The Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 1885. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 39, 16 January 1885, Page 2

The Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 1885. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

- '•- "Itf ' h' tinderttpipd i*hat!the> Premier arid Minister of Mines will shortly accept an invitation to visit the West Coast of the Middle Island} representatives, are to be banquetted at Westport, where -ihey-WJjl.be the_^guests of the niembora of the local Harbor Board, Who intend to pylebrato the inauguration of their harbor; wbdoLonWie nexti The Hon. the Minister for Public Works left Christchurch yesterday, Y^jherji he will' -meet the Hoti. the Preiriier) Mr Richardson will^ after tbe intgi'vi|w t^>roce|d south on' business connected wit!) his department, and on his return to Wellington he will iniike an officiftl visif thejijjoi'th/on niafterscpn. npcted with the construction of the North tMaea^rrtmk $ajlway. ; v T; ; { v .The. progress, qf the vorksin cpnnection'with H19 1 'Hutt ParK' Bail way. Coin I;.'1 ;.' pany foriiiation^ft- (BaYa J a Wellih^ton'' paper; being rapidly -pushed ahead under Mr Joseph Sanndors and the Company'sforoman, MrvWhiting. • The Hwe sis formed: from etarj; to finish , and more than bal£ of the rails are laid. The balance of the rails will beplaced m po«itimv witbju tjip ii,ext few.daysjand by next Wednesday it is anticipated that an engine will be enabled to traverse the whole line. A rather delicate question m the way of approximating the financial position of a iftercMnt-.-'w'aß 'mooted during the Rearing of the charges against Waring , ffaylor at the Supreme ; Court on. We.d- - u'cwd'a'y.''* It appeared frdra the evidene* of a u/itness that Taylor had made certain itjngjangemerits. for the payment of p sum £>f £13,000. Counsel for tbVdefence tlaereHpon asked Mr Levin,, who Jiad giveu the testimony, whether he should be surprised if any. merchant m Wellington, on being applied tofciflpay 'inerttof £13,000^ "stumped up'f'jninie-. di«i»iy. .Mr Levin replied, amidst cooside^bie excitemeut excited by the aueati^ttiat be should nofbe' surprlued, and thiW Jftdicated ; to some ot-tetf the cornVnerqiaf solidity of the^Vcßant princes of Wcilington. Preßetftly,.l«W--ever, the quefit^on was again approached hy, I'Qunae,! fpr, the prosecution, who ask-, ed Mr jLovjin whether he' considered a merchant solvent who was comptJled to give a bill of sale over his stock-in-trade. The witness replied immediately that he should not consider such an act it all ( indicative of insolvency, .

An awkward accident happened on \Vc<lrjeßda3 v to Mr F. Martin, suaveyor to the Wellington-Manawntii Railway Company. . Mr Martin -slipped and fell, one of his hands, iii consequence, beipß brought into contact with one of the rails. The wheel o£ n passing 1 truck, caught his little fingt r, which was severed below ■the second joint. The wound was dregs-, ed by.dr.'OahilL , ; „.. V ' At a meeting of the creditors of O.W. Clayton and m answer to the question how Jjc liveit during the poriod that his , trustees were receiving all the rents said, *' Well, I didn't stArve, you dan bet your sugar on that." Subsequentry the debter said he " lived on the old woman," who had means of her own, he (the debt-; orj having settled something onjher seven years ago. He lia^-ftled m donsequence of receiving a writ for £2300 from Mr Ollivier.; and he was at present living- m Vivian-street, on his wijfe'a pioperty. Mr McDonald mpved tliat the meeting adjourn sine die. Tlu'h Wasi carried ; aud a motion by Mi J. S. f|ar- ; ris, to allow £4 a week maintenance, lapsed for want of a seconder, a creditor remarking thataiitil a more satisfactory statement was furnished the debtor might well contiuuo to " live on the' old 1 woman." j