Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) Suivant la verite. FRIDAY, FEBURARY 15, 1884. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 65, 15 February 1884, Page 2

Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) Suivant la verite. FRIDAY, FEBURARY 15, 1884. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A correspondent neks why wnß no light placed at the upper barrier m Main Street last night, the obstruction not being per* ceotible m the darkness till the unwary traveller was right on it. A serious affray occurred on Boxing: Day on the Mackay racecourse m Queenland, between whites and Kanakas. About 100 Kanakas attacked the Europeans on the course, several of whom were injured. Fifty horsemen than gave chase to the blacks who fled, and some of the Kanakas were knocked down and seriously wounded. It appears that no serviceable rain hns fallen m Queensland since last February. At present the grass is completely scorched, and the waterholes dried up. On dairy farms milking operations have been suspended, the cows having enough to do to keep themselves alive. On one station near Mount Perry the losp through deaths among the cattle is estimated at £10009. All tbo waterholis for miles m some districts are literally filled with the . carcases of cattle. Fruit tiv.ea are shovr » ing signß of dying, and the theinometer reaches 130 degrees out of doors. Beef is Is 3d, and mutton Is 4d, per lb, m consequence of the eeverity of the drought, meat having m the same district been at 2dperlb. An astounding discovery is reported by an Amer can correspondent writing m the AHgemeine Zeitung. He states that m the virgin forests of Sonora, a province of Western Mexico, near Magdalena, a pyramid has; been found: measuring 4350 feet at its base, and rising to the height of 750 feet. A carriage road winds about this enormous structure from base to . summit. The face consists of granite blocks carefully cut and perfectly fitted together. Not far distant stands a bill which, we are told, is honeycombed with cells . of various sizes, all cut out of the solid rock. They. are without windows, several are on the same level, and the walls are adorned with -fantastic shapes and symbols. The Clerkenwell Vestry has been the scene of a terrible row. One , gentleman accueed another of consuming at the ratepayers' erpenee, dry sherry^ potajoete, tw,o porx sausages, bread and butter, cheese, a tankard of bitters, two cigars, a brand; and soda, some sherry, brandy, charan . pagne, two soups, half a turbot, a slice of turkey, two lamb chopa, boiled lamb, rice, marmalade pudding, nil m one diy. No direct denial was forthcoming. : Captain Cotton, master of the Christchurch hounds, succeeded m walking from Stoney Heart Station to Chriatchurcb (72 miles) within 18 hours. The walk 1 was ; for a wager of £50. A terribly sudden death occurred m Wellington on Wednesday; Mrs Phoebe Hammond, wife of Mr Jesse Hammond, had been attending upon her husband, who ie an invalid for some months, was euddenly taken ill, and died before Dr. Cola, who was seat for immediately, arrived. The cause of the death wan heart disease, A Wellington paper ie m a position to state that there is not a particle of truth m the report recently published by a country contemporary, that Mr Walter Johnston, late Minister of Public Works, is to be appointed Agent-General for the colony on his arrival m England, m place of Sir Francis Dillon Bell.