The Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. SATURDAY, JULY 26, 1884. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 205, 26 July 1884, Page 2

The Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. SATURDAY, JULY 26, 1884. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

.... The, tbtal number of f§eebfcld#B m the coWi.k 71,240. %^&# r The C rown lands m N6w?^|laud are V.alued it 8^ millions. £, -r i /^earß' 8700 personally Te^ft.than 25s peryea^in taxes iv thepdjpiiiw^, • >' Now Zealand mutton is now '"used at the Trinjty College^Cambiudge. - -. TJje Vjalue of n^ron^| proferlyJ|Pl^|w :^ea)and' >B puU^pwn &jt §i^£fOujs m|l-' .{jona. j f f _i,_ _''V i'S.l '- c A magazine m connection with the Pre»l>yl,brian Church np Aiistj^lioAi^xtu be publ shed. *■'vJ V ' ■-"-ly -" '' v — y ; • fTihere are only six persons m New ZeaTamf who hold freehpjd .estates,, exceedingS7s,ooo acreß ea^' J\ CI (i /; A massacre of natives m qng „oi the islandsb^therSaujlj^easja^r*p|r|ed. l\ is state^ tnliVSoVeW snot; °^f '• * '"■* \, rM 4jaBt |y etir the people of New Zealand spent three and a quarter millions upon /tp^agco and drink. ® t. -J ?\ Cii.Bnowing the interest taken m the i^angahui election^ the Herald mentions .tfja/.Jtflf Bai/ah.ce h/as poeiy.c^near^^O .pongratglafoFy telegramgf'fy^'-ijr-ft^ous k 'parts of the colony, 'Irubner, the London publisher, has 'Icflii'fprtuae pf £120,0.00 to his.-wjdow and daughter I.: '- l Wbegan busitie^ kt'B0 1 :.with 30sV '-: l-':r<ii:i ■■ .)-.^J .; •■. .■= : • „. The iatesit; levaiiter -'is'HVaWer'-'Johti Candow.'accountant; 1 Sheffield,' who set up a so-called Irinn «oci6ty, and'then advxir.tified forclurksj who .were promised : Bijtua,tjon§ if they deppsjted sums m the loan society funSe.' This a fai'ge pinber, '"jc'hiefly Scotch men," did W .the tune ofi£sooo, and with tluVftifr'Ca'h3ow v'has transferred himself to another and Unknown district* .) r. ;l■■.;.] /■.-:■«::-.• The Martmi paper states tHatDr.^ Buller came out to Awahuri, m Mr Izard's interest, and induced a number 0^ Natives to vote against Mi Wilson,; ,;

