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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXVII, Issue 10639, 7 May 1913, Page 4

A Berlin paper states that General Egloffsten, Governor of Strasburg, has tendered his resignation. This is thought to be oonnected with the recent parade of the garrison caused by a hoaxer's telegram that the Kaiser was coming.

A girl applied at the Norberg sessions reaently to have her banns of marriage declared invalid as she had since discovered that her -fiance was consumptive. The man said that if the girl would not marry him in spite of his affliotion he had ,no objection to the banns lieing cancelled. '-'

Only'when tea is absolutely pure do yon get the highest stimulating power and" the least waste. Purity in tea ie secured by the utmost care is every branch of the industry, from pioking of the leaves to marketing of the finished product. Crescent Tea is a high grade, pure Tea. It is rich and strong, and uniform in flavour. Sold in three grades at 2s, Is lOd and is 8d per lb. An apprisal of the estate of the late Mr £3. H. Harriman shows that it aggregated 70,000,000 dollars—£l4,ooo,ooo. He held no bonds either in the Union Pacific or Southern Pacific Companies, but he had 51,900 shares preferred and 55,000 of common stock in the Union Pacific and 1000 shares of common stock in the Southern Pacific. Excitement was caused in Oharlottenburg recently by a black cat, which was supposed to have- gone suddenly mad. It bit two women and a boy it could be driven into a cellar and captured. Investigation shows that the cat was not mad, but, aftergbeing frightened by some unknown persons, crouched on the stairs and bit everyone who passed. The cat recovered fiom its attack of nerves and permitted itself to be caressed,

Filled with holiday-makers, a motor omnibus belonging to the Leeds Corporation buist into flames. The omnibus was speedily brought to a standstill and the alarmed passengers hastily alighted. The fire-brigade was summoned, but by the time it arrived the omnibus was blazing furiously. When the flames were extinguished the vehicle was almost completely destroyed. Two cyclists hurrying to the scene collided, and one of them had his leg broken.

At Marton Blower Show this week there will be some splendid specimens of blooms, fruic, farm produce and homemade goods. The ladies have stalls for drapery, fancy goods, sweets and lollies, also a stall for handkerchiefs. The drama for Friday evening is entitled, "The Suffragette Disloyal." The caste of characters is: "Molly," Miss Nutt; "Ursula," Miss Gibbons; and "Bobby," Mr W. Ingle. The picee will be staged in first-olas3 style, and the different parts have been placed in such capable hands that a treat is in store for all.*

In the Rue St, Lazare stood a poor and meanly-clad woman who stopped passers-by, 'crying, "Giye me a pennyffor- : food for my baby,'' as she pointed to a wailing infant in her arms. - But an observant policeman interfered. It was only when the woman.made a particular movement that the infant squealed, and investigation showed that a string which the woman worked with her footSwas tied to it. The apparent cruelty resulted in the woman's arrest. Great was ths astonishment at tho police headquarters when the injured "baby" was found to be a large doll, whose vocabulary consisted of "mamma" and "papa." Further, in the "baby's" clothes were linen articles pilfsrad from the stalls in thegStreet.

REGENT CIGARETTES will please the inhaler. Smoke them and share in the Great Free Gift Scheme. Write for Free Gift Catalogue to Regent, Box 331, Wellington. Forty Free Gifts.

Messrs E. Lloyd and Co., Marton, are considerably overstocked in Dress Tweeds, and in order to oreate special interest in this department they will make a teu days' reduction on all 'costumes made from Tweed up to 2s Gd per yard. The values are and the range of selections is. roes t varied. These new tweeds will be exhibited in their windows on Saturday, 3rd inst. The price for making costumes from these tweeds will be- reduced to 90s. Good fit and style guaranteed.*

■ Paris reports that. Mrs Chamberlain, who was dangerously ill from feritonitis, is progressing. Woodville Bacon Company will feeeive pigs at Feildiag to-morrow {Thursday).

A* Marton Court this morning Mr H. H. Riohardson, J.P., fined a first offender for drunkenness 5s with the alternative of 24 hours. Owing to another meeting at Marton to-morrow evening the general meeting of the Cosmopolitan Club will be held next Wednesday, Wth inst. Daniel Moorebrookja resident of Wellington Terraoe, was fouad dead in the kitchen by his wife yesterday morning. Deceased had been complaining of pains ia the ones*. At Rotorua yesterday Wharetutaki, a Maori, was fined #25 and costs £3 la, on each of two charges of supplying liquor to native women in the pah at Ohinemutu. For taking liquor into the pah he was fined £l, and costs i7s 6d.

Robert Semple, wko was imprisoned in Greymonth gaol for failing to pay the fine of £4 imposed for his refusal to give the age of his son as required under th* Defenoe Act, was released yesterday. A man named Hart, a resident of Runanga, paid the fine.

Miss A. J. Percy, a resident of Peton®, was found dead in her room at a private hospital in Wellington yesterday morning, having hanged herself by placing a waistband round her neck and-attaohing it to a towel which sha had fastened to the screen. The deceased was seen by a nurre about twenty minutes before the body was found, and was then apparently in her usual health. She was 50 years of age.

• Manawatu A. & P. Association has decided to take no further action in the matter of prohibiting Government stock from competing at the Show. Mr Hodder explained why his firm's advertisement was the only one appearing on the Winter Show schedule. Owing to their canvasser being detained in the South Island during the floods, and Mr Penny being in a hurry to get the schedules sut, there was no time to get further advertisements. The committee passed a resolution accepting the explanation and exonerating Mr Hodder from all blame.

An echo of the recent tram acci ■ dent which occurred on April 6th in Christchurch, in which a young woman lost her life, was heard at the Magistrate's Court yesterday, when the motorman and conductor of the tramcar were charged with having committed perjury at the inquest, Eugene Allan was charged with having committed perjury in testimony at the inquest on Evelyn Edith Coombes by falsely swearing that when Mies Coombes fell the car was three poles from the stopping place. William Horgan was charged with having similarly committed perjrry by falsely swearing that when he stopped the oar h© was two poles distant from the stopping place. Accused were committed for trial, reserving their defence.

"Silly male on cress reform for worsen" was the of an animatad debate at a meeting of ladies prominent in Chicago convened to consider the Bill introduced into the Ohio State Legislature for the establishment of a commission of censors to regulate female clothing and suppress openwora stockings and transparent blouses. An ironical resolution declaring the formation of a National Bnreau of Correct Dress for Men wag carried with acclamation. The bureau recommended the\ enactment of Ip.wb to:—1. Cora'nol men to wear flowing beards in order to cover their chins; secondly, eliminate - the "Cnbist' waistcoat, the stiff shirt, and the high collar; t'.iirdly, compel baldheaded men to Seep properly coYered, and those who are not bald to cease wearing hats liable to cause baldness.

There is reported from Kieff a tragedy resulting from tlie youthful precocity unfortunately so prevalent in Russia. A 15-year-old hoy at the Commercial Sohool, named Larmoff, fell in love with a schoolgirl named Shokin, and insistnetly urged her to marry him. Colonel Glakhovtzeff, a great friend of the girl's family, seems to have persuaded her to dismiss the infatuated hoy, who thereupon became convinced that, the coloael was hia rival for the girls affeotion. He went to the colonels house, and, after upbraiding him for his treachery, stabbed him gto death with a dagger. Then he proceeded to the home of Miss Shokin, and killed her with the *same weapon after she had finally refused to listen to his suit. He fled the house, but the polioe were soon on his tracK, and came up with him in a suburban street. Seeing that |arrest was inevitable the boy murderer prilled out a revolver and shot himself, falling dead on the sjiot.