills will shortly be erected on the banks of the Manawatu. A fine 16 h.p. stationary engine has been obtained by Messrs J. Sy-, mons and Barnard for their mill at Wirokino Bridge. General Andre, Minister of War, has accepted an offer by M. Santos Dumont, the Brazilian aeronaut, to place an aerial fintilla at the service of the republic in the event of war. Two officers have been appointed to make practical trials. The past season of the Nelson Athletic Cycling Club was a very satisfactory one, a profit of £95 having been made” on the year’s operations. The club intends to purchase a room for the use of members, which will be fitted up as a gymnasium The clever Black. Family of vocalists and musicians purpose paying Foxton a visit shortly. The Family are now on their first tour of the North Island, and their entertainments are excellent, the members being highly gifted with musical ability. The proposal to make a diversion of the Manawatu river to prevent a recurrence of the overflowing trouble on the country between Foxton and Longburn is being advanced by the circulation of a petition praying the Government to form a river board to deal with the trouble. A man named McLean was brought before the justices at Shannon yesterday and charged with using obscene language in a public place, and received three months’ imprisonment with hard labour without the option of a fine. On another charge for throwing stones and damaging property the same offender was fined £lO or three months. Last Saturday the New Zealand team played their opgning match in Queensland. Fully 15,000 persons were present. Perfect weather prevailed, though the sun was rather oppressive to the visitors in the early stages of the game. In every phase of back and forward play the form exhibited by the New Zealanders was much below that given by them in the other matches of the tour, particularly by the vanguard, which displayed sluggishness in its movements. They, however, rather easily won by 17 points to nothing. Referring to the remarks of Mr Seddon as to the conduct of clubs on Sunday, and the allegation that men obtained drink who could not get it at hotels, Mr F. W. Bunting, President of Palmerston Working Men’s Club, has telegraphed to the Premier as followsßight Hon. R. J; Seddon, Wellington.—Your remarks in regard to clubs were most scandalous and unwarranted as far as our club is concerned. There was no discrimination in your remarks, therefore as President of the Palmerston Working Men’s Club I protest most indignantly.’'

Waikato coal is being retailed in Auckland at 23s per ton. The New Zealand Grand National Meeting takes place on urn nth, 13th, and 15th insl. Owing to an epidemic in London the authr ities have ordered the disinfec lion of all coins. Mr J. H. Pollock has been appointed , handicapper to the Otaki Maori Racing Club, vice Mr Henrys resigned. Some policemen have been arrested at Grangemouth, Scotland, on charges of being implicated in systematic burglaries. - The Newtown hotelkeepers intend keeping their hotels open until the appeal to the Privy Council against the Full Court judgment is decided. Nava! men at Wei hei-Wei are in a state of expectancy as to the probability of a Russo-Japanese war. Plague is prevalent at Hongkong, thirty to forty deaths taking place daily. Bodies are often seen floating in the harbour. During the six months ending June, 16,300 persons quitted New South Wales for places beyond the Commonwealth, The bulk were labourers and artisans bound for Canada and South Africa. Mr H. Bradcock, who has been suffering with rheumatism for some time, intends taking a trip to Rotorua shortly, with a view of trying a course of the hot spring baths. We trust he will soon return benefitted by the treatment. A Dunedin gentleman who recently returned from a trip through South Africa says Kruger’s bouse in Pretoria was being turned into an hotel at the time of his visit. Everything that was decently moveable had been taken away by the relic hunters, even down to paper on the walls of the rooms. According to a rule passed by the Racing Conference it is now compulsory for the owner of a horse to pay a fee of £t at meetings where the totalisator is used. If a horse wins and his owner has neglected to pay the fee he will be liable to disqualification. There are supposed to be 98,000 girls of marriage age in New Zealand, and only 84,000 marriageable men, any yet there is an agitation on foot, for which Gisborne is responsible, to import a few more. An exchange says it is enough to make the girls rise up in active rebellion. According to a rule passed by the Racing Conference it is,.now compulsory for the owner of a horse to pay a fee of £\ at meetings where the totslisator is used. If a horse wins and his owner has neglected to pay the fee he will be liable to disqualification. Messrs J. D. Manson and D. H. McKenzie each guessed the exact weight of the dressed sheep in the guessing competition at the Winter Show, ifiolbs, and divide the prizes, £2 and £t. Guesses ranged from sglbs to 2Qolbs. “ Sir, I am sorry I cannot give the hon. gentleman brains.”—Mr James Allen, after failing to convince the Minister of Works as to his line or argument.—” The hon. member for Bruce admits that he has no brains to spare," was the retort of the Minister of Railways, in defence of his colleague. Mr A. J. Balfour, Prime Minister, presiding at a meeting in connection with the cancer research fund, said he was hopeful that important results would be obtained. Every suggested remedy which was supported by reasonable evidence would be carefully investigated. Charles Anderson received a dangerous wound on the head at Shannon yesterday through being hit with a broken bottle. Dr Graham was summoned from Palmerston, and an investigation of the matter by the police resulted in a man named Doyle being arrested for the offence, Anderson was taken to the Palmerston Hospital, The Rev. Tsitt, in the course of an interview, stated with reference to the licensing deputation to the Premier, that the no license party will vigorously oppose at least three of the proposals made by Mr Seddon, namely —(1) that there will be no local option poll till 1908; <2) that magistrates shall replace licecsing committees; (3) the absolute prohibition of. liquor in the homes qf residents in no-license districts. As showing the remarkable vitality of bots, a farmer in the Murtoa district (Victoria) recently administered to two horses a remedy recommended for bots, viz., an extra powerful dose of turpentine, which is generally considered as one ot the few means that are likely to remove .the bot-worm from the horses’ intestines. Both horses succumbed to the dose, but a post mortem revealed the fact that while the coating of the stomach was burned away, the bots were still alive. News comes from Noumea that the plague in the north is attributed to natives living in squalor and filth. Out of 62 cases there were 52 deaths, Strict measures -have been taken by other tribes to prevent contact, and the early extinction of the outbreak is expected. A rather novel kind of gams was mentioned by Mr Rutherford, when speaking about the totalisator, He said that the station handson the back blocks, when they have no pack of cards handy, resort to a game called "Ryloo.” Each man has a heap of sugar in front of him, and the players wait patiently till a fly lands on one of the heaps, then the man on whose heap the fly alights “ scoops the pool." The Dannevirke Advocate states that Mr H. W. Haybittle, who is on a visit to Palmerston, nearly dost his life in the fresh in the Akito river last Saturday week. It appears that Mr Haybittle was crossing at the mouth of the river on horseback, and that his horse was swept away in the flood and drowned. Mr Haybittle managed to make the shore, but lost his pack, containing clothes, and also a considerable sum of money, which was washed from the coat he was wearing at the time of the accident.

Guessing competition for weight of sheep (dressed) in connection with Sports Club commences on Thursday at Messrs Shadbolt and Howan's.