The Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 1885. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 40, 17 January 1885, Page 2

The Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 1885. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Hon. Mr 13allance arrived m Wellington on Thursday evening by train from the Wairarapu. The Hon. Robert Stout has been gazetted Minister of. Justice. • The difficulty between the lumpers and employers at Wellington has beeu definitely settled. Sir Julius Yogel is still m communication with the Home Government with regard to Samoa. He urges that a coaling station or harbor should at least be secured. The Napier Telegraph learns that the Government have purchased the Hon. Mr Jobnstone's rural section No. 75, which is on tho Mastertou road as a site for the Wopdville railway station.

Apples m tlio Wairarn pa arc quoted at onu penny per pound, and throe shillings per case. A native married woman advertises m the Poverty Bay Herald that she will not be responsible for the debts incurred by her husband. This is rather prompt considering that the Married Property Act has only been m force a few weeks. Tlie London Daily Telcgragh attributes the recent fall m prices of provisions m England as much as anything to the largo importations of New Zealand mutton, which has made meat of. nil kinds cheaper than it has been for years. Barnes, the self-confessed murder of Mr J. B. Slack, is reported to be insane. Some half dozen strange men being seen about town on Tuesday last (says the Feilding Star) elicited considerable enquiry as to who they were. We since j learn that the fame of the Manchester Block and the Manawatu District generally which had reached them m New Sr>uth Wales had biought them hither. Yesterday they made tracks for the Harbor Board Block, where we understand they are engaged at some of the worKs now going on m that neighborhood. We (Marton paper) hear that the contractors for the Sandon-Carriarvou tramway extension have already made a preliminary start with the work. The contracts will he completed, we believe, m about two or three months 1 time, and the lino will thuß he carried to Rowe'n mill. This extension will undoubtedly bring more revenue from freight, etc. The council are. determined, if possible, to pusli the road as far as Sanson, and should the committee be successful m obtaining the required loan, the work will be completed without loss of time. At the meetirig of the Progress and Industrial Association (says the Wahganui Herald) there were placed on the table a number of packages of cornflour made by Messrs Gerse atfd Bain at their factory across the river. Mr Gerae requested the. secretary of the association to forward some packages to the Hon. Mr Ballance for analysis by the Government Analyst, and it was resolved that they be forwarded together .with a packet of the imported article for a comparative analysis. From what we can learn those who have tried the locally produced article speak highly of its value as an article of food. Those who were present received samples of tho cornflour for trial. , ;. [ At a show of , St. Bernard dogs, held, m London early m November last, there was exhibited by the Rev. k. Carter, m the rough-coated class, a dog named Phiuliimnou, under 18 months old, who is believed to be tho heaviest dog ever known. This magnificent animal weighed no less than 13 stone 12 pounds. He stands 34 inches m height, and has a black and orange coat, with perfect white markings. It is not surprising to learn that the class and challenge cups were awarded to the owner of such a splendid specimen. . At the meeting at Meanee (Hawke's Bay) on the harbor question on Monday, one of the gentlemen asked whether ther#was not as good soil at Auckland as th»re was m Hawke's Bay. tMr G. Rym«r who was speaking at the time, turnuvi .round and thumping the table said " Egad, sir, if they had our soil m Auckland they would put it m sacks and sell it for manure 1" ■■ '. The Government (says the Otago Daily Times' Wellington correspondent) will not now appoint a Eoyal Commission to enquire into the subject of local Government, as promised during the session, but have taken upon themselves to prepare and submit a scheme of their i own manufacture to Parliament. It is generally understood (says the Napier Telegraph) that Mr W. G. Motley, lately carying on business here as stock and share broker, has left Napier for an indefinite period. He has not communicated his intentions to any of his friends, and all that is known is that he has gone nobody knows where. The immigration and emigration returns of this colony for the year ended December 31 are as follow : — United Kingdom (arrivals), 9860 ; departures, 1457 ; Queensland — Arrivals, 8 ; departures, 9 ; New South Wales — arrivals, 4481; departures, 3829; Victoria—Arrivals, 3938; departures, 3877; South Australia and Western Australia—arrivais, 17 ; departures, 3 ; Tasmania — Arrivals, 670; departures, 453; Other places — Arrivals, 1097 ; departures,lo,72. Arrivals — Total, 20,021 ; departures — total, 10,700. For the quarter ended December 31, the arrivals and departures were 5908 and 2282 respectively. The returns for .Wellington during the twelvo months are — Arrivals, 4556 ; departures, 1724. For the quarter — Arrivals, 1067 ; departures, 341. The port of Auckland showed the best results for both periods, Wellington Ranking second. At the Geraldino Dairy Factory the supply of milk for the month of December was 15,517 gallons, being a fraction over 646 gallons daily, for which cheques were signed to the amount of £358 7s 4d. At a recent meeting of the directors, tho price of cheese was fixed at 5d wholesale and 7d retail. The South Canterbury Times says that the Timaru Woollen Factory, Limited, are making a start with their works. The natives are evidently making rapid progress m civilisation. Within five weeks of the passing of the Married Women's Property Act a Maoii woman advertised m an East Coast paper that she would not be responsible for debts incurred by her husband' About 50 of the principal farmers around Hamilton, m the Waikato, have held a meeting to consider the beetrootgrowing question, and have unanimously agreed that roots would be sold with a profit at the factory within a radius of three miles , at 16s per ton. It was also (unanimously resolved that sufficient data wa« now before the public to warrant steps beiDg taken for the establishment of a sugar factory ; and a committee was appointed to draw up a daaft prospectus and form of guarantee by growers of beet, and report to a meeting at an early date. An exemplification of the truth of the poetic assertion that " there js m every human heart, some not completely baFren part," is afforded by an announcement of an Auckland paper that a " Repentant Larrikin" has forwarded a dona- ! tion of £1 to St. Stephen's Orphanage. A "Repentant Larrikin" is a great .natural curiosity.

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