The Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1885.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 41, 16 July 1885, Page 2

The Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1885.

. " ; ;-:Dn oiir fourth-.- 'jiajgi ;tb-day will be found Gable News, Russia and England; V -Mnfßpudah iteirisj telegrams, and a 1 quantity of interesting news. • .«TBie Councillors whe havo. acted adiVerplqy to the interests of ihe borough m assisting the cause' of the' Loan failure are, we believe, to be requested by the ratepayers of their ward to resign." By the Wellington papers we notice , that tub Wellington -Matiftvraturßdilwny . Go'mpa.ny invite tenders fdr; the. formation^ of the last remaining uncontracted for section of 'their line viz , that be tweei) Paikakariki and Otaki, which /presents no engineering difficulties. It is expected that the whole line will be! opciK'd for traffic within 15 or 16 mouths from hovr. .The football match, Marlon r. Foxton will be played at the latter place next ; Saturday. •- . ' ' ■ The- estimated } population ! ; of New Zealand on 21st December, 1884, exclusive of Maories was;- males 306-667 ; females . 257,639 ; total , .564,204. The Native population •is estimated at; 44*097. ■-■' ; ' •" ' . T\ie Post say* that an effort 1 is about . being ;na<le tp float a gold mining Joom- ' paiiy at Terawhi.ti, which it is intcudcul shall be called the Welcome Gold. .Mining -Conip any. •■ The 'promoters arc three experienced miners', who, during the past three months, have been assid upusSy. prospecting. the ground,, and * at> Ijtugtli it is asserted, have met with sucevss. The prospectors have taken up the old Empire claim, and also the .ground formerly held: by theTry Again 'Company. The-inerr state* -that they liave found gold-bearing, stone. in four "old dfiveß,"?>vhjlst*froi»; Nx£ 5 drive, of • the,EiMpire'Vformer_claiin several gobd' Specimens have been .brought into. town. When th« prospectus of the comp a ny is issued the promoters intend inviting the public to visit the mine -and judge for themselves of the value of the. stone which has been struck.

Query by a fashionable West End doctor.— Should a mustard- plaster be classed among drawing materials ? We believe it is not generally known that an Australian football teaitri is to ;pay a visit to Great Britain towards the fend of the present y*ar. The players are to be selected irritri the clubmen in L New South Wales, Victoria, ancFQiieensland, and acotntnittee of four, has been appointed to .visit each of thegeicolonies : and report as to the niost suitable men. Iv order to iiicreasn the interest m the -matches which will be played at Home, the team will include two or three aboriginals. The idea of sending a • team to Great Britain originated, m Sydney, and the Rugby Union m that city, are making all arrangements 'in connection with the contemplated tour. , ■"•• ' A memorandum from the Defence Minister has been .issued to the ,Armed Constabulary, prohibiting marriage by members of the Fjeld force. '"- The Coroners Act Amendment Bill, introduced by Mr Tole, provides that -.the: concurrence of four juvors m a verdict at any inquest or inquiry taken £y or 'before any Coroner by virtue of Viis office shall be sufficient, and not .more than six persons 'shall- at' any iiitie be reqmred to constitute a jury at any such inquest or inquiry. ; .Avalanches. in Ireland would be aj "pbyel heading tor a paragraph, yet we' loam from the Home News that an avalanche really has occurred m that country. The patieulars to hand state ■ that fifteen houses and their inhabitants; jwne. swept ..-into * (the; sea, persons-' -peiishinff, and that 750 fishing boats a were< desti;oyjedv- - ...^VU^v..- ■-■;■ W&'^ Snelson and Co. will > sell at their rooms, the Square, on Sat--htday nexr\ the stock-in-trade of a storekeeper leaving the district ; also a four-roomed house and half-acre section m ,Grey-stre«t. "The author of " Called Back " is wot dead-after all, but is alive again to give a freph batch of paragraphs. A writer m a (London paper says :— The reported death of Hugh Cohway (MrF. .iO'argus,)|l am glad to say turns out to be - jncoilrect. »The author of" Called Back " is recovering from his severe illness, and the, death announced m the London papers was that of a relative at Bristol. The American detectives who came over to take back Maxwell, the St.' Louis murderer, inform the Auckland; papers that fan-tan is played m American towns under considerable risks, and that detection m not easy, as informers have a dread of the gamblers' vengeance reaching them. Thus, just before J>et«ctires Traoy and Badger loft St. Louis a police raidwas madn upon a Chinese gambling-house, where fan -tan was played. Tbe^police got "the office 1 ' through a Chinaman who had been " cleaned^out '' of the establishment. The -tw.o detectives felt satisfied, from previous experiences, that the man >would be marked and his fate sealed. 'Their apprehensions were realised, as the night proceeding their leaving San Francisco, for Auckland telegrams reached there from St. Louis stating that the Chinese had hired four men to assassinate the Chinese police informer, and that he had been murdered. ' ■■. Captain Robertson, of the stetmerOreti was fined £100 and costs at Auckland, for landing sheep at Onehunga before being inspected. ■ In Dunedin, advices have been received that some two tons of butter, shipped.to Sydney,., by two settlers on the Peninsula realised Is 6d per lb. A press message from Auckland says thatitiß,>feared the wreck «een off the East Cape, by _ th« Rofomahana is tho A iickland schooner Wa'iapa, Captain Nicholas. A targe amount of exhibits have arrived m for the Eifhiln'tion, jliuthe Aft depot .ib6ht.'3OO piftirres'JJa'Tb iieen Veofived, and, a start will bo made ■ at once t» hang them. '••.. : . :^ ;■ •'.•■ . AVho : wrote the niost — Dickens, "W kr- • r»n; or-BwlwiMr? Warren wrote " Now and Then;; Bi'ilwer wrote " Night and : Momiiisi ; nml Dickens wrote "All the Yv*t Rouncf." Tl«f German G«vprnm»»nt has- fixed, DfCfiiu' er Ist as tfu>. date for tho taking of a census for the Empire.

