THE PRINCE OF WALES.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 10257, 6 February 1901, Page 2

THE PRINCE OF WALES.

Ik reply to many inquiries we may say that the title, '"Prince of Wales," is not hereditary. It is conferred -upon the eldest son of the reigning Sovereign, and will, in all probability, beshortly bestowed on tho Dnko of Cornvralf ,»nd York by the King, as it earrios -with it certain revenues which sye needed to uphold the dignity' and "vition of tho ti|ble. whjch was first Py *■■* the *on of Edward 1,, who. wargiven t- M '-n»rvoi» lv 1284,

A quantity of interest^* *!^5 matter will be found on our first 5 '

A Working Men's Club has been established at Elthara.

During last month not a single bankruptcy was recorded in Christchurch.

A scam of good-looking coal has been found on 'Mr Pearf s property at Puponga, in the Nelson district.

Under the new Municipal Act, which came into force on Ist January, the Borough Councils will have control of billiard tables.

Tho Free Lance takes tho Wellington Racing Club severely, to task for continuing its race meeting before the funeral of the Queen. ■ It i 3 staled that tho man Sommcr,villo, who murdered Mr Herbert in Ifastorlon some years ago, and was ad- | judged insane, is now in America.

A man named Vinsou Dosettar was fined J650 'at Wagga Wagga tho other day for illegally using the title of doctor.

, It may not be generally known that it costs the Hospital Board ab.-ut £300 a year for lighting the institution. Captain Edwin vrirca a3 followß: — North-east to north and west gale altar 12 hours from now; glass fall; eea iiea-vy: tides high; very strong ebb tides in the Straits. . The Marton School, together with teachers and parents, intend coming into Castlecliff on Friday next for an eacursion. The Bata School also intend spending a day at the sea-sida oh Saturday. Among .the applicants for old ago pensions at Melbourne is in old ludy whoso age will be 103 in March next. She was born at Gatehouse, Kircudbrightshire, Scotland, and remembers tho battle of Waterloo. She has been 33 years iv Victoria. JJr Perham, C.E. for the Marine Department, who is at present on a visit to Wanganui, went to Castlecliff to-day, accompanied by Messrs J. T. Stewart, C.E., and Mr A. Atkins, C.E., for tho purpose of inspecting the progress in tho making of tho stone wall protecting the railway line. During the month of January 49 patients were admitted to and 39 discharged from the Hospital, 79 being treated during the month, 38 remaining in. on January 31st. Amongst the admissions were seven accident cases and two cases of scarlet fever. Thirteen operations were performed during the month, and two deaths occurred. It is a coincidence, to say the lea&t of it, that the xmly King of England who has been designated by a grati'iul people as "The Great" died exactly a thousand years igo. King Alfred the Great died in tho year yoi, just ton centuries before the decease* of Her late Majesty, who is justly entitled to. be styled 'Victoria the Great." , The largest sale of sheep ever held in Hawke's Bay took place yesterday, when nearly 40,000, representing the HaUima flock, were offered in lots of from 1000 to 3000. Buyers were presont from Canterbury and all parts of tho North Island, materially stimulating tho bidding. The average all round was about 12s. ■ Macdonald's large hotel and store at Kuripapanga (Hawke's Bay) were burned down yesterday morning. Very littlo was saved,' one. Wellington lady losing valuable jewellery and ' Wardrobe. The insurances are £1550 on. the' building, £500 on the stock and furniture in thQ hotel, and £400 on the stock in tho store, all in tho Standard. ''■'•• •"<

During the week reports have been received at Dunedin from 37 dredges, tho total yield being 790/11/23, or an average of 21oz per dredge. Additional returns are: Kmpire 47/16/3, Goldeu Gate 46/3, Mauuherikia 44/16/6, Matnu 42, Wnimumu 39/1, Stirling 34/9, Alexandra Eureka 23, Gabriels 21/J2, Tuapoka 18, Waimumu Extended 17/8, and Elexandra 11. 13/14. The police force in Christchurch must be hard up for something to do, judging by the following extract from the Lvttolton Times : — Chief - Detective Chrystal, of the Christchurch police, arrested a little girl aged ton, yesterday afternoon on a charge- of stealing two-penco the property of one Erailv Wheeler.' The case will probably be brought before the .Bench this morning.

