The Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. SATURDAY, MAY 22, 1885. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 144, 23 May 1885, Page 2

Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. SATURDAY, MAY 22, 1885. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Says the Auckland Herald :— lt seoms that to obviate the complaints that are made as to the delay m the administration of justice m our inferior i.'onrls, a Justice of the Peace Bill ie to be brought m next session by the Government, whieli is virtually to comp<l Justices to ait,. under, ponalty ot having their commiusions cancelled. The fourth centenary of the birth of Bugenhagen, the associate of Luther, will be celebrated on the, 25th of. next June. ,A~ statue, is tube erected of him at Whittenburg. The evil of teachers frequently chopping and changing about from one school to another, was brought up at the last meeting of the Hawke's Bay Education Board. , Tho. following amended motion was carried ':■?-" That uo teacher should bo eligible for . promotion oi; transfer from one' school to another within the education district of Hawke's Hay, until he or she shall have htld nu ' appointment as teacher under the- board, for a period of not less than twelve mouths, 'except m exceptional circumstances, hot m conformity with the 4lh (jl.iiihc of the Education Act tho board will be glad to recommend forj-romojiioii"': su'joi:.s.st'ul te.ieliord h ililin<r appointments of.t«volvp mouths' standing under Ihe board. . . • ■ ... A gratuity of £300 has been granted by the Government to tho widow of the late Mr Th-mas Macfarlane, formerly a member of the House of Representatives, m recognition of his long and valuable services m tho Public Works Department. < The following, case was heard at the Otaki Police Court on WediiKsday. Benjamin Pepper v. Alfred Knocks.-—As-sault — Complainant is dog registrar for the County of Horowhenna, and deposi!il that defendant assaulted him on the 21st April, while engaged m his busness of dog registrar. Two European wit-. neesss of undoubted respectability corroborated. Defendant aud two Maori witnesses swore Pepper was th« aggressor, ho having caught Knocks first by the throat. The Bunch thought this story, rather too. thin, and ..ordered-. Knocks to pay a fine of £1 and £1 17a costs; 'total £% 17s ; to be paid m fourteen dj&ys, or m default 7 da^B* hard labor Gaol, arid furthVrjY»t> > j f6rmed $6f<mdaut that had tjie fnToriua- ; tio.i bee'iflaid I mYdeFseHionSOS 1 of "tTi>7 Counties Act, 1876,, tho penalty -would I haye been heavier. Some time ago, at the request of^lr Carkeek and other residents, Mr J. G v Wilson wrote to the Colonial Secretary/ pointing out that the boundary of the Wellington .sheep district was at a most inconvenient place (Waikanae), and ■ from the state of the dip there and want of paddocks, great trouble was occasioned with s travelling stock. Mr WiUon has now, we are informed, received a reply from Mr Richardson, m tho absence of the Colonial Secretary, informing him that as ail the flocks m -.the Wellington subdivision aro now clean, it will almost immediately be possible to abolish the boundary at Waikanae or to throw both districts into one. — Foxton paper. . ... Two extra constables will he stationed m Otiki .duruig the sitting of the Baud a - Court, which was to open yesterday. •; The depreciation of property that has taken place m the VVanganui'' district appears to apply equally to country as well as town properties. Town sections do not always afford a fair criterion as to whether apparent progress is really substantial, but broad acres are generally supposed to be a sure and safe guide. If so Sir Julius Vogol's progressive " leaps and bound " have not yet begun to operate m this district, judging by the figure Mr John Hurley's •well-known improved farm at Bruuswii.k ws^fliought m at Messrs Barnes and Higgie's sole by the vendor yesterday. Mi 12s Gil per acre was the highest bid that the anctionoer could get from his auditory, and yot this same property was acknowledged to be worth .£l3 per acre aliout half a dozen years ago. — Chronicle. Mr E. Elk-ry Gilbert roquoats us to announce that he ..wijl visit Pahncreton 1 on or about JJie Gth;*»f J«mcu '''■''■> ... - ..I Vj. ~ .'- .V'i^-J".i...-"»#ii. *. r i '" 'I • Kawana Ilunia Te Ilakcke, 'who' died ' at Paruwnjiui < on f s4irday ; night", • w.afi > > about GO years of agi-. ■ . He, was a chief of Ngatiapa on his father's side, and of Mpupoko l»y ? his ?nqther.,« Kawana it tiuia, who had been m bad henlth ' for about 2 ynars, was fri«ndly to the pakehas, and'did good service to the New Zealand Government- during tho Maori wars. He was one of tho chief men who sold the Rangitikei-Manawatu block to the Government m 1861.. A large number of Maoris arrived m Bulls from Turakiua.and elsewhere to attend tho funeral. They were loud m their lntnnnf ntinna nuni' fliorlnnfli nf f]u> nlii/»£

An eminent' jud{re, when a junior at the bar, m referring to some questionable proceedings, observed, " Now, gentlemen of the jury, the unfortnnato defendant lias boon amusing himself by flying kites;" "Doing what ?" interrupted the judge. "Flying kitis, my lord ; putting his name to accommoda-tion-bills." " Why are they called kites?" inquired the judge. "Why, my lord, jas'in the cafle of the schoolboys' kiteß, tbeife is a cour»eotion between the kite and the wind ; 'only, there the wind raises tho kite^.aud here the kite raises the wind."