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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3589, 24 October 1905, Page 2

In another column a reward of £2 is offered for certain information.

Val Vousden, the Irish society entertainer, is to appear at Foxton Public Hall on Tuesday next, Oct. 31st. Parliament is likely foend its session this present week, after which things in connection with the general election will begin to rouse electors to a state of enthusiasm.

The nominations for the Athletic Sports on the gth exceed estimations. Over 300 are expected, a targe increase on last year. The full list will be published on Thursday. The committee meet at Gray’s Hotel to-mght. A splendid choral service took place in the Abbey on the occasion of Sir Henry Irving’s funeral. Enormous crowds with trumpets and drums joined in Sir Alexander McKenzie’s march, written when Sir Henry produced “ Coriolanus.”

A serious accident took place at Dargaville, in the Tutamoi bush, a log falling on Peter Coburn. He was injured internally. Twenty-two men took five hours to carry him to the railway. In many olaces the bearer* were waist deep in mud and slush. There is plenty of variety for Fox tonians to morrow, viz., official Queuing of the cricket season at Victoria Park; the opening of the tennis season at the local court; a visit to Rongotea by the English Church choir (where they assist at the Parish Festival); and the “ Sunbeam Party’s ” trip to Shannon, where an entertainment is given in the evening. The Railway Department inserts an advertisement to-day notifying visitors that holiday excursion tickets will be issued in connection with the Manawatu and Canterbury Shows, also in connection with King’s Birthday holidays. We would advise excursionists to peruse the advertisement carefully.

Mr J. Better, secretary of the Shannon Band, writes to say that a committee of Bandsmen have been appointed to make necessary arrangements in connection with the “ Sunbeam ’’ visit, which pj-omises to be a great success. It has been finally decided to hold a dance at the conclusion of the concert.

The air of sociability is not totally extinct in the rising generation. Said on good authority that a young girl attending a school not more, than 1000 miles from Foxton, who had been almost shunned by the other members of her class, found at least one girl friend the other day. who rose to her feet, and. taking the rejected one’s part, addressing the master, “ did not think it right th it their sifter friend should be shunned.’’ If those outspoken remarks have not made their author the heroine of the school they certainly ought to, as class distinction should at all events be missing in our public schools. We are all flesh and blood after all, and must applaud goodness of heart!

New York’s latest is to have a hotel 46 storeys high; A young woman of 17, whose husband is aged xgj, has been delivered of five children at one birth In Texas. A de.at and dumb man, who was charged jit the police court with clrUrikenflesfi fit Dunedin the other day, had £235 in hi's possession mien arrested.

It is reported in Paris that a motor car is being built at Sureness which will travel at 125 miles an hour. Fciweffiil medicines; loud noises and violent ,Shfil{iilgg have sill failed to Wake JdM Mddfe; Who has tio'w been asleep for 101 days fit thfi Waferbdry (United States) Lunatic Asylum. Two huge petitions have been presented to’the Swiss Government praying . them to, prohibit the sale of fih?ihthtr; -Which t has led to many violent crimes in the cdiihffy of late.-

Owing to the refusal of the King's medal to the Cape Mounted Police, who served in the Boer war from start to finish, there is much ill-feeling expressed in Capetown ' against the War Office.-

Before tlici l iotis'd jfffte, cm Saturday morning, Sir Joseph Ward, replying t 9 a question asked by the leader of the Opposition, said the promised increase in wages of the lower-grade men in the railway service would appear on the Sdppleuierikry Estimates. Special trains Will leafs-Ffhfton for PfilnierStdri Show oW Friday week,- Ndf. 3rd, at 8.1(5 fi.iti. field 9 a-in.,-, returning trom Palmerston North at P'Hsj.iH. find 7 p.m. As this is People’s Dfij', tile excursion train accommodation will be fully faxud, shil . DVrl}-PsbJiqTrpseeutor has discovered that liaVid KblnsfiPlldy ,wbd was convicted of wrecking the Feuafm National Bank, has £28,000 invested in a.pawhbroking business which he directs frcii? hfs prispncell, and from which he draws 50 per C ini year in profits. A miraculos draw of fishes ha c fetsi been made at Looe, Cornwall. The quantity was so great that it was impossible to draw the net up on the beach fis U3ujil; and the net was secured until the fall of the' tide.- , Tt was then found that 60, h0d from 12 to I 4 tons, ixfitt htfeh -ttifod/ ‘