The North Otago Times states that a hailstorm, exceedingly disastrous in i\s effects, pnsrcd over Duntroon and the neighbourhood about 4.30 on Wednesclny afternoon. The hailstones aro describee? as of tho size of apples, and every window that faced the course of the Rtorm 'was broken. The storm possad ovc-r lUc Wnitaki Kiver leaving di'v-istatioii in its track, and was felt in a milder form at Studholme. . ' .. Tho Chvißtchuro.h Press Bays that there ai'e men of our contingents who have boon back from South Africa, for weeks, and aro still unable to get employment because they have not been discharged. What is worse, they have not yet been, given the bacjc..pay that is due to themi and some are consequently penniless. Without money, though as much as £30 is duo to some, and without the power of getting work, moro than one returned Christchurch man has had to apply to tho Mayor to rolievo his immediate necessities. At the inquest at Duuedin held by Mr C. C. Graham, Coroner, into tho rather complicated circumstances attending the death of George Gibbs, a greaser on the s.s. Otarama, was concluded yesterday. The evidence was ooniiictiiijr, owing- partly to tlie enmifcv existing between the firemen and seamen, and partly to the fact that a number of witnesses were more or less under the influence of liquor at tho timo of the occurrence. The jury, however, were able, to arrive- at a verdict with which the Coroner concurred*, that death was caused by a knife stab inflicted by Alexander Thompson,' ami added that, in their opinion, Kur.st, tho other man in custody, was in no

way to blame. Whilst on a shooting expedition at Wentworth (N.S.W.) the other day, a party of thera discovered a man on the west tide of 1 the Anabranch crock, apparently suffering from starvation. Mr McDonald heard a faint coo-e-e, which caused the discovery of the dying man. Ho was paralysed down one side, and hod been on the same spot for eight days. At first he had apparently been in tho habit of crawling about fifty yards to tho creek for water, but later his strength, deserted him, and he was unable to move. His hat was found about fifty yards away, and, being unable^ to get it, his head had been uncovered for some days. All round him in the sandy ground was a hole, which .had been' worn by his struggles. The man vixr token to J;he Wentworth hospital, and is in a- critical condition.' Whilo Mtirooni Is perfecting his patents those who manage the commercial affairs >f wireless telegraphy arc negotiating with Governments for permission to erect stations oh quays, capes, aud islands between England and Australia. Though the antipodes is foui times as far as America, the distance is more easily- spanned by reason of landmarks in the voyage at all points muDh nearer than TSTew York is to Groat. Britain. Hence it is decided to give precedence to the Australian experiment. Arrangements are now being completed for building, wireless telegraphic stations at Prawle Point, the. Lizard, JFinisterre, Ushant, Gibraltar, Malta, Saiclinia, Sicily, Capoi Maloa in Greece, Alexandria, Aden, Socotra off the coast of Africa, Colombo, Sumatra, the Qouoa Islands, -Perth, Albany, Adelaide, and Melbourne. <|When these ars put up, 1 ' said ifarponi's representative iv London, to mi Express interviewer, 1 "a. bent going to or from Aublrnli.a wil} de ajjle to send messages at any time during its voyage. Passengers on board may wire every day to London at the rato of, say, ?d a word." A cable received from Sydney during tho Commonwealth ' celebrations, detailed an occurrence in which it was stated that an Imperial officer had struck, a fireman for thoughtfully providing water fpr the parched troops. Tlie following letter in. connection with the incidant vvn? published ju the Sydney Daily Telegraph :-r"Sir,-— With refedrenco to tho paragraph which appeared on the 9th instant in your paper headed a 'Stern Disciplinarian,' Uiere gcenia to be a general impression that tho Imperial officiir struck one of the firemen at tho Paddington Fire Brigado Station with his sword during the proccsbion. I wish now to state for the mforjuatton of jtho public that it was certuinfy not aiji officer of tti© Imperial representative .corps" wfai} ajjt this. It '"*«< fwtrte 1 £ uafc ? ow b 3 d as p J- '-«t-ia |fl=.d»rP ispue of your paragra!- • t« v (j&j. fi, e ofiicer "who paper oxplaim..^ -«* a6^ onj , nf fhe struck tho fireman w- nr^y J Offk visiting Imperial officers. _ - -*ing you to publish, this letter confirn.. that paragraph, otherwise the information contained in tho paragraph JR very likely to bo overlooked by the public— Youro. etc., A. H. Evelyn Wood, Captain, Adjutant, The Imperial Representative Corps."

