Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, AUG. 25, 1903.

Manawatu Herald, 25 August 1903, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, AUG. 25, 1903.

The Town Clerk notifies that Mr Frank Dudson has been appointed ranger for the Borough. In another column will be found Mr Alf. Fraser’s replace advertisement in which he states that T. Lindsay Buick’s new book “ Old Manawatu ” can now be obtained from him.

Mr F. Dudson, Avenue-road, has a quantity of pine-wood for sale, cut in lengths. There being a scarcity of wood-fuel in Foxton Mr Dudson should have no difficulty in disposing of a large quantity, as the prices are very reasonable.

We remind the electors of a most important meeting to-morrow evening (Wednesday) at the Public Hall at 7.30, It will be decided by a vote (which makes it all the.’more necessary that every elector on the>.|Burgess Roll should attend) whether -Giay-strect shall be stopped or otherwise. His \Ywsl»P tbsjMw will gswito

Last year France exported motor cars of the value of thirty million francs. Passages have been booked for Lady Ranfnrly and her daughters for London by the lonic, sailing on November 12th. It has been computed that up to the present time 300,000.000 dollars (£60,000,000) has been spent in checking swine fever in America The same work costs England £70,000 per annum. The latest borough appointment in Woodviile is that of a fumigator, whose duly will consist of thoroughly disinfecting every house with formalin where an infectious disease case exists or is suspected to exist. We would call attention to a replace advertisement appearing on our first page in which Mr G. H. Stiles announces that he is now opening Spring goods, also that he invites inspection of his Summer goods and novelties, etc. A number of New York capitalists are organising a matrimonial accident company to insure women against becoming old maids. In the event of not having a husband to support her a spins!or will have the consolation of drawing an annuity. The cold snap in the Wairarapa last week caused many losses of lambs. The milk supply also fell oft. One dairyman, with a herd of about thirty cows, estimated his milk supply to have fallen off 50 per cent., while another dairyman with 14 cows has had a similar experience. “The Labour Department in my district bad been useful in providing work for the scallywags from Australia, hut no honest, hardworking settler could find employment. If the Department has cost little, it has cost as much as the benefits it has given are worth.”---Mr Symes.

Members’ side match day at the New South Wales Gun Club, Friday, August 7th, was up to the standard of similar shoots held ntt he club’s ground. Mr A. W. Bales, using the Colonial Ammunition Company’s “ Blue Rock ” cartridges, patent concave wadding, No 6. shot, which he used throughout the meeting, again distinguished himself, dividing two sweeps running. There are rumours in the air (says the Otago Daily Times) of the formation of the people’s party, to.stand for clean Government, the leaders of which propose the inauguration of a campaign from the North Cape to the Bluff, with the avowed object of the overthrow of the Seddon Administration, The new parly will be strongly supported by the members of the various Churches in the Colony.

We wish to correct a printer’s error in Mr Fraser’s letter in our last issue, Sumner was quoted as one of the largest boroughs in area with 5876 acres, whereas the correct area is 4876 acres. It may be mentioned that while Foxton has the largest area of any borough in the colony the smallest is Avenal with So acres, population 355, dwellings 76, ratepayers 69, rateable properties £lO5.

As the latest extension of the British Post Office telephone system, conversations can now be carried on between London and Brussels. Tbs now line contains the largest telephone sea cable in existence. The tariff is the same as that between London and Paris—3s for three minutes.

If a well could be dug to a depth of 46 miles (says a science paper) the densiiy of the air at the bottom would be as great as that of quicksilver. By the same law a cubic inch of air taken 4000 miles above the earth’s surface would expand .-.n.Ticiently to occupy a sphere of 2,000,000,000 miles of diameter.

According to the Auckland correspondent of an exchange, the vicar of a pari.-di in a marine suburb of Auckland is having some trouble- with his parishioners. The reverend gentleman’s stipend has fallen into arrears some £l5O, dating back several years. In a recent sermon he offered to resign if the congregation would settle bis little account within eight days, hut evidently he has granted an extension of credit, for he still occupies the position of vicar.

A London correspondent states that Mr W. P. Reeves has written to the press, a letter in reference to the white population of our chief colonies. He shows that an increase has been at the rate of 20,000 a month. This is in answer to an American who said “ your colonies do not grow.” In the opinion of the Globe, Mr Reeves’ letter is “ very interesting.”

A swagger applied at a Waikaka Valley farmhouse the other evening for a night’s lodgings, and was accommodated with quarters in the chafthouse. Just before settling down to slumber he called to one of the fanner’s men and remarked in a languid tone, “ Tell the boss I’ll have my breakfast in bed in the morning ; I’m afraid it’s going to be cold,’’— Mataura Ensign.

Sailors have a very simple and what is said to be a very effective-way of determining the edible or non edible qualities ot any new varieties of fish they may happen to run across. In the water in which the fish is boiled is placed a bright silver coin. If the coin retains its natural colour during the boiling process the fish is good to eat. But if it turns dark, the food is rejected.

