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Manawatu Herald, 22 September 1904, Page 2

Signor Marconi, the inventor ot wireless telegraphy, is to visit New Zealand. The New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Company intend in future to hold fortnightly, instead of monthly sales at Himatangi. The Governor, Lady Plunket, and the vice-iegal suite have returned to Wellington from Picton, where Lord Plunket performed the opening ceremony at the Marlborough Exhibition. The deep seas in the Southern Hemisphere—the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian oceans—are believed to lie in the depression of vacancy from which the material of the moon was once torn off and thrown into space. We are informed that the police are issuing a number of informations against certain local residents for assault, threatening behaviour, etc., in connection with the football match on Saturday last. On Thursday, September 15th (says the local “ Post,”) Taihape was exactly ten years old. On that date, ten years ago, the first band of pioneers from Canterbury arrived and pitched their tents. Mr A. Falkner, of Kaiparoro, near Eketahnna, claims to have discovered a new process for drying milk. This does away with the necessity for boiling milk. He intends applying for letters patent. Captain Voss left the Azores on August nth in the Tilikum in continuation of his voyage around the world. His destination is London. The Tilikum has now almost completed its famous trip. When Tanner’s Ark was floundering about in the Wellington harbor to the intense amusement of thousands of spectators, the most conspicuous part of the hull was monopolised by a huge advertisement. How it got there nobody cared, but it was there, and everybody thought it a pretty smart advertising move. The legend read—- “ Lane’s Emulsion—For Coughs and Colds.” Next year it is proposed to hold at Earl’s Court, London, an exhibition thoroughly and exhaustively supporting the proud boast that “Britannia rules the waves.” It will be called the ’• Naval, Shipping, and Fisheries Exhibition," and is intended to be adequately representative of the naval and mercantile marine, sea and river fishing, yachting, etc. 1905 is the first centenary of Britain’s most famous naval victory—that of Nelson at Trafalgar—and it has been rightly felt no better manner of commemorating that famous event could be hit upon than in devoting London’s premier resort to displaying the “ secret of England’s greatness.

A five-roomed cottage is advertised to let.

