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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 436, 15 September 1908, Page 4

The Daily Mail states that Wu Ting Fang’s offence is not the advocating of an entente between China and America, but adopting Western fads. He dared to suggest to the Dowager Empress that she adopt Western diets, including corn cobs, cabbages, and turnips cooked a la Americaiue. A few days ago while Mr A. Thompson, builder, was making an excavation in his factory in Taupo Quay he came across an old solid cannon ball some six feet below the surface. The ball is about 5 5-Sins in diameter and weighs 23)4 lbs. It is evidently a relic of the early days of Wanganui. The pressman of the Chronicle says the specimen has been presented to the Museum. Doctor X., who recently married a young widow, had just returned to his house after performing a very serious on a patient. “ How did it go?” asked his wife, “ Pulled him through, but it was a stiff job.” ‘‘How clever you are, Tom,” remarked the admiring spouse; “if I had only known you four years ago I feel certain that poor John (her first husband) would have been saved.” The sheep returns for the year ended April 30, 1908, show a net increase in the North Island of 778,183, and in the South Island 697,098, making a net total increase for the Dominion of 1,465,281. The total number of sheep, in the Dominion was 22,449,053, there being 10,816,852 in the South Island. The districts table shows the numbers as follows : Auckland, 923,807 ; Napier-Gisborne, 5,446,761 ; Wel-lington-West Coast, 5.261,633; Marlborough-Nelson, 1,191,997 ; Canterbury-Kaikoura, 5,306,916 ; Otago, 4,317,939. The number of breeding ewes increased from 10,736,846 to 11,244,041. as compared with the previous year. The grand total of 22 x /i millions is easily a record for the Dominion.

A sensational accident marked the Fleet gymkhana in Sydney. After the boomerang-throwing the aboriginals engaged in spear throwing. There were only about 500 people around the arena, and yet almost the first spear sent into the air was caught by the wind and shot down amongst the few spectators in the official stand. Some American sailors had just time to hustle out of the road. When they turned their heads to look at what was happening, the spear was stuck quivering into the chair one of them had leaped from. The sailor went to his chair, plucked out the spear, and flung it to an inquiring group that just arrived from the arena. The police at once stopped the exhibition. Have you tried Wolfe’s Schnapps for kidney ailments. To Fi.axmiu.HßS.-— We are prepared to print the new tin and leather regulation tags for hemp bales, and would request millers to inspect samples of leather before placing orders for same. Inferior leather will be condemned by the department. We hold samples and invite inspection.—The Herald Printery.