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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3612, 20 January 1906, Page 2

Anxious enquiries have been mad" of late as to whether the Cup dreamer has been about of lale. Web. such a personage did ca'l at our office and inform us of his nightmare. He ad mbs that lie had been indm-'ing rath r freely at the Sh i m of Bacchus 'he oarbcnlar evening p.ior t his slumber being disturbed by the clatter of h-’tsea feet, the use of whip and spur, and the cheering of the multitude. He happens to be partial to Nonette, and may be excus-'d if that nag’s name settled on his brain box. However, he claims to have whnessed an exciting struggle in which a length’s difference only separated about four horses. He was trembling with evmteiiKmt a* the time, for h d be not ha’f-a cr wn invested on ‘he Rang-,tkd Cup winner. So, in hi ; excitement, he dropoed oft into a dozn. Finallv, he w .ke to observe th -,-t No. i’s number was hoisted on top at the judge's box. Of the actual race itself he S‘vv li“le. e v cept the fini h. If Nonette does not win, he will probably die from nerve shook.

Ladies’ Seaside Crash Skirts 3/11 each at the L.M.S, Sale in Speirs’ building.

A final full rehearsal of the Enter tainers will be held at the Hall at 10.30 on Monday morning. W. Terrill left for Mangaweka Shis morning, where he is engaged at sports 011 Monday.

The New Zealand footballers leave England to-day for America. They are expected to sail from ’Frisco on 15th February, and arrive in Auckland the first week in March.

Some plumbers who were called to rectify a stoppage in a water-pipe at a h use in Dixon-street, Wellington, discovered a young trout firmly wedged in the pipe. Mr Joseph Petrie, who unsuccessfully contested the last Greymouth election, was on Thursday presented with a purse of sovereigns by friends and supporters in appreciation of bis plucky fight. The purse contained £4OO. Many Foxton peds and cyclists, nominated for the BulL sports on Monday a- xt, complain of the authorities 11 >i forwarding handicaps for their benefit. As it is, they don’t care much wr.etaer they attend the gathering 0 not.

Mr J. A. Starck is in charge of the limelight effects at race night performances. Mr Mat Walker has kindly lent the necessary chairs, and the piano t ne u-ed is secured from Mr Johnston, Main street. Mr A. F. McMinn, p anist, plays the overtures. Mrs Seymour, who has been eon dn ;;iag art unions with success else where is at present paying Foxton a visit. A limited number of tickets only are i sued for splendid oil paintings, ranging in value from £7 10s to £2 10s. The drawing will be made known about sth or 61 h February, At about 9 o’clock on Wednesday night something resembling a bright star was observed to drop from the heavens and fall to Mother Earth in a south-westerly direction. Its beauty could only be imagined by the observer, as the tail of sparkles which fell fi om the main object was magnificent in sight. Possibly soma of our learned astronomers can explain ?

Mrs Hamer announces in this issu-* the beginning of her summer sale, during which some sweeping reductions will be made, and as a special induce raent any materia! bought will be cut free of charge. This shoo'd be a boon to those who are in the habit of making their own drosses, etc., but are not competent to cut them.

The new British Parliament will include at least one Now Zealander. This is Mr A. Fell, Unionist member for Great Yarmouth. Mr Fell is an old Nelson boy, and is a brother to Dr Fell, of Wellington, and Messrs A. G. Foil (Picton) and C. Y. Fell (Nelson). His election is unique, sines ha is the first native born Maorilander to occupy a seat in the House of Commons.

Yi-iting race-horses have been steadily arriving in Foxtoa by recent trains, and the bn k of those engaged at the meeting should be here by to-day’s trains. There should be some good work tomorrow morning, and (he class of sport '■/ho sleeps on the tree-branch all nigin may be rewarded by observing sora •- thing which can run a mile a minute iu a railway train I The Tramp: “ Please ma'am, could yer gimme er bite to eat?” Th Lady: “ I haven’t a thing in the house to eat.” The Tramp: “Well, I ain t one ik dein kind uv guys wo l ’ll stand ercuncl and see er woman starve, ma’am. Gimme a ’ole basket an’ T’ll bn 'ln eronnd an’ IT T d sum - bin’ Foyer an’ me.” According to the Rfye*’ Plata Bovie-v a freezing company is to be shortly established near Rosario by a group ot North American capitalists. The c >mpunv is to bo called the “ Argentine ■■■•par> d Meat Importing Company,” and its principal object will be to xtrr t meat and canned provisions to the North American market, thereby com ("iring tha B. j ef Trust of that country. The capital n said lo b« five million d i’l its, and local capitalists are to Ih a ked to oontdbute o'a million of this.

TVo gentlemen, who were old enough to know better, made merrv in Teesatreet, Oamani, the other evening, says the North Otago Times. They patronised a Chinaman to the extent o'' two or three packets of crackers, a d then in mischievous mood lit one and threw it back into the shop. The Celestial stood one packet, but when the second was thrown into the shop he appeared at the door half suffocated whh the fumes and half dazed with the noise.

We understand there were some hoi words exchanged at the meeting of Councillors yesterday morning at the Avenue crossing. Cr Shadbolt, who was firm in his opinion at the special meeting on Wednesday evening that th« culvert should be filled, got a certain amount ot fun out of his brother councillors when they decided to over-ride thoir decision not to proceed with the work, by instructing the overseer to get to business with all haste. It would be a pretty medley if the Mein street bridge happened to be totally submerged and the Avenue Culvert closed for traffic. Happily, the Council have looked at this matter in a broad light. and are prepared to run the risk of damage by accident. Bravo 1

The Tbson Family of Musicians certainly deserved a much larger audience than *hev reem- od on Thursday night last at the Public Hall, but possibly the proximity of the races had something to do with the meagre attendance. However, the musicians established themselves firm favourites with their hearers They play any form of instrument with the greatest ease and comfort, which bespeaks much masterly training. Comed ; an turns provided “ took on,” though the success of the ev-ning was undoubtedly the lady vocalist, whose rich voice was heard distinciy in her different items. Kine-. metograpb pictures were thrown upon a screen to effect, and elicited much attention. They talk of paying Foxton a r’ f nm visit shortly, when it is to be hoped they will bo favoured with a better house.

