Matawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1884. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 127, 24 April 1884, Page 2

Matawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1884. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Phoenix Novelty Qompany's : programme on the Grand National Steeplechase i.« elsewhere announced. It will b-t seen; that the price of tickets has been reduced to 5?. There will be a lari»e number of casti prizes besides the usual division to the various horses. This popuUr consultation should rapidly fill up, as we understand it is now doing. JBj the Wellington papers we notice the death of -Mr Bidwill, of the Waira*. rapal He the first settler, .who brought stock rio Wellington from New.. South Wales. l- iSontf afterwards he viaited the Wair.irapa, and ch<>se a fertile spot, where he.^settled, and has lived ever,, aince. HeT w«s a man of gr£at "energy* and industry^ Hejeavcls a,laVge : grownup family pTaons apd daughters. We* learn from the Post that work is still; proceeding m the Golden Crown mini, Terawhitj^ , The Hard , strata qf. country encountered some time ago has hidt 'yet been pierced through, and the progress made m ..driving the low level j tunriel, which is heiiig put m with ihe object of intersecting the lode discovered iff the.upper woi^iiugSj iaxonsequenttynot. ad satisfactory* aa it«mii{lit b»i The>robk; is exceedingly difficult to work, and it is only with the assistance of dynamite that operation^ can proceed at all. •; The tunnel has now been driven a distance of nearly 5001 feet, and at the present rate of pr.»greHS at least a couple of months must elapse before the contract (600 feet) is eotajpleted. /:• ■'' ■ : •'■•'■ ' s >' ! * From the Post we learn that a service was; held m the Oddfellows' Hall, Lower 1 'Hutt, by the Salvation Army on Sunday night, and several attempts were tmde by some of, the youths of the 'township to disturb the meeting.' Constable Mackay wa» m attendance for two or three hours, and kept such a vigilant watch upon those outside the hull that no harm befell any of the worshippers until the service was closing, wh-n the officer had occasion to leave the place for a few minutes. During his absence an empty s ginger'beer bottle wf.s hurled through au open win* dow, and Knoph ;Tonkfl was. struck, on the back of the, . neck, ( the roi^slfi inflicting a painful wound.' Legal proceedings wilj prqbably be taken against fche perpetrator of the cisault, \i:-.-. j . ■-■ . : •

Mr W. M'K ri ever, a gentleman who was not wont to hide his light under i bu«hel when m Wellington, has settled m the Phtea district. He has already made his appearance m the columns ot the local Press, and 13 breathing out fire and slaughter against the Paten Shipping Company because. he was overcharged on the freight oF a horse and conveyance fron Wellington. We (Pus 1 ) understand that the fee paid for permits to buy ammunition m the North Island; has been abolished. The permits themselves will probably aleo-be-abolished, by means of regulations for that purpose, shortly, as the existing Uw is no logger necessary, and, besides that, cannot be enforced without incessant pro* secution-i of the natives and others. The Arn>3 Act. was found highly necessary some years back, and its temporary abolition by Governor Browne m 1859 did much mischief , and enabled the Maoris !o lay by larga quantities of powder for the Wrir, Lately the law has been a dead letter.

The case of Williams v. the Q>een, referred to m Knglish telegrams as having been heard before the Judicial Commirtee of the Privy Council, is probably the action brought by Capt. Williams against the Government for "damages sua«« tamed through the sinking of the s.s. Wesiport m the river at Westport. Oapt. Williams gained the case m the ' New Zealand Courts, and it will be seen that the decision of the latter has now been affirmed by the English Court, to which the Government appealed. A strange story is going the rounds m ■ Jnvercargill. , A servant girl attached to the house of a respected resident m th« suburbs had her head turned by the Salvation Army; "he was convinced that to strictly carry out the injunctions of theArmy a sacrifice must be made of all her idols — her clothes, gold watch, new bonnet, trinkets, and the like. Accordingly she piled them m a heap and burned them, reserviug only for. her use two of her oldest aud shabbiest dresses. Then she rushed off to an Army meeting, aud mounting the stage told the optain of the sacrifice she had made. Was he prepared to follow m her footsteps 1 she asked. He wasn't, and the poor girl is now convinced that the 4rmy don't prac* tice what they preach. She has renounced them for ever. The general meeting of the ratepayers of the. Manchester Road District will will take, place on the first of May, at 2 o'clock, at the Public Hall, Feitding. Messrs Richter, Nannestad and Co are inviting tenders for the erection of a Uospel Hall.. ; ' The s.s. Tuileavas Foxton for Welling.tQn to«n. ; i<ht, at 6 p.m. lf > : Regarding the reported visit. from Mr Sala to Australia, Mr Archibald Forbes writes to the Sydney Morning Herald 011 22ud February : — " It is to be regretted thut the airangement by which Mr George AugtiHtus Sala wai to visit Australia for a lecturing tour has fallen through. Mr Sala, however, has not altogether relinquished the object he had formed of visiting Australia, an i he haa had under consideration other proposals for a lecturing? arrangement. I hope one or other of these may come to something, because 1 ardently desire to see a book on Australia from the pen of G.A.B.'' The New Zealand Garden of Eden has been discovered, and it is — Picton. The correspondent of a Maryborough papar thus writes of this small paradise : — "The apathy of plenditure rei«ne here. Picton ia perhaps the most fortunate little spot m nature, blest with all advantages, and happily situated. Market for supply is all she needs. Everything is abundant, but we are tired of it all." Tue ohiuf of Picton's wants, according to its glowing eulogi.'r, is that of picnics— happy Picton!

According to the Examiner, the Mnnawatu Times threatens the Standaiid with a libel action. Wu dori't think someho* it will come off. There has been too much " turning and twisting '" m connection with it. We have received the Illustrated New Zealand News for the current month. The current number contains an excellent summary of ' New Zealand news and ihe r illustrations embrace a view ,6n the tracfc from .Wakatipu to .Ylartin'ac'Jßiy, scenes with the Rabbit Trappers, views ofolnX vercargill and Mitre Peak, Milford Sound, Elwick Racecourse, Uunediu frota the Octagon, the .-principal, winners- of the V.R.O. Auiumn meeting iVlessri Booth and . GMpyer of the Blue Ribbon mission, At the Observatory, Watching the Comet. We clip thefollo.wing from the Woodyille Examiner: — ''We regret lhat a paragraph appeared m a recent issue with regard to Mr Chamier's auctioneer's license, which was ap* to mislead our readers. It is true-that Mr Cbamier will not go to the expense of renewing his license just ac the present time, for the ' last two or thre'3 3a453 h*»ve shown that stock i« m such small deniund that the game is really not worth the cindle. We now find, however, that so > aoori as. there is a tendency for stock to become m demand j Mr Chu'mier will at once lake out the license and continue his sales as usual. -We are pleased to see thts, for since Mr Chamier was the first to show 'such 'enterprise Wh'eii tines were dull, he is'deserving of the full support of the Woodville suttlers when times improve.'' A wonderful incident m connection with a dog, has juat oome to the kuow" ledge of a Wollinmoii exchange. Mr G. Budge sent his boy to Picton to school some six weeks ago, the lad leaving behind him a very favorite collie dog. fc'oou after he went away the,; dog be.'an to pine, find gave every sign of being un. happy. A few days since the boy came back from Picton on a visit to his parents, and on nearin^ the house whistled to give the signal of his aniral to his dog. The animal at once heard him, and, bounding over the fence, greeted his master by jumping, on him and licking his hands and face, and then suddenly dropped dead, his sudden end being, no doubfc^a case of death from joy,, _ >v

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