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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 3495, 11 March 1905, Page 2

The Borough Council meets on Monday evening, for special and ordinary business. Railway workshops costing £15.000 were opened at Invercargill yesterday by Sir J. G. Ward. An electric gun has been invented which is expected to supersede all known artillery. It will be a most destructive weapon. Additional entries for the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company’s sale at Himatangi on Monday are advertised. The highest shade temperature registered this morning at nine o’clock was 68deg. at Auckland, and the lowest 56deg. at Hokitika. A meeting of the committee of the Manawatu Rowing Club called for Thursday last lapsed for want of a quorum, only the captain and the secretary being present. Dr Rogers having decided to practise in Foxton, has an announcement in this issue. He may be consulted at Mrs Langley’s, at the hours which are set out. The roll at the Foxton State school for the week ending March nth, 1905, shows the following figuresßoll number, 251; average attendance, 215.4; average absent, 35.6. Large shipments of sheep have been made from the Wellington province to Canterbury lately, and Hawke’s Bay flocks have also been drawn upon. Three shipments from Foxton this week totalled 3425, 900 being for Akaroa and the balance for Lyttelton. The eight blocks into which the Assets Realisation Board subdivided the Welds Hill and Upton Downs estates in the Awatere district, were offered for sale at Blenheim on Thursday. The total acreage offered was 52,910, acre5. Three blocks comprising 7830 acres were disposed of at price* ranging from £3 is to £5 is per acre.

The Viliiic of Australian imports for January WUs £3.31 2,0dd and exports

The quatiTy of beirip graded for export at WeTmgton during Tebmary wa; 7306 hales, weighing 1519 loa3 - fn JamlatV qjuantity war. 6002 bales, Weighing 1204 lonS.

Captain Edwin, telegraphed to-day at o. ay o.m 11 So dug winds to gale from between riiTiil’edd north and west after sixteen hours from nchv, "Css fall, tides high, sen heavy.” Bro, Fox will preach a special ser moil at All Saints on ( Sunday evening, when he will speak oh the subject “ Was Jesus Christ a Socialist?” Men are particularly requested to attend. In the Shp'reilie. Gdiir* at P.ihtierston North to-day a claim for 1,2!50' compensation preferred by James Symons against the Foxton Borough Council is being heard. The claim is based on the loss tif frontage to Gray Street. Mr R. Moore appears for lile' plaintiff, and Mr Hankins for the defendant Coilncil;

A meeting was Held in Mr rdoms on Thursday evening lo consider the advisableness of forming an athletic clubl It was decided to obtain the services of Mr Walden as instructor, aad d committed,was formed consist ing of Messrs F >x, P. Mcßreaty, J. McDonald, A. Harper, J. Jobrishw, and J. Gillet, to go into the whole matter.

The “ Bulletin is rery rough on a section of the Tafadaki coidiilunity. It says Some day dr dthef there will be a Royal dorrirtiissidn Appointed to go into the usury In Taranaki, and the results of that commission will astonish Maoriliud. The Jews in White chape! rtre 1 small .beans,’ beside the moneylenders ol Stiatldrd and New Plymouth."

Most of the crops in the Sandon district have now been harvested and stdckecL 'fhe farmers state (the “ Standard” says) that although there is not the same quantity of grain a? last year; it is of a heavier and better quality and this make tip, to a certain extent,, for tnd decrease in quantity. Rain is vety badly needed ]ust now in that part of the district. Several settlors had extensive damage done to their tenCOs through grass fires, At a meeting of the Auckland Trades and Labour Council the Political Labour League’s platform was considered. One speaker thought tile platform was a deliberate slap at the present Government, to which the workers owed a very great deal; and he advised that the matter be very cautiously dealt with, if at all. Another speaker considered that too many leagues had been formed, and that they were doing more harm than good. It was ultimately decided to defer consideration of the platform for one month.

The Methodist Conference has carjied the following resolutions: —That our ministers and local preachers be asked to deal frequently with the ques lion of gambling. That this conference protests against the continued legislation of the totalisator as being subversive of the best interests of society, and also against any part of the conn* try’s revenue being derived from this source. That the Press Association and the Newspaper Proprietors’ Association be earnestly requested to consent to the suppression of the pub lication of “ Tattersall’s ” results and betting odds.

