Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1884. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 282, 25 October 1884, Page 2

Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1884. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

' Our cablegrams have stated (hat the retaiL butchers id London are paying a , higher price for New Zealand mutton than for English mutton. This bears out statements made iv letters received by Mr S. Hodrier by : the mail (says the Napier Telegraph). By the Turakina MrHooper forwarded, a' present of some mutton to his friends m Dorsetshire, who state that, jit was the finest mutton they had ever tasted, although accustomed to the far-famed Southdown alltheir lives. They want to know whether they can have a regular supply. In the House on Thursday the School Committees Election Bill was read a third time and passed. Sir George Grey's Printers and Newspapers Registration Act Amendment Bill was finally passed by the Lower House on Thursday. We remind our town subscribers whp make four-weekly settlements that our collector will make his periodical round on Monday next, when aprompt settlement of amounts due and arrears is requested. ; The handsomest man m .England is thought to bft Edgar Vincent, brother of Howard Vincent, lately retired chief of the London detective \ department of police. He carried ; everything before him m his university career was director of finance m Egypt at twenty-four, and is now to marry the beauty Gladys, Lady Lonsdale, who, 6ft. m "height, is only 3in. shorter than her j lovers :_ t '.....,;•;■■''.. j The Queen since the arrival of the statue of, John Brown, has paid a visit to the spot selected for its erection every i morning. The. statue may easily be seen from the windows of the private apartments occupied by- Her Majesty. The likeness of John Brown is an excellent one, and the Queen has expressed herself as being highly pleased at the artistic success, attained by the sculptor.. The London Standard tells of a young lady who recently arrived at Warrnanfcbool from England, who had messages and parcels for delivery to friends at Perth, m Western Australia, Sandhurst, Sydney, and others places both m this colony and New South Wales, which it was thought at home she could easily .and personally fulfill her commissions. The geographical knowledge of English folks concerning Australia is decidedly; hazy. ! One of the handsomest pablichouse lamps we (Post) have ever seen m the colony has just been manufactured by Mr J. E. Hayes, of Lauibton Quay, to the order of Mr E. Jewell, the licensee of . Whyte's Hotel, Foxton. The lamp is 7ftinhight aud 3£ft m width, and is undoubtedly a most creditable specimen of the work which our local tradesmen are capable of turning out. Froth private sources an exchange learns that Sir Julius VogoPs health continues very bad, and no less than three physicians^ were attending him early this week. As soon as ever ho can get away from Parliamentary work, Sir Julius is to visit the Hot Springs; " Mr Macarthur was yesterday to ask the Government, Whether they will, next session, bring m a Bill to reform the constitution of the Legislative Council, m Bi|ch a'niapner as to limit the time fpr whiph a memher of that House shall hold his seat? * , > - : ■'• There are now nearly 200 subscribers to the Wellington Telephone Exchange! The schooner Clyde is having a long detention m Foxton this time. She has been loaded up since the beginning of the week, and it is not improbable that with the prevalence of westerly weather she may have to remain m the river for some days yet.

In the House on Thursday evening, the False Notice of Birth, Marriage, and Death Bill was read a third time and passed. A half-tight Maori was so demonstrative m the Strangers' Gallery m the House during the sitting of the House an Thursday uight that the Speaker called attention to the fellow's conduct, | and said that he very reluctantly would, for the first time since he had held the position of Speaker, have to order the removal of the disturber if he did not behave himself. At this juncture two j members of the Armed Constabulary I rushed to the gallery with a view to eject him. The inebriated son of .the soil, however, was too weighty for the peace-guardians to remove ; but on the interpreter addressing some few words to the Maori from the bar of the House, the man left the Chamber. ' , A shocking affair has been reported to the South Melbourne police. A servant girl named Welsford, living at present with her parents, was with her sweetheart m Albert Park, when five larrikius presented themselves, and haying seized her sweetheart, they, criminally assaulted the girl,. and then decamped. Sawdust, when used as a substitute for sand ,m house plastering, is alleged to impart very desirable properties to the plaster. It makes the covering for walls, light, w,arm, and porous. By its non-conducting qualities it causes the inner surface to retain the heat, which sand plaster allows to escape. , The. Government of South Australia, m order to encourage the planting of trees, gives a bonus . of £2 per acre for land placed under a crop of trees. . Olive plauting is, encouraged as a tree easily raised, and as it is hardy and not easily d«?stro3 7 ed by fire, the land on each side of some'of the railways is planted with it. ' It is rumoured m town (says the Wanganui Herald) that an individual who a short time back received some three hundred pounds from Home, has received, another large amount by the English mail. It is said that by the death of his father, this lucky (?) individual will receive no less than £3900. In the House on Thursday the Premier, m reply to Mr Wakefield, said that the matter of extendingsome' Government aid for the' purpose of repairing St Joseph's Orphanage, Wellington, had beeu brought' under the attention of the Gpvernment frequently ; . by the hon. member for Te Aro, and he had informed that gentleman that the Government had no funds at their disposal for such a.purpose. The institution was a private one. and if the Government were to assist the St Joseph's Orphanage they would have to extend the same assistance to other private institutions of a similar character belonging to other '-religious denominations throughout the coiony.— The Minister for Defence, m answer to Mr Allwright, said that it Was the intention of the Government to have four torpedo boats for the defence of the colony — one to be stationed m Wellington, one at Lyttelton, one at Port Chalmers, and the fourth at Auckland. — The Minister of Public Works, replying to Mr 8.-Bradshaw, said that it was the wish of the Public Works Department to consider the advisability of using red* and white pine creosoted sleepers, instead of imported sleepers. •A singular phenomenon is called attention to m the. Batavia Dayblad: The Krakatoan volcano m the Straits of Sunda appears to be responsible for the wreck of several vessels. In the neighbourhood of the volcano is what is called the Hoenekerken reef, aiid vessels known to have been wrecked upon it have never been found. The men-of-war which surveyed Sunda Straits after the recent volcanic outburst have failed to find the reef. It is now alleged that these shipwrecks are caused by a temporary upheaval of the sea l)Qliom^o*by a3udij2jx.cA«fc«MMiir- nw * ;^ sCli8 i which destroy vessels which- at that particular time are sailing : over the treacherous,, locality. • Bricks made of cork now' constitute one of the new German industries. The usual size is lOin. by 2£in. They are prepared from small corks, refuse, and cement; and have not only been used for certain building purposes, on account of their lightness and isolation properties, but are also, employed as a covering for > boilers; m preventing the radiation of heat.