News Of The World

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 114, 21 April 1883, Page 4

News Of The World

f, "It is proposed to build a direct " airline?' " ,ib ioston from NVw York. The distance' < x i&tweW:tfeW York and 1 Boston by the will be 189 miles. The '^distance/by tibe other lines is 236 and 224 xranifesrsrespeotiTelyi-.The fastest trains now run require/about six hoars m which to - -transport passenaerß and mails from one f,»cUy/ v to the> other. . With, the improved T^ystem,, three hours .and a half will be * ample time' for .through- /ex^reas trains between_the'twb ! cittes.' v < ; v( -A party. of Italian savants have just jjone Home from an expedition to the South']Pagifi(«. They have settled, to their '"owft'saTisfactidny' the 5 ' question of tbe former existence of a rac» of giants m -"Patagonia, as reported by Magellan. In. •ifwandeiins oven- Terra del Fuego tneVj -iouqd, bodes o.tisuch; a. size aB to convince of the y.firacity of Magellan. ; . • ; There have been four important failr uppn"fhe~Ooast~diiring the past, few* Jl dliyk. Mr James Hamilton, of Mftnutahj.j tnatffiied'a'deed of arrangement ;.Mr ; A.; o;_&unfcv of v has gone; the liabili-: otiesfbeia'g stated at £3000 ; and Mr, J; W.| Duriej"of.W»itota,ra,Bnd last is that of Mr! JPisk, Storekeeper. Wr_(Pa tea Mail), hear.that the latter case has a risen, not through, .anything going wrong; with tbe ;bußineßß,' ,ljut!from the .desire of one of the .partners; Xl to 'retire from, the firm. This the other *par'ltier^ would tibt agree ''id, neither would; -life sell 'His ; bwh or purchase his partner's! t interest. 'Under the circumstances, there- i •^bre^it .was considered t ( he alter-! native for the member of the firm who' wished to-retire to file his schedule, and ; -this; has been done. We beleve that the' «Btate will show a surplus of about LIOOO. ■^Jfeia-eryirare that any thine good is; said of^i^Arthur Gordon, says an exchange, ■• but if oar memory serves us aright,;; we j recollect on .two occasions he voluntarily! returned. £2000 of. his £5000 per annum salary Sack to the colonial < chest, whilst Wwa^Gbverno'r of Fiji! Surh an example fef' patriotism and self-sacrifice does riot i find ! many imitators a'thongst the guber-> ■ nitorial bnubles of Britain's dependencies? \ A 'Tlie right of Government to- purchase properties assessed by the valuer at a higher rate than the owner has civen rise to a- curious development, stated m an iQamaru paper m the following terms ,;— 'We believe that an offer has been made to ;6oyernment for a large estate near Oarnaru. Government has the ripht to purchase at an advance of 10 per cent on tfie owner's va'uation, and the . intending purchasers of the estate ' in question .ask that Government '"'should exercise this right,ahd(they agree to buy from Gbvernmentrat a price considerably; m. excess of th^t'l6;be paid to the present owner. If inis^cdtirse is agreed 1 to . by the Govern- * ment, thereis'every' probability that a nTimiSei r oi ! estates" will chahge" hands, lit prices,"fbb : , that will, it is said, be satisfoctc&y J t6 ? evieltybbe'-btit ;; th« 'seller. The result of the application to 'purchase the estate m question, will, weshould imagine' be .watcneiLwith a good deal of interest, aa ,offer.3 fo.r other estates may follow." papers jstate that a Mme. TtapbleZiilivjng, jaear, Baden, has dis* tinguished heraelf^at the age of, 74 years. by_giyintr birth to. male twins. Her- husband is 86 years old. They have had be* fore. but. one i child, a eon who is ,now. 51 years .old. .