The Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. TUESDAY, JULY 28, 1885. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 50, 28 July 1885, Page 2

The Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. TUESDAY, JULY 28, 1885. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

.-.., Oojourf ourt^fpage to-day ->ifl be found • a quantity of late 'neyvs. by : the 'Frisco •Mail:;;,. v- : - ■•••r-:'-;,; > --^ . jv \An- addition lias been' made to tbe prplist of Messrs Stevens and Gorton, ; 'appealing on our fourth page which' 'we direct the attention of our readers. . ' At the'anntfal" irieeting :of the holders of tlie National BauTs of ' New. Zealand (limited), held m Eoiidbn' on the; ;-14thinst., the report and balance sheet Avere adopted. The directors', proposal, to transfer a large sum. from capital account to.a special, reserve -fnnd to make fall provision for, any losses and to provide for the great depreciation m the values. of securities m the colony was ' favourably received. While commending the 1 very cautious policy of the bank, it is- to be hoped that, the existing depression m the colony will soon pass away, and^that better results may be obtained than those which the Bank has wisely provided against. . - AJapaneso inventor, has discovered, a inY-ans of milking paDer from sea weed. It is thick m texture, and from its trans--pareucy can bo substituted for glass m windows, and when coloured m.-.kes at) excellent imitation of stained glass. F . There. \yer.e over 200 persons present at the Gospej service at the To\Vu ilali last Sunday evening. . , .The WsLng&n.u\ JlwalcVs Parliamentary *corVeßponueot "say's i —It ,i:» t|n r rently r u -. . liioured lliat the Pruinior is getting tired *of office, _an<l would not be.at.alTsiiuiy^ ; if a vote of no;c6nfidenee Ayas carried. As l f^rnWrly indicated, there is "iiow no doubt that lie \vo«»id gladly have resign- ■ ed when the Treasurer consented to take . back' his financial proposals. .He only' remained m office at the urgent solicitations of his supporters, who entirely exouerated him from all blame m connection': with the charges which Wi re so ob- ' uoxipuß to many of them. The match between Mr Cox's Germaine and Mr W. Gray's Fern Flats 12at, up, for £BOj took- place, on. the Bjlls course pu Saturday, afternoon. Germaine wort" by hiilf a length. ; 'distance, 2 miles; time, liniu. 14seea. -„.<.• The composer, Mr W. H;. Webbe, of Auckland, has forwarded us a copy of . his latest; .waltz entitled .".My LoyoV" The composition is a sinking combination'of iMiFiiiony anlr swefef-ineibrry* such •as one does not usually meet With,- aiid possessos also a charming, variety m its . arraii^emijut. /'.The* waltz is not .by. any ; mean8 A .Bpaik'fing," but pleasing au^ox:'piWsrv«siy plaintive; ! '.\V& . are" confident ;it will become 1 very; popular. v , The London correspondent or^tlie" 'Dunodin ■'Star'' Bends the following regardiiig;the New Zealand Grain Agency and Mercantile Company (limited): "At the fourth annual meeting of the shareholders of this company a very doleful; report was presented by- tlie Hi tractors. For the year 1884 the profit and loss account showed a balance to the bad of 7s 9d. The ■„ company's shipments of grim to; this country last year reßultedin a loss ,of £38,024,. owing to the damaged and heated condition m which the wheat artived ; indeed, not a single cargo had been sound, and all had to be sold at ruinous prices, ..This exceptioual loss, aggravated bylho abnormally low prices ■ ruling for even good wheat, had been further increased by bad debts m New Zealand resuUing'from' three bad harvests m succession. The directors, therefore, recommended that the company should-at least discontinue the mercantile part of their business, and. either continue only the. mortgage part .or altogether wind up; 1 The chairman, :in moving, tlie adoption of the report;. .added that they had lost more than jiftlf, their paid-up cftpital^a' loss, |iow«yer, ..which was very evenly distributed aihdn» all persons connected with the comp:itYy i J i .He recommended a voluntary wiuding~iip, and' this after a short discußsion appearing to be the Reuse of the meeting, he announced that a meeting would be ; called for Friday woek." The company has since gone into liquidation. The Medical Times says that the solution of cocpaino is being used by , New York 'dentists to render the filliug of teeth a painless operation. 'Th 6 ordinary rate of a man walking-^ .saysaFWnch scientific journal, is 4ft per second ;of a good horse' in harypss^. rJ2ft;pf a reindeer m a sledge on the ice, 26f i ; of an English race-horse 43ft ; ;of a hare, 88tt ; of a good sailing ship, lift ; of tho wind; 82ft. ' • " • Keeping the head perfectly clean, says a writer m the Salem Mass., Gazette is a .great aid to health. A distinguished physiciau, who has spent much of his ; time at quarantine, said that a person whose head was thoroughly washed • every day rarely (EiYer\. took contagious HUir was allowed ;:t6"biic6mo dirty and matted it was hardly possible; . to escape infection. •j|a'uy .tpersous. 'find is'peedy Relief for nervous headache by washing tho head -^thoroughly m- w.eek soda water. ,\Ye 'have known cases almost wholly cured inte.njninutes.by this, simple remedy. A friend finds it the greatest relief m case of " rose cold," the cold symptoms entirely leaving the eyes after,, ouethorough washing of tUe hair. The head should bo thoroughly dried afrorwards, and draughts of air should be avoided for a little while. The. following description of the state of trade m America is given m I the New York World: — "A very Igloorny picture is presented, owing to the' "present business depression. The following tables show the army of persons now out of employment m the United States metropolis: — Women, 90.000 ; longshoremen, 3.000 ; Italians. .6,000-; clockmaker*. 10.000 ; tailors, s^ooo ; flower-makers, 1,500 ; bricklayers, 4,500 ; carpenter's, 1,400 ; framers, 1,500 ; plasterers, '4oo ; plinHbera, 1,250^ stonecutftrs, 2,000 •f«rnitnre-worker8 J 3,000 ; ironworkers, ' 3,003 ; printers, 1,000; booA-l»inil<rs, 1,500; Bh()tinjakcrs ? .500 ; ciga'r-inakers, 6,00*0 ; bakersj 800 ; waitdits,; 1,000: ; oi her trades, - 2,500" ; ; total 85,850. Tli« total number ,. of : hanking 7inU)t,ulious,that ;faUed m 1884 m the United States' was 121 ; 11 of those wi-re NntioViiil' Baiika, 22 Slate Banks, 11 Sn\i"tij*s Batiks, anil 77 private bank-' ing institutions. •■'■- ' A couole (it Bridgeport, Conn., were married at the 'skating rink. The bride. ; ar<d fg'riioin',' ' th<>' preacher, the brides- ' iniids, aniJ-.-ill the guest* were on rollers! A d/incp on Julian follow a 4 Mw cere.