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Manawatu Herald, 16 July 1904, Page 2

Rongotea residents are about to petition for a new post office. Mr J. F. Reid inserts a notice thanking all those persons who trieli to save-' his property at the late fire. At a meeting at Rongotea on Wednesday last a league was formed in connection with the proposed LevinGreatford railway., At Bisley the McKinnon competition resulted England 1435 points, Scotland 1424, Wales, Natal, and Canada competed. The •New - ! Zealanders' at’the goo yards range scored most. ■. At the City Court, Perth, West Australia, a nurse, Jane Mappin, was charged with having, about October 3, wilfully murdered a child of • her own daughter. Evidence was given to show that the accused chloroformed the infant to death, and burned its remains on her kitchen fire. She was committed for trial. A sensation has been caused in New York by the announcement of the marriage of Senator Clark, the Montana “ copper king,” to a penniless lady of 25 years, whom he educated in Washington and Paris. Clark is 65 years of a g e - The Masterton Age, in referring to tohungaism, says :—“ When we allow the most absolute frauds —quacks of the most repulsive characteristics —to travel through the country, swindling the people right and left, and when the Government places at the disposal of those quacks the police force to protect them, railway carriages for them to make quick transit in, the telegraphic and postal services for their use, and so forth, it would, indeed, be a mockery of justice to deal harshly with poor, ignorant Maori tohungas, who, for the most part, have an honest belief in themselves.

Mr and Mrs Andresen insert thanks notice in another column. It is expected Colonel Younghusband will reach Lhassa by August sth. A large gathering of Masons is to be held, so the Times says, in Palmerston shortly after Christmas. In another column Mrs A. Baker thanks all those who helped to save her premises from fire on Wednesday night last. In our leader of Tuesday last, the words “ ad finitum ” should have read “ad infinitum,” and in the r ibleader the words “ do think ” in the ninth line should have read “ did not think.” The Dannevire Press is jubilant over an increase in the birth rate in that town. It says, “ the appeals of ‘good old Dick ’ have been heard and responded to.” It is stated that portable oil engines are coming into use rapidly on the farms in Canterbury, and that they are superseding horses in several directions. Politics have reached an acute stage in Pahiatua, says the Examiper, which reports that the residents of that peaceful little hamlet were treated a couple of days ago to the spectacle of' two prominent politicians punching each other’s heads in the main street. A long-winded customer remarked to a firewood dealer in Feilding: “ I say, old man, that lot of wood you sent in is rather wet.” “Is it ?” remarked the woodman, “ I expect it will be dry enough before you pay for it.” A painful silence followed—then the necessary coin “floated” to the surface.—Star. The ironing classes now being held in the “ Centre of Commerce ” have evidently gained the approbation of the ladies of Foxton, evidence of which is seen by the increased number which attended these classes yesterday. Owing to numerous requests 'Mr Hendriksen*has consented. to jemain another dayj so that ladies who not already attended! should' not miss! this valuable opportunity. Tbe’agerfcy of the expert’s Royal Starch-Glaze‘-has. been secured by Messrs CummerfiplcL & Spring, where it can now be obtained. s r The Fpxtpn Literary and Debating* Society ihet last Wednesday evening to discuss the question as to whether “New Zealanders work too hard or not.” After the pros and cons had been considered, the Society decided, by a majority of 7 to 1, that New Zealanders were not overworked. Mr Moore argued in the affirmative, and Mr Hunter in the negative. Mr Stewart was in the chair. Messrs Spelman,; Healey, Hutchison, Barnard, and Samuel, were also present. Next Wednesday evening the subject will be impromptu debating. It is probable that a contest with the Levin society will come off shortly, when a keen wordy struggle may be expected, since both societies, we hear, are in excellent form. To successfully introduce a few welltried remedies, the proprietors, P. Bock and Co., manufacturing chemists of Adelaide and Auckland, have made arrangements with M. H. Walker, local storekeeper, to sell the first trial packet to each customer on approval, giving a printed guarantee to that effect. The price will be refunded in the event of the medicine not being approved of. One of these is “ Bock’s Rheumatic Powder,” price 3s 6d; this is an internal remedy; it expels the excess of uric acid. Over 700 cured cases are on record for the North Island alone. “Curo-Hypo” is another, being purely herbal and rather pleasant to take; will be much esteemed as an opening medicine for children' as well as adults. It has also proved an absolute cure for indigestion and all its symptoms. Price of a large bottle, only is 6d. Another famous medicine is “ Boclqs Balsam,” price is fid, for coughs, colds, croup, whooping cough, asthma, and bronchitis; affords quick relief, and proves permanent in the end. As there can be nothing fairer than to refund the money when the medicine is not approved of, we trust the public will avail themselves of this offer.