The Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1885. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 47, 23 July 1885, Page 2

Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY. ) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1885. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

On o.ur fourth pa?a.to:day will ba found Cable "Newai Telegrams, -an important statement- by Sir Jnliu*- Vtigel on the New Zealand railway s ;' line?, and other items. ' : - ■"" '"■'* " ! ' •'■ i The following curious " find " is recor- | ded m the Atimixvtom&uariliwi:—- " On Thursday a^ farmer well known m the locality pur6hased a coat from a sliop m Asbburton, and- 6ri; resiling; home dis- J coyeredua I watch > pf'!ip.fli6.yajde m one of the pocke ts .of th£#eiiKgarment 1" The Triumph which • left Wellington for Sydney on SafUrdny; ttiuk '-three hundred case's- of presoYv'eu.infisvts f. nun thb Gear Oompjany, ! iawl"« # thiri«eu casks of beef from ;the "*s{jF'ng&'inf' Preserving Works were also shipped by ■ the same Tessei. j c^':''{p... . '■"'■'■. We are ejctreirie]s^iQrry.''t i o ; hear that "Mr G. F. Hawkins is,* laid np with a serious .attack of *» illiilSsV and trust to hear of his recov«nng quickly from this ■ sudden, atjtapk. •'-'«--;■ --v . "•• A Parliamentary l4l stair ming'" Commission "m .London a |ouud siit'-h casus of oYorcrpwding as L'be'foJJowing, not at all"uncommon .'—'vQno^ room jc-cupicd by a man and wife" with' four children, 'the oldest sixteen, m addition to a woman lodger and babjfenseightlu.all, m a room nine* feet square. A room about ten feet square occupied by a family of eight* A roou^gjociipied by a man and wife and family of four, the oldest being seventeen years iddi A house of nine rooms, and ah average of seven persons . m each room, m no roivn more than one bed. 1 ;. ;- ♦•*-.*•■ :i Ou account of the. heavy state .-, of the ..roads between Mastertoa and Wpodvillo the .cp.acli prop'i&stbK-'Has obtained per-inisßion.-JEj*om the Postal., Department to inakt-EketalMina the stopping stage instead, ; of \V«6dwille 'for the winter : -Tlie Waikato Times in a* leading 'artrote^taif^rs at souie iengtlv-. ,t». UiV; •effort of tlje Raglan people to establish a-WodHeh|FaetuiJy^liagli»n.-owiiig,:a.s- - ■ ;it'i B vHrgedi to the promoters of the tlio {forth New Zealand Woollen Com- - party havirrgfin "view a indre suitable ■ 'sight neajer the city of Auckland. Seven ? hife^red and fifty hands aro kept m regular work at Kaipoi and'- Cliristchurch and their turnover amounts to some hmidpds of thousands of pounds p.er annumi • . ' , ■ There ,cj<iivbiß no longer any. question says PrbfesnQ.r,Ljvestdgp, that tiie earth, 'taken as d whole, however solid sections ■of it may seem, is practically a ! Ilt-xible ball, pulled more or less out "of shape by the various forces that act npunit. The earth's -cf ust is m a chronic state of' vibrfflioij and change. . ■ '■".,. ■' Tho accident to Miss MoKcWie whilst hnutiug at Overtoil on Tuesday was not ; ;of a very serious character. It appears that her horse after jumping a palicutorly,.Mg t i hedge; fell m the ditch' ou the;other side, throwing its rider. The youug lady's habit, got caught ou the saddle, and the' horse on stru}rgling to hiafect, started at a wild .gallop, draggui^L^liss McKelvie along thb ground LaiKJjkicking.at^hor furiously.,, Tly,s, wont i on for % distance of about ihvoo chains, ami tho onlookers were quite suro that thffi.yduHg' lady, if not dead already. mast certainly be killed\ Luckily,' how- ■ everjihor habit gave way and freed her f rotu" her terrible position . : W hen she Was picked up it was found that she had Sustained only slight injuries. She was "driven, to.. Mr Arkwright's house, wharerPr Conolly, who fortunately happenteS fo be present, promptly attondod to her.- She remained unconscious for a considerable. linie, but ou coiniug'to she showed th^t she waa not a bit frightened by the accident, Miss McKfclvio is one ot the best (lady riders m the colony, and was present at every meet of the Kaugitike,iTK)uhds,: often showing the gen- • t lumen t|ie iwajr r pver the hedges.— Marton oapex. j -•'■■., The : :Weljington correspondent of the Tarnmkilßerdld says :—Mt Macarthur, metn.b6rj.fcoi: Mauawatu, who was many years. chairman of the County Council, slisji'ieil out at the ; Cpunties Act Amend merit ;JBiii, \ rhicli hodeclare'd to bo a col- : lectionl^b't f ads aud theories. Colonel Trimble die uot approve of ratepayers •■ electing clv iiineh ©T-«nditors; and : so far : a^ jife knew there was no reason for such ■^aii alteratic n A ...The it Colouel,. ..lipw_ever f . admittedT th it several amendments were required. ' 'he bill was read a second time. « - In the Bji nkruptcy Court, Wellington, yesterday, t n application was made on /behalf of th » London Gity Missionary JjSociety, re|iiesting to ißb' allowed to prove against the estatft^of 'W. Waring Taylor for it debt of, £5000. The mafc.ter liaa boen^ allowed to stand over pond- : ihg'thd'rScefpt of a communication from Mr James Arundel, one of the supervi6OIR m the eistjatQ, and whd is at present m Sydney. ; Some fortjyvofficers are engaged under the Surrey {Department for the. past i month ■iii^ccinnechoh-' with;the Property .Tfet Act. Sixteen mon are employed m searching the deeds m the ttegistry Office, and tjte balance- m the departVnent ih./draftiW^ r lhe v maps showing the alterations, $nd they 'are 'work ing about twelve "fibnrf a dayU Every private subdivißioti'of property has got to be shown onithernapsj, maps and roads hayeito btf ready ,by the l,st August. ForaierJy.thw GoVpfnVneKt did not pro : vide. .tljg a«s6Bor.s tt >with..cpmplete data as to > finbdi.vi^io : n8 l and this 'is' how being dpne^ Wellington papcvP >; >': '.- ; . .TheiWfjipawa Mail says :— "lt is not generally, jp*oiiukc-tUa't~-t-ho Marquis of Salisb'uryj who is now Premier of England, w.as^so.me 30 years, ago knock ing about 'Nevv Zealand. Fits lonlsliip, then Mr Robert* Cecil, was/jjvell known to nnany of the! older setflers even' m this di^triiCt^iiUut more eo-'^ierhaps on, the ; Vyeßt 4 Qoaßt. :IHj. f,»ict.,. although 'w« are r<jiuctarit to give' our .Wariganui frinndß the. tip-* we lielfeVe' 'Mr Cecil" was mostlj* ' m the" fatter sdistrict. Nearly every public maii who dies m the world somehow or bthei* leavifs'tf cousin or great aunt m Wjiitgrttiuiijbut now thAt-placecanal-.niostijiljiiuj to have bcMi the rosidencr p^l^e l P(|;i,me .Minister- pf . England/ Do any of our readers wlio wove here m the fiftif-8 remember Mr Robert Cecil ? •m:\T- «..•■■. • " Lti'ti ii'f.:'!.;,- ..-■ r . .Tb|j,.lTjOTi.; sfl)9 w .M ( i|>js^er, ..for Defence liasifrforin' d. Sir ,] . .".Scoit, of llawera," Uihrrli^^i^-£c{-8p : f"/flie'Hiiwprii,"'v'ol,iin- i teers wiiriiy h'ecepted"' •Whuriiu Elaw«--r a :laßt;S!r $aTfiii£& asked whether any vblMtrtcfrr cjrvrps existed, and on being iiif^rnifdot^frtjKfcliHr.o^rwns nonehe ex.p?r^srrt>stojiiis.U«j]»>i^'vHft, agreed ,tj> acjn- coj|Bf-fj!»gncc tlienecpssaVy «t«pa were $\k<'\i' aiifl the rertuWd num-' srviiivd. On th^s- being 'f! < !inyh'ifttcdito' ; Wv r lMiij!;ton' the•'DijfiVnc-p-pjVKtuiftntj unit th« sk'ivolypeil ■ replytlfat' no'fnrtihcr offtrrs could be accepted except as honorary corps, but on the matter renchitig the enrs of Ui» Defence Miiiißtcr he 'cancelled this reply, and ac- j cepted the services of this corps. i

