Manawatu Herald [Established Aug. 27, 1878.] TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 1904.

Manawatu Herald, 1 March 1904, Page 2

Manawatu Herald [Established Aug. 27, 1878.] TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 1904.

The receipts at the Hastings Volunteer Bazaar totalled £B7O, and the ex‘ penses are estimated at £270. During a fire in a furniture warehouse at Cobar, New South Wales, the crowd impeded the firemen to such an extent that it was necessary to turn the hose on the spectators.

At the general meeting of the A. and P. Association held at Palmerston on Saturday afternoon it was unanimously decided to borrow £7ooo, of which hot more than £5500 shall be expended except in the purchase of additional land.

At Hawera, on Wednesday, the first case under the Juvenile Smoking Suppression Act was heard, and a Chinaman was fined ios and 16s costs for selling cigarettes to a boy under 15 years of age. The Magistrate said that the defendant was liable to a fine of £lO. The result of thq open-air cure of consumption at the Nordrach Sanatorium, Dunedin, for the last quarter may be summarised as follows:—The number of patients treated was 13. The average gain in wieght of each patient for the quarter was g-Jlh. The maximum weight gained in one week was 61b. The recovery of health in each case was usually found to be pro portioned to the weight gained. Some strong remarks were made at Manaia the other day by Mr Eyre Kenny, S.M., regarding the drinking habits of many Maoris in Taranaki. His Worship said he thought he was justified in saying that the orgies amongst the natives were worse in the Taranaki district than in any other part of the colony. Certainly he had not come across a worse behaved class of Maoris than those living in Taranaki. Their unseemly and demoralising behaviour was no doubt due to the Parihaka influence. Though hotel keepers could sell drink (consumed on the premises) to a native, they would be running a very great risk in selling it in bulk or in allowing intoxicating liquor to be taken in any quantity to the Maoris,

The death is announced of Mr James Paris Lee, inventor of the Lee-Metford rifle.

There are three and a half million acres of r waste lands in the Auckland province.

Another horse gone astray! A reward is offered for the return of a filly that is missing.

The yield of gold in Queensland for January was 38,544 fine ounces, compared with 41,450.>2 for the same month last year. The Canterbury Trades and Labour Council is showing hostility to Mr T, E. Taylor, as a land reformer, on account of his connection with the purchase of several properties lately. At the banquet tendered to him at Palmerston North the Premier stated that the dairy experts had recommended Palmerston as the site for the proposed dairying experimental school. Sixty-eight persons are undergoing trial at Kishineff for anti-Semitic excesses. Some have been ordered to undergo service in a disciplinary company and to compensate the widows and families of their victims.

It is utterly impossible for any true Englishman to feel any sympathy with the movement fof introducing the Chinese to the Rand, however he may have persuaded himself of its lamentable necessity.—Auckland Herald. The Ashburton borough valuation is £24,070 as against £24,064 last year. Hotel properties have been reduced from £*34l to £955, but the assessment on new buildings erected during the year fully counterbalanced the reductions made on hotels.

Lord Dundonald, commanding the Canadian ffiilitia, in the course of a speech, said that Canada had just approved of the establishment of a citizen army too,ooo strong. This Far Eastern object lesson showed the difference between Powers who were ready and those who were unready for war.

The total population of the colony on the 31st December, 1903,' was 887,939. Of these 496,654 were males and 418,783 were females. Excluding Maoris, the population of the colony increased by 24,576 in the year, or at the rate of 3.04 per cent. There were 13,300 deaths, and the excess of arrivals of departures was 11,275. The Wellington City Council has decided to immediately take a poll for a loan of £75,050 for the following works:—£2l,4so, shortage on the electric tram loan ; £18,600, extras connected with the Town Hall, including organ, furniture, etc.; -£35,000, extras connected with the Tramway works, such as an extension of the powerhouse and plant, initiation stones, etc., Customs duty and removing overhead wires.

Captain Dane, the Commodore of the Dover-Calais fleet of steamers, retired from the service on January Ist, afthr a connection of about half a century with the mail steamers. He had crossed the Channel about 30,000 times. For nearly forty years he has commanded Channel mail steamers, He was for many years the royal captain, and has frequently conveyed across the Channel the King and Queen and many foreign royalties. It is not generally understood what constitutes a sale of liquor. The police state that the fact of charging for admission to a smoke concert or banquet where liquor is provided is in the na a sale, and consequently illegal. If, however, the liquor is purchased by a committee, who obtain their funds by a levy on' members, making no charge for admission, no sale takes place. Sports chibs should act with caution, lest their carnival gatherings have a less pleasant sequel.

