Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, AUG. 18, 1903.

Manawatu Herald, 18 August 1903, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, AUG. 18, 1903.

The owner of a black and grey dog is advertised for. Messrs Abraham & Williams’ next Shannon sale will be held on Friday. Entries are advertised. Tenders are required for the re> moval and re-ereotion of the pilot station at Manawatu Heads. Plans and specifications may be seen at the local Post Office. Tenders close on Tuesday, xst September. The promise of Government assistance to the Auckland Museum has led Mr Willis to ask the Premier if he was willing to assist other like institutions in a similar manner, notably the Wanganui Museum, for which he suggested a sura of £SOO should be placed on the Estimates. The Premier said this was evidently a case of “ act in haste and repent at leisure.” If voluntary contributions were made for this purpose they might be subsidised by the State.

Kamila is one of the highest-rated boroughs in this colony., It is reported in Vienna that King Peter threatens to abdicate the Servian throne. The Borough Council invite applications up to 6 p.m. on Monday next fcf the position of ranger. *The Argentine 5601248,073 carcases of mutton and 6630 lambs to the United Kingdom during July. A sun-fish, eighteen, feet in girth, and weighing tjjcwtj lias been captured in Port Adelaide river. Its size is a record one. Reuter’s Agency states that the Czar goes to Rome at the end of October and subsequently pays an official visit to the Emperor of Austria. Mr Hathaway has no faith in the Taranaki breed of cows—a mixture of Ayrshires, Herefords, Jerseys, Hoi* steins, Shorthorns,. Scotch Mountain cattle, and every other breed under the sun.—Stratford Post. The Gothenburg system ot publichouse keeping, whereby, after expenses have been met, the profits are to be devoted to schemes for the wellbeing of the townsfolk, is to be tried both in Dunfermline and Kirkcaldy, Scotland, next yean King Edward has commenced taking a course of treatment at Marienbad, a watering place at Bohemia. His Majesty suffered considerable annoyance on the promenade from the tactless curiosity, of the crowds. The police had difficulty in persuading the public not to hamper the King’s movements. The Christchurch Gun Club’s £SO National Handicap Pigeon Match was shot off at Heathcote Grounds on Saturday, August Sib, (New Zealand Inanimate Pigeon Association rules). 1 The stakes were divided between ' Messrs Fraser (34 yards), “Cashmore ” (25yds),-McCarthy (24yds, H. Hunter (24yds), G. K. King (26yds), who killed all their birds. Mr Fraser, Mr G. R. King and Mr 0. Hunter were using the Colonial Ammunition Company “ Favourite ” cartridges. Mr Greenfield) S;M., has been informed that Mr A. D. Thomson, S.M., will take up his duties at Palmerston at the beginning of next month. Mr Greenfield will therefore leave Palmerston at the end of the present month (says the Times). It it the intention of members of the legal profession and others of hia numerous friends in, Palmerston to present him with a very handsome testimonial prior to his departure from the town, as a token of high esteem and regard. A Napier business man has received a letter from a friend in Russia, from which the following is extracted:— “There has bceri a nasty riot at Gratz, in Gerard and Mikines Restrama, one of the largest flaxspinning mills. All the French employees, manager- and overseer included, had to run for their lives in what they stood, and most of them will not be allowed to return. The military Were called out. They were stoned by the mob, and in reply fired into it with ball cartridge; many persons were killed and wounded. The mill is now’stopped. Mr E. M.‘ Smith, and other members of Parliament) visited the Porirua Asylum recently, and went through the form of introduction to several inmates. One of them, when he was introduced to Mr Smith, became quite agitated. “ What,” he exclaimed, “ you the great ironsand man. I am glad to meet you, sir. But there has been a terrible mistake 1 I hear that Mr Cadman has been knighted. It should have been you, sir. You ought to have been a knight. What a terrible mistake has been made. They knighted the wrong man.” Mr Smith now shares in the Premier’s opinion that many people who should not be there are confined in our mental hospitals. The areas of the various boroughs in New Zealand show that NorthEast Valley has the honour of calling itself the biggest borough in New Zealand, its area being 5980 acres. Foxton comes next with 5760 upon which to distribute its tiny population of 1312, The 650 inhabitants of Ross, too, can be said to have plenty of breathing space in 4191 acres. In Wellington, with a territory of noo acres, there was in March last year 43,938 persons, 5100 of whom are ratepayers. The number of dwellings were 9260 and of rateable properties 9958. The estimated annual (or renting) value of rateable property In that city was £473,599, compared with Auckland’s £351,821, Christchurch’s £256,086, and Dunedin’s A 266, §65; “ Were you engaged to defendant ? ” “ Well, I was keeping company with him.” The above dialogue is often heard in the Police Court, and what the precise definition of “ keeping company,” “ walking out with,’’ and similar ambiguous terms may be, gives rise to many interesting surmises. It is therefore icteresting to note that the debatable question has been satisfactorily settled by, no less an authority that Justice Denniston. It cropped up in a case as Christchurch the other day and the learned man ot law said there were, it seemed to him, three stages in what was known as keeping company with, viz., firstly, walking out; secondly, keeping company ; and thirdly, being engaged. We regret to have to record the death of Mrs A. C. Matheson, which occurred at an early hour on Friday last at her husband’s residence, Bank of New Zealand, Kimbolton, The late Mrs Matheson, who was the youngest daughter of the late John McLennan, of Oroua Downs, was well and popularly known in the Manawatu as Miss Ada McLennan. She was a sister of Mrs J. B. Pascal, of Awahuri, and Mr Roy McLennan, of Waituna, and formerly of Oroua Downs. The late Mrs Matheson’s mother (accompanied by her two daughters) is at present on a visit to England. Much regret is felt for Mr Matheson—who formerly resided in Palmerston and later at Feilding, where he acted as manager of the Colonial Bank of New Zealand—in his sad bereavement.

A number of Swiss milkers in the Hawera district are giving much satisfaction to owners of cows by their steady work and kindly methods. They state that many of the countrymen will follow. Mr Norman Gorton sold a cow in tha Mariod district the other day to a Gisborne buyer for £23, which is a record price. It gives, when in full milk, 23lbs of butter per week. There is still a growing demand iii South Africa for telegraph operators, railway clerks, and station masters. Preference is given to married men in the case of railway clerks, whose commencing salary is £132. Telegraph operators, with three years’ experience, will receive £t3o per annum at the start. Ihe Hon. J. Pharazyn, a centenarian, died at Wellington on Sunday night; He landed in Wellington in 1841 and lived there practically ever since. He held a seat in the Legislslative Council from 1060 to 18S5, when his soon succeeded him. He celebrated his hundredth birthday in October last, Mr Balfour (says the London Daily Chronicle) is probably the only Prime Minister since newspapers began who comes down to the House without taking the trouble to ascertain what is going on in the world, He is dependent for news upon his sister, who reads the papers and cuts out what he thinks he ought to know, but secondhand inorfmation of that sort is generally a day too late for practical political purposes. The Prime Minister is rarely seen in the reading room of the House of Commons, and even on those angelic visits he never lingers over the London or provincial papers. He goes to the table on which the Australian papers are laid, snatches up the Melbourne Leader, and takes it with him idto the adjoining tea-room. Mr Balfour, like Lord Rosebery, has some Antipodean investritents; Messrs Hickson and Reeve’ tender their thanks to those who assisted at the fire when their mill was destroyed.