The Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. FRIDAY, JULY 17,1885. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 42, 17 July 1885, Page 2

Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY. ) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. FRIDAY, JULY 17, 1885. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

On our fourth pa?e to-day, will be found some items with regard to Russia England, Australian News, ( Tele -''grams, Commercial News, and an interesting oxtract, entitled, A Wife's Awful Ordeal. . . ... . Ldpd and Water says':— ; " In 1839 our irapbrts of eggs were valued at .£338,662 .and. in 1884 at £"2,908,927. The. value of the poultry imported m 1859 was only £61,006, while m 1884 it had risen to £669,604. An increase of 1000 per cent, m our purchasers of eggs and dead poultry from the foreigner m year.?' ' In; three towns m England — Ely,. Rugby, aiid Salisbury — consumption had declined from 40 to 50 per cent, since the land was thoroughly drained. There are 1417 miles of railway open for traffic m New Zealand — 525 miles m the North Island, und 925' m- the South. , '' A magnificent sample of native copper taken from the Doctor's lode on the Cham piotf Copper Mining Company's ground lias been sent to Wellington, and will be exhibited at the 1 Exhibition. The specinititi ia .about 2ft 6iiv . lojig and weighs 82* pounds It is a portion of . the sheet ofMatfrcl ebpp'etf Lwihidi forms ; ,pne of. the .walls of., the. Doctors ,lode> rr ; Nelson Co fp^jis^.j V .,, , '■,!»., ... ■ Sotqe 2000 ,0,f the::young salmon ova at Christchurch have, been transferreil from the haicluhg house to a coverfid race m tho. .Acclimatisation Gardens. As they have taken kindly to their now quarters, the rest will be removed shortly. At the Clyde (Ot.igo) 1 Licensing Court Inspector Hickson remarked that for every forty-four of the adult population m the Clyde division of the district there was one hotel. The: Bench said they; had made up their minds on the very first complaint to reduce the number. - " What are you crying about ?" asked a kind-hearted stranger of a lad who was standing m f rout of a newspaper . office weeping asif his heart would break. " Oh, dad's gone, upstairs to lick the editor." " Well, has he coma down yet?" pursued the gentle Samaritan. " Pieces > of him have,!vexclaimed the • boy, in> idulging in^ a fcesh- outburst .of tears, * " and I,am expecting the. rest every minute." ')■ V '.. '^: "' From tite. WoVidville Examiner we learn that Mr Beetham, M.H.R., has kindly undertake to have a view, of the 1 Ngawap arua Bridge sent Home for publication m the London News or Graphic, giving also a description of the districts with which the bridge is connected..; • , At the Christchurch Supreme Court •E. R.'Davis has been sentenced to ten years penal. servitude for administering a drug to a young girl with intent to commit a, felony. "'Flaneur "iv the Wangmui Herald places Maccaroni Ist, Berrington 2nd, Billy-go-by- em 3rd, for tho Wellington Hau'dicap Steeplechase, which is to be run: ijt the Hntt to-morrow. Adamant, the winner of the Dunedin Cnp,;two years ago, was sold for last week. It is .stated that the first vessel which Bailed; :. from London with . irnniigrauU for Australia was anchored m the Thames alongside the transport which carried the last detachment of British troops from the United Statea at the close of the levoliition. ' The vessel bound for Australia, or New Holland as it iyftgstheji called, arrived at Botany : BaK^iu/rry.^Gi 1788, .: . ; . : An- American 1 is much pleased- that the"Russiau l A3 iiii nil' PojJd ff hasUbceA intrusted. with the-deffenco" of ' the Blac't Sea. Not that it'.cires any*tiling fqr, PopofiE or has.the slightest m.- . tfei-efet m the Black Sea, but it likes him for the shortness of hisinaine compared with that of most Russian officials. It is a good -name, too, for au Admiral. '•Off " means son, and " Pop " stands , very well for " gun " and a son of a gun ought to be equal to the "defence of the Black Sea. '.'.''