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Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9939, 16 January 1900, Page 2

Interesting reading matter, entitled "A Tale of the Sea," "A Memorable Incident," "Russia's Activity," and sporting will be found on our first page. Tho postponed cricke^ matches will be continued on Saturday next, and the junior matches \vj}l jbe delayed' another week. The Victorias piay tjje JJniteds on Thursday. For tho competition for the marble clock presented to the Wanganui Fire Brigade by Messrs Hallenstein Bros, the following handicaps have been declared — A. Mooaeman scratch, Lieutenant Battle scratch, Secretary Copeland scratch, Foreman Sims scratch, Foreman .Carroll 3 fjronds, C. Sherman 6, A.' Halligan ! 6, E! Towiurend. 7, W. Sharp 8, W. 'Bice 8, H. 'Ttir,tow 8, J. I?riee 9, JT. Purnell 9, B. R.' Price 10, J. Armstrong I<X W, M'Gonagle 11, C. Halligan, ]1, P, Mouat 12. G, CarreU 14, J. Quinnl 14 J- JJopson 14, "W, Nathan 16, Rcy-j nolds'l6, 0- Sruse 17, J"," Morton 17, A. Perrett 17, C. LCstk?rlands 15, H. Murray 18, F. Loftus 18, W, Eobb 18, H. Cummins 18, G. Brown 20, J. James 20, T. M' Arthur 20, R. Sharp 20, R. Beauchamp 25, Captain Powell 30, Foreman Spriggens 30, T. Ferry 30, L. Jones 30.

Faetoiy owners ale again reminded that registration fees must bo paid during the present month. We have to thank Mr H. E. Dyinock, the local agent of the Sun Insurance Coy., for an office calendar for 1900, as also a handy pocket note-book. The patients at the Hospital are to bo treated ta a number of selections this evening by Mr James Armstrong's orchestra. Farms in thig district are «till changing hands. Mr B. Tyerman, of Baddeley and Tyerman, has sold Mr R. Peake's farm of 616 aroea, No. 3 Line, to Mr E. F. H. Vaughan. Mrs Williamson and tho Rev. G. Bond desire to acknowledge the following additional subscriptious towards the amount being collected for the Henderson family P .Bell, 10s; J. Bennio, 20s; "Another Boer," 20s, "Sympathiser," 20s • A settler at Eketahuna claims to have discovered good speoimens of New Zealand diamonds ia the Tararua ranges. He intends proceeding to the ranges during the Christmas holidays, and expects to be able to bring in some specimens.— Express. The Cnstlcclift* Railway Company has, in tho most generous manner, .igreed to lun .i free train fiom the Heads at 7 o'clock to-morrow evening, so as to enable tho residents of Castlecliff to attend the mass meeting at the Drill Hall at BVcloek. There have been further outbreaks of swine fever in the Clutha district and in Taranaki, and suspicious cases at Invercargill and on a small farm near Christchurch. The news (says a contemporary) is disquieting, anfl it is to be hoped no effort will be spared in preventing the spread of the disease. Wo give a final reminder of the meeting of tho Wanganui Begatta. Association this evening in the Union Boatshed, when tho question of relinquishing the Regatta this year will be considered. Members of the local rowing clubs and those ot the general public interested are invited to attend. The meeting commences .it 8 o'clock. At a meeting of the Wanganui Cricket Association last evening it was decided to play tho match against Victoria on Cook's Gardens, provided the outfield can be got in good order. All cricketers arc- requested to lend their assistance during tho evenings in rolling the ground. At the Boys' Swimming Sports last Thursday L. Ward and W. Cummins, with 15 points each, tied for tho points prize, and it was decided to swim off for the honour last evening, the distance being 50 yards. Tho match ended in a win ior Ward, who gave Cummins four seconds' start, and just bent him in the last stioke or two. By inset m to-night's Herald Messrs Joseph Paul and Co. announce thoir groat half-yearly sale, which commences to-morrow (Wednesday). The prico list will toll you all about the wonderful bargains which should mnko you rise up on Wednesday morning with only one idea in life, and that to bccurc some of them for youiself. At a meeting of the Association for tho Advancement of Science, held at Melbourne yesterday, it was decided to ask tho Government of the various colonies to draw tho attention of municipalities to the widespread existence of tuberculosis, and to take steps to regulate tho meat and milk supply and disintect houses where cases have occurred, j In our auction columns will be found a detailed advertisement of tlie sale of Mr William Light's household furniture and effects, including a splendid piano