Manawatu Herald. [Established Ang, 27, 1878.] THURSDAY, OCT., 20, 1904.

Manawatu Herald, 20 October 1904, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. [Established Ang, 27, 1878.] THURSDAY, OCT., 20, 1904.

In another column the Borough Council notifies that the following are noxious weeds within the Borough:— Broom, gorse, lupin and ragwort. Running men in this district are reminded that nominations for the Foxton Athletic Club’s sports close with the secretary, Mr E. Wanklyn, at 10 p.m. to-morrow night. The poundkeeper notifies that a grey hack has been impounded from Springstreet. If not sooner claimed and all expenses paid it will be sold by public auction on.the 14th November.

A cricket match is to come off in about a week’s time between the Old Boys’ team and the newly formed Debating Society’s eleven.

When butter is condemned L vernmen f grading stores, We " ' on, it is sold to the soapworks at u per lb for manufacturing purposes.

In the report of the Foxton Athletic Club in our last issue, the name of Mr F. Martin as one of the markers ap pointed, was inadvertently omittted. “ Profit ” Dowie’s promotion of him self to the rank of an Apostle will make no impression on St. Peter, whose direction will be-—“ First turning to the left, and down.”

Tenders will be received at the Borough Council office up to six p.in. on Monday, 14th November, for‘a five years’ lease of section No. 488, situated in the Avenue.

A letter has been received by us from “ Looker-on ” dealing with football matters generally and the presentation Cup, which we cannot publish, owing to the biased nature of the writing.

A lady in Wellington advertised a free passage, second saloon, to Eng land, in return for slight services ren dered on the voyage. She received over 100 applications, states the Post.

At Derby, Connecticut, the other day, a workman Crawled 300 ft. down a 24m. water main to inspect the joints. The blackness and silence drove him out of his senses, and he was hauled out a raving maniac.

A Christchurch telephone girl spins this storyAn excited lady rang up and said, “I want my husband, please, at once,” “ Number, please,” asked the sybil at the other end. “ How many do you think I’ve got, you impudent hussy?” came o,er the wire from the excited lady. Messrs Levin and Co. have had another of their boats stranded in the Manawatn. This misfortune happened to the Baden-Powell on Tuesday last, within a few hundred yards of the wharf, where she settled on the sand bank almost opposite Mr _ Duncan’s residence. She was laden with general merchandise. She managed to get out of difficulties last evening, and was safely berthed alongside the Foxton wharf. The London “ Daily Chronicle ” writes :—“ The single crease in the trousers of the well-dressed man is established as a law ot fashion, but the law, it seems, has been amended without debate or proclamation. For, instead of having one crease in the garments, the King appeared at Cowes ‘ with a double crease, which gave (be trousers a very square appearance.’ Moreover, the Prince of Wales followed his Royal father’s example, and there can be little doubt that trousers with ‘ a very square appearance ’ will soon be the mode.”

Railway travelling in India, has excitements that we know nothing of in this country. A Burmese woman was reclining in a third-class compartment of a train near Sitkwin, with one arm hanging out of the window, when some one passed along the footboard and cut the limb off. apparently with a sharp sword. The lost hand was apparently the temptation to the swordsman.

A terrible tragedy has been enacted at Ouegoa, New Caledonia. It appears that on September xoth a settler who had repeated quarrels with his wife, tied her to the foot of the bed, sprinkled kerosene over her, and set her on fire. The neighbours who ran to the assistance of the unfortunate victim could render no aid, for the man was armed, and threatened to shoot any one who came near him. The murderer appeared to be mad. Upon the arrival of the gendarmes the assassin gave himself up without resistance, and simply said “ I was waiting for you.” A remarkable scene took place at the Cork Assizes recently. A Mrs McGrath, who was in litigation with her brother-in-law, lost the verdict, whereupon she struck her kinsman three times in the face. She was at once charged with assault, and declared passionately that she would “ hang for him.” The Judge fined her £SO for the assault, remarking that the ancient penalty for assault in a court of justice was to cut off both hands. She was also imprisoned for contempt of court. The following team has been chosen to represent Foxton on Saturday next against Wanderers :—Full-back, Fred. Robinson; three-quarters, W. Coley, P. Robinson, Tua Napier ; five-eight D. Tatana (captain); half, T. Napier; wings, J. Joe, W. Robinson; forwards, Desmond, Curtis, Jefferies, Hooker, Peter Reihana, B. Brown, Jas. Coley. Emergency : Back, Louisson, Lawyer, J. Presling; forwards, J. Lee, J. Jillett, S. Wright. Any of the above team unable to attend please inform the secretary.