-,. . ■■. .,,. : ...... „ A century ago the Hawaiians were Bayages and- cannibals. Now there, are over. 3oo. telephone Wires m uso m th cityjof JE^onolulu, anrl th e application of Hie telephone |s made, throughout the iss lari39'6n'plantaUoDß. Some of the planters are now cutting their cane at night with the aid of the electric light- *' J &.f one of "thjß Salvation Army's meet* itfgs'laßt week ashoi t address was delivered by a Duriedin tradesman, who stated he had been converted through the-instru-'nv'ntality of "General Booth about 14 years ag6 in'Lbndon. "^eo^op/alChihamaii, converted under ftie'laiborfi df Er Oraves.at Canton, Cjhina gold himself as a slave that he might iigo , to Demarara and p\each the gospel ;to his fellow-counVrymeh there. He now ; has a ctfuYcV'of -OOf converted' Cliinnmien who are supporiiin^ misj3iqna;rwjlamong their own people" < . /: ; , . A A.gftllantiact.by one of the centle sex was" performed jnjSyJdney. ]A' child felLin* to deep water at the, foot of Duke-street, •Balmain, when the wife of a boatman, Mrs Swanston, instead of crying for help, Jaidi dowa-her own bnby on the grass ami epr>)ngjn and brought out' the 1 child, which was, nearly, drowned, and must have perished but for this prompt action. Thejcase id one for the Humane Society. ii-fAri showing what a nuisance hares and Californian quail are m the .Mahakipawa Daily- Times) may mention that the residents of th«t have petitioned the"; Marlbrout»h iAcclimali«arion;Society to have them prnclaimjßd vermin., The] society^'acquiesced m t^e.^efluest. and the. jn.ecess|ry steps will ibe tMen.;tp give effect thereto, "We are informed th'ac quail are m thousands m the te'ct alluded to. : •'When special correspondents disgrace j , decide? Here are two readings <if public opinion presented ■ simul- ; •taneoui ly- totihe English: reader by; correspondents iq Natal ;r- r Times;" All: that; |,raßßpir.es ( concerning, the incidents^ of .the i[f)Btoration"of Ce^ewayo that >e his j /prestige's effectually ' destroyed." Daily i TTe^ws :^The Zulus to "a : man' are rejoiced aJLCetewayo's . return^ a_nd the king's Jhover them is as great as ever." i . ,Inthe Siipreme.Cour^ Molboorne, an action, was, brought against the Board of Xands and Works by Miss Stod'dardt, a Veacher of music, for tne recovery of dam* : ageß fdr injuries sustained through the negligence of the' defendants' officilla, who it was alleged, attempted to push plaintiff SniJTa^traitt^ffstisrit^was'^starfln^'with the result that she;.was dsagged along the -platform- A verdict for £250 was awarded* It is nottoibe wondered at that jurymen, as reported in_our cable news, are sjgos^of un ( willinpne3s to sit upon tne mWder cases 'now .being, tried m Dublin. It is father ha fid 'on'th'e on. . "fortunate twelve to beselected from their i ane inthe'perfoVmhhci' of Ibeir Buty-makini' thflrfselves marks" 'for fthei dynamite or. dagger <of Invincibles, ■3jeflgijerß, et bop gen.us omne, with which Jxel^nd^s at, present oyerrun, „ : ,-t,,,T;he, C|anterb,ury ;— - Advantagiej ,we happen to. know, \is. being j takeL .of "thi^ Wanganui case, and of some WureV'pdbiishe'd by theXytrpltoß times ! "Jecentlyid bHtJg pres>ure oh^the Go'verni ( Jnient^tor get the Legislature 'to revive dis-* ' tillerieß m the colony. It is true they will ibe a check on Jaw«breHkers,ibut they. will | exact com pensation by making us drink \ bad whiskey. t . . , , v ; An. iitrabrdinary'casfl of insanity is re- ! por^edjrqrn 3L'orpnto.,lt appears /that the j wife ofa druggist, named Kobert Ooombe, being o£ unsound . mind/had been^cclu'ded | m fhehouse/anfl carefully cared for by •ter" husband and three '" daughters for several yeare.i As a consequence of association, it would f eem, insanity has at length developed m the father and chiland they a]l been committed to a ; _ ;:;.;;>;■■;; \ :i 7.j>>* •