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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 3525, 23 May 1905, Page 2

We remind all those interested that the Minister for Railways will be in Palmerston North on Saturday, and that as the Chamber of Commerce there is taking the opportunity to present to him particulars ot the Heads Railway scheme, Foxton should not he unrepresented at this, and we are pleased to learn that although no official deputation has been appointed from here several gentlemen are. voluntarily proposing to go and watch matters on behalf of the district. An endeavour will be made to get the Mayor, Mr B. G. Gower, and we rather regret that he has not called public attention to the subject with a view to securing a deputation more strongly backed by public opinion. Those at present decided to go are Messrs G. A. Simpsnn, F. W. Frankland, and R. Moere. The matter is one that is now in a critical position, and should engage the attention of the Chamber of Commerce this evening. The deputation will also endeavour to obtain from the Minister a concession of a free site for a water-pumping station at the windmill cutting, which will, if secured, mean a considerable saving to burgesses.

An important notice from Messrs Wyatt Clark and Co., will appear in our next issue.

A notice is inserted to-day relative to luggage left at Mrs Harris’ boardinghouse, Main Street. At a special meeting of the Athletic Club’s Improvement Committee, held last night, tenders for the carting of clay were held over.

Mr L. M, Isitt, who is now on his way from Sydney to New Zealand, predicts further temperance successes at the coming elections in this colony.

The adjourned meeting of the Chamber of Commerce takes place at the Public Hall at 7.30 this evening, and all who have the interests of the town at heart should attend.

The Hawke’s Bay province is in a very prosperous condition at the present time. Farmers generally have had an excellent season. Food for stock is plentiful, while the harvest has been a very satisfactory one.

The rare occurrence of the birth of triplets is reported from Okito (Taranaki), where, on Sunday week, Mrs fetch gave birth to two beye and t girl. It is gratifyiag to hear that mother and babes are doing well. The candidates for the Otaki seat so tar are Mr Field, the present member, and Mr Byron Brown, of Otaki. The latter claims to be an Independent, he ts opposed to the freehold, and is a staunch Prohibitionist.

W. J. Gibbons, licensee of the Crown Hotel, at Napier, was fined 40s and costs for permitting gambling, to wit, euchre, for drinks on his premises. This decision has been held over tor some time pending the Christchurch appeal case. The crops in South Canterbury (writes the correspondent of the " Press ”) are yielding remarkablv well-better even than was generally anticipated. Oats are threshing out €O, 70, and up to 100 bushels per acre, while wheat is yielding 40, 50 and 60 bushels to the acre. The civil case of A. M. Elliot, v. Austin Bros, claim £t*o damages through the alleged neglect of the de fendants, which was to have been heard at the District Court at f amlerstoe yesterday, was settled out of Court, defendants paying plaintiff £§6 and costs of the action in full satisfaction of the claim.

Speaking before the Tariff Commission in Sydney, Dr Fiascbi declared that alcohol was an excellent stimulant, if not abused, both in health and disease. Australia would never be a wine-drinking country until the people accustomed themselves to drinking wine at meals as now they did tea. The custom would be beneficial in assisting digestion. In the Supreme Court, at Auckland, Paul Tautau, a Maori youth, 16 years of age. charged with attempting a criminal assault on a little Gisborne girl, n years of age, was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment. Harold Hay, a Dargaville youth, who being jilted by bis _ sweetheart, tried to frighten her with a revolver, was sentenced to one year's imprisonment on a charge of breaking and entering. An ides’spirit lor both MW—'

Playing in the county cricket match Yorkshire v. Leicestershire, Hirst made 341 runs. A speaker at s£ electing in Sydney to discihfc tttf optomi question said that if the drug tdd not been forced on China by England Chinamen would would not have had yellow faces “ and there would have been no .nged for a ‘ White Australia ’ policy, for cC*lpur is everything/' At the meeting statistics were prodtffifcd showing thru from 15,478 pounds of opfffrfl imported into New South Wales in lßi j® the total rose to nearly 39,000 in 190 r, Had fell agati# to 18,000 in 1903, irrespective of an alleged large quantity which was smuggled. Chinese merchants have given a gaurantee t* abide by the request of the Government to prohibit the traffic though it would mean a very big loss. The sorry dyspeptic, submerged in his goom, Who feela most dejected and fit for his tomb 5 , The poor hypochondriac who wanders in woe, With no one to speak to and nowhere to go \\bom no oonsoation nor comfort can pease, Who maintains he’s a martyr to every disease, , , ~ . Let them aid their digestion and keep their bood pure, And recruit upon Wo»»»* yBKAT Peppermint Cuke.