Matawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 1884. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 125, 22 April 1884, Page 2

Matawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 1884. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Several respectable Natives, residents of N.apier, have made complaint to varionß Europeans of the demoralizing effects on the Native girls of the balls held m the .Foresterb'' Hair* They saiS 'they wishjed they could keep all their girls away from tbe Jba'dVllhiropeans who induce them to visit the dancing room, which led to evil.' ■%. * ; '•' I \;, '■■ , ■ A? very bad case of cruelty to animals at the Thames was brought before the R.M. ., Court recen|iy. "A boy named James Haj> was cha^gJed with riding a mare, the property of JjSilwin^ Robertson, mail con* tracjtor between Paertfa and Thames, very, -badly gitth galled »^d^i rpnning sore m her iback. ' A4d|eoißJfon i^ the ckse'waa deferred for a^eejc as to an iflfor* tnation tooae laid! against the iQail contractor! ' >^.^, One of hbe , Sou tJiern. Pacific .Bajfroads m the United Site's i ha^be4h ballasted' entirely with rock salt. • This,' it is reWarJied, ' is the first instance known of a railj-oad roadbed bejtig;,l»jd and,- ballasted iv The sea which onde rbllera over thitj place dried v iip, and l.eft a vast bed of salt abojat 5Q in-^lengtfj. j The q % u «li ty is. §upeVb; 'abH is ineSchaostfblo. Grasshdp'pers of enormous size and giant centiped!e3 have been here pickled Jn the chloride of sodium, and are atQ-jjtiv^ nfter. theilapse of centuries, m fullsize and perfection of shnpe.' According to the Bangiora S'.an'ad, tradesmen m vrtrions, placea- in buijy are indulging m the pleflsinc contnmplajtion ot having to open their shops only half-a-day shortly. Tho reason nssigned fo'rj this' intention," ' so we rindorstund, is ; tHat thoy intehid to go out and work the other h^nlf ; to supplement their daily earnings, (io-operft tion : and hard times are the caufies which have brought about 'this state of matters.'. ' !' ' ' Bishop Hadfield, who has been aeri-, ously ill for some weeks past, is now well enough to be about, but he is still so weak that his medical adviser has ordered him change of air and a rest from work. The .bishop has therefore (says a lington jraper) decided to p-iy a , snort visit to Engiaud. Accompanied by 'MW Hadfield, he will leave m the Tongariro, from LytteltoD.

One of (he richest men m the w( rd, Mr Sinyei, of tiie well-known American sew* ini?'.,,mac)ii(io tirui, w«h a passenger from Wellington by the steamer Wairarapa on Saturday for Aucklftud. -; An advertiser wishes to sell 5Q or -60 Romnay Marsh ewes m l'»rab. Labour-^ay's of ' honest. John Bryce ' the m m himself is Only a Base slanderer of better men than himself, and hia Administration is more corrupt than that of Sir Donald McLean. Among the impoa* /drSr'WhA have posedras statesmen m- lsew-.; ■^ZaaUndjVMr Bcyce" h&£ often th.ef ajpst successful. His potato, however, is nearly ; cooke.d.'_ .... . Additiona. to the. Palmers ton North 'Racing Olub'spro^ramme, annoUnc©: that Abrahams' new totalizator (Hays and Jenkfns' patent) and the Volunteer Band"' have been engaged. *:'■■ >:.•*;■ \.? We' have been instructed to withdrawal vertiseoieift for c >der< for the erection of a butter fSetory, m reference to which we presume some" hitch must have arisen. The Sydney poor mnst either be very ( proud or the Charitable Institutions very [ badly conducted. A wretched woman, abont 70 years of age, m the last Bta?e of misery, told the Magistrate the other day. that she would rather sell matches m the streets than go to the Benevolent Institu* tion. From various parts of New Sontb Wales there are reports of^ rich, yields of gold. Specimens from Tnmworth indicate a.yielcLof^lOOOoz to the tqih. A" satupjfe ton oC, unpicked from Adelonig yielded 6oz retorted gold, ahdrthe value from- a bonanza of 2&cwL, taken out of, the Eefo'rnqf GoWpan^s blaim at TjiicfenowV | 13 valued by the manager at £1000, while £160~ftorth pf free gold was taken* from [tb^ mine the: same. time. a-/ •-.