The Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 1885. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 46, 22 July 1885, Page 2

Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 1885. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

On our fourth pajre.to day will ba-found Cable Ngws, Australian News, Australian Summary, Telegrams, late Hews m reference to Russia and England, which difficulty is as far from boing set-. Ued d 9 ever, and an extract on the • deppp.ulatidn;of_ lreland. Adtt; ' oonsultation on the HaWkesbitry Grand; Handicap appears m pus ady^rtißirig.colunina., -;" ; . , r •, T-h e total number of papers published ..in London is four hundred antiffve, and from Fleet-street and. tlje cqoHs and lalleys-'adjoi^in^hiere". papers issued than^ure. publish eo\ throughout the whole bf Ireland and;. Wales. " "- . " ' A Yorkshire fanner's wife (says the Leeds .Mercury), has attained notoriety an,d.^ police court sjJinmon? in a. singular 'manner. itesoived to' ; administW a vigorous check to her daughter's cduvtdngvprocHvjtie&she followed on horseback the loving- couple along the, road to Mac■clesfield 1 . Overtaking them she laidabout...them, a heavy horsewhip, The ciiastiseinertt. completed^ the iratempther - found to lifer- Horror that she.'liaflliltfashed ,t some.oiie.«ise'.s daughter, and she is- no w face to face 'with ''police proceedings and aiv action-/ for . damages* the. 'girl's face i-bem?: severely cut and lacerated, while: she has also sustained a shock from which she has'- not Vyet 'recovered, The' .affair caused thegrea'test amusement, the parlies being well known. I The annual report of the . Gr.eytow.n< Butter and Cheese Factory has just been published is, very : interesting,. ':»! though;"' discouraging. The bank overdraft last; year was £222,1Gs 9d/ ;^At the' ch)se; of 1 the pi-esent season At '}&,-• £723; .jl.7s, being an iiicreas'e of dEsoo.fjuriugtheyear. There, lias been a' Kiss On both the piggerips aud, tho e)iee3em«king ; , one «tiii of 'ciieesp Haying heeii tfostroyed. During the' r y'ear 33,870 gallons; of milk' 'were manufactured', 'givhvg;\ 3UB29ibs of cheese. , . It is proposed ,ta.at»M the whty next season to thu highest bidder although the report admits that the Eden-daJe-Coinpany have year.after yejir beeu; more money out of their piggei- " ; ,ies than .from cheeseniaking. •/.."■ During the quarter ending June 30 of the present year the number of accounts J .opened m the Post- Office Savin «s Banks* Svas 6472, agaiust 5348 the .corresponding quarter of last year,; and tho number closed 4157, against 4049 last year:.. In eleven of the .postal districts^, therb was an excess of deposits over withdrawals, -Wellington' heading the list with £11,823. JOs.lOd. and Dunedin following, about £6ooo behind. . The total , excess for the Colony of; deposits over withdrawals during the tlireo months was £30,799 14s, against £15,784.33 2d. , : last year.-; In -six postal districts ! *6he excess is the other, way, but the .- figures are comparatively very smalK No doubt it ts pleasant to see that people of inod-r erato and small means hare so increased their deposits diunnga^time^ of dep.ros--Bion,but the figures cannot bo-takou as an infallible test of prosperity. The difficiilcy of finding other profitable in-vestment-has much to do Srjth inducing -people to place tlieir money m : the Post Offcie Savings Banks. It is quite possible that m a time of general piosperity tho withdravvals inightj greatly exceed the deposits. ' , The Post Office money orders issued m the Colony during the second quarter of tho present year were 46,304, for sums amounting to £144,108 I4s SM, against 44,798 and £141,318' 2s Bdfor the corresponding quarter of 1884. The orders paid were 39,431 for £122,7Q8 l=2s 10d, .against 37,324 for £116,208 1.7u2d m 1884. The Auckland Postal District does the .largest business, the nmnb'er of orders issued being 8496 for £27,468 2s, and paid.7Bl9 for £25,539 2s lid. Wellington district follows with 6896 .orders issued for £20,993 10s: Bd, . and s.os7 'paid : for 12s Id. The Dunedin and Christchurch districts are third and fou'rthV .