by IJrosch mid Co. The household is a very complete one, and (ho contents have only been in hep about a year. Some very choieo itcm3 aro in tho catalogue nnd' Mr Keesmg should meet a good audience on the day of tho sale. The grain crops of North Canterbury are (says the Christchurch Prosß) in a forward state for harvest, and oats aro being cut, while wheat is coming into full ear. On the downs land there is evidence cf rust, but otherwise the ears aie well filled, and the grain a fairly good average. As the agricultural statistics were taken parly in December, persons are now aßk,ing if they are to be published, or are only intended for the private information of the Government. By memorandum published as an inset with this issue, Mr J. J. Buckrell notifies from Victoria House to the general public that to-morrow he begins a clearing sale of the whole of his wollselected stock of millinery, straw goods, mantles, capes, dress materials, sheetings, calicoes, fiannelottes, hosiery, gloveß, men's and boys' clothing, summer dresses and prints, etc. As it is absolutely necessary that a largo portion of tho stock should be turned into cash, special inducements will be offered in llio various departments. At tho Magistrate's Court yesterday afternoon judgment was given for plaintiff in the ease of D. Robb v. J. Lyon, for .£4 15s (id and costs £2 14b. Tho caso arose out of a collision, the defendant, whilo "scorching" down a hill on a cycle, charging into plaintiff's vehicle. Tho Magistrate severely condemned the reckless manner in winch some cyclists rode about tho streets of tho borough and country roads. Judgment was also given for plaintiff for £2 10s and costs £2 2s iv the case of B. M'Caul v. Scally, claim for return of a horse or its value, .€9. Tho following members of the Wanganui Rifles will participate in the thirdclass compotition forthe clock presented to tho corps to Messrs Hobsoli and Sons • — Corporals Mahoney and Bolton, Volunteers Armstrong, Bennett, Bengo, Cox, Collins, Day, Gilbertson, A. Harrison, G. Harrison, Hamilton, Loftus, McLean, McLauchlan, McTavish, Noville, Purnell, Robay, Richardson, Riggs, Scally, Turner, Thompson, and Willis. The first compotition will be hold this woek — on Thursday afternoon, and Saturday morning, tho latter date boing selected to suit tho convenience of those who oonuot get away on Thursday. The range ia not available on Saturday afternoon. Mr William Hughes Field, the recently elected member for Otaki, is a native of Wanganui, waß educated at Wellington College, served his articles with Mr C, H. Bjrlase, of Wanganui, and iv 1890 was admitted a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of New Zealand. He is now a member of the legal firm of Stafford, Treadwell, and Field. Apart from the bar Mr Field is well known in athletic circles, having from his boyhood taken a great interest in all forms of manly sports. He frequently rowed in representative crews from tho Star Boating Club, of which for years ho was captain, and at the present time he is chairman of tho Managing Committee of the New Zealand Amateur Rowing Association. Mr Field is a Government supporter. On our fourth pag£ is presented a cut of the Ideal Binder, the highest type of a harvester that ever was conceived by the genius of man. It combines within itself all the teatures which have been so ably described, and,as a perfect whole, is tho lealisation of highest aims. With a record of moro than 40 years of har\fster <*nd binder-building behind them, and guided by a line ol machines which ia their day were recogni&ed as the standard of exoellence by which all others were m< asured, also after five years of careful (.-.■jperimentation, the Ideal Birder 13 offered as the bost that any one can do in that line. No otuer niacHne ever excited such unbounded enthusiasm upon its first appearance, no other ovor appealed to the farmer with such an array of good features, aud no olher in the first year of its general sale so fully redeemed every promise made for it aa did the Ideal in 1898. It is unique in that it is original; in lightness of draft it is a revelation ; for symiretry, btrcngth, and -capacity it leaves absolutely nothing to be; desired. The Deering Ji&rygste/r Cohipany could off'ir nothing better 'in ih'o nlosing year of tho century— in fact, it would prove an appropriate seal vnth which to close the pages of harvester history, bs it represents the very latest thought in that line. In the production of this machino the c< mpany have had recourse ti an airay of good features which have demonstrated their worth on Dtering nTichinSs in the past, and to these have been addf.fi much that is new and the result of careful and constant experiments so that it~-is with a feeling or extreme confidence that this machine is offered to •■ the farmers of 'the wolld. ' The Wanganui agent is Mr Walter Armstrong, of the Eureka Carriage Factory, in Ridgway Street, and he will be pleased to afford any information connected with this up-to-date harvester,

