THE AUSTRIANS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XL, Issue 7354, 23 July 1902, Page 2

THE AUSTRIANS.

Mr Seddon the other day came across the Austrian Ambassador in London, the latter, in the course of a conversation, complained that tho Austrians in New Zealand were being treated differently to other aliens. The Premier stoutly denied this, and then informed the Ambassador that no di«. tinction was m-tde, but as usual Mr Seddon does not mind in the least telling an untruth to get himself out of a difficulty, and no doubt on this occasion he maintained his reputation. It is asserted by those in a position to know! that very many Austrians have for j the past two yeurs endeavored to gel naturalisation papers from the Governmei t, and have not yet succeeded in doing so. Mr Fowlds, M.H.R., who is deeply interested in the affair, has been worrying Ministers :for the pas'* two years for the same purpose, but with no satisfaction. Of course when the Ambassador learus the true position of affairs, Mr Seddon will be back again in New. Zealand, and we: suppose nothing more will come of the ooi_-'plaiofct-'...1:-r:.:;■;:r.';Vr. : ' _;;:..-^' r'•;;_;.-;...';

Cm,, il -i»^'fe."l.S _fc_fi Si—«€'r^ Mr S. W. &>,>l»y, r"*'',,. l I'*',,.u comnrising 00,000 from Ord Bi.crran rends starting extensive refrigerating works in the north-west. Tt is a grim satire on our boasted some of tho banks issue notes B ? -_eu»£y "Tmellful" to bring an envious «gh from v. decayed dust heap, and turn a myriad microbes, iv a plague hospital, green wUh envy I Tho Vieiorian Minister for Railways states (that he has cut down % estimates of hi. Department .by.-MO.OOO-It is believed that in tbo Chief-Sccre-lary's Department a saving of from £20,000 to £25,000 can bo made. Ihe retrenchment proposals will extend to Hansard, where the staff of reporters is to be reduced from six to four, and the cost ot printing is also lo be curtailed. For once (says tbe Scotsman) thn sea serpent has made a distressing blunder. He appeared off the English ooaat on Saturday, expecting to find newspapers dull and* tho people longit.g for a now sensation. But eVtrybody was watching for peace news, and tho monster, ongagod to find himself totally di-sr.--gurded, again plunged deep into tho briny. It is not likely ho will got oyor tho tantrums in time to reappear this this season.

The appearance of three largo humpbacked whales in Picton h-irbour on Sunday caused solus escitement. Thsteamship Eisio was chartered to go out with a number of residonts. Two whaloboats put off from tho native pcltlament to try their lu.*k. being manned by Mossrs John and Levi Love, They managed to got alongside a whale, anH Mr Levi Love charged, but owing to tho whale rolling over at tho time, tbe weapon was released and the whalo plunged. Tho natives not being sufficiently prepared for a chase, gave up, and return'-d to tho settlement.

Prince Henry of Prussia is probably the only person in tho world who is insured against assassination solely. He is insured for £180,000, not payablo unless he is assassinated. Ho took out this singular policy when ho sailed for the East to take over the command of the German fleot in Chinoso waters some time ago. This policy is issued by German companies, and it may never mature, for the Prince is very popular.

A country correspondent of the Bay of Plenty Times, writing on the cost of the war, brings it homo to his readers in this wny : —''lt the bodies of the British dead wero placed in a row, head to feet, they would extend as far as from Tauranga to ©kincmutu (oy er -0 miles); tho wounded, if standing shouldur' to shoulder, would form a double row of the samrt length; and the money expended, if laid as sovereigns edge to edge, would pave a 16 feet wide road all the way."

Visitors to Waimangu (says the Botorua Chronicle) aro warned of the great danger of approaching too close to the great geyser. The eruptions are so sudden and take place without any preliminary rising of the waters, that thero is no time to get out of tho way. Women are the greatest transgressors in getting too close m their anxiety to see everything. On several occasions last summer, when it was time to run away, tho ladies, instead of doing so, went off into a dead faint. The Tourist Department have placed a stretcher there in case of accident.

