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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3599, 18 November 1905, Page 2

King Edward and Queen Alexandra attended the Kaiser’s silver wedding celebrations.

A bomb at Pera exploded ss Pehrni Pasha, chief secretary of Police, was passing in his carriage. Three Armenians were arrested.

During the illuminations at Bombay in honor of the Prince and Princess of Wales’ visit, the main building of the Central India Railway office* were burned.

At Christchurch, before Mr Justice Denniston, Matthew Barnett appealed against the decision of the Christchurch Stipendiary Magistrate fining him £0 for having tresspassed on the Riocarton racecourse in last April, His Honor dismissed the appeal with £7 7a costs. Mr Seddon’s dog was part of the stage furnishing at his Wellington meeting. “ What have you got that for ?” asked someone. “Is that one of your dumb followers ?” “ No,” stoutly rejoined the Premier, “ I keep him to keep rats away, like you-”

Thus the Triad to a contributor of verso: “ You’re no poet. Our printer’s devil could do better * pomes ’ with a discarded inkroller.” To this the aspirant replies “ Never mind. Print my poem (or ‘ pome ’ as you call it) and charge your usual advertising rates.”

Some of the “ occupations ” outlined on the electoral roll are distinctly amusing. “Farmeress,” “lady of the house,” “ oxen-oondnctor,” “ goldseeker,” “home missionary,” **master mariner," are somewhat noteworthy. “ Male ” must bo considered descriptive, if abrupt. The Weber correspondent of the Dannevirke Press records an act ot famimine fortitude. A lady resident in the back country suffered dire pangs from an aching tooth, so she rode into Weber to pay a visit to Mr Chick, dentist. On her arrival at the township she found Mr Chick had left for Dannevirke, but nothing daunted,’she set out after him and before long overtook him and had the tooth removed by the roadside.

Picnickers have been visiting the Manawatu beach in large numbers lately.

On Thursday evening the Queen of the South sailed with a load of stock for Greymouth. The Paris newspaper Le Matin describes the French Army as a horde of 400,000 men almost breadless and without clothes.

On Wednesday last there was an unusual catch of whitebait in the Manawatu fiver* and, as a result, the hearts of fishermen generally were made glad.

Acceptances close at 8.30 , o'clock tonight for ah handicaps, and entries for the Maiden Plate arid Scurry Race, at the Peildiilg Jodkey Club’s meeting. At a meeting of the tteslfy td All Saints Church on Monday evening it was decided to obtain the organ for the church at once, and the order went Home by the last Frisco mail. The takings, at the Christchurch A. and P. Show last week amounted to £108:, against £I4BO list yedfj The decrease was due to the wet Wedchfif' experienced. The erection of the hew brick building off 4I(U df the redCrit fire should considerably enhance the appetirainde of Main street The now school-house is being pushed on. At the Perth Presbyterian General Assembly, the Moderator (the Rev, Mr Brewster) attacked *' the heathenish, selfish cry of a Whit? Australia.” No man, he a Christian and look down on his oladli brethren; if a man thinks less of his coloured brother lie became disloyal to the Cross of dhristi

After the jury had returned ft'dm the scene of the flax fire the Supreme Court resumed its hearing of the case, W. Coombs v, W. Akers, claim £ 1760 xos, The Courf was occupied until close upoti nifid pvloak and then the jury retired, the Cpuft iltktepting an eleven-twelfths verdict. Jildgmffilt Wtts found for plaintiff tor £736 ns and costs.—Stand itfdi

An enthusiastic arid fepfSsentatlyS meeting at Ross on Thursday tiiipfi , decided to wire 10 the Premier urging hint to establish a State gold mine on Ross flat, which is owned by the Government and lying idle for exploitation by capitalists. The meeting considered the Government should develop this rich flat by putting up pumping and hauling plant. The New Zealand footballers play their first International game to-day against Scotland. There are those amongst us in this colony who imagine our lads will suffer defeat, but we contend that the combination gained by the wearers of the silver tern leaf will prove a startler for the burly Scots. Rverything is in favour of the Colonials, and hence another victory should be added to their already long list ot successes. The result will be awaited anxiously. At a political meeting at Dunedin recently, Mr Bedford, in reply to a query as to whether the parliamentary honorarium was, or was not, too high, said: “ I know a number of married men in the House who have difficulty in making both ends meet. They have to keep two homes going, and it is difficult to get any sort of lodgings in Wellington under 30s a week. Then every three years £6O or £7O has to be expended on elections, and I know that when I have to take the Garrison Hall, which is once a year, it costs me £10.” Mr Bedford added that there were a large number of men in the House who lost money by attending to their parliamentary duties at the expense of their private business.

Friday week, December ist, is the date fixed for the visit to Shannon by the Foxton Concert Party. We understand it is Mr Gingell’s intention to run a special coach to the performance, leaving Foxton about six o’clock in the evening. Rongotea will be visited on Thursday, December 7th. A large number; of Foxtcnians intend ■journeying to the Shannon perform ance. Certainly the performance is an exceptionally good one all round, while the Andrews Brothers are patter comedians everybody should go and hear.

