The Bruce Herald. Arrectis auribus adstu. Spero meliora. TOKOMAIRIRO, MAY 7, 1895.

Bruce Herald, Volume XXVI, Issue 2647, 7 May 1895, Page 2

The Bruce Herald. Arrectis auribus adstu. Spero meliora. TOKOMAIRIRO, MAY 7, 1895.

II Gazette. — We have received a copy of j he New Zealand ' Gazette ' for April 25. 0 Semethinq Like. — A Shannon salmon on - lew in London weighed 561b or half a a wt., length 51 inches, girth 29 inohea. It ?a8 taken on a fishery at Limerick. Q Horrible Crims.— A fearful tr -gedy oo- e mrred on Friday morniog, at Oolliogwood, I Victoria, when Micheal Dooley, a laborer, e nurdered his wife and mother in law in the _ presence of his ohildren, and inflicted fatal t njuriea upon a lodger who attempted to in- S ;erfere. The murderer has not yet been i irrested. y Gift Auction. — A gift auction in aid of t ihe funds of the Milton Wesleyan Church was held in ,*-'t George's Hall on Saturday j jvening. There waß a good attendance and - large number of articles were offered. Mr J. A. Duthie aoted aa autioneer, and succeed* d in disposing of the whole of the i goods at aafci_faobory prices. CHiIRAi. — The Bpecial correspondent of the ' Times ' in a graphic account of the | Btate of the besieged garrison, describes how dying officers discussed plans for the . defence of the fort with their dying breatb. Tbe Afghans are willing to surrender Umra Khan to tbe British when it Ib desired, and it is expected a olaim will be made -hortly. A Vacancy. — Ab our readers are no doubt aware, a vacanoy has arisen in the precentorship of the Milton Presbyterian Church, owing to the resignation of Mr C, trachan. We understand that a number of applications have been reoeived for the office. On Sunday last Mr H. G. M'Clymont aoted as precentor, and created a very favorable impression. A Popular Preacher.— The Rev. J. G. Chapman has not been long in making himself popular at Balolutha. On Sunday last, harvest thanksgiving servioea were held. The ohuroh was beautifully decorated with flowers, fruit and other emblems of the season. There were good congregations at both Bervioea, that in the evening being OBpecially iarge, many being unable to gain admittance. RabmTß— We draw attention to a letter on rabbit extermination appearing in our farm columns written by Mr Jas. Bryce, of Lovells Flat, and republished by us by request. We understand that the writer has received assurance on all handß that his idea is a good one. Aa Mr Bryce is laying his plan before the Government his letter should be perused by our readers with increased interest. HARD LtCK,— The -Wairarapa Observer ' understands tbat the whole of the station ownera in the Wairarapa North and South intend to follow the lead of those in Hawkes i Bay, and notify that after a oertain date they will not accommodate "travellers" with board or lodginge. The low prioe of wool j and frozen mutton has compelled them t ■> take this stand against the severe tax the accommodation of swaggers has proved in the past. A Bad Spec— A large transaction in horseflesh was noted quite recently in the horse market (says an exchange). An animal found a purohaser at 15s, to whom the auctioneer advised that if it was fed with oatp, and its tail baDged and new shoes put on its feet, the horae would fetch a nobie prioe. The purohaser took the adviae to heart, put the oata iato his horse, banged its tail and put new ehoea on its feet, then offered it next sale day, and seemed pleased when it was sold for lOe. Nicaragua.— The United States and other Powers advise Great Britain to withdraw the blockade of Corinto on Nicaragua offering to pay the indemnity ef .£15,000 in a fortnight It is believed England will accept the offer. A party of British engiceers have landed at San Juan. No opposition was offered. Affaire are in a serious state. The Nicaraguana have threatened to attack the British resident-. Great Britain will accept the guarantee of San Salvador to pay the indemnity within a fortnight if Nicaragua confirms tho payment. Our Loan. — Tenders were opened on Friday for the New Zealand million and a half loan at 3 per oent. with a minimum of 90. The total amount offered waa .£5,963,400, at an average of 94^ Financiers believe that the successful raising of tbe loan will result in re-establishing oolonial credit. The Hon. J. G. Ward believes that it is advisable the Australian colonies Bhould issue future loans at 3 per oont. and is arranging to convert all New Zetland stocks into 3 per cent?, as near par as possible. Tbis should result in a great saving. New Zealand 4 per c.nt. inscribed stook ia now quoted at 11*2£. A Loss. — Our readers will regret to learn that Mr D. S. Goodger, of the looal postal department, has been removed to Alastertoo. During the two years in which he haa acted as cadet at Milton, Mr Goodger haa made a Lost of friends, both in hie public duties and in hi. private life. His unfailing courtesy to all cannot fail to have been observed, and together with his cheery manner had made him a deservedly popular officer. The shift was rather sudden. Word of it first came on Saturday afternoon, and Mr Goodger left for his new sphere of labors by last nights express, being accompanied to the station by a few of his frien 's. We wish Mr Goodger every success Iu his future life, wherever he may be stationed. Domestic Girls. — The Christchurch 1 Press ' advocates a weekly half holiday for servant girls. Replying to the contention that the work of the household would suffer, it says : — " On the contrary nine women out of ten wonld work better and with greater zeal and energy if they bad this outing. It would tend also to make domestic service more popular. Factory and shop work is more popular with many fcirls for no other reason than it does not involve such seclusion from the outside world. Let domestic service cease to involve so much conventual seclusion from the ordinary life of the town, and it would soon be found that it would be regarded with far more favor as a career for young women than it is at present." A Shark Story. — An English paper states that when the steamship Capao was on fire at R ; o de Janeiro Borne time ago, a packet of important papers waa lost overboard. The papers were given up for lost, but quite recently someone killed a giant Bbark at Terra de Bas lea Isaintee, and among the miscellaneous contents of that ocean scavenger were the Capac's papers. Tbey were handed to a French resident, who sent them on to London. The fact that the place where they were found is in the W9Bt Indies, some three thousand miles from Rio, makea the story all the more astonishing. After this sceptics should no longer express doubts about Jonah living in the whale's belly. Corea— Japan is making great preparations for a renewal of the war in the event of China declining to ratify the treaty. Russian newspapers and portion of the German press oonti ne to sh>w hostility to England in connection with the treaty. It is announced that Japan is prepared to renounce territory on the continent if she is allowed to recoup herself where Russia has no intreeat. Japan haa placed large orders in Europe for munitions of war and small swift craiaers. Tbe * Times ' aays the Emperor of China ratified the terma of peace on Thursday, and that negotiations ara pro ceeding concerning the protest of the powers to Japan on the basis of outside compensation instead of territory on the mainland. Hypnotism. — An interesting opperation under hypnotism, which turned out successfully, waa performed by an Adelaide doctor last week. A lady suffering from a calcareons tumor in the bieaßt refused to be placed under the influence of acreithetics, but consented to be hypnotised. For Borne weeks previous to the opera* ion being performed ehe was repeatedly bypnot sed. The operation took 35 minutes to perform, and the tumor waa removed without the slightest Bign of pain or trouble. Towards the finish the woman laughed at some remarks made by the dootor. When demesmeriaed she displayed great ou-iosity as to what had been done, and could hardly believe that the canee of the pain had been removed. She walked out of the house HBaB-JHttfl m$ ia 9sc«UeßJi spirit?,

