LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 112, 15 April 1885, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

■o There is, a lady m Nelson, according to the Colonist, who has lived through five generations, and who can say — " Arise, daughter ; go and see your daughter, for your daughter's daughter has a daughter. The Fiji Times'ot a recent date contains the following: — Mr Thomas J. Bonnet, who was passenger to Fiji by the Penguin, has brought down with him the carcases of six sheep killed by him 23 days ago and pieserved from decay or taint by a new process he has diaoovered. The process has certainly stood a severe test, since the carcasea came down m a crate, stowed m thn hole of the steamer ; but the meat has been iv no way unpleasantly effected. It was tested at the breakfast table of the Boyal Hotel yesterday, and also at several private dining tables, the unanimous verdict being that it was as sweet jucy and full flavoured as any meat could possible by, served under the now, favourable conditions. Mr Bennet contemplates at some futre date for rewarding regular consignments to this market. A brutal murders has been committed at Freemantle, a woman named Mary McGann, whose husband recently left for Hobart, having been killed by a njnn named John Duffy, with whom ehe wae cohabitatin£[. Duffy and the woman had a quarrel, when the former cut open her skull with an axe. The woman died instantly. Duffy has confessed to the crime. The Dunadin Herald has an enthusiastic leading article about Mr S. Vaile. It commences thus : — There are colonists and colonists. If we were to select a model colonist we would say, Give us a man well educated, possessing good brains and willing hands, with a cool head, yet having a spice of the sanguineous m his temperament, capable of being fanned by circunistauces into a degree of self-denying enthusiasm. Wo have such a man m Mr Samuel Vaile, of Auckland, who for three years has carried on a crusade against the management of our railways, and now at his own cost and without a personal end m view, is going round the country to waken up tiie people to a sense of the stupid blundering which is now going ou.

