The Manawatu Standard. (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily on the West Coast. FRIDAY, MAY 22, 1885.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 143, 22 May 1885, Page 2

Manawatu Standard. (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily on the West Coast. FRIDAY, MAY 22, 1885.

It is rvfffioured thatan immense fortunehas couieiio^an; old lady* res jdmg with her daughter* af "Btoiiey "*C'rcefc, by the death of an American cousin whcf has died intestate. The local football club have received a . challenge from tho' Feilding Clus to play at the'lattOEplaco on the 30th instant. • i Mr N.-M. person lias purchased,, the chimney swoeping business from Mr E. "WatorejSßid is pi-envied to^bntinue^ tho fcarryms; ost of cojg; racts^nd jilt Jvork •of fctye kind formerly executed by tno latter. : . .L '■ .The nainea of th6 ; foll6'iying:ladibs who ; ;he'lp ( ed to preside over the refreshment:tables at the soiree on Wednesday even-., ing were inadvertently omitteH m our repoirt, Misses Burke, Nevvcombe, Patten, and 'Jackson* and?Mesdanaes Bruce,, and Stratford.. _ ; . .....,•■_} •-< : . ; ;j. .1 :■. There will be mass, at Otaki. on Sunday at B o'clock and at.llo.' clock, eatechesui at 3 o'clock and, devotions at 7 o'clock. There will be no services m St. Patrick's Church, Palmerston, but there .will be the usual cafcechosm at 6 pirn.'" ' • ' - Pastor Gaustad will hold services: on next Monday at Halcombe. There; will be" the usual service m the Palmerston Lutheran Church on Sunday' at il a.m. and m the Sfconey Creek schoolhouse air B. p.m., 'both of which will- bo conducted by Pastor Gaustad. Mails for Europe via San Francisco will close this duelling at 7i45 . p;»n'i We have received, a copy of tlie . report of the Government Life Insurance Association for the year 1884. Tlio hew policies effpeted during the year were 3309^ for a total sum of £M)0,01G and the total new premiums amounted, to £28,950. The amount puid for claims of all kinds, was £51,380. The policies m force m tire- ordinary branch numbered £20,997, iiißiniiig £6-188,475. Tho'incuiiiß of the ordinary branch was £228, •434 of which £48.472 was interest on invested funds. The accumulated innd on 3Jst Doc. amounted to £972,7.75,: showing a net incroase 6f £126,G18. I The Auckland correspondent, of the Canterbury Times writing to that paper, says : A good story is told how one ?of the lucky investors got on the totaliSiitor for the Shorts Handicap on Monday last. Standing, by tho machine he observed a friend of his making his wjiy ; over for the purpose of. putting a pound on, aud asking him what he was backing, the friend remarked " No. 8 is; a good thing?' " \Vell," he replied, "1 11 put a potmd ou him too." Now it happened that the friend was all tho time going to invest a ponud ou No. 7 (Sir Bedevere), and wishing to get a big ." div." told a lib m saying that he was 'going oo No. 8. This was Kalo's number* The lucky investor .vho had been put ou tho son of Yattendon by Means of a lib, now looks at -his baiilc-bouk aud smiles at the figures £251 15s. In a letter to the Age, the Actuary to the Melbourne Savings Bank says: — " Hardly a- day passes without the papers reoorting (ho loss of money through some foolishness or other., and' .'it is a wonder; that when so many iugtiuices come to light people continue to carry more money iv their pockets than is absolutely- required for current expenses. It is not loiig ago that a woman brought jlo fchis<onice a ; 'bag, say 10 inches by 6 inches, stuffed full of bank notes. Ou inquiry it was found that she had been accumulating, them for. yi-ars. The previous night, however, a fire occurred .uext.door, and ao frightened this foolish woman that the idea struck- her that the savings hank would possibly relievo her of a similar scare m - the future." During the hearing of the case Egati v Egan, licard at the Wellington ttesi-. ydent Magistrate's Court on Wednediiy, the plaintiff' stated ho was 58 years of age. Mr Wardell, looking at the coiy of the marriage certificate, dated 13th August, 1874, remarked, " You have grown more than 20 years older during the last 10 years, for I see you are set down here at 35." The defendant at once replied that he did it so that his wife should uot know how old he exactly was. I " But," he added, •' my wifo'd age was | put down at 25. aud sle was far older than that. We cheated one anothur'.'" The Diinedin Herald; says ! thnt'iii ■ the course of his remarks as chairman' at the Blue Ribl>ou Mission meeting on Sriday night, the Rev Mr Wadilell referred shortly to the early closing moveMnant.