The Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. TUESDAY, JULY 21, 1885. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 45, 21 July 1885, Page 2

Manawatu Standard ( PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. TUESDAY, JULY 21, 1885. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

On our fourth pa?e to. day will ba> found j Cable N&jVji, .some late news with regard ■ to RussiJjafnd'Englahd and the Soudan, Australian News, Telegrams, Commercial $e\YS, Sporting News, and a number of interesting items. •'"'* Mr G. Millar, 'JRangitikei Lino, is offer..ingj a light brake 'for sate, with or without" harness, , ' '■ The annual general meeting of the Mtinawatu Racing Club takes place this evening at the Commercial Hotel, at 7.30 ( p.m. ■ Tenders are ; invited by Messrs Whibley Bro*i-k»f ATshurst, for falling 200 acres oil bush. Messrs G. M. Snelson and Co. will sell at their rooms to-morrow, at 2 p.m., a consignment of local -grown fruit troos, including 200 line grafted apples. The' Wellington and Manawatu Railway -Oohipony are inviting tenders for formation on the Waikanae section. ' llTpon the coast of Peru, for hundreds of miles, rain is unknown. In one unhroken state of aridity the whole region rises. up to, the view of the beholder, with not a, blaze of grass to refresh his gaze. Baked, sterile,, all is ba ren. Speak; sOjf a- man's marble, brow, and he will glow with conscious pride,, bnt allude to his wooden head' and he's mad m a minute. Language is a slippery tiling to fool with much. There is a proverb which states that Mlapniiitants live long." . An instance there^i* furnished by'the case of aja,dy ; whose death was recorded m a Sydney journal on June 25, Mrs. Susannah Mileham, widow of Assistant-Surgeon Mileham, w.ho departed this life at the "Oaks," Carnden; on June 20 last, having attained her 90th year. ..-The deceased lady has been m receipt of an annuity from the New South Wales Government for £100 since; September, 1824, or sixty years and upupwards, a circumstance certainly without a i)i-ecedpnt m the Colony. A humorous writer iv one of the Auckland papers says : — This error of a typographer reminds hie of on o. of the telegraphist. .A gentleman .who was' . awky from home learning that his wife '.was ill, telegraphed to know if it was ser.ious enough to necessitate his return and Vir'as not a little astonished to receive the following reply by wiie :^"Your" wife has had a child ; if we can keep .hor from having another sho will pull through." The telegraphist. had trans lnogri'fied the word " chill " into " child " . Au exchange says r-^-Tho Minister of Justice m .'March last forwarded a memorandum to the-Governor, which he duly transmitted to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, asking that tho Colonial Attorney.Relief Act may be brought ivoperation m regard to New Zealand. '-This would admit to practice m England Colonial attorneys, who have served articles for five m. this colony, passed the colonial examination, and been m actual practice iv the colony for at least seven years. A water T pipe burst last evening at ; the corner "opposite the Exhibition building. The water rushed along the quay at a very rapid rate, but fortunately it found au outlet by Waring Taylor street; There were threeor four iuuhi'S of water m the passage leading into St. George's Hall, but t)6 damage was dope. — Monday's N, & Times. It is stated by a Wairarapa paper that on- Thursday last a member of the Greytown Football Club— Jack Wenham — while playing, fractured, his leg below the knee so badly that tho bone protiudp«d through, the. flesh and skin. '% At &]£&• annual "meeting of the Union Fire and Marino Insurance Company held at Christchurch on the Bth inst., it appears that the losses ,on fire risks to thet3lst of May, 1884, were £3279, and to 31st"of May, 1885, .£SOO. ' ; The follo\ving answer has been received from. Mr W. F. Wheeler, branch manager of the Union Steamship Company at Wellington, to the requisition recently sfcnt to the Company from Wanfganui: — "I hare to acknowledge the „ receipt of your letter of the 30th ultimo, .and have submitted it -to the managing .director, who, passed through here last Iweek. lam requested to stato that the 3> Company. is not unfavourably .disposed 110 pl.ice the s,s. Takapuna iv tho WanSgamii trade next summer, if there is ■.sufficient depth of water on the bar to (enable her to work the port at high .water neaps, but of this there appears to bo some doubt. lam seeking informa,'tionon the subject, and will have the ''pleasure of replying definitely, later on." 3 i '■■■■.•.■ .'- ■■" ;'■* '.''"