The Pahiatua Herald with which is incorporated THE PAHIATUA STAR. Published Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 1897.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume V, Issue 536, 27 August 1897, Page 2

The Pahiatua Herald with which is incorporated THE PAHIATUA STAR. Published Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 1897.

No one under 16 years of age is permitted to enter a tavern in Heligoland.

More than 1800 varieties of roses have been cultivated puring the present century.

The average consumption of grain in Europe is four hundred and ten pound per inhabitant yearly. Returns show that 16 persons in every 1000 confined in lunatic asylums have been made insane by love affairs. The value of the Vatican, the Pope’s residence at Rome, and its treasures in money would exceed .£'30,000,000. The United States and Germany are the only great powers in the world that have no post office savings banks.

There are over 3000 miles of canals in the United Kingdom. About half of these are owned by the railway companies.

The Hon. T. Thompson, Minister of Justice, will visit Eketahuna on his rc turn from Auckland early in September for the purpose of inspecting the proposed site of the new courthouse. The total take of trout ova obtained to date by Mr Ayson, curator of the Masterton fishponds, amounts to 2,035,000. To this a possible additional 10,000 will make the total within 45,000 of lust year’s record—Star. The Postal Department has purchased from Mr C. E. liremner, of Masterton, three sections of land on the Parkvillo road, at Eketahuna, as a site on which to erect new post and tetegraph offices and other public buildings. The site is most centrally situated, and will bo the most convenient position for the various settlements.

An American inventor has just succeeded in completing the model of n sub marine boat, which, it is claimed, will travel under water at the rate of six miles a minute, or about 360 miles in an hour. Ilis boat is constructed on a mechanical theory, which when known will astonish the world. It is to bo kept a secret, however, until his patents aro secured. The Illustrated London News had five artists and war correspondents at the Boat of the recent Turko-Grecian war. Twenty thousand a year would not cover the cost of these men to the proprietors of this illustrious serial that commissioned them to givo to the world a verbal and pictorial idea of the position of aiTairs from time to time.

The first shipment of young fry from tho Masterton fish ponds this season was forwarded on Thursday when 6000 brown trout and 6000 rainbow trout wore sent to tho order of the Taranaki Society. A further shipment of brown trout fry will bo sont to tho Ilaweru Society on Monday next.—Stai.

In 1848 Feargus O’Connor was charged in the House with being a Republican. Ho deniol it, and said ho did not care whether the Queen or tho Devil was on tho throne. Peel replied:—When the honorable gontleman Hccafthe Sovereign of his choice on the throne of the*o realms, I hopo he’ll enjoy, and I’m sure he’ll deserve, tho confidence of the Crown.

Since tho salo at a substantial figure of the large totara reserve near Eketuhuna, the settlers of the Wellington No. 1 Special Settlement Block complain bitterly that their roads, on which about £‘Booo has been expended, are being ruined by tho sawmill traffic. Tho road between Nireaha mid tie- railway station between Newman has been converted into a quagmire, and fully £SOO will bo needed to put it in repair. Mr L. F. Ayson, curator of tho Mastorton fish ponds, has practically completed his work of taking ova for tho presont ooason. Drown trout have just finished spawning in the local rivers, which, Mr Ayson states, is considerably Int' . than in any previous season. The final tako of ova was made on Tuesday, when 20,000 oggs of the rainbow trout wero obtained from pond fish, which makes the grand total of this now popular trout for tho season 295,000.—Star.

Mr H. W. Briggs makes several additions to his list of properties for sale and lease.

Messrs Helps and Co. add several properties to their advertised list for sale and lease. The water melon grows wild all over Africa. It was cultivated in Egypt b.c., 2500.

Mr Matthew Henry inserts list of stock for his Pahiatua sale on Tuesday, September 7th. Messrs Abraham and Williams add to their Pahiatua stock list for next Tuesday’s sale.

At the election of councillor for the Makuri Riding, Mr S. Bolton topped the poll with a score of 53, against Mr Nestor 28, and Mr P. J. Murphy 8.

Pointed fingers indioate rapid concentration and execution. They are the fingers of the poet, the novelist, the religious teacher. Of the 38 Sultans who have ruled the Ottoman Empire since the conquest of Constantinople by the Turks 34 have died violent deaths. Messrs Mowlem and Co. sell tomorrow at the auction mart on account of Mr J. Goddard, a consignment of fruit trees. See advertisement. A committee meeting of the Athletic Society will be held in the Commercial Hotel this evening at 8 p.m. Business important. She: And now, Charlie, I suppose tomorrow you will have to speak to papa about this. He : Yes, dearest, I must. (After a pause). Has your father a telephone ?

Not one hundred miles from Waverley a milk supplier and a director was called on the other day by the Manager to explain how a crayfish got into his milk can.

Mr A. Stewart advertises for sale some choice sorts of seed potatoes, including Centerbury Beauty of Hebron, Dakato Red, Sukreta, Her Majesty, White Star and others.

A meeting of milk suppliers of the Mangatainoka district is called for Wednesday evening next at 7.30 in Walther’s Hall to talk over matters in connection with the coming season. Mr James Young, of the New Zealand Dairy Union, will be in attendance.