■ , : "JMr W. C. Chat field's excellent plans' far the new Te Aro Theatre and Opera Hause were, to-day exhibitftd m '*< the w ndowsv of one of tha shops at M Do\vel I*B corner, where they attracted a arge' amount of attention and much pi blic .admiration. — Post. . " I had nine children to support, and it Ikept me busy," s'&id Smith to lones, as [they met ; but one v of the girls got married. • Now I have—' 1 " Eight " iuteßrupted Jones, "No, ten— counting thii ston-in-law," said Smith, with a sigh thf.t'coultf hare been heard afar off. Fcorn 4he Napier^Ven?^ News we \ learn that Dr Key worth has performed' an iuterresting operation on a patient m the hospital, — interesting to the pro-fession-that is, something more than in~!gr<Jßting; to the patient. This was the 'making an artificial opening m the stofnach as a means of introducing food, a lairgo cancerous tumor m the patient's necjk preventing either food or drink being takon m the natural way. I?he wairarapa Star says that the Rev. L. %\. Isitt m about to make a temperance lecturing tour through the Wairarapa. Qn" Friday the Taranaki Herald published a telegram from its Pungarehu noitespondpnt stating that Mr Robson's iidnjie at Cape F<gmont had been broken down by natives m luoad daylight. The correspondent further' stated that if tlVese ■natives' were- arrested, the success of t|ie'' ; one policeman' policy" would 'be eßfa.l)lißhed. The second 'part of the story jsstofd m Monday morning's News „ :-*&y a messftiiijer, iyho ? ar- : ' riyad'in town last night from Pimgar'e- . Itii\ jiv/s.lenr,n that jf.hp, .prinqipal nativo who wftß concpfnod i.n,lh(vd<»Btructtoii of . Ifob&on'^'hbn^S at Capo Rgmoht was *ir-i-GBt«d yesterday, by. ConntabU Ryan. Tlie-nrreat was effected, without any ftfoNiblr, none of the natives at Parihaka njffiu;iner any obstruction to Constable Ttjyui i». tb« execution of lii« duty. "We l.ea.rn tbatTVlr^Pardy-j.h^a psthblished his authority anionfrsMhfi nativps, who have an 'tiMiJß.ually respectful -.ft-njcanoiir towards:the'civil polife. This, arrest, innde m" the very crntro of P.u-ihakn, withoujt opposition, will, we believe, be reassuring to the European settlers m the dis-

The profits of t lie. Colonial Bank for the year -were £17.918. A dividend of 7 per cent has been declared. The man Igo, whose name figured so conspicuously m the inquest recently; "was formerly m the A. C. Force, but was called upon to resign owing to his bad conduct whilst there. • . ' . A curious and exceptioual offer of assistance has (the Allahabad correspondent of -the Daily Chronicle says) been uvado to the viceroy by the Dowager Maharani of/Barodn, m the event of War .with. Riiß3iai - The Maharani, having 1 taken vote of tho offers of 'iiii'fit'ary assistance m'ado to the Indian Government by the native princes, writes to inform his Excellency that slio is prepared to raise and maintain at her own expense a corps of Amazons, who would be all Mahratii ladies. In explanation of this offer it may be Btated that the Mahratti are a warlike people, inhabiting the mountainous districts of Central India. They at one time formed a powerful kingdom, and the early history of the East Indian Company contains many records of feuds and strife between thY company and the ' Mahratti, m which the warlike qualities of the latter were frequently conspicuous. The Manawatn County Council had to pay 24s costs at the Resident Magistrate's Court last Thursday morning, m order to recover 2s 6d rates from a Scandinavian, who had been sued m the name of Zeußen instead of Jensen, and whose property was not fully described. . T. Lyford, the "well-known trainer and Jockey, who was severly hurt while riding Silver King. (late Farewell) m the Maiden Steeplechase at Napier, is now lying at the New Zealand : Hotel . m a feeble condition. He attempted to get back to Christchurch a day or two ago but when he reached Wellington tie. was fairly exhausted atid had to remain here. He is recovering slowly.