The Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. MONDAY, JULY 20,1885. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 44, 20 July 1885, Page 2

Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. MONDAY, JULY 20, 1885. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Two coluhins of interesting reading matter will ,be found, on our fourth page to-day*, "■'_ j ■•' -' In an aitjole on the political situation . tho Tablet, says]:— : How can the treasurer pay a,n. additional i'loo,ooo out of a revenuejwJiich does not suffice to meet present liabilities, and-whicji may be expected to be; less next year if additionalways and means be not provided ? Then ,it, is proposed to borrow another million .next year' to carry on' works alr«ad,y commenced . Is this project to be. abandoned and the public works policy to be brought : to a Standstill ? The policy of the Parliament as-;, regards the Ministry is that of Kharoah m reference to the people of Israel. Ministers are expected to ljaake bricks without straw. Parlia meiit sanctions expenditure, but refusesto grant the ways and means. These few words sum up the situation. ';" ,-■•". A writer gives the following enumera : tion of a female eye:— "The glare, the _stave, the sneer, the invitation, the defiance, the denial, the consent, the glance of love, the flash of rage, the sparkling of hope,' the languisliment of softness, the" squint of.^suspicion, the- fire of jealousy, and the lustre of pleasure;" ." ' Prof esspr Vamberry, at the Society of Arts on jHay l, read a paper on Herat, of which,' in 1869, he had spoken as the gate of Iricfia." Herat, he inentionedi was. a; place of gaeat importance m many res-, .jjeets ; it' Was a jewel that had coveted by every cbiiqueror.as it, was ... still coveted to-day '"The inhabitants hated the. Afghans and Persians, and their loftiest' idea had ► always been the rndepence of Herat. . To the present: day,. Said M. • Va'mbetfyj Kerat was the traditional highway, to India. . •' ■; i. ..- ..-.;., , . v , While engaged preparmgammpnia.sfill at Mr Hardman's chemical work's] Milfo^t, near Stoke-on-Trent (England); a \vorknian indiscreetly- took a redJiQt ifonitito the still. This caused the gas to rise so rapidly that the niah was unable to get' out before he became overpowered. The, still-man, named Phillips, went to the man's assistance, but he, too, was overpowered, and when the two men were dragged out life was found to be extinct. : m botl^cases. " I shall give you ieven days or ten shillings," said, the magistrates "All right," said the prisoner,. "I'll take" the : ten shillings.'' '■-.■■■: .'■■•-->.:, A Press Association messjige.' from Wellington says that the rumour current for the last day or two that Sir Julius Yogel was likely, to jissuiHe; the head of the Government Insurance Association jisfontirely without foundation. A girl heard h«r father, severely criticised { across a dinner table. The careless critic paused a moment. to iay, " I hope he is no relation of yonrs,.MißsL.?" And, I sw quick as thought, she replied, I with the utmost nouchalance, "Only, a f connection of my mother's by marriage. He explains how he got a black eye. — " Jbhnuie,|have you been fighting ?" gravely inquired Mrs Muggins. "No. ma'am,!' promptly answered the heir ok the Mugginses. "John Muggins, how dare.jrou tell me an untruth V" exclaimed his mother. " Where did you got that black eye, sir ?" ". I traded "another boy two front teeth aud.a broken nose for itj" replied Johnnie, as he crossed to the wood-pile. . . A horse-dealer, describing * used-up horse, said he looked as if he had been -editing a newap>por. ; ; TheM'G6v;erninent will concede free rail<vty< passes to members of Bands viaitHig^Wellington for the purpose of oh-' t-rnig the Band contest, provided they wear, the uniform of their. \cbrps; wheti travelling. . A healthy hint :•— Don't call a very . large sinewy man a prevaricator. If you* are sure he is a prevaricator, hire another tnau to break the news to him. MeiisrsG. M. Snelson and Co. will sell at their rooms on Wednesday next, the - 22nd inst., at 2 p.m., a large consignment'of local-grown fruit trees. A notice with rbgard to a red an.l whife heifer calf, which has been found strayitjg on the property of Mr Thomas Hastrags, Stoney Greek, appears elsewhere, v -* We direct special attention to Messrs Stevflus and .Gorton's Bulls, sale which takel place to-morrow. The entries for this sale are very numerous, as besides a large entry of. cattle, sheep, and horses, the following implements will also be offered i— A McCormick wire binder, hay rake, aide-delivery machine, double-fur-row plough,' two set 8 harrows; spring trap and harness, Winnowing machine, new: hayrlifter, turnip-pulper, etc. Ou Tuesday evening another heavy slip came down m the outting between Matamau and flahevirke, and the night train had to stop at Makotoko. Mr Jones the well-known. coach driver, was advised by the Postal Department