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Manawatu Herald, 24 November 1904, Page 2

Mr B. Gower is in want of grass-seed cutters. Apply early. The absence of Mr Stewart was apologised for by the Rev. Wilson at last night’s socitd. Mr Stewart is not in the best of health at present. On the return of the Rev. Wyndham Earee to Masterton from a visit to England, a reception was got up in his honour and a cheque for £l7O placed in his hands. Something like £2OO was collected in Wellingtonin aid of Miss Campion, lying ill in South Africa. The Napier people are moving in the matter in a practical manner. We are pleased to state that Mrs P. Collins, who was bed ridden for some considerable time, was about yesterday again. May this old resident soon be completely restored to good health. • Mr Jonson’s sale of household goods yesterday afternoon proved very sue cessful. Bidding was spirited, and most of the goods brought satisfactory prices, on the calling of Mr Mounsey, auctioneer. Those wishing to visit Feilding Races next week will be pleased to know trains will run to suit their con venience at excursion rates. The railway advertisement in another column is worth perusal. Mr E. A. Coley, of Foxton, underwent a serious operation on Tuesday last at Dr Graham’s Private Hospital, Palmerston North, for appendicitis. We are pleased to hear he is doing as well as can be expected, A yong man named Charles Lassen was charged at Pahiatua with a serious offence on a young girl thirteen years of age. Accused was remanded to Dannevirke, bail being allowed in ac cused’s own surety of /too and two sureties of /too each. It is expected that King George of Tonga will visit Auckland in January. He has stated his intention to come to Auckland by the next trip of the Manapouri from the Islands, He will visit Rotorua, and go thence to Wanganui by the river. At the Napier Arbitration Court several persons were fined in sums ranging from ios to /q, and costs—with back wages in some instances—for breaches of the tailoresses’, plumbers’, carpenters’ and bakers’ awards.

Argument on the motion to set aside the award for compensation in Symons v. the Foxton Borough Council was to be taken in Chambers at Palmerston on Tuesday last, but owing to the pressure of business at the Supreme Court and Judge Cooper having to leave for Wellington, the hearing has been again adjourned. The sale of the British and Foreign Society’s Bibles has been stopped at Uskub (the capital of the vilayet of Korsovo, European Turkey) on the ground that the low prices charged make the circulation of the Bible* amount to a propaganda. The British Embassy insists on the continuance of the sale. The officers and men of Rear-Ad-miral Foelkersam's portion of the Baltic fleet (or the Second Pacific fleet, as it is now officially designated), which is proceeding to the Far East via Suez, is indulging in wild intoxication at Crete. The discipline among the men is very lax. Already five inhabitants’ of the island have been murdered. Forty sailors belonging to the squadron have deserted, declaring that they have no confidence in their officers.

The exposure of a number of skeletons recently at Lake Tarawere near the site of the eruption, indicates that considerable change is taking place on the surface there. These bones (says the Hot Lakes Chronicle) are the remains of those unfortunates who, on the night of the great eruption, met their doom. The relatives of those who were buried on the occasion are taking steps to rebury the remains as they appear, and at the same time to secure certain Maori treasures that were buried during the eruption. There is on exhibition at Christchurch at present a “ pearl cluster,” valued at between £15,000 and £20,000. It belongs to a gentleman who is travelling through New Zealand, and who exhibited it recently at the St. Louis Exhibition. The cluster was found in Sharks Bay, West Australia, and consists of about 150 pearls, measuring an inch and a halt in length, three-quarters of an inch in breadth, and about half an inch in thickness. The only other pearl cluster of great value in the world is in the possession of the British Government.

