LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 257, 26 September 1884, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Government have withdrawn the proposal to reduce the Education capitation grant. Goldbearing quarts has been found near Masterton says a Wellington paper. Such an item of news has been circulated for many years and is likely to be repeated for many more without any good result. Mr Duncan has given notice of his intention to ask the Minister for Defence, if, with the view of encouraging local industries, the Government will call for tenders for the supply of cloth or made-up uniforms for police, Armed Constabulary, and volunteers within the colony ; and, if such tenders aro uot much m excess of European prices, will the Government accept such tenders P : Colonul Brett a member of Ihe Logislative Council, thinks that they should have a purer moral atmosphere than at prtstmtie^ists m that chamber aud' wants to know what the Government intend to do with the Hon. Mr Parazyu ( who ■■] was convicted under tl>e Corrupt practices Act. It is doubtful if the atmosphere I would be any purer if Mr Pharazyn Was debarred from being a member; Jacob Faithful's consultation on the forthcoming races will positively close on the 2ud October. Dr Curl read a paper at the Wanganui Progress and Industrial Association ,on Wednesday evening, which contains some very valuable information on the sugar beet culture. . Mr Wi Peri is about to introduce a Bill which will, if it passes, entirely revolutionise the whole system of native land purchase. The proposal is to render tribes corporate bodies, and to require that all laud sales shal be concurred m by the tribe generally, being executed under its seal and m presence of proper Government officers. All individual buying and selling of native land would thus be out an end to. Major Steward has given notice to ask the Commissioner of Trade and Customs, If the attention of the Government has beeu directed to the feasibility of opening .uj)<a trade m frozen meat with India and China ; .and if they will make -make in-.' quiries as to what facilities as to port dues, &c, GovvrnmeuU of those . countries are prepared to offer, with a view to the encouragement of such trade, whether the military authorities m India would cuter into, contracts for frozen meat for the use of troops m that country ; and whether facilities . for cold ' storage are available or would be provided at Madras,-Calcutta, aud elsewhere m the countries referred to ? The Married Woman's Property Act has now been some time m operation m England, and has already begun te make its appearance m the Law Courts. Recently a case was decided m which the question of the identity of husband and wife was involved. A lady made a ! will iv which she left her property to "C. J. Marnier, Esq., and J. Harris, Esq., and Eliza Maria, his wife." Antecedent to passing of the Act, indeed from . time immemorial, the property would have- been simply divided into two equal portions, of which Mr Mander would have taken one, Mr and Mrs Harris, as v one flesh," taking the other-. . Now the lady has a distinct individuality, the property is divided into three x and unlucky Mr Mauder gets one-third instead of one-half . The early dissipations of the Prince of Wales have made him, at the age of 43, delicate, sour, and dispeptic. Realising the need of regular hours aud a quiet life, he is forced to shun the society of the fast companions of his former years.' . We (Post) learn from our London correspondent that Bishop and Mrs Hadfield will return to New Zealand m the Rnapehu, sailing 25th September. The Hon. J. Martin. Dr Martin, Mi; Martin, and the Misses Martin (2), will be passengbrs for Wellington by the Doric, I and the Hon. W. rf. Peter and the Hon. G. Buckley go out to Lyttelton by the same steamer. On Saturday evening (says the Post) I the steamer Napier left the harbour for Paikftkariki with a full cargo, and on board were two sons of Captain Bengali. Oo.arriyal off Paikal^ariki they com:nYoriced discharging, when the surf got ,too\rongh, and they had to' discontinue discharging aud seek shelter under Kapiti. The two young fellows, however, could not stop until fine weather set m, so they landed and left Paikakariki at 2 o'clock on Sunday afternoon on foot, and arrived m Wellington thoroughly exhausted after their long journey. On arrival at Government Buildings, Wellington, they were so tired that they laid down and fell asleep. A policeman saw them, and, thinking they were drunk, was about to arrest them. They arrived at utheir home at 10 o'clock the same night, taking two hours to go through ihe. town, one o.f the lads having gone 24 