Manawatu Herald. [Established Aug. 27, 1878.] THURSDAY, JAN. 28, 1904.

Manawatu Herald, 28 January 1904, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. [Established Aug. 27, 1878.] THURSDAY, JAN. 28, 1904.

A progressive sign. There three weddings in Foxton yesterday. A company has been formed with a capital of £15,000 to reopen the Wallsend coalmine on the West Coast.

A supposed case of small-pox at Featherston, investigated by Dr Valentine, proved to be eczema. An engine driver with a first-class certificate is required. Apply at this office for address.

The Borough Council notify the ap, pointment of Mr H. Bradcock as regis trar of dogs, to whom all fees as sped fied should be paid.

Mr V. C. Ransom, of Rongotea, has purchased 102 acres and homestead from Mr M. Seales, of Levin, and enters into possession on March Ist.

The next term at Misses Withers’ Kindergarten School commences on Monday next, February Ist. Miss M. Withers is prepared to take Standard pupils, and are also teachers of the pianoforte. The export of white pine from the West Coast is assuming great proportions. Large shipments will be sent to Australia, one lot of 150,000 ft for Sydney having been placed at 7s 6d per 100 ft, a capital price. The Sylvia Park Estate, at Auckland, formerly celebrated for its stud of racehorses, was sold by auction on Friday. The property, including 93 acres, with stables and residence, was bought in by the mortgagee for £57000. The stables cost £6OOO to build. At their last meeting the Wanganui Education Board resolved to inform the Foxton School Committee that the Board cannot make an addition to the Foxton school out of the ordinary vote, owing to the reduction in the building grant, but that application had been made for a grant. The Coroner’s jury has committed for trial the Mayor of Chicago, Mr Davis (proprietor of the Iroquois Theatre), two building inspectors, the firemen employed in- the Iroquois Theatre, two stage hands and the Chief of the Chicago fire department, whose responsibility will be inveslh gated by a grand jury. Mr H. Bayly Siggs has decided to reside in Foxton and practice his profession as a dentist. Mr Siggs has undergone a thorough course of training in Auckland and elsewhere. Temporary premises have been taken in Mr Healey’s Pharmacy, Main-street, and Mr Siggs may be consulted from February Ist from 9 a.m. till 5 p.m. A replace advertisement with this issue announces the commencement of a great end of season sale at the Bon Marche, Palmerston North. The end of season sales of this firm are well known for their genuine character, and buyers of drapery and clothing will do well to take advantage of the present opportunity of securing special values in all departments ol fashionable and family drapeiy. “ Colonel ” Arthur Lynch, ex-M.P. for Galway, who has been serving a sentence for high treason, has been released on a license disqualifying him for Parliament. On January 23rd, 1903, “ Colonel ” Lynch was found guilty by a jury of high treason in fighting for the Boers against the British. He was sentenced by Mr Justice Wills to death, but the sentence was commuted to penal servitude for life..

At the last meeting of the Wanganui Education Board, the question of the propriety of the terms used by two teachers —one at each end of the 4district—in writing on school matters was considered. The Rev. J. Ross said he noticed with pain that some teachers seemed to forget that they were expected to be gentlemen. Eventually, it was decided to censure one teacher and to accede to the request of the School Committe and hold on enquiry into the other case. A third teacher is to be called upon to explain a charge made of using abusive language towards a parent.

A prooi of the interest taken in pre* ferential trade by the manufacturers o* Great Britain is afforded by the follow, ing trade letter which is being circulated in New Zealand by a large English firm of boot and shoe manu facturers:—“ln view of the impetus likely to be given to trade with the Old Country through the patriotic action of New Zealand, we take the opportunity, thus offered, to send you a catalogue of some of our productions of boots and shoes and trust we may be favoured with some of your business.”

The victory of Gladsome in the Wellington Cup and in the Racing Club Handicap prove not only that the filly’s Auckland victories over Wairiki and Treadmill! were no flukes, but proclaim her one of the best animals of her sex ever bred in the Colonies. In the Cup she put up a time record for Austalasia for a mile and a half, and on the following day she lowered the previous mile and a quarter record for this colony to imin ysec. Although this is isec behind Hova.s Australasian record made in Victoria, still Gladsome’s performance stands out as a long way the best, as she carried the big weight for a three-year-old filly of gst2lb, whereas Hova carried only a light weight. A meeting between Achilles and Gladsome under weightfor-age conditions would prove interesting.

The auction sale of drapery, etc., is now in full swing at “ The Don ” premises in Main-street, and the sale will be continued to-morrow. Mr J, Mounsey is the auctioneer.

In the Wyndham district of the Mataura no-license electorate there was only one conviction for drunkenness during the latter six months of 1903. In the same months of the previous year there was no conviction for drunkenness. The solitary offender in no-Hcense times was not a resident, and it is surmised that he bought his “poison” from an unregenerate electorate.

A person whose cow had trespassed on one of the Wanganui Education Board's school grounds and poisoned itself by licking some of the paint off a new building, wrote to the Board claiming £lO as compensation for his loss. When the matter came before the Board one member suggested that the Board might consider whether the owner of the cow is not liable to an actiod for bl« cow using the Board’s paint. An incident of a somewhat sensational character (says the Westport News) occurred on the Wainui the other day as the vessel was off the Steeples. Mr Backstrum, the chief officer j had just descended from the bridge, when he noticed a young man dive out of the saloou and jump on to the rail. He rushed forward, and just in the nick of time caught the young man by the ankle and hauled him back on to the deck of the vessel. From information later gathered, it was ascertained that the young fellow was suffering from a serious illness and was proceeding north od a doctor’s recommendation.

Charles Beeler, who was one of the most notorious train-robbers in the United States, has been released from prison after serving five years. Nevertheless, he is watched night and day by Pinkerton detectives, who say that somewhere he has hidden a sum of £IO,OOO. They believe that the money is secreted in the Mexican mountains, just across the frontier. It was the plunder gained in a robbery at the Wells Fargo express in 1898. Beeler declares the property is his, as he has paid the penalty of his crime in gaol. Several times he has started on his way to Texas to recover the treasure, only to find his pursuers were with him.