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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3628, 24 March 1906, Page 2

In our report of the school opening last week, vve omitted to state that donations of oranges were forwarded by Mrs Haywood and lollies by Mrs Laing.

Mr A. Haach gives notice to-day that a brindle pup with a white face is in his possession, and if the same is not claimed withiu three days it will be sold to defray expenses.

We understand Mr A. Shadbolt has made necessary arrangements to take over the Manawatu Hotel from Mr J. T. Levett on or before the Ist of May. The popular “ Shaddy ” should . get a fair share of trade.

Whilst in Palmerston North on Thursday last, the Mayor (B. G. Gower Esq.) was shown the new light invented by Mr -Jack, plumber. Cr Shadbolt was also present, and both speak highly of the quality of the light. We understand Mr -Tack already has thousands of pounds worth of orders awaiting the decision of the underwriters to give their consent to Mr Jack the necessary authority to,dispose of the light. Tue underwriters meet shortly.

The Awahbu Football Club holds its annual meeting at Laing's Hotel to-night.

The Borough Clerk gives notice today that Mr Haach has been appointed ranger.

Messrs Stiles arid, Co. made a displ iy ot millinery and ladies headgear which was greatly admired.

We are unable to find out the successful tenderer for the Bank building, though-it is rumoured that Mr Arthur Jonson is the accepted one. It is interesting to learn that the “ All Blacks ” team have thickened and broadened and have all gained in weight during the tour. It was, Deans explained, due to the hard work and,the resultant ability to eat well. Newton is now 16st filb, and many of the men have gained a stone in weight. A naan named James Mills, who was arrested at Ngarnawahi Auckland, on Saturday, on the charge of the thelt of a watch, was found dead in the police cells there the following morning with Ivs throat cut. An -thor prisoner in the same cell savs he knew nothing of the tragedy until he awoke in the morning and found Mills dead.

Raiana to Kauru, aXJrow. ra native, gave a representative of the Hawke's Bay Herald on Saturday a description of his first experience of a motor car. Ho said; “ I see a motor car on Saturday, first time. I never see one before. My cousin, Kurupo Tarelia, he give me a ride from Waiohiki to Napier. 1 get on the motor-car. She puff, then jump, then fly. I hold my breath once wo go fast, then I say, “ Kapai fce motor-car!” Then she pleased I say that, and she go faster, very fast, and I feel cold on my face. 1 take one more good breath, then I look round, and the motor-car, she is in Napier. Bairnsdalc (Victoria) was ovT-run with frogs on Saturday, the 10l.1i hist. They swarmed on the roads and footpaths, and made their way into shops and houses in myriads, defying all efforts to dislodge them. Many people tried sweeping them out, hut the ItouscS were no sooner cleared than a fresh ineasion t >ok place. The frogs showed theins-ives export climbers on windowcurtains and bed-hangings. It was impossible to walk along the footpaths in some places without stepping on frogs, th usa ids of winch were killed by the traffic. This is the second invasion of the kind that has occurred there within a fortnight.

Tlie President of the Auckland Acclimatisation Society, commenting on t.ho Premier’s proposal to allow the Maoris to fish without licenses in the lakes and streams of the Rotorua district, says it would be a sorrv time for the trou' fisheries if they were granted such privileges. He was not unmindful that the angler had a good deal (o hank the native for in (he sin/ e »of permission to walk over private land; while fishing without being haited as a tresspas-er, but it would absolutely mean ruination to this sport if the Maoris were to be allowed to fish for trout simply on the certificate of his brown skin.

Mr Meares, an English Alpine climber, arrived at Waiouru the other evening after a successful aac-mt of lluanohu. "The party consisting of Mr Meaves, Mr H. P. Norton, Captain Rvan (of the Lake T-iupo steamer). Guide Warbriok (from Rotorua), and some Maoris, started from tlm northern side of the mou tain. They hid beautiful weather for the ascent, and spent two full days on the mountain They found one of the lakes on the summit showing what they regarded at unmntakcable signs of a recent eruption. Tliis corroborates to some extent state men s made by persons residing a' Mamoonui and elsewhere tint there was a considerable eruption of Ruapehu at the end of January.

