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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 3548, 18 July 1905, Page 2

Dannevirke proposes to ask Carnegie for £2OOO for a new public library. Messrs Collinson and Cnnninghame, the Palmerston North (Papers, have ■ew advertisement in this issue.

Messrs O’Connor and Tydeman, jewellers, of Palm r.-ton North, have a new advertisement in to-day’s Hhrald. '

Football enthusiasts should not f irg t the special tramway arrangeme its made for visaing Sanson to-morr w. The tram leaves Foxton at 1245 p.m. Anglican Church parishioners are reminded of the special meeting to be held on Wednesday evening to c insider the question of rebuilding the Vicarage. Mr F. W. F.ankland to-day announces his candidature f >r the Manawatn scab If arrangements can be made Mr Frankland will address Ibe electors ot Foxton on Tuesday nexl. The Premier's O’d Age P< ns'ons Act Amendment Bill was successfully piloted through committee on Fiiday night. The increased pension of 10s N prop ised to be payable on and aider September 1 - .

A piece of the South Pole apparei lly h’cmne d't.'cbed vesT'day and list light spread its-if over the ranges vhich form the l v ickbone of the southern portion of this island. The consequence '3 that to-day Foxton feels as if it had been suddenly placed in a refrigerating chamber.

The Minister for Public Wo ks (Horn Win. Hall-Joned was interviewed on Saturday at Wellington by a large deputation representing Auckland and Wellington interests and mged to hnrrv on with the construction of the Main Trunk Railway., - A great leal of breath was exncnd'd in talking, hut little of practice] value resulted. The Minister hoped to have the line finished in three years; hut, wimlv. would not make a definite promi e. Pressed as to whether the House con'd is’ist him in voting supplies, Mr Hall|ones said that was not necessary. Opinion among tiie deputies, howev r. seemed to be that the purse-strips v«re held fight bv someone, and (lie member for Wellington suburbs crystallized this in the naive declaration that if the Minister “ would tell them what he wanted they would take off the gloves (0 hc’p him.”

The mass of the Japanese peasantry appear to be miserably poor. Th ir farms average ij- acre, and fourtenths of the products are paid as rent. One of these farmer’s accounts shows a gross income for one year of 31.155. He rarely e its rice, and lives on rye and millet. It is these men, not the Samurai, who are hearing the brunt of the war in Manchuria. Their main pleasure is the pilgrimage whi h some few manage to make out of a common fund to which the subscription is 6d a year. A jiniikisha man may earn 34s a month, on which he will probably support a family. Dr Knox, in his recently published book, tells a ch iractei ith ?tm - v of one of these men, which had better be given in his own words: —“On the west coast, a man pulled me in one day fifty-five miles, up hill and down. I remonstrated, but he told me his home was the end of (he route, and he was anxious to get home. It took him eleven hours. Taking me to the hotel, he threw water over himself and put on a clean robe. Then he followed me to my room, bowed to the ground, and said, ‘You must be tired after so long a ride, and I want to know if there is notlsometbing I can do to help you.' 1

A lost d -g IS clvefiised tofi There are e-,774 members of incillStrial unions in the colony; t; , , *.■, L wv Zealand of opt a run*, an article sometimes lissitl in place of imps, is prohibited. All new schools in Switzerland have a poriinn of the grdund foer appropriated for baths. “ Broncho - pneumonia, accelerated by cigarette smoking and want of propel nourishment,” was given as the cause of the death of a l.ltlj aged, fourteen, at an inquest at Uewsbdy (England). A largo fish was found alive on the sea beach at Hokitika last week in perfect condition with the exception of a portion of the tall, which is missing. It measures 32 feet 6 Indies loiig, i? inches deep, and finches through, and is identical with Hanks* ribbon fish, illustrated in Lyddeker’s Boyal Natural History, except that it has anglers or feelers. Specimens are stated to lie very rare, only 15 finds having been recorded! “ The. Windsor” for June contains the most enthralling instalment which has vet apoeared of Rider Haggard’s fascinating romance “ Ayesha,” the sequel to " She.” More than twenty years ago were- the thrilling .words uttered, “ I shall come again,” and be once more beautiful,” and “ Windsor” readers can learn how and in what manner the remarkable prophecy is fulfilled. The opening pages of the June issue contain an article on " The Art of Fred Morgan,” with portrait, and eighteen superb impressions of the artist’s lovely child-life pictures—an exquisite and delightful art supplementThen; are most enjoyable complete stories bv Robert Barr, Justus Milos Forman, Halliwell Sutcliffe, and other writers, while bnghtly-wriHen illustrated articles on “ Concerning Cricket,” “ Hiw Soldiers are Fed,” and “ Railway Employment ” he'p to make up a really fine number, which commences the new volume. While Ward, Lock and Co. maintain so high a standard o f excellence with their favourite monthly, it is only in the natural order ot things that the Australasian circulation should be steadily and surely forging ahead.

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