The Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) Suivant la verite. TUESDAY, JULY 24, 1883. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 194, 24 July 1883, Page 2

Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) Suivant la verite. TUESDAY, JULY 24, 1883. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

To make room for an additional 'Frisco Mail budget we are obliged to hold over leader ani} other matter. The Wellington Pine Arts Exhibition was. opened by the Governor yesterday afternoon". Prince Beatricp, the Queeu'a unmarried daughter and her insejmrab'e oninpa'iinn, has just completed her twenty-sisiili yav. Here is a caution. to larrikins. The extract is from the Auckland Herald : — "Young MoQuoid, of Onehunga, who was injured on Thursday last,wbile skylarking with two son* of Mr Pittar. ia how m a critical condition, and is not expected to live. He, is attacked by a speoies of tetanus, and is .quite delirious. It may be recollected that the three boys were playinp m a paddock. A horse belonging to McQuoid had got into Piter's paddpck, and a dispute ensued. One of the Pit tar a is said to have struck at McQuoid with a stock; whip, -which fastened round his neck. He was dragged some distance, and when relaesed was black m the face, nnd almost suffocated. It was at first thought the injuries were slight, but now they have assumed a very serious complexion. A farmer qn the Waimate Plains has had a peculiar experience of the destructive tendencies of rats. Some months ago he laid in-a stock of fifteen tons of Oh rotchurch potatoes for winter use. and the other day he found his to disagreeable sur* prise, that, with the exception of a few hundred-weights, the whole lot had been destroyed by rats. He left the apot a sadder but a wiser man. According to the London correspondent of the Argus, Sir Arthur Gordon has gone to Ceylon temporarily, and will remain there until the governprehip of one of the Indian pr Bidencies, probably Bombay, is vacant, when he will be promoted. Mr J. H. Marriot writes as follows to a Welliugton paper .-r-MTbe memorial plate which is mentioned m a late issue of your paper as recording the loss of some men on board the Petrel, which was lost at sea, and owned by <J. Rhodes, is described as being very much out of order by verdigris, &c, it being made of copper. I verily believe it was the first of the kind en» graved m New Zealand— in the year 1846 — and that by the hand of your humble servant." The following are appointed Returning Officers for the County of Manawatn : — F*r the TCawakawa Riding, Frederick CostaU ; for the Oroua Riding, G orge Williams ; for the Hotowhenaa Riding, Henry Francis Eager ; for the Awahou Riding, William Gordon Robinson, and Monday, the 6th flay of August, 1883, at the office of the Manawatu County Council, at Foxton, is to be the time and place for holding the first meeting of tfce Council of the County of M an aw at u. Four truck loads of horses left here by rail a few days ago, says the Hawora Star their destination b»ing Melbourne so it was said. Some of them were m a state of extreme terror at ;being curried along m | such a mysterious manner, and were bathed m sweat before reaching Normanby. At that station one was found to be ou the floor of the truck, where he would probably haveto stay until the train reached Waitara, as it was not found practicable to let the horses out so that he oould get up. A detailed catalogue of Mr Snelson's Horse Sale on Saturday next appears m this issue* The entries comprise a many useful animals, and the sale will no doubt be a success.

Terrible stories are told by a correspondent of the San Francisco Chronicle of the spread of leprosy ia the Hawaiian islands. There ia almost a panic on these islands, and so malignant is the disease that a healthy person will con* tract it from clothes washed by a peraon afflicted. There is no ouve for leprosy. The English mail will arrive to-night ~he Post Office will be open from 7to 7. . 0 i m for delivery of letters. Sir Julius Yogel received an invitation for the State ball at Buckingham Palace otf-20th May. In a review of Eusden's •• History of New Zealand " the Spectator says some unpleasantly worm, severe things about the attitude of colonists m the North Island towards the natives. The writer is specially down upon Mr. Bryce for the Parihaka raid and imprisonment of Te Whiti. " It is difficult," he observes, "to read Mr. Rusden's record of the brutal details of i hese proceedings without a shudder of shame and disgust." The article goes on to describe the trial of the Maori chiefs, and winds up as follows, t— .'' Mo pains ae-m to have been spared m collecting and collating authorities for this history, and the record appears, on the 'whole, as trustworthy as niiuuie. We fear, however, it is destined rather to ctuse descendants' of present, colonists to be ashamed of their fore-«oers th >n to induce thoße now alive and m power to alter fcheir ways. ' ' , ■ The costs m the action of Hunt v. Gordon have net yet been made up, bu r it is expiated thit tivey will ahVouur, to at least *150(). v\ h are informed 111 it Jn* cost of taking evidence at Samoa alone exceeded £6 JO. It ia understood that the decision of the jury will be appealed against. Ab His Honor Judge Johnston took his Beat the other morning (says a late issue of the Timaru Herald), he noticed a military officer Treariug his forage cap m court and requested one of the court orderlies to ask him to take his cap oft. Not doing so, His Honor said that m 1863 a certain delusion whs prevalent' in the A.C. that they could wear their caps m Court, but it was decided m the Court of Appeal, after solemn deliberation, that no military persons would ba allowed to wear their caps m Courts. Fishermen m Wanganui were asking 2s 6d each for fresh fish yesterday. A policeman m one of the country dis» tricts of Tasmania observed that the local hostelry was well filled with visitors after hours, and with official zeal swooped down npon the place every evening for a fort» night, and "cleared the house." His visits suddenly ceased, and the hotel en-, joyed an immunity for a couple of months, when again '• The Assyrian came down like a wolf on the fold," and scattered all before him. When asked how he accounted for the long respite from the constable's visits and the sudden return of zeal, the hotelkeeper said, " Well, you see, I ha'A'no objection to finding him m free drinks and a pound-note now and again, but the scoundrel wanted half the takings, and it wasn't good enough. . : By telegram from Timaru we learn that a man named Edward Pine, a farm laborer, was crushed by a dray against a post at the Cave on Thursday evening, and died from the effect of his injuries. We understand Mr Leigh manager for Mesfrs Stevens & G-orton's Branch Busi~ ness m Palmerston has taken out an Auctioneer's License and will conduct the firm sales until Col. Gorton's recovery, Mr Leigh will officiate at the next Feild« ing sale.