To-raorrow, at 3.30, Mr J. H. EJeesing will sell a most beautitul lot ot put plauta from the nursery of Mr Mitchinaon, New Plymouth. These plants were on view to-day, aud elicited unstinted admiration from thoae who saw them. i Edward Spencer, who belonged to the Wanganni Rifles, and who is going to South Africa as one of the second Contingent, has very thoughtfully sent to his father, John Spencer, of Palmerston North, an order to dr.iw £1 a week from the pay due to him. — Manawatu Times. The bot-fly, the Timaru Herald learns, is as severe on horseflesh this year as ever. In fact the fly seems to be more ravenous than previously, and they are to be met with in nearly* all parts of the district near Timaru in the middle of the day. An important movement in connection with the supply of kerosene to these colonies is on foot. It is intended to estabhsji in Melbourne a depot for dealing with bulk petroleum from tho Borneo wells. The movement is strongly supported by several large firms in London. Owing to want of interest, the Wellington Caledonian Society has been wound up. It was decided to send 100 guineas, which practically represents the funds in hand, to the officer commanding the Highland Brigade in South Africa for the benefit of wounded Highlanders. Tho many friends of our genial journalistic confrere, "A. Tramp, Esq.," were pleased to see him in Wanganui to-day, looking none the worse for his late sojourn in tho New Plymouth Hospital, whero ho underwent a very painful and serious operation successfully. We trust tho "Tramp" may soon be his old self and regale his many admirers with further "Casual Rambhngs." Writing under date December 2nd fiom Na-uiwpoort, Trooper Dickenson, of tho first New Zealand Contingent in South Africa, says — "The other day, when I was out Cn Cossack post, I came to a house, in which lived an old man and two awfully pretty daughters, who made me at home in no time when they discovered that I was a New Zealander, as they came from Taranaki. Was it not funny to meet them out here, 600 miles up m Africa ? At Wellington yesterday, Alfred Truebridgo and his wife, of Taita, were charged with alleged sly-grog selling. Tho accused admitted they supplied the meals at a fixed rate, and gave the beer in. The Magistrate, in fining tho defendants £5 and costs, said if he were to hold that liquor oould be supplied by unliconßed persons with meals it would open tho door to illicit trade, and iutiniated that in future there would be no mitigation of the penalty. A young man, charged at the Dunedin Polico Court with obscene language and with damaging property, caused no littlo surprise by stating that he was unable to lead. Asked his age he replied that he was 20, and a native of New Zealand. Mr Mallard (one of the pitsiding Justices)- ' God bless me ' Hero we are paying £700,000 v year to educate you youngsters, and jou stand there and say you criiinot read. Did you ever go to school '" Iho young man . "Yes, but I never stuck to school." Tho Vengeance recently launched has tremendous offensive, power. A broadside from this vessel, says the Navy League Journal, would mean the discharge of four 50-ton guns, each firing 8501 b projectiles, six 0-in quick-firing guns, firing 1001 b projectiles, and six othor guns firing VJXh shots as well as six Masims. Eleven thousand pounds of metal could thus bo projected at one moment from tho sides of the Vengeance. Twenty such vcbbpls firing together would boleh forth 190 tons of motal every fivo minutes. "It would seem that nearly all the world is to take a Spaniard's gun as tho best weapon," said an officer of the Ordnance Buieau. "The Mauser is owned and controlled by the Spanish Government, its inventor, one oi their ordnanco officers, having sold it to them. This is a chance, or rather one of tho chances, for that Government to recover its finances, for the superiority of the arm is very generally recognised, and thero is even a possibility of it superseding tho Krag gun. It would be odd if we were to pay a million or two in the way of royalties every year to our late adversaries."