LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 48, 24 July 1885, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

On our fourth pajre to-day will ba found Cable News, Russia and England and Souciah newb, Telegram3,'!Political News, and other items. '. . ..,.,' ■■.•■' The Union Bank .pf .. Australia has dividend for the past half-year 1 at Satiate of 16 per cent, per annum, and carries- forward anil places to the reserve • the smn of £36,00(L A Wellington paper says: A resident m the ' Hutt on Monday discovered a Jarge fish m some shoal -..waiter opposite Biilmopt,. which sQiisVquent inspection by Dr Hector and dtliors' proved to be a genuine 1 trout (salmo fario), weighing no less than BU>. Piut of tliti' fish had evidently been eaten by,shags or vurmin, othei^isothe specinien m its perfect Btat«x'o»l<?-p ro hably. have, turned the ecajp at -91b;. It is gratifying to find that the repeated effort's of our local Acclimatisation Society to stock the Hntt River are at last proving so successful. < „ . :' § ; T\vo rtifinbers -of the ComniHoity .Qf StViTo'se^rijSiHtersi^lgrifttnis and Begaj ; i«ri;i Wfd vi» > Pahnei stoa ; last evening"; -They are>appeaH»g to. the general public iforV assistapce , to. ..maintain their houeeß pf refuge, orphanages, schools for .^jthe poor, etc..' When deserving pevsoW present th'emsislvfs at any of the alioyJEs' institutes they arc invariably admitted 2 without distinction of class or crfeedi ■ Kor does their labour stop here ; ■ they -visit gaols, hospitals, sick" m private houses, and. do oilier works of such a chaTitab.le nature as to deserve the pub.lie ; syjnphthy of auy .Christian coiminuruty. Says the Post:— General Komaroff must Really be a remarkable liar, even for a RussiaTi. His excuse for flogging the Consul's clerk at Kesh is a most baref aped one.He says he did not know the inaii w*B-in -flio British service. As the rea^ soil for the' flogging was, that the mati .refused to give information regarding the^Hjpyemt'nts of: the British officers on the^Afghari frontier, which information lie could biily have obtained through-be- . ingjnthe. employment of the Consul, the excuse will not" of course, tor a jn^tnent- hold .^ater. <s That it should have been inane"* lfo\Vever, shows' what amount of reliance is to be placed on General Koma^off's 'excuses for other : oiitT f iges, y snclis i for instance, as thePenj-deh-incidentl-'ahd it. also affords possiblya means ofestininting the value of. . tbfci. asßU,cance,s v r. ; fr.orn Russian sources that the movements of Russian . troops m the vicinity of the "Zulnkar Purs are quite uniinpojrtaat. The Eiirboean Mail, of the 29th May, :>im :— :The * unctertaintiea attending .;^tgan?paßSftge.s. : a.re notably shown m .jjpijssages of the rival -^^Zealaiid^Hiieits Ruapehu and Tainui, thTfoimerneloiiging to the New Zealln^l Siiipping Company, and the latter 7 to Shaw, Savill and Albion Company. The f-Rtfapehii, whieh,,>is said to have just made the most rapid run. Home on re..cqrd t i,n the wonderfully short space of 36 dw? 15 hours, left New Zealand a day .rtfter'ilie Tainui;;and tho two reached ■Ribtheßftine day, the j Ko>p&hu'-. thus btmttng her rival by a day thus -far.. «T4tan«Tainni ..was. detained at Rio 27^ -hpuYs bohind the' Ruapehu, but, strange to say-,,the .Slw^w, Savill liyer reached Piyinoiitii just "two hours 'after the New Zealand Company's steamer. The' Imnours of thu papsnge thus remain eaßV,the Unapeliu. beating m point of • tim*", f ro*u - port to port, the Tainui excelling i.iT -regard, to steaming time expended. ' In a passage-.of over 12,000 miles this is very olose w"ork. A scene o.ccured during the surrender: of the Indians who had been " but " . with Rid. A number of them had . gnrrendi-rcd. nnd rlurintr the pow-wow Geinral Miildl'-ron asked who killed Fremont and Payne. A brave named XVlrlte Bear rose from : th« -circle and kneftlin^r at Geni ml MiiMleton's font •saving the great chief could «-nt him m piices; it was he who J-ilhd Payno. He «ji',l,Hpt Avant all pupisbwd for hi» offence., .Tho. Jtntaiiug Ind.i:<n derlarrd l>e kjilcd Payno " m sulf ilffmcc. ' A grnndston of the ss\u\^ Tmiiati. rose and ciinfrssrd ft innrh-ryig m cold bh.nd Rnni'-v Fremont, while th« latter was prea ng a waggon. -The murderers were taken imp custody.

