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

Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 24, 29 December 1884, Page 2

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

■ ♦ A respectable girl is required for service m a small family near Woodville. The advertiser, judging from past experience, we presume, will not entertain applications from the followers of the Salvation Army. A correspondent writes to the Napier Telegraph as follows : — " No doubt Mr Colenso was the first European who went through the Seventy-mile Bush. He was followed by Mr Fred Tiffen, and subsequently a young man named Symouds travelled through. The next person who penetrated the bush were Mr J . Harding, m company with Mr Robert Pharazyn and Mr George Worgan, m 1851 or 1852. It was mainly through Mr Harding's report to Dr Featherston, and Mr Fox, and to a select committee of the Wellington Provincial Council that Mr • Park was sent through?. No horse could be taken by the track followed by Mr Harding, and therefore Mr Park • cut his way ' where the bush was too dense for the pack animals." According, to. the Wellington corres- ' pohdeht of the'Lytteltori' Times Mr Ballance intends to effect a most thorough reorganisation of the Survey Department The reform- of this Department will almost mean sweeping it out of existence and a saving to the Colony of i>loo,ooo a year. If retrenchment of this stringent description is contemplated it is no wonder that a dissolution of Parliament is predicted m some quarters. The Government have offered a reward -of 4150 for the apprehension of Gerald Fitssgerald, who is accused of being one of the murderers of the Shan-ty-keeper Meldrum, at Nenthorn, Otago. He is described as an Irishman. 28 years of age, sft lOin m height, well built and Sornew,hat stout, with rather fair hsair and thin beard and whiskers. He has a pleasing appearance, but ,when speaking knits his eyebrows and assumes a peculiar expression about the mouth. He has a recent ,cut over one eyebrow. The best preacher is heart, the best teacher is time, the best book is the world, and. the best friend is God. The Lyttelton Times states that the survivors of the Eangiora railway accident are progressing favourably towards recovery. The Ashburton Woollen Factory Company being unable to meet its liabilities, is to be wound up voluntarily. " There now !" cried a little girl while rummnging a draWe* m a bureau, • gran' pa has gone to heaven without his spectacles 1' The Forty-mile Bush land sale, (says the Woodville paper) was a great success and it is gratifying to see that deferred payment and leasehold sections sold so well, while there was little demand for cash sections. The object of a sound principle of land settlement is to crush out the speculator, and to supplant bun by jihe honafidc settler, and mno case jjias &hi? been done so effectually as by the Wellington IJan^ Board, as evidenced by their last sa^o. The result of the sale shows that not nearly land was put m the market, and had jbljjbro been ton times as much it would ha,ye found purchasers. We remind shareholders m the Palmerston Soap and Candle Company, (Limited) that a general meeting oftt-he Shareholders will bo held on Tuesday, Dec. 30, 1884, at 3 p.m. m Mr Lintou's rooms, the square.

