Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY,) Suivant la verite. THURSDAY, MARCH 27,1885. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 103, 27 March 1884, Page 2

Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY,) Suivant la verite. TH URSD A Y, MARCH 27, 1885. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

O'A^shcjclcnf^ trflgedyas reported rfrom >/DidVbur/,ii hamlet fire X.mites from Mant Chester. For some weeks an encamp* ment of gipsies has been located off Brio? jQfjflj morning ea.rly.the', pon of a'J«e4>©lioe»ftir w4is- tfalkinjr alone" m the lane, when he was suddenly attacked by agipsy woman, .with a knife ■W* her 1 'lftnd. iC> rhe^ boy WaV almost paralysed with fear, butjnapaged to elude the woman, who deliberately drew'" the knife. across. the throat of a child which ' she tfarrifed.'^ne police are at present oh tLo track of the woniatf,c but have hot yet succeeded m arresting her. . ..... . - A . extrtfordu)atf*i./-bcene tonk place kfr. Brigh'tbn Park Cemetery recently, on the occasion of the funeral of !; the bodt of William Albert Thorpe, who .committed suicide by lajing himsejf onjtbe rails on the L"\vis line, the jury having found Hint hft committed the act whi'e temporarily insane, arising from fear of puniishment. A largo crowd flsserabled, and directly the coffin had been lowered int6' its resting plac.p, n number nf men set upon Hall, the stepfather,' and pelted him with turf, making several attempts to throw him into tbe grave; j . i ; The Tslranaki Herald says' over tO.QOO acres of hush land have beein 1 cleared' at the back of the Waimate Plains during the past season. The soil takeg tbe grass well, and it is reckoned that it will take a buUo ck to the acre. - , , ,

Wu übsorvo that mv.. ii'j-i.'etitt- <if Awaluiri entirely dis^rovK the .-mtenx-ira t'.iit I .t-ly iit'penrel i" v letter m our e>>nt"inp.)r;vry cli.ii^inij I lie v;.i:i..t,ibl»! who arrestt'd tin- ltniit.i: lC«e.n wi;h un !u» li-rslinoss nn.i violence.-. It i.s n pity. such Btitements wei-t* j-üblished without having. I'e^n authenticated. There is no doubt' Keon was of a very = dangerous aiid teuchcrous disposition,^ and ■ hi^V^beinjf pl^CfuJ under reigtrtfint]. wa : s/abjSplutßTy i neces ary. ■-'" *V v^ '&, %■ '

/* ftur a »reat deal of labor, (says a j Wellington paper), « return of ul! (he money lent on mortgage m the colony"has been prep^rtrdv, rli gires <Bqni9 - rtii,rini» i s and interestirig-.»f.act8..~ lihe'totAl.ainibuiH^ of money so lent is m round numbers £30,000,000. .. By,..jmany ,nef&oqs J^ h^d^ been estimated at £60,00a,000, 'and" to these the news mustiiointj, as a ,pleU?aht surprise. The nmounfc comes very nenr what was expected by thofffbestiafoifnTe'd^ on the matter. O? ihis large amount it is ip'easinjr to find 'hat one»half — viz., £15,000,0 JO —is owned by people ltviutf m the;colony. Tuis sum i^ surprisingly large, iind^it is most gratifying to find so big a snui owned by colonists.

We have received ifcbeJVl arch number nf the Illustrated New ZeSland News. This WrlKcrot-up monthly paper contains m ny illustrations, and among others a view of Mount Aspiringrin- the South tsbind, J&oslb Crock resevoir, ,a scene /on- tie?? Seventy mile Bush Road, also; an -illustration of the Manavratu Gorge. .The Sec* .^ary of-- the Woodville •Settlers' Association hagi received from the Chairman or the droaVCounty Council a reply to hi? letter baking :wjhatrth& Council intend doing m Regard to 'the bridge : over the Lower Ferry. Mr Macarthur ; states that as the .Council hava -apVlJeiLfo ; have the Counties Act suspended at?? an ■■ fairly date, the matter of; tbe. erection. pf the bridge will devolve on the local body •' talcing ovier'the ebnttoirof .that district, j who will doqbtles carry out work. j In a letter feoiu Mr. John Rejdy of j^dersli'e, m tl;e. ; jfoHo.wjng ;, statement is made. Wp take .,s<>' ex.tr,as frotn the lidfth Otago Ijimes ; — if Is' pos'" [j sible that'a new 'patent "will; isoxJii ! tie; brought ;^out by : Mr ; L vrkwdrthy arid '■ some other capitalists, which they say j will . .completely; eolipse . .all the presesit '. methods, iof . refrigerating,. I had, a lonj?. talk, wi r th Jtir. Lai^worj^y.. about it eo.uae : i t jjne 'sinee r Wd ,he, spoke very connderi'tlj. f X there is Rmfs6 be' anything 1 mit, it [might be ad viable tb" wait a little utftil the patent ha* bad a 'thoroughly practical i test. The machine je.do w/beitf£ ;: mademp: a lar^e scale, the model having worked 1 most .satisfactorily. I will try to learn ; 'something turih/r about this also before [next outgoing mail. !' oomewhat^oftfri inno"vition m Church, music was recently introduced m the. \ BpectyYß&tgtyeia.ot Jtnfel Beresford Congre - j •gational Church at Auckland. In addir itidn te th^lharmomum,' ait' other instrn**i jmenija /wero, employ ediA order, to a well the; volume of praise, viz., Jour fiddles, a cor-j , nopean, and a flute. , So far as the music; i produced^fas cqaoetned the result was' moat satisfactory/ The local Star says that the congregation, as^a body, seemed! hijily pleased' wiftiOtbe* f resh auxiliaries to the sacred harmony ; but sevaral Pres.< !byt'e>ian^ lately whorwera at the. services, sustjuined' a severe shock to their ideas of -propriety. ; Literature is studied that we may be-f come acqunnted with tbe life of humanity, under variopa Bocial conditions and at .various .epoeka. We, i% study. Horace, of Juveual iov social lffe'^'or Wilt^r^fof soul life. It is this portraiture of lift which 'makes the study of ' liteVtHure^BO • i bVoadenihg m his effects'} and this best jeisuit of literary studies^-iCiin' now,jb^9bt«ined by busy people with a, little ieishre, atuall means and no knowledge of any language, but their own. We "study his;* tory. tha # ij we may trace evdlutiftn^ df v th^ J natidhsand the raca from their earliest and "ru'd eat ; Beginnings to thefe ; 'present jftatJe of civilisation. .'.'>, : J*> i' ' ■'." Mr'He'nry McNeil -is 1 iihVitin^teHders fot* the lease of 67 acres; of and fenced land close to town; ii . ; , . „ -[ j