Iv the [louse on Thursday afternoon Mr Macandrew gave., notice to move on Wednesday, the 12th August, Thft}i'-ii) the opinion of the . Houso the Mine has come when efforts should bo made to unite the whole of the English speaking pp(>ple Ihroughonj tlwj world m ones* ran/1 political confederation^ h living fur its. object inulual defenco ■, against foreign aggression, maintenance of peace, and the promotion of tlia brotherhood of na tiona. That a respectful address be pro - sentcd to his Excellency Mm Gbvcrnorreqtiesting that.he may : he pleased to : transmit this resolution to the Queen m the hojpv ... that .Her Maj'Sty._.!may.Btill further distinguish her illustrious reign by endeavouring, to bring about- a con ference that shall represent the whole of the British dominions and the United States of America, to meet either'at London or Washington, to consider the qifes tion of a political conference as hereinbefore mentioned. '.'.'"' ' A rather curious circumstance (says tho TtiraimkiHerald's Oi>un : ako correspondent) oecured at the camp" lately^ m the. house of Mr Knowlcs, ' of .the Con--Btiib.u,lar,y._ j . It seejms that.. Mr' Knourles had bought a '(Jozeti paper boxes of matches, which were.placed; on a shelf.; A rat (»btained-entra»ce,';an'(i:,':;brokej open tho package, took one of the ..boxes ; which lYe carried through tlib" lining of the house and deposited on the.' scrim and paper ceiling v . .when he 'seems to have «.n.»wed the box, so as to obtain auc-as to the matched.' When continuing his toothsome work hV managed to strike' amatch; away wetit-the rat, and m his decent woke-Mrand Mrs JSnowles ivholuciiiiy wer4'' able at.-oii.ee . to seethe blaze, and to take immediate steps to put out the fire. , Luckily, hi this case the damages done Svas ''slight, but. it proves that rats are., able to cause, confl iterations, .and it. shows ihatT it - is . possible that many fires attributed .to incendiarism may possibly -have, been caused by vormiu. At the same time it gitvcß a.caufeion in^the. .use, o,f. paper iioxesi of iuatci»eß; r. J ■....*:.' £ ;. !' Adelaide claims to be almost hypercritical m tlie- matter ofi-Vrtusic; yet . W.ilhelmj played to. almost empty benches' and Rcmehyl is doing -MpitaßbusiuesK. Th&-.sle| bourne Leader f &iiy§ : — " Poltr ticiaiis m New Zealand ale rapidly be';' coming converts, to ; the ; principjes of" protection." ■•■■>•■■-■'■■■■.*-,; ; < Boucicault has a brother m Australia,; a .plodding editor, whose hand ho: has uwt grasped for niauy a long day. What.a nice game football must be m Auckland.. On a recent Saturday 1 no' less tli ah three collar bones were smashed: In * addition ; there r was a. severe scalp wouud and a cut lip; : A; [ heavy day for Accident Insurance; mem The main road between Eketahuna and Maatei ton is m a frightful condition. We extract -.the' following from a re-, cent issue of the Patea Mail : — A casa of sonic importance was brought before the R.M. Court this morning, when Mr W.. W.Fulton sued Mr J. Fairweather f.for £25 the value of a dog belonging to the former and shot by the latter ou the main road. Very lengthy evidence was taken, the" case ocdupying.Uie, Court". un- : til nearly 4 ■■■-'■ f Mil -. : Judgthent was "gyvteiri for p-laintiff for £20,; : aiid cpsta;^.^i endant's counsel gave npjtrbe ! of appeal.:' <■!.; "''.'*■ " : ■'' -• - r J;§ .-i', : ". : ..V'~' ' t rA'.'"- r -- : .'i. 1 ' .'The attention of 'our mußJC!il,fnei\dß; is specially directed to an attracitii(b «n-i nouueemeut. iv another cqliiinil m refer-; euce to the popular ' Mignon" jiiau^fpri which Messrs 'IV Kennedy Ma/jdonaiil and Co., Wellington, are '.tlie''B' L ole''agVdtß.! This instrument, since its introductibn' into the Colony, has attained a roputatidn unique aud ,uupiecedentcd m tlie trade.The sale of the little instrument iiiWellingtoii- and surrounding districts has far exceeded the highest expectations of the agonts, indeed,. they were, we are.iiiformed quite unable to cope with the demand and now haying mado special arrangements for large monthly shipments have decided to offer the ad vantage to . residents m this district. Parties requiring a good serviceable and well finished piano at a small cost will we are sure never regret securing a Mjgupn. A The testimonials m reference to the piano, copies of which have been forwarded to us, prore beyond a doubt that : the instrument is all that is claimed for it./ The special feature introduced by Messrs" I 1 ; Kennedy Macdonald and (Jo. m bringing the Miguon before .the public is the. easy i and ad van tageouß. terms on which they may' r bo BecuredT^payments of a .little oypr./t\yo 1 pounds per month will purchase jpnif.fbn". the. two years Bystein;' -Full derails are given; m tho price lists supplied by the agents aud which will be forwarded to any address on application to Messrs T Konuedy Macdonald and Co., or may be had on application at the office of this paper. ' We have again to refer m terms of approval <o tho promptitude with which we have been furnished -with the nameg and addresses «f the cliicC prize-takers and of the. gentjemon who fonstitnted the c< minittce at the drawing m con- : neclion with Ada Mantua's last.evtnt. J The- gentlemen present were all well known citizens of '.first class position including representatives from the leading newspapers, and wo are sure that everything was earned out most satisfactorily- ■■;•:.'.. . ■ ..' -v ■••■>>., An advort|Ber wants to lease a 4£ acre section adjoining the residence of Mr R. - S. Abraham, Park Poad . ■ .-,.-...,. ... It has been definitely decided to open the Industrial Exhibition pa Saturday, the Ist Augußt.J I In India it costs more to" get married j thaii to die.^ Nature is full of wise provisions. '- .*.•* . ; .r.;^;; ■ The Chinese Government ihave sept^to Belgium for 30 coal miners, to. show how to work' the coalfields m .China . . to the best advantage, as soon as tho Chi- ' nese haye picke.d' tip the idea^' which they very soon will do, the Belgese Ihtlßt gO. . .' -;:.;/? :>;