Messrs Wenley and Lanauze, of Napier, advertise their next sale of wool, sheepskins, hidos, and tallow on Thursday, 2nd of September. All consignments should be addressed care of Wenley and Lanauze, Spit. A preliminiary advertisement re a clearing sale of Messrs Porter Bros.’ dairy stock and utensils appears in another column. Full particulars in future issue. Messrs Mowlem and Co. conduct the sale. The football match, Pahiatua v. Mangatainoka, on tho latter’s ground to-morrow should draw a big crowd. The result of the match will virtually decide which team will be the possessor of the beautiful banner promised by Mr J. Ryan, the popular host of the Club Hotel, Woodville.

Mr J. Vile, with his usual courteousy, has generously placed his coach at the disposal of the Pahiatua team to-morrow, which will convey players only to and from Mangatainoka gratis. The coach will leave the Commercial Hotel at 2.30 p.m., and returns at 5 p.m. Mr Vile has always been a genuine supporter of sport.

Several of those who promised to assist at the concert last evening failed at the last moment to put in an appearance. This loose way of making and breaking promises is very annoying for the manager of a concert. Amateurs should always remember that it is a serious matter to break faith with the public. The Pahiatua Band plays on the town side of the borough bridge next Sunday afternoon. Following is the programme: —Quick Step, “ Hail, Smiling Morn ” (J. Robinson) ; Selection, “ Gems of Columbia” (11. Round); Euphonium Solo (song), *' Tho Diver ” (Loder); Overture, “Grown of Honor” (Chas. Richards); Quick Step, “ The Humber ” (J. Robinson) ; Fantasia, “ Margaret ” (T. Wadson) ; Selection, “ Richard Ccuur de Lion ” (Gretry); “ God Save the Queen.”

A Sydney paper writing of W. Warbrick, a well-known footballer, says :

“Ho has never smoked tobacco, nor drunk grog ; at Lord Sheffield’s banquet, ho decided to taste champagne, which he had never tried. He got it down with a grimace ; his Lordship’s champagne to the Maori palate 1 tasted just like ink.’ And after all he has never seen a man killed on the football field.” We thought we knew William the footballer pretty well, but as a prohibitionist and anti-tobacco man, well perhaps it was another man. It may be “ Willy ” has b«en spinning fairy tales to the innocent cornstalk reporter. At a meeting of the Woodville Football Club on Friday evening last the club team climbed down and exprossed regret for what had been said against Wood. Wood very generously accepted the apology and asked them to bo more careful iu future as to how they lot their tongues wag. During the past week the Pahiatua llkrald was eagerly sought after in Woodville, and were wo at all conceited we might be apt to claim that our fearless denunciation of the baseless charge had a good deal to do with tho final satisfactory result. Modesty forbids boasting. Mr L. F. Ayson has information to hand that tho shipment of 25,000 brown trout and 50,000 rainbow trout ova forwarded some weeks ago to Sydney have arrived, and that the brown trout ova was landed in perfect condition, while there was a loss of about 5 per cent, on tho rainbow trout. Mr Ayson accounts for the slight loss on the rainbow shipment to tho fact that this ova is more delicate, and hatches out ten days earlier than any other oya, consequently there is a greater liability and risk in shipping. He considers that tho whole shipment has been particularly successful.—Star.

Referring to tho Dannevirke water supply, for which Mr Leslie 11. Reynolds was tho enginoer, tho Bush Advocate says:—The waterworks weir will probably be completed next week. All the work under water is finished, nnd tho rest will only occupy a few days. Tho water is now flowing into tho pipes at the intake, and tho permanent connection will bo mado as soon ns the timber fiuming, which only needs tarring, is ready. A local resident, who inspected tho works on Monday, gavo it ns his opinion that tho scheme is already a perfect success. lie doubts if any other town in the colony haH been ablo to get such a splendid supply except at far greater cost, and is very favourably impressed with tho ability and careful supervision with which tho works have been carried out. There is not much in tho Transvaal nowadays to tempt from homo in quest of fairer fortuno tho most advonturous among our workers, but to any such wo commend the perusal of the following : —Sydney D.T.’s Johannesburg correspondent writes that tho local “ labour problom is not yet solvod. Thousands of niggers are leaving for thoir krnftls, refusing to accept tho reduced rates of pay, and there is talk of importing coolie labour to meet tho demands. Tho prosont high cost of living hero renders it impossible to reduce tho wages of white laborers, and owing to tho general stagnation skilled artisans aro leaving every day. At Buluwayo bricklayers’ wages wore reduced from 30s por day to 245; a striko followed, and tho men succeeded. It costs about 15s a day for a man to livo in anything liko comfort, so tho wago isn’t too much, all things considered. But thoro are plenty of men for tho work, and Australians hud bettor stay whore thoy aro for tho presont.” The host flavored and tho most profit able strawberry to grow is tho wondorful M Sharploss.” Blunts now ready, from 5s to 10s por hundred, at Ilorton’s Tre mior Nurseries.