Some excitement was caused in the town on Tuesday afternoon through a horse attached to a gig becoming startled and bolting. The animal was tethered outside Messrs Cummerfield & Spring’s shop, and on breaking away it dashed across the road and on to the opposite footpath, until its mad career was suddenly checked by a verandah post. The runaway managed, however, to disentangle the vehicle, and getting on to the road again continued its flight up Parkstreet. Some distance up the shafts broke off, releasing the horse, which was ultimately stopped. No damage was done to the gig beyond the breaking of the shafts, while the horse seemed to be none the worse for the escapade. The French ‘residents in the New Hebrides anticipate an insurrection at an early date, similar to that experienced in New Caledonia in the year 1878. A resident of the New Hebrides, writing to a Noumea paper, points out that the unrest among the natives occurs at the time when Queensland is ceasing to recruit. The British having voluntarily put an end to further recruiting, have not been farther interfered with, but the natives have apparently conspired among themselves to put a stop by violent methods to recruiting by the French.

Messrs Stewart, Dawson and Co., jewellers, of Wellington, are publishing a new catalogue. Those who intend purchasing gifts for triends, or articles for their own personal use, should certainly write for this attractive, illustrated schedule and price-list. The vicar of a parish in England has issued a notice that the name of the maker will not be allowed upon any tombstone brought into the churchyard, and that if the practice is con tinned a charge of ios will be made in each case. “ Tombstones,” he says, are not the right places for advertisements,”

Cats are supposed to be the natural enemies of rats, yet in Auckland just nmv there is a cat which has actuallv suckled two of these rodents. Miss Hedlund, of the Prince of Wales’ Hotel, was examining a box ot kittens. Two of the litter had recently been de stroyed- She was astonished to find I hat these two had been replaced by two young rats. The mother cat seemed perfectly satisfied with her adopted children. If they moved away at all she gently clawed them back. The young rats apparently flourished under their strange foster mother, for they were in excellent condition when found. During this winter the young people of Wyndham and surrounding districts have hdd A bad attack of the dancing mania, says the Farmer, Two or three evenings in each week one might have heard the rhythmic shuffle of light feet to the strains of accordeon or fiddle. From statistics supplied by a local M.C. and his private Secretary, it is figured out that the average local young lady has put up the following performances : Waltzed 41 miles ; revolved on axis 378,954 times ; caught 12 colds; worn out 5 pairs dancing shoes and \\ dozen curlers; consumed asibs sponge roll, jellies and trifle. And yet croakers tell us that the present-day generation of young New Zealanders have no stamina.

Lord Curzon, speaking at the Guildhall last month, said If you want to save your colony of Natal trom being overrun by a formidable enemy you ask India for help, and she gives it to you ; if you want to rescue the white men in the Legations of Pekin trom massacre, and the need is urgent, you ask the Government of India to despatch an expedition, and it despatches it; if you are fighting the Mad Mullah in Somaliland you soon discover that Indian troops and an Indian general are best qualified for the task, and you ask the Government of India to send them ; if you desire to defend any of your extreme outposts or coaling stations of the Empire, in Mauritius, Singapore, Hong - kong, even Tientsin, or Shanhgikvvan, it is to the Indian army that you turn ; if you want to build a railway in Uganda or in the Soudan you apply for Indian labour. Whan the late Mr Rhodes was engaged in developing your recent acquisition in Rhodesia he turned to me for assistance. It is with Indian coolie labour that you exploit the plantations equally of Demeiara and Natal; it is with Indian-trained officers that you irrigate Egypt and dam the Nile. It is with Indian forest officers that you tap the resources of Central Africa and Siam, with Indian surveyors that you explore all the hidden places of the earth.”