The Rev. Edward Walker has issued a statement of the drink bill of the colony for the last year, based on the Customs and excise returns. He shows that there has been an expenditure 0f£3.°55.590. or £3 10s yjd a head of the population, being an increase of a head, or £103,293 upon the previous year. He considers the amounts to be nearly double if the dilution and purchase by single drinks instead of gallons could be correctly estimated.

Alter ordering a hoy to receive a birch rod whipping for theft, Mr W. R. Haselden, S.M., at the Magistrate’s Court, Christchurch, inquired of Subinspector Dwyer what description of birch rod was kept at the police station. The Sub-inspector replied that the police did not keep one. His Worship intimated that he wished the police would get one, and let him see it. He had found a great deal of difference in the rods used, and he bad seen some birch rods which were fearful instruments. He did not want anything like that severity, and would recommend that a fourpenny. cane be obtained.

Sir John Hall, who has arrived in Christchurch, after a trip to the Old Country, states that motorists are becoming a great nuisance on the country roads of England. Until the regulations dealing with traffic were brought into force, they rushed along the thoroughfares at a great speed, irrespective of limbs and lives of pe destrians. The feeling became so strong that the Government was obliged, against its will, to do something to mitigate the nuisance, and the result was the enforcement of stringent regulations. Among other things, each motor must bear a number, displayed >ll both the front and the back, and visible by day or night, Byron, when he dined with Rogers for the first "time refused soup, fish, mutton, and wine. When asked what he did eat and drink, he said, “ Nothing but hard biscuits and sodawater.” These delicacies were not at hand ; so he dined off potatoes drenched with vinegar, and discussed the merits ot Walter Scott and Joanna Baillie. Meeting Hobhouse some days later, Rogers asked how long Byron would persevere in this diet, and Hobhouse said, “Just as long as yon continue to notice it.” Then it turned out that “ Byron, after leaving my house, had gone to a dub in St. James’-street, and eaten a hearty meat supper”—probably cold veal pie. An edition of the “ Table Talk of Samuel liogers ” has just been brought out.

At Sydney last week a Chinaman was fined £4OO for smuggling opium, in default twelve months’ imprisonment. It is understood that the PostmasterGeneral has declined to purchase any of Gell’s telegraph instruments for use iii the colony. ■ It is calculated that nearly £1,000,000 is paid each year in salaries to British football professionals. This is allowing sixteen professionals to each club, and £3 a week as an average salary. Dr. Jameson, the new Cape Premier. was banquetted at Cape Town. In the course of a conciliatory speech he predicted that the racial question would gradually disappear. A two-hours’ canvass of the business men of Wellington resulted in filling the list of guarantors of the £IOOO needed for the initial expenses of the exhibition to be held in that CityA recent issue of the Times of India contains a long article on Mew Zealand, under the heading of The Long White Land,” and depicts in glowing terms the attractions this colony holds out to the tourist.

The amount of gold exported from the colony for the year 1903 Was 535,314023, valued at £2,037,831, or £86,398 more than for the previous year. More gold was exported last year than for any year since ißyt.

Settlers in the Eketahuna district complain that while they are compelled to eradicate noxious weeds, the Crown is apparently exempt from persecution. A number of Government reserves are simply overrun with weeds, seeds from which scatter far and wide. While such conditions are permitted to exist it is almost impossible for the settlers to comply with the Act. Mr Yerkes, the Chicago street-rail-way magnate, baa formulated and promulgated the following rules of Conduct i-—“ The worst fooled man is the one that fools himself.” " Have one object in life. Follow It persistently and determinedly. If you divide your energies yon will not succeed." “ Have no regrets. Look to the future. The past is gone and cannot be brought back.”

A new custom has arisen among needy college students in the Caucasus. According to a Baku newspaper, they sell themselves in the matrimonial market. Local tradesmen, proud of receiving a scholar into the family, compete for the honour of having a student son-in-law. The bids average £3OO. With this money the prospective bridegroom is able to complete his studies and obtain a Government appointment. Mr J. G.Gow, Chief School Inspector at Timaru, told the local branch of the New Zealand Educational Institute that the Inspectors proposed to examine the schools this year under the regulations of 1899, but immediately after the examination each school would be expected to adopt the course of instruction now under the consideration of the Education Department. A correspondent writing to the Eltham Argus says “ A noxious weed inspector not a thousand miles from Eltham peremptorily ordered the destruction of a certain patch of blackberries growing at the rear ot eertajn business premises. Examination of the alleged noxious weed showed that the inspector had so far outstretched his jurisdiction as to have condemned a nice patch of raspberries in bloom and berry too. Fancy the sort of official who does not know a raspberry from a blackberry!”

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