A sharp shock of earthquake was felt in Foxton at 540 on Tuesday evening. Fifty thousand immigrants have en tered the Argentine during the past three months. $ We understand a charge will be heard at to-morrow’s sitting of the Magistrate’s Court against a prohibited person. Being Fox by name, the Evangelist ' last night contended he was going to be a ‘fox’ by nature, so far as ‘Fox’-ton was concerned. He meant to ‘ stick ’ here. Mounsey & Co. hold a sale of valu able building sites on Thursday next at Ravensworth Place, Foxton. The sale is conducted on behalf of Mr W. Hamer, and bidding should be spirited. Mr R. Barber, of the Foxton Carriage Works, has just built a four-wheel coach for Mr to do duty between Foxton and Levin. The work reflects great credit on Mr Barber's staff of workmen. The Rev. Wilson brought down the house last night with an unintentional remark. Speaking of the many reasons the welcome to Bro. Fox bad been delayed, he said they had to wait for Full Moon. Imagine the laughter 1 Word was received in town this morning that Mrs Thornton, the victim of the Waikaia shooting accident of a few weeks back, died at that township last night, having been bed-ridden since the mishap. Mrs A. Reeves, ol this town, was a niece of Mrs Thornton. “ I doubt not,” said Sir Henry Irving at Cardiff, " that byand-by every great city will have its own theatre built by its own theatre for the encouragement of a drama in which the arts of poetry, music, and painting blend--a drama which affords a delightful recreation, if nothing more—the most intellectual recreation the mind has yet conceived. Carl Herz, the illusionist, has continuous engagements for the next three years at £IOO a week. Other large salaries now being paid or arranged include: The Magic Kettle Act, £2OO a week; Eugene Stratton, at the London Coliseum at Christmas, /150 a week; Mdlle. Mealy, at the Palace, £IOO a week; the Thinking Horse, /600 a week. It is now reported that the State Fire Insurance Department is to begin business on January Ist. The Government have experienced difficulties of different kinds in completing their arrangements to bring the act into operation, but it is said that these have been overcome, and that the appointment of (he headquarters staff and of the district agents has now been decided upon. A new boat to this port is the steamer Storm, which arrived this morning from Timaru, via Wanganui, with a cargo of grain. The Storm is practically a new boat, and only iredently arrived from England. She will be found well adapted as a trader to this port, being able to carry a large cargo on a 9ft draught. She is by far the largest steamer that has yet visited Foxton. Messrs Barraud & Abraham, the welll<mwn Palmerston North firm, are the Foxton agents. In a humourous vein, Bro. Fox, during the course of his address last evening, referred to his experiences of horse-riding. It had been said on one occasion his horse went to the doctor’s whilst he was sent on to Shannon. The learned evangelist contended that if the order of things were reversed and himself made to go on to the doctor’s the joke would have been much better appreciated. Needless to say, this remark brought forth tremendous applause by those directly “in the know.” One of the most striking features of the famous Canadian hand, the “ Kilties," which gave its first perform ance in London recently, is the drum major thereof. He stands yft. 2m., without his brogues, which is tall even for a drum-major. He rejoices in the rather Scots name of Roderick Bain Mackenzie. When he marches at the head of the band in all the majesty of his lofty bushby, he has to duck under railway arches. It is said that he can see into the second floor windows, but 'that is probably an exaggeration. Beside this gigantic drum major a six foot Life Guardsman looks like a dwarf. He might have been the original Great Scot. An extraordinary case of somnambulism occurred at Kaukapakapa, near Auckland, recently. A young lady who was residing with friends retired to rest at the usual time, but awoke at daylight the following morning to find herself sitting on her parents' doorstep seven miles away. She had made the journey over a rough and muddy road, on a cold night, and clad only in a nightdress, without awakening. Unfortunately her parents were from home, but she was able to procure some clothes from a and returned to her frieiid’s residence on horseback the same day. So far .she has suffered no ill effects from her unusual and trying experience.

The Excruciating Pain from corns, bunions, or chilblains may be avoided by i free application of Chamberlain’s Pain balm. For sale by all dealers. Whooping This is a very dangerous disease unless properly treated Statistics show that there are more deaths from it than from scarlet fever 1 All danger may be avoided, however, by giving Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. It liquifies the tough muscus, making it easy to expectorate, keeps the ought loose, and makes the paroxysmms of coughing less frequent and less severe. It has been used in many epidemics of this disease with perfect success. For sale bv all dealers. Burns nd Cots— Slight injuries of this character are of frequent occurrence in almost every household. While they are not dangerous, except when blood poisoning results from the injury, they are often quite painful and annoying. They can be quickly healed by applying Chamberlain’s Pain Balm. It allays the pain almost in stant’y and heals the injured parts without matter being formed, which insures a cure in one-third the time the usual treatment would require. It is the most perfect preparation in' use for burns, scalds, cuts, bruisos and like injuries. It should be applied with a feather, and before the parts become swollen if possible. For sale by all dealers,