Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, AUG. 22, 1903.

Manawatu Herald, 22 August 1903, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, AUG. 22, 1903.

A purse and note book has been lost.

Bishop Wallis, of Wellington, who has been visiting the Old Country, has reached Brisbane on his return, journey. He leaves Sydney to-day by the Moeraki, arriving in Wellington on the 36th mst.

The Postmaster-General has informed the Wellington Chamber of Commerce that he is unable to comply With the request that a uniform rate of |d per word should be established for telegrams. Telegrams from Rome allege that was found in the late Pope’s rooms, also a jewelled tiara worth £BO,OOO which his Holiness never wore.

The Borough Council meet on Monday night, when the applications for ranger, the appointment ; of a fire inspector, and general business will be considered. The Reserve Committee's report will also be dealt with. A dangerous form of mumps is rampant in Gore just now. The com plaint is not confined to children alone, but many adults have contracted it in a virulent form, and are completely prostrated by it. Mr A. Greenfield, S.M., was presented at Feilding on Wednesday with a purse of sovereigns, as he is retiring at the end of this month. The Mayor made the presentation on behalf of the lawyers in the district. The Daily Mail states that the Admiralty has asked for quotations for the supply of one million tons of steam coal, foi the last four months of 1903, delivered at Gibraltar, Malta and elsewhere. The Mail adds that Russia wants nearly an equal quantity. The Inglewood Borough Council having decided to re-name several streets, has chosen the names of timber for that purpose. Accordingly, Inglewood will now have its Rata, Rimu, Matai, Tawa, Kowbai, Maire, Mahoe, Miro, Hinau, Puketea, Kahikatea and Konini streets.

Country racing clubs are awakening to the advisability of handicappers attending their meetings, Instead of making the first day’s allotments and getting others to compile those for the second day. At the annual meeting of a Racing Club it was resolved that the incoming stewards be recom mended to invite applications for the position of handicapper, suoh official to attend the meeting.in person. The Australian Press publishes abstracts from reports of cures of consumption by means of inhalations of Eucalyptus Oil. It must not be inferred from these publicaiions that the common Eucalyptus Oil is the agent employed. The essence of the leaves is the medicament used. The .experiments were made with Sander and Sons’ product and bear additional evidence of its efficacy long since established over the entire civilized globe. The best way of using it is to put 8 drops with a cupful of boiling water and inhale the arising steam.

Mr Kirkbride, M.H.R. for Manukau, asked the Minister of Marina whether he will introduce legislation this session making it compulsory for all fishing and oyster boats trading from the port of Auckland to be numbered on the bow of the boat and on the mainsail as a means of identification ? The Hon- Mr Hal!-Jones said he quite agreed with the hon. gentleman that it had become a necessity that fishingboats should be licensed, numbered, and registered; arid he proposed to bring down legislation this session in that direction.

A fight occurred between two men, who it is alleged, were the worse for liquor, in the train arriving at Feilding at 8.30 on Thursday night. One was knocked through a window, and had his head and face lacerated, His condition is serious from loss of blood. His assailant was arrested. The injured man was attended to by Dr. Charlton, and at latest advices was progressing favourably, but is very weak. At the Police Court next morning before the Mayor (Mr Goodbehere), Thomas Wilson, on a charge of assault on William Travers, in a, train, was remanded to Saturday week. Travers was removed to the Palmerston hospital, '

The Foxton State School will be examined by -Mr Gray, one of the Board’s Inspectors, on Monday and Tuesday next. " Mr W. Clarkson, a well-known cyclist, will most probably be a competitor for the bicycle events at the next Athletic Club sports. The splendid prizes to be given will be quite sufficient inducement for many of the best riders in the colony to enter.

According to a reply given by Mr Seddon to a Wellington deputation on Wednesday, a test case is to be' brought to decide_ whether the Newtown licensees are justified in keeping their hotels open pending an appeal to the Privy Council. Mr Seddon said no further delay sbpuld take place in ascertaining through the Courts the position of the law.

A bracelet of the value of five guineas has been promised to the Athletic Club by Mr S. Hickson. Mr Levett’s bracelet, which was < held over from last year, will be given as a second prize. Mr A. Laing has also promised a guinea together with his last year’s donation (a dressing case), which will comprise a first prize for some event to be decided by the Club, In his speech on the Budget, Mr Herdman, member for Mount Ida, spoke of the enormous increase during recent years of the public debt (£9,000,000 during the last five years), and asked was it astonishing that the Premier had a difficulty in raising a loan when he wanted one. In hia opinion the land for settlements policy of the Government was utterly wrong. Since 1894 the Government had borrowed £2,598,000 on the Home market for the purpose of acquiring land under the Act, and in the same period it had sold freehold to the value of £1,094,000, which had been paid into the Consolidated Fund. He contended that these proceeds should be put into a separate fund and applied for land for settlements purposes, and nothing else. Until that was done the policy was unsound.

The fifth New .Zealand championship pigeon shooting match, being the first championship in the South Island, was shot off at Heathcote, Christchurch, on Monday? August 10. There were twenty-eight competitors and a fair attendance of spectators, but the wind made good shooting difficult. Mr E. P. Graham (Starlight) who won the championship medal and 60 per cent, of the stakes, killed 2t birds Straight out without a miss. H. Price and A. W. Barnard tied for second place with 19 kills each, and E. H. Eccle? and F. Redwood were equal for fourth with 18 kills. "Starlight,” Eccles and Redwood used the Colonial Ammunition Company’s " Favourite ” and " Invincible ” cartridges, loaded with i£oz. shot and patent concave wad.