During the debate on the Address-in-Re ply Mr J. C. Thompson, M.H.R. for Wallace, said With regard to light lines of railway : we have heard during recent years a great amount of talk about light lines to open up the country, and I think it is about lime this matter was seriously considered. In my district there is a fine stretch of country running from Wrights' Bush to Heddon Bush, where a light Hue could be properly worked, and.there is in the district of the hon. member for Manawatu a light railway constructed bv the County Council there. It is said "to be working admirably, and I see no reason why this colony could not do what a County Council is

The superstitious collier is often laughed to scorn, but a miner in North Wales is just n6\v thanking his luckly stars that he believes in omens. He was boring under some coal, and was started by seeing a rat scuttling away. He walked away from the spot, and directly afterwards a large fall of coal occurred just over the place where he had beer, working. A well recently drilled in Canada produces sand instead of water. The sand comes up in a fine stream like a fountain. The force by which it is driven to the surface from a depth of 100 ft has not yet been discovered. A miraculous well was discovered recently in New Guinea at a depth of 600 ft. Anything made of iron or steel dipped into the water at once became magnetic. Two policemen went at night to enforce the removal of a party of Servian gipsies, recently ejected from France, who had taken up their quarters on Ashbrook Common, near Tsher. In the darkness they ap proached what they thought to be a group of horses. Growls as they drew near disclosed the presence of six loose bears, which took up a threatening attitude, causing the constables to beat a retreat, with the bears in pursuit. At daybreak the gipsies moved their caihp.

Thomas Alva Edison, the great American inventor, works because he likes it, and works hard until whatever is in his mind is worked out. Then he hates the finished result. “ When it is all done and is a success, I can’t bear the sight of it. I haven’t used a telephone in ten years, and I would go out of my way any day to miss an incandescent light.” For fifteen years Edison worked on an average twenty hours a day, and considers his present 14 or 15 a day mere loafing. Sometimes he will remain puzzling over a problen for 60 hours, and then drop off to sleep the moment the result is achieved.

The total amount of loans raised by River Boards in the colony on 31st December, xgoo, was £43,670. amount £26,000 was raised oiltside the colony. The total amount of loans raised by Drainage Boards was £200,000, the whole amount of which was raised outside the colony. The bulk of this money has been expended on improvements to fiveis in the South Island.

Lord Salisbury’s death recalls the interesting fact, noted in Mr T. L, Buick’s book ‘‘Old Manawatu,” that the ex-Prime Minister of England (then Lord Robert Cecil) walked from Wanganui to Foxton in 1852. He was met on the beach near Foxton by Mr Donald Fraser. Lord Salisbury, when a young man, tried his luck on the Australian diggings, and many interesting stories are told in reference to him at that period.

SANDER and SONS EUOALPYTI EX TRACT. According to reports of a great number of physicians of the hightest professional standing, there are offered Euflalpyti Extracts which possess no curative qualities. In protection of the world wide fame _of Sanders and Sons preparation we publish a few abstracts from these reports, which bear fully out that no reliance can be nlaoocl in other products Dr. W. B. Rush, Oakland Fla,. writes It is sometimes difficult (0 obtain the genuine article (Sander and Sons). I employed different other preparations; they had no therapeutic value and no effects. In one case the effects were similar to the oil oamphora, the objectionable action of which is well known.” Dr H. B. Drake, Portland, Oregon, says—“ Since I became acquainted with this preparation (Sander and Sons) I use no other form of eucalyptus as 1 think it is by far the bast.” Dr L. P. Pre-lon's Lynchburg, Va., writes—" I never used any preparation other than Sander and Son =. as I found the others to be almost useless.” Dr J. T. Oormoll, Kansas City, Kans.-, ?a}B —“Care has to be exercised not 10 le supplied with spurious as done by my supply druggist.” Dr if. id. Hart, New York, says—"lt goes wlO t saying that Sander and Sond Euoalyp'i Extract is the best in the market.” Dr James Reekie, Pairview, N. M.—“ So wide is with me the range of 'apipHoations of Sander and Sons Eucalypti Extract that I carry it with me wherever I go. I find it moat useful in diarrhoea, all throat troubled bronchitis, etc." For Bronchial Cough, take Wools' Great Pepperimt Cure, Is 61 and 2s“6d everywhere. The D ‘.v Hear,—No 494 of The. I limit' ail’d World of G2G, Chiswick .High Road, London. W., England, contains a description of a Rmiavkab’e Cure for Deafness and Head Noises which may be avriod out at the patient’s home, and ,vhich is said to be a certain cure. This number will be sent free to any deaf person sanding their address to the Editor. Neglect Always Dangerous.—To the average man it s ;ems childish to doc f or a oo'd, and unless it becomes particularly annoying to him, little or no aßention is given it. Often a cold contracted in the winter is allowed to run until the opening of spring. This is a grave mistake, as even 1 hough the warm weal her may bring re*i- f, the system is thereby weakened and rend-red susceptible to disease. A cold should,never be neglected, whether it be a child or an adult who is afflicted, as health and often life is risked. A bo't eof Ch m berlain’s Cough Remedy, costing _ but a sm ill amount wil bring speedy relief, and by its us j ah dangerous consequences will be avoided. For sa e by E. Healey, chemis f , Fox ou.

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