At Melbourne, a young man named Williams, who had previously informed the police that on the evo of his marriage he was robbed of £98, and also shot in the neck when trying to catch a man who entered his bedroom, confessed that the whole story was a fabrication. Williams, who is a clerk in the city, explained that he could not save sufficient money to get married, and, not knowing how to get out of the difficulty with his intended, shot him self through tho fleshy part of tho neck with an old revolver, and then circulated the report that ho had been robbed.' The police suspected something of tho sort shortly after they commenced lnvostm-ting the affair.

Tho Dannovirko Advocate says :— Messrs Williams and Kettle are starting in earnest in our midst. They intend erecting commodious and convenient yards at Tamaki, Mr West, of Palmerston North, is the architect. Tho yards aro on a circular plan, and will bo covered in, protecting buyers from the weather. They will be somewhat on the plan of the Addington saleyards and those of Messrs Abraham and Williams, Palmorstm North, and will iccupy 20 acres, part of Tahoraite No. 2. jMr Freeman L. Jackson will be the local auctioneer. The construction of the yards will be proceeded with immediately, and they will be situated about a mile from the town. When big outside firms have this confidence in the place, it is some sign of the advance the district is making.

Mr. Win. Thorno, Mayor of Capetown, writing to tho New Zealand Herald under ilate of 2nd June, says :—"You will recollect that when self and son, *_dy,>--*it« T. L. Thome, visited you in November, 1899. 1 advocated through your piper the advisabil ty of your meat companies combining to arrange fcr a storage Bteamer to bo stationed hero for tho disposal of your most and other, producf, such as butter, etc , for cold staraga, explaining that on account of the South African Cold Storage Company having a monopoly, no store in Capetown, could be hired for this purpose. Had this been done, it would long ere this havelod to a very large trado with your colony, It is not too late to do so even now, for I gather from late information that the new company, called the Imperial Cold Storage Company, with which the Do Beer* arc connected, are doing his very thing. They aro using tho Maori King on hire in Table Ray for this purpose of cold storage for distribution. Your meat being so superior to that obtained from other countries, would soon command customers, and although the war is practically oyer, foodstuffs will have to be imported for a very long time yet. Then there is a big opening here for all sorts of lirp stpek, an I your colony ought to "- • -kari* of it Excuse my mentionhave _. - ■-«,„. _j U (. ( hay'iug had a me* these tlii-i,-, '-**<nuir, I know little trip through your .... . - _- how well you can spare some of you,. , surplus stock.

Tho first annual Show of the Manawatu Poullrv Association will beheldafc tho Theatre "Royal on the 30th and 31st instant. We remind our readers of the importance of this home industry, and every ono in the town and district should support tho Association in its efforts to build up the industry. The entries for tho first show number , 750, and which compare to advantage with Auckland 030, Wellington _-8, and Manawatu A. and P. spring show 248. Tho growth of the Association has been phenomenal, the number of members being now 200. To show the keen foresight of our American cousins the States of Illinois grants £250 a year towards the prize fund of the show held by the Illinois Stale Poultry Association. The Now Zealand Government are doing much to foster the poultry industry, and the experimental and fattening stations that have been installed at differentcentres have exerted an immense influence on the farmers. Hundreds are now paying oloso attention to their chickens whoa fen years ago looked upon them as a sort of necessary nuisance—something for women to look after but beneath the dignity of man to notice, fhe stations haye proved that there is money in poultry, and that has wrought the trausfor I'&tio**, We are not prophets but we venture to predict that the Manawatu Poultry Association: will rapidly expand and develop and becomo a wealthy and powerful orgaui_ation.