** He/said' he" had -again and again : raised'his ifoice pn ..the matter, and he ; would not cease' to 'Ho so until a reform wa» effected. Long, hours of labor contributed greatly to drunkenness. Those who had long hours, behind.the counter " often repaired' k»<the bar-room for atimu-. lants to revive their jaded and wonv out frames. He did not ask them to '< boycott " the houses that did not close early, but to reftain from purchasing after 6 o'clock. ■■„'■ A well-known resident at Wellington^ Oaniel Kgan, sued his wife for a mail)* • ; tainnnoe order on Wednesday; \ Webcliovo it is the first case of the kind "since the passing of the Married Women's Property Act, 1884, section 23 of \ybich reads as follows: — "Where the husband of a woman haying separate pro-' pri-ty bedoifies destitute, a summons: against tho wife may bo issued, ).and : such order may bo made and enforced against her for tho maintenance of'her ; husband out of the seperate property, as by the provisions of any Act For/- the time being m force relating to the maintenance of destitute persons may now;, be made and enforced against the bus-' band for the maintenance of his wife*?: The West port Times says that the County Council of W< stland have pans— ad a by-law under which all tenders 30 por cent, over or 30 per cent, tinder the estimate of the Engineer will be rejected. Tho Council will not pay too high for their work, neither will they allow men to ruin themselves. ; In the Auckland Police Court recently, John. Johnson, a smart young man, was charged with assaulting Johanna Smith by putting his arm around .her waste and nl tempting to embrace her. — Scrsrennt Gamble explained tho touching circumstance. — Prisoner said he was mon-ly skylarking: with the young woman, who first addressed him. — Joh:inna Smith, an engaging-looking younjj person, deposed that she resided at Mount Smart. Rhu came ji.n.to-. town todo'n liUlo shoppine/and. «t' 'Ul£ bottom of Qneen-atiwt she asked, prisoner ' 1o direct hor to the vnilwny-station... H« finid lit; would show her ; tho. v^'ay,:? an.d leok hf-r m another direction. "Ha ihi-n hi*l'l her round (ho wasto, and squoc^d her very much. Fhc scrcam»d, anjd • fttnick him on the nose thrice with the noz/.le of hor umbrella. — Constable O'Uricn hoard the screams, rescued the woman, and arrested tho prisoner. — 14 days' imprisonment with hard labor.

Mr vJtmimins is again to the fore with his bacon and hams. Operations were commenced about a month ago, and are now m full swing. Deliveries will becoming i;i r.inidly next month, engagements for the supply of carcases having been entered into with farmers as far south an Maiiawatii, and as far north as the diatricts-bohiud Hawem. The arrangements this season are such that a very lnrsje quantity can be taken, ami it is .evident, by tho supplies promised, that settlers arc, gradually becoming alive to the imporiance of tho industry. Ea«.h. year sees an increase m the quantity of bacon produced. Instead of curing the bacon for now, the smallfanners spe that it is to their interest to sell thier.pUrs for cash to a professional curer. Tney are therefore payer greater attention to" the breed of their pigs as none but the best quality, are taken. As a proof that the article produced by Mr Cummius is of : good qoality, we may biention that though 700 carpases were • put through last season, they were all sold by December. The industry is a growing owe, and we trust that^n the future it may prove as successful as it has m tho past. — Herald.