Manawatu Herald [Established Aug. 27, 1878.] TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 1904.

Manawatu Herald, 29 March 1904, Page 2

Manawatu Herald [Established Aug. 27, 1878.] TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 1904.

Vacancies for two or three respect* able boarders are advertised elsewhere.

Pro-Boer Stead's ambitious venture, “The Daily Paper,” has ceased to exist.

The hope of finding a coal mine in the Picton district has not been abandoned. Although the old com* pany has ceased operations, the work of prospecting has not been given up, and a project for prospecting on two reserves near Picton is in hand. Paderawski will after all visit the colonies this year. Mr John Lemmone, under whose management the colonial tour will be made, has been advised by cable that the eminent pianist would sail for Adelaide by the Ortona, leaving London on May 20th. An American professor has just published the results of his study of ten thousand suicides during the last ten years. Among other interesting points he finds that the favourite age for suicide is between thirty-five and forty. The popular day is Sunday for women, and Monday for men. The favourite method is shooting. More husbands than wives kill themselves, and more single women than single men. The moral obviously is that women should marry and men remain single. The postal authorities have sanctioned the erection of a penny-in-the-slot machine for stamping letters, outside the Christchurch Post-office. Instead of affixing a penny stamp, a person puts the letter, face upwards, in the aperture of the machine, places a penny in the slot, and pulls a handle, which imprints on the letter "One penny paid." The letter can then be posted. Should the machine be found to supply a public want it is probable that it will be generally adopted alt over the colony,

Steps are being taken to form Levin into a borough.

The radium treatment of c: : ncer in the hospitals in London has been ab andoned as a failure. The N.Z. L. & M.A. Co. advertise their next Himatangi sale for Tuesday, sth April, at 1 o’clock.

A Swiss watchmaker has invented an electric watch which will go for fif teen years without bemg rewound. A general meeting of the Sports and Picnic Club is advertised lor Thursday evening next at the Post Office Hotel at 8 o’clock.

The meeting of the Borough Coun cil lapsed last night for the want of a quorum, consequently the tenders for drains was not considered.

The Evening Post states that the efforts made by the New Zealand Gov eminent to secure H.M.S. Pylades as a training ship for the colony had been unsuccessful. The Admiralty, it is stated, has something else in view for (he ship. By permission of the Colonial Secretary Messrs Furrie and Hunter will dispose of eight pictures by art union, the drawing to take place about 29th April next at Mr Hunter’s shop, where the pictures may now be seen. Tickets are now on sale.

Mr F. W. B. Greville, representing John Holmes & Co., Ltd., is on a visit to Foxton to endeavour to awaken the interests of the local flaxmillers to the importance of having a suitable exhibit of the flaxdressing industry at the St. Louis Exhibition. Mr Greville may be found at Whyte’s Hotel.

Mr Alf Fraser has for sale several desirable properties, which are advertised in another column. Included amongst the number are nine firstclass dairy farms in the Bay of Plenty district ranging from too up to 564 acres. Full particulars can be obtained from Mr Fraser.

An excursion to Kapiti is advertised to take place on Good Friday (should inducement offer and weather permitting), by the well-known trader—the Queen of the South. The former trips made by the boat have proved most pleasant. The return fares are reasonable at 4s for adults, and children half-price. No reminder is necessary of the social and concert at the Public Hall to-morrow evening (Wednesday). A fine programme of musical and other items has been arranged, and during a short interval between the first and second parts refreshments will be handed round. The charges are liberal, adults is, and children half-price, so that the hall should be comfortably filled at these prices. The programme appears in another column. Recently the Mayor and two councillors of the Mornington Borough were fined and ordered to pay costs at the instignation of a ratepayer for voting themselves free passes .on the municipal tramway. “Costs” have been found to include a lawyer’s little bill of £4O for expenses and charges in connection with the case. At a meeting on Monday the Council decided to pay the amount out ot the rates, one councillor protesting. Miss Rosina Buckman, a Palmerston North soprano, who has just completed five years’ study in England, will commence a tour of New Zealand in Auckland on the 28th inst. Miss Buckman will afterwards give concerts at New Plymouth on the 30th, Palmerston North on the 31st, and Wellington on Good Friday. Miss Clarice Buckman, who made a successful debut at the Tree-Blitz popular concert in the northern city lately, is the twelve year-old sister of Miss Rosina. “The Textile Mercury,” a high-class trade weekly paper, published at Manchester, has in its issue of 20th February last a long article devoted to Mr John Holmes, of Wellington, headed “ The Apostle of New Zealand Hemp.” It refers to the travels and labours of Mr Holmes in furtherance of the hemp industry, and says that, from the recognition given to him, it is evident “ New Zealand is not a country which allows the prophets to go unhonoured.” In conclusion, it wishes Mr Holmes all success in connection with the formation of his business into a limited liability company. The festive Mr Pirani, who retired from politics after the last Parliament, and withdrew from Palmeaston to settle at the Hutt, is understood to be working quietly and energetically in the new electora'e, and will try a bout with Mr Wilford at the proper time. He is devoting himself particularly to a pungent criticism of Government methods through the medium of his paper, and aiming for the women’s vote by throwing himself in a wholesouled fashion into the vortex of social duties. It is, of course, too early yet to speculate as to his chances, but it is evident that he has determined to give the present member a run for his money when the time comes for political battle.—Stratford Post.

An Opunake preacher on Sunday last, during the delivery of his discourse, stated that his feelings were roused within him at so much gambling at races and sports. His heart burned when he read of the racing scandal in New Plymouth, and he told a winner of a chopping event that it was no credit to him to win as he had to pay the second man more than the prize value to succeed. It was regrettable that so many “ tiddly-winking ” race meetings had been started for betting purposes, so said the preacher. We are all subject to the frailties of human nature, remarks the Opunake Times, and when there is a little bit of “ spicy scandal ” to be read we all like reading about it—even preachers.

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