II Saved his Baby.— "My baby was torribly sick with the diarrhoea, Bays J, H. Doak, of Williams, Oregon. "We wera unable to cure him with the doctor's assistance, and as a last resort ye tried Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera! and Diarrhooa Remedy. I am happy to say it gave immediate relief and a complete euro." For sale by United Farmere Coop. Association.

A man named Knoebone got his foot stuck in a stirrup iron at Coromandel recently. Strange to say, the knee-bone was the only portion of his body injured. Samples of stories told by De Wet to encourage his burghers: — The Queen has fled to Capetown to escape the Chiese, who have captured half of England; Lord Roberts has been buried under the Helbron Town Hall, and General Buller has gone Home aud been presented with a gold spear. On the proclamation of the new King, Mr W. E. Andrews, of Andrews' Hotel (says the Bush Advocate), entertained a number of his friends, in commemoration of the fact that he had, when licensee of a hostelry in England, entertained His Majesty. We believe Mr Andrews is the only resident of the colony who can claim this distinction.

The rabbit peat is assuming alarming proportions in tho Coolamon district (New South Wales), and the rodents can be seen in thousands from the township of Coolamon. Hundreds of acres of crops have been lost. Goulbiirn reports that recently 2000 rabbits were killed in one paddock at Boro.

A peculiar circumstance occurred at the Thames on the day of the Queen's death. When the R?v. Dr O'Callaghan heard that her Majesty was dead hs immediately proceeded to toll the bell of St. George's Church every quarter of a minute. When the oightyj-second toll was to peal the rope broke,- and the bell ceased its mournful sound.

A recent visitor to Victoria informs the Southland Daily News that the Hon. J. Carroll, Colonial •Secretary, created a most favourable impression in -Melbourne, where he was welcomed on arrival. The Victorians were charmed by his address, and by, common consent place him next to the Hon. Alfred Denkin as a public speaker. When it is remembered that Mr Dealrin is the- oratorical idol of the Victorians, the compliment is no empty one.

A young man, William Walsh, while clearing bushes on the Dalyenong station (Vie), was bitten on the fourth finger of the left hand by a brown snake. Being some distance from the homestead, he placed his hand on a log and chopped the finger off, binding the stump with a, strong ligature of binder twine. Ho was token to St. Arnaud, but it was' found his plucky action had pre"vented the poison from entering the system, and he was able to return to his home shortly afterwards. - An example J of 'ihc pluck of miners was related to "a representative of the Christchurch Press by a well-known mining investor, who stated that one of the miners on the Ninety-Mile Beach had walked from Timaru trundling a whoelbarrow laden with four hundrrd weight of household goods, and accompanied by his wife and family. That was three years ago, and for the fir^t year after takinsr up a claim, he sold .£2OO worth of gold. He is now maVinp a comfortable living on the same claim.

The Brunner News, in an article on some aspects of the -coal industry, predicts, as it claims to have predicted on a previous occasion, "that in about, two years all the .pillars in the present workings will be mined, ,aud tho export of coal from Brunner will be nil, and it is pretty well "diminished to that naw. . .♦ . 'The fact is evident that tho Brunner mine cannot hold out much longer, and unless 'more activity is shown than in the past it will have to close down, and that within a measurable distanco."

"Gcorgo Egerton" (Mrs Clairmontc), whose novels have created so much interest in recent years, is, perhaps, the most cosmopolitan of all our writers of' fiction. Born in Melbourne, her father caina from Ireland, her' mother fro7ii Wales, and her present (and second) husband from Nova Scotia. She herself woe present during the Maori war, narrowly escaped disaster at Mie bombardment of Valparaiso, has travelled over tho whole world, and worked on two Continents. Mrs Clairmontc is an expert linguist, a brilliant talker, and a charming hostess; but although. her novels bear such suggestive- 1 titles as "Symphonies," "Fantasias,'-'.- and i'Key-notes,"-music-is not one of" her many accomplishments. — Glasgow Citizen.

Somo mischievous idiot lately made a circular tour of about five miles 'round London' in the early morning, breaking the glass of the street firealarms and ringing the" bells *aa ho went, with the result that within two and a half hours six horse escapes, two ordinary escapes, two " manuals, thirteen steamers, forty-two horses, and 102 firemen were turned out, in miserable weather, on futile errands. If the person is caupht, the Magistrates have the power, to inflict a fine of J520 upon .him (says a London paper); ' but it would bo fitting punishment, and a great relief to their feelings, if tho enraged firemen were first permitted to play upon him with a hose for a few minutes.

