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Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 52, 30 July 1885, Page 3

Following up the remarks lately made by the Bishop of Rochester, the Bishop of Manchester, at a Cuf irmation m his diocese, expressed his satisfaction at seeing so many candidates m black dresses, which were useful afterwards, and said that he believed the expense of confirmation dresses kept many from coming forward as candidates. The Bishop of Algema has given notice that he will not confirm any girls who wear 'white dresses or veils. The Taranaki Herald says :— People who wear clothes which, are tinted with green cannot be too careful to prevvnt the material' touching flesh wounds. Mr Humphries, Chief Surveyor, has been a sufferer this last week or two through an indiscretion of this kind. He grazed his skin some time ago, and the wound being but small he did not dress it. The consequence was that the dye from his clothes poisoned it, and he was unable to walk for a time. iW-e (Martbh paper) observe that the hahksof the Rangitikii river oh both sides, close fo the bridge, are receiving attention at the hands of the workmen of the respective councils of -Rangitikei and Manawfltu. The willows, which had grown very tall, are being cut down, and the cuttings planted along the bank for a considerable distance.. These, if not carried away by floods, will m time .make splendid protection to the banks. The Wanganui Herald says s— There seems to be a probability of the Feilding and Palmerston North sports coming to an agreem«nt as to fixed dates for each meeting of their respective jockey, clubs. , Five giant skeletons have been found m the United States at Homer, m a mound five fett below the normal surface.. The. grave had a stone floor, and plentiful remnants of burned bones and charcoal were scattered about together with numerous stono vessels and weapons. The skeletons are of enormous size, the hend of one being as largo as a wooden bucket. Beside the hones were a henut if ally- finish, d stone pipe, the bowl b ing large, and polished and engraved with considerable care 111 a gimple way, with figures of birds and b^astß ; a knife shaped like a Ri'ckle rn-verßi-ii-and having a wooden handle held by leather thongs ; and a kettle holding about six quarts. According to the New York Herald, this is one of the oldest and most valuable anthropological finds m America. ,

It is rumoured that one of the .members of the Manawatu County Council intends to table a motion that the sit-•'tings-be hel.i at Sanaon instead of Fox Adoring " Masher :" « Oh, how 1 wish I were that bo«k you clasp so lovmglj I" Shti: /• How. ; I^^ish. you 'were^so that I could sl^u't you .ijip !" . •Existihgpreean^ons against dynamite , wiHavail little against n a war. balloon planned by an American offit-er, which is. to. be. constructed as a boyej isxperhnent m warfare. > =Th> foriniHable airship i B , . intended !to ■ drop inasies of dy namite iiilo f ortificatibtis or ships ..a}? it iailsi safely above. ' The ••', DirigibJu War-Balloon 7 ' 1 is tii be cigar §!»f»ped, 66ft long aniiippbint< : d at both ...end^whilSj indep^ndetitlof the ordinary air at a BpP?^of^J>^ :^n hour, ! TKa'AVieilin^totn f«^rgi 4 poiW6tit ■ df i a TarAnaki 'tp&peti Baya^U^id ; l'iiiited;that ,Sir Julius Wagei ; Mßf nQh'ihp.robabiy he our next Agent-Geiioi^ V. ftriV^freely sM^^hat^HM^; i^xlifeiilsaHns'imeflfion, af resigning at ? i^^^SO^^^bwt^eiiVtnoiiths i hene^^t^ J? fß;rtlier: t h!nted that the 1 ' SJxiut^^)Ba-MH eVrtrespondence re the Jiißcription of stock was the last straw