The Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. SATURDAY, MAY 16, 1885. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 138, 16 May 1885, Page 2

Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. SATURDAY, MAY 16, 1885. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

At the Foxton Police* Court yesterday, a man named Tim Hearn was charged by Constable M'Anulty with having no lawful visible means of support. The evidence against accused was that he had not paid for his board and lodging ; that he had no means ; that his behaviour was extraordinary and wild. After hearing the evidence for the prosecution, and a long rambling statement by the accused, he was sentenced to 14 days' imprisonment m Wanganui Gaol with hard labor. Accused — Where, your Worship? Bench — "In Wanganui Gaol." Accused — "Thanks, your Worship. That is the very place I wanted to go to!" The following is the result ot the poll of the ratepayei's taken recently at the Lower Hutt, Under th* Local Option Clauses of the Licensing Act of 1881 ; — For an increase of Publican's Licenses, 2; against an increase, 3 ; for an increase ot New Zealand wine licenses, 2 ; against an incroase,3; for an increase ot accommodation licenses, 2; against an increase, 3; for an increase of bottle licenses, 2; against an increase 3. What a i>rogressive, bustling, populous district this Lower Hutt must be? Mr R. T. Booth, ,who has arrived m Dunedin to conduct a Gospel Temperance Mission, was welcomed at a monBter meeting m the Garrison Hall on Friday week. In tho course of his remarks Mr Booth said: — "The conviction had grown-up that, the drink traffic was a nuisance, and that the publichouses must go. This was not a. sentiment but a conviction. At. first men. said it could not be doho away with. This was sentiment. Presently they. said. it. ought to be done away with. That was- opinion. But to-day they had got men tq say. it must go. That was . conviction. Meh had seen the writing on the wall ; "Jehovah himself had spoken the words, " My people shall be free." '■ Paper doors are now used m tho United States. . ; The Roman Catholic Peers haying seats m the House of Lords are thirty -four m number. A snake has been killed at the Barren Plains, South Australia, which contained 104 young ones. One married up country lady is the possessor of an hospital ticket, and whenever her husband takes the law into his own hands and gives her a thrashing, she immediately packs up her traps, and does a trip to the hospital. On the last occasion charging her three shillings, a day for her board, she cost several pounds, and then walked away with her ticket, returned to her husband, and will not visit the hospital again till her husband once more gives her a thrashing. — Napier Telegraph. " Civis," m the Otago - tVitnets, aays : — "Supposing the war scare ended — a supposition which, considering the fact that it is only a week since peace was- despaired of, is perhaps rather premature-^---we have now the pleasant duty of addressing ourselves to the consideration of the "little bill." Fortunately it "is not a " butcher's bill," which -is the only fortunate circumstance I sec about it. What " the demd total," as Mr Mantilini would aay, may be for this colony I don't presume to guess. It may be five hundred thousand sterling, it may be a million ; whatever the amount, we are just so much absolutely the poorer. Money spent m war material is mere " black mail " — a price we pay not to be robbed and murdered. It is a dead loss, every penny of it. . There are wooden-headed people who can't §cc this. Tiny father rejoice m defence. expenditure as "good for trade." Yes ! much m the way would it be " good for trade " to roof m the Forbury racecourse with glass, and repeat the Pyramids of Egypt on the Taieri plain." v Some time since it was noised abroad that a man m Munich had made a liigh wuger that he would collect together three thousand ten-pfennige pieces dated 1873 before the Ist day of January,lßßs, ' and that he was offering a high premium for -this particular coin. Immediately there was a craze throughout the length and breadth of the land to secure these ten-pfennige pieces, and it was qulto common for collectors to pay from fifteen to twenty-five pfennige for a single specimen. The excitement over the matter was visible m every class of society, and manifested itself particularly m tho beer halls, the markets and the ; horse cars. Some of the eager seekers who bad got to-gcther at groat pains several hundreds of the coveted coins, at last thought to inquire precisely how they should dispose of them at a profit. They were directed from pillar to post, and at last found that they were the victims of a practical joker.

