Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1884. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 285, 29 October 1884, Page 2

Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1884. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr .i^lood, music teacher, now of GiSbprnej well-known' m Palmerston, has" J beeii adjudged a- bankrupt. . We. notice by the report of ithe exarai''keiik x b{ the'September-Law Examination, '•that Mr John Thompson is ; tlio only sucicessful candidate if liom. Wellington. Mr Thompson is managing;, clerk to Mr Bi ; Shaw,, the f jyep-kppw.n , barristeV of that. ■Avnj:.-; '. ; Lu : .>.■:.;.; ■. I^.:' ■-•-•'■ - ; Sir Williiaiifl^Qx. has, left, pontlon for (Elur.hauij wj^ere he ,is ,on alviait'tohiSi brother...., ./ ... .. ( / „ " . ,-, ] aJ.. „, )!v i ■:,:•: .The .Taqp'p ; corrospqn.den^ ; of ; the'.' Napier Herald writes tn at ( a gold pros*; ; pectpr seekingfor the yejlbw metal near, Buapehu, has fodn'd indications of what promises to be a good coal «enrn at a place about •six 1 miles from the Martdri ■'.line of railway. .; -„!;",,.., ' Ji ' ' ' According to the newsi teceived from Jackson's Head by the .steamer Stella and Mohaka, a large ,, quantity of cargo 'has been. , recovered fr^m.-, the wreck of the Laßtipgharri at that place. Although ]the stateioi the weather, up to the present, only 'permitted th^" 1 w6r*k to be car-., rieel on'fbr'ifwo'lfalf days,* frbbiuY SB^casgs of corrugated iron, a cask bf chain, 12.0 bundles of hoop-iron j and^several cases of beer and whisky have been got out -of her.% She ip c now .lying pn the^Bid^,( i. 38f tff ronK- the oujter^ edg^ .of the rocks, f the highest pa,rt, of her buliHfO>'ks.>bßiu^i 'about six feet below tho sdrface of the i.wat^r:.!. She.bas, bmken ipto ; two pieces, and He's m a very, favorable i position for ; th'e'i3i'ver^'tb i 'get''aV : the raiiway iron. 'The M'dhakaf wasipver tbefe jfrom to ' 10' a:m; y eßteEday/ ; and . •> arrived' her^ \ ast ! ' iif ith, a full qargPipf fche-reeoVer-" .ed goods.:, \ '.;iohKiiiK ; ',■ , : ;iThe West Coast .-.cprrespphdeiit of the \lTu(ipilpph:Z'iines writes. that it has been raining witjhojut , ( a j j break |for the last three, inpnths, apd ' adda^'^hat ther^Js, in'piy ' a plentiful" supply 1 ' jof water for slui6in^',pufp r oseßi ; 'We? should think there was, and even enough. |;p delight • : the v 'Boalpf old-Noah,; iifiiihe|were "again m the, fteshiand had his ark| ready. ••- --1 A very Satisfactory .proof ' J #f the lasting'qualities ;ofi oertaini^evlr Zealand woods under. , . w^er , ( is , . orded by a • apeci,uian ,pf ra jmti in b,er recently brought ,. up, South and nowfenvjew at r tb^^GpyWrnmen^ The piece; 'vi wood m / -queßtion ) foj k 'Hieii' a portion of , tlie whrff! pife^drivßh m th]e'Blu'fiEHar'oW m 1863, and although Under water r fdrJ 21 'years, is>ia almost as a Ptate of preservation npw.. as ,whteta«ut m .the .bus.h'iiWith.B.uch, evidence as<this, .(says tho Post) it is a matter forjsujprise that ppntractors m Ne ( w ' Zeatand J do not pay , greater lattejritipn , to , nativie j^tnb^er for bridfice4md wliarf ■ work less to the woods of the other colonies. In the E..M; Cburt v at Mas'^ertbb, a Witness named Paul Voight'* .attendee^ ■ and when offered the bible '• tb ; take : the usual oath said : "I don't believe m it, but I. suppose it, is, all the same.,"i:iMr :,.What dp you believe in?,,,The Wijtriess: Nothing. '. .". , „:.;.,.,.,,- ,j The sporting contributor! ,b£,the iT^an-i. ganui ilkrtild wWtesai follows r-^j'may. mention for the information, ;pf .fhp.se concerned, that the new Police Act contains a claußOi. making it ah offence to allow auy mare to beiservfcd or tried ona public road,"or m view of one. This very necessary restriction has been: evaded all through the district for many, 'seasens'-past, : but will now hay.c to be •discontinued ;.-er else hiaavily 'fialid for,^ if , a'jeonvictjon is recorded against anyone' so, pffjending., ; „: .. '„'.. , j( , : ■•■• * ■-■ <is-s.:-. ■■- ' The , :f pl|o wing suggestive advertise- ; , .inept; appears iq, a Wellington paper ?*— S^ddorij parrot Sv ,40 gold-Headed Iscddon [ parrots |6r Jf ale,' " I ! cau r gujaraptee iany ,pf, , these parrots' c^'able'tof 6<?q upy^ng mor,ej time' by their idle,'f ri vploiis. plia^er than almost arty member the House P*£\ !; ' Bebresenf^tlyiesr; To thoße whbdb ; not • .value time -and are fond of plenty 'of'' " giish," 6V 1 tb : ' the gold-miners of the' West Coast this fine specimen of parrot is all that can be desired^ . Only lOs.^d, each at T'lockton's;: Variety StprfiS, Tory , ■ and,Manners-streetß. , , N^B.— Thes'^birdg . never say anything naughty while in ' coufinementi „ 4 .■:''.''■■ '"' "' ' ' | ' A Home. paper recently to hand says ,that Sunday afternoon lawn te.iinis.partiea were very popular .m the sttburbsof London during the past summer. ' Old fashioned people wore much scandalised ' at trains leaviug Londbn at mid-day on Sunday laden with parties of yqung folks m tennis costumes.

