The Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. MONDAY, JANUARY 18, 1885. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 41, 19 January 1885, Page 2

The Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. MONDAY, JANUARY 18, 1885. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

i I The Hon. the Minister of Lands ancf of Native Affairs, will leave for Auckland ' oh. Friday next for tha; purpose of attending a meeting of the natives which has 1 bfeenjjqnyened on matters affecting the 'race. Mr Baliance^will thence proceed ito tl^e Thames, returning tp the capital^ ■ about the 14in 'proximo. <:!Ehe Minister^ yi^ due m Gisborne on the 24th of February, where he will be the guest of the natives of jihat,. district, who have arripgedjtp n&et hiuivoa jijatters affecting them. juShoftld Ht be at "fill practicable, ft|r Balance; will cdll at Napier en-route to Wellington. ■'» i Some exceedingly oflne, b^ef, ;W4&: dfar ptayed (says a Wellington paper) at the central shop of tho Me^t'jConip^nj oik Friday. "The meat was* grown on Mr . >lcLeUan?s : station at 0 rorua.' • The cttr 1 - , .;,.,;.;,. i i ■". ':■> The Hon. B. Stout has taken over the pqrtifolio of Education. ■It is now almost settled that Mr -Bd- : ward, Hardcastle ,will again, resume, his 'former office as Hi asident Magistrate, iiv WeUington. ■ ! M* I lai-dcasill? 1 Been' attacked by an illness to be, pernianenti and h© .i^ill .probably retire on compensation, at the end of his. prfesent term of leave of absence. [London is becoming alarmed at its own phenomenal growth. -Even now, though the pace has be,fin a little check-; ed;, the metropolis adds a new Brighton to itself every year, building from 25,000 to 30,Q00 houses'; In a tAoVt period- a* fourth of England will be concentrated m a district a few miles square. • . , i According to the, Sydney Bulletin, mbuth whistling is becoming quite adraw-ing-room accomplishment. Mias Kennqdy, daughter of the late Sir^rihur, Governor of Queensland; ofteca.'entertained her guests* on reception; days with a mouth so^o\ an^ accompanied herself on ' the pi'and. As she sang only indifferent-, ly, and 1 did hot sju'ne as a piaiiist, ishe. 1 was dateriiriried that she would! not be a drawing-room nonentity, so cultivated the .whistie. 1 What next in' the musical line? ' .;; ...-.! A recent article m,, the J/ondcm Times oil the effect of the i^ew Zealand, frozen jpiitton competition upon the British farmer, shows that he is beginning tofeel his disadvantage, The prices of