Mr Jeuues, jeweller, of s Wellington, has sent Inspector Sherman a cheque for £60 to be 'distributed a/nougst the members of the police force who were--iii»(rutnuiit.-il m recovering his stolen watclH'b iiud jewellery. . . " Spurious coins — half-crowns and crowns — are being attempted to be ".put «ifli"in Wellington.- The ; coins, ar<J '~ta*r< clumsily inade,:Uo\v,e.ver-, that they can. only be " passed' I . in. the dark, and then upon careless people ..-.• , . Mr. Isherwood, well known m musical circles m Wellington has gone -to England by tho Aoraugi. Mr Isherwood is going home to look after considerable property, left him by the death of his i aunt,' Laily Bruce. „ At Christchurch, a few days ago, a prominent do>j ?\vn.er made a pathetic appeal. to His Honor m the Supreme Court to be excused from serving, on thegiouul that ho was training dogs for I the Waterloo Cup, and would loose a ! large sum of money by his having to serve on the jury, instead of looking after the preparation of his dogs. His , Honor, however, was obdurate. Messrs. Littlejohn and Son have completed their clock for the Exhibition, and will place it m position wilhiu the next few days. The clock will have two dials, one of. which will be placed m the turret over the eutrauce outside the building, and will bft "sft m diameter, and the other, which will be 4ft m diam«ster,'in the inaiu hall. The works are constructed to drive four 6ft dials, aud will be capable of strikiug a bell weighing 6u\vt. For the Exhibition, however, a 'small cathedral gong will probably bo used.— Post. '''•■■' 'i-"