Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, OOT. 20, 1894.

Manawatu Herald, 20 October 1894, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, OOT. 20, 1894.

The next English and European mails per Tongariro, via Kio da Janeiro and 'Frisoo, will close at the local office on Tuesday, the 30th day of October at 8 p.m. A speoial meeting of the Borough Coun oil was held la9t night to consider Mr Nye's proposal about his gravel pit. It was unanimously resolred to accept hit proposals. All the members were present except Gr Hamer. The Council has undoubtedly acted wisely for the benefit of the town. Messrs Gorton & Son hold a stock sale at Feilding on Saturday next. Good and cheap firewood, manuka, is offered for sale by Mr Pigott. Many laymen will be found to agree with the Rev. Mr Sprott's view of all modern prayers " they were verbose and feeble." Still it is best that a clergyman said it. At a meeting of shareholders of the Bank of New Zealand in London recently, the chairman remarked that " the Board in Wellington would look after the shareholders' interests " whioh occasioned one of those present to retort " They have nol done so hither 10. We do not trust Boards in New Zealand." This is sad but wise. Sir George Grey has decided at last that he will not return to New Zealand this year. He is thinking at present of wintering on the Continent, most likely in the Kiviera. In that case he will go back to London next spring.

The Order Paper of the House for Wed nesday contains 57 questions for Ministers to answer — but they will not till they please. The Diocesian Synod resumed its sitting on Wednesday evening and debated on the advisability of using prayers in all the churches for the Governor and Government of the Colony. The President doubted the . power of the Synod to order such prayers, they could only request that they should bo, and the one for the Parliament "he was sure they had need of It/ A Crown Lands Ranger m South Can terbury, in face of the svoiking-man'a Government having been in power three years, has the hardihood to report " the returns (of certain village settlements) show a moderate amount of progress, despite of times far from- prosperous." The italics I are ours. It sounds Very rough on our excellent Governor, and also on the members of our Parliament, that in Country churches prayers for them Were left out ds the clergy " had not tinle to put them in." This may account for what has been occurring during the session. Steps must be promptly taken or our legislators will be pact praying for— because they will have Ceased to legislate, fdr bo other reason, oh, dear no. The Mayor, having proclaimed a public holiday for next, Thursday, we sup^o-* it will be observed, and there will be no halfholiday on Tuesday. In our advertising columns there will be found an announcement about the railway alterations on Wednesday and Thursday next. Excursion fares on Thursday to Palmerston are fixed at four shillings for first class and half-a crown second class. Under the heading of "An Alarniiug Report the Manawatu Standard publishes thfc following i — " i?he Wairarapa Star asserts that there are Anarchists in New Zealand under police surveillance.' Anarchists are developed Socialists, who are nothing new in this colony. The alarm may be that they aro " under police surveillance." In New Zealand " three acres and a cow " seems to be a failure. Mr March, Superintendant of Settlements, says, "general complaint is made by the settlers that their holdings are too small. . . . in future it would be well if holdings of this nature were made large enough to carry six cows all the year round." The possessions of a village settler are reckoned peculiarly by the Superintendent. He mentions a return that has been fur nisheiJ " showing the stock in each of the settlements, the number of women and children, and the area in grass, gardens and orchards, &c." on which they are sustained ? Good alluvial gold has been struck near Broad Arrow. Four hundred ounces have been brought in, and a rush has begun to the place. Mr Zohrab at the Diocesan Synod said the finances of the diocese were in a deplorable condition, and would require careful attention. Mr Speight, plaintiff in the recent libel qction against the Melbourne Age, receives costs on the count on which he succeeded. The costs on either side are to be on th« highest scale. The defendant has been ordered to pay the shorthand writers' fe<s In the Supreme Court judgmet has been entered for Mr Syme, with costs, ou the counts in which Mr Speight was unsuccessful. This is practically a verdict for tho defendant. The Native Affairs Committee recommends that the Native Lands Claims and Boundarips Adjustment and Titles Em powering Bill be amended so as to prevent the Horowhenua No. 6 Block, 4620 acres, and Nos. lla and lib Blocks, 14,975 acres, being sold till after next session, and to cause the retention in the hands of Government of the purchase mon^y of other parts of the Horowh nua Block ; and that meantime a Royal Commission be set up to ascertain what Maoris are entitled to the blocks. At the Auckland Freezing Company's works, a practical and successful test has been made by a new pumice insulation re. cently patented by Mr J. C. Finn. Mr rirth intends urging on ihe British Admiralty the desirability of adopting pumice as an insulator for naval powder magazines in hot climates so as to prevent the deieri oration of the powder by heat. Ihe pumice insulation was subjected to a very severe test at the Freezing Work 3, at Mr Firth's desire, the object being to prove the absolute efficacy of pumice as a non-conductor of heat under all circumstances. The Legislative Counoil has by a large majority placed on record its opinion that the status of District Judges and Stipendiary Magistrates should be improved, an their indepsndenca secured by their being I given a tenure of office and permanaocy of salary similar to that enjoyed by Supreme Court Judges. Of course, the Legislative Council is powerless of itself to give effect to such a ohang", but we are sincerely glad says the Post, that it has expressed bo decided an opinion in favour of such a very necessary reform. The Imperial Hermitage In St. Peter«« burg has just been enriched by a valuable biaturioal and archaeological relio, namely the Bust of Herod the Great, the ruler of Judaea in th* days of Jesus Christ. The Bust was discovered some years ago in Palestine by th? Russian Archimandrite Anthony, the late head of the Russian mission in Jerusalem and has been pronounced ly experts to be genuine and the only one of Herod existing in our times This valuable treasure has been bequeathed to the (iermitage by the deceased Archimandrite. During the spring months about on ■ million eggs are received daily in the Paris market. Of this number, of course, a large proportion are broken, but are not thrown away. They are bought hy traders who manufacture from the yolks and whites little loaves for birds, and from the shells imita'ion meerschaum pipes, which one buys for a few sou 9. An Englishman, Mr Frederick Lawton, has passed the recent examination at the Sorboune for the certijlicate d'aptitude, or membership of the University, at th* head of the list. There were 370 candidatesMr Lawton is a graduate of Trinity Col- ' lege Dublin, and has been for some years engaged in tutorial work in Paris. Dahomey's " God of War," a cast iron image, about sft in height, will in future be visible at the African section of the Ethnographical Museum at the Trocadero, Paris. The figure is that of a man holding in his right hand a sabre, and in his left a small b'll, the head being adorned with a round hat bristling with spear points. " It's an ill wind that blows nobody good " is a very old saying but none the less true. Whilst the givat depression existing at Sydney at the present time, has caused a deplorable amount of misery, yet the people of Wellington and the sur rounding districts will reap a gigantic benefit. During his visit to Sydney recently, Mr James smith purchased at absurdly low prices a large stock which i* now being Bold at the Wholesale Drapery Warehouse, [ Te Aro House, Wellington. I