b«of and mutton are declining to such an extent us to discourage the British farmers irom turning to meat- as a substitute for wheat. A shocking occurrence is reported from Mullinger, by which two lives' were lost. A farmer named Mulvihill was attacked and killed by a young hull, and literally hacked to pieces. During the struggle word .was conveyed to tjie fm'in of what was taking place, and the servant, Mfiry Moran, about 30 years of ago, started at once with 'a shovel m hei; hand, and reaching * the field, got beI 'tween the bull and ■her master's ; bddy( I which was still being gored by the infuriated animals The bulh then'turfled; on the brave woman, who used tho shovel with all her might. The conflict, however, was of short duration, and & blow from the bulHs/horns threw., hei r comrErencecf goring her" Until a number o! men arrived, and a? terrible conflict ensued between them and the beast. Even, tually the woman was got away, 5 but she died a few hdurs'afterwards. „. : We (Mar ton paper) hear that the casej ■'** Kiwitea Eoad Board v. Wauganuij Harbor Board,", for the recovery of rates, which wasjargued m Wellington some! weeks ago, and. judgment reserved, has: at' length been decided m favor of the! Eoad Baard, but we are informed iris' the intention of the Harbor Board .tokip-j peal. It is rather hard on the ifettjfersl m the Harbor Board Block, beiag Jfept out of this money so long, as they were very badly m >vant ; r of, Vpa^s, 'p,nd thoi revenue at the conh&and of the board is verys.niail. The action wag commenced; m September^ 1883,, and at .the rate it , ihas progressed so far it is likely tote definitely settled' m 1886. The anKtarifrof ! rates due by the Wangahuirßoardisover ! iS3OO, ' ■. •, I •,,-.:..' -j 11 J. ■-•/'!■ --'^ We (Marton paper) understand that the celebrated Blaekmore case will probably come on r again, • f<jr/ hearing *at\fche next sitting ot'th^ Dißtrict Court at' Pal-merston.-jthe. plaintiff hay^ne r iaund.jiwp iFeildin^ to become Jsuretiejj ' for " cost's ' 'already^ Irict&tfed : wit It the 'Bo.fough;Gduncil'/ ;i; 'J "■ " : ■' ::!: /'" il '/•''". "■'■' A'sunimbns ha^'bee'ii'4s^ued' against a • rrian named Smith, at : Bulls, for an ir a£ leged indecent assatiit; .Tjhe'case willbe 1 heard on Wednesday next. ■-The beautiful fine' weather (flays 1 the Mftrton paper) of the past few' Uays has 'had a .marked, effect upon the. crops m the district. But, from present appearances, the harvest, will not- be a bonnti ifulone Under the" rnobt' favourable cir-.cuna6tances.>-p -;v-_ ..;.,-, k 'iV^P'l , The ; Marton paper says, rthat there has been quite .aiii, itiflux of the travelling, fraternity,' commonly designated'" swag r l men," into the Sandon and BMlsi districts within the last, two weeks. ' Most of "the' : men hfrve come through from -Hawke's' Bay, and report being unable to obtain work at any place along the; route. On .account of the backwardness of foe har- : vest,.- theUr assistance m thig district will not be required for some time to come. The steamer Wakatipu, which Lpassed ihrough Wellington on Friday on her way to Sydney, had on 1 board v 65 horses arid 12 cows. ..." „ An important.case lindar iha PropeWjr Assessment Act was decided m Christ- ' church on Wednesday last, by Mr R. Beethain,; ]R:M. ■ , Sitting as a , Board.'of Eeyiew und^r the 72nd .section- of $ie. Act, Messrs "V?liitcohibp anil TjOmbY (iiinritecl)' dbjeete4 ,'td'tiieir ; -afesefife'ineiii ■ oh several' points, 1 the ■ prmcipal 'one; being that, although their balance<-sh6et' showed an amount set down as goodwill, that amptfnt • was ; noti liable, to .be : assensod for taxation. Mr Beethami;de- ; cided that when a Joint Stock Company , entered, an amoimt fpr goodwill, as , an asset m their balance-sheet it was' subj j'ect to 'assessment under the Aett' ' • ' ' ! ' ' ' ' \\ " Mastertori is" determined "ixbt to :r drbp behind m the march of progress. The Tanners' Club have decided to^start a dairy factory, and a prospecting party is being, organised to explore the Puketoi country. A large meeting of the residents of Masterton; was' held m the Institute of that' town on Wednesday night to consider the question., of a gas supply for the town/ After a lively meeting a motion, proposed by Mr Bacon, was carried, "That, m fee, absence of a lopal consumers' company, this meeting urge upon the Council to/talie upon them-, selves , to. jraise a,loan^br*'she purpose a gas supply, m accordance with the Municipal Corporations Act." A poll of the, ratepayers is to be taUen*'on the question. '■''■ -.' '■ ■• > > i "*■ The late Hon. W. Swainson is said to have" left property to the value of ! i' 16,000, all- of which he bequeathed to a niece living m England, with the exception of £50 per annum to his old housekeeper and .£lO to Mohi. The latter was Ms old Maori boatman and factotum, a man who had been m his service for something like 40 years, and who is now too old to do much work. .'..-•Kissing, in^England, was certainly known and practised m the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and practised; with' an' 'easy familiarity which shows tlio custom -was general. Indeed, so Vas tlie use of the kiss that it was as usual as the bow. A gentleman ■ taking alad^ to her seat ifcomi the: daiic©;' inyariably kissed her, and if he had not, would have been voted a very badly bred ' :.^ OW# ;!;•■.:<...!! L lli;: ,;., ,i ■■■; i'.vlrirt! -ir- ■ The Dutch have a singular contrivance Ito isure laziness. If a pauper, who is ;,able, refuses to work, they -put him into a cistern and let m a sluice of water. It . ccones m just so fast that, by briskly plying' a pump with which the cistern is furnished, he keeps himseh*. from being ) 'drpwiiej.. i.Tu_Berwpk-piirTK»|J a similar affair was m existence thirty years ago. It was called "pump or die," and was used for punishing vagrants, and common rogues. It was considered, yeyy mild torture. < *"¥ ■ A new sdaleof fa^es, rates and charges, fo¥ the New Zealand railways baa been , gazetted. It, will Qome into operation onvihe 19th inst. : ■ ; 1 The new Collegia^ School for girls with Mrs Harrison Davis, ot Temple!stowe, Wanganui, as piincipal, will open, .directly .after, the holidays, ; The ;gfcaffiofi „teachers, teachers isJiighly efficient, and the institution has already received a large amount of support. ..... „ New Plymouth must be ' a flourishing town;' ; Nb less^han 10 tons of hay have been out off ita sifxee.ts this.season. Thesrppking inJLpndon, ,p| v .tpbacep and c'igare .grown and njanufaqtured m Wanganui will soon ho an accomplished fact, an enterprising tradesman of the latter place having made a trial shipment,of these articles which are said to be of prime (jnality. _'~\ On January Ist the new system of "time nomenclature!' was adopted at- • Greonwuih. Twdlve o'clock rijidiiiglit is now known as twenty-four o'clock, It is coiripnted th»t-.75,00P: people go into London by rail every day to earn their livelihood, and leave it at night, and yet an accident rarely occurs. , J. S. Harris, of Wellington., , better known as " The Whiffier," continues his , amusing ;. advertisements, ' here ' is ohe o^ the 1 'lktefit;*^' 1 Wanted ; a respeetiible'' youth of good breed'r ' n»u»fc; <■ be smavt, ; honest, obliging gnd courteous toolijentß.' It is essential that he should, writp a go,od fist. J'-S.H. will, make of 'him ih.tlb.ree years, if h© has the grit m him, 'is good «n Accountant and as 'smart a man of ' jbusioess as there is m the oolony. Should) prefer a jonth. w.h^se, ip,arenjb3 , are, ;C ; hri8 T » tians m their intercourse with their fel. low-creatureff the rewaioing cix days m the week," ' •

In a lnrgft number of Pahbath schools m New York,' Pennsylvania ami Ohio, theru have latoly been introduced the Birthday box to receive contributions for hospitals and medical iriissions. ; Children whose birthday . anniveifaajy occurred during the week ending .with Sunday night, on entering tho Sabbath _, school drop as many cents m the box as they are years old, as a tlmnkß^offertng' . for Ijfo and health. '.." * '•