The London correspondent oE the Sydney Morning Herald, writing on June 16, says : —Perhaps the most significant event oi last week was the arrival of Mr Seddon, the Premier of Sew Zealand. He was interviewed before ho left the ship. Of course he had much to say on the loyalty of New Zealand. He is proud of that, and has the right to be. On Tuesday, when the New Zealanders' entertained him at a dinner, he did not go in for oratory. Following on tho lines of the Prjupe of Wales' celebrated speech at Guildhall, he talked straight business about the prefftrential tariff between Eng. land and-her colonies^ 'There is a very targe number of psoDle over here who look on the doctrines of Cobden as sacrosanct, Mr Seddon has already given them perturbed moments, and it is plain that more await them whan the actual business of the Coronation is over, and the chief colonial visitors art conducted tp our.chief manufacturing centres, for England is very grateful to the colonies, and whatever their repre sentatiyes choose to say will be listened to with all closest attention. London grows fuller and ful ... An American visttor told me that when she first walked down Regent-street she had an idea that Londoners must have emigrated Sit* saw and heard only compatriots of her own.; We ai-e getting aeoustomed lo gorgeous and staking costumes, and it would not be very surprising ,f atte _. '£

Tho P-lmeMioii North" Rifle.; C|"lj" si^rw^^H t ffi!&, ffi-y>.«>«l».«lSalnr-day eroning- tr;,,!, ___-_rt--^*<-^*«-*----toi„.,rf.i_oi„.,rf.i_ .a...,* nj~-«_a-"^3"_-S. p,m. sharp on Thursdays and Fnuays. Students will please note this. Invitation holders are ™ .'^W^ Pioneer Hockey 0 ub «o«rd »« Jo L^ Lm Theatre to-night. As usual, vei> complet. arrangements have been m o> and a pleasant evening may be antici ;' red." Onlookers mil )*£"ss£ the gallery on payment of one shilling, ladies free. The attention of students is.drawnto the wood-carving classes held at tho Library Buildings this ovening in con* nS «ith tbe° Palmerston Technical S__oo Tile classßS "re coaclu. Cte tl by SW. Andrews, woodcarviug instruc tor to the Wanganui Education Board. Moi_a_ late of Tawa Flat. Ihe Bey. S-»__^w^=f~ _S_-fi_£S^f-_. maids being Misses _.. Morgan and Dorothy Ckiisl'olin. ' A correspondent writes, drawing attention to the fact that while crossings have been put down at necessary places in and adjacent to the Borough and a street sweeper provided, together■ with, horses, the crossings have been left ma disgraceful state .luring the past few days, especially ou Saturday, when each was covered liberally with liquid mud. The same remarks apply to tho streets. Our correspondent furl her considers the masterly inactivity displayed by the Borough employees is worthy ot tue highest admiration. The disadvantage under which tho Palmer-ton North Brass Band is labouring at tho present time owing to the want of suitable instruments has attracted tbe attention of several supporters of the band, and one of them, Mr ... Webb-Johnson, has suggested that steps should be taken to raiso a series of £5 subscriptions from gentlemen in tho town interested in the development and progress of tho band, at tho same time stating he would be pleased to donate a similar amount. By carrying out the proposal it is possible to collect a very substantial sum to- : wards the total amount required.

T ,ere is a grim alphabolioality about tho mysterious power that calls jurymen from tho vasty deep of London. What is known as a " Common " jury was empanelled a few weeks ago iv Mr Jujtico Bigham's Court. It was really a most uncommon one. Of sixty-fivo msn summoned from Hackney all but three were named Clark (though some spelt it with an *'c"). The Court inclined to be exclusive, rejected two Costors and stuck to the Clarks, ard finally, a jury was made up of twelve of them. It is true that one of thorn was named Clarkson, but he may bo regarded aa a junior Clark. Have tho Smiths over made up a whole jury ?

A correspondent writes, stating that the present prospects of tho Palmerston and Minawatu districts is in no way promising, tbe past dry summer and the late rains having made feed very scarce indeed, while tbe subsequent flood did not improve matters. The silt has effectually covered in many parts of tbo district ihs feed that was being saved in anticipation of winter, tho result being that many farmers have had to soil stock regardless of price. All classes of stock aro in .comparatively poor condition, and it is stated, several deaths havo occurred already, while tho mortality will bo still greater as the feed grows in the spring, scour always proying havoc with young lambs and calve 3. The Kairanga district considering the largo area th-t was affected by the flood is it*, fairly good order, grass showing growth already. Tbo Ashhurst and Bunnythorpe distriots are very short indeed of feed, while hay and chaff are very little better. Turnip crops throughout the district have not come away as in provious years. Tho cold weather uo doubt acting as a deterrent.