—Philadelphia Call. The captain of the barquo Silicon, which has arrived nt New York from the Arctic regions, repeats finding a deserted Russian ship of old-fashioned pattcin. Ho and some- members of tho eicw of the Silicon boarded the ship, and found tho hatches battened down and tho doors fastened. They forced an entry, and discovered that the vessel had a cargo of furs in fine condition, while the log and letters on board stated that the vessel had been abandoned in 1848. Tho suposition is that the vesel had reached tho high latitudes, and, having been, frozen in by the icebergs ever since, had only just thawed out. Tho captain possesses many interesting rehca brought iroin tho vossol. If the English language is soon to be tho universal tongue, one iB inclined to feel rather sorry for those who have to acquire it. For, aceoiding to a German statistician who has made a, study concerning tho comparative wealth of all the languages of modem civilisation ours is the one which heads tho list with tho enoimous vocabulary of 260,000 words. Germany comes next, after a great drop, with 80,000 words; then follow Italy with 75,000, Franco with only 30,000, Turkey with 22,500, and Spain with 20,000 words. Fortunately, the literature of a nation does not depend on the number of words in its vocabulary, for did not the French masters of the pen in the seventeenth century work with the small capital of 5000 words? A Foreign Office report just issued on the trade of Angola, tho Portuguese colony in Western Africa gives a reminder of the existence of a colony of Boers quite apart from those we are now fighting— on the other Bide of Africa altogether. They are living near Mossamedes, a town founded in 1849 by a colony of Brazilians, to whom our colonists were added iv 1850, yince then a fairly continuous, if slender, stream of white emigrants has passed into this part of Angola. Id 1881 a party of Boers from tho Transvaal trekked into the district and settled on the plateau of Humpata, where they have been established ever since. These men live in Angola, as do their brethren in the Transvaal, in scattered families of independent farmers, and they have carried to within lodeg of the equator their huge waggons, their long spans of oxen, and their proverbial impatience of control. A great many tomato-g-rowers about Sydney have been puzzled to notice fine healthy plants suddenly dying. The disease has appeared on a large scale in tho Gosford district. Specimens sent to tho Government experts have been examined and found to be infested with tho "sleeping disease of tomato," a fungoid disease known as Fusarium lycopersici. The entomologist, Mr Froggatt, states that this iB a very common disease in England, whore it causes great losses to market gardeners growing tomatoes. It is likely to spread, as if tho plants are attacked when in full fruit, as is often the case, the fruit may ripen and appear even under tho microscope, to be perfectly sound, yet the seeds from such tomatoes is planted will produce diseased plants. As the fungus first attacks the roots and then comes up the stem, where it discolours ihe tissue and causes tho sudden death of the plant, there is no remedy for the plants when, once attacked; but they should be destroyed, and tho Boil treated with quicklime to destroy tho spores and keep the disease from spreading.* The ship Canada, which arrived at Melbourne on Christmas Eve, bound from Norfolk, Virginia (U.S.A.), for Manilla, had a sensational experience on December 2nd. She was in latitude 41.15deg. S. and 58.35deg E., and running wind on her quarter, being a N.W. wind, with royals set. At 8 a.m. a whirlwind struck the ship without any warning, and carried away the mizzen mast by tho deck. The mast fell over the side at an angle of about 45deg. forehead. It carried away the majn t°P-gallant yard at the same tim», Tho ship's way was deadened until the wreckago was cut away. In falling the mast did very little damage to i tho vessel, only breaking a portion of the deckhouse, the topgallant rail, and chafed the main rail, and carried away tho main topsail tie. The first officer of the Canada, who was on deck, had a trying experience. When he heard the mast snap he dropped on his knees, alongside the raised deck, at the poop. The mast fell right over him, but as the yards caught the water the 'stick" canted, and the whole of the wreckage went clean overboard. Captain Taylor decided to make for Port Phillip to refit his vessel.

