Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1884. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 215, 6 August 1884, Page 2

Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1884. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Jane Douglas will leavo Foxton for Wellington to-morrow, at 10 p.m. The Marton Borough Council is calling for tenders for the waterworks contract. , ' ' Messrs Macarthur, Wilson, and Trimble! Mb.H.R., were on board the train last evening en route for Parliament, which opens to-morrow. Mr James Dujgan is editing the Wangauui Herald during Mr Balance's absence. Mr Duigao is an old and experienced pressman, and an excellent allround journalist. Hares aro very numerous near Kaka* riki. The train killed three m one week lately. Mess Stevens & Gorton's sale of the. furniture of Mr 0. L. Maclean will take place on Friday next, at Bulls. We notice that Mr Andrew Young, who has just returned from a visit to the Old Country, is a passenger by the Ringarooma, which arrived at the Bluff . on Monday. Six journalists were returned to the House, and nine lawyers, while on the other hand,27 members are returned each owning an average of over 5000 acres of land. Mr G. M. Sneison has been appointed District Coroner, for which position he is specially well-fitted. The appointment will give general satisfaction. D, r Sinclair, is announced to be m Ashburton from |tbe IQth till the 15th of September. Pertjap's gppje of our readers will be glad of £he information. A printers' dispute recently came before the Melbourne Court,' and m the epur.se of the hearing Judge Gope stated that hp had formerly been a ( reporter m the Jvondon fyfflPM 6|fice. .„ ' " The Foxton papor dplefulJy remarks ; — "If we can ouly live long, eupugjj , there will be enough houses to make a. borough of Foxton yet." A large number of people assembled on the wharf on Monday evening to see Mr John Ballance, M.H.R.,' erabarK for I Wellington m the Stormbird. Hearty adieux'"w.ef:e accorded on all hands, and as the steamejr moyea oijc $irc£ ringing cheers \^ere giren for the member. '" A Hawke's? Bay s/e#lpr, a Mr WjlHam McKnln, of Fetane, has been yery serl r ously injured by d fouF--yearro}d bull, which has hitherto been considered a quiet animal; Mr McKain was tossed about by the bull and seriously hurt. The bull was afterwards shot. The Borough Council will meet this evening at 7 o'clock. The Manawatu .Road Board held its monthly meeting to-day.

Mr Ken; the manager for Messrs Reid and Gray, agricultural implement manufacturers, Dimedin, was a visitor to Feilding on Monday. He is introducing, with other implements, the firm's newlyinvented harrowing machine, which is admitted to be far superior to anything of the kind yet made. Mefcsrs Stevens and Gorton's sale at Palmerston on Tuesday, the 12 instant, ought to be of more than usual interest. Besides about 150 head of cattle and other stock, several sections m the townships hof Palmerston and Feilditig will be offered as the latter are respectfully situ- i ate^d, it is safe to expect that the bidding will be brisk and the prices realised satisfactory. Mr Mticarthur,M;H.R.,was interviewed last evening on the railway platform by Mr Snelson acting m the dual capacity of Mayor of the Borough and Chairm&u of the Road Board, to bring some matters under his notice m connection with those bodies prior to his departure for the House. We shall soon experience the difference between a resident and non-resident representative. On the arrival of the Waihora at Auckland the Postmaster instmcted the captain to scud the mails to a hulk for fumigation, and for the vessel to anchor there. Dr Philson, the Health Officer, proceeded to the vessel, and after making inquiries forwarded the results to • Wellington, from whence replies are awaited. He instructed Captain Edie to destroy the "bedding and bed clothing of Mouatt's, and to thoroughly fumigate the vessel. Dr Philsou'a opinion is that the vessel will have to go. m to quarantine for th« full time. The passengers are m excellent health, and greatly annoyed at the turn of events. ' Within the Mauawatu and Oroua Counties hares may be killed until the 30th September. The season for all other game closed on the 31st July. The Foxton paper reports the following: — "As the train was rounding the , curve at the racecoHrse yesterday, a passenger, who was standing carelessly on one of the carriage platforms fell off. He received a severe shaking, and some bruises. The train was stopped, and the man picked up again. On reaching Foxton, he was able to walk to Howe's Hotel.' A shoching accident is reported from Nancy. At Saint Nicolas dv Port four were playing on the banks of a canal, when the youngest, aged three years, fell m. His brother, aged seven years, m trying to rescue him, fell m, too. The mother, who was, m an advanced state of pregnancy, attracted by the cries, rushed to the spot. In endeavoring to save her children, she was drawn m by the current aud drowned with her two children. A native named Paora Pikeia, has been sentenced at Foxton to two months' hard labour for a brutal assault on a man named William Alexander at Otaki. He was brought into Wanganui gaol by train from Foxton. The assault was of a very violent character, the victim's eye being literally kicked out. We hear the Justices before whom the case was heard said the sentence would have been more severe, but for the fact that the injured eye had been accidentally de-. prived of sight prior to the assault taking place, which we presume they regarded m the light of extenuating circumstances. > According to an exchange, the Woodville settlers are bestirring themselves m an unprecedented manner of late m the matter of utilisiug their properties to the best advantage, instead of remaining contented with a hand-to-mouth system as heretofore. Many are breaking up land and cropping, others are going m for dairying on a larger scale, whilst still others, with laudable enterprise, are about to enter the hop growing industry on a considerable scale of magnitude. A dtsgracefnl scene occurred among the passengers by Mr Hambling's coach on Wednesday night (says the Woodville Examiner). A passenger named Lamb was picked up at Danevirke, who seemed to be m a semi-intoxicated condition, and had not travelled far before he began to make himself obnoxious. He was a powerful fellow, and all efforts to keep him quiet proved unavailing. He hit out right and left, and darkened the eyes of one of the passenger. 1 ? while another was considerably injured. He also committed an indecent offence m the coach, and when the passeugers arrived at Woodvflle they handed the scoundrel over to Constable Motley, who locked him up. Next day he was sentenced to three months' imprisonment, and was taken to Napier next morning. Such a character is hardly fit to be at large.