Manawatu Herald. [Established Aug. 27, 1878.] TUESDAY, MAY 8, 1904.

Manawatu Herald, 3 May 1904, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. [Established Aug. 27, 1878.] TUESDAY, MAY 8, 1904.

Mrs M. H. Walker advertises for a general servant. Mr A. Fraser, Town Clerk, is away in the South Island on a holiday. The estate of the late Duke of Cambridge has been sworn at £120,866, and that of the Princess Edward of Saxony Weimar at £19,104. The shooting season opened on Sunday, and except in one or two cases, very little game was shot, the birds being both scarce and shy. A man named Hugh Grainger, for tote betting at the last Manawatu races was fined £5 and costs 355, by Mr Thomson, S.M., at Palmerston yesterday. Two important witnesses required at the criminal sittings of the Supreme Court at Wellington a few days ago were locked up for drunkenness. One was the prosecutor in a case, and the other the accused in another case.

Larrikinism appears to be rampant in Waikouaiti at present. A few evenings ago a horse was so thoroughly covered with whitewash that its owner mistook it for a stray animal and turned it out of his paddock. The bay mare which has been in the local pound for some time, and for which no owner could be found, was sold by auction by the poundkeeper, and realised £8 ss. Mr F. Dudson was the purchaser. The Police Department states that there is no foundation for the report that a man resembling Ellis, alias M'Kenzie, who is being searched tor in connection with the Te Awaite murder, was seen the other night near the scene of the tragedy by two shepherds. Only half-a-dozen constables are now engaged searching for Pis,

In consequence of the revival of the plague scare, the Christchurch City Council is paying 3d a head for rats. Over 6000 rabbits per day are being sent by the afternoon goods train from Waimea (Otago) to the Mataura Freez ing Works. Mr G. W. S. Patterson after 20 years’ study of the Auckland gum fields, says the fields contain more gum than has ever been unearthed. Last year 259 Russian editors were, told by their Government they could have a short vacation in Siberia it they continued their methods of reviving public questions. Speaking at Hawkesbury College recently, Mr Kidd said that £350,000 worth of butter had been exported from New South Wales during the first three months of the year. Mr Seddon celebrated the eleventh anniversary of his Premiership mi Saturday. He is at present recruiting in the Pelorous Sound. Private advices as to the state of his health are very unsatisfactory. His Excellency the Governor, speaking at the luncheon at the Hutt race course, said he used to regard attendance at race, meetings as a duty, but the racing clubs had made it so veiy pleasant for him that he went now to thoroughly enjoy himself. The demand for coal from the State mines i§ greater than the supply. The colliery at Seddonville is putting out over 1000 tons a week. A considerable quantity is also being obtained from the Point Elizabeth mine, but none of it can be placed on the market until the railway into Greymouth is com* pleted. The Stratford Post states that two boys from the Country came to the school the other day with dynamite cartridges in their possession. These were bulging out of their pockets. On the discovery of these dangerous materials they were promptly confis* oated by the masters, and placed where no danger of explosion would occur. Leeds is to have another beauty show, with members of both sexes in rivalry, and the Physical Culture Society, to which the Lord Mayor has given his support, have already the arrangements well in hand. The final competition is naihed for November. Cups are offered for the finest man and woman in the British Isles.

In a Taranaki hotel parlour last Saturday there were eleven men assembled whose ages ran :—B2, 82, 82, 76. 7 6 > 74. 7 1 . 6 3. 63, fit, 55. The average age was over 72 years. As they have all been accustomed “ to take a drop,” it cannot be urged that the custom has shortened their days.— Taranaki Herald.

