Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. WENDESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1884. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 16, 17 December 1884, Page 2

Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. WENDESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1884. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

r±-+ i i. The Woodville Cheese Factory now looks ready for work, the plant being all arranged and m working order. The engine and boiler made by Mr D. Murray, of Wanganui,, were tested and found to work splendidly. The various heating and water-pipes have been fitted up, and I a welt has been sunk and fitted with a force-pump which will be worked by the eugine. The utensils seem ;to be iv readiness, and two treble and eight double prepses have been fitted up. The manager informs us (Examiner) he will be m readiness to start 1 work on Monday, but as the milk cans have not yet arrived, it may be ' Wednesday* before a startican be made. :. ■ ■■ The last slip m the Gorge has been & source of ' considerable iriten'uption to : traißc, earth having continued to fall at ' in tef vale" since Tuesday, and for a time faster than it could be cleared away. ' ; ii;thV "Woodville ' RVM. Court, a lad right was charged with pointing & gun at a young woman. .-.His < Worship warned the X boy that if he ''thought the Case was as serious^ as plaintiff made out, he should have ordered the present inforn?atiQn.to { b^dißcharged and a f i-ttsb hiform'atioh : lodged, and ,w©»ld'have pent him to prison or have. *liad' him flogged^- It 'Was the satho of-; ..fepce to threaten with, a gun, whether 'j'pafjed'or.nbti 1 ' '' ' , 'The New Zealand^. Tif.es. speaking of the threatened libel" suit '"by Sif Julius Yogel,, of the alleged connection of fVist'iih'erewith- remarks:— "lt is the first jtKnoini our experience of jourpalisdi, that such a base, and scandalous attempt by a newspaper "to 'stir 'up litigation -'against Another has been resorted to." ' Tlie New Zealand Times should dwell m Pjilmerston for atime, and it would soon get used to such journalistic experiences, Sir Erancis^Dillon Bell, Agent-Gene-ral for '-New,' Zealand retires \ from his pofit at the lieginniug of next' year, and., -will return to the colony. ; . Speaking of the recent reduction of jpinJice sub-inspectors^ through official rer (teeDchment, an exchange remarks :^~ v Amongst the, sufferers by this unjust «rkfa*e" was Sub-inspecter Goodall, an. officer equal m efficiency to, -any m the > poJie& service, and far ysuperipr to'sevoral who hold the rank of inspector. His case was a particularly hard one, for, by a stroke of the Ministerial pen, he was reduced to the same rank lie had held a score of years beforehand this too, though he had during all these ; t wenty year*. proved himself one of the aMe&t, most faithful, and most energetic of Heers m tho Njbw Zealand police force. Mit Go'odairs many friend iii this district wi.lljoiuus m congratulating him on ha\ nag received justice at Jas.t,"

A trnilesiiifin'iccoiuit which came be- I foi'o a meeting- yterday (saysSatimlay's Otago Daily Tkx) caused some amusement. It led o with the motto " Let Green Island flcrish," which was closely followed by tl announcement, "The Kingdom of Gi is at hand." Then came 'the prosa items m manuscript — *' 61b of sugar,. Hb of tea r 1 bar soap," &c, winding v with. this gentle hint to the customer — 'Send me 30s by Monday i next." It is sa to have to relato that this original gicer now figures as a creditor ; custoier's assets, nil. Somo montlnago Ada Mantau offered a prize of ipO to the tirat Derson who should tip the first; second, and third horses mle Melbourne Cup. The prize was awarcd to Mr C. Beeby, who: sentin his tipfirst. There were two , others who suceeded hi naming the trio. . Cheap sugar^yiug m London, is. advertised for catle feeding, the prioes-f being as follow : — East Indian, 7s 6d to 8s 9d per cwt : West Indian, 9s 6d to lOs 6d ; molasss 6s to 7s 6cf. ;These . sugars, though unfit for table use, coutain over 60 pr cent, of saccharine matters, and a«, therefore, most^ valuable for cattle feed ; and: the fajct that sugar, both we and dry, can be used for this purpos tias been fully proved. The largest church collections! which we remember 4 have heard of wer^ taken j m Glasgow on*- recent Sundayt The' congregation fits that of the Welling-ton-street United Presbyterian Qhurdh, ; which has just built a .new chiirch io University aveqiie, Hill-head. The total amount collected at the different services for the building i.funcl' was 4HJ35 , 12s B|d, of which about £9600 wjis coni rtributed at the .morning service, i'fhese figures are also exclusive of £1160 previously collected for, the organ fund. Our local tradesmen < had. better; be;on their good bnh'aviour "ori i Saturdays, says an exchange. At "ehristchdrch > a man has been' fined fdr !i einpldyihg girls* at 2.50 on Saturday afternoon, 1 'The Act says: " Every female, young person, orchild shall have a holiday on Saturday afternoon frp.tri two, o'lcoxjK, and on Sunday, Ohriitinaa' JDay-, New Yearfa Day, Goo.l Friday, Easter Monday, afidflfty^ other day -sot apiartaß apublit holiday wiihoutloßs of wage's" ' ' I InTaurariga harbour a few 1 daj-s ago, between' the hours of' half paist'fiye a.m. and nine o'clock p.m.j a=part^ coiisistiug of thirteen boats^nd cqntainjng 46 menj' caught and killed 408 sharks, jAt the afternoon tide. of; fthat. day^thr^e p.tn., } 16% large * fish' were , secured, tnost of 'Which measured from 11 to 14 fe^t. : -- i ——————— r ' '\ ■