It is commonly known that a bed of lignite of superior quality lies u idcr Wyndham township. A scam of it was exploited for some years to the profit of 1 the vend w and the convenience of householders; but at length the supply of marketable fuel ran out, ami efforts to ip-t on the track of another part, of it worth opening up proved of no avail. I'ut now there is reason for believing ihat Mr Samuel Clarke has struck a profitable seam in a paddock (known as “Muir’s”) within a third of a mile of the centre of the township. Shafts that :m sunk tapped coal at a depth of Bft or so, and the deposit has been bored to a d-*pth of nearly 6ft without “ bottoming.” It is evidently a good face, and the indicaiions are that it extends over a payable area. Sir Charles Metcalfe, who has taken considerable,interest in South Africa, and whose name is well-known in Matibleleland, has (says the London correspondent of the “ Sydney Morning Herald ”) come forward and offered a prize of £IOOO to be competed for by the universities of the world for a champion eight-oar crew, the race to he rowed on the Zambesi river. It is understood that Harvard, Yale, and the Oxford and 0 imhridge Universities intend to compete for this prize in Juno next. Sir Charles Metcalfe is also sending an invitation to the Sydney and Melbourne Universities. The intention is that the winning crew shall receive' the prixe of £IOOO, which is to bo d -voted to the funds of their University.

It is generally supposed that the women monopolise all the colours in their frocks, whilst the men have to be content with sober blacks, browns and greys. We all remember how fond Mr Jnlius Knight was of becoming colours. His pale pink shirt was matched bv his pink handkerchief and tie. Apparently actors have a weakness for something more than sombre shades, for Mr Douglas Gerrard, the beauty man oi the Titteli Brune Company,'appeared at a Melbourne function" in a costume really worth description. Beginning from the ground : His boots started in two colon s. as they were bhek with buff 'ops ; his sock- were beautifully embreder d <n silk, his t'xm-ers grey striped, and his tan vest had white spots. His Hciuhrt coat certainly was black, but his shirt was an interme/cza of deep and pale pink end green tones, whilst his tie was also green. Thus he appeared, arrayed in all his glory.

Tenders are invited for the right to remove all surface bricks, iron, etc., from the section in Maiii street owned by the Bank of New Zealand. Conditions may be seen at the local office, where tenders close on Monday, at S p.m. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted.

Arnst, the popular New Zealand cyclic, won the Sydney Thousand from Rntt. (Germany) by three parts of a length. Payne was third. Arnst was on 75 yards,” and cut the mile out in imm fifsecs against a stiff breeze, in the finest race ever witnessed on the ground. The winner was cheered for several minutes, and carried shoulder-high.

An Auckland flax-grader, in advocating the cultivation of flax, said that in Canterbury uncultivated areas have produced up to 80 tons of green flax to th* acre, and there millers pay royalties of 15s, m some cases £l, per ton. He saw no reason why cultivated areas should not he equally productive, Besides, it should be taken into account that flax, once planted, requires neither time, labour, nor attention until ready for cutting. In describing a brutal fight between Squires (Sydney) and Williams (Melbourne) the Melbourne Age says:— “ Squires did not allow a moment’s breathing tune. 'Williams tried to stop his onslaught with a hard, vicious left, and it got home- Squire’s punishing left landed at the same moment. The Victorian folt it the most. His jaw momentarily glanced above the protcc'ion of his left shoulder, and before it could be covered up again a right counter from Squires caught it with all the weight of the thirteen stone body, and a speed that is indescribable. Williams crashed down upon the boards. “Get up, Ed! Get up. Ed ! ” pleaded his backers, but “Ed ” could not hear them. He rolled over on his side and Jay there — beaten into insensibility in legs) than two minute-. They carried him, weak and limn, to his chair, and when the flopping of lowels and spraying of w der had revived him, Squires walked over to wring his hand as heartily as ff he were a long lost brother. An impromptu contest was arranged to give the spectators a little more for their money. As his share of the proceeds of this brief fight Squires is understood to have taken about £250"

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