Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) Suivant la verite. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1884. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 69, 20 February 1884, Page 2

Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) Suivant la verite. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1884. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

; It is rumoured that tbe Government ■ have decided thst they will not make the | adoption of their Federation, proposals a i vital Ministerial (Question, but that they ' will simply submit the proposals to Parliament as the results of the late Confer* , ence, and leave xhe decision unreservedly to the House and tbe public. ■ The journeymen tailors m New York complain that they have to work sixteen hours a day to earn £2 8s per week. •The latest rumour m connection with Mr Alexander Brogden is to the effect that he has gone into 'the Bankruptcy Court merely for the purpose of making an arrangement which he has come to with lijjf prprljtpra binding, and that he will not resjgn hjsjeeaj; m .Parliament. Jf ever a man wns tyootfid ' j[\yritps the West Coast Times), -the bajiff m charge pf the Hokitiku school 'was, as 150 school girlf^ when they found the building closed agajuat them, gaye vent to tfrpj* disgust

m a manner which quite unnerved the limb of the law, and causea him to beat a hasty retreat inside the building. % The Ashbmton Mail st»tps that operations m the harvest field are geneml throughout the district. In addition to heavy yields it is very gladdening to , know that the sample will be the bast known for years, and fortunately the pre» valence of rust has been nothing worth spea iing of. The Maoris talk of a large fifathennjj o£ the tribes at Parihaka next month, and say that Tito Kowaru will oome at the head of 300 or 400. According to the latest report from the wool sale", greasy fleece is now to Id 1 lower than last salea. Sydney heavy fine crossbreds are very firm. Scoured "wools ReneraUy hnve fallen £d to Id since close of last auction. Mr A.. M. Sullivan, formerly editor and proprietor of the Dublin Nation, but now a member of the English Bar, stated lately, after visiting his native land, that the Irish peasantry are now better' off than they had been at any time during the past 500 years. That is a great fact m history, if correct. A correspondent of a Queensland paper, who has travelled a good deal/in New Guinea, estimates the, population i>f Jthat.^ country at 5,000,000- - .. , • = The Kennedy Family are drawing, crowded houses m Wellington. According to the Tetnuka Leader his Honor Judge Ward is a strong supporter of the Blue Ribbon movement. He wears the ' bit of blue ' himself, and at Lyttelton the other evening he and Mrs Ward «ach addressed a blue Ribbon meeting. In a civil case heard m. the Timaru District Court, the plaintiff, m ord r to prove bis case, had to pat m documents ' which ought to have been stamped but were not, three with a ten shilling stamp etch, and one with a shilling stamp. The documents were ordered to be stamped, And a fine of £5 was inflicted m ea<:h case, L2l lls altogether. At the Kaiapoi inquiry, held into the recent polling c*se for the borough loan, evidence showed that informal votes had been taken, and the election declared void. .Expenses amounting to about £12 was awarded against the Returning Officer. . A baby show was held at Port Augusta, South Australia, lately m connection with a bazaar m aid of the funds of the Bible Christian Church. The show caused much excitement. There were two classes, one for , babies six months and under, and the other for infants 18 months and under. In each division there were three prizes, the first of which was awarded to the healthiest exhibit m the divisioDi the second to the most beautiful, and the third to the best dressed. The mothers separated without bloodshed. A somewhat laughable case was heard at the Timaru, Magistrate's Court, a man was charged with breaking a window at the Timaru Herald office on Saturday night, To keep loungers off the Bills the manager had them dedaubed with printers' ink. Accused sat down, as he had been wont to do, and his pantae 100n 8 sustaineJ considerable damage. In revenge he picked up a stone and smashed the window. He was ordered to pay the damage and Court costs. - A match has been arranged for Monday next, between Mr J. Robinson's horse Ricochet and Tevriata's Eaiparaire. The stake is to be for £10, and the race will probably be run on the Foxtori course. We learn that the Wirokino Plaxmill } Fox ton, has been started again by a per. Bon namad Messina, who is said to' be an expert at the flux-dressing business. ; An extraordinary railway accident occurred at Aldeburgb-ori-Sea. A well-filled passenger train entering the station when the brakes, it is supposed, failing to act, it dashed on at a high speed, and came into collision with an empty carriage standing* on a sliding. Beyond the carriage was the high road, where there .are some dwelling-houses and a newly'«erected and strongly-built arcade. The engine forced the carriage befofe : it into the arcade, which wt.s wrecked, and the train only came to a stand through th 6 wheels of the engine becoming imbedded m the roadway, within a foot of the houses. Fortunately there was no. Los of life, but the passengers were much alarmed and shaken. Cure for ladigestion. — Baxter's Oonv pound Quinine Pills, used according to the direction?, have pro red a rertnin and speedy cure for indigestion, bilious and liver complaint?, wind m the stomach and bowels, nervous debility, &c. Their object is the removal of debility and derangement by assisting nature, and imparting tone and power to the system.— To be had of all chemists and storekeepers, m boxes, Is l£d and 2* 9d each, or post free' on receipt of 19 or 44 stamps. — J. Baxter, Pharmaceutical Chemist, 21. Victoriastreet, Chmtchurch. A Boon to Mankind. — Baxter's Lung Preserver, by virtue of its balsamic and soothing properties, cannot be excelled a? a soother of Pulmonic irritation. Many whose recovery had been despaired of by medical advisers and; friends, havo been spared to proclaim the astounding virtues of the Lung Preserver. It has been employed m the mansion as well as m the cottage, and has convinced the aristocrat as well as the peasant that it is, indeed, a boon to mankind. It is pleasant to the palate*|and may safely be taken m all cases. Persons suffering from Bronchial affections, who take the Lung Preserver will find the speedy effect to be diminution of pain and expectoration — tirs-, be» cause the mucous membranes are stimulated to throw thn phlegm up, and second because the medicine is adapted to thin the discharge before it leaves th« bronchial tubes and lungs. This specific is highly extolled by members of the medical and clerical professions and others. — To be had of all chemists and storekeepers.