of the mishap and left Palmerston very early m orderyto take the passengers and mails on ib Matamau. Owing to the early hour at which the coach left Wood vi lie, considerable annoyance was caused by tho mails being missed. The line was cleared for traffic yaterd&y. Examiner . The followins: names have been added to'tiie list of officiating ministers under the Marriage Act :— rßev Georg« JElton, Ghurch of England, and Rev Win. Raeburn, Presbyteriau Church of New Zealand. . It is proposed to form a Literary Club at Mastertoh. . . The resignation of Mr Daniel Gampbell,' of Diuiodiii, as Justice of the Peace, lias betn accepted. One of the best double puna we have ever heard was perpetrated by a par Hon. He had jiut united m tnnrriage a couple whose naiues were Benjamin ami Annie. "How did th«y appear during tk-<- ; .cerinony?" inquired a' frienil. "They nppjjtarpri both Annie-mated and BenuiefiUed," was the sharp reply.— Evening " ''The man who- rules himself," says an bid proverb, "is a king." It might have added— and the man who tries to rule a woman will also find himself aching,— Whitehall Times. '■■Tli* I 'Evening News says that the English Government should start a Napier lawyer to practice ou the Afghan frontier. His charges would keep the i.USfliaus off,

A country boy, having heard, .of; sailors heaving anchors, wanted to know ' if; it was sea sictneas that made' them' do it. • : The Evening Press says :— ln March 1879 there were 3334 dwelling houses m Wellington. On the 3lst March, 1885, there . were *45U0, wliioh is^-an.. increase during six years of 1166, or an average of 194 hoiises a year, iudepen-, dent of Btoreß.and such like, piaces. . Constable Mackey, who . has been stationed at the Hutt for some-years, ..but who is now being transferred j was the recipient last nightof an illuminated 'address, a purse of suvereigus. and a . \v liti ng-deskT The" pi esentati oif * " was " " made' by .. Mr W. A. Fitzherbert, oue of the. Hutt residents, as a recognition of the esteem m which Constable Mackey held by those who had dealings him.— Evening Press. The run Home betweeu the two direct steamers Arawa and Tongariro has resulted m the favour of the. former. It will be remembered that the -Arawa left Lyttleton on tho 6th June and the Tongariro left this port on the 7th. The { arrival of iho two vessels has just been / telegraphed, the: Arawa reaching Plymouth on the evening of the 12th and the Tongariro report i«g at the same port: on the 14th. It will be seen that the Arawa arrived on the 36th day out, and has thus scored a fastest oh ° .record forthe homeward trip, .as well as for the outward run. The Tongariro's passage of 37 days is also a splendid oue. and both together prove what can be accomplished by the direct: line. Of course we cannot at present "give the exact duration of ekch passage, but one fact is forcibly demonstrated by the dates, of arrival and departure, which is, that with siich steamers ruuhingy- there is no great need for the. renewal of the San Francisco mail service.— -Posf." ' . Great Britain has m her navy fifty vesstis capable. of steaming round the woild at a speed of twelve knots per hour without ro coaling. .; The cablegram .from Melbourne stat-. ing that New Zealand, alongSvithNeW South Wales and Victoria, had agreed .to reduce the telegraphchargesb»cablegrams passing over tlieir lines is incorrect^ A request was made some time back to the Gyvenmient to reduce the charges, ,but it was refused. ■ ' : " : : At the ; Wellington; S.teeplachase 1 Meeting on Saturday, Billy-go-by-em fell at a hurdle and Miroi juinpeS on him; the resulfe being that Billy broke his leg and hadito be destroyed^'-' '_' Atnatch. betweeu teams .representing the Greytowji,,.and Featherston Kifies ; * Cook; place on the range of thei atter, and ' wasWvon by Grey town, by forty-seven points. ; Tbe Tiniarn. Herald says : — From a statemont read bythe Secretary ;to. the Harbor Board, for the six months ended' June of this year, "the shows the large increase of £800 over a cor- '■ responding period of - 1884.- '- This : shows nidst conclusively wliat the extra berthing, accomodation &c«, his done for the .p'orf. ' ' '■ ,"■■■'. ' ?TKe Q^e* day Mr J r H. Monheth received'_a letter dated at New York, from Mr Fountaihe^ whose many friends will; be glad, to know that he was m goodhealth and high spirits at the time of writing. Amongst other thiugs Mr Fountaine gives an account of bacon-cur-ing m America, and states that, he visited, one place.; m; .Chicago where 4000 . pigs, were killed daily, one man doing the lot. At the same place 1500 head of cattle were' killed daily. ;Mr : Fountaine also • visited tjie'Niagara Falls., He states that the' prices m -America are about douhle what; they are m New Zealand. At the time ■■] of- writing' he was about to visit .Baltimore, [ Philadelphia, Boston, and Washington, after which he intended taking the steamer Servia, to sail on May 16th^!f or London. (Examiner.) .