■■-■ j Mr Chaplin, a member of of the Salis- ; b^ry Mijiistry, is the former owner of •Hermit, who won one hundred thousand by^the' victory 4 6f - his horse m ,-the English Derby, and who ruined the "late Marquis of Hastings, because the latter eloped with the former's affianced s^ife. Lord Harris, who is also a rnfim■'ber of the team, is tlie well-known Kent /fcricketer. V A note of the contract between the 'Government 1 and contractors for the -'East and West Coast Middle Island Railway appeals m the Gazette The are, within ten years to „make a railway of an estimated length .of 235 miles on plans to be approved by "tlio Government. They are to deposit £5000 till they have done work to the ; ! ralue of £10,000, and within two years 'of the date of contract they are to do work of the value of £120,000. The rail w.ay is estimated to • cost £2,500,800. .Crowiilands adjoining aru'to-bu sist asid«* ,to enable the Government to pay the contractors lands .valued at not morv than' half: tho cost of tho railway. The Gowcnment may purchase the line on ••■six |niontiis' notion. Tlio contmctortf nro to have no-claim m tho event of Parliament iv the present session altering 'the" contract. • The captive balloon used by our. troops at Kuakim ascended to a height of 200 ft. . It was mado or goldbeater's skin, contained 7000 cubic feet of gas, was 23ft ii! diami!ter,and weighed 901 b. .JtVwas chf.rged with gas made at v OJ»atham, and ta'con out m a res«rvoir iv a conjprcssej} stato. . Anew agtuit for •U't-nnining thn question of nppr'At-'nt death is annnuueed liv an electrician, who says tiiai m bodies m wh»ch lifo is not extinct the temperature rises upon »h« application of an electric current, but never ia cass of

Tho total number of hauds employed m the Tclogiupli Department of tho Genera}. Post Office, London, is 2285, consisting of 1186 male, and 683 femaW operators, togetli«r with 416 messengers,. : " Tlie munbur of electric circuit* is 732, of which 381 are metropolitan and 351.. provincial. What diti tho dpnkoy do" when he ■■„ first heard of the doctrine of evolution ? lie brayed till lie bec;tino. a little hoarse. An action for breach of promise. -for- £ 10,000 against a doctor is said to ba , pending iv Melbourne. The lady had prepared a (trousseau, when she heard the doctor had married another lady. The plaintiff went down to an hotel j where they were spending the honey- ■ moon, and a pretty see no ensued. New and truly sincere form of invitation : "Mr and Mrs Brown I ones request tho favour of your presents at the wedding of their daughter." Au Irishman adicted to tilling qneer stories, said he saw a man beheaded,, with his hands tied behind him, who directly picked np his head and put it on his shoulders m -the right place. ' Ha] iha ha !" said a byt-t mder, " how could i he pick up his head when his hands were tied behind him?" "Arra -share what a pr.-tty fool you are !" said Pat ; j " Arra couldn't he pick it up wid his | teeth? To ould Nick wid yer botheration." The following letter has been forwarded by His Excellency LorJ A^ustus Loft-as to Sir William Jervois, Governor of New Zealand,. in acknowledgment of the address drawn up by Sir G-eoxge. Grey, and passed :by the House of Representatives m New ; Zealand for presentation to Her Majesty ', the Queen, a copy having bjecn forwiirtjetl to tho Colonial Secretary of New South Wales : — ".J have the honor to aekno>Y: ledge the receipt of your letter of the 20th instant, enclosing to mt> at the request of the Lloiiso of Representatives, New Zealand, a copy of their address to Her Majesty the Queen, congratulating Her Majesty on the steps taken by. New South Wales and the other colonies m aiding or teuduring effectual, aid to the Empire m time of temporary difficulty. I beg that your Excellency will convey to the House ot Representatives m New Zealand, m the name of this colony^ -bur grateful appreciation of, and cordial participation m, the terms of the ad-: dress, and m the loyal desire to aid the Empire should necessity arise." r Out of the ruins of the Ashburton Woollen Factory Company, a new com pany called tho Ashburton Woollen iVlanufacturing. Company has arisen, w.ho are offering the' land, buildings, and machinery of the ill-fated original proniot-. ers for £SspO, -being £80(XJ below ihe. original cost. .. -> A considerable sum is to be spent this year m completing the defences of Holland. The system which has been adopted is peculiar, but is apparently well adapted to the characteristics of the country m which it' is being carried out. While other nations, when invasion threatens, mobilise their armies, m Holland the order will be given for the "mobilisation of the waters." When -this operation is effected, a watery line from" five to ten miles wide and some sixty miles long will be created, directly barriug the advance of an invader coining from the ' East. Above' the susfa'ce of inundation nothing will be Visible but a few narrow roads. •■..'•■ A railway 7000 miles m length; is proposed between London and Bombay.. This "distance, it is calculated, can be made m nine days or at the rate o£§2 miles arr hoar. The contemplated routo is through Paris, Madrid, Gibraltar, Tan- . jjiers, Tunisj Tripoli, Cairo,. Bassorah, Kolat, to Kurrachee and Bombay.