Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1905.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 3561, 17 August 1905, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1905.

There was an eclipse of the moon on Tuesday iaw. To-morrow marks the anniversary of (be wreck of the steamer Taranaki in c'WS. Shannon proposes to ask the Government h>r ;i sdc lor a Mechanics’ institute and Public Library. Mr M. Voss, of Karore, is said to have obtained vs per lb all through lor his wool at the last English sales. *

Tuesday was the anniversary oi the entry of the a'beci troops into Pekin and the relief of live Foreign Legations in rgoo.

Mr Starch (photographer) lias arranged to take a .flashlight photograph of the " Sunbeam Coon Partv " at on carle dote.

Sheep-worrying Ivy dogs around Carterton is leading to an agitation among flock-owners to resort to lynch law fitr canine application. It is reported that a man has developed small-pox symptoms at Levin, Tile valient has been isolated. ' ' * The July export of New Zealand hemp amounted to 2055 tons, valued at ,/fry,oo?. For the four months, April to Inly, the figures were 9751 and /Ag 0,016. .Mr W. Kbbctt, who lias for some years had a rope and twine “walk” at Ormnakg is, the local paper states, shFling his plant to Foxton.

A haystack at Cnmloden, Wairarapa, took fire the” other day. The hay had been stacked dam]'), and spontaneous combustion resulted. Members of the I'oxton Rifle Club are rem inded of the meeting to be held this evening at Laing’s Hotel to consider trophy competition matters. The New Zealand, boys enrolled for naval service so far have, the officer in charge states, with one or two exceptions given everv satisfaction.

Figures grow apace. A northern paper states that r.n agitation is afoot to get the Government to spend ,£200.000 in constructing a side line of railway between Levin and Great if ml! At Masterton a da - or two ago a Chinaman was fowl 10s lor supplying cigarettes to a boy under 13 vwirs ol age. On a charge of smoking the bay was convicted and discharged.

The members of a Grange religions sect known as the “ Holv Rollers” are building - a gigantic ark to save them when„the .Second Flood comes, which event their leader “ Prophet” benjamin foretells will happen in r 9 f 6. “ Local hits,” as struck by some performers at a school concert up Taihape way, resulted in the feminine portion of the audience promptly leaving the hall. The show then came to an end.

A team of boys went from a township “off the line” to play football at a town on l ive railway. Many ol than had not left their “ ain firesides ” before for such a

distance, and live train was a source ol nmoh wonderment 1o them, live locomotive being described “as differing in many way- from the dairy factory engines ! ”

In the House on Wednesday afternoon the “ voucher incident ” again cropped up, Mr Fisher presenting a, petition from Messrs Willis, Larcomb, and West, of the Post Office staff in Chi i vtcliurcli, praying that the inquiry now being conducted by Mr Warburton should be onen to the vress. Mr' Seddon presented a counter-petition from Captain ■ Seddon, The petitions were received.

The schedule for the ■ twentielh agricultural show and industrial exhibition of the Manawatn and West Coast A. muLP. Association is to hand, and comprises a book of some sixty pages. The total number of classes is 69 r, and prizes offered amount tog /jhso. In addition to this is offered in cash,prizes by the Manawaln Kennel Club, whose fixture is held in conjunction with tbtkshow. Many additional and valuable inducements are offered by tlfo association to exhibitors, which will doubtless draw one of the largest gatherings in the history of the society. The show takes place on the\ vst, and and 3rd November, and p.vi/c lists will'be forwarded post frea on application to the secretary.

The Mon. left Grey month for I'oxton at 9.30 this morning. In reply to Mr Vile, the Postmaster-General .states" that the question of prov iding for the erection of a post office at jßongotea will be considered when the public works estimates are deaC with. i In connection with the lire which occurred last week Mr Kugland informs us that the State Kire Insurance Department, in which office his effects were insured, has niade a prompt and liberal settlement of his claims on account of loss and damage to furniture, etc.

The New LlficrM Party addressed an audience oi poco persons at the Town Hall, Wei- i lingual, «n Monday evening. Nothing new was 'touched upon/ the addresses being on the lines of those conducted in the South, but the speakers bad a good reception. Hoboken’s previous herg ex ~ perieiice occurred oil ] tiite Will, igdci; when Warehouses and piers were burned and live Ocean, liners destroyed or damaged. Passengers leaped overboard and crews were caught like rats in a trap, and it was estimated that 200 livewere lost, while the damage to docks, vessels and merchandise was stated at ten million dollars. The Lyceum Clnbj, London, is taking active steps-to promote the interests of colonial authors and composers, and has ■ decided to invite contributions, from which selected stories, sketches, etc., will be published. Jannary.jist, 1906, 1 will be thedast day for'sending ,-in contributions, all particulars concerning which may lie obtained from Miss Constance Smedley. Lyceum Club, 12S, Piccadilly, London.

There is a woman in Taihape who claims to have cured a Maori —a former resident ofMoawhango —of cancer. The woman herself has been attacked with this malignant disease, and recently had an operation performed on her at Wellington. Failing to obtain relief, she is applying her own remedies, and her husband assures ns that she is making capital progress. If her discovery should prove successful, she will find a wider and more profitable field than Taihape for the exercise of her valuable remedies. —Taihape News.

Chatting with a reporter, a man said he had ' once been taken moribund, with a paralvth* stroke, to a hospital in the South. “ I was put to bed,” he remarked, “and the last thing 1 remember was one of tire nurses saving,

‘ Poor fellow, it’s all up with him.’ Next morning I recovered consciousness, and though I was still dazed, I saw a spiritual adviser standing over me. ‘ls your soul prepared to leave this earth ? ’ he asked. ‘ Yes, I answered, absentmindedly, ‘ Let her go, Gallaln ger. I am afraid I paralysed him.” —Lvttelton Times.

The Stratford correspondent of the Taranaki “Herald” writes: “ The season for dairy companies’ annual meetings has set in with its usual severity. Midhirst and Stratford got their jamborees off yesterday. Midhirst’s was a tame function, but Stratford’s was well up to the high (kicking) standard of former years. Some people deplore the tendency of our. annual social to make good copy for the papers, but after all is said and done, no - bones jreonire setting. Indeed these gatherings may be likened to an annual ‘flushing of the sewers, wherebv masses of hidden nastiness that have festered and corrupted for months beneath the surface are swept into open dav on the strong current of public discussion, and are rendered harmless.”

Replying to Mr Field as to whether thfi Government has any in'ention. at an early date, of acquiring the Wellington-Manawatn railway, the, Minister for Railways rrpbpd that the matter of the acquisition of the Alanawat.u railways depends upon the price asked hv its owners. The Govr-rtimem h any ease must, in the mu oral interest-’ of the cclouv. take «teps to provide for the whole of the traffic north of Palmerston coming over ita own lines It R ohvimrdv essential that this should he keni; in view, pooinrr the approach of the early ■ completion of the North dslaud Main Trunk railway