The Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 1885. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 33, 9 January 1885, Page 2

Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 1885. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

"We understand it is likely Mr Poad will make arrangements to start afresh at the Terrace End m partnership with Mr Hall, wheelright, Every day adds something to our mental calibre. We learn from a Gis- _ f bprne, paper that. a- cricket match was 'to nave dome off recently between the Mafcawhero club and $he . Matawhero draught horses. .^- •■'.%;■ ■■ , This is,how. the Sydney Bulletin views •ft e^eide's Ifc1 fc '.son' of iUe Prince' of Wales came of age last month. The telegrams state that ' it has been decided ,not.;toj i as.k: , Parliament for, , any special allowance for him until his marriage.', We expect to hear of his marriage by the next mail." „. , With a view to providing increased .accommojdatipn, another wing is to be added to the Sacred Heart Convent, Wanganui. Some ladies 'who were canvassing 'for the bazaar recently held m Auckland on behalf of the convent m that city were presented with: a ton, of coal by the.jWaika.tq Coal CJompany^ Though unable embellish ,their stalls with -the black diamonils, 'the'recipients had no dimculty m turning them into cash. v " A near approach to a,vfe<ry cident occurred at the Patea Railway Station; a day_ ( pr two ago, which; f(Jr|u^ nafcejy only resulted m a painful strain. It ; appears that while an emplc>ye4vas shunt:iing some; trucks at tbe>;..Btatioh, >m running between the engine and. a truck, his. foot slipped on a sleeper, and he was caught between the cowcatcher and the rails by the heels, anil his i foot bent back and strkrih'ell Very s'overely. " The engine, luckily, was, instantly; .stopped/ and back- , edpff his foot, and so reduced whatappeared to be almost certain death to an exceedingly painfnlv but- we (Mail) hope not dangerous accident. Inconsequence of the Westland Education Board having •' overrun the constablo " so , shamefully, that body has. been abolished, -tod~ m its place 'three commissioners appointed by the Government, admimster affairs therev n The' com- . missiohers are Messrs Keddell, Nancarrow, and Roynane. The largest dog to be exhibited at the New York bench show, a St. Bernard, owned by G. R. Gildersleeve, is. thirtytwo inches high and seven feet two inches .from> the point of the nose to the tip of the tail, t^us being larger than Joe Em- ! mett's famous idog. " A" hoin'e for working girls has just been erected m Baltimore at a cost of 35*000 dollars,' it will accommodate 100 worthy and needy girls, and is under the supervision of the Catholic denomination. There has not been a, marriage of a President of the United' States during his term of office since John Taylor married Miss Gardiner and took her to the White House m 1842. A President has troubles enough without entering matrimony, and even if single is still head of the United States.

Tlu 1 i)iuiudiii Slur j^ivos aoino p.artiuui ill's of tho reuiarkciMo acciilont at H^;u;lir'f which has caiirfed the coMiuiillal ior l,;ialo("'a wiiivl^r : An oxfcr;vmlin.iry acoidonL occurred at tho Scaclill' Lunatic Asylum early on Thursday morning. A dance among tho attendants took place on Now Year's Eve, and concluded about 1 1 a.m. Two :of the warders, 1 nat^ed. -William* Matnesori- and Gordon Ingffflm, then loft the asylum, and returned at 4 , o'clock. They sat talking for- about an., hour afterwards m a bedroom,, and Matheson made a reference to the size of his chest. Standing up, he expanded it, arid said his companion might liaui-; mer it as much as. he liked without fear of doing any injury. Ingram thereupon struck Matheson m. the region of the cart, hand the latter fell. down-, and) expired. • - •:. '* The $Tew Zealand Times, takes the; Rerving'pl writs vei-y coolly,. It says wol have been served with another w,i"it at? liho/fiutt of Sir,, Julius VogoL' Than Shj .Jiiiiua no one understands.- be^tar howl jeasy the 'process of writ issuing/ and as; his inclinations run so strongly m that) direction, it is probable we shall be the> recipients of half a dozen more from him; before we close accoiiinW with one so prone to htigation. ) \ The local paper understands •tha^ an! information is Ukely to be laid against a; person in'lVlarton for keeping a cpnamonj gaming-house. Several young men! were recently, fouiid there a^ two o'clock! . m ihe morning, and 4here is good cvi-{ dence, that .a i( certain,gentileman lost aj good few pbuhds there lasi; week. It is] high time such practices should be put. a; stoprto. ■ . • . ■..■ . /, „ ,": • A trial , of aispecin^en of the Mokau; coal was xnade on, Saturday morning m, the furnace connected with the Haweraj Star, printing machinery. The coal: burns' briskly, leaving nothing but aj ; white ash,; very like a [ wood, ashi s ' ; It, has ; good heating power, and is a very good steam, coal, but there is. very little tar/in; it, ' and therefore would. n.o|.|b.e p, gpoi; gas C9al. It should be a ppnvenient cpalj for household purposed. \| |' ". ' A ypar or two ago says tKe, Auckland; Star's, gentleman m Auckland Me-; • graphed- to the Hbri.' Mii'Bryce asloßfei for permission to prospect m Wahanui'sj . country, ■ as > he- yknew: where ther^ .'was j some rich gold-bearing 1 ?eefs. The Hon.j John, reulied m a strictly prohibitory! manner, and that by means of a " collect " telegram, tor .which - the applicant ! hand' to pay some" -eight shillings and! sixpence. . . .■. ;• •■ If. the present member for Wanganui did nothing el?e for the town and district than the establishment of a local branch of 'the. Deeds Registry Office, he would j have done that which ought to keep his; memory -green m Wanganui. ; For years; (says the Herald) we have been heavily! taxed to , enrich.- .Wellington, lawyers,; wh6se charges 1 have been, almost as dis-j .^stroup as ■ that;. qf the; Light Brigade 1{ However, they are to cease, and people) I here; will be able to>get their .deeds regis-: teredon'{he'Bp6t, ; and thus'b'e saved a| heavy and useless .. ,„ : A Writer in 1 the Pra'iie Farmer pro-: pp^es;to haye:a bei ; pf olearijlshdrp-sand^ .twelve to twenty feet square, inclosed and roofed over, for his horse to roll m. The, bed . should . be raised to pre- ■ yent water 'firpiix ' running into the inclosure; ' • •> ' •• ■' - : ' 'i ' ; . ' ' : Some people belEeve that water-spduts must have fallen; and caused the sudden c rise m a number of. cceeks m the Waipawa district, on the day before New ; t Year '^s . . Day. From : the reports • that came 1 from Kaikora and Wanstead (says the Mail) this certainly seems to be the only way that the sudden deluge can be accounted' for. '■ ; Awriterin the Pacific Rural Pres? finds ' that by gently ' patting a 1 balky horse m order to quiet him, then taking a firm hold of one of his ears and pulling it, all trouble with the animal will dis appear.