The Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1884.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 18, 19 December 1884, Page 2

The Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1884.

« In a case for abusive lanuage, heard at the Wangaimi Magistrate's Court on Tuesday, the revelations of family arrangements' that came out m evidence perfectly astonished both bench and bar, and the reporters ceased talcing notes of details unfit for publication. Mr Hutchison, counsel for defendant, pro.duced letters which had passed between two of the parties concerned, which he said contained details surpassing anything he had ever read m fiction or heard, m a police court before. That the prices for stock have an upward tendency, and have hardened at the rates which have been obtained at previous sales, the report which we (Star) publish of Messrs Halcombe and ShorwuTs stock sale on the 11th inst., amply confirms. The advance not confined to any particular land of stock but appears to be equally shared by both cattle and sheep. Some persons are m the habit of taking stock to sales, fixing upon thera a reserved price, and when this is not reached m the bidding, disposing of them afterwards privately. Such persons should, however, bear m mmd that whqn goods of any description are oifer- , ed by auction, and not sold afc the time of offering^' the law provides that if they are sold within 14 days afterwards the auctioneer can still claim his commission. We (Star) mention this fact as we think it is not generally known, and because we consider it only fair to the auctioneer 1 that after he has been at the trouble and expense of advertising, entering, yarding, and offering stock, he should be compensated if they are sold at the vendor's price within the time mentioned. We learn from the Wanganni Chronicle that the supply of mills: at the Okoia Dairy Factory is still increasing satisfactorily. At present there are 19 contributors, the highest supplying' 70 and the lowest 17 gallons of milk per day. With the present supply about 85cwts of cheese is being made weekly, and for this season' 18 tons have already been made, and is selling rapidly. In the piggeries there are 130, all of which are doing well. With present prosiiects tho shareholders should have a very satisfactory return when the workihg year has ended and a balance-sheet presented. Messrs Stevens & Gorton will hold a sale of stock at Awahuri on December '23rd. Tlic entries at present received are published m our advertising columns. They include Christmas beef, fat cows, mixed yearlings, two-year-old steers, cows and calves, cows, fat wethers, fat ewes, hoggets m wool and mixed sheep. |

': iii' Jii-inni'' >;/' i-jtiV'tifii .- 1 1 ; ' 1 1 iv ~ ! !.' lii! i .'. i,h; )lc.-|.i S. !;))'»!;' hi' ;i )-".-:-!!t " <•■•:- --ji!!!::;;!ii(i!i l'!iiiiil<'r " — •' L*l\ i ; ni n.'r : Whil are tho liiinonl ])ri).lncf.:; of Austr;ili:i •} Ciinlidenl, Pupil : Tinno.i " /E^lck," m tho Anxrulaxiim, rolalos thai lu-iu-li m liis nuihJi with iltinliin won the choice of place mid took up his position on tho edge of tic shallows, on which the ".valor is veiy lew al ebb title. "\Vlicmi Hanlan took his place he fovm'l thac ho was m conipiufitively J'ou^'ii wntor. He said to l.ieach, " Vv'ill you move further m '?" " Ge:tainly," sail the ]u - e«eiit champion, readily suiting the action to the word, and giving the Caniiilian the. opportunity of making his startjn smooth water. Surely m tiiis tliere was an Honourable chivalry worthy of record. The Danovirke correspondent of tlie Wootlville Examiner writes as follows : — On iliL that another hotel is about .to be erectocl here — Tho Government haA r o with commendable promptitude settled all the claims against them for land taken for railway purposes. . \ A Napier lady, by a sailing ship leaving that port some months ago.fonvarctecl a box of curios to a lady relative iv England. Advices of its receipt wsre received m Napier last week, with the addition that on opening the box a live bee was discovered, which had found the voyage rather long for its liking, and was nearly passing m its cheques m consequence. A little care and feeding, however, brought it round, and now one of the most interesting of that.b.ox -oi curios is the bee who made 'the voyage as a. stowaway. Old colonists of Australia and Niw Zealand will learn with extremo regret that Lady Boweri, tlie wife of Sir George Bowen, late Governor of Victoria, and now Her Maiesty's representative ; at Hong Kong, has sailed for England. ■, She is sorely ' stricken m health, and goes home as a last resource by the imperative order of her physician. \ In order to realise the lull value of large aggregate sums of money, there is .nothing like reducing them and. spreading them out a bit.. Dealing •m this fashion with the amount .annually, sent out of tin's Colony m payment of interest on the piiblic amlimnricipai debts, and reducing it to doily, instead of annual payments, most of our readers will be surprised to learn that this coloiiy, every day of the yeai 1 , Sundays included, sends away m the shape of interest upwards of jj7,000. ' r In one of his novels, Capt. Marryat tcHs of a schoolmaster who announced, that he had abandoned the use of the rod. When tender- mothers, tempted by this announcement, brought their boys to his institution, he was eloquent m his denunciations of the barbarism of tho rod. Bub no sooner had the doors closed upon them than the luckless pupils found that the master had only abandoned the use of the rod for the use of the cane ! It is very satisfactory to -notice that the Salvation Array appears to bo dying out hi this district. It will be a happy day for the community when the final departure takes place. The attendance at the. Hall is decreasing nightly, and the officers complain bitterly that the offertories get smaller by degrees and beautifully less. They will soon have to shift quarters, or else take to some legitimate employment. The new steamer Arawa left Gravesond on the 6th inst., on her maiden 1 trip to the colony, with a full complement of 'cabin passengers, besides 200 nominated immigrants. The Tongariro is to leave tomorrow for Otago, Canterbury and Wellington. She also has a fiul passenger list. The Star says that tho ' Salvation Army gathering m Feildmg was a very lively and noisy one, and towards 9 o'clock a number got up and left the hall, apparently becoming tired of the proceedings. The torn-foolery had become monotonous, we presume. A meeting, convened by Mr ■W. M' Cardie, was held m Masterton on Wednesday evening to form a Special Settlement Association, with the object of securing a block of land m the Forty Mile Bush. Preliminary steps were taken, hut the compulsory residential clause was considered fatal, as the land proposed to be occupied is a dense forest. It was decided to appoint a deputation to interview the Minister to secure a modification of this clause. A number of correspondents of the Duuedin Star, all citizens of long standing, assert they resided m Melbourne m 1854, when a three-masted schooner named the Osprey, of about 800 tons, arrived m that port. One circumstantially details her- officers and appearance. The Pall Mall Budget states that the Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company's new steamer Arawa cost about ;£130,000, and it is estimated her working expenses will be about i'l4o per day. All nominations for candidature seats on the Board of the Government Insurance Association must reach the presiding officer beforo noon to-morrow. A Mr J. S. Harris is to deliver a lecture m. Wellington this evening on the attractive subject of "Delirium Tremens." He is to charge _s and Is to hoar what he has gob to say on this delightful sub : ject. In Sweden a man who has been drunk three times loses the right of suffrage. From the Post we learn that civil proceedings have been instituted against Mr William Archibald Thomson, general manager of the Equitable Life Insurance Association of New i'ork, by Mr Joseph Mackay the well-known itisurauce agent. Mr Mackay claims £100 damages for alleged wrongful dismissal from tho posisition of canvasser and lecturer for the association . Mr. Howarth, of Dunedin, ia acting for the plaintiff. - ■ The Auckland Star had the following paragraph last week ; — There should be no dearth of employment amongst labouring men for some timo to com&. The City Council have at the present time contracts let to the extent of over £30,000, and the majority of these will require a great deal of labour. Several are only m the preliminary stages, and will take on many more men than are at present employed, while others have just been let. Besides these, seveial extra contracts are at, present advertised. The Council is evidently determined this year to take advantage of the fine weather for the prosecution of road works. The following letter appears m .the Napier TcUpraph :— To tlie Editor ; Sir, Durin°" last I have wanted men to travel with sheep, yet notwithstanding Mr Desmond's report that so many are idle, I cannot get men. to take 12s : 6d per day and find themselves. The wages demanded by ordinary drivers being. lss per day, and to bo found. In these times, and the low price oil .sheep, compared with cost of their production, this is an unreasonable demand. I enclose my card so that a reliable man can call at your office for a reference to — Kjiployeu. Tho New Zealand Lan and Morcantilc Agency Company are advised under date Loudon, October 24:— "Town killed foreign mutton was quoted at 3s 6d to 4s 2d. and New Zealand frozen mutton 4s to 4s 4d per 81b, and, iv consequence, relative high prices arc ruling for colonial shipments. Doptford killed. Dutch and German sheep we.ro actually frozen m London for sale as frozen mutton Wjjiilo m Liverpool English sheep were wrapped m colonial cloths with the fline object JA v|fV»"

