The Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 1885. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 49, 30 January 1885, Page 2

The Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 1885. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr Feiion of the Royal Hotel hfts purchased from Mr Stratford a largo "doubly seated high phaeton with i adjustable coyer. The vehicle is m all points a handsomeand comfortable one, of its kind, quite s novelty m this district. Wfbaiieve a sinilar carriage waß ordered' almost iniintdiately after MrPeaton had made his pirchaae^y Mr Walkley of the* Commercial. j .;,-, The Wanganui Jockey Glub Kas-flei solved that atotalisator be procuredfor the^ser.of thtfclub atjthe, tie.ijlnjllatipn.oE the agreement with Messrs Hill, ;,s#s] Poole, so that it may be available for 'the* next Spring Meeting ; also Ithat at the next meeting two stewards of the ;ohib' be appointed to supervise k\ c wbYk-, ing of the fotalizator, and that Messrs 1 Hilt and Poole be notified thhtrthey must be ; jubjecj;. tft.jJDf^V^ip* 18 * rom those two gentlemen. . : ih-.j Quite a curious coincidence took place' on Tuesday Wgfot (says the Waipaiwai Mail.) As pill be seen from our.^Je-; jjratns. Andrew Johnson, the American Blnhdin was preorpitated -25 feet on that " evening when playing m Auckland, by the breaking of the wire rope, i ft" tip-' pears that Jobostbn] was an old matd'df Harley, the serial performer m the Frede 1 and Zinga troupe, the two having ibeenschooled m acrobatic -feats together. They w.ere'^onpo g^ingjinw partnership, but through Bon>e^disag|eemebt each joVied^Tse^arifte triupa. LOn evening, just at about the same tinie; that Johnston fell m Auckland, parley's wire rope: brbke, whilst he was perforini-a ing at Ormpndville : both men were pre-bipifeteitateu^SSifeeV-both had thei.r_ ancles sprained, and each condoled with tnVo'ttier'by/Wej^^ thing on theiWddneridfliy.tn^ni^^ cio - • | '■ One of the, best proofs of the fact that tinias are improving, and that property is riaing id' Vakeyi* furnished (aays the •Post) by, the experiettja of; tha' Cfty Valuer, Wheahe last year made up the 1 vkluatidii 1 lfeflnn^ 1 that there bee^ few transfers: of /property 'durfng 1883, and the valuation roll required little alteration m owners names,. - iTfiis year the result is very different; ■ > jVery nutnerous- and extensive sales ;of prp,perty have been made during the past year, and properties have been subdivided'and sold. Not" only is tne total ■valuation' of -the • city consideraSy '■-■ in z creased, but there are now very! fejsrj if any, unoccupied tenements ; ktid ! tI(Q nuihMrrsf .prb&^rty;, boners ?hqwß A| marked increase. There are also a good many new buildings m course of erecr I tion ; ..; and i M,r ,Atppß^nforms tmrf; even since" he made his valuation,.; he. 19 almost every day m receipt of nurnej-r, ous notice of the transfers of pijopCTties from one person to another. j A man at Warsaw, N.Y., isjreported to --be dying! froiH'parAlyysi paused.' by wearing „ extrep?ely_, , tight 'boots .Ithree years ago, s;noe r wh^(ih ( time pains m bi& feeib and legs? hav6 never' deased.i V Increasing' complaints of the depressed : state of )trade'<S'6me©oni ihe ttmVpd Statesi and Canada; 1 The '.bahkay finding ; tjiat' the volume ! or: businesgi is' muph below that of this ; , time last' year, carry excessive reserves, being, unable ; tb make safe loans of all their 1 balances', whilst the merchants, 'he'sitaUirig l ab6 1 nt u tne necessity of reducing wages and the decreased amount ot employment, produce much idleness among the laboring classes,

