Manawatu Herald [Established Aug. 27, 1878.] THURSDAY, FEB. 25, 1904.

Manawatu Herald, 25 February 1904, Page 2

Manawatu Herald [Established Aug. 27, 1878.] THURSDAY, FEB. 25, 1904.

During a thunderstorm Inst Sunday week a Waikato settler had his arm and side paralysed through catching hold of a wire fence when dazed by lightning. A life buoy marked Toma has been picked np on the bench a little to the south of Teremakau River, West Coast. The Toroa left Greymouth some months ago and has never since been heard of.

It is alleged that the Colonial Office has some difficulty in making a selection of a new Governor. A number of representatives of aristocratic families have been offering their services, the New Zealand Governorship being a much-sought-after honour. Messrs Millar and Giorgi, clothiers and mercers, of the Don, Palmerston North, have a replace advertisement in this issue, in which they make a speciality of boys’ clothing. When visiting Palmerston one should not forget to call on this firm and inspect their stock.

The performing chimpanzee, Consul, which died at Berlin, was insured for £30,000. The Premier has brought the pea rifle nuisance under the notice of the Minister of Justice, with a view to steps being taken to abate the trouble. A curious phenomenon was observed at Taupo on Monday last. Just before ■ ihundm-storm occurred Sir; level rf the lake fell about a foot, but it rose again daring the storm. A northern paper recently offered a prize for the best suggested dress for a girl to wear at the local agricultural show. One of the persons answering suggested an umbrella and a waterproof. Before Messrs A. Fraser and Bennett, J.’s P., on Tuesday last, Edward Bussell alias Smith, for being drunk was convicted and discharged, and for using indecent language was fined xos or 24 hours’ imprisonment. The Feilding police arrested a man at the Makino station on Monday morning, who was quite naked. No explanation of his conduct was forth--1 coming. He will be asked to make one before a bench of jdstidds. A resident of Wanganui has received a letter from a friend in Johannesburg staling that at the time of writing roolb bags of flour were selling at ifls 6d and loolb bags of sugar at 24s 6d. These were wholesale prices. The racehorse Convoy was purchased off a run for the small sum of £35. The man who effected the purchase of Convoy has before made some lucky deals, and his previous transactions in horseflesh include Titokowaru, Orangeman and Levanter;

A party of twelve Glasgow marine engineers, who were previously engaged to join the Japanese navy, received official orders early in January to at once proceed overland to Yokohama by FeWdary Bth* Each man is to receive £SOO per annum. The Germans are very active in Shantung. Thousands of small bronze images of the Kaiser as a war god, with his sword raised to strike, have been distributed in the district, and are even being brought dVer ffont the Chinese mainland. ' ' v

The diver Young, in the Dungaree, has returned from the Three Kings.. He was unable to go down to the Elingamite wreck owing to a heavy sea. The vessel takes in coal, and will, have her rudder repaired, when she will return to the Three Kings. Mr John Holmes, who toured the world in 1897 98 as Trade Commissioner to the New Zealand Government, and is a specialist in the hemp industry, has written to the Premier suggesting that a special exhibit of flax dressing methods should be sent to the St. Louis Exposition with a view of getting the machinery and also introducing New Zealand flax to the world at that exposition.

Six landowners were charged at Napier on Monday, under the Noxious Weeds Act, with failing to destroy Californian thistle on their land. The prosecutions were conducted by the Agricultural Department, and were the first in that district in connection with this weed. A fine of £1 each and costs was imposed. It is probable that overtures will be made to the Department to send an expert to examine the plant and report on it. During a trial at Breslau recently the judge called the accused an “ impertinent scamp,” to which the latter replied, “It you were not a judge I would give you a thrashing for that." The Public Prosecutor who was in court, immediately charged the man with unbecoming behaviour, and the judge awarded him three days’ im prisonment. Thereupon the prisoner, with a smile, pointed out that the jury