i. :!■;■ iSiraiinT /..ijii'-i', <J;l[>!ari i"'i --. :c , i t .-t.-t I).><■!1 ).><■! i suiisii!::! f. )]• t w, •! Vi .• nionili.s m carry | u!it, ;t fortui j;lii iy nnil -ivrvice between Kanunea aihl Caswoll Kouuk. Sumo months a<;o the ship Lastinghani was vvieo <eil m llio vicinity of Wellington with enough mil way iron iior ssiven find .1 lialL" miles of the Wel-lingLon-Manawatu laihvay line. Tho salvage company at iho wroek of this vessel have successfully raised the whole of: tho material m good order, and a i'ew 1 days ago it was «t,hl to tho directors of i tho HiittPark Racecourse Railway Comi pany, but as they only required enough I for two miles, th« remainder was sold j to the Wostport Harbour Board at a rate ' equal to 40 per cent, uuiicr the cost price j m England. A contemporary says : — " We would have thoughttbat the Well.ingtonEvening Post would have been above writing of its contemporary the N.Z. Times after this fashion — " There are people iuthis world with minds so warped and distorted by long indulgence m vice that cannot understand how anyone else can possibly pursue a straightforward and honest course of life." This is the sort of thing that makes people ashamed of New Zealand journalism." A boy named Thomas Joseph Mosen was brought before Messi-s Johnson and Ingles, J.P.s, at Waipawa. on Eaiday upon two charges of forgery. Oo tho application of the police he was remanded till Wednesday next, when Captain Proece will lio here. Bail was afterwards accepted on his father's recognizance for £100. The facts as alleged were as follows : A storekeeper, named Webber, living at Makatosu, received a / letter asking to forward a cheque book to tho writer, and it is said the boy signed the name of a man residing at Ormondville. Not having a cheque book, Mr Wobbcr sent three loose cheques,two of which he received back at intervals of a day or two, filled m with various amounts, m payment for two watches and sundry other matters. In drawing the attention of land buyers to an addition made to the advertisement of the El and 0. A. Corporation, we (Star) particularly request they will note the fact of the extreme liberality of the terms offered. The price of the land, ) 60s per acre is very reasonable, and the teims "aro so libAai that any man with ordinary health and strength, added to a determination to make a home for himself, should not hesitate a,momcnt m availing himself of them. The conditions are that 45s per aero remain on mortgage at 7 per cent., 15s being paid at the time of purchase. After the settler has expended 15s m improvements, which will mean clearing, fencing, &c, should he require it the Corporation will refund this amount, aud add it. to the mortgage, without further charge to the settler. No land m the colon} 1 - has ever boon offered on such liberal terms. I =.