The Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) Survant la verite. THURSDAY, JULY 12, 1883. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 185, 12 July 1883, Page 2

Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) Survant la verite. THURSDAY, JULY 12, 1883. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

It is probable (says the Wanganni Horald) that the next Native Lands Court will be held m Wanganui m August, and afterwards ab Marton and Otaki. At the latter place Mr Bennet, Government surveyor, has! been engaged laying ont the lands awarded at last Court, and after this is done he, m conjunction with Mr Cavkeek, will start on a tour of exploration through the Rarmitikei and Manawatu Ooanties for the purpose of reporting on a practicable route for the centra! railway. It is probable that tenders will shortly be invited for taking over the nnfinished portion of the fir«t contract of the W Bt Coast Kailway. It is to be hoped that a local firm will secure the contra jc, and push it vigorously on to completion. There is a regular exodus apparertly setting m to Dane » irk, the attraction beiag the railway works m progress there, which are employing a large number of men. We trust Palmerston will not be depopulated. A kind of an apology is made m last night's Hauawatu Times for the slow rate at which the West Coast Railway undertaking is proceeding from the Palmerston end. We are rather aissappointed m ' its perusal, and would liko to have seen^some more straightforward explanation given. Messrs Bicbter & Nannestad are at present loading two vessels m Foxton for the South Island, and another vessel is daily expected m. The same firm is about to despatch a vessel shortly to Rockhampton. The timber trade is surely getting brisker. We bave been requested to remind members of the Manawatu Kil winning Lodge of the regular meeting ab the Masonic Hall, which takes place this evening at 7. 30 o'clock. Visiting Brethren are invited to attend. To-night is^the half-yearly meeting of the Loyal Manawatu Lodge of Oddfellows. We again remind our readers that the out* ward Frisco Mail will close to-morrow evening. M. J. C. Williams, an eccentric and presumably wealthy gentleman m Wellington, publishes an advertisement of more than a colnmo and a half m a Wellington paper addressed to the Governor. :He reviews the treaty of Waitangi and subsequent land transactions, and winds up by requesting the Governor to have bim arrested, an-1 tried for having published what may prove only a false and scandalous libel on the Government of this country ; "or that yeur Excellency should cease to consider yourself the Representative here m New Zealand of England's Imperial Majesty, but the Representative rather of Eagland's Broken Treaty of England's Bad Faith." We are glad to see thai our contemporary the Post urges strongly that our railways should be worked on non-political lines. Our railways, simply supersede the old coach and waggon traffic. Any coach proprietor, or any waggon owner, who conducted his business m the same way that our railways are managed, would be speedily ruined. Mr E. W. Otway, C. E. of Auckland, has patented a new railway sleep r, by which he claims that the mode of railway construction will be greatly changed for the better. Instead of causing the rails to be supported by cross sleepers Several feet apart, as at present, be proposes to use longitudinal iron sleepers as rests for the rails. By this means he expects to get rid of much of the vibration which is now felt.' This will make travelling by tail far smoother than it is at present and the " life" of rails will be prolonged. Writes the Post's London correspondent : — tl I was at Leadeuhall Market yesterday, and observed a notice stuck up m a big, butcter's shop to this effect — "All excel lent New Zealand meat ex Dunedin is done, but another vessel will arrive m a few days." Large quantities of cement are being sent through the Gorge for use m the construction of the new bridge over the Manawatu river beyond Woodville. The additions and improvements to the Otangaki Hotel are m a forward state, and when complete the bouse will be one of the best and most commodious m Manawatu. An amusing disturbance accureoL at a Dublin theatre lately. A young •' masher" wished to throw a bouquet to one of the dancers with whose charms he was smitten. Provided with a huge nosegay, and accompanied by his bosom friend, he made his way to a box whicb he had previously secured, and impatiently awaited the coming of the fair one. In the meanwhile his teacherous friend had quietly affixed a string to the bouquet, which was m due course thrown by its purchaser, with the result that when the fair recipient stooped to pick it up the 'friend' pulled the string, and the bouquet returned to the box 1 A ' set to' between the gentlemen followed, and finally both were expelled by the manager. A man at a hotel fell the whole length of a flight of stairs. Servants rushed to pick him up. They aßked him if he was hurt " .No," he replied. " Not at all. I'm used to coming down that way. I'm a life insurance agent." The cry of federation has taken such a hold of the Victorians, that when a young man makes an offer of marriage, he does it m the terms—" Shall we federate ?" He rang the door bell of a banker. The servant tells him " Monsieur does not receive to-day." " That mnkes nothing to me. My racket ia to know if he will give anything." Thereis at present great demand for laborers ' m Melbourne. Marton residents are beginning to ask (fays the Wangiuiui Herald) why they should not bave their mail delivered daily. They think the postal stuff sufficiently strong to admit of this being done, and have reason to consider themselves neglected m this respect. Many town districts bave a regular delivery, and Marton, as a borough, should be entitled to ihe privilege. The matter would bi a fit •»ne for the Borough Council to take up, and on wbicn some representation might be made to the Postmaster-General. We have just received a Parcel of Clothing from the Kaiapoi Wollen mills. These Goods are of a Superior Quality and should be m Great Demand. We have also m stock, Roslyn and Kaiapoi Blankets, Flannels, Tweeds, and Wool. All these Goods we can Confidently Becommend to our Customers. A Special line m Trousers and Vests, m cross sizHß for stout men to be seen at Benttey Bros, Marlborougu jaQuse,--[Acvi,]