In another column Mr S. T. Saville notifies that he has commenced business in Foxton as a builder and contractor. He makes a speciality of all flax mill work. The Licensed Victuallers at Greymouth have decided to run Mr W. W. Collins as a candidate in opposition to Mr A. R. Gniness at the next election. Mr Collins recently toured the colony, lecturing in the interests of the “ Trade.” Messrs Wycherley & Sons, in a change advertisement, notify that they have now opened up their stock of harness, &c.,for the spring and summer season. Those in need of anything in the harness line would do well to pursue their advertisement. They also notify that they stock flax-washers’ aprons, tents and flys. The calender of the Supreme Court which sits at Palmerston North on Monday, is an exceptionally large one. Some bickering has been going on between the Palmerston Times and the Woodville Examiner, each throwing upon its contemporary’s centre the oaOilr of being responsible for the large ftumber of criminal cases; The “ Globe ’’ is responsible for the following Story, in which the principal speaker was a Japanese torpedo-lieu-tenant; —“ What do you think of the Russian soldiers, .Lieutenant Kamenoouke ? said an Englishman. “You will excuse me,” he said, with wise reticence. “Well, then the German soldiers ? ” “ Ah, the Germans,” he said, expanding into a broad and confidential smile. Then, after a thoughtful pause, “ I think they compare very favourably with the Chinese ! ” Mr George Massee, in an article on fungi, observes that before the discovery of lucifer matches, a large hoof shaped fuhgUs, growing on the triinks of trees, was used throughout Northern Europe for making amadou or tinder. The thick, brown woody flesh of the same fungus, cut into slices and beaten until it assumes the appearance of felt, is used at the present day in Germany for the manufacture of chest protectors, caps, purses, bedroom slippers and various other articles. T7he Manawalu Standard has made ; the profound discovery that there were some “ rambling remarks ” in our reference to the lamp erected in front of our office, We deeply sympathise with ollr contemporary in that no lamp has been erected in front of their premises, buf We trilst this Unpardonable oVefsight on the part of the Kitson Lamp Company will be remedied without delay. Had our contemporary been forced to endure the “ dim religious light" of Foxton lamps for a time, he too would have hailed the new lamp as a good omen, and perhaps even developed a little hysteria over it. The year has so far (says a London paper) been remarkable for the unregretted absence of the house-fly. It is possible that the cold and rains of last year killed off the surplus stock. But house flies ate anlong the rflost prolific and übiquitous of all pests. The only place where there are said to be none is the Twopenny Tube, where there are no spiders either. Mr Paul Fountain, who has studied the house fly in nearly every part of the globe, comes to the conclusion that if all the house-flies in the world could be exterminated, the average of human life would be nearly doubled. They carry infection from the sick to the healthy in a thousand ways. Some weeks ago the postal authorities installed a franking machine in the vestibule of the post office at Dunedin to the great convenience of the public, who were no longer inconvenienced for want of a stamp at hours when stamp vendors had put up their shutters for the day or night. Subsequent events have shown, however, (says the Otago 1 Daily Times), that if the machine is Ito be an unqualified success it will require to display a power of discrimination little short of human, or the Postal Department is likely to be the loser. It seems that an enterprising youth discovered that the franking apparatus could be operated with a baser metal than copper, and casting around, ascertained that the firm in which he was employed stocked a kind of lead washer the size and thickness of a penny. The result of this was that his employer’s correspondence was mailed with an economy unexcelled in the annals of business, but the profit on the transaction was annexed by the youth himself. When the postal officers came to separate the true from the base metal the franking machine had accepted with such impartiality, they reckoned it was a matter for the police, and the washers being traceable, the the author of the trickery was exposed. —N.Z. Times. It is more or less well known that a cold is harder to catch within the Arctic circle than in any other part of the globe. But it is not so well known, says an American journal, that the Far North has some secret specific for heads afflicted with baldness. According to one authority, “if the roots of the hair are not absolutely destroyed, even persons completely bald can regain their hair by spending twelve months among the eternal ice-” It is pointed out to a sceptical world that Arctic whalers and explorers, almost without exception, have testified to the amazing growth of the hair on their heads during exposures to temperatures below zero. Tne farther north one goes the thicker is the hair of the people, and baldness does not seem to be even one of the minor evils which afflet the snow people. There is certainly some connection between temperature and the growth of hair. It is a common complaint among old Anglo-Indians that thzy lost their hair on “India’s coral strand,” while people in this country attribute their baldness to the close atmosphere to which the head is subjected by the modern tight fitting hat. All these ideas, however, are but loose hypotheses floating aimlessly in the public mind. Let it be announced by science, definitely and authoritatively, that the Arctic circle is a certain cure for baldness, and in a week’s time there would be a line of steamers running to the North Pole.

To-nigbt, if the weather permits, the Himitangi will sail for Greymouth with a load of stock consigned to Messrs Sprott and Co. The debate on the Licensing Bill is proceeding in the House. Mr Vile’s amendment was carried with a slight alteration. Mr W. Stewart, headmaster of the local school, is at present confined to his bed through a somewhat severe attack of erysipelas. We trust Mr Stewart will be about again in the course of a few days. Our readers, says the Chronicle, will learn with considerable regret that news received in reference to the operation performed in Wellington yesterday on Mr G. S. Bridge, chairman of the Wanganui Education Board, affords little hope for an improvement in his condition. We are irt receipt of a valuable booklet ffdnl Messrs Watson and Eyre, of Palmerston North. It contains full information concerning Palmerston, and is interspersed with some excellent photographs of portions of the town and environs. We can strongly recommend the little book to Foxton people, as it will prove very useful to any one visiting our “ metropolis.” At Palmerstdn Court on Monday Edward Pratt, billiard-saloon keeper, of Rongotea, was charged with keeping his premises open after hours; and Ernest Jarvis, Samuel Taz, William Sproii John West, F, Burgess, and Leslie Jones for being thereon. Constable Gleeson stated that at n. 40 p.m. on the evening of 3rd inst., he obtained entry into the room as Pratt let out two persons, and found four of the accused playing “ pooh" The other two were looking on. After witness had taken their names they went away. Mr Moore, for the defence, contended that as the front door of the billiard-rddm Was locked, it was closed to the public, and that Pratt, who was living on the premises, had the right to invite the others in for a friendly game. In a case of this sort, Mr Moore considered the police might very well give notice to the young fellows that they were doing wrong. The Bench intimated that it could not dismiss the case on these grounds. Edward Pratt was then called for the defence, and Stated that he lived on the premises. His charges were usually is per game and 6d for pool. The Bench held that it was not sufficient to have the *outside door closed. The defendant had committed a breach of the Act. Pratt was fined £1 and costs 7s, and each of the other defendants 5s and costs Advocate.