Preparations for a rather novel exexperirncnt are (says the “ Poverty Bay Herald ”) being made by Mr Me Leod, Gisborne Harbour Board overseer, for the purpose of protecting the extension works at the western groin, which were recently damaged in heavy weather. Ths idea is to utilise the remarkable effect of oil upon troubled waters. For this purpose a quantity of gear, including a force pump and a length of hose, is being placed in position on the end of the breakwater. The oil will be sprayed some considerable distance off from the end of the pier, the piping being extended upon the sea bottom. Should this experi ment prove successful, it might he used to great advantange when boats are attempting to navigate the entrance to the river in rough weather. The school committee met last evening to consider giving the youngsters an excursion trip. There were present Messrs Clemett (chairman), Austin, Baker, Jenks, and Barnard. The secretary, Mr Baker, reported the result of communications with the railway authorities, and it was resolved that the excursion run to Wondville on Wednesday, 29th inst., Messrs Baker, Jenks, Austin, and Barnard being appointed to make necessary arrangements and report to the committee on Wednesday next. AN HONORABLE DISTINCTION The Western Medical Review, a medical pub ioatiou of the highest sianding, says in a recent issue“ Thousands of physicians in this and other countries have attested that SANDER AND SONS EUCALYPTI EXTRACT is not only abso’nteiy reliable, but it has a pronounced and ind'sputab'e superiority over all other preparations of eucalyptus." Your health is too precious to be tampered with, therefore reject ah products foisted upon you by unscrupulous mercenaries and insist upon getting SANDER \ND SONS’ PURE VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EXTRACT, the only pre paration recommended by your phystcan and the medical press. Used as mouth wash regularly in the morning (3 to 5 drops to a glass of water) it prevents decay of teeth, and is a sure protection against all infectious fevers, .such as typhoid, malaria, etc. Catarrah of nose and throat is quickly cured by gargling with same. Instantaneous relief produced in colds, influenza, diptheria, bronchitis, inflamma'ion of the lungs and consump tion, by putting eight drops of SANDER AND SONS’ PURE VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EXTRACT into a cupfu of boiling water and inhaling the arising steam. Diarrhoea, dysentry, rheumatism, diseases of the Sidneys and urinary organs, quickly cured oy taking 5 to 15 drops internally 3 to -5 times daily. Wounds, u'cers, sprains and skin diseases it heals without inflammation when painted on.

MODERN GOTHS AND HUNS. Are the nations which curdle with horrof over aj Magersfontein made of stuff Stern enough to sustain their places in the world against neighbours wild sustain these infinite hecatombs of slaughter with almost unbroken equanimity ? We are witnessing a Conflict between 1 Goths and Huns armed with fllt> latest, destructive inventions. Are the aclvftriced nations, steeped as they are in humaflitrwian sentiitiOlL prepared to hold their own against nations Which devote whole armies to destruction With grim serenity ?—Canadian Magazine. “ I’M ftcP A REAL INFIDEL.” “ T.P.’s Weekly " qifdfe’etihe following story from Dr. Andersen’S '' Bea in illustration of the übiquity and versatility of Scotsmen. “In the year lyj-j,”’ tb* doctor, the Russians and Turks, WAify of war, commissioned two plenipotentarieS on the Russion side Marshal General Keith,- on the side of the Turks Lie Gi'ancl Vizier of the Sultan to make peace. The tWd diplomatists met and carried out protracted negotiations through interpreters. When all at last Wad satisfactorily settled, the plenipotentaries fo’s6 to take formal leave of each other til6 Marshal making his bow with his hat in his hand, and the Grand Vizier his salaam with his turban on his head. These ceremonies of leave-taking over, the Grand Vizier dtiddenly Straightened himself up, and, to the Marshal’s utter amazement, marched up to him, gripped him affectionately by the hand, and ill the very broadest Scotch accent, cried, ‘ Diaaa h& supnstd, iriotl j I’m O’ the same country wi yoursel.' Weel I mind seeing yon and your blither, when boys, passing by to the school at Kirkcaldy.’ 'Why, who who —who are you ?’ gasped the Marshal, staggering back in his bewilderment. ' I ami Grand Vizier to the Sultan of Turkey, hat—my father was bellman of Kirkcaldy !”