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Manawatu Herald, 11 June 1904, Page 2

Tenders are wanted for the balance of the book debts in the estate of A. H. Arbon. It is probable Sir A. J. Cadman will be nominated for the speakership of the Legislative Council. During the run up the coast from Wellington to Wanganui on Thursday the Huia sighted a number of whales. Samples of the new powdered milk, ia various stages of preparation, will be exhibited at the Palmerston Winter Show. The exploring ship Discovery and the Morning have left for Plymouth via the Falkland Islands. Sir John Hall presented ten live sheep to the Discovery just before sailing. We have to acknowledge, with thanks, the receipt of a complimentary copy ot the programme of the Winter School to be held at Wanganui from 30th to 25th June, under the auspices of the Wanganui Education Board. It is intended by a resident of Wanganui to shortly start trawling operations, which should prove a great boon to Wanganui and the district by providing fresh fish at all times. A steamer is now being fitted up for the purpose. Lord Ranfurly visited the Wairarapa on Thursday last, and at Papawai was given a quiet but cordial farewell demonstration by 500 natives and Europeans. The Premier sent a telegram regretting his absence from the gathering. An attempt was made in England recently to bring out a brood of boa constrictors. Eighteen eggs were placed in an incubator and watched carefully for two months. None of the Government scientists knew anything about the hatching of such eggs, and the experiment failed. The incubator was kept at xoadeg. and xojdeg., as would be about right for hens’ eggs, and later it was found, that the boa constrictor's eggs would only iacu» bate at an average of s6deg.

The Old Boys’ Club have issued a large number of invitations to a dance which is to take place in the Foxton Public Hall on Wednesday evening next. The committee have got the arrangements well in hand, and a very enjoyable evening is anticipated. The following notice appears in an Auckland paper; ‘‘l, ,of Waihi, contemplate being married in June, or thereabout, and anyone objecting to my marriage please lay complaint to this paper. Their name in full necessary." H.M.S. Lizard, which for some time has been attached to the Australian Squadron) is to be converted into a store ship at Sydney. According to present arrangements the machinery will be taken out of her, and she will be otherwise dismantled to meet the requirements of the service. At the Winslow (Canterbury) races on Friday, a youth) evidently interested in the result of the last face Could not seo the horses very well owing to the increasing darkness. He rolled a icwspapcr tip, lit it, and ran up the straight with the torch to see the horses finish the race. Two young girls of Berlin found their eyesight failitig, and their parents sent them to a doctor, where they had to undergo a cure lasting for some weeks. Questioned by their parents as to what they had been doing to bring their eyes to such a condition; the girls sonfessed that they had Washed their faces in water mixed with frogs’ eggs in order to secure a delicate complexion. A Waipawa auctioneer reports that he has obtained what looks like a record, prite for an abfe Of land in the middlh df a Itl InC Waikato. One solitary offer of 20s was made for (he property, and it went at that figure. Strange to say, the owner was satisfied. What the [ buyer will think when he CoMeg to vieW the section in the rising township is hard to say. It is said the sand-bank in the bend of the .rivet, bdlOw , the wharf and which is right ill thC track of the steamers, has increased in size, and the skippers have now to circumnavigate in such a way that by extra dodging the obstacle is passed. The pilot is about to mark the spot with buoys. The Queen dame Oft by the evening tide on Thursday, and discharged her cargo during the night, getting away early the following morning for Picton. A sturdy co operative labourer employed on the Main Tfunk Railway construction works at Taihape has accomplished a novel feat. He has built himself a dwelling of the staves from the barrels Which Contained cement used for the heavy pier work on the railway. This unique house, which was pointed out to (he Hon J. McGowan the other day, is watertight and habitable, and is occupied by the enterprising workman and his family. Mr J. Mounsey conducted a successful two days’ auction sale of the drapery stock in Speirs’ Buildings on Thursday and Friday afternoon. It is the intention of Mr F. Loveday to give up business in Foxton, and tonight aud until Tuesday next the premises will be open for those customers who have not yet availed themselves of the opportunity of securing some of the bargains offering. On Thursday and Friday of next week the remainder of the sto;k will be sub milled for auction at Levin. On Friday last a bottle was picked up on the beach c onth of Helensviile, Auckland, containing an envelope, on which was written a message, which might be deciphered to read “ Off point; no food,” but owing to the scrawl being almost unintelligible it is hard to say whether this is the correct construction. The bottle does not seem to have been long in. the water. Two boards belonging to one side of a rowing boat, which is thought to have, been 15ft or 16ft long, were also found on the beach. A Wellington correspondent informs us (Rangitikei Advocate) that a rumor is current that the Premier will not take any further active part in politics, but will retire, and that an attempt will be made to induce Parliament to vote him a compassionate ” allowance of not less than £12,000. Ashe has been the recipient of a high salary for a number of years, and a presenta tion purse, and all his relatives are provided for it is anticipated that if this is granted, he will have cause to remember not what he has done for the colony, but what New Zealand has done for him.