- ;; We (Post) understand that a requisition iiiyiting Mr George Fisher to again stand for tho Mayoralty of the city is being quietly eirculatad for signature. The fact will not surprise anj' one. The natives held a meeting at Hastings the other day to discuss the Govtrnreent's Native* Laud Disposition Bill. On the suggestion of Mr James Carroll it was decided to conduct- the proceedings according to ParliincMitary practice.' Henare Matua was elected Speaker, and a clerk, and scrgernt-at -arms, werii- also appointed. Th« ifati-ves theti sat on either sides of the hall, those on .Uvc right of. Mr Sgeakerrepres^uting the "Ministerial party, and those, on the left the Opposition. The Bill was then piesi-nted to the House, and read a first tjme ; on the motion for its second reading a lively debate ci.sued, m the course of which the provisions of the measure were diacussei'i m a way that left no I'oVm for dquji'ting that the natives Uad made tjje.:us<Uyes~thoroughly acquainted with the Bill. ' A division was finally called when the Bjll was thrown out by an overwheT}ning majority. An adjourn men tip Bellamy -a i was carried on i\\6\Q}sisß.—Teirgraph. „ A gentleman, of Denver, Colo., is said to hay? invented a sheep^she.jring machine, whigh, if all. accounts of it are true, will rovolutioniste the clipping business. .. It is said that it clips perfectly six or sight hundred sheep m twelve hours, and neither breaks the fleece nor cuts the sheep. • : Chicago factories are said, to employ 8,000 children under 15 years of age 2,000 of whom are girl*. All are compelled to work from ten to fourteen hours per day. . -: ' It is estimated that the 8;000,000 sheep m Western Texas last season produced 40,000,000 pounds of; » wool,- an average of five pounds per head. This is a high arerage when it is remembered that a f«fw years ago the average was about .three pounds. Mr James MeKcrrowy Surveyor General of New Zealand, has. been elected a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society. A beautiful girl looked out of her window one day and saw her rude brother out on tho path walking about on his hands with his feet dangling up m th« air "Tom," she said .reprovingly, " don't Tom ;" I wouldn t do that, Tom— indeed ' I wouldn't!" ''Wouldn't?" replied the rude boy, looking up and speaking with marked and malicious emphasis, " Why, you couldu't j"; ! . " :' ' Mr Donald Reid, junr., a candidate for tho Bruce seat, m his electoral address say 8 :— As to the question of Freetrade r. Protection, I think our politicians and Press, are running it as a substitute for the late war scares We do not want to waste our time m arguing the ahstract principles of Freetrnde or Protection, either of which may be less or more applicable to the needs of this or that country. lam one. of those who think it our duty to find out what the colony requires to turn the tide of depression and apply? the; remedy, and not go to nttov ruin while our public men .are fighting ' overA some ; ' imaginary principles known as Fre.etrade. and Protection. What New Zealand wants is population, drawn to us by increased demand for. employment and employed at rates that will pay both, and I fail to see how this can be attained until such time as we are more self-supporting— in fact, only import such, articles as cannot be produced m the colony, at no additional cost to the cousnnier. Call it what you like ; don't quarrel over names. We have received from the Crown Lands Office, with the compliments of the honourable the Minister of Lands, . tho following remedy for appk-blight : — Four pounds sublimed sulphur, m an iron ' pot, with, enough, water to conveniently stir while boiling for twenty minutes ; then add one pound caustic potash, (Greenbank Company's .is best), previously dissolved and whiln. still hot, and as much colza or oth«r vegetablo oil as will make it like a thick paint. Then, when warm; with a large paint brush daub ?t for about. the space of a foot round the butt of the stem of the tree. Rain will -„ wash it into the roots, And oil will tend to preserve its strength for years. . France intends during" the current year to expend £1,850,000 m shipbuilding. Auckland's good times seem to have gone by. The borough officials have been reduced 16 per cent, and fifty of labor men discharged. .- . .