The San Francisco correspondent of the . New Zealand Herald says : — A fearful tragedy is being enacted a few miles away. A very rich up-country settler, with his wife, had two splendid and valuable horses which were smitten with that awful disease glanders. Instead of shooting them, as advised, the pair went to work to cure the animals. They tended them day and night, only • to lose them after all. A few weeks elapsed, when it was found that both husband and wife had become inoculated with the dread disease. Thej' came into the city to consult the faculty, who all declared they would die in two weeks without fail. Thej' are already turning blue at tho finger tips, though feeling quite well, and now are getting everything ready for their awful death by setting their affairs in order. One of the most remarkable features in connection with the Soudan war has not yet, so far as we (Timaru Herald) are aware, been publicly commented, upon. We refer to the lact that, whenever a distinguised officer falls in an engagement, it is discovered he has a second cousin, or some relation living at Wanganui. We fully anticipate that if anything happens to the Mahdi, it will be found that he has left a bereaved mother-in-law in that town to lament his loss. A correspondent of the New Orleans Southwestern Presbyterian writes that in one of the wealthiest, most intelligent moral, and prosperous counties in Texas not a drop of ardent spirits has been sold for six years, and the gaol is without an enforced tenant. The credit of being the first to ascend the mountain by the new track belongs to Mr W. H. Gibson and Mr Arthur Morton. They left town (says a New Plymouth paper) on Friday afternoon, camped two miles below the scrub, and ascended the next daj r , reaching the top at noon. They brought down with them a paper dated 12th April, 1884, bearing the signatures of J. W. Davis, C. Rogers, F. D. Holdsworth, and O. Caldwell. This paper had been originally contained in a bottle, which had evidently been broken by the trost. The day was too cloudy to get a view, and the ascent was rendered difficult by the- thick mist. They report that the new track has good footing all the way, and there are no dangerous parts to be travelled. Says the Napier Herald: — The Natives are meeting for korero at Tahoraitc, and a funny meeting it is. It seems to include Hau Haus, Mormons, Blue Ribbcnists, repudiatiomsts, and Native Christians of all shades. The proceedings consist chiefly of prayereating and drinking, and speechifying. How long tho prayer and talking will keep up it is impossible to say, as it is difficult to estimate the unexhausted reserve of spiritual and rhetorical force among the Natives, but the eating should last a tremeudous time yet, as tons upon tons of flour, sugar, eels, pipis, pigeons, etc., remain to be consumed. About 500 Natives are present, including representatives from Hawko's Bay, Wanganui, Waikato, Taupo, Manawatu, Otaki, and Wairarapa. Hori Topiha appears to be the piiucipal speaker. The Dunepin Naval Band, despite the decision of the Council, played in the Botanical Gardens on Sunday. It is understood that a legal opinion says that the Council has not the power to prevent it. The MaBterton-Mangahao Small Farm Association has let a contract privately to survey 10,000 acres at 2s per acre. Owing to the sudden departure of the Roman Catholic Bishop, the, solemn opening and inauguration of St Patrick's College is deferred till Dr Redwood's return. The College, however, will be opened for the reception of pupils and commencement of studies on the Ist June next. William Sheehan, the alleged Castle-town-Roche murderer, has been sent home by the Ruapehu iu charge of Sergeaut Duuny, of the Royal Irish Constabulary, and Detective Walker, of Auckland. I Dn Schwarzbach, M.D, tbe well-known specialist, is now in Wanganui, treating patients suffering from diseases of the eye, ear, and throat. Persons wishing to consult him on matters relating to those organs should communicate at once with the Doctor, who will bo staying at the Rutland Hotel until the 25th inst. The barometer in Masterton on Saturday reached the extraordinary bi^h reading of 30.46, being, it is said, the highest that has been known for a number of years. The Emperor of Germany has contributed £1000 ou behalf of the sufferers by the late earthquakes in Spain. The estate of the late Cyrus H. Mc- , Cormick, the inventor of the reaper and \ binder, is stated to be worth nearly £4, 000,000. j The Buller Miner states that the Koranui Coal Company has had an output - of over 3000 tons for five weeks work. < Lieutenant-Colonel Bumaby, killed in , the recent battle in Egypt, is stated to , be the nineteenth in descent from Edward I. j We regeet to observe (remarks the Buller Miner), that Mr John Corr, so * loug and favorably known as a local i merchant almost from the commeuceof Westport, has found it necessary to go through the Insolvent Court, The liabilities as a whole are somewhat large, but a considerable portion is due to secured creditors. The assets nomiu- < ally exceed the liabilities, but to some i extent they are composed of bad and ( doubtful debts. ] The Urenui correspondent of the Taranaki Herald writes thus in reference to the march through the country of Titokowaru's peace army " ; — " lam sorry to report that on their road to Pukearulio and also coming back they literally rushed Mr P. Chapman's orchard at Mimi, and stole a great quantity of apples. Mr Chapman was there, but expostulation was in vain, and what ! could one man do against 200 ? In fact, . they were very insnlting indeed, and • one man threatened him. If this parad- . ing of Natives about tho country is to r continue they must be informed by the < authorities to respect European pro- + perty." \ The statistical returns of the volunteer forces at Great Britain, just issued, s show that during last year the total strength of the auxiliary service was 1 raised from 209,000 to 214,000, the lar- J gest number recorded since the move- 1 ir.pnt commenced. Of this huge total F 208.000 are returned as efficient, or 70 J per cent, of the whole. Lancashire 0 returns more than 26,000 efficients, and 1 is second only to Middlesex, which has 26,300. * Hundreds of people are said to be ac- j ( tually starving in the north of England, j. with many more hungry and destitute. g A correspondent writes to the Post v from Feilding asking for information 1 about Armadale's sweep. ( b Ellis and Comnany, of Bradford, mil- n lers, have failed for 460,000. p The R.M.S. Ruapehu sailed for Lwi- L don from Wellington on Monday il evening with nearly 200 passengers and a full cargo, including 14.000 caress- s v of frozen mutton, &c. She had also 118 W frozen rabbits on board, shipped at I Port Chalmers. A large number of peo- r pin assembled on the wharf to see the to steamer oft, among them being Sir b Julius Vogel, who was wheeled down in J his chair. 13

Mr Kendall is inviting tenders for falling bush on section 112, Fitzherbsrt. Applications to be addressed Club Hotel and will be received up to Saturday next. During the eight days Mr R. T. Booth has been conducting his mission iv Christchurch 2433 persons have donned the Blue Ribbon, 1308 of whom have taken the pledge. It is understood that a defaulter named Goldsmid has defrauded the Queensland National Bank of i-2000. In the report of the Masterton-Manga-hao Special Settlement Association we find the following : — " Members will see that the rules, as submitted by the Association, are generally approved, but a material alteration has been made m rule 7, by which only one quarter of an acre is granted, instead of one town acre. This, your Committee think a most obiectionable alteration, as it narrows the town to 25 acres, instead of 100, and will cause speculation m rural sections for township purposes, and rob the majority of the pioneer settlers of the legitimate fruits of their enterprise. The Whittinghain Club, a home for poor boys who came friendless to London m search of employment, was recently opened by Prince Albert Victor, who is to be congratulated on making his first official appearance m the Metropolis m such a good cause. ' Whatever you do, whether it be blacking a pair of shoes, practicing gymnastics, reading a book, helping a friend — whatever it is, do it as well as you can," said the youn» prince m his address to the boys. "Be brave, stand firm ; refuse under any circumstances to dojwhat you are not sure is right; and when you, come to years of discretion you will be able to judge for yourselves whether you will remain here m England, or whether you will seek your sphere m English lands beyond the seas. There plenty of room out thare, .ampler air"#nd larger aims, — and here you seem rather crowded. May God bless you all, whether here or there '