- Existing railways m France and Spain will be utilised, and steam ferries will be e:tablished from Gibraltar to Ceuta, m Morocco, from which latter p'oinfc the international will begin.. This line will form a junction with the Frenahrailr, waya m Algiers and Tunis. From Egypt llio. line will be through Arabia, to Ihe Euphrates, and along the coast of the Persian Gulf to Kurrachee ; thence to Bombay, Calcutta, and Madras. A "Wellington paper -r says : — The.. Crown Lands Report for the. year ending 31st March 1885 .lias been presented 'to Parliament; It shows that less, land was sold for cash than chiving another year;During the^year there were 842 selections taken up of an aggregate area,,.o£--105,359 acres, unclet the various systems of deferred payments, perpetual leaser agricultural leases, homestead and viK age settlement. On the 81st. March there were 3*227 selectors holding' on settlement conditions 5.8,428 acres. Of these 1190, holding ' 240,383 acres; were m arrears to the amount of $32,431 16* 6d oa instalments, and rentfy orah average indebtedness of £27 6s each. Thesg, at first sight may appear very unsatisfactory^ but, when it is- explained thattbreefourfchs of -'those m arrears are only- so for six months' paj'ment m advance due Ist January last, it makes a different aspect. . The perpetual lease system, pure and simple, continues to succeed. 'It gives perfect security of tenure and o£ improvemehts, and allows of transfer. During tlyj year 122 persons have leased . 2(5,711 acres at an average rent of lsv. 5d per acre, or a capital value of £1 7s. During the two years the system .has been m operation 298 leases have been issued and 61,068 acres taken up., Within a short space of time, under the special settlement scheme, thirty associations, representing about 2000 members; have applied for 303,900 acre 3, but as several selected either the same land, or land not yet m possession of the Crown, the actual results, so far, are the applications* of twelve associations accepted absorbing 93,200 acres. : .. l£r Alfred Levy, J.P., formerly a resident of Palmerston, and who has; been connected with the temperance movement for a quarter of a century, has been' elected" permanent secretary of the N.Z. Temperance Alliance. : , ] ■ Prom the Ist January to the 30th June there were forty bankruptcies m Wellington. During the whole of the previous year the number was not quite so large. It appears that the condition of the unemployed m Adelaide is deplorable, and temporary relief is "now being dispensed. It is stated that the exports of breadstuff's from South Australia for the current year, up to June 17th, was' ten million bushels. Says the Vost :— Mr Fisher's Police Offences Act Amendment Bill provides that any person who is the occupier of any house frequented by disorderly per sons shall be liable to six months -irnpri-, sohtnent with hard labqur,' and any peiv £fon f reqaenttnsr such house is liable. *p imprisonment for three months. Any person who appears to be 'master or mistress or has the ca: ; eafany house frequented, by thieves or prostitutes shall be liable to ba prosecuted as such, notwithstanding that he or she shall not b« the real eccupior thereof. , -Offenders against this Act may be prosecuted m a summary man s n°erj'"uncyr "The Justices . of the. Peace Act, i«82." • ; . About SOOO horses die each week.. About 129.0QD pairgers; infe3t the city About 11,009' police keep gQQd qrder. About 120,000 foreigners live m the city. About 10,000 strangers enter the city each day. About 9000 new | houses are erected annually. About j 700,000 cats enliven the moonlight nighty ] Abotit 2000 clergymen h'M forth every Sunday. About 620 churches give com- ! fort to the faithful. About 125 persons are added to the population daily. About 28 miles of new streets are laid out each year. About. 500,000 dwellings, .shelter j

T!i3 drawing of Jacob Faithful's consultation on the Wellington Steeplechase, took place this. ( .morning. His list filled up very well, considering that it was only sot going after the local Steeplechase meeting. The list of winning numberat. ij.a.dvertisecl this evening. The principal 1 * monoy prize, £70, was won by a lady m Napier ; other principal .money prizes reniaih m Napier and Taradaje. Of the horses „who are probable starters, the numbers-of Orient, Bavenswood, and I?augh-aT>allagh,;are, held m Napier, of Macarroni m Waipawa, Fair Play at Danevirke,- Flemington at Tbuioana,' Erebus. at. Taradale,- ■Billy-go-by.-'em at Fetane, Borneo at Waneanui, Bobbie at . Featherstqn, King Arthur an Kaikpra, and Berringtbn "at Auckland. The draw-, ing took place m the presence of a number, of subscribers and Press representa-tives.