--... .Tim-post: offices at Mataikuna and Trondheim, m tho Wellington, District . have been, closed. .Ono 'h?s been, opened at Taonui, m the same dintric't, W. Bai ley being appointed Postmaster. ' A lawyer's motto— Sitmu cuiqiie. ■(' Swo 'em quick. l: : ' Duri.njr'ilie quarter ending 30th June last, 49,341 ozs of gold, valued at " £196,8-5, were entered for exportation. The total quantity ox-ported to that dite amounts to 10,665,537 ozs. or £41 ,93 1 ,332. Ninety-seven per cent, of the British volunteers hold certificates of efficiency. .A Wellington paper says :— The deputation from tho pioce-room m the -GoyernYneut Printing Office which lately waited upon the ColoriinlSecretary have received a reply, through Mr Diilsbury, Government Printer, granting them a concession of a penny "per, 1000" oxlr^ This is to be for Hansard. only. As the penny only represents 3s per week of an' addition, the m.eri appear to be dissatisfied, as they state they will have, on an average, to work sixty hours per " week for' a : wage- of £3, whilst^ the average number of hours of compositors m private offices throughout the Colony Jsonly forty-ejgUt, ptr week being the standard wage. ' ' According- to a paper read before the .Philosophical Society of Glasgow, by ■Mr A. Williamson, 1 the total area of the 'po"alfieldß. of Cliina Proper is about ' 400,000' sqiaiare, miles. Both the Shansi and Heenan coalfields are greater than .that of the aggregate of the principal coal-producing countries of Europe, and m other districts of North China the COAlfiefds are said to be seven times larger than all those of Great Britain. The coal is »f various descriptions, and it is said that iron ores are found m all parts m close proximity to the coal. • . Mr.Hcsfceth, a solicitor of Auckland, charged forty guineas for his four days' services m the Gairloch case. The charges w*re •' taxed," and he was obliged by the j»dge to accept seventy-five per cent less than that amount. A correspondent of tho Herald, m commenting on this fact, says that the papers sometimes are very bard on money-lend-, ers who charge only double bank rates on even bad security, but what- about a charge, of £42 for four days' serr ices 1 "No wonder," he says, t( lawyers want to keep their profession a close borough." MrJ.P. Leary,, or Palm piston, and Mr G> Carson, of Wanganui, hayi! beon summoned to give evidence before the Committea appointed to.enquiro into the working of the Govemmpiit Printing office. Both gentlempn l»arfibeon-flih-: ployed m the 1 office, •ami', their evidence,;' should bo valuable. ' -•■ . Yet" anotliefftiH icing ' off^r ia lieM «uf to Bij.n'ch. •.•Tli" Police Gn'/Mio, of Now York off.-rs n, first • priz* of SOOOilols., s-coinl of 20b0(1i.15., nnd tlu'i d of : 500il6l^:, ; fora four-mile ..international sculling race, with a turn, to" be row»d b«tw<-en Ist and 15tb August, anil should Beacli pay America a visit he is to receive SObdolSr for expenses.

Captain Edwin telegraphed at 4 p.m. yest'-.rday : — lndications ; frost, a yury cold night, but rain after 14 hours frdm now ; glass fall within- 12 hours, v-/ .-.. TJ>u t(ital : 'iuuubei";of papeirs p.nbHshed. m .London is four hnnilred and tiv^Jwid from Fl<*o.t street and tho^ kouits/siiid; alloys adjoining there arc itiore papers' isßiie<l- than are published .throughout 5 ' the whoio of Ireland and Wales. % -'••>"' ■ . The London . World annouuceßv.that " Major Pue, of the ' Marines' has'arrivetT at Portsmouth m the Australia v .H.a was vrojmded m the legat Teb. r Aftgrlcom/ ing BcathelWs" through the battles" of Abuklea and Guinbat, lie was again badly wounded m the same leg 'at Metafn-' lueh. t The limb was amputated, and lid bore that terrible journey through tho desert to Korti: There he ' -wds/shipwrnuked, and pnt over the side of the steamer just m time ; to avoid going to the Bottom. For two or threej.hours ho was left on a. sandbank until assistance could be .procured. Notwithstanding all he has gone through he is m apparently excellent health, and m good condition, to undergo a fresh '.'operation'; which his vicissitudes during the last three or four months have made necessary." ■' ,i->-: . -.:- ■■■•'• ■ ■::'-"'- ■■•■''" ■'■ ■■■ ■"'■■.