The matron of tho Jubilee Home desires to acknowledge, with thanks, a donation of tobacco Irom Mr T. C'oady, Captain Edwin telegraphs: — Northeast to north and west galo, glass fall, considerable sea; tides high and strong ebb tides in the Straits. Mr Yee Yick notifies that lie has taken over ihe Chinese Laundry in Campbell Place, and is prepared to fulfil all orders entrusted to him. The members of the Garrison Band are reqnested to meet at the Band-room to-morrow (Wednesday) evening at 7.15 o'clock, in full-dresß uniform. The Premier has accepted the invitation to be present at the Liberal demonstration in the Wairarapa on the 18th, to celebrate the Liberal victory at the general election. A rehearsal of "Trial by Jury" will be held this evening in the Templars' Hall, Wiokstecd Place, at 8 o'clock sharp. A full muster :s requested as tho committee contemplate: facing a date for the performance at once. With a view to the prevention of accidents, the Defence Department has issued a regulation that Volunteers, after practising on the rifle range, must submit the rifle for examination by the officer in oharge to see that no cartridge is left in the weapon. The following will represent the Wanganui CricKet Association in its annual match with Taranaki, to bo played at Hawera on Jan. 22ud and 28rd :— H. B. Cave, K. H. Cave, W. B. Cave, Meldrum, Francis, Watt. Marshall, Shannon, Tompkinß, Boyes, Watty, and Luiford. Messrs Crichton md Newman, of the Cash Boot and Shoe Palace, have just landed another first-class shipment of English and American foot-wear, suit> able for tho present season. Those in want of first-class boots, shoes, etc., at a fair price, wolild do well to give the firm a call. The Lyttelton Times Btates that in one instance an employee who volunteered for South Africa and was accepted, was not only granted leave of absence by his employers, but was allowed half-pay for the first six months of his absence. In the other case alluded to, tho employee of another bank was rejected from the Contingent, and then dismissed from his employment. Very important business will be transacted at a meeting of the Wanganui Centre, of the League of New Zealaud Wheelmen to be held this evening at the Provincial Hotel at 7.15 sharp. All members are requested to be present. Tho Committee of the Wanganui Bicycle Club meets at tho same place at 8 p.m., when a proposal to send representatives to the Championship Meeting to be held in Wellington shortly will be considered. Wo have received from the Tablet Office a copy of Volume II of The Dominican Star, for the year 1900, a neatl/bound and excellently-printed literary annual of some 250 pases. The contents, wltich. aro capitally illustrated, include tome highly interesting shoit stories by capable writers, a number of poems, South African and Hcme correspondence, a letter from India, aud chats in the Library. Tho whole work, both from a literary and printer's point of view, ia a moat creditable production. Messrs R. H. White aud Co.'s half yearly sale is evidently a marked success, and crowds of buyers have been delighted with the bargains obtained during the last fc.iv days. On. Saturday evening the clothing and drvpery shops, besides the show rooms upstairs, were so crowded that numbers of would-be purchasers wero unable to even get near the counters on account of +he crush. Fresh bargains are being turned out each morning, and we recommend an early visit to Messrs B. H. White and Co.'s Bale, which is now in full swing. Tho Right Hon. G. H. Reid (ex-Pre-mier of New South Wales) and Mrs Reid ai rived in Wanganui yesterday afternoon by tho Southern express train, and wero met at the station by his Worship tho Mayor, who afterttarde took them for a drive around tho show placea of Wanganui, in which wore included tho pretty grouudß of the Wanganui Jockey Club and Durietown, from which latter placo was obtained a splendid panoramic \icw of Wanganui and surrounding district. In the evening Mr Reid wa^ waited on by Mr A. D. Willis, M.H.R., and the editor of this journal, with whom he had a pleasant chat. Ho cxpre&sed himself delighted with his visit to Now Zealand, which ho said impressed him as being the most prosperous of tho Australasian colonies. Tlub morning Mr and Mr 3 Reid left by steamor for Pipiriki, and will return to-mor-row. On Thursday they proceed to New Plymouth, thence to Auckland, from where they will go on a visit to the hot springs by train.

There have boon Inrtto numbers ot trcut coming into the Wanganui River lately from tho sea. These fish have, no doubt, come from the other rivers along this coast, many of which are heavily stocked, and jftord fine spcrt for anglers. We are informed that the Maoris speared two very large fish in the Upokonguro stream n few days since, one weighing 161bs and the other slightly over 171bs. It is to be hoped the natnei on the Wanganui River will refiain from killing trout until the river is properly stocked, as until lately it has been almost the only river on this coast that has not been properly stocked, and will soon afford plenty of aport, if improper mothods of capture are put. a stop 10. It is impossible to prevent Maoris from taking even imported fish aa by the Treaty of Waitangi their rights of fishery were recognised and confirmed. We feel certain, however, that if proper representations on tho subject were made to the chiets, they would restrain thoir people from capturing trout by means of spears and nets, and allow the hah to increase, and thus make tho Wanganui River one of tho best stocked trout streams in the North Island.