Mrs Haywood wishes the services of a useful man able to mark billiards.

Linstock, who was nominated in the Hack Hurdles a* Foxton, has broken its leg, which prevents its presence. Printed Cotton Deiains i/- for blouse length of 3 yards at the L.M.S. Sale in Speirs’ building,

Two Scotsmen turning a corner came into collision. The shock stunned one of them. He pulled off his hat, and laying his hand on his brow said, “ Sic a blow! My heid’s a ringin’ again!’’ “ Nae wonder,*’ said his companion; “ youd heici was aye empty—that mak’s it ring ; my heid disna ring a bit.” “ How could it ring," said the other, " seein’ it was aye crackit ? ”

Sometimes “ marrying for money ” turns out a bad spec, and is worse than working. An insolvent man in a distant court, says the Dunstan Times, remarked that since he had married his wife’s income had averaged £IBOO a year, and they had been in a slate of chronic impecuniosity all the time. When he wanted a “ few bob,” he told the judge, ha had to steal something oit of the house, and pawn it. He explained that it cost quite a deal to keep seven men and women servant*, and a half dozen children ran away with a few shillings. In fact, he wished he could start life again as a 50s cle k. A lot of 50s clerks wonld be willing 10 exchange their happiness for a chronic poverty of £IBOO per annum.

A peculiar case cropped up at the Dunedin Police Court, when Edgar Gustave March, with many aliases and a bad record was charged with stealing a quantity of clothing and slippers in which were two JGIO notes. The notes were secreted under the heel# of the shoes and the thief did not know they were there. The question was whether he had stolon thorn or not. Mr Riddell, the magistrate, held that there must he intention to deprive aud amen led the information by striking out the reference to the notes. The police contention was that the information should stand and the point be left for the decision,of the Supreme Court. In view of the Magistrate’s ruling, accused elected to be dealt with summarily and received 4 months’ imprisonment.

The Culvert Again! This culvert t- ouble could not have happened at a worse time. On Thursday evening the Main street bridge support began to break away in real earnest, with the result that a blockade had to be erected round the centre. The structure must be an eyesore to Councillors at the present time, as so many visitors are flying about. Still, it cannot be remedied for the time being. Eventually it will mean that a now concrete culvert will have to be erected ! After the mistake connected with the Avenue crossing, through which the Borough workmen inadvertently partly filled in the dip in in the road, councillors began to wonder whether it would not stand the strainThey mot yesterday morning, and decided to cast aside their resolution of Wednesday night’s meeting “ that the works be not started till Feb. Ist,” and thought it advisable to proceed with the work. The workmen were at once put m the job, and traffic should be restored this evening. Bravo I

An amusing little comedietta was played on the well-trodden boards of 'he Dunedin Police Court on Frida;/, savs the “ Star.” A drunk ’’ who was on bail had been called upon, and a constable had gone out into ti e passage to call his name. There was * fairly long wait—“ Drunk " missed bis cue rather badly. Presently t sergeant was sent out to find the mi i;g ones. Both sergeant and constable returned presently, piloting m eld vl■. respectable-looking man, who looked and obviously felt a good deal out of his element. After some amount of iaering on the part of the burly sergeant, the eldedv geotlemm was sol i-ito position, and the chaige was read to him. “Oh,” said he, mightily reieved, “that’s not me; my name’s Walker.” Sergeant and co 'stable had ‘tailed an innoc nt spectator into tinJustice hall. The laugh was on them It mav n-'t be generally known th o w ■ have in Ans'rdia a bird —the cuckoo —whose curious habits have nuzzl ■’ successive generations of naturalists ■or 2000 years. Yet such is the case, a'd atdo of voting wondla’ ders wl; have studied the mys cions w-iys of he cuckoo for sane vears past have ollected a wo 1 tle-fnl amount of iuterfiating information and valuable ihotog> aphs. This in itter is the subject of one of a series of nature stndv a r ticles in the January number o “ The New Idea,” just to hand, and provides five pages ■■■{ fascinating reading. It appears that the cuck m never builds a nest. She has no h 'me o her own, but deposits her egg on tin doorstep—or, rather, in the best be 1>com —of some other bird. When the young cuckoo is hatched, along with he rightful brood of the nest, its first <ct, although its eyes are not yet open is to forcibly ejectits foster brethern, and remain in sole possession. And one of the photographs in “ The New Idea ” represents a voting cuckoo i the act of committing tins murder. It is a wonderful picture, the only o ne of its kind ever taken, and has been isked for by the British Museum. The editor is to be congratulated on having securer! the services of so gift, d a group of writers, who rival so expert a nature-exponent as Donald Macdonald. But there are other Australian pons engaged in this issue of “ The New Idea,” which is thoroughly Australasian in character. Mrs Gif more, for instance, begins a number of sketches of bush-life, which promise to be as valuable in effect as they aro delightful to read. Then some eight pages are devoted to original love-stories by readers. Miss H. P. Sergeant writes with feeling and colour a description of how the Oriental trader fibs his pack. “ Lome Argyll ” contributes a fullyillustrated article on fancy work, a fashion expert gives the latest modes, arid tells readers what to wear and hew to wear it. In addition, there is a great deal of information collected from all sources by the editor, who ‘ouches a hundred topics, and supplies a bettor magazine than any of the imported journals at twice the price*