A novel go-^you-plcase race Ju» iust been vim at Tauiansa. , ; lwo men Km Ohi«eu«tu- to Ta^auga a distance of .forty** mleS *£Sr four I covered i» so von hours v twento-tour 'SS.-tho Winner being i ori* 100 S ahead. They W lose/nuch time on the road. --•-.*..»•' The Premier (the Hojußthe iCort- Mr L^rmvch (Mimste* tor Miiicrt were to leave yostaday for the West Coast of the Middle. Island and _ will attend a bahquSb;tdl»e given m their honor by the local Harbor-Board^ Westport on the 2nd ..proximo. The liei Will be-abseat^^^ihtee. weeks. As Mr Larnach ..will, pay an efficial visitaowp^oq^t.Jhp time ot • J hfe retarn-te -not' certain:' -|- John Roberts, M.P,, owns About 300 acres of'iand on 'wHich Li*ernpf d: j» built, containing at present 75#OlyiseBy; with a popblation of abquMfcOOO. No liquor saloons are permitted ori the property. . „ .^'^'■\- X U_' LiVJ - The^ depreciation of M m, England continues. An' estato m Devonshire, one .of, the ,^W^?tiM*J*ia futile., m £ngW,.ha 8 been ffoid fot 48000; for/hich; f 18,000 was. refiised a , few ■years'^gOt . "•' ' /.!..,-,;■•, i • I .- 1 1- '.' "Waikato 'it has ¥een- proved ••positively that a farmer can make ;£8 pej: annum out of each dairy cow by supplying muk to % factory, at 3*dt)ergaUon r; »pd i at: niust be remembered that the cow., Btul remams, and when it is remembered that the-farmer receives hard cash from, the factory for bis milk, the advaritages v to <bim= ,cannpt be >over-fatea. \ In dW' • Sets where these exceUent ' ftabhstv ments have been erected, th6ytoWV<a proved the greatest blessing to ; the, lar& oiers, as .weU as to r tiie business, people,, wHi'ii^nose districts co'ula noti now; do ; without them. We may feel sure" 'that the experience of the United States ot America will be repeated here. ,In -New Wik> fSfefe-i alone 3000 dairy factories, ftftd," heme-made butter ? and cheese is considered so inferior as fco^ (be almost unsaleable. "■"";. fv ' The Hwera Star, says that tlie Geat^ iGompany 'eithe*; 1 have. ".bought, or^^e,. likely to.buyMandin New PWohth, with a. viev. tq. % erection of wprfcs, similar to thpse'erected at Waitara-by' the New Zealand Freezing Company. ItAs intended, to start a dairy .factory at Mastertbn, ta;prganis6 :^. prosp^or sparty to 'explore 1 the Puketiqft. Cffdiltry,analb arrange for a gas supply I tor the llacer'-Masterton evidently nleans busi"iness.!;; "•/;/■ . :' ; '-.'. '. .' . ■•" ,'__ • • • 5 W^elewsky, a womaninurde|rer, was hanged at San Jose, Ca}., htqrally Tiy ! a single haiv. By m^ ingenb^systeni ot mecnanisia the machinoy <>f the drop was §6 armnged that the iiair lieW fae weight m plage. Whe* the hanv^as. cu\rilie drop fell&d m murderer ; shot into the air.- It is saicHhat Judge Belden, who tried Wasie'ewsky, suggeste* Ihis pecutar. scheme of retributive Jubitice, but the details were: worked, idut by' Sheriff Brauham. Thehaiiiwhwh^.was-i us^edoariie frornvfeldek of the; murdered woman's head, "i.4 r •>■/>;■• ! ' >ui ' ■;■* n,, 1 Mr 'iff T ''Grrunfl^'iieatl master of the Masterton High, J?as wntfcnjo, ctheJEduc'ation' tioird' asking; tor a YP .Q.tiofl ( as tff whe,t2ier sclool- fiaachers are respon. aible, for ibe.f supervision of ( ,children m the playgroup, during recreation hours, 'The Boa. l^ wa > u » an im° u ? a{ lts meet " ' £g ! yest^ay m castuig^e responsibihty • on^tHe eacners.' •' "'' " ! ';:>o.«n'; : '*£ ijfcle child of Mr Sutton's, Taradalei j s Bay, w;as"biadly"s^ald6d. about '{hei^ck'and • bfeast one ; day last , Iweek!1 week ! thr^» puUing a kettle of bbuihg^ wajjer. & o jn oflafcitself.. ' 'The little su^erer was ta-en to the Hospital on Satuijd&y but dact shdrtly After j^dmission.ifro^i lockjw, '.brought on by thd shock toj the sys,em.. > .-, -'. ';;'■;,-;• -V „ " I v> Our cablegrams announce tb!e death s£th» Marchioness of Normanby. The '6*o«ased i**& —^.— — »i-^iuvea during uer Mtay,,ir» this, city, and there tsan be no that agreaVd'eal of the J\lirquis of •^rmtinby's'pbpularlty- "was due xo-tbb a^istance which he had at all tjimes rece»ed, and was ever re^ady. to lacknow/^^Som'tha j We re-eretpifiud'-ftlsb "tfiat our former Governor iisuifering from illness. ! 1