Manawatu Standard PUBLISHED DAILY.) Suivant la verites TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1883. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 64, 8 February 1883, Page 2

Manawatu Standard PUBLISHED DAILY.) Suivant la verites THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1883. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

At the meeting of the County Council on Tuesday the reporters were requested j. to retire and sit on. the . door«sfcep while I Mr James Bull's matter was being dis. .cussed. The Council had not been moved into, committee, and the procedure m such a case Is without precedent. We think the chairman should giro some explanation of this most extrodinarj ruling. The public can never know what is done when discussions take place with closed doors. We hear that the carters and hotelporters, have been or are to be summoned for putting m an appearance on the platform. Surely this species of official tyranny is being carried a step too far. Being under no obligations of any kind io the Department, or any of its officials for any special favors or considerations, we can unreservedly criticise this most vexatious persecution, which we nnhesitatingly condemn.. Further additionsto Messrs Stevens & Gorton's catalogue for their Borough Yards Sale next Tuesday, will be found m the advertisement.

Good, secure paddocking for horses, with good feed and plenty of water may be had m the Standard paddocks. Application to be made to the manager. A fire broke out yesterday afternoon m Messrs Wakefield and Hogg's shop m Wanganui. It originated m the accidental upsetting of a spirit-lamp, hut fortunately tbe fire was exiinguished before any great damage had been done. Messrs Stevens & Gorton's new adver« tisementin connection with large consign* menhs of graßs^seed and fencing wire now arriving, will appear to-morrow. We learn that Messrs Bailey's new engine is working very satisfactorily, a proof of the substantial workmanship of the Wanganui foundry; f . By proclamation m the Gazette, Parliament is further prorogued till the 16th April next. Tbe matter of the Awapuni Drain con» tract was referred Jto at last meeting of the County Council: The overseer ex* plained that the omission of naming any place where the specifications could be ?een m Palmerston was an accidental error on his part. - : ■ ■"•; ' At the Borough Council meeting last night, Or McNeil suggested that m justice to the members -of the Pablic Works. Committee who regularly attended the meetings, and bore their fair share of the burden of administration they should have their names appended to the published reports as they appeared m the Press. There will probably be a very large attendance- at Messrs Stevens & Gorton's great sale at the Oroua Downs Estate of pure-bred stock to-morrow. For the convenience of intending purchasers special train arrangements have been made right through from Wanganui.

A man named Eugene Sullivan got a month to-day at the Police Court for vagrancy. The agent of the Press Association sends the following : — " Meetings are being held m the Manawatu County with the object of having the Counties Act ! suspended, the administration of affairs by that body being viewed with disfavor by the ratepayera." This statement U incorrect, and is merely an expression of opinion. A lost horse is advertised for elsewhere. | A meeting is convened for to -night m connection with the formation of a proposed dramatic club. The days of Mr Orosse's visits to Ran* gitikei and Manawatu are elsewhere announced.

The great "murder" case is being' heard at Feilding this afternoon. The '" weapon " was an old blunderbuss, with* out ammunition, and wa3 not even pointed at the man Roots. Why was not the " murderer "or " maniac " promptly arrested ? . Constable Gillespie is now employed collecting agricultural and pastoral statistics. A special sale by Mr Snelson is else* where announced. Gold-mining enterprise m South Aus> tralia is on the wane. Interest m volunteering is said to be re» viving m Christchurch. Sydney has been suffering from a number of extensive forgeries lately. Melbourne at night is like Cologne famous for its thousand and one disagreeable smells. It is intended 1o form a Local Option League m Sydney m connection with the Licensing Act. The backwardness of agriculture m the North Island is ascribed to want of energy and enterprise. The Girls' Friendly Society (S.A.)-pre-sented Lndy Jervois and daughter with a farewell address.

The Governor of South Australia has given £100 towards the completion of the Anglican Cathedral. Hanlan, the champion sculler, has written a letter announcing his intention of visiting Australia after June next. Sir Dillon Bell predicts that m the year 1900 New Zealand will be the most populous of the Australasian colonies. The commerce of Australasia is now greater -than that of the United Kingdom at the accession of Queen Victoria. In 1831 the idea of two steamers finding employment on the New South Wales coast was considered preposterous. . Alfred Castle, solicitor, of Sydney, has been fined m thatcity for drunkenness and indecency m the public streets. Apropos of Bishop Moran's candidature for the Peninsula the Australasian ap» provesjof clerical members of Parliament. Sydney refuses to grant the application of the Salvation Army for permission to erect a temporary building for religious purposes.

Tw -**~ w -»~V— T^o K rapll ia of opinion that the reaultof the JN ew Zealand loan •• is noteatisfactory." No doubt—to ihe Victorians. The church authorities m Hobarfc say that the appointment of Canon Standard ' to the Bishopric of Tasnmms has been made without fchyir consent. Mr Stuart, the New South Wales Premier, claims that m forming his Ministry he has avoided all ornamental colleagues, and gathered round him men who maan to do. The Weselyn ministers m pad around Sydney have come to a resolution — " That ■the spirit of our laws and the usages of our church from the commencement of its history are condemnatory of the practice of dancing. *' The amount of the Government subsidy for the Wellington Public Library this year will be L 222 6s sd. The Premier will be absent from WeN lington 18 or 19 days during his tour to the South Island. On his return the Colonial Treasurer will; start southward, and be absent about three weeks.

Some little time since a telegram went tbe rounds of the Press that a milk cart, owned by a farmer named Ings, residing at Tomahawk near Dunedin, had, owing to the sudden fright of the horse'drawing it, been precipitated down the rocks into the sea ; and cart, horse, and contents lost, the driver escaping by the merest chance. We have good authority for stating that the report was a mere canard, and that nothing of the sort. happened. As an instance of rapid telegraphy be« tween New Zealand and Great Britain, a Wellington paper mentions; that .; a;tele« gram was despatched to London at sp.m. on the sth inßt., and a reply reached Wellington at 1 p.m. on the 6th; Allowing for difference m time, it occupied, say, eight hours m transmission, or four hours each way. A speed of 62 miles an hour was attained on the Great Northern railroad which recently carried the Duke of Edinburgh from Leeds to London, 186 J miles,, m three hours. This speed has been frequently equalled and sometimes surpassed for short distances bnt it is remarkable as the average rate for such a long journey. The engine had driving wheels 8 feet iv diameter. To accomplish this, trip m the time given the wheels must have made 219 revolutions per minute, or more than 39,000 m three hours.