Manawatu Herald. [Established Aug. 27, 1878.] THURSDAY, NOV. 10, 1904.

Manawatu Herald, 10 November 1904, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. [Established Aug. 27, 1878.] THURSDAY, NOV. 10, 1904.

The Foxton School Committee meet to-night at 7.30 o’clock, Mr George Dunn, who won all three bicycle races at the Sports yesterday, rode a Rudge-Whitworth. These machines are always to the fore, Messrs Ross & Co., of the Bon Marche, Palmerston North, have a replace advertisement in this issue to which attention is directed. The billiard match of 8,000 up, starting level, Weiss versus Harverson, has been abandoned. When play ceased, Harverson’s score was 7,745, and Weiss’ 7,037. A breach of promise case will be heard shortly at Eldora, lowa, U.S'A., in which a woman is claiming £20,000 against a millionaire lumberman. She will produce over 3000 love-letters in •uppoft ef her ease,

There are, it is estimated, 2000 homeless men, women and children who are compelled to wander in the streets of London every night, in addition to 5000 outcasts who find refuge in Salvation Army shelters. Local concert organisers would do well to arrange for a good piano to he put in use at future concerts. The one used last night neither does justice to the accompanist or the vocalist. It is decidedly out of tune. A Sunday newspaper having stated that the Prince of Wales,was consumptive when he toured the world, Sir Fredk. Treves, the King’s physician, on the advice of Lord Knollys, declares that the story is an unmitigated and mischievous falsehood.

“ Is it supposed," said Mr George Fisher on Monday night, “ that because we pay our high Parliamentary officials high salaries—salaries com mensurate with their dignity—that they put those salaries into their pockets ?" “ Where do they put them, then ?” queried an hon. member. “ Into the bank," replied Mr Fisher, amidst a burst of laughter. Quotations for human skeletons for anatomical and other purposes are stated to have dropped Considerably since the outbreak of the present War. According to the Manchester Guardian the gentry who trade in such merchan dise obtain the greater part of their supplies from fields of battle, and every war means a lowering of prices. A French dealer is quoted in a Paris paper as stating that the Boer War sent the price of complete skeletons so low as 85 francs. Dr Nield, interviewed at Melbourne regarding the physical degeneracy of Australians, attributed it to excessive smoking. He says that during 50 years’ experience, over and over again he bad seen broken health in men caused by excessive tobacco smoking. Taken as a whole tobacco was a monstrous and grievous evil. Fracis Mulbolland, licensee of the Bower Hotel, near New Brighton, was fined £sto yesterday morning for permitting drunkenness on his premises. It is stated the defendant, on the afternoon of October 25, drove a well-to-do farmer while under the influence of liquor to the hotel and kept him there for the night. The farmer drew cheques, totalling £l5O, including one for £52. which was given to a bookmaker, and one for £45, to the defendant, both being cashed next morning.

Old lady: “ Meat is very dear butcher. I can hardly afford to buy any.” Butcher: ‘‘Why not turn vegetarian, mum ?” Old ladv ; “ No, indeed, I was born and brought up a Presbyterian, and I’m not going to change my religion at my time of life.”

Early on Sunday morning a large brooder house on Mr W. Mcßae Peacock’s poultry branch at Swannanoa was totally destroyed by fire, and nearly three thousand chickens and ducklings perished. The fire is supposed to have been caused by the heater, which, however, was believed to be very secure and was electrically regulated. The farm is the biggest poultry faem in the colony. Passionately devoted to her father, who died recently at Budapest, a girl of seventeen named Anna Boros, threw herself upon his body and kissed him on the mouth, forehead and cheeks. Next day her lips became painful, her face swelled, and she died soon from blood poisoning. Her sweetheart was greatly affected at her death, and having bought some ground beside her grave arranged that he should be buried there when his turn came. Then, as he was about to visit the cemetery with his dead fiance’s mother, he suddenly went into a room and shot himself dead.

The London Daily News has recently given publicity to the following sad incident:—“ A Clergyman of the Church of England was addressing a company of more or less unfortunate men in a shelter. He told them the public-house was not in itself to blame, but that they—the people who resorted thither—ought to know how to use the tavern wisely. The curate was accosted at the conclusion of the address by a tramp, who bluntly exclaimed, “ all that you told us is a lie." The cleric, who was young, resented this language, and asked who the critic considered himself to be. ‘‘l am a clergyman of the Church of England,” replied the tramp, who, only one year ago was placed in charge of a model public-house. My duties made me what you find me. Comment is needless.