■■ i.j t ■:«-.- --i A giant leucalyptus at Keerim* , >,Y ic« i toria^at 4 feet; from. .^be .ground measured. 72 feet m circumference, or 24 feet ,m i diameter. The tree is described as ' green and hale, a/oditsy height a giddy: one/; y t ■ M.H.R., railway-passes have their dis.- --| advantages. At Napier, the other day, », ! member of the House of Representatives;. i resident some distance from Chat to^n r ', had the misfortune to have a judgment, sumrftons served upono-him. Nor.iend.er ; of .gravelling expenses ; wus ,mad.e..ajnd f f?lying upon the fact, the M.fcl.R. did not attend; for the judgment credi— ! tor contended no tender was necessary, I as the debtor, held a. member's pass and. could travel ir?e.' f The Bllil. took 'the. 1 | same view, and made an order ' for' play ~ ment, or imprisonment 1 m default.' '■*•':] • : The i*oVs 'L.dudon fetter says that tt d^ : 6& ■^ r r- i tße''i i ate.of;jNißw-;ZeWatad ifrui* ton .hftfl ■been bpeWd at Pdr'tsinouth, arid 1 is, d«agT W eH! - iOn { S*tturdVy 'week ;ttte i inai/ager, Mr Pink, cut up and sold 100 circaTeis.7. A moftigrn Elfsha seiinis torlive near I*eteih£gd>in the.perapn'ciifiartf.P. minister named Lennox. This gentleman tho .other. day competed with a local farmer to see which was the better ploughman. Several other competitors also came forward, but -th« ministec beat the whole lot. . ' '"" ' I wish to be excused, your Honor,' said a man who hid been summoned on a_- jury... 'May it plea>e your Honor, I owe two yeara' subscription on my newapaper/^fid I,'haVO'juatfgot a>iit|le money and want to hunt up the collector and pay. .him .' 'You are excused,' said the judge, ' a man who can lie like that is not tit to be on a jury..', ; . With reference to a statement pub.lished m the New. Zealand Herald, that, the Government have presented a farm to Te jtooti, we (Post") may mention that the Native Minister has allowed Te Kooti and his followers to "cfccupy apiece' of land belonging to the Government, two miles south of-Kihikihi, and abou**. J. 50 acres m area. It i« virgin Foil,' and part of it swampy; "It was thought. J>y Mr Bryce -' inadvisable that-, Tje Kpoti, should settle again m hi* did Locality hear Gisborne,; though hh-own Jftiid_ft there. \ . _;'X N v . ' y/\^ daily newspaper has just beeh atartod m Par i a which vvili change its politics every morriin,'. ~one day the political article will be written: by a Bjrunapurtiet; another day jby an Opportunist, then by a Legitimist- and sometijtaesi by an Ia« transigea'nt. x_Eac)^ wri^r I 3to b 9at liberty 10 say exactly what he pleases. Jnjiike mannec the literary Jia|*t|bt the pa^er>will be Burrenuer^d^apdh Alternate days to representatives of opposite _&cbjQole. It is said that the journal is started with American capital. A paragraph m ifche Napier Telegraph is as folio wa : — ' To" the Editor: Sir,— [ Yonr statement that : I have ' deGnitely I declared ' my intention of offering raysolf as ft candidate for Waipawa is incorrect. I have been asked to do so by all classes m various parts of the district, and I have always replied " that jf it is the general wish I shall be happy to accede to the request, and I will announce my intention whan the proper lime comes. — I ,am,. &c, Thomas Tanner, Riverslea, jApritlßiti. ' WljenMr Ivo Bligh married Sir W, 3. olarke''s adopted daughter, the happy pair retired to a house at Macedon, which had been prepared for them to spend the honeymoon. Tha :brideg.roomT str.Qlle.d'. out to; smoke 3 cigar, leaving the lady to prepare for rest. This she did, but her lord -did not return. She passed tha night alone and inconsolable. At daybreak she roused the house I '(iriii •^egari-to' 1 search for him. He had wandered too far, and had got bushed within 300 yards of the "house.