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Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 43, 18 July 1885, Page 3

LATEST NEWS.

A cablegram received as we go' to press states that war is inevitable between Russia; snd. England. . ; : ,

: Jaoah has .' a : fishing population of l;$01.;500. At their last National Fishfog Exhibition, the Japanese showed 8967' articles connected with fishing, and 6474 kinds of goods made from: fish aud aquatic plants. . The " ■pecial "of the Dunedin Star, writing recently, said :— " I had ,iin ; jiitw vie w j.witlj : the Hbu.,,,- Mr Ballance this morning. . He is m daily receipt of c»inniunicationß froth natives favoring 'the; ; 'general^^'prFncipl«; of!' :the" Native Lauds Dißpcisitioh Bill. The. second reading 1 of tliis measure will not hp bruiight oii till the Government's financiaLlegialation is settled. .The Goyern ; ment intend very shortly sendiug. twenty .or thirty, constables from hero ."to. hurry on tliu completion of the Auckland de;feiice',\vorkß,'a?id it is. also proposed to send all t lie Waikato garrison constabu- ' lary to Auckland to be employed on the work. Mr Ballance thinks the time hag .'coints!-when ; the one. policeman .. policj : may be;,adp^ed' m the. Waikato . " , Regarding the trial of the Hotchkis* gun at Wellington on Monday, the Prtstsajs :^— The gun, which is a jemarkably handy piece of ordnance, can bo fired with great rapidity, and projects a 6rr» sliot with iucli precision that an enemy's voßßel would h\ive no chatioo of reaching shore, within ..range of the weapon, for m a. few mmntefh.it ;wonld lie riddled. The targets were placed at 1 500 and 3000. yards distance, . and as . soon as the buoyij had been, fixed m ' position by a party m a launch, directed by means of signals, from the fort by Captain Loveday and a detachment of the^GuSrrdßi tic gun was laid by Major BodcJain, and the maiden shot directed ■ «niie "3000 yards range. ThY result wgg eminently satisfactory, and this projectilcrstriking the water apparently within ft fi^feet of the target. The. gun was *giin|oided and again fired with jfOodxe|Ee6|j and although during the 2b' p^lUjiiihojts :.J which succeeded neither o|^^;tttrget;^Wfiis> hit, it was e'earthatno boat could" come within 300Q yaWs of jtjie slipre.: witliout being struck by- two '-dht 6f three shots. When it is considered that the buoys were so only; be,'dietin. 'ita of glasses (the only;. marks visible toffee naked eye being the red flags) and that a very strong wind was^bjpwynjgstl^rtcia^must^e: taken to be dfcidedjy BUcclssfuU i.:'i In giYinsrsjudginentiin a case nt Christchurchmr'Beefhamj'R. M., dscided under the Municipal Cbfporatron Ac tan d . Aj^e^dWeut^| tW /C#^uCt ion for t repairs of any private sir Jit 1 laid out bef^nlor 4^MkMd,mM |tb .Welljpgjton on Thursday -„\n ight,, liut 'Mle^To'^Sntf a-iseeonvJer '• s f.Vr > 'iri& riotfeo* of inotion^^Se l y;>r;fll:,G.oHi)cillorß were iof opinion tifat the'-inatter should be settled incoinSn^^^;.:: 5 -^ . -' 1 . . Mr p'Ccmor'B Friendly Societies Aot . Ameridmeht Bill provides that no transfer shall be made of the moneys of any Jonej benefit fuhd-tbvmee'f the liabilities or any other fiiudii nor- ihallaiich moneys »f iihte^s^ iacouringftherefromi, up to 5 percentum per annum, be ;In any manner applied for the use, whether temporary orperjnanejit, of auy |und; saye. the fund ; .to : wJncb; r they properly, belong. Prbvidai that if/a.ny yaljjer m any; report made m accbrdance 'with the existing Act shall repbrtthatahy transfer can be safely, m&de, it, shall be lawful to make such transfer accordingly. Accrued, interest over s; per cent, may be, applied to euch .purposes as may be approved by th« jtuperioror district _ lodge m the case of a branch lodge, or by the branches m case of a district lodge. ' : ■ We notice m the New Zealand Clothing Factory premises a fresh consignment of the celebrated Wertheim sewing are .displayed to advantage. .All information as^to terms and working 'ot the machines may be obtained from the courteous manager, Mr E.Johnstone. ,] At the Wellington Police Coufi Fred Stock, for robbing a Maori at-Foxton, was sentenced to six months. ■ : A lad named George Hedger, employed as a "cowman as Steyning, Sussez, after being repeatedly annoyed by a boy named Dale, eight yean of age, m revenge tied the boy to a ebw's le^s.- The frightened animal ran into an adjoining field, where the boy's head struck against a hedge with such violence that the rope broke. Dais received such injuries that lie died after severe suffering. Hedger has been apprended, brought before the magistrate at Steynine, and remanded. • • • : In the House on Thirsday evening, the motion for the second reading of : the Bible m Schools Bill was lost on a 'division by 18 to 50. Mr Macarthur voting amongst the minority. . Excursion fares to Wellington during i the Exhibition, which opens.. this -day fortnigh, by the Jane Douglas are fixed : at the modest sum of £1.