hours without food. In the coursn of "the talk which took place during Tuesday's deputation of the Trades and Labour Council to the Premier, Mr Stout took the opportunity of m nking some vwy strong remarks upon the blame which attached to. working men for not being more united m their political action. He was quite certain -iha't'if they would pull together more they would not have to come to the Government to ask for reforms, but they would carry sufficient political influence to get their interests attended to m Parliament. '"V The Anglo New Zealander says :— 'A significant proof of the immense development of the frozen meat trade was given at the general meeting of the London and St. Katharine Docks , Company on the 25th July, The chairman stated that whereas during t^e first half, of 1883 the company had stored only 23,000 m their refrigerating chamber at the docks, they had stored 156,000 carcases during the past half-year. The Bishop of London wanting som* alterations done m the Palace of Fulhatn, employed a. first-rate architect to inspect the building, and to consult as to what was to he done. The business ocenpied the latter three or four hours, and the bishop, on the report of the expenses, determined not to proceed. He said, however, "Be good enough to toll me how rnuali I shall draw a cheque on account of the trouble you have taken I" "I thanlc-ypur: lordship— a hundred guineas!" "A hundred gnineasT' " Yes niy lord !" "Why many of lhy curates do not receive so' much for a whole year's services!" •' Veiy true, my lord ; hut. l am a bishop, m my profession !" the cheque was paid over m silence. Mr Bowron,inspector of dairies,reports them are seventeen factories m the North Island, and he calculates that fully four hundred tonn of cheese have been manufactured this season. Mr Hohbs is introducing a bill to render penal the publication m a newspaper of any sweep or consultation advertisements. It is drawn «n Ihe lines of the Victorian Act.

Notices aru posted »j> i» the Tulograph Offices to tho cftcct that on and aftor the Ist October stamps mast be ainixed to telegraphic mi-ssages m tho same way as on letters. It is understood that this now system will be of advantage to the officers of th.r departiueut by simplifying their Bystem of book-keep-ing. Mr Downie Stewart has introduced a bill by which it is proposed to make any person who inserts iv a newspaper a false notice of a birth, or of the inarriago of parties, or of a death, liable to a penalty of £30, or to imprisonment for a month. At Government House yesterday the Governor presented Captain W.J. Grey," of tho steamer Stella, with a handsome golu watch, a protjeut from the American Government, m recognition of his nervices m connection., with the search and rescue of the crew of the American Brigantine, Sarah Hunt, at Auckland Islands, m December, 1883. It is proposed by Sir Julius Yogel to make the rate on letters via Brindisi one shilling the half ouuee aud other mail matter m proportion. : " I Messrs Steyens & Gorton's next sale at Feilding will be- held on September 30. The entries at present received are published m our advertising columns. They include beef, thrne-year-old steers, mixed cattle, two-year-old steers and heifers, eighteen-moiuhs old steers, yearlings, and mixed cattle. Titokowaru's old fighting general, Katene, has just passed away to the " happy hunting grounds;!' It Was, he i (writes the Patea correspondent of the Wangauui Herald) who rode the "white horse m the war of 1868, and the old members of tho Wanganui and Kui Iwi Cavalry will remember him well, as he was always very prominent m every engagement. He was wounded at the Okehu on the Sunday when the rebelsfollowed tlie Cavalry from Nukumaru to Kai I*!, that being his eighth wound. Since the war. he has been living 1 on the Waimate Plains, doing good seiviceto his countrymen, by showing them how useless it was to resist the pakeh*. He remained a staunch friend to the Government during the Te Whiti excitement, and helped to take the Maori ploughing prisoners. . Says a contributor to the Australasian : — There is, I believe, one Hviug example of a. Cockney squatter.' Bocn adinist brick and mortar, he had lived m the roar of a city, street until, lato m life, fate made him an Australian runholder. He desired to establish some, game on his estate, aud obtained a few, brace of hares. The gentleman who supplied him, asked him, subsequently,* if his hares had increased* r M They )re. all dead " he said, " and 1 can't understand it I kept them m an enclosure; near the houses ; they had raeat^ pastry, and everything of the best from uiy i own table, and not one survived. I cau't make it out." .