HEW SEASON'S BLOUSINGS.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 11516, 24 March 1905, Page 5

HEW SEASON'S BLOUSINGS.

Messrs George and Kersley havo just received their first shipment of new season's Housings, . embracing air the very latest fabrics in the newest possible designs. The firm , are famous for their blousings, and it's quite safe to say that nowhere eke will customers , find such a varied choice as at the' Economic, and for this month — during the great fire salvage sale — the firm are giving -a discount of 10 per cent off all new goods, including blousings, which means that Wanganui residents are enabled to buy the most fashionable goods at .prices fully 10 per cent . lower than they would — in the ordinary way — have to pay in Wellington. A few of the lines now showing : — New French Flannel Blousings, in choice colourings and designs, marked at 2b 3d, less 10 per cent discount. Cream ground Blousings in fancy Flannelette, smart designs, at Is a yard, less 10 per cent discount. Preach Hlousing Flannels, in prettystripe designs at Is Hid a yard, less 10 per cent discount. Dainty Blouse- Flannelettes, large range of choice designs at 8-Jd a yard, less 10 per cent discount. Imitation Satin Lames, ' the' smartest Blousing of the season, choice designs, at la 6d a yard, less 10 per cent discount. Smart Embroidered Flannels. These were all the rage in London. Hand embroidered, marked at 3s 6d x a yard, less 10 per cent discount. The Salvage. , Salo. posjtiyo,ly closes on March 31.— Advt. , . •

Owing to the sports there will be no football or football meetings held on the College grounds until after Easter. Sheridan Rolfe, for having used a room for betting purposes at Sydney, has been fined =£50, or six months' imprisonment with hard labour. An Age paragrajjh states that a Wairarapa settler who recently sold his lambs on the weight principle is said to' have .netted 16s 8d per head, a truly phenomenal price. A start was made last week with tTfe breaking down and blocking of the Mataroa tunnel. Three shifts are working night and day, so hopes are entertained of its completion within 18 months. An Adelaide bird dealer is taking to Europe a shipment of 13,500 native birds, chiefly parrafceets, coclTatoos, zebra finche3, and diamond sparrows. The deck room for the voyage for these birds cost .£65. The Tainaki Mock, in Hawke's Bay, which has just been released from certain timber restrictions in favour of the Tamaki Sawmilling Company, will be thrown open under the village homestead special*' settlement system, probably about the end of April. I A little girl who fell through a. defect- j ive pathway in Michigan City, Indiana, | was awarded ,£2500 damages. The sheriff being unable to recover the money, as the local treasury was empty, has been order- i ed to sell the toAvn by auction to the highest bidder. The closing- scene in respect to the Tasmanian aboriginal race took place at Wattle Grove, Port Cygnet, on February 24, when Mrs Fanny Cockern. Smitli," the last half-caste survivor, passed away. The deceased was in her seventy-fourth year at the time of her demise. A tragedy took place . at Corunna (NS.W.) on February 24. A man named Macdonald went home intoxicated, and began to ill-treat hia family. The eldest son, tigod 21 years, returned from work with a gun in his hand, and he shot his father dead . x Crisp bank notes are likely, to be supplanted by soft, velvety ones, at a saving in cost. The paper is treated chemically, and this makes it nob only soft and pliable, but . antiseptic, while preserving it. The United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing is now trying experiments to this end.'A farmer in the Totara- district, who did none 100 well out oF'tubers- last year, is having the reward of his pluck in planting them again this year (says the North Otago Times) His crop of Up-to-Dates is running over 10 tons to the acre, , and he has been getting Tip to £8 pet ton for the larger ones, the returns reaching ,£6O to the acre, including the small ones, which arc few in number Tlie harvest prospects of the Oamarn district are very favourable, though the ingathering will be fully three weeks later than usual, owing to the variable' weather which has been experienced. \The