Manawatu Herald. [Established Aag. 27, 1878.] TUESDAY, SEPT., 6, 1904.

Manawatu Herald, 6 September 1904, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. [Established Aag. 27, 1878.] TUESDAY, SEPT., 6, 1904.

Mr N. G. Saunders, of Prouse and Saunders, West Wanganui, and late of Moutoa, cut his foot badly with an adze lately, and has been removed to the Nelson hospital. Test matches to choose axemen and sawyers to represent New Zealand at the World’s championship in Tasmania in November, will be held at Eltham on the 15th September. Good nominations have been received. The Foxton Brass Band will play a number of selections in the Mainstreet to-morrow evening if the weather is favourable, commencing at 8 o’clock. All members are requested afterwards to attend a meeting at Mr Laing’s betel. Mr Thomas, Sheriff of Orkney, and Shetland, died recently. In his will the Sheriff ordered that he was to be buried in a wicker coffin so as to be “ handy for the scramble at the resurrection.” He made extraordinary bequests, and in his lifetime fined his servants for slight offences. He also fined his cat if it disturbed the peace of the house. He also kept a “ laughing” waistcoat, with elastic sides, which he used to go to dinner in.

Four “bull” operators in Cbicag wheat cleared one million within a fortnight.

The New Zealand steamer Waimale and the German steamer Munchen collided in the river Thames, The Munchen was extensively damaged. Twelve Lascars, who were asleep, were injured.

The export of gold from the Colony last month was 46,773 ounces valued at £178,624 as compared with 30,074 ounces of the value ot £110,572 in tincorresponding month of last yeai. The export ot silver last month wa--38,444 ounces valued at £8,875.

In Wales there are about 508,00 c people who cannot speak English, Welsh being their only language; ii Scotland there are 43,000 persons win, can speak nothing but Gaelic, and h Ireland there are 32.000 who can ex T-ess themselves only in the Irish tongue. Recently someone called at the Bank if Australasia in Wellington for change of a fifty-pound note, and (he teller handed over ten fivers too many. So far the Bank has been unable to recover the money. The teller will have to refund the £SO, and it means the loss of three months’ salary. A Texas (U.S.) tailor shows great ingenuity in his method of touting in one branch of his business. Outside of his door stands a barrel, painted green, and bearing in bold black letters the following;—“ For men only. Stand in our barrel while we press your pants for 15 cents.” In a speech at a Send-off tendered on Saturday night to the British footballers, Mr Bcdell-Sivright, the captain, said the public had given them , fair treatment, and he hoped on their return to England they would be able to rettlove any impression against the fairness of New South Wales crowds.

J. Quinton, a jockey, who was injured through falling while riding Moccasin in the Grand National Steeplechase died in the Christchurch hospital on Saturday. He received severe injuries through brushing, and though he rallied soon after the accident he had a relapse on Thursday night, and failed to recover.

Some young fellows at Gore have made a practice during the evening in one of the Gore thoroughfares of practising “ passing rushes ” with a football. The other evening the sergeant of police unexpectedly took a hand in the game by rushing in and collaring the ball, which he took to the police station, where the owners so far have not called for it.

Preparations are being made to give the officers and men of the Discovery a great reception on their arrival in Eng land. Luncheon will be held at the London Docks, the Lord Mayor, representatives of the Admiralty, the Royal and Royal Geographical Societies at tending. The Geographical Society the next day will banquet the officers and scientific staff. Captain Scott, in November, will read a paper before the Geographical Society. A Christchurch doctor, lecturing before a large audience, in pointing out the injurious effect of drug treatment in general, remarked that it might be said that the doctors prescribe drugs. “ Our reply,” he added “is that you compel us to prescribe drugs, for if we treated you rationally, you would go to another doctor and get a prescrip tion.” “ Sponge yourself to the waist every day,” he remarked later in the evening, “ and you will never catch cold. That is a tip that is worth a good many guineas.” A weight lifting competition was held at Mr F. A. Hornibrok’s School of Physical Culture at Christchurch on Tuesday evening, the competitors being required to lift a qalb weight from the shoulder to arm’s length above the head as many times as they could. The winner was Mr J. Birch, who made 54 lifts with his right hand, and 43 wiih his left. Mr T. Woodward, with 36 and 46, and Mr B. Searle, with 50 and 32, were equal for second place, Mr H. Parry came third with 41 and 26, and Mr R. Pohl fourth with 31 and 30.

A slim, pretty Armenian girl who landed at Ellis Island, the New York Immigrant depot, a few weeks ago, returned to her native land rather than marry the man she had come to wed, and whom she had not seen for four years. He had grown fat, and the change did not please her, and she said she would not marry him. She was told that if she did not she would have to return to Armenia. She looked over her fat lover once more, and then, shaking her head with some appearance of sadness, remarked ; “ No; I can not do it; I would rather go back to Armenia.”

. On the 31st of October, Trafalgar Day, a wreath of New Zealand flowers will be placed on the Nelson Monument in Trafalgar-square, London, as a contribution from the Wellington branch of the Navy League to the memory of the great naval hero. The wreath has been made in Wellington and frozen into the centre of q solid block of ice, at the Meat Export Company’s works, and it will be carried to London in its frozen state in the refrigerating chambers of the ocean steamer Ruapehu, the officers of which have undertaken to keep it intact until the day when it will be required. Instead of being “ thawed out,” the wreath will probably be exhibited in its frozen form on some part of the monument. It contains several speci mens of native ferns intertwined amongst the flowers.

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