Messrs Skerrett, Wylie and Weston, solicitors, received a cable message on Saturday staling that the appeal from the judgment of the New Zealand Court of Appeal in the Newtown lioc.j sing case had been argued before the Privy Council. Judgment ■ was .reserved. Mr Skerrett, - representingdhe appellants, is in London in connection with the case. Mr F.'Bradey, Chairman of the Wei lington Educ uion Board, brought before the members at the last meeting his proposals for asking the Government to provide school accomodation on a uniform plan instead of giving the boards yearly grants as at present. The board did not view the scheme with favour, mainly on the ground that it would be in L Lisa hie to give up anv privileges or powers they now held. Lord Hopetonn has some amusing reminiscences of his colonial Governor ship. When he paid his fi-st visit to Bendigo, a loyal citizen hung up, ahis share of the decorations, a cm. - bearing the word “ Welcome ” and a wreath which was constructed by tying roses to a rope. Unluckily, the rose.blew away, and when the Governor ap peared, the first thing that met bis eye was a hangman’s noose and agladsom inscription which seemed to invite him to put his head inside. Frau Fisher, a lion tamer, was torn to pieces at Dessau, in Germany, on the 7th December, by' four lions in a menagerie cage, and in sight of a great crowd of people. She was trying to make a lion spring through a hoop, and struck it with a whip, whereupon the animal leaped upon her and disem bowelled her at one stroke. The children of Frau Fisher were in a box witnessing the performance when their mother was killed. The Grey River Argus says:—On dit, that a well-known local “ sport,” who has for many years donned the “ bag " at the West Coast race meeting, has flown like a beautiful swallow—at midnight—leaving behind him a number of creditors to mourn their loss. There is some talk of the unfortunate creditors combining to have the de linquent brought back, but so far no action has been taken. The sport is no doubt by this making good use of his start, while the creditors gaze anxiously seaward with lengthy faces wondering if it is a case of the lost ship or the “ sport ” that never returned—a dividend.

A Flemish artist has produced what is said to be the smallest painting in the world. It is a picture of a miller mounting the stairs of his mill and carrying a sack of grain on his back. The mill is depicted as standing near a terrace. Close at baud are a horse and cart. All this is painted on the smooth side of a grain of ordinary white corn. It is necessary (says the “ Golden Penny ”) to examine it under the magnifying glass. It does not cover a half inch square, and it is in many respects one of the most remark able art products of the day. It is stated that several insurance companies, owing to the late epidemic in fires at Gore, are returning shopkeepers’ premiums, being unwilling to continue the risks at the present rates. The local Post states that “ the insurance companies doing business in Taihape have also decided to return all premiums and cancel all policies in the township and district owing to the. absence of a water supply.” In this connection the Mangaweka Settler darkly hints, " When the State Fire Insurance Department is established Taihape should keep these mattersla mlqd

The School Committee meet tomorrow evening at 7.30 o’clock in the Library Buildings. Master Walter Cook has received an appointment as a cadet in the Railway Department at Wanganui.

Messrs A. Hatrick&Co., Wanganui, in an altered advertisement give the days of departure of their boats between Wanganui and Pipiriki. Parties will also be taken to reaches above Pipiriki when arranged for. It is reported that Mr Geo. Gray, who is so well and favourably known as the landlord of the Criterion Hotel at Bulls, has purchased his brother’s interest in the Post Office at Foxton, and will enter into possession on 'ist June. Says the Bulletin Anglican Bishop Clark, of Melbourne, preached an interesting sermon recently about scanty, families, and at the end of his address found the solution of the birth-rate problem in a “ vigorous crusade’’ by the clergy and a more religious training of the young. Next day a matronly churchgoer sent a letter to the Herald in which she mentioned that she had lived under the episcopal rule of five Anglican bishops of Melbourne, four of whom had no children. What (asks the Bulletin) is the average birth-rate in bishops’ families ? sANDEi; ana SON- BUOaLPITi EXTRACT. According to reports of a great nuns h r of physicians 0! the hightest professions.' standing, there are offered Enoalpyti Ex tracts which possess no curative qualities. In protection of the World Wide fame of Sanders and Sobs preparation we publish a few kbsWadta froth these tfhich bear fully out that BO reliance can be placed in other products Dr. W. B. Rush, Oakland Fia.. writes ft is sometimes difficult to obtain the genuine article (Sander and Sons). I employed differ nt other preparations; they had no ihera* pentio value and no effects. In one case (he effects were similar to the oil camphon., the objectionable action of which is we 1 known. 0 Dr H. B. Drake, Portland, Oregon, Ba yg_** Since I became acquainted with this preparation (Sander and Sons) I use no other form of eucalyptus as I think it is by far the best." Dr L. P. Preston’s Lynchburg, Va., writes—" I never used any preparation other than Sander and Son'-*, as l found the others to be almost useless." Dr J. T. Oormell, Kansas City, Kans.-, says —“Care has to be exercised not to be supplied with spurious prepara ion-, as done by my supply druggist.’* Dr a. H. Hart, New York, says—“lt goes witho't saying that Sander and Sods’ Euoalv. i Extract is the best iU the market.” Dr James Reekie, Falrview, N. M.—So wile is with me the range of ’.applications of Sander and Sons Eucalypti Extract thu' I carry it with me wherever I go. I fin I it most useful in diarrhoea, all throat troubles bronchitis, etc.”

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