The Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 1885. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 9, 9 June 1885, Page 2

Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 1885. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Wostport Harbor Board loan of £150,000, and the Qreymuuth Harbor Board loan of £100 000, have been placed iu the market. Both loans arc &l 4 per cent, with a minimum of 95. Tenders will bo opened on the 11th hist. The English Freemasons during the eleven years His RoyaJ Highness the Prince of Wales has been at their' head have subscribed mure than £350,000 to three Masonic charitable institutions alone. Where the Napier Jockey Club makes the money to givo such valuable stakes (says the Telegraph) may be seen from the balance-sheet. The totalisator, out of a total income of slightly undei £7,000 was responsible for upwards of £2,000. The stakes were increased last yi-ar by one thousand pounds, of which £800 \vi\B contributed by the machine, its revenue showing that increase over the pivviwus year. The committee was instructed to consider as to the advisibility of causing totalisator dividends to be calculated to the minimum of sixpence. The two-story sheep vaus that are being got from America by the Matiawiitu Railway Company havo gatos at each end, as well as at the sides, so that when the vans are being loaded sheep can be run on from one into the other. With the aid of a pet sheep a train of twenty of these vans should be loaded in the time now required for a couple of tho old fashioned trucks. The passenger carriages procured by the company are on the Pulman car principle. A uew Catholic church is to bu at liangiora, Canterbury, from designs by the Rev. Father Binsfield. The Auckland Bell says of the employment of females in offices: — Mr Brassey's chief clerk — selected from among' the fairest of her sex — is a success. Tho first step here in the dircctiuu of a legal reform. More railway management. The Taran aki Herald says : — Carters are competing successfully with the railway in tho carriage of timber from Waitara to New Plymouth. The roads are suffering by the heavy traffic, and nritn posing tollson tho road has been talked about. The tenders received by Mr L. G. West for the conversion of Gillett's Buildings into a Salvation Army Barracks were as follows : — H. Dickel (accepted) labour au-i material, £72 13s, labour only, £25 ; Sitnmonds and Pegden, £77 10s.; J. Dalssiel, labor and material £78 10tf, labonrouly, £25 ; Ewing and Jonson, labour and material, £84 11s, labour only, £37 6s. A young Sydney footballer, who met with a heavy fall whilst playing the game, died a few minutes afterwards. The Morning Herald mentions it as' a case of "over-exercise." The Hawke's Bay Herald gives an interesting account of a football match played on last Haturday afternoon between the Napier Club and atea-u of natives the Heretaunga men who were captained by J. Warbrick. The Heretauntja men are reported to have completely walked over their opponents whose lack of combination in play t was rendered the more remarkable by the way in which the Tauranga man had drilled his team. Gibbons, tho captain of the Napier team played excellently. A large number of spectators were on the ground, and shouts of " Kia Kaha" resounded all over the field. The 8.8. Tekapo, which passed through Wellington on Friday en route for Sydney, had 1700 tons of general cargo and 90 horses from the South, in additiou to which she shipped 100 tons of carfo at Wellington. The price of the Mercantile and Bankruptcy Gazette of New Zt-aland has now been reduced to one guinea per year. The additions to the Exhibition buildings will be finished in about fivo weeks. A commencement has already been made, the workman .having lx-en flawed on Saturday in fixing (he scaffolding. The original contract is nearly completed. The Now Zealand Shipping Company's K.M.R. Tongariro, Captain J E. Bone, took her departure from Wellington for London shortly after 6 p.m on Sunday. She had a full cargo, and being in good trim and freshly painted, appeared to the best advantage She had 118 passengers of all clases. Among hor cargo were 14,023 carcae«s of frozen mutton, of which 4055 were from Wellington, 5092 from Lyltelton, and 4876 from Port Chalmers, and 12 boxes of gold. Messrs Atkins and Clere, architects to- Hie Wnnganni Education Board, invite tenders for repairing the roof of the teacher's residence, Palmerston North. Tenders close on Monday, tho 22nd inst. Plans can be seen at Mr J. P. Leary's office. Tt. is definitely announced that the j rebels have occupied Korti. An information ha? been laid Against a publican at the* Lower Tlutt for selling brandy 33.2 per cent, under proof; 25 per Cfcnt is tho maximum. The Venerable Archdeacon J. Leslie Rand.'ill, M. A., of Buckingham, has been appointed Dean of Hobart.

