The Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1885. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 67, 21 February 1885, Page 2

Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1885. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Tho Napier Evening News writes: — Information has reached town that a human skeleton has been found on Mr J. Taylor's run at Moeangiangi, which from its dimensions and the boots upon it is supposd to be that of young Stewart, who was missed from the Spit early last month. A good many people doubted that Stewart was drowned, as was generally supposed, but why he should have gone away is a mystery. The Foxton paper has the following : In anticipation of tho shooting season, most of the Acclimatisation Societies are holding tlx-ir annual meetings. When is the Maimwatu Society going to show that it has any life left ? is a question often asked.

A wealthy Irish farmer, intending to " send lu'h sou to college," recently wroto a short letter to tho heads of Oxford University, m which ho said : " Pleaso aiiy what are your terms for a year,, and will it cost anything extra if my son j learns a good hand and spoil proper, as well as to row a boat ?" American milk and cream have boen •s'lecessfiilly shipped from New York to London by steamers, arriving m a perectly fresh and palatable condition. A subscription has now been started it the Victorian Club on the 3rd February, to raise a testimonial to Harry Giles, m appreciation of his courage and and humane efforts m rescuing the wounded from the wrecked train at Cootamundra, on Sunday, the 25th Jan. Upwards of £300 was subscribed at the , Club m less than a quarter of an hour. Mr Giles is one of the hooktnaking fraternity, and was himself badly hurt m the accident. While the Southern people (says the Auckland Weekly Times) are puzzling themselves how the inhabitants of Auckland get a living, the industrial classes of this city pursue the evea tenor of their way, and put £1400 a day into tho savings banks. Tho Post has the following :— " A late issue of the Manaw.vtu Standard contains no less than eight paragraphs transtransferred bodily from our columns without acknowledgement. We are always pleased to be of use to our cod- i temporaries." We may state that we make it an unvariablc rule to acknowledge all original paragraphs from our exchanges. A novice m journalism can detect when a paragraph is local iv the proper sense of 'the term, and when it is only an extract from another journal rewritten or altered iv form. We give the Post the hiut for its future edification. We are pleased to see that our metropolitan contemporary so carefully and critically scans our columns, and we are sure it will gain much useful information from the perusal of their contents. A good horse track has now been cut from Egmont Village to within four miles of Mount Egmout, and a foot track made right up through the scrub. Four trips were made up to the snow line last month by this route. It is stated £20 would form a horse track within half a mile of the lower snow line, and enable the trip to be done comfortably from New Plymouth m a day. Tho storm which proved fatal to a cabman and his horse at Kandwick also killed a boy at Walgett, and did great damage m many parts of the country. Tl\e New South Wales Government have determined to extend the advantage of a free railway pass to all new arrivals from the Continent of Europe as as well as from Great Britain, not only as a mark of hospitable recognition to the new colonists, but m the interests of the colony generaly, for the purpose of allowing them to settle upon the land m the country districts. The following weather telegram was posted after we went to press last evening : — Every indication of very hot and dry strong northerly winds. It is stated that footrot is assuming alarming proportions amongst the sheep on the Crnterbuiy Plains. Many experts who have had experienoo of both scab and footrot state that they would rather encounter and could more easily cope with the former. A. number of children named McCornick were nearly poisoned at Oamaru, some days ago, through eating the poisonous berries of the tutu plant. Two doctors had to be called m, and under their care the children have recovered, though at one time the lives- of several were despaired of. • - ; From the country we (Napier Telegraph) learn that tha harvest has proved a most- abundant one throughout the whole of this provincial district. - ; Wo hear of crops of oats yielding 40, 50, and even 60 bushels to the acre, and wheat ' exceeding 70 bushels. The schools of Hawke's Bay will be largely represented at the Industrial Ex hibition at Wellington. A pitiful tale was told at the committee meeting of the Wellington benevolent Society on Tuesday. Some twelve mouths ago a young woman arrived m Wellington penniless. Beiug unable to obtain work, iv consequence of illhealth, she unfortunately took a situa tiou m a house of ill-fame, where she eked out a miserable existence until a week or two ago, when she died after "giving birth to a child The little one is now 15 day 8 old, and will be taken charge of by the Benevolent Society. v Tho Hawera Star gives an account of the opening of the Convent of the Holy Infancy. This Convent ts a branch of the Wanganui Convent, and is uudarthe direction of the sisters of St. Joseph. Three sisters have proceeded there, viz., Key. Mother. Hyacinth; Sister Clare, and Sister Bridget. The first mentioned intends to remain only a short time, when other sisters will be sent up. Addresses were given at the dedication by the Revs. Fathers Mulvihill. Cassidy, and McManus... There should be no lack of employ* m'ent for all hands m this district at the present time (Writes the Feilding<Sfar.) Harvesting is m full swing, hop picking has commenced, bush burniug is now an every day occurrence, and the Feilditig Borough Council and the Manchester and Kiwitea Road Boards are letting numerous works by contract. Besides two other large works, the latter body let two contracts yesterday amounting to upwards of £520 to one firm of con-, tractors. All these works will mean the employment of a large number of hands for the remainder of the summer season. During the course of his address (says the Dunedin Star) Mr Booth spoke of Queen Victoria as the grandest woman of the nineteenth century. The sentiment was received enthusiastically by the immense assemblage, and before the cheering had subsided the audience were on their feet singing tho National An them. A few days ago Mr G. Coley, of Foxton, picked up on the beach near Horowhenua a life buoy, marked " s.s. Tarawera." The present drought is causing great inconvenience to householders and others m Fox ton, and the local carters are reaping quite a harvest carting water. A portable engine and winch, for use at the Hydrabad, was brought from Wellington m the Jane Douglas yesterday. The concern weighed about two and a half tons, and was lifted from the steamer's deck by the aid of tho crane on the. wharf. When tho mass was nearly landed, tho local paper says the chain of the crane parted, and the wholo concern fell down on the wharf, and received considerable damage. j Tenders for tho great sleeper contract for the Central railway will close next Monday Coining up the river to Foxton yostorday tho Tui struck on a snag, and lost one of the blades of her propeller. : The Foxton paper regrets to learn that Mr H. L. M'Fayden, the local saddler, is amongst the victims of the- outbreak of blood poisoning at the Wellington Hospital. A private telegram slated that he was much worse. In a recent lecture at Glasgow, Professor Blackie said : — " To elevate, sttr, and purify a man, songs were more potent than sermons."