Manawatu Herald. [Established Aug. 27, 1878.] THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1904.

Manawatu Herald, 12 May 1904, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. [Established Aug. 27, 1878. ] THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1904.

A San Francisco paper on 13th April last prints a telegram from Butte, Montana, staling that an Italian named Salvatore Francheschi, who had been on trial for the murder of a de-puty-sheriff, has been found guilty of murder in the second degree, and sentenced to 99 years’ imprisonment 1

Government has voted £zo as prize money to winners of the school cadets shield rifle shooting competitions. A silver shield and £lO was allotted to each island, and was vyon by the Onehunga team in the North Island and Waimate in the South, The shield for Onehunga will be presented to the winners by His Excellency the Go* vernor during his stay in the North,

Mr H. Christian’s altered advertisement relating to cheap photography appears to-day. In Wellington, on Monday a Chinaman was fined £25 for being found in possession of opium.

The Commissioner of Taxes notifies that returns of income must be made on or before ist June, 1904. Tenders are required by Mr W. Dudson for cutting 100 cords firewood at the Crown mill. Tenders will be received up to 5 o’clock on Wednesday, 18th May. ~ y

The Scotsman of a recent issue'records the death, at Edinburgh, of Ma-jor-General James George Roche Forlong, late Madras Staff Corps, and brother of Mr Gordon Forloug, of Wanganui.

The total wealth of Great Britain is £11,800,000,000; of the United State? of America, £16,200,000,000 ; ol France, £9,600,000,000; Germany, £8,000,000,000; and of Russia, £6,400,000,000. Canadian oats are keeping New Zealand oats out of the South African market, owing to the fact that the Dominion exporters can land them at the Cape at i-Jd to 2d per bushel cheaper than exporters from this colony. A member of the police force stationed not very many miles from Wanganui evidently has a keen sense oi humour. On the back of a jury sum mons which he had returned to the Court officials, he had endorsed: “ Dead. Present address unknown.”

The Department of Agriculture has issued instructions to the fruit experts throughout the colony to give special spraying demonstrations to the fruit growers in their respective districts, in order that the growers may be made familiar with the means the Depart ment recommends for the control o) pests.

During the last 15 months over 100,• 000 acres of good country have been offered for selection in the northern part of Taranaki, and of this about 80.000 acres have been taken up in sections varying from 50 acres up to 1500 acres in extent. Plans of over 90.000 are now lying prepared, and this land will be available for selection at an early date.

Felix Tanner left Wanganui by the midday train on Tuesday for Cape Ferawhiti and will endeavour to float the “ Ark,” which is stranded on the beach, on the spring tide on Saturday. Should he succeed in floating the craft he will make another attempt to round the Cape, keeping closer in sir re to avoid the tide up in the Straits.

As a result of the election of the Mayor, which they accepted as a vote of no-confidence in (heir action in regard to allowing the Woollen Mill the control of the Borough waterworks, five members of the Potone Borough Council—Crs Fraser, McEwen, Jounnax, Vogel and Alexander—resigned on Monday night.

A heap of shavings, sprinkled with petroleum, was discovered ablaze in the Kronstadt arsenal at St. Petersburg on May 10th. However, the fire was extinguished before spreading. The building was filled with ammunition and pyroxylin. The fire is attributed to a Japanese agent. In consequence all foreign workmen at Iho arsenal have been discharged. Messrs Wycherley & Sons, the wellknown saddlers and harness makers, in a change advertisement draw attention to a full supply of horse and cow covers, which are necessary articles tor the winter season. A number oi other lines are also given. Mr J. Frew, the manager of the Foxton branch, has gained a name for turning out only the best work in connection with the business, so that there is no need to send orders elsewhere.

A man who was plying the calling of a bookmaker at a Victorian country meeting laid the owner of a horse a wager, taking £5 10s and giving a ticket tor £22. The horse won, and the man-stated he could not pay, hnt said he could find £lO in the evening. The taker of the wagei called a police man, and gave the man in charge. He was charged with larceny by trick, and the Court sentenced him to six weeks’ imprisonment. The man Thomas Coughlin, who escaped from tne Wanganui Gaol on Monday was sentenced at Palmerston on the 3rd inst. to three months’ im prisonment for theft. The prisoner, while on the way to Wanganui stated that he would never stay there, that he Intended to escape if possible, because, he alleged, “ Beasley made it too hot for prisoners.” He added he would rather do six months anywhere else than do a month there.

The Minister for Railways has consented upon the representation of Mr Vile, M.H.R., to the erection of a verandah at the new railway station to be erected at Tnrakina to replace the station destroyed by fire. The Foxton railway station was also destroyed by fire some short time ago, and although the Department erected a much more convenient structure in the meantime, they failed to attach the verandah to the building, probably through want of funds. Now that there is a huge surplus in the colony’s finances for the past year, perhaps another move in the direction indicated by the Borough Council would have the desired effect.

The following wail was despatched by cable to Z ion City by John Dowie while he was in Adelaide :—" We continued visitation in Melbourne until 4th March. Authorities surrendered to a riotous rabble, and the Commissioner of Police and the Secretary of State declared their inability to preserve order, and refused adequate protection in the Exhibition Building. We held ten meetings in Zion Tabernacle during the week and God blessed them. A brutal mob surrounded us on Monday afternoon, grossly insulted Mrs Dowie, seized our horses’ heads, and tried to cut the traces and overturn our carriage. Their newspapers, the Southern Cross, the Argus, and the Age, were full of lies, which encouraged disorder. The powers of hell united in the church, State, press, secret empire and criminal populace. The Masons are especially mad, because of their exposures. The lawless ones will soon be revealed,”

The Australian Mutual Provident Society in their usual space publish the results taken from their fifty-fifth report, and a copy of which has been sent to all policy-holders. The Society holds the world’s record for largest bonuses, and each year a large increase in business is shown. New policies amounting to 14,534 were completed, assuring £3,744,489, and the total number of policies now in force number 183,653, assuring £52,324,828, truly a prosperous state of affairs.

A Chinese merchant and his bride arrived at Wellington from China, via Sydney, by the Victoria on Friday. The lady, who was handsomely attired in her national cnstume, attracted a good deal of attention outside the general post office, where she awaited in an enclosed cab the return of her husband from the Customs. Fourteen of her fellow countrymen, five of whom were new-chums, also arrived by the vessel, and the five had to pay £IOO each as poll tax before being permitted to remain in the colony. The Taranaki papers have recently been mentioning records in feminine industry and endurance. The same subject has been occupying the attention of the Australian press. The record to date is an old woman in the Cootamundra district in New South Wales. She is eighty-five years of age, and carries her swag ten or twelve miles a day. If she strikes a hospitable home at, night well and good; if not, she spreads “bluey” under a hush. One of the feats of her early days was a ride from the Manning River to Brisbane!

SANDER and TRACT.

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