( l^t -the meeting of the W.apgamu Kdooation Board on the twenty^niuth ihet.nnt, a very important ieport on P"pH, teaQhors wilf be vead^Jand'-discussed. ( |he' new m regard to pupil teachers, v and qchol&rship^ will also Lpqine; up ' for-discussion.; i3^ikely ;jo be aJveiy^te^Btiiig^nev" I%"*1 %"*% '■ „?' v „ "Eager^fo demonstrate the liossibflity of " living like a lord on 6d a day," the Manchester Vegetarian Society gave a penny suppi-.r of throe sources to 300 P'evsijjrui btj'^aturda'yy aijflticlifi^ ; i : 'p'ud--Hing^of r ~tnyßterions < conipotino and' ertig- • maticul flavour. The supper was a de--cidtd^sucGess..-.•.,. „.< ^ -... ...- .-,«. .« -^ ■,— - i -A hubbub ljas % been .caused; ja . Mcl; ; Boarne'hy Mr Jultice' Williams'^statmg, ' on his return from London, that "there '"wTtt^e^repulilic after the reign' of The Prince of Wales ; the Queen is not liked; she is inclined to be nigardly, an# people thwks she does not her dutyj-' ' Human skin and _ that. oi.jfdU.gig-./rabsi ,:J^ißve^e^n"i"«rcc¥BsfuXl^"s^ m j small pieces to-h ealing large jsiirf aces m f •jvouodß., Dr.Wilsbs^howevjß^, in,:;the '-Medii^i^a/)^ ' t?lainis ,to, have' "obtained -^B^te^ail^hiembrariV^of'-h^^^ vThe eggs should be freSh>and warm^-: r / At a meeting ; of Wellington 7:jftitißmerchants,Sbreweri,randl'licew/3e<J victuallers, resolutions were pyse^fin jfayoiir •of forming a' New 'Zealaud'"~assbeiation for the protection of the interests of the trade. , . ?. -, , ; , ■« A Spiritualistic Te^iple r ;io ccj|t 25(^0(1) <}ollap, is being'ere^ted m the.-Backißij $egi6'n .of^Boston. '■ i-i fe S»- ■& Two slaves, formerly owned by Jeff erSOD p.ayis, no\y 9\yjn; hia' plantation; : )for ' wlnch 7 they paid ' ' ■"' «Wprh ! en' in 'Borne, parts' of uQueensland'l aceisearcei :<ln the. ..whole colony, there ,a,rp tinljf seyenty/ieiaajes.t© one, hundred, .&&**,' ifjsv *•»/• - ii/v :...-{■ '"■,.1-( !; !( -i ■•■ , iAsip. l - cqnsequen^e: :p£, thoidepiwßgedt state ofi^he shjiDjpiagjtra^ei.stepmei's ce^f presenting" over £12,6tJ0 of capital aYe now laid- up at Leith. Over 120 oceangoing steamers are lying idle on the Tyne and on&e Wear. / . L J ' •. > ■ "■: ' -:i< .' „ jPerpo.ns suffering, from, diseases of the eye oV ear will' bd'glad to 'learn from an j advertisement .published over t,\i&, leader ■, ..that Pi-.^Gwartzbac^^the .ominpnt sue.-? cialist, ; will arj'ivG.in Wanganui on tniritie'th instant,' and may' be' co'nsuttea at the Rutian'd'Hote^during-the fourteen 1 daysjoljowing. Pona}d Dinnie, the Scotch athlete, appeared'at Ch^Sandnttfai pdYwd'tomVo^ r ßninmohses for»non-paymenijo£ 'salaafy to MonsiVictor,? a/ine,mbeV.of his compafiyDinnie w«s ,also. summoned; by:. a cab; >drive?fjqr,a 6tl. A.jVerdict V a S; gij^eii, with J6s 64 posts, : for. Uie^pJ.aiO;" '.tiflj^i.,}ji .stated ihaiVaripW Other simiVar. cas'e.s will fdllbwi' )1 " 1 ' ' ; ' ; " ," li ~ '"■'■' A milch cow is advertised for sale. . r , ! trhe,,ey l angelist, W^r,Mjoyqp, will preachy, m tne_Gos£el Hall to-morrow 'evening. i ). L^i iyal.uable ; mare.. ]wfas J .^Qupd $cad i^ , its sta.bje,_.iiear Greytowri, the qoath" i bejn ! g | . caused , \t ■ .is, surmised, through extreme cold. , ' " , '..''''. V"! '.' :,: i« >-> > ' ''i> ' \ •■'. ■ ■ . \^j 1 ■■ '^he .ordinary meeting, of the Weu.ing- t iq'n Waste, tands J ' ( Boavd was held on /tiiuysdfay,, there beinjj"prese'nt''Mr J. W. 1 AvMarchah't',' in' the "'chaii 1 ' and Messrs' T. Mansoti'Tind H. Bunny. No business -■of iint«rettt;to th'te/distifict; was transactedat the meeting. Somß-shocking occurrences are reported •iiu-pTJK'latbst^Sydney files to liarid' byitli'e : iiWl»lfauj>u.. „,At, .Copt£nnii:ndt3a, r in (f^[ew _, South Wales, a man and his wife living,, m a tent near the railway works went' ■"olit-6"n^TJ'-T^lt; w 1e > a'vtn'g J''-th»rß&iitrie"cbrl*--dren asleep. They returned at 2 a.m. to find the tent burned- to ashes, and all the children with it. f " Onthejl^th a la- 1 bourer, 45 yearS/oTdJ Ifiamed Malley, was foujia irivhi^ t b.edrQ6m"ou.;|li ( 8 :^ knees, with his/ thruat ':cj»£ ija -a^drei'djfu^ manner." Only four-ftdiirftbefjore .^e^tad) leftjthe Police (ppurtVja|t(9r 'Bei'ng^cqtiity ted oil "a charge^of Junjacy. i . .■' i A young man who was' visiting, a/ menagerie at Auxon'ne',""Fr"aHce,' imprif* detitly B»t|his &^rm through th^e-bars of ajHon'sida^ tojßtroke the a'piinal'sjiead, wpen the l^nb^was immediaiely^eized bJß.t]ie lionf.aqfd.lhis ii^ate j|ld torn to pieces, The animals were driven tawax by ngorofis blqwa. the.YTcflifT %a!ike^ He wfis*' Vei^oVfed •vttft&d hos* pjtal and the arm taken off, btft the shock proy.edlat.aj t Mr Johu Harding, of Mount Vernon, ■HawkeV'; Bayl-'-has:-, sent to the Museum a piec.e of white fpi'tyßj;: or kahykatea; (podocarpus dacry{d(^es)",',^hiGhvi;w^B:,sen^t to Crewe, jlSogl^nd^and.cf^s^tfe^ same mangiie^s|^e^i[wi^:;^|f)emof the North Iv^^r^'J^ail^jfy'^Mr^'^ 1 returned to ■*li^!i^er : iij^iiwheti' l^t;ivaß placed m iirli^rqiund by-the side, of a fence post, "atr(fTidt" taken oiit^o"r just six years' - T The pijeceof. wood is thoroughly sound ibwhr-ia partKrfribd uiid/rground'ah^ ' Jr the part, about 4ft m length, which Upouijtbe etiVface, Thisshows that one of the cheapest and most easily procurable -woods m the colony, when j /tr l eatqd..as,.the sleepers are at Home,,will Inet' f of at' leaiVsijc' 'yeahi vrifhbht' shoWJ Ing tne slightest of decay.

That furred tongue and tasting mouth an.di piisßrabl&/'.f feeHa'g, {flay s j y oa . £$$& Hqpi^tter§. Read and believe. Cure for Indigestion. — Baxter's Co.upoufia*"Qotnino Pills, used according to thp directions, have proved a certain and and liver complaints, wind iv the stomach and bowels, nervous debilitv,&c. Their objeTJtris ~the-Temoval-of debility- -andderangement by assisting nature, and imparting tone and power to the system. — To bo had of al^ chemists and Btqrelj.oe.pcrß m bo^esj isUSfl^nd 2s 9d each, or post free <|n"l;eGajjjt qf JQ or stamps. — J. Baxter, Pharmaceutical Chemist, 21, ViGtoria^treet, Christchurch {^ "-- ,-.e^i