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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 23, 27 December 1884, Page 3

A Wellington paper states that SubInspector Goodall has been promoted to the rank of Inspector. Mrs Buller, widow of the late Rev. James Buller, died on Tuesday, having survived her husband only seven weeks. The Te Anau, from Bluff, and Austral, with Brindisi mail, arrived at Melbourne yesterday. ' There is a great hubub m Australia over German annexation m New Guinea. Britain is blamed for its tardy action , previously m the matter of annexation, ] and an agitation is on foot which demands England's immediate intervention on behalf of Australia to secure for I her any of the neighbouring islands that may still be available. The aquatic contest between Clifford and Beach will definitely take place on Feb. 28. i The Wakatipu arrived at Sydney on Thursday, from Wellington, and the Manapouri sailed thence for Auckland yesterday. At Eaglehawk, near Sandhurst, Vict toria, yesterday, a grandstand, carrying 650 women and children, collapsed. J Someof the occupants were slightly iniured. The steamer Yarra arrived at Adelaide, from Marseilles, yesterday. The. steamer Black Eagle, carrying passengers between Brighton and St. Kilda, sprang a leak yesterday, and was just able to land her passengers when she' foundered. Mr P. Galvin passed through Palmerston this morning en , route for Napier, where it is probable he will ioin the staff, of the new evening paper. The new steamer Arawa. arrived at Port Chalmers on Tuesday. She brought about 500 passengers. . The following were the successful members m Alpha's W.R.C. Debating Society, viz., President, 163, vice-presi-dent, 45, ex-vice-president 34, member of working committee, 66, overseers, 104, 43, 127, and 35. The Spanish African Society have acquired an area on the coast of the Gulf of Guinea. The English proposals lor the adjustment of Egyptian affairs have been shelved by the Powers. The Dairy Factory requires applications for the position of milk seller. The Gear Company have paid a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent, per annum, besides carrying i>looo to the reserve fund, and JSOO to the new account. i Concessions m railway freights are to be made to the Canterbury grain growers, and m other directions likely to affect local industries,

Queensland joins m the pretest against German annexation, but South Australia declines for the present. We remind members of the Acclimatization Society that an adjourned meeting of the Society will be held at Mr Linton's Office on Monday, December 29th, at 8 o'clock p.m., to consider the distribution of 4000 to 5000 fish hatched at Awahuri, and general business. i The engine of the morning train broke down at Turakina yesterday. A squad of volunteers under Corporal Leigh will proceed to the Butts on Monday morning for 2nd class firing, ranges 400 and 500 yds. By advertisement itwillbe seen that the Oration Paradise willbe given by the Wesleyan Choir on Tuesday evening next m the Foresters' Hall, commencing at 8 sharp. We anticipate a genuine musical treat and have no doubt a large audience will assemble. The admission is 3s, 2s, and Is. A great congress of the Salvation Army is now being held m Christchurch. It is to be hoped most of them will stop there. The Wanganui Chronicle says that on Christmas morning an unusual number of persons — mostly young men — were observed about the town the worse tor liquor. What a wicked place Wanganui appears to be, and so many unco quid within its walls, too. . The good little boys m Wanganui ask the Mayor's leave before they let off their little fireworks, and get a permit from the inspector of police ; but the naughty • little boys m Pahnerston just fire away and say "oh bother the Mayor and Mannipg too," and go ahead with their pyrotechnics. The Foresters' Hall last night was crowded to excess on the occasion of the Assembly Ball, which was greatly enjoyed by all present, and which did not terminate till after daylight this moming. The music was supplied' by Messrs Cobbe (piano), Jolly (violin), and Curreen (cornet). A more enjoyable gathering has not taken place m Pahnerston. At St. Paul's Church, Napier, Mr Paterson m the course of a sermon on j Paul's bonds, said : — " It is the easiest j thing m the world for a man to scatter money abroad which is not bis own; the easiest thing to give away money which ought to go into the pockets of his creditors. In olden days thieves and highwaymen got credit for being generous men, because what they would take from one they would give to another, but you could not regard that as the highest stamp of a man. Any man who makes capital m this way ought to be regarded by no other name than by that which has just been spoken. We are not m any way to give that to others which does nor belong to us." 4 The larrikins of Feilding had better get any little business- they have on hand finished before the end of the current year (says the local paper), because the Police Offences Act, which will come into force on the Ist of January, will considerably limit the time at their disposal, and the " cat " figures somewhat prominently m the programme as a punishment; for general blackguardism whether disguised under the name of lavrikinism or practical joking. There was a gathering held m connection with the Gospel Hall yesterday, a marquee having been erected adjacent to the church. A number of persons attended, some coming from considerable distances, and the services and proceedings generally were of a pleasing and interesting character. Thd pleasure and success of this gathering also was marred by the unpropitious weather. The Salvation Army quite failed to get up an audience on Christmas Day, the attractions of the Band notwithstanding. In the doorway was an austere looking individual, with a gorgeous red jacket and a bald head. We are told he ranks as brigadier general. It is a source of satisfaction to note that the "-Harmy" is rapidly dying out, and is now only an object of interest to the larrikins, and even they are beginning to long for some livelier sport. It is not the intention of Government (says the Post) to float the North Island Trunk Eailway Construction Loan during the ensuing year., All the expenditure likely to be required for the purpopes of this line during the year can, it is believed, be easily provided for from ordinary sources without troubling the foreign money-dealers. • The action of the Hon. Mr Ballance m reinstating police inspectors degraded m rank by Mr Bryce, meets with general approval. We issue to-day a fourteen column supplement, containing a varied selection of reading matter, which should be found of interest to all classes of readers.