The Free Lance says“ Eltham’ tends to grovel at the feet of Andrew Carnegie for cash to erect a library v*hich shall always remind them that they are Beggars. Evidently they Haven't got grit eiicnjg'f te erect one themselves. And so say all eft rsl

The Pfeihiet.sdya the pfublic ihay rdly on the ShtiVo Land Bill gob* through,and that under its provisldris Wangilmii will have the finest opportunity eff settling native lands ever offered by Parliament, and that in the interests of both races.

President Rooseveldt, speaking at Florida, silid Work dd the Panama Canal was sufficiently advanced td dilahle hurl to announce that it would > certainly od accomplished probably sit leas expense than was anticipated. The United States ought to police the Canal and district.

Herr Kubelik has covered himself with soot and glory by acting as stoker on the engine of an express train hired to convey his concert party over a 60 miles journey in Wales. He shovelled coal in his shirt sleeves and mopped the per* spiration off his face with tow, and found the whole experience interesting, In his own more effusive style he describes it as “ magnicent, enchanting, thrilling.” Mr H. A* Campbell, the Labour candidate for Egmont, told an audience the other night that having no means beyond the little money he had saved when working on the Mount Egmont railway line, he would have to tramp through the Electorate, and would carry his swag through to the King, country. He starts north on Monday next. —Waitara Mail.

A iVaikato farmer the other day witnessed an exciting encounter between a weasel and a wild cat. The little creature sprang on to its adversary’s back and gripped him by the head. T an, however, was equal to the occasion, and wrenched the weasel off with his claws. The weasel then turned his attention to the cat’s throat, but puss quickly solved the problem by bringing his back feet into play, almost completely disombowling the plucky little warrior, leaving him dead on the field of feline glory.

The remarkable case of a man whose eyes drop out has been brought to the notice of the Berlin Medical Association; The patient, who had unusually prominent eyes, is a man of fifty-six years. Waking up suddenly one night with excruciating pain, he found his left eye lying on the pillow, but with the aid of his relatives was able to put it back again, the sight not being in any way affected. If the patient leans forward the eye will also fall out, so that the unfortunate man is in a constant state of terror. Sometimes it is the left and sometimes the right eyeball which falls out.

In the House, Mr Davey asked the Premier whether he had read the report of a meeting of the North Canterbury Charitable Aid Board, where it was alleged that two young Catholic girls had been wrongfully treated by the matron. Mr Seddon said he had read the report, and there seemed to be good ground for enquiry. In the interests of all concerned the Government would take steps to see that an enquiry was held.

An unrehearsed drama in three acts happened in Main street on Saturday last Act x : Gent, heedless of the approach of passers-by, alights from a party of friends and attempts to cross the footpath. Lady is walking hurriedly along in close proximity to the collection of manhood. Act 2: A dish is heard, gent’s and ladv’s faces having unexpectedly come in contact with 0 ie another. Act 3 : Gent retires to his friends, with an expression on his countenance that bespoke an. un ufterable d n, while the lady went on her way little the worse for her experience. It may he mentioned that the mishap came such a shock to the parties concerned that “ Beg Pardons ” were out of the question altogether, both being spell-bound for the moment.