must first be consulted, and on the question being referredvto them they decided that he had not been guilty of the behaviour alleged. Consequently the matter dropped. News has bqen received in Christchurch (says Truth), that the King has been pleased to grant to Mr Falconer Larkworthy (formerly a well-known resident of New Zealand, and the owner of the Glenavon Estate) his permission to accept the Cross of Commander of the Royal Greek Order of the Saviour, conferred upon him by his Majesty the King of the Hellenes in recognition of valuable services rem dered by him to his Majesty while resident in Greece. This order is the only one in Greece, and the Commandership carries with it the title of Excellency. • The Eketahuna Express complains that cricketers from that township visited Pahiatua and were only regaled with water. This touched the Pahiatua Herald, which is a very strong prohi bition organ, on a sore spot, and the editor forthwith proceeded to. dress down its contemporary, concluding with the. following: “We . would strongly recommend the Express scribe to undergo an aqua pnra course. It would elevate his instincts, purify his blood, stimulate his brain tissue, normalise his cuticle, adjust his judgment, enable him to play cricket for three or four hours without saturating himself with beer, and tone him up all round. A Napier tonsorial artist, of a rather sceptical disposition, received a somewhat severe shock on Saturday morning. While he was operating on a customer the conversation turned on the subject of Dr. Gordon, the strong man of Fitzgerald’s circus. The knight of the razor and soap said he supposed the doctor was a fraud, but the customer assured him that he was pretty genuine, and told the operator not to miss the performance advertised for that afternoon. The barber, however, was not satisfied, and said he was certain the exhibition was a clever fake. When the shaving operation was finished the customer somewhat staggered the artist by remarking, “ I say, young man, do you know who I anl ? I am Dr. Gordon, and I did not come here to be insulted. I’m nothing to the strong man in Wirth’s circus, who lifts himself by the waist band in his right hand. Here’s sixpence to drink my health with. I will be in to see you on Monday, Good day,” and with that the strong man left the shop, leaving that assistant somewhat limp.

The Cherokee Kid, whose! laisooing feats is a prominent feature of Circus, leaves for the St. Louis Exposition shortly, where he will perform with a monster Wild West Show.

Heavy damage has been caused to the fruit crops in the Corowa district, blew South Wales, by the Rutherglen fly. At Rutherglen several orchardists have lost nearly the whole of their fruit by this pest, which is very small, bat so numerous that when they attack the fruit they quickly deprive it of its juice, resulting in the fruit shrivelling up and eventually dropping from the. tree.

A mysterious tragedy Was recently enacted at the town of Mpdschilbosch, in the province of Podolia, in Russia. A Russian officer. Captain Galanevitch, and his wife were entertaining two friends, Lieutenants Smolinski and Cunzevitch, to dinner, when the servants heard revolver shots, and on rushing td the door of the drawingroom found it locked. They forced an entrance, and found the lifeless body of Mdme. Galanevitch and, Lieutenant Smolinski on the floor near the piano. Lieutenant Cunzevitch was ihund dead in an adjoining room, and near him Captain Galanevitch, who had fainted. On a table was an unsigned letter as follows: “ I have fulfilled the conditions. I have killed Mdme. Galanevitch and Lieutenant Smolinski."

At his concluding Christian Endeavour meeting in Invercargill, Dr Clark said that on his return to America he would tell his countrymen of the tremendous resources of New Zealand, of its immense possibilitcs and the great future Which he was convinced was before it. He would speak of the scenic beauties, which in many respects were beyohd comparison with any other part of the Wqfld, of the hot lakes, geysers, of the great flocks, and crops, of the economic condition existing hettf, and the splendid plans for the advancement of the social and political life of the people. He would tell them of the old-age pensions, female franchise, of the State Savings Bank, Public Trust Office, and of the kind and paternal Government which had done so much good to the odlofly during its long term of office,

The large number of bookmakers of the “ whitebait ” variety who did business on the outside enclosure at the Taranaki Meeting, gave liberal odds on the field that competed in the Final Hack Flutter, the last event at the meeting, and, in sporting parlance, they held all they could in their bags. When the bell announced that the field bad been despatched on their journey the punters fluttered to the rails to watch the race, and the bookies folded Up their ledgers, closed their bags, and made a final flutter through the Recreation Grounds for town. When the lucky punters ran to collect their dividends after the race they found that the bookies had executed a masterly retreat with the f< bpodle ’’ and baggage, and loud and deep were the imprecations that rent the air when this fact became manifestly patent to the backers of Woodmount and Mataura.—Taranaki Herald.

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