The Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11,1885. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 59, 11 February 1885, Page 2

Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1885. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

■ : — » ; A gentleman named Hooker, belonging to the Indian Forest department, is on a visit to New Zealand, principally with the intention of inspecting the kauri forests m the colony. ,; ' A public meeting is to be held m Feildi.ng on Thursday next to discuss matters m connection with the formation of a small farm Association. A boy named Samuel Cooper, son of William Cooper, a carpenter, aged 13, was drowned whilst bathing m the surf at at. Clair, Dunedin,on Saturday afternoon. There were numbers bathing, but nobody saw him drown, and his clothes 'being found on the bench led to the knowledge that he was missing. He could uot.swim. A woman named Bridget Kane, with no less than 190 previous convictions, . got three months for drunkenness at tho" Dunedin Police Court, on Saturday. Mr fcjtout says .they were not "true statesmen" who urged and assisted m the abolition of the New Zealand! provinces. Bather rough on his colleague, Sir J. Vbgel, who was the prime movor m that work (remarks a contemporary.) The grand stand at the Hutt racecomae had another narrow escape from destruction by fire on Saturday, a small conpagratipu breaking out m exactly the same spot as that of the previous day, : Tho flames - being subdued, the stewards gave orders that" no smoking ( flhpjjld bp. ollowed ou the top platform.

A correspondent, writing to a Wellington paper, referring to the mission services at Wanv'juuii conducted by the Rev. Mr Coppinger, remarks — "Under guise of preaching down infidelity, the ovnngelists are introducing lo their audiences the toys and playthings of ritualists. To-day thej- present an image, to-morrow a relic, and so on." The Wellington meat freezing comf panics anj at present very busy preparing shipments for tho vessel leaving ""here shortly. Every boat from Foxton brings large numbers of sheep, which are landed either at Petorie' for the Getfr ; Co., or at the pens on the reclaimed land for the Wellington Freezing and Pre--ser-ving- • and the Moat Export companies. According to the Tablet, the summit of Mr Stout's ambition is believed to be the attainment of the ermine, and the the time that is supposed to present itself to him m his most sanguine dreams' is that at which he will be styled Sir Robert Stout, and will rank as Chief Justice of. New Zealand. The Christcliureh Press states that on Tuesday a little girl, one of the pupils at the Rangiora school, died from the effects of brain fever, brought on, it is supposed by over zealous study. In her, 'delirium .before death supervened, abb" kept constantly going over stmjs, writing lessons, geography, and other sub- ] jects which are found on the school table. We have before us a copy of The Wellington Landed Property Guide, published by Messrs T. Kennedy Macdonald and Co:, the well-known auctioneers of Wellington, m which is given the list of the various properties m their hands for sale properly arranged and classified, giving m addition details of situation, population, &c, of the various townships m which tho : properties are situated with other information, which should prove of value to the investor of lauded estate. The publishers insert details 6$ properties ' free of charge and i thus' anticipate that the guide will be taken advantage of by numbers of people desiripus of disposing of their properties. In. referenqe to fruit culture, ono gardener'assured the Wairarupa Daily that he had sold £40 worth of small fruits this season. Sush a return far a man who does not employ labor, and who possesses a little patch of /freehold, is remunerative, and the work of cultivation is perhaps on the whole as healthy and pleasing an occupation as any that, can be found.' It is certainly one that can be followed . with, profit by the numerous holders of small suburban sections m the neighborhood of a town like Masterton (or Pahnerston*) The following weather telegram was posted after we went to press last evening : — Bad weather approachiug between north-east and north and west. Glass fall and indications show raiu after ,2o hours from now. Mr F. M. Belts, a well-known solicitor m Wangauui, and a very old resident of : that town, who has been m Wellington lately and given way to drink, was tonnd a few days ago, at about 2 a.m.,. m the water near the Wellington wharf. He had to be taken charge of by the police, being m a state bordering on delirium tremens. Mr Belts generally, conducts the scholastic examinations m connection with ,, the Wanganuia Collegiate -School and is an able scholar. Wo (Post) have had brought to our . oifijue fprjnspectiou a sample of tho coal recently found m the Fitzherbert District, on the land adjoinining the sections {.he Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company are about to sell. Wq. understand that the main body of the ligniffc is' of touch the same quality as (lie Waikato coal and some' found m the South. Island, The seam of which is a part is about 8 feet thick, and has been traced for a considerable distance. Wo believo this is is the first evidence of coal m our provinco, except what has been recentiy'-found! along the 'route of. the Central Railway. The place where, it 'crops out is within throe milesof the Wellington and : Mauawatu Railway. Should it prove an extensive field, the boon to the district would be incaculable. , .We. (Post) regret to havo to state that a very painful and serious accident occurred on the Hutt Park racecourse on Saturday to Mrs P. A. Buckley, wife- of the Hon., the Colonial Secretary. Mrs Buckley was m the act ot descending from her carriage when the point of Bomo projecting irou scroll work on the vohicle caught m her nostril, penetrated the nose a/Httle below the eye, and owing to the force with which Mrs Buckley .was moving at the time, gripped up the nostrils for a considerable length: "Dr. ' Cahill was fortunately on the course, and attended without delay. Mrs Buckley behaved with the greatest for titude, although evidently suffering • great pain.. Thejnjured lady was, under Dr. CahiU's charge, speedily conveyed to her residence, at the Hutt, where the wdnnd was sewn tip. On Friday next' the first train from : Waiiganui will leave at.7\i.iri:instcad of 8 a.m., and will arrive aa hour earlier at all stations on that; day m consequence