—-Evening News. An old widower says: — "When you? pop the. quf stioia dp it with a kind oft laugh, as" if you were joking. If she accepts you, very well ; if she does not, you can say you were only m fun." ; -According' to .the latest calculations, made, the following shows the strength of the principal parties m the House of Representatives :r— Atkinsonites, 20 ; Stoutitea, 22 ; Vogelites, 20. This leaves, some twonty or so independents, ready to join m with , whichever side affords, them the most booty. By a Southern paper . it is said that Colonel Mci>onnell is to have the decoration of thb'New Zealand Cross conforred upon him for the many times he has risked his lite m defence of the colony. : ' Ajreturn'of the land sold, oh deferred pyament m the Taranfrki land district iip to the 30th June was laid on the table at the Land Board meeting on Monday. A" total of 49,320 acres have been disposed of by this system. Of this quantity, 12,920 acres have been fully paid for, all the instalments having been made. The return/'shows' that 4385 acres have forfeited for breach of conditions. De- ' ducting the last two quantities it will be seen • that 32,015 acres are held by settlers who are still' making deferred pay-, ments. . The which lhave been paid,on account of this land total £44,202. Jo's Bd, These .figures do, not, . iuclude village settlements, the . figures if or which are : — Quantity sold,' 97a lr •21p ; fully paidvfor, 3a lr 15p ; forfeited, nil ; -instalments paid, £143 Is 9d. . The; Auckland Apple Far m Company, has just held it 3 second annual meeting. -From the statements it is shown that jthei freehold ' estate is worth £6,6477 there are 50,000 apple tree 3 growing, and SQO lenion and orange trees; all m a healthy 1 condition and free from blight. The apple trees are estimated to be worth £3^lßl, and; the total value of the assets of the company is set 'down, at £10,610. A cijadit balance of £278. is shown on the yeaifsv operations, but, as the trees are young, m future years the receipts from the drops will be far greater, while the expense will be i-edueed. The company is m a very flourishing state. • ■ The Vienna correspondent of the Daily Chronicle, states that the execution recently of Mathias Bednarzik, the youthful assassin who- some months ago .cruelly' murdered : a woman at Vienna: wasiattJended by 6u« of the moit ghastly and disgraceful scenes ever witnessed at an execution* The capital sentence is carried out there "by hanging, and the practice is to choke the criminal, and not to dislocate the vertebral column, as m ■England. : Ordinarily .the- executioners succeed m doing this with an apparent minimum" of .j)ain_to .the criminal, but on tins occasion the arrangements were so badly made that Bednarzik, ■ whp, although only 20 yea^s of age, had a very powerful frame,' was at least 13 minutes m; dying.* During the? whole 1 of this time, his struggles were terrible to' witness, notwithstanding that .the executioner's assistants pulled him down, with all their force. So terribly 'did the phastly scene affeafc the bystanders that several policemen fainted, It is the general cry that the taking away of licenses from hotels injures the property. In large towns, at any rate, this is not. the case.' In Auckland for instance, the Ijqtel known as the Duke of Marlbor«ugh, which was let at £7 aweek as a hotel^ was subsequently rented by Mr Coombes,: draper, for business premises, at J>lo a-week ; th,e Exchange Hotel, let at £8 a-week as a public house, now yields £15 a-week; the Auckland Hotel, £7 a-week, now realizes iGI3 a^week. Mr Gooiiibes, who is responsible for these figures, asks, ." Whom are iwe injuring h'y withholding licenses? Certainly not the freeholder of the property.."^ .-■ r •: - ; ; .. .; ■ ,:„■ ■ ;: About fifty gentlemen paid a visit to Porima yesterday, the cars having been placed at their disposal hy the directors :of the WellingtCn-Manawatu Railway Company. The train went a few mill's beyond Paramatta, to which. , place (he line will •be opened next montfi. On the return journey a halt was made hear Pprirna Harboc, where"~a collation Was provided for the" visitors by Mr Wallace the courteous Secretary of the Company!' There were no formalities observed, and, m consequence, it proved - all the more : .enjoyable. The party tlip.n rambled along the shore and over the hills, Wi Parata and an old Maori who was with him pointing out fhe exact spot "where Te Rauparaha lay asleep m his whare when he was captured about forty years ago. A reserve of Sve acres has been made around the placfe'- where tlirt capture was so cleverly" executed. The run home, which occupied about an hour, including to or throe short . stopr pages, proved very enjoyable. An opinion was generally expressed . that there is not a better constructed piece of railway m New Zealand.' Engineers say/thatf there, will be ,np difficulty m running at the rate pf twenty-five to thirty mites per hour. The care were much admired, Our American cousins put the finishing touch on everything they manufacture, from an axe handle •to a railway carriage. — rl. Z. Times Aunt—' Has anyone been at these preserves ?' Destd silence ' Have yon touched them, Jimmy?' Jimmy with the utmost deliberation, ' Pa never 'lows me to talk at dinner.'