At the present time there are no unemployed in Southland. The demand for agricultural labourers, especially ploughmen and teamsters, is particularly good. The flaxmilling industry is again i» full swing, but employment is not found for so .many hands this year. The “Daily News ” understands that an attempt was made to reduce the wages at a Southland flaxmill recently, and that, in consequence, the men left in a body. Since tne beginning of the month the local inspector of factories has sent twenty-four men—including several from Australia and one from England —to work on the Waimahaka railway extension, which is being undertaken on the co-operajiive system. Among the civil cases at the Blenheim Supreme Court, was a libel action, Geo ge Edwards v. S. J. Furness, proprietor of the Marlborough Express, claim for £IOOO. In bis address to the grand jury, Judge Cooper explained for public information the amendments made last session m the law relating to slander, also that in regard to prosecution for offences on girls. He further referred to the powers given to judges to clear the Courts where the evidence bears on immoral circumstances. He paid a tribute to the press of New Zealand in respect to the non-publication of evidence of this character.

Speaking at Stewart Island Sir J. Ward said the Government had advised the High Commissioner that it declined to be a party to the pooling of receipts or the entering into contracts with the Eastern Cable Company. It would be a gross breach of faith with the people, and rather than agree to it he would prefer not to see a State-owned Pacific cable at all. It would be infinitely better for the State interested to purchase the Eastern Cable Companies’ lines. It would be H' gross breach of faith for the Pacific Cable Company to ally itself with any company to defeat the objects the Governments had in view when the cable was established.

A proposal H 8" “ 00tea in 1 “ b0 .“. t oirclis to approach too u: v0 ”‘T b ft view to having Labour Day , a date in February, when wore b«.. weather can be obtained upon than in , October. Raw consultations are not barred in Fiji. In tt "Fiji Times”- just to hand the local Jockey Club advertises a sweep on the' Melbourne Cup, in which the holder of the winning horse was to get 60 per cent., the' second 15 per cent., the third 5 per cent, tod the remaining starters 20 per cent. At a Poplar inquest a doctor stated that the deceased died from hemorrhdge from the “ pons varoli.” A juror said he didn't .think it was a drowning case. Tho Coroner ; Neither it is. The juror : What ahoUtfbepond then ? The Coroner: Oh, you mean the’ n pops varoli.” That is an artery Idaflihg into the brain, and it was ruptured and datlsed hemorrhage. The juror: Tharik Jtotf, J uojJeWtarid now. “ Incorporeal, hereditafll#’?# ehoses in action, easements, ingrosS, appurtenant.” These are some of tho “bon rnfote ” of the Property Law Consolidali in Bill, ddel reading them over M' Hogg did ndt Wonder, so he told the house, that so many Idwycra go astray. He was sorry indeed that the legal fraternity should have to make use of such teriris with a view to mystifying their clients. “ Let US have words, we can understand,” he urged. p * Plain English is good enough for us.” At the sittings of the annual congress of the Victorian Council of the Churches in Melbourne, Tattersall’s sweeps were Strongly attacked. It was stated that the total amount received by Tattersall’s for tickets in the 1904 was £565,852, and out of this sum the Tasmanian Government received £34,140. During the riext three months of the racing carnival it was estimated that Tatiersall would be sent £193,758. Out of this sura the Tasmanian Government would receive £14,687 10s, about l-25tn of its total income. The congress unanimously agreed to make representations to the Federal and State Governments with a view to minimising the gambling evil as exemplified in Tattersall's sweeps, art unions, lotteries, and racing, khdrle's Howard, a sturdy little barelegged, tari-haired boy ot seven, who resides at LitrlchoUse, was lately the hero of the East End of London He was sitting on the steps of Ratcliff Stairs, Duke’s Street, eating an apple, when he was suddenly roused by louu screams of terror. Rushing to the edge of the water, he saw 3 R' rl ot *3 struggling for life. She haJ S°. ne down, and was sinking already agaJ 1, The braVO little lad without hesitation jumped into the Water, which at this spot is about io feet dedp, and safely brought the girl to the edge of the stairs. A crowd had meanwhile collected, and the,rescuer and rescued were loudly cheered and carried to their homes on the shoulders of the men. The mother of the girl took th litile fellow iu her arms, and, sobbing in her gratitude, kissing him for saving her child. When seen by a newspaper representative and congratulated on his gal'ant conduct, the little fellow replied :—“ I couldn't see her drown, could I ? ” AN HONORABLE DISTINTION ! The Western Medical Bemeu), a medical publication of the highest standing, 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’ate'y reliable but it has a pronounced and ind : sputab!e superiority over all other preparations of eucalyptus,” Your heakh is too precious to be tampered with, therefore reject a' products foisted upon you by unscrupulous mercenaries and insist upon getting SANDER AND SONS’ PURE VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EXTRACT, pre paration recommended by your physician and the medical press. Used as. month wash regular'y 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. Catanvh ot nose and throat is quickly cured by gargling wiih same. In-tantanenus relief produced in colds, influenza, diptheria, bronchitis, inflammation ofthe lungs and oonsnmp tion, by putting eight 'drips of SANDER AND SONS’ PURE VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EXTRACT into a oupfu ! of boiling water and inhaling the arising steam, Diarrhoea, dysentry, .rheumatism, diseases ot the -adneys and urinary organs, quickly cured ny taking 6 to 15 drops internally 3 t > 5 times daily. Wounds, ulcers, sprains and skin diseases it heals without flam mation when nainted on.