Of the Empress Frederick of Germany (Princess Royal of Great Britain), whose health is in a precarious state, a London paper says: — Her disease is, of course, incurable, but she is much better, and stronger,' and will be moved shortly to tho South of Europe. Tho Empress is much liked by the Berliners. Indeed, what she has effected, for women in Prussia during that series of years can only, it is Baid, be thoroughly . appreciated by the women of that kingdom. In every movement inaugurated for the real amelioration of the condition of Prussian women, Sigh and low; for tho improvement of their intellectual and social condition; and for enabling them to -earn their livelihood themselves, the illustrious daughter of the_;,lato Queen has been the leading • spirit and supporter. Al- , though she clung to the modes 'of and life in which she had ' been trained' in tho country of her birth, Teutons are nevertheless fully authorised in looking upon her as the model' of a truly "German wife." She has been the patron of art and learning, too, and is a worthy disciple of the schools herself. An excellent linguist, she is thoroughly conversant with the natural sciences.

When the troopers from the Wairoa Mounted. Rifles, included in the First Contingent, were on their return from the South African campaign, it was decided by tho inhabitants of Woverley to present them with some slight souvenir of services rendered, and accordingly it was arranged that such souvenir should ta>e the form of gold medals emblematic of the occasion, tho order being entrusted to Messrs . Nettleship arid Thomson, of Wanganui. > Tho medajs, of 15 carat gold, are of circular design, surmounted by crossed rifles. On the obverse side of tho medal is a raised miniature of the rough-rider, and on the reverse the following inscription :— "Presented by the inhabitants of Waverley to : .for services rendered in South Africa — 1899-1900." There are, in all, twentyfive of these medals, about a dozon of which have already been forwarded to Waverley, w tli tlio remainder to follow immediately, and, without doubt, tho members of Hie Wairoa Light Horse will bp justly proud of thorn, markin", as such a souvenir doaß, the estimation in which they arc held by Uio Waverley residents, and, as far as tho workmanship is concerned, Messrs Nett]eship' and Thomson deserve distinct credit.

r — - The London Daily Chronicle thus refers to the result of our first attempts at territorial acquirement:— Sir George O'Brien seems to have transgressed the limits of polite diplomacy in telling the Fiji Islanders under his charge that what New Zealand V7ante in annexing the Fiji Islands is to grab the lands belonging" to tho natives. In, rebutting this charge, with very natural heat, Mr Rertdoi), ihe *r§mier of New Zealand, is hanpily able £o point 'to the precedent of the Maoris, who arp undoubtedly well treated and are in an Increasingly prospwous. CQHdifripn. Sjv fl.eo.rge MIHM 1 H, s«n-.COjamittod5 «n-.COjamittod himself to tlie oate- • i tTL^nt that many of tho nagoucal Btetem^. 11 " me ••%..-„£ „„ u u a „* tives of New Zealand ' ilO jautt nt nil" whereas Mr Seddon w »jje to point ** fra* forty thousand Maoris own over fa MJjlfon acres of land. This allows 128 acw* a, |fPS d j wl " c |J » certainly a very fair av.erage oj nroS, W« do Zt altogether hold |ith the aoW I>f a colony .like New Zealand going aVufc annexing any islands it finds i iTOiff about tif9 ?a clfi P. an d the GovSor WeTsfa^ Vp^'> cd has douS y fl ry natural . »wwf.^ F«£ for him to conform more strictly^ to dipioitiatip methods w m&»g hia PP r°test. ,

The Napier Gas Company has paid a dividend of ten per cent, and the directors hope to make a further reduction in the price of ga3 during the year.

It is probable tint the birthday -of the Queen Consort of England (December 4th):wilJ be observed as a public holiday, as also that of the Duke of York and Cornwall (June 3rd).

The .Wellington Ac'imatisaticin, Society lias decided to r'eoinr.n'nd the Government that tho stag -shooting season be opened on March Ist and closed on April 30th. The Society has accepted an offer frohi Mr Chirnside, the well-known sportsman of Weribep Park, Victoria, to supply a "number of deer calves on his estate.