yield is expected to be ' good, but not above the average. A farmer from the Waihao Downs states that he expects to thrash out The Russians are the greatest card players in the world, says th© Tatler. Last year they spent over 2,000,000 roubles (£200,000) on packs of cards. Card-making is a Government monopoly, j and the proceeds of the sales are going to support the- Red Cross Society. The profit last year, was 1,700,000 roubles, as the cost of manufacture was only 3U0.000. The cards used by the Imperial family are made of the finest linen rags, with a water mark of the Imperial eagle and crown. The Czar and Court used 1200 packs last year, which cost 11,000 roubles. Northern papers state that a miraculous escape from a serious accident occurred at the Waihi mine recently. A man named Brooking- was working at the Princess lode, "spreading mullock. He attempted to cross the shaft to get a shovel, when the plank on which he was crossing slipped from underneath him, and he fell a distance of from. 90ft to 100 ft. He landed upon his feet, and was able to walk away from the spot without assistance, sustaining- no further injuries than , a few bruises and scratches upon his face and hands. I Although it is possible that the gold supply of the world may not be largely increased by the discovery in Scotland, the increase in other countries goes steadily on. Fifteen years ago the gold cx"perts declared that the yield of gold ! would thenceforth be on the declining scale. But gold,- like coal, refuses "to go." In 1890, when the yellow metal was supposed to be played out, the world's yield was .£24,000,000 ; now it is £68,000,- I 00, and ,£38,000,000 comes from the Brit- ! isli Empire alone. The supply of silver has increased in proportion. One of the. queerest corners of the earth i 6 Chatham Island, off the coast of Ecuador. This island lies 600 miles west of Guayaquil, and the equator runs directly through it. Captain Reinman, who was sent to the Galapagos group of islands '• to inquire into the proper grounding of a deep-sea cable, stopped at Chatham Island, and says ifc abounds in cats, every one of which is black. These animals live in the crevices of the- lava foundation near the coast, and subsist by catching fish and crabs instead of mice and rats. Other animals found on this island are horses, cattle, dogs, goats, and fowls, all of which are perfectly wild. Among the passengers by the liner Friedrich der Grosse, which leffc Fremantle for Germany on the Ist inst., were i three millionaires. They were Mr I. Gluckstein, of the famous firm of Salmon and Gluckstein, the greatest tobacco firm j in the world, whose shops are to be found in almost every street in London, and in j practically every large town in England, j and who pay no less that .£200,000 a year rent for their various places of business; Mr Henry Martin, one of the largest i woollen manufacturers in the world, who, ! with his daughter, is completing a round trip to Australia for the benefit of his health; and a Norwegian capitalist, owner of tho principal wooden-match manufactories in Norway, who had been making the long trip to Australia as a relaxation from business. Hi 3 Honor the Chief Justice has given judgment in the appeal case Crowley (appellant) and Anderson (respondent) heard at the last sittings of the Supreme Court here. This was an appeal from the* judgment of the S.M. at Taihape. "In this case," said his Honor, "the whole question was as to the title of the respondent to the land, and, following tho case of Fairburn v Stead, I must hold that as a question of title was' involved, tho Magistrate had no jurisdiction to decide that question. X am therefore of opinion that I must allow the . appeal on this ground, but, considering that no question of title was raised until this case came to this Court, I shall not allow costs. Judgment accordingly."' Mr Cohen appeared for the appellant and Mr Holderness for the respondent. In the case of Stewart v. Taylor, in which judgment was reserved at the last sittings of th© Court her©, judgment was delivered on the 21st of this month. Judgment went for plaintiff for ,£75, with costs according to scale, witnesses' expenses and disbursements. Dr. Findlay appeared for the plaintiff and Mr Cohen for defendant.