[ Many persons are not aware that under th« Bankruptcy Act a proof of 'debt cannot be accopted by the Official Assignee unless. : sent , '.ih withiu throe months after the date, of filing, and the rt sti 1 1 , i a t hat at a] most every sitti hg .of the Court = applications are 'niade for leave to admit proofs m different estates/ A case' of : the kind occurred to-day, \vhen Mr ; . Skefrett ' obtaiiieil' permission 'for Messrs P. Coffey and "E.' Suager' to prove againat the estate of A. A. Taylor, master mariner. ■.'.•.• :Wh«u -applications of this sort ate preferred, the Coujit.always i jn^— sisls on-satisfactory reasons-- being given as to why the, proofs- w.era. not . senjt an within the threo mbhtlis,. and unless rea--Bouablo grounds arc shown, the applications are not grante-L—,Po.si. It is said that Uie Australian' colonies and New Zea'laiid now v otre the English money -kuder* no les* a sum 1 than £125, qoo,ooo. 5 .•■; . . ■;■;.,.• Tho Post says :— Mr Dennett, of Na'p'ierj "the owner of Fa_ugh:a-IJallagh, lioii'K'iit;Uve:^br.B&'sduie'inbutlfß-'a^p;'fr6iu. a iMr Izod iii tlawke's ; Bay for It '. is believwd that ; Sat urdsiy's dual winner "was bred m the neighbourhood -of Po- , rangahaii. - -" '/ : The Post saysj^-Tlio following' ! arV the total amounts of moneys received I.froni; the Gaveruinent (shillings <° and ,pen,ce omUted). -by the County 4 Cou.ucils during tho year ended Sisi'Marbh last : -:-Bsites o.n Crown and Native lands, £21,616 ; qiie-tbird receipts from laud sold "on ileferfed-payinent, £5,245 iguld- ] •fields reveunc and gold duty, £37-:,304 ; I fees AUiltines'uuder " Financial Ai^raVigeinents Act, 1876;" £1399 ;. grants tinder -Lioiids and .Bridfirts, Construction i Act, £92.272 ; special ;granls,£4B,s7"9;; other receipts from Government,. £9, 712 — total, £216,12.9. .-.■"•' '; '] , T ",- • ■ An American doctor says that ons of the-.best and. '-'most. ' p'Utos'iut things: that ■■, can be used to relieve toothach* is chewing cinnahioh bark." : It ; d-;Btr6ys the . sensibilicy of the verves, and suspends the. pain /if the barkis ofgoo«l .^ualfty; Drring : the debate on the Bible id schools , Mr. Levestam is reported to have- " deuiod that freedom 'had; been ! Attaiu^d:, through the agency of . the Bible, and, claimpd that ■ the attainment; was. due . to the influence of the. Press." '■'' Tho Wellington Times says.:— -jt-'jis.. rumoured . that. Si"* • George Grey intends, to take an eariy bppbrfu'nifcy of'tnoviug thai Sir Julius Vogel's" petitibti be riot deiahY with by the Public Accounts Conymittee, on the ground that ; the -. Com- . mittee is mainly nomiuated by the Government,, and therefore apt to deal l : ~ but that it be referred instead to a Select Committee to be clii)Bisn by ballot. It, is further hinted that Sir George ma|y not improbably take tho opportunity of indulging m some trenchant criticism ypon the. circumstances of the case. !' A. Wellington paper says :— lt is reported that the proposal to establish non-political Boards for - the nianagetjueut of the New Zealaud Railways will b« quietly dropped for this session. Mr . Richardson \y ill. .probably briiig. m a BiU -dealing with.the matter but' it;.4s expected to go. steadily dowu the.;Qrdier Paper|..uiitil in'-tW end it tjvkes its place among the " limocciits "vwlugl^v will uudurgo the iisual annual massacre." : .> f . ■■• A ©! u )'.^' n . corespondent, sayfiithat the uioßt-eloqueut speeches iuade Jnr. J the" BiWle-i'tiading debatefwere.th'ose of. Sir ' G. Grcyaud Mr Bevan, the' latter's being most effective. ■ .He is m many respects the best orator :. in 1 tho ; iHjc'Usfe,' and his resonant- voice and-flot? of vmf)r- . rounded sentences aro always listened to with pleasure. :, v '•% .. . - A. Press telegram from.Diiriedin states that the Rev. Mr Gaukcryifr minister, .of ; the First 'Church m that city, died On Monday night. "'; „';..,,.• We regret to learn that Miss T,;MclCel-5 vie' met' with., a serious Occident whilst' fbllovving the Uangitikei : hiouinds at 5 Overton yesterday. '■; ' : \ !. -' Messrs Stevens & GortSn^ next > stock sale at. Feilupig will be IJild o'u J«ly T 28th k The entries at present rsceived' are- published iv our advertiseing columns. They include beef j'hajf-bied Hereford heifers', mixed: yearling, halfbred Herefords, steers, fit cows, weaners,. mixed cattle, fat wsthera," etci .. ( - r.