Further additions are ma;le to the catalogue of Messrs Stevens & Gorton's stock side fit Bulls tv take place .on Tuesday next. The steamer Jane Douglas having gone on the slip for an ordinary overhaul will make her next trip from Foxton to Wellington on Tuesday 19th inst. at 11 p.m. Tawhiao is coming out as a 'mashaw.' He appeared m Auckland m a shiny silken bclltopper and a very swell waterproof overcoat. This certainly boats the dress of another member of Tawhiao's race, wh6 paraded tho streets of Waitara a short time ago, and whose complete toilet consisted of a paper collar and a spur. ! The search for tho bodies of the men missing from the defence works at Point Halswell is still being prosecuted. Up to the present no trace has been discovered. Fourteen days have now elapsed since the mishap occurred. An exchange has tho following: — A citizen who " had had his attention call- \ ed " to a item m an newspaper which ' seemed to reflect on his integrity of character, made a bee-line for the office to thrash the editor. At the head of the second flight of stairs he paused to wonder if it would not be wisor to demand a retractation. At the third landing he had almost decided to send the thrashing by letter. At the fifth he met the editor whom he started to find, and handed him the cash for a yoar's subscription m advance. The Dunedin Herald thinks it is satisfactory to note that though tho Militia < force when called out is subject to the '.Articles of War, no Militiaman is to be . subject to any corporal punishment, save death or imprisonment for any offence against the said Articles. Mr Jellicoe, the latest legal acquisition ta Wellington, has been m the wars lately. A local papor says : — Mr Jellicoe was rather " snubbed " by the Chief Justice m Court to-day, his Honor intimating that Mr Jellicoe's patronising i manner towards the Judges wai not apjpreciated, and the sooner he got rid of such practice the better. Mr Thomas Nelson has been gazetted Postmaster at Ashurst. In the course of a discussion at a. meeting of the Wellington Waste Land Board on Thursday, Mr Bunny said that his opinion was that if Government would come down with a proposal to borrow money for the purpose of oponing up the waste lands of the Crown the scheme would be carried, and a groat . deal of good would be done. He thought ifcrwould be far more profitable to expend inpnoY m this .way than by purchasing ammunition and war material, which : would eventually be sold at least 75 per ■■cent.".' below cost price. Mr M'Cardle 'agreed with Mr Bunny, remarking that money invested m that direction would pay more interest than if spent on railways.— Post. Mr Alfred Levy informs an exchange that he has received a communication from Noraewood, m the Seventy Mile Bush, stated that at the second local op-tion-poll there was a majority of twenty against granting any licenses. At the poll held previouslylthere was a majority of twenty -six m favor of granting the licenses, but an investigation was called for, and the poll declared void. It was alleged 'that a Napier brewer had brought a number of outsiders to the district when thejpoll was taken. The teetotallers m Hawke'a Bay are greatly rejoiced at the victory. A fresh order prohibiting Mr W. J. Hunt from residence m auy of the islands of the Western Pacific was recently signed by Governor Des Voeux, and was enforced against Mr Hunt on his recent visit to Samoa. He was ordered to leave, .within a certain number of days, on pain of arrest. • It is said that tho" Government have decided- to move the Armed Constabulary force every three years. Singing could be distinctly heard and roices recognised by telephone between Melbourne and Sydney. A woman 102 years of age has been adfnittcd to the Melbourne Benevolent Asylum. She wcara no spectacles. The following naive promise was offered as an irresistible temptation to a fair inaromata. " I thank you," said the.