Nicaragua.— The Nicaragaans are olosing the port of Corinto to prevent the British oolleoting cuatoms duties. They have alßo ! sent a protest to the Great Powers against the action of England. The popnlace attacked the British oonaulate at Managua and damaged the building. Moba parade the atreeta crying " Death to British tyrants. " Nicaragua ia adviaed to pay the indemnity, as it is useless to resist the British demands. Tbe United States is aediating between Great Britain and Nicaragua. It ia thought likely that a settlement will be arrived at in a few days. A High Authority. — Judge Higinbotham, one of Australia's moat noted judgea, thus expresses himself with regard to the Great Unpaid : " If we give Justices of the Peace enormous powers over the liberties of the people — powers in some respects far higher than those given to the Judgeß of tbe Supreme Court, who can sentence a man to impiisonment only after he haa been oonvioted by a oommon jury— it would be only reasonable to take Borne steps to ascertain that justices know the Uw they administer. Justices of the Peace should be required to prove by certificate of examination that they are acquainted with the rudiments of the law whioa they have to administer. For my part, 1 should very much desire to see unpaid justices done away with altogether." EN ROUTE to Madagascar. — On the morning of the 13oh March towards 11 o'olook persons ooming down the Boulevard Malesherbes found the way barred by an immense crowd filling the Palaoe St. Augustin and the spaoe in front of the P-ipiniere Barracks. The carriage traffic had been atopped, and men, women and ohildren were orying " Vive la France ! Vive l'Armee 1" while a military band was playing a march inside the barraoka. Two reporters were atruggling to prevent each other from entering- the barracks, and behind the gate there was a glitter of arms, and the sharp cry of the officers was heard giving the word of command. It was on a smaller scale, much the sort of thing that took plaoe in 1870 on the departure of the troops for the frontier. A few moments later the great gates were thrown open, and a oompauy of the 200ch Regiment of the line, fully equipped, came forth at quickened | pace, with ita captain and officers riding at ita head. Thia company, like all the troops destined for the Madagascar expedition, is oomposed of volunteers, and ia now on its way to Marseilles to embark. As the little band pa3sed hats were taken < ff along the line, and any cabman who forgot his duty to his country or hesitated to doff his hat did not escape being roughly handled Fresh cries arose, and the women flung bouquets of flowers to the soldiers, Borne even giving way to an emotion which was contagious among the constantly-increasing throng of people following the Boldiers as they marohed.