The Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) Suivant la verite. SATURDAY, JULY 21, 1883. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 192, 21 July 1883, Page 2

Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) Suivant la verite. SATURDAY, JULY 21, 1883. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

To make room for a pressure of Parliamentary items and other intelligence we are obiiged^oholl over the leader, and Borne other matter intended for this issue. In the Italian Parliament the rotingis done by electricity. Three buttons marked " aye, 1 ' " no." and abstain," on each member's desk, are connected with a central printing apparatus which records the rotes automatically as each member touches the buctotiß. The Hon. John Bryce has presented the ' Colonial Museum with a curiosity In the shape of a double-barrelled flint look rifle, fjiven him a short time ago by the Maori King, by whose relatives it wes u<ed ;n the Waikato war. The weapon was made by Taylor, of London, and is m a excellent state of preservation The last night train from Wanganni did not reaoh Palmeiston till an hour after due time. The rainfal- was heavy and inceßsanl^lmost all day yesterday, and during the prerious night. During last night the weather cleared, though we doubt if the improvement will be permanent. A young man named William ITifzJames Thayne, whose deplorable condition excited the commiseration of all who saw him, when he was brought before the Wellington Resident Magistrate's Court last week, on Thursday appeared on remand, charged with being a vagrant. Cbief Detective Browne informed the Bench that the police had communicated with the ntiin's tather, who resides at Taranaki, the result being thatan order had been received to forward him to his friends. The prisoner was then discharged. By the Brindißi mail, Messrs lundell Brothers, proprietors of the Wellington Evening Post, received advices from their London agents to the effect that a new four-feeder Hoe printing machine which had been shipped to their order from Colonel Hoe and Company's London factory, had gone down m the ill-fated ship Waitara m the English Channel. The machine was constructed on the lines of the very latest improvement m thia description of printing machinery, and the loss to the Pos*. proprietary will prove exceedingly vexatious, as a new order will have to be forwarded to London, and hence a serious loss ot time will be occasioned. From the Wanganui Herald we learn that the Alma, now taking m timber for Rockhampton, will finish loading about Saturday. It is expected that she will take &way about 130.000 feet. The D'Arcy Pratt, from Hokianga, with a cargo of baulk timber for the Sash and Door Factory, is outside the Heads. On discharging, she will load up with white pine for Sydney. : Local industries are flourishing m the North. A plant for the manufacture of stearine candles has just arrived at Auckland. The new candle factory is to be erected at Otahuhu. We have now m the House of Repren sentativbs two M'Donald two ftl'Kenzies, two Wilsons, two Buchanans, two Johnstons, two Whites, two Greens, and two Browns. If this sort of things continues (says ♦* Frank Fudge") we shall soon require a Patliamentary " Who's who V m order to distmeuish the gentlemen bearing similar patronymics. Unless this is done, we are likely to get mived up like Little Buttercup's babies Mr Bennett, the jeweller, of Ballarat, has m his possession a watch, about the size of. a saucer, aaid to be the timepiecn worn by Nopoleon at the Battle of Waterloo. The watch, a repeater, is enclosed m a double case, is jewelled, and chimes the quarters. ; It is said that a well«known Sydney telegraphic official, who at one time was m the Melbourne service, has invented an instrument that will completely revolutionise telegraphy* Unfortunately, he has not received sufficient encouragement m Australia, aud will m al! likelihood take his invention to the United States. The experiment of dispensing with oapita! punishment, which haa been tried m Switzerland for some years past, does not appear to have been a success. The extreme penalty of the law has recently been restored m Zurich. Donke\s are valuable m New South Wales. Two were recently smothered ou the Hereford Flats, near Balhurst, which were the property or Messrs Cobb & Go. One cost £600 m America, and for the other, a two-} ear-old, they refused an offer of £200 not long since. The Canterbury Press hopeß that Salvation Army morality is not to be guageri by the advice "Captaiu" Edwards gave his audience on ,. Sunday. He wanted a floral display at the monster tea to be tield m Uhnstchurch thia week, and said to his hearers, " It you have flowers, send iheai along, and if yon have them not a-k jour neighbor tor them, aud if your ueignbor will not give them to you, get ovwj his fence aud take them." Dr. J. Tuke m a lecture under the auspices of the Edinburgh health Society, referred to oatmeal porridge and milk as containing " all me necessary constituents of food m the most perfect proportions." The meeting of the Salvation Army m Wellington are well attended, many persons being unable to get into the hnll. The service consisted of the usual hymns and prayers, which were heartily joined mby the congregation, No disturbance occurred, though a man was arrested outside for drunkenness, and a chum who attempted lo rescue him on the way to the police station was also taken into custody. Beniley Bbos.' .new advertisement now appears on the first page of the Standard. Honey-comb towels are priced at sd, Turkish towels lOd, strong blue serge lid, cotton shirting 4£d, men's tweed trousers 7s lid, children's sox 4d, girls' stockings 6d, ladies' hose 6d. felt skirts 8s 9d, straw hats 6d, kd gloves la lid, men's worsted sox Is 3d, men' lambs-wool sox lOd, men's flannel shirts 3s lid and 4s lid, men's cotton shirts Is 6d, tweed hats 2s 6d and 3s, boys' tweed knickerbocker suits 7s 6d, white flannel Bd, lOd and Is, twill sheeting 9£d, lid, and Is 3d, Scotch tweed Is lid, 2s 3d and 2s 6d, strong brown hoUand4£d, table demask Is 6d, men's trousers and vests 12s 6d, For quality ad price the above are unßU'Dassed.— [advt.l