The Foxton Chamber of Commerce 1 having requested Mr Vue, by > wire to obtain before the close of the session, a statement from the Government of the finances of the Foxton wharf for 12 months. Mr Vile replied to-day that he would do his best to obtain it, but that the Government complained of the difficulty in supplying an account owing to the fire at the Foxton statioii having destroyed the records. Three o' ffic' Members of. the Permanent Artillery v/tid were' injured by the explosion at Fort Balkticte' on NoVetSher 2nd last—Corporal PetersaU, Gunners O’Neill and Fordyce—are being retained in the Permanent Artillery till next January, when they are to be brought Up for a Second, medical examination to see if fit to remain In the service; the other two SUnes find Sweeney—are to be okcharged, and any claim they may have for consideration will be dealt withby the Government. .

At M meeting of the Feilding Borough Council Ofi 'FhUrsduy evening, it was decided to take steps fd appoint » resident engineer at a salary of JBfIOO per annum to take charge of all sewerage Water supply and surface drainage work, and a committee consisting of the Mayor, Qrs Chamberlain, West, and the mover was appointed to consult Mr Jickell subject to permission from his Council, the Engineer of the Palmerston North Borough, as to a suitable appointment.' At Wellington on Thursday a young woman, at her lodgings, took the contdiits of a small bottle of poison, the ill effects d( which were checked by an 6'meticf administered to her by a neighbrfrfrV On Friday morning the girl, who is only' eighteen years of age, appeared before Dr A. M'Arthur,, S.M., charged with having attempted to commit sui- «{&, jSub-Inspector O’Donovan exmuS. that she WaS l[v }?s apart from her* ilk WumuP advi9e J £ er to look at tils' .Side P» i lfo > entered a conviction ahd oKbMrged her.

People who have any intention df having New Zealand tor South Africa shorft? hesitate. A storekeeper of Port Alfred, &odfb Africa, writing to the Tourist Departmfdtff fo Wellington says that, from what he’ fM9 beard from friends in New Zealand «nd through the agency of the Department, fiC has no hesitation in deciding that |sfe'W Zealand is the best country to live In’, Slid, a§ goon as he is able to sell his hnsiritfe£ fef intends to make for this country.

At Nelson on Saturday his Excellency the Governor laid the foundation stone <st the new college, to replace the building destroyed by fire on December 7th last. A silver trowel and a silvercounted mallet, all locally made of New Zealand products, and engraved with Lord Fludket’s Coat of arms and crest, were presented to His Excellency by the contractors, Robertson Bros., Ltd. The new college will cost £25,000, with £9OO for levelling a recreation field, subscribed by , old boyfe. The new Wilding will be a replica of the former one. The design reproduces the distinctive features of the old school, but with modern equipments and improved appliances added. It is a quadrangular structure of two stories, the upper story for dormitories add residential uses, the lower for twelve large class-rooms, dining-room, principal’s study, and re-ception-room, etc, New features are an assembly hall 7S!t X 40ft, on the site of the old gymnasium at ttn» ® M . the main structure, and three ol63s> ooms attached to the north of this hall. AN HONORABLE DISTINTION ! The Western Medical Review, a medical publication of the highest standing, says in a recent issue:—“Thousands of physicians in this and other countries have a'tes'ed that SANDER AND. SONS EUC ALYPTI EXTRACT is not only abso’utoly reliable but it has a pronounced and inthsputab'e superiority over all other preparations of eucalyptus.” Your heal h is too precious to be ampered with, therefore reject ah .products foisted upon you by unscrupulous met'cenmoa and insist upon getting SANDER AND SONS’ PURE VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EXTRACT, the only pre paration recommended by your physician 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 a infectious fevers, such as typhoid, malaria, etc, Catarrah of nose and throat is quickly cured by gargling wi'h same. Instantaneous relief produced in colds, influenza, diptheria, bronchitis, inflammation of the lungs and consump tion, by putting eight drops of SANDER AND SONS’ PURE VOLATILE EUOA LYPTI EXTR\CT into a cupfu of boiling water and inhaling the arising steam, Diarrhcea, dtsentry, rheumatism, diseases of the -.idneys and urinary organs, quickly enrol oy taking 6 to 15 drops internally 3 t > 5 times daily. Wounds, ulcers, sprains and skin diseases it heals without flam mation when oainted on.