The Telegraph Ooiimi issirui^r is propared to receive t'-iulfrs for t he supply mid delivery of '250 poloH for a line of telegraph between Woodville and Paliintua, and lor tlio carriage oi>ly. from Piilmursluii North, of wire, arms, bolts, ami insulators for the at>ove line. Specifications and paticulars can l»c scon, and fimli' r particulars obtained, at the Tel— graph Offices, Wellington, Masteiton, Pa] "in rat on North, Woodville sun! Danevir.kc. Tenders adi trussed " The Superintendent, New Z'-alati'l Posts nnd Telegraphs, Wellington," and indors 'I 'VTeudors for Poles," to be sent in not later than the 26th day of Juno next. The Ven. Archdeacon Harris, the news of whoso death in England han arrived by cable was at one time headmaster of Christ's Collegw, Christchurch, but about a dozen years ago resigned in bad health, and left the Colony for England. Subseiuoutly he returned to Now Zealand, and wnn appointed General Secretary for the Diocese of Canterbury, Chaplin to the Bishop,, aud Archdeacon of Akaroa. About two months ago ha le'ft again for England, accompanied by Mies Harris. At that time he was suffering from an internal complaint, ami was so ill that many of his friends feared that he would not survive the voyage. Archdeacon Harris was comparatively young, being only about 45 years of age. He wan a man of great ability and learning. Ho leaves a widow and family. A Ctown diamond wedding was recently celebrated at Fruderica, the capital of Jutland. A February uumb«:r of ilie Frederica News • states ; "Jacob tionore, farmer, and his wife will celebrate their 65th wedding day on the 14th of April, 1885. A similar event has never taken place in the history of this town." Ttte aged couple are the parents of Mr A. Honore, missionary, and the grand-parents of Mr Houore, master of the Stoney Creek School. Recent letters state that the aged couple are still hearty and well. We direct the attention of the foreman of works to accumulations of water in upper Cuba Street, espechlly at tho juncture of Bourke-streot, where a choked culvert is causing the nuisauce referred to. From the Auckland Star we learn that Mr Douglas McLean, son of the late Sir Donald McLean, has lately sent out to Napier a batch of immigrants from the Island of Tiree, Argylcshire. Theso arc all young unmarried men, to whom Mr McLean predicts a successful future. Prior to their embarKatioa a largo number of Highlanders met them in Glaaeow to bid them a hearty farewell coupled with a wish that they iivight succeed in the land 'of their adoption. Tireo was tlie birthplace of Sir Donald McLean, and several relations of his still reside there. His sou pays periodical visits to tho island, and has laid out a considerable Hum of money in placing tombstones, with suitable inscriptions, over the graves of some of his ancestors. His grandfather, Mr John McLean, of Kilmalnag, Tires, was in his day conaidored to be the strongest man in the Highlands. Ho attended the levee of Georgo IV. in Edinburgh, aud shook hands with the monarch. The Manawatu Road Board will meet on Thursday at 10 a.m. The Waipawa County Council recently invited tenders for the insertion of its advertisements, and the tender of the Napier Telegraph was accepted at the rale of one penny per inch. The Blenheim Borough Council some time since adopted the same course, and a tender was accepted at the rate of one eighth of a penny per inch. It is rumoured that some of the local bodies in Manawatu and Rangitikei are about to try a similar experiment. A meeting of ratepayers of the Manawatu Road District will be held at the office of the Board on Thursday next at noou for the purpose of deciding whether or not the road known as Waldegrave's Road, shall be stopped. A special general meeting of the Manawatu Club will bo held at the Club room this evening at 8 p.m. Business, election of members and revision of rules. The license for the old Wanganui Hotel, one of the oldest established hostelries in Wanganui has been refused. The same course has been adopted with regard to the Red Lion Hotel, also a very old institution of Wanganui. We learn that it is likely the departure of the Mayor and Town Clerk will be further deferred till to-morrow. By the same steamer Messrs Macarthur, Wilson, and Bruce, M'a.H.R. will probably go down to attend to their Parliamentary duties.