Matawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1881. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 121, 17 April 1884, Page 2

Matawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1881. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ei»ht head of primo beef are added to the catalogue ot Messrs Stevens and ( orton's next Aw*tiuri sale on the 22ud iiK t. During a recpnt visit to Napier we were much struck with the civility of the railway oilkial.e,especHlly the atntionm .stera, which was ia marked contra*t to tb/tt frequently experienced on this side. The author of a book on the South Sea Islands affirms that the Fijians are rapidly becoming ftwer m number, and will, ere long, become extinct. The i'ongabuluans und vSamoans are also dying out. In fncf, the arrival of Europeans m nuy of the Pacific Isles sceuis to mean death to the race. Tho Post states that the horaes placed at the disposal of Majors Pitt and Stapp j for the Volunteer Review were two of the most wretched hacks it was possible to Gnd m Wellington, and the an me may be said of the animal provided for the Hon. thi Native Minister. ,i; "At Waipawty it is reported fsays the Telegraph) that a well-known wooKsorter' there haa fallen heir to an earldom m England. The Bay of Plenty Times notices a shipment of sulphur, from White Island, on the Town Wharf awaitine the arrival of the Ooiapere. The sulphur is for the Australian Kerosene Oil and Mineral Company's works at Sydney. - This Company has been using the Sicilian sulphur hitherto for their works. Tho Lady Jocelyn which is now on her voyage to London has the following saloon passe'npers ';— Misses Edward?, Keelinp, and Stock. She also takes the undermentioned cartfo;— 6972 curcases of mnN ton, 507 do lamb, 26 pieces beef, 2868 bales and 6 packages wool, 23 bales skin.«j 286 bales tt.ix, 153 casks tallow, 24 bales leather and basils, and 713 packages Bundrios. As many as 13,040 persons travelled on the Wellington tramwnys during Good Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Easter Monday. The number of persons who travelled on the Wellington railwiy-i during the same period reached about 3000. A small but exceedingly handsome monument has been erected m the Ma3teiton cemetery over the grave of the late Mr Joseph M«sterß, after whom it was n >mcd. Mr Masters died 3ist December, 1874, aged 73, The recent shock of earthquake wis felt on board the yacht Isca wbile anchor* ed m Port Underwood on Friday night. The crew were under the impression she had got adrift and none on shore, and m a great stnte of consternation they rushed up on deck only to 6nd that the little craft was quietly riding at anchor. Messrs McDowell Bros., want to buy a good milk cow m full milk. They are also advertising a number of zinc lined cases for sale cheap. There is a exeat scarcity of pupil teachers m Hawke's Bay. The Inspector states that all the girls left and went into other business— they got married. .

T tie Post, speaking of the Faster Re* view says : — " The general discipline was undoubtly lux, and the tocunple eet m crtrtin cases was not altogether what it should b ive been. Still, the men must have learned something even of camp life, and the way m which the whale force passed through the sbatu tight and review of yesterday was decidedly encouraging. Nothing could well have beer better than the evolutions of the Alexandra Cavalry — a corps already distinguished for its splen* dd service* iv notual warfare — the smartness of the Artillery and Naval gjin»drill, or the bayonet exercise of the entire bat* talipn. A London correspondent, referring to the Agent-Generalship, writes : — " It is reported that Sir ibVancis Bell is think" ing of returning to JNew Zealand ere long." The Auckland Star correspondent hears on what should be good authority, that Sir John Hall returns to New Zealand almost immediately, nnd that ho has determined to re-enter political life. The consecration of the Wanganui Waaonic Hall, which takes place on Friday next, promises to be a gala day amongst the Masonic fraternity of Vt anganui. There has been a distressing drought m Southern Georgia. At Leesbur^ water, hauled from fifteen to twenty miles, was sold for fiv^ cents a glass.