Tlie steamer Kotrievor, 'says a lato number of the Panama Star and Herald, was engaged iv repairing a break m the West Coast of America Telegraph Company's submarine cable, when a whale measuring from 70 to 75 feet m length, fouled itself m the wire. In its struggles to get free the cable cut into its right sidVthe entrails and, large quantities of blood issuing 'from the | WjOuiid and.flpatjug around tho ship. In Ittljeiast $yh)g : str,uggle of the captive it parted the cable, floated "away to windward of tlio steamer. Some days ~af ter war3s the Retriever retu rned t<> picE up the piece of cable m which the Vhale had been entangled. It was then found |that the fish had drifted away, and that, the cable was twisted up'iri: a' ( inost"dufioua fashiofai lu^n6 fewer than six different' places it 'Had been bitten through sufficiently^ to stop : all commuoication. ...;,! A capital story is told of a little ; bellow iwho turning. rover fth.e leayesvof a scrapbook, came across thawell-khb\vn picture of some chickens just out ■ ifthen* shells. , The little boy examined the picture' 'carefully j : 'and ;theh . witjv -)a ; grave' sagacious 1 look, sloWly ilemarkea, , "They carte out because they 'were afraid of berag'bciled." ? ; ■; j] '"'Tawh'aio a-tid 1 his chiefs, before leaving England, Compiled a narrative of the jeadingincidentsoffftheir'visit, an^,li^ jlt/Bet upJQ the ; .lllaori. language. The pamphlet included.. ,a reported Maori of .tiie^iuteiTiew of 'the chiefs with Lord •6e'rby. • The King took with him toNe,\v Zealand. a Jarge numberiof .copies of -thi pampuiet^f or distribution an^opg .the»tribeß which were. Represented m" the '"dep'il'tationj "■•■;;•-■■' "*'> ' ■--■ *^f „.; „, " In tne'Houße recently the Premier m~ t answer to Mir Smith j who' inquired if a Burnwould.be .placed upon the Supplementary Estimates so as to give a- small increase to the snlaries 'of 'country tele-' grjvpnists and postmasters whose hours of duty had 6eeti increased by :the lately, issued regulations, by which these offices ;aro kept open from 7 p.m. to 8 g.m., said thaV there would, he a small sum allowed m some cases,- but where two or mo)*e officers, were employed Jn an office would be jriade. j /.,,., „.', . . .The i Qtßgq,..Pa%. Times says i that, dome bf ; the* 1 lueu engaged ou the works at the Otago Heads on Thursday, made a rath'dr furious discovery, m .thie shape o£aTconical|Bhot, which was iouiifl em-. ' lidded m tKe f sand' ta ■'■ a deptl| of afafout 10ftJr</L'he;Bhbt,<. which jwas about four ,inche,s| ' >n] \ '$$xosljßh >. : 9V4'/i. 8e^ en inches long, was of the ordinary kind jof chilled shot, with brasses, on^he sides.] In addir. tibn to th'e woMs •'^alliser chill* marked on it there are the letters 8.8.L. It is surmised that the- £ho'i nWiat have'lieeh fired by some man-df war oat practice.' At. any rate it would bej jnterestingfto know how if.came.to, find ; adostination m such a peaceful locality, and the lettering on it will probably "give| some clue as to whom it was likely toihayebeeu .•M^" ■■;■■->..-. 1 1-.'-.-" .!?■.■!' The Greytowh cheese factory hayings met- with so mdeh success m the past* through turning tout such a superior article are about to duplicate iHeiit 1 plant.