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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 267, 8 October 1884, Page 3

Lord Northbrooke proposes to substitute a force of 9000 police for the standing army, but the Egyptian Government opposes the scheme. The s,B. Tui arrived m the Rangitikei. river ,011 Saturday, and left again on Snnday morning, direct for Wellington, with four passengers and a cargo of live stock, oil, and wool. The Marlon paper regrets»tq hear that the Rev. W. Stewart, late of Marton,has not improved m health since his retirement to the Kiwitea. , Mr Richmond, of San don, sent off two tons of cheese by the train the other day, ' and they were shipped at Foxtpn for Wellington. Mr Richmond, who is an ; excellent cheesemaker, .finds a ready ! market for his produce. A letter signed by forty members of : the House of Representatives has been : sent to the Premier, asking that an ef- • fort be made to prorogue Parliament on or about the 24th instant. Three drunks, all " prohibited per- ; sons " were yesterday morning brought ; before the Wariganui R.M. and fined ' amounts varying from 10s to 20s. Six deaths have occurred m a week at Barmedman (N.S.W.) from a peculiar epidemic which prevails. The /first symptoms are shivering and sickneas, after which the flesh of the patient gradually becomes black. There was a '•' scene " m the Foxton Court yesterday, afternoon says the . local paper. When Mr Thynne asked the Clerk what steps had been taken to secure the attendance of two J.P.s, Mr Baker started to address the Bench sitting down. Upou this Mr Thynne requested to be treated with civility, and ordered him to stand up when addressing the Couit. After somii heated argument, tho J.P. ordered the Clerk into the wituess-box, under a threat of commitfaT for contempt. The Clerk then went into the box, when hia statement on oath was received fts to what steps he had taken to secure' a Bench. Mr Baker's answers gave a very interesting account of the J.P. system at Foxton. The report of the libel case will be concluded m to-morrow's issue. Five criminal cases were to be heard at the "Feildirig RJM. Court to-day. ! Our telegrams inform us that further seaports iv Formosa have beeii occupied by the 'French troopß.* ' * '. The Annual Show of the Hawke's Bay A. arid P; Society will be held at Hast- 5 inga to-day and to-morrow. We notice that Mr Shaw secured the acquittal of the accused m the two criminal cases m which he was engaged m the Wellington Supreme Court on Monday. ; By cable we learn that a case of smallpox has broken out m the Ist Battallion Royal Highlanders,, now m the Soudan, and .thewholebattaliion has been quarantined. ' ex-hangman, Thomas Long, not unknown m Palmerston, was prosecuted m a case of assault with attempt to wound, hoard at the Wellington Supreme Court. He was found drunk next day m the street, and having offered resistance, his arrest had'to be effected by the aid of three constables. It. appears that the racer, Krupp's death is attributable to a severe cold since his arrival m Lyttelton, not an acoident by steamer. Mr Isaacs paid 800 guineas for the colt, and was offered £1000 for him three weoks ago. Ho also had Krupp backed to win the £2000 Canterbury Derby. Speaking of the recent libel suit the Post observes, " Several of the West Coast papers express an opinion that the evidence entirely exonerated Mr Russell from the charges contained m the libel, and a good deal of surprise is felt at the small ness of the damages awarded." Perhaps the Post is not aware that the articles it refers to were either written or inspired by one and the same person, who even used precisely the same expressions iv each. . The Police Gazette notifies that a reward of £3 has been given to Sergeant Ready, of the Wellington police, for exertions m enforcing the provisions of the Licensing Act io regard to the conduct of licensed houses. , Among the exports from Wanganui for the South per Go-Ahead yesterday were 300,000 feet of timber snipped by Richter, Nannestad and Co. The New South Wales Premier by latest accounts was slightly better. Tenders for the New South Wales 3 £ per cent. Loan of 5£ millions amounted to over thirteen millions, The average figure was L 93 12s 6d, the minimum beipg L 92.