Certainly the most effective medicine in the world is Sanders and Son's Eucalypti Extract. Test ita eminently powerful effect in Coughs* Colds, Influenza ; the relief instantaneous; t In serious cases and accidents of all kinds, be they wounds, burns, scaldings, bruises, sprains, it is the safest remedy— no swellings— no inflammation. Like surprising effects produced in Croup, Diphtheria, Bronchitis, Inflammation of the Lungs, Swellings, Ac, Diarrhoea, Dysentery* Disease of the Kidneys and Urinary Organs. In use at all hoa|ji ( al3 and nlpdiefll clinics j patronised by liis afajesty the King of Italy ; crowned with medal and diploma at International Exhibition, Amsterdam. Trust in this approved article and eject all others,— [advt.] With a view of making this sale the event of the year", Uvb special buyers were '• despatched from Te Aro House, one to attend the great sale of Edwards, Bennett & Cos. wholesale stock, and the other to pick out bargains from the manufactures of the well-known Kaiapoi Woollen Co. Both theße gentlemen have returned after a most successful trip, and the total result of their efforts is td be see)} in ihe astonishing bargains n6w being Fold at the Wholesale Drapery Warehouse, To Aro Houße, Wellington. Messrs Ross and Sandford, of the Bon Marche, Palmers ton, are now ehowing their new spring and summer goods in all departments, ex b»s. Aorangi and tonic. The selection to choose from is without doubt one of the finest on this coast, while the values are superior to most hougea, and equal to the very best obtainable in the colony. They invite inspection of their present geasori's show of general drapery, dress goods, mantles,, blouses, and millinery, &c, , A-Oi floss arid Sandford— Acvt. With all these advantages in purchasing, it would be strange indeed if the sale was not one to be remembered. Any attempt to enumerate even a tithe of the cheap lines now at the disposal of customers, would be worse than useless in the space at our command, but a price list which has been printed will be sent, post free, to the address of any person applying to the Wholesale Drapery Warehouse, Te Aro House, Wellington.