The Manawatu Herald. Tuesday, May 3, 1910. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 834, 3 May 1910, Page 2

The Manawatu Herald. Tuesday, May 3, 1910. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

An advertiser has 1500 tons of green flax for sale. An advertiser has about two tons of good hay for sale. The monthly sitting of the Magistrate’s Court will be held to-morrow.

The Government expert confirms the report that the potato crops in the Hunter district are suffering from Irish blight in a bad form.

The time for receiving tenders for deepening and widening drains for the Moutoa Drainage Board has been extended to noon on Tuesday next. Specifications may be seen at the Board’s office.

Selma Kurz, the Viennese singer, was refused admission to St. Petersburg, where she was engaged as prima donna at the Imperial Opera House, owing to her Jewish oiigin. At Gisborne the other night a rat attacked a two months’ old infant, inflicting marks on its face, while there was a wound about the size of a five-shilling piece on the child’s head, where the rat had been nibbling. The Sydney Morning Herald predicts a scarcity of oats and high prices, as forthcoming supplies from every centre of the States are restricted. New Zealand has a shortage of six million bushels, and Victoria of three million bushels, while the whole of the Tasmanian stocks are already said to he held by big grain merchants. A resident of Milton, who is in Ungland, says : “The frozen meat trade is not what it ought to be. When I go to a shop the appearance of the mutton is almost so bad as to debar people from purchasing, In the season local lamb sells at is 2d per lb, but we can buy New Zealand at 6j£d per lb. The latter will never be a success until they remedy the evil of its slimy appearance.” In this age of “records” the statistics of the weddings solemnised on a recent Sunday in Vienna deserve to be chronicled. No fewer than a thousand couples were married, and 230 silver weddings were registered in the 76 parish churches ot the capital. In two churches the total was 70 each, and in many others the number exceeded 50. In order to prevent the unusual demand for their services from interfering with the regular celebration of Mass, the clergy disposed of the candidates for wedlock in batches of 10 and 20 at a time.

A marriage advertisement is published in a Zurich paper by “a rich Swiss philosopher,” who wants a wife who must fulfil the following conditions. She must be beautiful in body, face, and mind, and possess beautiful teeth and hair of her own and not bought articles. Besides German she must have a knowledge of English and French, be a musician, and have an irreproachable reputation. Other “faults,” the philosopher of forty years states, “will be overlooked.”

What Chinese will put up with to get to Australia (says the Sydney Morning Herald) is shown by the case of the stowaways discovered on the Minderoo. The stowaways were not suspected to be aboard when the vessel left Singapore, but alter leaving Broome it was noticed that the lid of the forepeak tank had been removed. The chief officer, on entering the tank, was almost overpowered by the foul air, in which a light would not burn. A bucket of boiled rice and a bucket of water were noticed, and, in response to a call, four Chinese of a superior class emerged, little the worse for their confinement. They refused to say how they got there. No opium was found. The stowaways were deported by the steamer Gorgon, then at Port Hedland.

For Children’s Hacking Cough a Night, Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure, Is 6d, and 2s 6d.

Rangitikei farmers are said to be very disappointed with yields from their potato crops.

The trouble at the Northumberland mines over the eight hours a day question has already cost the Miners’ Association ,£BO,OOO for strike pay. A cat clul) is flourishing in Christchurch. It has fifty lady members, Lady Clifford being president, and it is intended to hold a show in June. It is stated that a quarter of a million of money is coming from Australia shortly for the development of gold-mining in the Hokitika district.

There cannot be any marked anti-Asiatic feeling in Napier, judging by the increasing hold which Chinamen are getting on the retail fruit trade. H.B. Herald. All interested in the formation of a card club are invited to attend a meeting to be held in Mesdames Henderson and Cunningham’s tearooms, on Friday evening next at 8 o’clock.

It has been said (remarks the Bruce Herald) that frosts will kill the turnip blight, and so it probably will if it is severe enough. A farmer after the cold snap of a week ago brought in some leaves from his turnip field and placed them near the warmth of the fire. The result was that the blight was at once reanimated and the insects soon made use of their wings. N..*t Thursday being the ‘‘Feast of the Ascension,” there will be special services in All Saints’ Church. The Holy Communion will be celebrated at 7.30 a.m. and n a.m. In the evening, at 7.30 o'clock, there will be evensong with a short address by the vicar. As this is one of the great festivals of the church the vicar hopes that many will try and spend part of the day in devotion. The following advertisement appears in a Berlin journal:— “ Young man wishes to marry tall, handsome, proud, fearless, independent, unprejudiced, selfsupporting, intellectual, artistic, economical, cheerful young girl, who believes that the greatest happiness in life is a love match without mercenary motives. The “sell supporting” part of the “ ad ” is instructive.

A local resident, says the Gore Standard, had an experience one evening last week which lie is not likely to forget in a hurry. He was on the railway line at East Gore at the time the evening express from the north was due, but did not hear the approach of the train until he was bit in the back by the engine and knocked over, fortunately falling clear of the line. He received no injuries whatever, and after brushing the dust from his clothes proceeded on his journey. After this a good snake yarn would be delightful.