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Manawatu Herald, 1 September 1903, Page 2

A reward is offered for a lost rug. A bicycle pump is advertised for. A boy is wanted at the Herald Office.

A letter from " Ratepayer" will appear in next issue;

The Athletic Club advertise a meeting for Friday, at y.jo, in the Racing Club’s office.

Further additions are made to Messrs Abraham & Williams’ stock sale at Palmerston on Thursday. An inquest on the body of Sidney Sherman* killled by a train running over him at Shannon yesterday, will be held at 3 p.m. at Shannon to-day.

The Taranaki Herald gives currency to a rumour, apparently well authenticated, that Lord Ranfurly’s successor will be Lord Rosmead, who is a son of Sir Hercules Robinson.

Cigar ends collected from the various Cafes of a German city, and sold to the manufacturers of cheap tobacco and snuff, realise about £IOOO a year for the poor;

A Long Island, U.S., centenarian, Townsend Millar, has just married at the age of 104. His wife is a quarter of a century younger. Millar declares that he can remember events which happened 100 years ago* Mr C. T. Easton, proprietor of our old-established Foxton Butchery, announces in another column that he supplies nothing but prime joints, and also that shipping, flaxrnills, &c;, receive every attention. The wash out ami slip south of Cross Creek is repaired, and the VVairarapa line is now open for traffic. The line had been blocked for eight days. A slip occurred which buried the railway line and a deviation line had to be made. We would direct the attention of our readers to an advertisement in another column, in which Mr C. F. Johnston notifies tne amended timetable of his Royal Mail coach service beween Foxton- and Shannon, also that vehicles, horses, etc., are always on hire.

Mr J. T. Levett, our host of the old established Manawatu Hotel, announces that he has good accommodation for visitors and boarders, also good stabling and loose boxes for horses, &c. We would recommend those in need of the above to call at this popular hostelry. The Free Press (Singapore) (placidly remarks that in England there are no distinctions of social rank among woman, except perhaps that a duchess is a woman, while the laundress is a lady. The typewriting girl has not yet decided which class she belongs to.

A hungry burglar is said to have raided an Auckland hotel and consumed the major portion of a roast turkey and a pie the other day. He was disturbed by the proprietor, who came downstairs in the middle of the performance on the turkey, and armed with a candle and revolver, put the hungry one to flight. Our popular host of the Post Office Hotel has an advertisement in another column in regard to accommodation for visitors and boarders, also a notification that he has good stabling &c. The public, therefore, should have no cause to find anything wanting in this respect, and Mr W. F. Gray is therefore deserving a continuance of public patronage. Wo have been shown a circular letter which has evidently been sent to all the flaxmillers from a well-known firm in Wellington. The letter refers to an “ Extract ” from the Shipping and Seamen’s Bill ” in which it sets forth that no person shall ship flax, tow, &c., outside of Now Zealand in a condition of dampness as to be liable to spontaneous combustion, and any person who comits a breach of this regulation comits a crime. Clause 220 says before shipment every bale of tow shall be covered with hessian, &c., to prevent a risk of fire from sparks. The shipper and master of ships shall each be liable to a fine not exceeding £lO per every bale shipped contrary to this provision. Our local flaxmillers will do doubt take this matter into consideration, as the Bill effects them. So far as we have been able to judge of the conditions, of the Bill a great injustice is JxSmg done. As a matter of fact only from 65s to 70s is obtained by for tow, whereas about 21s to 25s will be the cpst of bailing the tow will} hessian, leaving little in return for ; the miller.

All cyclists will be interested to know that Mr H. Christian has just completed the manufacture of the first bicycle made in Foxton, and that it is now on exhibition in his shop window. The bicycle is* built with genuine B.S.A. fittings, Palmer plated rims and is really a credit to the builder. Mr Christian is deserving ot praise for his perseverance and enterprise, and the splendid piece of Work displayed is sufficient to prove that we have no need to go outside of Foxton for new machines, or for repairing. We notice that quantities of supplejacks are being brought into the township from the direction of Omarapapuka bush evidently for the purpose of making whitebait nets. We understand that the bush is under the control of the Marine Department as a signal bush for shipping, and that anyone catting plants or trees there is liable to a penalty. The channel in the river opposite the Rev. Mr Duncan’s residence appears to have taken two courses. Opinions have been expressed that the cause might be the dredging of the river in front of the wharf.. At any rate the depth of water appears to be lessening and making that particular part ot the fiver more difficult to navigate than hitherto. The Marine Department might assist the shipping of this port a little more if they would place buoys to mark tile deepest channel, not only between the wharf and Duncan’s Bend, but the whole of the river channel to the heads.

An Ashburton paper gives particulars of an interesting operation which was performed there recently on an Oamaru boy, it years of age, who had two bad club by reversing them. This skilful operation was performed by Dr Hertz (who is visiting-’ Ashburton as medical adviser to Mr Hugo Friedlander), and the doctor has every hope that it will be successful. Dr. Herz states that the oldest club feet can be corrected by the aid of a special apparatus, but that it is much easier to correct club feet in children that are growing. At present there are four patients in a private hospital at Ashburton who have been operated upon for this deformity. They came from Oamaru, Timarn and Christchurch, and are all doing well. Dr Herz quite lately performed a similar operation on a baby six months old.