A Nebraska ranchman, Mr James Snell, who, atter years of Ufa on the plains, has become a millionaire, lately developed a desire for matrimony, and consulted the Rev; Dc Savidge, of Omaha, asking him to find him a wife. Preaching of marriage the following Sunday, the clergyman told his congregation of the ranchman’s desire. The story got into scores of papers the next morning, and twenty-four hours afterwards letters began to pour in. Within a week over a thousand women offered themselves as candidates— 3x7 of them bad been divorced. Matrimonial agencies were active, and bombarded Mr Snell. He has not yet chosen his bride. Applications are still coming in—150 a day being the average. Dr Savidge, struck with the result of his sermon, is thinking of inaugurating a matrimonial bureau for Christian men and women.

On Monday night a deputation is to approach the Borough Council with a view to getting some necessary improvements carried out at the Victoria Park. The Foxton Athletic Club are desirous to see an enlargement of the cycling track, whereby the sharp curves can be done away with, which have been the only cause of accidents, though not serious, on the ground. The Club have had an estimate made of the probable cost, and it is expected that should the Council accede to their wishes a very decided improvement can be made to the present track. The Club by offering the sum of £3O to the Council towards carrying out the work at once makes it conclusively apparent that the Club desire to see the work put in hand. We have no doubt the Council will rise to-the occasion, and see that a cycling track such as proposed, is constructed.

There are now nearly 35,000 boxes of butter in the cool stores throughout the colony. A very sad tragedy is reported from the Argyll settlement, in the Hawke’s Bay district. It appears that at about 5.30 p.m. on Wednesday, a little girl, Hged six years, daughter of Mr W. Green, of Hampden, who was visiting her aunt, Mrs Lars Peterson, was left alone (0 amuse herself with toys while Mrs Peterson left the house to milk the cows. Unfortunately (he toys rolled under a bed in the room, and ■he child lighted a candle and with it crept beneath the bed. A fire was caused, and the. child was severely burned. Although Dr Reed arrived as soon as possible and applied remedies, the sufferer succumbed. The Coroner proceeded to Argyll to hold an inquest. There was an exciting chase after an armed madman aboard the steamer Majestic of the White Star Line when the vessel Was in mid-ocean a few weeks ago. The passengers were thrown into a state of panic, and only prompt action on the part of the crew saved several of them from being badly cut, if not killed. When two days out from Queenstown, one of the steerage passengers. Who had suddenly developed insanity, ftlshed out on the deck of the Majestic In his shirt sleeves with a razor in his band. He shouted that he wanted to kill somebody, and ran to a group ot passengers. With wild screams they fled from him, and the madman continued running about the ship. Half a dozen sailors made after him. and the lunatic drew the razor across his throat -and fell bleeding. He was instantly secured and taken to thh ship's hospital He was seriously injured. SANDER and SONS EUOALPYTI EXTRACT. According to tefiOfti} of a great number of physicians 01 the higmfest professional standing, there are Offered Euofllpyti Ex tracts which possess no chrative qualities. 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