Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 1906.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3625, 17 March 1906, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 1906.

It is stated that four hundred wild pigs have been destroyed <m a property between Marlborough and the coast, in less than three months.

.Nine parents of children attending the Levin public school were fined in sums aggregating 88s for failing to send children to .school in accordance with the Act.

Mr John Arthur, a Canadian R-orso-breeder, offers to bet T2OO to 4s that no one has ever smm a white foal. White horses, he declares, are at a bluish colour at birth and become white afterwards.

Shipwrecked mariner (to native who is showing friendship by rubbing noses in the usual native way)—“ Look ’ere, X d m’t mind you makia’ me a king or e nperor, but I’m blow’d if I’ll be a bloomin’ pocket hankercher.” Mr Dooley on stamp collecting—“Th’ British Guvraent Issued a mm series Lrst week with a fine study o' th’ NlO Zealand futballers 01 it. Bu they wor’ withdrawn as they found inev couldn’t lick ’em.’’

A spell of excellent harvest -weather has enabled the machines to gat down a largo portion of late crop. Reports from various districts in Canterbury indicate Rat - the yield is abundant, but a good deal of early cut grain in stbok has nr .-rated. Stil 1 , the harvest results arc quite un to the average.

■‘What?” exclaimed a surprised individual at the Christchurch Court recently, when he was ordered to pay 15s 11 wards his wife's support. “ Flow can I )) iy il if I can’t got work ? I was or 'y earning 10s a wo ’k down South Fan!.” “I don’t behove a man who c ones before me and says ho cannot g-u work whoa the Government is'offering employment to hundr.'ds,” replied Mr Day, S.M. Miss Aray Field, the daughter of a well-known settler and dairy farmer at Apiti, recently mTked 40 cows in succession with the aid of a small brother to ba ; ! them un (says an exchange!. Miss Amy Field is 17 years of age, and milked this astonishing number of cows to help her brothers, who were awav getting giass seed. The cows were thoroughly milked, and the time taken considerably under four hours. This is surely a record for a woman. ’ The opium den of Sydney is doomed. The New South Wales Chinese AntiOphira league is at present *l-iking arrangeme Ms to approach Mr Oarnuhers, wi*h a view to iirTi’ng "men him ’’ necessity for introducing legidaUm on the Bamo lines as the law; now in existence in Victoria ind S 11th Ans tralia, for the purpose of effec ivelv stamping out the vice of opium smoking. At present, while the Commonwealth prohibits the importation of opium, there is no law in New South Wales to punish any person for smoking or keeping *n •pium den.

Tiw u»lqu« rw»pon«hility of a hotelkeeper for the goods of his guest was well iliaetrated in the Magistrate’s Court at Stratford last w«ek. From the facts of the case os set forth in the Stratford Post, it appears that a guest staying at a local hotel, hung his hat on a peg placed for the purpose in the hal! of the hotel. Subsequently it waa found that the hat was missing. The guest thereupon sued the hotelkeeper for the value of the hat, and although there was no suggestion that the hotelkeeper was in the slightest degree to blame, or that he was guilty of any negligence, judgment was given for the value of the hat, plus costs. It is almost invariably a mistake (says the Mataura Ensign) to imagine that because a man comes from the countrv he is therefore inordinately unsophisticated. A stolid looking farmer was peering cautiously at the uncanny-look-ing machinery utilised for the purpose of supplying electrical energy to Gore at the Mataura freezing works recently. Expecting that ho would be partially dumb-founded at the unusual spectacle, a bystander asked him casually what he thought of it. “ Well.” he replied with great deliberation, ” I’rn like the Irishman who was going to he hanged, but asked to look over the scaffold first. He did so, and said, “ Well, mates, it’s a mighty neat fixinV’

The Awahou Football Club are called together at Laing’s Hotel next Saturday night. To-morrow evening at the Presbyterian Church Mr Spiers will address the young men and women. The Foxton Borough Council invite tenders for a ranger, • the same to close on Wednesday next at 7 p.m. There is some talk of a holiday being observed on Monday instead of to-day in honour of St. Patrick.

The open five furlongs at Horowhenua to-day fell to Lord Soult. It was a two horse race, and Mr Symons’ pony paid £2 dividend.

News has been received from London of the death of Mr W. Staples, the wellknown boot manufacturer, of Wellington. Mr Staples left- for England in December last to undergo an operation.

A concert and dance was held at Shannon last evening, there being a large attendance. The affair was a great success. Miss Haywood was amongst the vocalists,. find received a wvl 1 merited encore.

Whilst driving to Horowhenua yesterday a horse attached to the gig driving Mr and Mrs Flo wan shied badly, became restive and eventually knocked things about. Mrs HoWan received slight abrasions on hei 1 arid, dm! the vehicle was knocked about somewhat.

A young man named A J. Stockman, one of the Palmerston North Railway goodshed staff, lost his life yesterday. He was dressing thh line) conveying fruit, and was caught betWeeii trucks that were being shunted, and so terribly crushed about the body that he died 20 minutes afterwards.

At the Supreme Court, Palmerston North, yesterday the Chief Justice granted a decree nisi to be iliacle absolute in three months on the petition of William Cameron for dissolution of his marriage with Rachel Ann Cameron. Air R. Moore appeared for the petitioner. Costs according to scale were ordered against the co-respondent. An extraordinary double wedding has taken place at the Church of Ste-Marie-des-Ratignolles, Paris. Two twin brothers married twin sisters, and were at'ended by two twins as best men. The bridegrooms were MM. Alphonse and Gabriel Chanteau, both well-known artists, and so much alike ns to bo constantly mistaken for each other. Tiie brides were Miles. Genevieve and Suzanne Renaiid. also so alike as to be indistinguishable exdspt id the matter of costume; The best men were tvVin cousins of the bridegrooms, MM. Gustave Maurice Freunzer, who likewise are identical in appearance. It was case of doubles all round, but they were sorted out all right at the altar, to their great satisfaction. Mr John Sfev°ns, M.H.R., writes : “ I observe by a paragraph iny air issue of the 16di inst. that you do not k mw whether I wished to east reflection upon the P ixton Borough Council and I take this early opportunitv of assuring you that T had not the slightest intention of doing so, and if it can be nf-rred from wh it t ’'ave said that any reflection was i 'tended, nerhaps it mig t, clear no any doubt if I were to reverse the position md sav that the Tasmanian Parliament conducted it - business noar’y as well as the Foxton Borough Council. Perhaos that might remove the impression that I intended to cast any reflection on our worthy local body. I have never been present during a sitting of the Foxton Borough Council and therefore only assum'd that it did its business in a busiicss like manner and T claim that this is the only inference that-oonld be drawn from mv statement. His Worship fir* Mayor and Councilors, I am pleased t hive the honour of‘calling mv friends, and if at any time it -hoold bo otherwise and I wish to cast redactions upon them as a public body, you may rest assured that it would not he by innuendo, but bv making specific charges, but this I feel sure will never be dole, and in concision,- I desire to express my profound regret that any such inference could have been drawn from my jocular reference to the Council.’