In connection with the visit of tho Wanganui and West Coast Volunteers to Wellington, to meet the Imperial troops. Lieutenant-Colonel Watt has been advised that the special train wilL leave New Plymouth at 12.10 on Friday next, leaving Hawera. at 2.50, Waverloy 4.20, Wanganui 6.10, Marton 8.20, Feilding 9.30, and Palmerston 10.30.

At the Police Court this morning, a Chinaman named Sew Foo, was fined £5 and costs £5 2s for permitting his premises, in Campbell Place, to be used as a brothel. During the course of the hearing, it was elicited that the premises were frequented during the- evenings by 15 to 20 Chinamen, who played Fantan, dice and dominos, one of the witnesses 'stating that Sew Foo made a good thing by enticing Chinamen to the house to gamble. The same Chinaman was fined 30s, and costs 26s 3d for assoultingand beating another Mongolian named rYung. The latter was also fined 20s and costs 38s 3d for a like offence. The directors of the Westport. Coal Company, in their nineteenth annual rr port, state that the profit for the year after providing for bad and doubtful debts, depreciation and charges, amounts to £23,573 7s, to which must bo added £6452 3s lid, brought forward, making £30,02r> 10s lid. An interim dividend of 3$ per cent for the halt" year absorbed £7275 0s 7d, leaving a balance of £22,750 10s 4d. Out of this the directors now propose to pay 4£ per cent for the half year ending 3lßt December, making 8 per cent for the year and absorbing £9353 12s 2d; to carry £500 to re3arve funds, and carry forward £8395 18s 2d. Jjlothing (.says a London Free Lance writer) has distressed the Queen more than the reports with regard to the*ineffieiency of the field hospitals in South Africa, and I am enabled to say thai Her Majesty has given private instructions tliat in all cases where help is needed sho will be responsible for the money necessary. In view of the inquiry into the hospital management it would have been impossible for our ruler openly to declare th:B great kiiulneefl of hers; and, indeed, even now such ~ succour is afforded in,, the most quiet -Tvay. --I need scarcely say that the prime nioveT in carrying out tho Queen's bounty is that' gracious lady Princess Christian of Schleswig-Hol-stein, the death of whose gallant 'son has added ' another chaplet of glory to the regiment i-n which he belonged. His clu&ger, by the way, is now at Cumberland Lodge, and will never be ridden again.

A neighbour's quarrel caused a lot of amuset§erit when ventilated in the Christchurch -Police Court lasj week All 'tho parties to the case were sous and daughters of Erin, and they let the Bench know it before the proceedings closed. ' One old dame- with white hair and a twinkling eye—^-but a- tongue like a two-edged sword — was put in the box, and absolutely insisted upon giving evidence, in, her owa. style, the Bench being powerless; to check her. Some of her passages were perfect gems. Speaking at a r'ailroad~speed, the old lady said, referring to' another witness: — "She sez to mo, sez, she, 'O'ive bound .ye down, so Oi have.' 'Bound us down, arroli, sez Oi; phwat for,' Oi sez. 'Phwat for," sez | she, r 'ihdade, whoi, for breaking the peace it is.' 'Why, ye bad ould egg,' sez Oi, 'for breaking the peace; shure Oi never broke it,' sez Oi, *but it's yerself thaVa broken several other things entoirely,!"', . ' ' 111' a suburb of Adelaide, according to. the.^ South - Australian Register, there lives a young lady who is the central figure ' of a most romantic story. Tho young lady's grandmother was a titled Russian lady, who married one Baron de Rose, a French nobleman. Her parents disapproved of the match, andr disinherited her. A son was born, and when the child was four years old tho "Baron, deserted his wife, and has not fiinc& been heard of. When -the boy became a man he married a. Russian lady, and the heroine of thie romance was the issue of the marriage. Her father was never recognised by the Baron's family, but a will was drawn in favour of the daughter, bequeathing her enormous wealth on condition that she married Count RR — — , a Russian. When the lady was a baby in 1 arms her father emigrated to Adelaide, and earned his living up to the time^ of his death, two years ago, as a tailor. Another condition which had to bo fulfilled under the will was that the lady should support herself until' marriage. Count R. 'has been in Adelaide .twice' to press- his testamentary suit, but has each time been rejected — on tlie first occasion because the lady refused to leave her mother, and on the next because he had already contracted a morganatic ~ marriage. That, ,at any rate, was the reason given by the lady to a. reporter of tho --Register. Tlie ynung lady supports herself and her widowed mother by working as a tailor ess, and has sacrificed wealth to moral principle.