- girl to .her suitor, "but I can't leave home. lam a widow's only darling ;ho husband can ever equal my mother m kindness." "She is kind," replied the wooer ; "but be my wife, and we will -all live together, and see if I don't beat your mother !" Never before was there such a hopeless plethora of capital (writes the American 1 correspondent of a contemporary) as we are now m these hard times groaning over. The Government holds nearly 400,000,000d015. iir its vaults ; the banks have more than the logal reserve and lend from day to day on call loans at 1 per cent, par annum, and it becomes harder and harder to find safe investment on bond and mortgage at 4£ per cent, even if one is willing to advance 75 per cent, on the security, and to agree not to call m the loan for five or ten years. It is absolutely certain that Wall street will, m a few years, deal m foreign securities, simply because we cannot find employment for our money at home. The following paragrapli appears m the annual report of the Dunedin Freethought Association, as published m Tuesday's Otago Daily Times : — "Your Committee are happy to state that our Association has kept pace with the advance made m other parts of the Colony. Our work on the platform and m the Children's Lyceum has been fairly successful. For a considerable part of the year we have been enabled to put on the platform professional lecturers — Mr Ivo, Mr Sawkins, ■ Mr. Gerald Massey, Mr Selby, and now Dr York, having successively filled, engagements. We have to gratefully '■ acknowledge the services on the platform of Miss Chapman and Mrs Sawkins." • The American Consul at Dresden, m a recent report to the State Department, gives a graphic picture of one phase of life m Germany, m the following language : — " I have heard it ostimated that women and dogs, harnessed together, do more hauling than the railroads and all other modes of conveyance of goods united. Hundreds of small waggons can be Been every day on all the small roads leading to and from Dresden, each having a dog for the ' near horse ' harnessed, while the ' off horse ' is a woman, with her left hand grasping the waggontongue to give direction, and the right hand passed through a loop m a rope which is attached to the axle, binding her shoulder. Thus harnessed, woman and dog trudge along together, pulling miraculous loads m all sorts of weather." Mr Ballance, says|the Dunedin Citizen, apparently lian seen his mistake about the Militia. The information is now that it is not intended to call it out un til war is actually dccla r ed. May we uot add until sometime after. A Militia without arms, unless we expect tvondun guns which, rumour' says, are being made at the Wqqdware Works m Priuces street, would he the most unique force yet organised to repel invasion. The local option poll at Greyiuouth of hap resulted m large majorities m fnvor additional licenses. This is not the only instance of such a result which liascomo under o'ir notice. We were told by a late resident that the West Coast whs a part of the country where drinking customs prevailed, and whore it would he dangerous for any man to settle unless : he had a strong head and a (inn will, dud the result of tlie lo'-al option poll I appears to confirm the utateuicnt. j

Messrs llichfcer, Nanneitaul, ami Co., are m want of bu shmen and fencers. The ltacinf,' Club are inviting tenders for the purchase of the privileges for the forthcoming meeting. Messrs Stevens & Gorton held their first salo yesterday afternoon at the yards adjoining the Marton Hotel. Tha entries both of sheep and cattle, were unusually large, and the attendance of settlers was numerous. Cattle showed an advance on rates previously ruling ; sheep, on the other hand, though some lots bought high prices, showed rather a downward I tondency. Martini Henri will never again grace a racecourse, as ho is now to be sent to the stud. The following is a fac-smile of a note sent m by a native clerk m Calcutta as an oxcuse for his absence from the office: — " Sir,— Have honor to report, no couxe office this day, as have boil on neck, as per margin." Wo are told that when there was no smith m Israel, the people went down | to .the camp of their enemitss the Philistines to sharpen their axes, and upon the sumo principle the New Zealand correspondent of the New South Wales ' Pros bytoriaii' takes comfort and encouragement from the insane vagaries of the Salvation Army m this colony. Writing upon th« subject he says :— "The Survival of Christianity, after such doploraUle noise and ludicrous exhibitions professedly m its favor, will bo another proof of its divinity:" The Hod. Mr Larnach thinks that the best Triennial Parliaments Bill would be one providing that Parliament should meet only once m three years. "It would," he said, " sava a, great deal of money, and the legislation would be quite as good as 'a* present."- Mr Larnaeh omitted to mention the most important saving of: all — talk. What a blessing to the country if the wit and wisdom of honorable members instead of constantly drihhliug, were bottled up nii'l only poured forth m all its majestic volume once m three years. There would be something worth listening to th«u.