Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1884.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 9, 9 December 1884, Page 2

Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1884.

A northern exchange says that Mr W. K. Bishop, the well-known theatrical agent, and head of the draids, shortly joins the staff of the Auckland Telephone. ■ In Australia last year one mile of railroad for every 57,000 people was built ; m America one for every 8000. One of the proprietors of the Sunny Comer silver mine N. S. Wales has refused 4>100,000 for his share of the mine. ! The introduction of camels m England as beasts of burden is being discussed. , i In the Island of San Domingo there is a remarkable salt mountain, a mass of crystalline salt nearly tour miles long, estimated to contain nearly 90,000,000 tons, and said to be so clear that medium sized print can be read through a block lft m thickness. A very simple way ot coloring a meerschaum bowl is by painting it, while you are smoking, and after it becomes warm, with ih"e creamy surface of good milk, or with cream, by means of a common hair pencil, which brings out the brown and yellow colors beautifully. Southey did not forget to record, m his commonplace book, how a physician of his acquaintance "had treated more than 40,000 cases of small-pox, and never met with the malady m a person with red or flaxen hair." With reference to the reports oi a new Arctic expedition, a Copenhagen eorz'espondentjto an English paper is authorised to state that Mr Ganiel, of Copenhagen, has offered to send his steamship, the Dijmphara, on a second expedition to the Arctic regions, via Franz Josefsland, subject to the condition that the Danish : Government will as a moral acknowledgement of their interest m the expedi- ; •'tion grant a certain sum of money, hosy r • ever small, towards the expedition under the same chief, Lieutenant Novgaard, of the Royal Danish Navy, to whom the crow of the Warnaowed their rescue. In most cases says the Bruce Herald at the inceptional oft Dairy Factories pessimists prophesy that the supply of milk at prices offered will be insufficient to keep the works going, but m every instance it has been found upon commencing operations that there was no ground- whatever for such dismal forbodings. There aro not a few m Tokornairh'o who may be numbered with these prophets of evil. For the encouragement of those who aro interested m the success of the new company, wo may state that the Geraldine Dairy Factory, which was opened only a few weeks ago, is abundantly supplied with milk, to an extent far beyond the anticipations of the promoters. Already two | tons of cheese have been made, and everything is found to work smoothly.

A most curious paper is tho official Chinese paper, called Kiiuj Pan, which claims to have boon started jis early as Oil, iiiul to have appeared at irregular intervals till IMSI, when it came out regularly every week. At the coin- ' mencement of the present century it became a " daily," at the price of two keha — about a halfpenny. By a decree of the Emperor, a short time back, it was ordered that three editions were to be' printed every day — the first or morning edition, on yellow paper, is devoted to commercial intelligence ; the second or afternoon edition contains official and j general news; and the third, on red paper, is a summary of the two earlier editions, with the addition of political and social articles. The editorial duties are performed by six members of the Scientific Academy, who are aopointed by Government. The circulation is about 14,000 daily. The Lyttelton Times thus reports the drowning of two lads at Ashburton : — • " On Sunday afternoon two of the young sons of Mr John Small, farmer, Gra-hams-road, near Wheatstone, m the Waterton and Longbeach District, went bathing. The lads were named respectively William and Edward, and were 12 and 14 years of age. The place they selected to have their bath was one of the gravel-pits so frequently met with on' the roadsides m Ashburton, which are the receptacles of a large portion of the storm water. In some of these pits water is found to a considerable depth, which was the case m the one adjoining their father's farm, which the boys selected.. After having splashed about for. some tune m the, -.shalLowq, ' neither of them being able- ; to swim, they launched a feed box, and on this ventured into the deeper water. The sinking of the box left the boys out of their depth, and before aid could reach them from the farm, they were drowned. Much sympathy is felt for Mr Small, who is well-known and respected m the district." , The " Claimant's" friends mean to carry, things with a high hand. ,Mr Edmund Kimber says : — " Not only will Sir Roger Tichborne on his release seek the earliest opportunity of again swearing that he is Sir Roger Tichborne, but he will bring an action for libel against any newspaper who ventures to call him an impostor, and m that action he will conclusively prove that he has been the victim of as foul a conspiracy as ever disgraced any civilised country." Some seven or eight months ago a gentleman m Waipawa lost his pocketbook, or, as he suspected at tho time, had it taken from his coat pocket ; and although ne advertised for it, no information regarding it or the contentsreached him. One day last week as Mr Carson was passing the Empire, he found a brown paper parcel on the sill of the window with a card attached con r taming the loser's name, which he delivered accordingly. On opening it, there was the pocket book so long missing, with all the papers it contained, but some four or five £1 notes were missing still. As the thief has evidently repented, we, Mail, would suggest that he should not be half-hearted about it, but go the whole hog and return the money as well. At the Wellington Magistrate's Court on Saturday morning an able-bodied man, when charged with failing to satisfy an order made against him for the payment of 6s 8d per week towards the maintenance of his aged mother, said that "he should only be too glad to pay it if he had the money, but he had only earned £2, during the last two months." "What," said Mr Wardell, "do you mean to say that you have only earned 5s a week tor. two months ?" The defendant repeated his statement, and Mr Wardell after considering the matter for a few moments remarked dubiously, " Well, it may be so, but I hope not." At the time of the disaster to the Wasp she was (says the Home News) under orders to convey the sub-sheriff, | six bailiffs, and thirty-six policemen to Imristrahull, there to execute the vengeance of the landlords upon the unhappy inhabitants. It is to be desired that trie British public should seriously ask 1 themselves whether they really wish their navy to be employed, on a peculiarly dangerous coast, m doing the dirty work of Irish landlords ? j There is a judge m Milwaukee who speaks plainly. Three Milwaukee lawyers having put m bills amounting to 25,000 dollars for service m settling an estate valued at 32,000 dollars, the judge made the following timely remark : — •'You have charged 25,000 dollars for GO days' service. These charges are infamous. They are such as men who arc scoundrels and thieves at heart would moke. This charge of 15,000 dollars is cut dovn to 1500 dollars; those of 5000 dollars each to 500 dollars. Repeat such a piece of rapine m this court, and I will debar every one of you.