The Marton contingent of the Alexandra Caralry fired their second competition for the troop trophies on Monday. The following scores were tn-ido : —Second class— 2oo. 3oo, and 500 yds : Trooper A. Cainxron, 73 Trooper : J. MvOalley, 69 ; Trooper R. Watt,- 34 ; total, 176. Third class— 200 and 400 yds Trooper T. T- Watt, 54 ; Trooper B: Hewett, 46; Corporal A. Dick, 45 ; t0ta1,145. ' . , ; . .-.."\ : .-' Referring to the barmaid victory iti the Hoiiee, tlie Wellington' Post says :^- The Barmaids of tlie city are etitbn '•*• siastic m their admiration of Mr Vincent Pyke^ gallant defence of their interests* and character. We have to-day received . Reveral. communications expressive of their feelings and it is suggested by one of ;dor"f af r -cbfri-spoudfents that ~ *-• bar- ' maids' league should be formed to. kef p the Jor Dunstan perpetually supplied with very freshest and tastiest of buttou-hol«s, as a floral tribute of gratitude." The office of the New York Journalist is calculated to strike a .stranger on I entering with as much terror, as the I Chamber of Horrors. ' j'Opposite- the doorway is a : framed map of ' Grre"'ehwood Cemetery ,on thecorner of which is marked " The. Jiiurnalist-8 private plot," aiidt at the bottom of. the frame, ; 'f.Gentlem«ri wl)o have come to demand, a >. retraction will please select a grave .site before! Beeiug the e(Jttor." By the wiMow is. hung is 1 hung a venerable biuhderbußS; of obsolete pattern, mark id "Loaded," with, the inscription underneath, ".is. the editor in?' Vy.»s the editor is m; do do you want to see him?' " which does'" notstrengthen the courage of a. 'timid man wlio has come to demand au apology, for so-uething that has been written about him; - '. ' ••-••-.•'■ The receipts from ": Theodora^'- at the Porte St. Martin Theatre, m less than two inonthsambunted t0 £25,000,. a v.er.ag- / ing upwards of £400 a night. . Such :a y . success is stated to be. .unprecedented, and it was attributed to the splendid acting of Sarah Bernhardt m the first, place, and to tlie magnificence of ; the upectacular effects m the second. The Irish College, of Surgeons recosfiiiscß;the' London -Medic*! School for: women, and has decided to admit its students to examination forits diplomas. A certain rich man saj-sof his wealth : . — " This is what I have often sighed for, "even cWcd for, sometimes li*d f6 ; r,sainl nearly died for j what shonld I let it slide "f or-?' 1 -' - ■' •'• • 1 V .. . A law has been enacted by the' Alabama Legislature' fin ing a man £20 if he gets drunk- but of his owri house, s " The Hawei'a Stdr says that tlie death of Mr Frederick Wallis iii Wanganiii has latyly left a peculiar phase Of fifa insurance for consideration • Ho insured m the Mn trial Provident m 1881 for £500, and paid his prcmitiihs regularly* until 1884. X»e pfolic^'j however.^ did not at oncn lapse m default, but was Jcf-pt m force by its surrender rvalue un- ; til Juna Ist: of this year^ Air WnllisV death unfortunately occurred a few days, after the policy ••hwd ..totally lapsed, so' 7 that whoever woiild otherwise have ben'e- ' fitted by the provision will get nothing at all. : ,

Further papers relating to the. developtpent of Colonial Industries have been ! laid upon the table of the House. The; following is the table of bonuses; gained '< arid ''paid:-:'— Butter of cheese, New Z?oa-.; land an I Australian Land Company, D^nedin,< ; £500, • 1884 ; Earthen ware, New Zealand . 'Pottei'y. arid iGrlaes'Oom pany, Dpnedin, £250, ... 1881 ; G;iinpow-, d^r,, blasting, and sporting, M'iieajr.and 1 Legidn, latterly . J. Jj^'Leay., , Owake Mills, Otago, dB4II 18s"2^, 188&84 ;£72 7s' Id, i 885 :; Linseed/oil arid oilcak«,Fy Singer and Co.', Diinedinj £600; 1881:'; Meat, frozen, New Zealand and Australian Land Company. £500, 1882; Paper,, grey or wrapping,. ]B. .M?6.lashan, Dun*-, din. £1500, 1877; ;. Sulphuric acid, Kemp- j thorne, Prosßer, and Co., Dunedin, £1500 1882-84. i