Manawatu Herald. [Established Aug. 27, 1878.] THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 1904.

Manawatu Herald, 11 August 1904, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. [Established Aug. 27, 1878.] THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 1904.

The King Country is clearly a great ilace for sly grog selling. Last year there were 513 prosecutions and 27.] convictions. It must be a paying pa me.

“ Do you sympathise with the Russians or the Japanese ?” “At present,” said the man who strives for nicety of expression, “I sympathise with the Russians and congratulate the Japanese.” At the Manawatu Poultry Association’s Show held in Palmerston on 3rd and 4th inst. two local exhibitors were nrixe-takers, S. H. Baker securing a first with a silver Wvandottc cock and las. King first place for a turkey, and first also in the export class. A short time ago a young nnr named William O’Brien was taken from Hopetonn (Victoria) to Warnambonl. to defend a suit for maintenance. On being confronted by the mother, however, she stated that he was not the man, and he was at once set at liberty on the streets without a penny to take him home.

Thousands of trout are dying in Lakes Tarawera and Tikitapn by reason of freshes bringing down quantities of pumice, which gets into the gills and kills the fish. Steps are being taken by the Rod and Gun club to drive mil the fish from the streams and erect, netted wire to prevent their returning up stream,

To enCditV'dge working people to establish homes of their own, Norway founded a bank for working men. It lends money at 3T to 4 per cent., and gives the borrower 42 years in which to pay the loan. The total cost of the house must not exceed /160, and the area of the land must not be five acres.

In a letter from General Stoessel, received by a friend ill St. Petersburg about two months ago, occurs the following significant passage ;—“ Ido not know if wo Shall avei‘ see each other again. My own decision, orders or no orders is, however, made. My life is given to Russia. Whatever happens I do not surrender. Poit Arthur shall be my tomb,” The Japanese soldier is, as a rule, it must be remembered, an educated man. He reads diligently, and follows the movements of the world. It seems the rule for him to keep a diary, and each night, when march has ceased, ycu see hundreds of men lying on (he ground around their Camp fires writing the daily record for their children’s children to read.—Daily Mail war correspondent. A remarkable instance of canine endurance has been brought to light at Mitta Mittg, Victoria. A valuable collie dog, which had been missed for 31 days, was found in an abandoned shaft Toft . deep. A boy heard barking, and procuring a ladder, descended the shaft, and there he found the missing collie, which had been reduced to skin and bone. The animal’s endurance is the more remarkable from the fact that the weather was very severe, several falls of snow Having occurred during its imprisonment in the shaft.

Says the N.Z. Times Notwithstanding the denial of the Returning Officer that there were irregularities in conned ion with the Pnhialua election, it is stated that further complaints are to hand. One is that several electors went to vote at a certain polling booth at 12.30 p.m. on the day of the election, and found the door of the polling booth closed and locked. On inquiring the reason they were told the Returning Officer had gone to his dinner, and they could not, therefore, record their votes at this booth. It may be mentioned that it was largely through the closing of a booth that the Patea election was upset.

A remarkable swindler has placed himself within reach ot thelawat Buda Pesth. Some time ago he advertised himself as a candidate for matrimony under the description “ Elegant and well-to do,” and expressed a preference for post office girls. He managed to get himself formally betrothed to no fewer than ten, and visited them at their respective post offices. Here he found opportunity to steal money orders and disappeared for America with a substantia! sum, He yielded, however, to an attack of home sickness, and returned to Buda Pesth, where be was arrested.

A story of frightful barbarity by pirates comes from Hongkong by the China steamer Australian. A band of pirates in ten boats suddenly came across a passing junk. The captain of the latter observed the marauders, and fearing an attack, took the first opportunity to fire a small cannon at them. Three of their boats were sunk. The pirates, greatly enraged, returned the compliment. The j unk was coon overpowered, and the pirates jumped on board the junk, butchered the master and the whole crew, and forced all the passengers, numbering over forty, to go down in the hold, which they securely nailed up. After they had completely ransacked the junk, and secured all the valuables, they set fire to it. The junk was burned to the water’s edge, and not a single passenger escaped, A most curious natural phenomenon in the shape of the petrified body of a young aboriginal girl is reported from Adelaide. It was found, the Advertiser says, on Tuesday last, at a depth of about 3ft. below the surface at Waterfall Gully. The body measures 4ft. gin. in length, and it is in perfect condition, even to the nails on the hands and feet, with the exception of one joint of a finger, which is missing. The body is perfectly hard, and has the appearance of white marble. Dr. McDonald, who spent some years in China, was greatly struck by the resemblance the body bears to the conventional statue of Buddha. It is in a sitting posturp, and the hands are crossed in the manner familial to those who know the representations of the Eastern god.

The Stepney Guardians have do:ided to provide tobacco for the innates of the workhouse over 73, Mr vlarks, who moved the resolution, renarking that “ they should do what hey could to render tolerable the day? >f those who were foolish enough to mow old, but not artful enough to grow ich.”

Dr Jameson, (he Premier of Cape ".olonv, who is visiting London, states hat the revenue of (ho colony for the

/ear wall ho /g.gio.ono, and the exicnditnre £10,840,000. The imports if the colony for the year ending June have decreased by £2,200,000, showing 1 return to its nominal condition after the war,

The Postmaster at Castlepoint further reports that within a radius of ibont half a mile the earth cracked in several directions from ah inch to one ind a half inches wide. In several daces from a bmkot to two bncketsfnl if mud were thrown out. The natives viv i 1 is simi':;s toLli.it thrown np at fanpo from the month of the Whakaiki stream. Tor a mile np the water s very thick and disturbed but beyond hat it is perfectly clear. Chicago is loud in its admiration of what it con-iders flip neatest hit of robbery with violence the city can anmber in its long list of such events. Eighteen customers were having boots Tied on in a large shop near the central police station, when three men -altered, drew revolvers, and made the 18 stand along the wall with their hands np while they went through the till. They then left hurriedly!

A Kansas newspaper contains the following fraternal greeting to an esteemed contemporary, who has just commenced Ihe jhimicatiort of a rival newspaper: —“A dreamy-eyed dude from (be dark wilds of the way-back trust has reached town with a hand oress and a coattail full of type ( and proposes to start a rival paper. His hide will soon be hanging to those already hanging on oiir back fence.” There was a novel and exciting scene at the Hippodrome, Scarborough, on a recent evening when two well known local billiard players—J. Metcalf and W. W. P. Smith, jnn.—-played a game of 25 up at billiards in the lions’ den. The match was to settle a Wager ( and two lionesses were within a few feet of the players as the game proceeded. There was a sigh of relief from many when (he players emerged safely from the cage.

Before leaving Bulls a large number of friends entertained Mr and Mrs G. Gray at a farewell social. A presentation was also made at the same time, Mrs Gray being the recipient of a very prclty gold brooch, and to Mr Gray a set of gold sleeve links. The presentation was made in appropriate terms by Mr T. King, chairman of the Bulls Town Board. The recipients became much esteemed by the residents during the term of their occupancy of the Criterion Hotel in (hat town, Mr Gray has now taken over his brother's interest in the Post offline Hotel at Fiixton,

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