A Maori Branch of tho W.C.T.U. was formed at Ptitiki last evening-, Mrs Davis being- elected pr<?si<leiifc, and Mise Stirling secretary. There was a large number present and the meeting was a most enthusiastic one, as many as 32 signing the pledge. In our report of the- W.C.T.U. mass meeting, held on Wednesday evening, we attributed a .remark to the chairman, Mr G. S. Bridge, that was not quite correct. He was reported as saying that only a quarter of a million was spent on education in this colony, whereas the amount he mentioned was three-quarters of a million. A New Plymouth resident is proposing that a large amusement hall, containing a concert room, ball-room, skating rink, tennis court, gymnasium, band pavilion, and accommodation for bazaars, horticultural shows, etc., should be erected at the seaside in New Plymouth, after the manner of the halls at -Margate, Bournemouth, Scarborough, and other places in England. A company with a capital of ,£4OOO is suggested to carry out the scheme. x The driver of a milk cart had a remarkable experience at Melbourne recently. While he was on his way to the Terang , factory, near Camperdowiij the' tram crashed into the cart when it was crossing the railway line, smashing it to pieces and scattering the cans in all directions. Tht horse escaped with a lew scratches, but tlie driver was caught ou the fro»t of i the engine and carried fully- 100 yards before the train was pulled up. He was released from" his, perilous position none the worse for the accident. _ General - Booth left London by the j R.M.S. Victoria on Miarch 2, and is i due to arrive in Adelaide on Monday, April 10, which will be his seventy-sixth birthday. As' at present arranged, the General will" come straight on to New Zealand, holding- the first meeting of his present tour iv luvercargill on Tuesday, April 18. This will be General Booth's fourth visit to New Zealand, and especial interest attaches to the fact that he comes here almost immediately after having -taken part in the Welsh revival. General Booth will be accom]3anied from England by Commissioner Nicol (tho «ditor-in-chief of the Salvation Army's papers and Magazines), Colonel Lawley and Major Cpx. A"t the Police Court this morning, a man named Hamilton alias "Sydney Bob," was charged on remand with stealing watches and jewellery to the value of £i 0 the property of Robert Terrill. of Palmenston North. On the application of Sergeant Norwood the accused was remanded lo appear at Palmerston on Friday, 31st at 11.30 a.m. A first offending inebriate was fined 5s and costs 2s and the samei defendant was charged with wilfully destroying a pane of glass valued at 10s Gd and pleaded » guilty. Sergeant Norwood explained that tho man had attempted to walk through J a window while drunk. He was ordered I to pay the costs of the damage, in default one week's imprisonment. Mr R. L. Stanford, S.M., presided. Messrs Geo. Cullen ' and Hector Nicqlson, til© two Wairarapa cyclists who pedalled the journey from Napier to Auckland in record time, arrived in Wanganui yesterday afternoon, and after a few days' sojourn will leave for their respective homes. They report the Taupo road as very hilly, while on the Waiotapu road they encountered sand which it was impossible to ride through, even down steep grades. The Eotorua to Auckland route was also extremely rough, the roads being much cut up, and it was reported in many places en route that rain had not fallen for nearly throe months. Right through the trip fine weather was experienced, and the tourists are pleased with their tindertaking. Their visit to Wairakei and Eotorua was greatly enjoyed, and at these sites the two spent some time seeing the many wonders. An American war correspondent gives a diverting- account in Scribner's of" an interview with General Oku. Til© General had presented the correspondents with a dozen of champagne, four dozen of bottled beer, one package of fly-paper, and one Bh«ep, • which promptly died a natural death. Touched .by these 1 attentions, 'th© correspondents waited on the General to thank him. Ho seemed to be sad and weary; nothing depressed him so much as the duty of keeping the war correspondents without any material for war correspondence. Ho sent a major to give them a lecture on the battle of Tclissu. "It was a perfect lecture except that all the really essential facts wore skilfully suppressed." They asked him how many men the Japancso had in that fight. " 'Just as many as they have now,' was the illuminating answer." A hill was pointed out to them, •and they were told that it was the Russian main position ten miles off ; but they were not allowed to expose themselves to the enemy's fire at that rang*.