A Wairarapa exchange says tho skull of a raco, believed to ho anterior to the Maoris, with very flat teeth and otherwise distinct from the present natives, has been found at Castle Point, and is to be forwarded to the Wellington Museum after being exhibited for a few days at Masterton. A very sad occurence is reported from Caboolture, Queensland. Two children named Hendrickson, a boy and a girl, aged four and "three years respectively,' strayed from home on November-18. A search party, with a blacK tracker, went out but-was-UHSueeessful until Friday morning, when the bodies of the unfortunate children were found about six miles from their parents' residence, haying apparently diod from'exhaustion. The Government Insurance" Department is sending out to each policy-hql-dor a voting paper for the election 6f directors. This. wiLLbp &_graat .convenience to- the"pgHcy*'hmae'rs, and will lead to a large number of votes boing recorded. Tho voting papers, after being filled . up, and signed, must be returned so as to reach the presiding officer before 10 a.m. on the 7th January. They bear-a printed address, and will pass frde through the post. Messrs Bams & Higgie's fortnightly stock sale will be held at Qampbelltown ! ; sale yards, Wanganui, on Wednesday next. The_entries received. are publish] ed m our advertising columns. The list contains good fat cows, > two and three-year-old steers, heifers, yearlings, mixed cattle, fat wethers, pigs, trad horses. . In reply to a Wairarapa deputation.Mr Ballance has agreed to recommend to the Government all the concessions .asked for with the exception of the .compulsory residence provisions, with regard to which, however, he was willing to recommend that they should not be entorced until after ,a. period of two years. Mr Eno, of Fruit Salt fame, was not many years ago clerk m an office m Newcastle, and now, if not quite a millionaire is comfortably near it. ' ; Messrs Stevens and Gorton's inaugural sale at Woodville yjas an immense success. A large number of stock were disposed of at good prices. The yards erected by this enterprising firm were a great encouragement to seti tlerg to send m stock, being clean and well constructed, and those present expressed themselves delighted with Messrs i Stevens and Gorton's arrangements. Colonel Gorton' acted as auctioneer. It is the firm's intention to hold monthly sales, and we Examiner hope the settlers will encourage them m their enterprise as much as possible. The Post states that the threatened action against Sir Julius Vogol is not likely to be proceeded with. . . ■ A Dunedin paper calls attention to the fact that several merchants from different parts of Europe are now com- '< ing out by the direct steamers. A few evenings ago that veteran actor Mr William Hoskins was to take a final farewell of the stage, on which he has practised his art for half a century. His fellow professionals were on that occasion to tender him a farewell benefit m the Theatre Eoyal, Melbourne. In an edition of the authorised version of the Old Testament published m- 1631, the negative is left out of the Seventh Commandment. For this blunder. Charles I. fined the printer either .£3OOO or ,£3OO, the authorities cannot agree which. ; : The following appears m the wanted column m 'the Auckland Herald : — Wanted at once, a good talker, apply &c. We know a candidate for Parliament- • ary honours at the recent election who would fill the situation admirably. " What wud oi want wid a bicycle ?" said an ancient Irishman to the boys who had been chaffiing him. " Bedad, oi'd as soon walk afoot as ride afoot." The other day a rat's nest was discovered m a bag of flour m the store of Mr Eeid, m Little Malop-street (says the Geolong Advertiser), which when examined showed that the vermin are not devoid of skill. In burrowing into the bag the rats had evidently found that the flour caved m as the tunnel was being made. To meet the case of emergency the rats got pieces oi paper, and so arranged them that they formed a complete roofing; the tunnel thus -being made m a substantial manner. j It is not uhamusing (says an exchange) to- notice the different ways m which different men take public criticism upon their official conduct. Generally speaking, it may be said that those men take it most soriously who have most to fear. Professor Kirk, formerly of Christchurch University, has been deputed by the Government to report on the forests . of New Zealand. Mr Kirk will commence operations at lnvercargill, and work his way northward as far as the Bay of Islands. It is understood that next session the Government will bring down a scheme, for the conservation ofthe forests. ' The Waireka Dairy factory, Oamaru, started with 150 gallons of milk daily, which has this season been increased to 950 gallons, supplied from 257 cows, each cow giving a daily average of 3£ gallons. A case of considerable importance to persons who are m the habit of attending courts of justice for the purpose of looking on occurred at the Feilding B.M Court on Wednesday last (says the Star) A person was called upon by a solicitor to give evidence. He appeared much surprised, and appealed to the Bench as to whether he was bound to be put into the witness box. His Worship informed him that as he was m court he was compelled to say what he knew of the case, but had he been outside, the court would have had no power to call him m. The man said he had no desire whatever to appear, as the parties were both neighbors and friends of his, but was told that as he had been called there was no alternative. From this it appears—although it is perhaps 'riot generally known — that all persons found within the court at the time of its sitting are its property for;the time being, if their services are required. According to M. de Harven, the two great obstacles of Belgians coming to New Zealand are, that our beer is dear, and that they would not agree with our strict observance ot the Sunday. The following item of shipping news is from the Southern Cross of the 24th February, 1851: — "Sydney shipping, January 29th — The Osprey, Captain Honeyman, cleared for Valparaiso this day." The Melbourne Age says : — ln Government life insurance New Zealand stands alone m these colonies, and has ghown that it can, even under ordinary management, be made a great and undoubted success. For some weeks past says the Herald Wanganui and the coast generally have been visited by a very serious disease which fortunately does not often assume the force of an epidemic. There have been several cases of erysipelas, many of which have been severe and one or two have ended fatally. As erysipelas is said to be both contagious and infectious, although some very high medical authorities deny that it is either, it would be as well for those who have to attend persons attacked wijih it, to be very careful not to allow any persons but those absolutely required, to enter the sick room. It need hardly be added that other strict sanitary precautions should also be adopted to help stamp out the disease*

Edinburgh can now claim to be nearly the healthiest city m the kingdom. Its death rate, by official return, is given at fifteen m the thousand. Twenty-five per cent greater than New Zealand. We learn that the tender of Mr W. Dixon, painter andpaperhanger, of Pahnerston North, has been accepted for-the painting of the Feilding Catholic Church. A mob of 2,500 sheep passed through _Feilding on Saturday from Napier en route for Mr McLennan of the Oroua Downs Estate. We (Martpn paper) learn with pleasure^ that Mr J. C. Hanna, so well known a few, years ago as agent for the Bank of New Zealand m Bulls, is again coming to reside m this neighbourhood, being about to represent the bank m Palmerston, and open an office for the Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, for the transaction of its Mauawatu business. A special meeting of the Manchester Eoad Board was held at Feilding, on Wednosday, but' the only business done was to pass accounts. One noticeable feature about Jewish cemeteries in' the South' of Europe is said to be the scarcity of newly-made graves after- an epidemic of cholera or yellow, fever. Statistics, show that fewer of the race die than any other race from these or kindred diseases, entirely due to the simplicity of theit diet. ' v