The Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1885. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 74, 28 February 1885, Page 2

Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1885. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Rangitikei Bunt Club have just procured four hounds from Dr Connolly, the well-known sporting doctor of Wanganui. They are high-class animals, their pedigrees being very good. At Oshawa, near Toronto, a man named Kuiver recently recovered £100 for injuries received during initiation into the Phoenix Lodge of Odd Fellows. Miss M. E. Braddon, one of the most prolific of English storywritera,in private life is Mrs Maxwell, and owns to having reached the mature age of 56. Perhaps it may not be generally known that it was Mr Shaw, of asylum fame, m Wellington, who gave Mr Stoute his first start m colulonial life. Mr Shaw was then headmaster of a Grammar School m Dunedin, and Mr Stout became his assistant. The gentlemen are still great friends. A wooden statue of the Queen has been set up by the natives of Shelly Beach, Auckland. The Waitangi treaty is printed on the pedestal. The Moravians recently lost an energetic missionary m the death of Greenland Workman Brodbeck, who was lost with the vessel taking him back to Ins post of duty. This is the first accident 1 of the kind that has happened to the extensive mission enterprise of the Moravians iv the thirty-six years of their existence. At a recent fat stock show m England the Lincolnshire wethers averaged over 2501 b each at the age of twenty-one mouths. There is a man m Wisconsin who takes a tablespoonful of kerosene every day as a preventative of rheumatism.

Once a kite-flyer attached to the tail ' of a largo kite a kitten, sewed m a can* yas-bag with a netting over its : jnounth to give it air. When the kite was at its 'greatest heights— somje 200f crbt ojj-inorejr^ the mewing of the kitten could be distinctly heard by those holding the string. To the clearness of the nir was attributed the hearing of the kitten's yoice,and no telephone patent was applied/ ' At Liverpool 44 steamers, aggregat ing 68,795 tons, are laid up, against 10 at the same period of 1883, 17,335 tons. Q. A. Thorne, of the Melbourne Bicycle Club, rode no less than 5200 miles upon the road last year. " Ho used one of Singer and Co.'s " British Challenge": machines. .- . I Largp, new, and expensive offices are to be built for the GovernmentTnsurance . Association m Wellington, Christqhurch, and Dunedin. Complaints of a very bitter character come f rpm tho Ashburton JForks district againstparoquets. Those' birds are. Dei vouring oats m largo quantities At a recent trial of sheaf , binders at Shrewsbury, England', under the auspices of. the Royal Agricultural Society, between English and American machines tho former were declared to have gained the victory. Referring to the perambulator clause : nor. coming into effect,; the Ashburton Mail says : — " It was laughingly . su,g- . gested to us thatthe charms of our pretty nurse-girls were too great for our local pe'ace-giiardiaris. With one exception, we don't think so ; they're all past that blissful stage." What ancient nurse girls Ashburton must have ! Tho Timaru Gas Company has declared a dividend of 15 per cent. Masterton is to have gas ; also Onehunga. The Hawera paper has been grumbling about not having it yet. Palmeratbu is still content with kerosene. ' .; The removal of lunatics from Newark, England, from the old to the new hospital, a few days ago, wasattended.with some curious and pathetic scenes. ■ One man refused to go unless he carried his banjo m his hands. Another, who wore a base ball suit, insisted that he must hold first base m the van. A fine-look-ing man was not quieted untill he was assured that he was going to church. " Well, I'm tired of praying for Newark," he said, v for it doesn't seem to do any good; But J'll ( try one more prayer." Messrs Pritchard and Morgan, of Queensland j have promised £500 towards the patriotic fund, and will give a similar amount annually. , "Is the howling of a dog always followed by death?" asked a little girl of her father the other day. " Not always, my dear," replied the father. "Sometimes the man that shoots at him missus him." A Russian traveller, who visited hitherto unexplored regions of Central Asia, says coloured pictures of actresses were the presents which the natives most highly prized. . " Mister Schmidt," said a German recently, as he entered a merchant's office, " I haf der schmall pox — " Great heavens,Mr Schneider,"was ,th« hurried reply, "don't come here !" and the clerk disappeared m various directions. " Vot'B der madder mit you feller ?" pursued Mr Schneider. " I haf der schmall pox full of butter oud m mine vagon dot Mrs Schmidt ordered last veek^.dat ish all !" . The R.M.S. Rtmutaka, which left plymouth on the 16th January, and arrived at "Hobarton Thursday afternoon, is due at Wellington on Tuesday next, but will, . no doubt, be here before _■ he* contract time. This is tiie maiden voyage of: the Eimutaka, which is a- sister ship to t the 'Kaikoura, and is of the same dimensions; A Press Association