The Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1885. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 90, 19 March 1885, Page 2

Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1885. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Captain' EdHvTri' Wired yesterday evening as follows :— Bad weather approaching between east and south and southwest. Glass falling within 12 hours. Remenyi says that since he has been m the colony he has been shown a New Zealand National Anthem, and lie never before saw " suclr. damnable stuff under the name of musio." The Dunedin Herald talks ot " there being m Dunedin hnndreds of empty houses owing ,to £he inmates leaving for more favoured. localities." Writes the "Woodville correspondent of an exchange : — Our volunteer corps is to be sworn m to-night. We are to have a concert on Monday night. A gift auction, a tea meeting, and other sundries are looming close at hand, and I would like to know who will be bold enough to call Woodville a dull place ? , A few days ago, a new building m Auckland — finished only a iew weeks ago— had its interior smashed by the giving %vay of the third storey. On this floor was stored- #0 tons of fl>our, and the loadvproved/toof- much for the hold of the joists m th#j walls, the floor went down and the smashed through the next floor iijto some stables below. Five horses weio m the stables at the time, but th«y|sustained little injury beyond being imprisoned by the debris. One of them was struck on the hip and barked by a falling beaut. A Chinese resident of Wellington had to appear at the Magistrate's Court to answer a charge of having committed a breach of the city by-laws a few days ago by flying a large kite within the municipal boundaries. He was fined Is for this dreadful crime. Mr John McKelvio has given the Education Board a quarter-a^ore section near the Parewamii sehpolbo-use, on which a teacher's residence is to be erected. From the Foilding Sb ir we learn that Mr George Bartholomew: has accepted a lucrative appointment at Brisbane, Queensland, whence he and his family \vill depart per first steamer^ Says the Wellington Post of March 18:— Dr Newman, M.H.R., and Mr Macarthur, M.H.R., to-day waited on the Hon. Mr Richard/ton, Minister of Public Works, to urge a reduction of railway freight on tim ber from Manawatu to Wunj»anui for ' export purposes. It wns pointed oat l>y the deputation that if a eoncessr'on avis made in' the inilway freight a h r«je trade m the expert of timber, especially white pine, could bo carried co ->y.th Queensland. The Minister of Piolic "Works promised to consider the rq tftei; and inform the deputation of the itpnlt urrivod at,

The Hawera Star is m formed that an information charging perjury has been laid against Mr T. Hutchison, Solicitor, of that town. The charge is mado m re.VpecL of evidence given by Mr Hutchison m a civil suit m Wellington 11. M. Court so lar back ;is last June, and the .informant is Mr F. P. Corkill of- New Plymouth. A large bluegmn tree was blown over on the top of a house m the Turakinn Valley on Saturday last during the gale. 'The inmates (Mr Griffiths and hu family) had a narrow escape of beim: killed. St Patrick's College, Wellington, will be opened on the Ist June. Last month Napier had the highest death rate m any borough m the colony, with the exception of Christchurch, due to infantile mortality being greater than usual. Caversham had the place of honor — at the bottom. We learn from the Wooilville Examiner that Mr E. E. M. McCausland, of the Head Office of the Bank] of New Zealand, has been transferred to Wooilville, to assist the local agent, Mr Sinclaire. Another old Wellington settler, Mr Jaihes Bowler, of Makara, has passed away, at the age of 61 years. The deceased lived at North Makara for about 35 years, and was very generally respected. We are pleased to learn that Mr I Rochfort's report on the navigation of the Wanganui Iliver is very satisfactory. There will be no difficulty m taking light draught steamers up for a distance of over 100 miles from Wanganui. MrFroude thinks it probable that Home Rule will be granted to Ireland. The successful tenderers for the Wellington Exhibition Buildings are Messrs Murdoch and Rose. Mr S. Vaile writes to the Post that on ! his return from the South he purposes giving a public address on railway man- 1 agement, when he will prove that passenger fares can be reduced to one-fifth the present rates, with a benefit to the revenue of £'200,000 a year. He will be glad if anyone m Wellington can confute hjs calculations m this respect. Signor Otto Hug, medical clairvoyant, will niake a stay of about a fortnight m the Wairarapa districts. He will visit Feathers ton on Saturday next, Greytown on the 25th inst., and Masterfcon on the 31st inst. He will remain a few days m each town, and will afterwards proceed to Palmerston North, reaching there about the 7th of April. The Salvation Army Barracks m Wellington are said to be hi rather a neglected state. Complaints are made that the seats are coated with mud, and that they are never washed. The ridiculous extreme to which religious fanaticism will impel weak-minded people was (says the Pout) illustrated m a very remarkable manner on Saturday evening. About 8 o'clock, while the employes of Woodyear's circus were engaged m clearing their tent, caused by the gale of the afternoon, a man dressed m the uniform of the. Salvation Army entered the ruined arena and falling on his knees began to thank the Almighty for the misfortune which had fallen upon ' the ungodly. In loud' tones and ranting fashion he stigmatised the circus as an atnusement calculated to bring destruction on the souls who took part m it, aad then he expressed the grief he felt that God had not seen fit to crush the tent while it was full of people, so that their deaths might, have acted as a fearful warning to others not to indulge m such sintul recreations. He was ordered to leave, and refusing, was expeditiously removed, carrying with him a pair of black eyes as a souvenir of the incident. • In " Jacob Faithful's " consultation ou the Napier handicap the first horse went to a bricklayer m Napier, the second to a coachbuilder at Wnipawa, and the third to a carpenter at Hastings. A meeting of the Soap Factory Compan3' will take place at Mr Linton's room, to-morrow. | Mr J. H. Hankins, solicitor for Messrs F. Beaven of Palmurstou and G. Marsh of Ashurst, gives notice of thoir incention to apply for their discharge at next sitting of the District Court. We go from home to hear news. The Woodville paper has the following : — I " The memburs of tho Palmerston Special Settlement Association intended burning Mr Bunny iv effigy, but he had gone before the schema could be carried out." We do not believe any proceeding of the kind was ever contemplated. It is only m extreme cases that popular indignation or odium finds this means of demonstration, and then generally hanging m effigy is preferred to burning. The railway tanks are tho recoguised place for theso little affairs to take^laee.