The Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. TUESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1885. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 29, 6 January 1885, Page 2

Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. TUESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1885. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Sir Julius Yogel is m such bad health that he had to be carried on board the steamer when leaving Wellington en ■ route for tho Hot Springs. At the Christchurch race meeting the 1 Midsummer Handicap was won by Wapiti, Ike second, and Taiaroa third. Time, 3niins 38secB. Puck won the Welter Plate Handicap, and Russley the .Middle Park Stakes. A man named Byan got a sentence of eight months on a charge of being drurik and disorderley at the Lower Valley (Wairarapa) races. We are glad to learn that Mr Morphy is not suffering any evil effects from the fall he received when returning from the : Palmerston races. ■At Bell Block, New Plymouth, no fewer than eight telegraph poles were '. struck by lightning on Christmas Day. The Feilding Star says that Saturday, notoriously the worst 4th m the year, was moderately well got over at the banks. . Messrs Stevens and Gorton's next-sale at Palmerston will be held on January 13. The entries at present received arc ■ published m our advertising columns. They include beef, two and two-and-a half-year-old steers, forward wethers, store wethers, pigs, horses, etc. The Marion people are trying to form a Jockey Club of their own. We scarcely think they will succeed, and whether they do or not the existing Kangitikei Club will not suffer by the attempt, i The Marton paper has the following : — -Capt. Armstrong, of the Salvation Army, paid a visit to his mother at Bulls, on New Year's Day, and also called on his old employer, Mr Malcolm , Walker. " Patsy "is wfijl.known m the [ district, and has no doublt received the ' congratulations of his numerous friends on his *apid promotion m. the '•• .army." The Foresters's Hall, Marton, with furniture and fittings, is for sale by tender. The ranger of the Bulls Town Board J district let some of the inhabitants know of his existence on New Year's Day. He ' dropped across a number of wandering cows and horses, and knowing the oWners, drove the cattle to their proper pas- ' tures, claiming the driving fess. A little of this kind of lesson will soon clear the town of the straying cattle nuisance. Messrs Stevens & Gorton's annual horse fair will be held at Bulls on the 9th inst. The entries at present received give promise of a larg6 sale, and we understand that a considerable number , more will be received m time for the sale. Particulars will be found m ad- , vertisement.

The lml Hopkins, the jockey who was so seriously injured at the Island Bay Baces on Thursday last, is still alive, but his condition is reported as being still exceedingly critical. A correspondent writes to a London evening paper : — " Few people would believe offhand that the whole population of the globe could, so far as space is concerned, stand with ease upon the Isle of Wight. That this, however, is possible is clear from the following figures : According to the most recent estimate, the population of the earth is at the present time about 1,440,000,000. Allowing two square feet of standing room to each individual, this number would cover 320,000,000 square yards, or 66,115 acres. The area of the Isle of Wight is 93,341 acres. The exportation of horses and cattle from Wellington to Sydney still continues. The ss, Hauroto, on her last voyage had 62 horses and 42 head of cattle on board shipped at Southern ports. The milk vendors, as well as the trundlers of perambulators, have reason to be dissatisfied with the provisions ol the Sunday clause of the Police Offences Amendment Act. In Wellington on the first Sunday after the Act came into force, the milkmen were compelled to finish their rounds by 9 a.m., or render themselves liable to a severe penalty. The enactment, however, will have one good effect, as it will give the dairymen's assistants a half holiday on Sunday.