telegram states that at the sitting of the Now Zealand University yesterday Dr Hector was-ap-pointed Chancellor, and the Rev. J. C. Andrew, Nelson, Vice-chancellor. , A quantity of land m the,. Wood ville district will be sold on deferred payment. Tho prices range from about '30s . to 40s per acre. Some land is also to be leased m the same district. .1 Section 488, town of Fofxtoif, has been reserved as a site for a, hospital. i An extension of time has beeu granted for the preparation of the valuation roll for the Woodville Town District. . Wo cannot divine what the prospective issue of business generally is liki-ly to be (remarks the Duuedin Evening Herald). vThere js a general prevalence of dry rot all over the world. In some specialities. thero has • apparently been moro produced than can be consumed.' Chief of these -is sugar, which is a drug everywhere. Beetroot growers m France are going to tho wall ; the Mauritius is insolvent ; and now there are .bad accounts from Dutch Java. Trade there is m a deplorable state, and if there is not ;an oarly recovery serious' complications may be expected. One bank (the Bank of the Netherlands) is said to be involved to the extent of three-quarters of a million. Woqd.ville lias, been constituted a local land district,' and a land office is to be -established there; Mr Cornelius Tuely will be placed m chargn. and will hold sales of Crown lands there from time to' time. The boundaries of the new district will include tho Danevirk, Kumeroa, and Woodviile Road Districts. Mr J\ A. Frbude, historian and biographical writer, has left Sydney for. ' 'New Zealand; . « .• ; Letters of naturalisation have beeu granted to the following : — Jens Peter Larsen, shoemaker, Sandon, and Hans Olsson, settler, Stouey Creek, PaKuerston North . ' . . " , Says a Wellington paper : — The nieat preserving companies whilst giving employment to large stalls at their own works, are also the means of affording work m other directions. This is now being fully realised, even by many who were not very enthusiastic about the meat preserving and refrigerating companies when they were first started. As an instance, it might be mentioned that Messrs Stewart and Co., of Courtenayplace, have now orders on hand from the Gear Company which necessitates the employment of every available carpenter m the city. This clearly demonstrates the indirect benefit derivable by the entire community from industries of the kind. A steam-tug, the Wesfcland, has been built at Mr Seager's, Victoria Foundry, Wellington. The steamer is intended for the Greymouth trade. Mr Martin Kennedy, the enterprising owner, m combating the prevalent opinion that steamboats cau bo obtained more cheaply from Great Britain than they can be built m the Colony, states that a similar steam tug obtained from England by the Bluff Harbor Board cost £1500 more than the vessel which he had had built by Mr Seager. That fact should be widely known. Bachelors are said to be moro liable to the terrible disease ot cholera than married men. In support of this view, it isstated that during the period of observation of a French physician he noted that 946 unmarried men died m Paris of cholera as against 542 married men, showing that marriage is a preventative cholera. Some bachelors will think of " the remedy worse than the disease." 'An English journalist asks why members of Parliament should not be referred to by their surnames m Parliament, and observes that Parliament and thieves' kitchens are the only places where men are ashamed of their names.

A branch of the Colonial Bank of New Zealand is to be opened at Wahganui on Tuesday next. Eight hundred andy twenty men.., are expected to take part m the'-*Nelsori* encampment. The Wanganui Herald has thtrfollow- , ing: — Cattle dealer^ and the farming fraternity wb.o freqtierit the ■jftucjion-£ale£ • held at Messrs' Barns and i Higgie"'s yards" at Campbelltown must have noticed the great improvement made in' the" yards by this firm. Considerable and extensive improvements have taken place, .yards, :\vhich now exteacLalmost. from the Red Lion to Durie's Creek, ate as well appointed as any m the district* The necessity tor these- "improvements has long been apparent , to the , firm, \ who ..have, had some difficulty m yarding the entries. $ c A very decided break m the telegraphic communication on the coast occurred on Tuesday last., (says the -Foxton paper) shortly; before' four, o'clock', when the four wires across the Manawatu Eiver were carried, away by the masts of the schooner Cleopatra, m tow of the Paiaka bound for Shannon. . /. Wanganui is applying for a good deal ' of space m the Wellington Industrial Exhibition. • ''■■■'• . • '~ ...... At the Patea E.M. Court last: week (says the Mail) Mr. H. S.i Peacock was , fined ;^5 for not dipping his, sheep with- . m one month of notice so to do being, given him by the inspector. The case referred only to lice, and was brought under the Amendment Act of 1884. i •"' The following exhibits are to be sent from Wairoa (Hawke's Bay) to the New Zealand Industrial Exhibition : — Wheat, wool, hops, barley, raw silk, tobacco, flax rope, coriander and canary seeds, and honey. ' . The following weather telegram was received last evening after we went to press ;:-^r-Indipations i Easterly : winds and failing; bar,ometer. j The first shipment of hops was made a few days ago (says the Star) by Mr Bones who sent away six bales.: The grower expects to pick one, ton per aci-e; IHe has eight acres, or thereabouts, under crop, which oughtto give & cash return of nearly £'900, or £113 per acre, v One authoritj' declares that California farmers would " give millions of dollars .to get rid of tfie sparrow." ' ; ! . One Dr Bull, having to pass the Sab-' bath m a small town hi New Jersey, was invited to .preach. He accepted the invitation, and spoke for an hour 1 and a half from the text, " Remember. Lot's wife." Some time. afterwards the Doc^ tor was m the same town, and was again invited to preach. Again he announced t! the text 9 Bemeraber Lots-w ife," whereupon an old farmer rose ; m a voice distinctly ; audible throughput the whole church he exclaimed, " Haven't forgot her since you were here last time," ahd ; immediately executed a rapid movement towards the door. The Town Clerk of Martonhasr receive * ed a letter from D. Sinclair, stating that ■ he will probably arrive m Mar ton next Tnesday, .when he will at once make pre- \ parations to start the waterworks' contract. There are to be sports at FjOxtori on St Patrick's Day.. From the Foxton paper we notice that the Manawatu County Council are inviting tenders for the extension of the traniway.' . The contract accepted last month Svas for extending the line one mile and a half,' and the work now 'under tender will add one mile and a quarter on ; to its lengtlu If the latter be. accepted, it will take M tihe tramway, to within one mile and threequarters of Sandon. The iron horse is gradually drawing rieai'er to Sanson/and the probabilities are that before many months have passedv the-fenort of «the engine and the guard's whistle may be heard hi the sister township. > • [ ' ; From the Post we learn that applica: tions for space : m: jthe New Zealand Exv, hibition have already been received to an extent greater than the entire available space originally proposed to be provided. As a. grejit ..number ,of .applications are : yetto'oonie m 4 arrangemente will, we understand, be made to considerably enlarge .the proposed , building, so as to. afford' the extra accommodation re- ' quired. ;: The paiaents)iufferhig.from blood poisoning, at*the" Wellington Hospital, are progressing favourably. r ■ '■'"•I'see yb'u advertise goods to be sold' for a mere song/, said he, as he stepped intrt'a fnrhiture slibp-. " Yes, sir," answered the gentlemanly proprietor.-. ":W.<>l;l, now, let mo see. I 1 tike th'atired t ;plHsh.Bofatherej.and Illlsing you'rWheu the Robins Nest Aga;iri' for it.'! ■. . I lir New York ; State ; thero ' are 3000* dairy factories, und home, 'butter and oheeee is. considered so inferior as to : be unsaleable. i A party of scientific travellers, who Jiad gon out t& Egypt to exainiiio the Pyramids, spent a portion of the,ir, time m visiting the public elementary schpols m Cairo. What was their surprise to see a European "stove-pipe" |hat hanving on the wall in [almost every school-room. -In reply to the interpre- 1 ;ter's : inquiry, one of the . teafihers ' that the most efficacious punishment for r«f ractpry bpys. was to compel y them to- ' wear the hat. ' . .. Ad oxciting chase after a naked lunaT tic has occurred at Glad.esville,. N.SIW. i He was captured after swimming the 'river, he was replaced m the Asyhim. - A melancholy accident happened at Went worth, N.S.W., recently by which Mr Robinson, ,owner of the steamer Rover, lost his life. He was trying to save a ckild/whq had fallen . overboard, and his wife, m her excitement, steered the vessel from instead of to him. The child also perished. " Vanguard" wishes us to intimate that his sweep closes on Tuesday next, and those who desire to-participate will have to hurry up. "Vanguard" also forwardsus the names of the gentlemen who hrave consented to be present at the drawing. The names are those of gentlemen- who are above suspicion, and subscribers may rest assured that the drawing will beconductod impartially. / Some of the questions asked of the various committees by intending exhibitors at the New Zealand Industrtal Exhibition are rather amusing says a Wellington paper. For instance, during the meeting of the Alimentary Products Committee, held yesterday, Mr Alfred Blake, a resident of Taranaki, wrote inquiring if exhibitors would be provided with a free railway pass by the Government ; secondly, if a scholarship wpuld be given for the production of the best chftesejand, thirdly," if a gold niedal would be given for 'dairy produce. Mr W- B. Retimeyer, a settler of Greatford, in'the : Raugitikci district, also wrote, afcking if cooked hams and bacon would be admitted as exhibits. The chairman expressed an opinion that not only wouln they be > admitted to the exhibition, but he also believed that they would be brought under the impartial notice pf a large number of unofficial judges, who certainly would give a verdict after tasting the cookod meats.