LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 55, 3 August 1885, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

On our fourth..pa ge to-day - vyill be found Gable News, Russia arid England, Australian -News,.- Sporting ■•News, 'l^&lo^-i grams, Imprisonment foir- : lDe:bt^ i'hei Discipline of Warj A ; Fainiiy* Doctor's Advice, etc. ; - : : ; v '-, . The Canterbury papers are fairly mad at the adverse criticisms which have .been published . relative to the East and .West Coast 'railway.' Alluding to the Wellington. papers our staid- iind.povyer-r ful con temporary 'ttte Lyttelfoii Tjimep delivers itself Unifi :-^Yet it is Welling-^ ytbnj of all places m the wbridfwhicHi fdaresito Bpeak to us ;6f colonial wasted money. Why, Wellington was born", made, created, -and has lived putof.Newr ' Zealand !s wa» ted money } ? We <■ have known many-* very impudent persons m ordinary life who havelived^bn-.theirre-lations; ■- But we' neyef ktfe.w.the most impudent of them lecture these "relations for extravagance m dariug to purchase the necessaries of life. We are daring now to ask for a wretched fraction of the 1 millions of our money which have, beeu enjoyed, .by, the .-.rest of New Zoa-r laud. . Having fed, clothed, lodged, anil provided cigars -and- brandies and-soda for Wellington during Wellington's! natural life, :wo propose' to borrow half-' a-erown from W.ellingtou. Wellington ,d-T-us our impudence,- and proposes: tg' kiok us into the glitter, This is ourpb- . sit ion. .But phalli we/ : . allow ourselves to 'bekifkea?"^ 1 ': •; ~ '■■':■■ .■;.-;~: :; -" 1- . A Bhoc|ving case of pretnature int'eruieut'.is reported frpfri Pqi^lhiigues to the Ezpress de ' %yari9. ;% wqma/n who had merely fallen iutp a ; jethargic'sUep was believed, to be. def up fit, au.d.w.as.huriediti the Ce'i»etory iif tfie pominutie. , Soiiie' children, shprtly afteryiraWs amongst it n ix.c' g ysVo. !)pa>'|| crjiess p^c^cil- j ing from" the.grpand anog^e tire,- alarm* ' All haste .was' made to Stake up an^ljreak; open the ; coffin, : iv6nia» was found to be still liring, but she died m a few minutes after being released. < ; "-The bullying; maqner , of th^.trerinan; students isprovocbialj 't£8 f is almost tlieii^ mania for duelling. It .was at Heidelberg -that; a ; qLuiet , : citizen, the pars, said to a staggering student, " Sir, you are bVbwdiug. me!, .-keep r back a little bit, sir 1" The Btudeht tucuedifiercet; ly, and said,' in a loud .tope, "W.ellj do you not like it? Well, sir, lam at your service' whenever yiVu 'pleaßo." . u _oh,;. thank ybu,f»aid the s traveller. Your offer is very kind, and you may carry my valise to tl»e v hbtel for me." The Btu-: deiit flfeU^aniidsfjsiioutsjofplaughter.: _;, ; -j Adamant's ; how'?^ Sydn^by din HemM), [ It-is theirn^tentibn/taseir the old chestnut over there,:' In bidding-good-bye t* Adamant ';, it may be'-of in-: terest to nrention that during his racing'; career so far he: has" run ■ m 65 faces, of whicly jie lias won'- 17,.' been. 14 times second^ 9 times Ithird, .and 25 iimes ? tiu--placed. His winnings m stakes have aiiiounted'tojEtflDO. .. J . : . »; \\ •■ -..". Much interest "has been aroused m the .medical profession by tile discovery' of a Brazrliah-pTant< called Alveloz. which is said to cure cancer. : ; The fame of the plant reached; the United- States last sutniner^ and the . attention; .it/attracted resulted m, the serid.ing,of a despatch by 'tlio Dophrl ment of Statelo C/b»8nl Atherfon, at Pern anib'iico/ ' Veqii esti hg th&t he wbiild "secure And forward sufficient of the medicine for experimental purposes. A series of exhaustive experiments will be carried, on to demonstrate the curative power of the plant, ;-..- .; .;. ; 'i^-;; <:):;•' A large assembly at Hyde Park vbri Sunday, June the 28thy vf&s addressed >by Michael rDavitt as follows :—?" We . Irish demand nothing less than the- right ]to;manage pur own_affair«. as,. Can ad a and Australia manage theirs.' As lo"rig as that right is denied to ÜBj or its exercise abridged^- Irelapd • will remain: an obstacle tooßritisu "ilegi'slatibni an^l a ' menace, to. the stability, of ..England 's^ power." These utteratfees , were vehemently; cheered by the crowd, almost wholly composed of 'Englishmen. ■ ",: ". ;The State, crown ■ of Queen .Victgrja was madefof Her jilajesty. by, TJun.dell^ and Bridge, m 1883 with jewels tak^n. from old crowns and ' others' furnished by the Queen's command. ' The: following is a summary of the jewels m the crown :— ;One. large ruby,' one large broad sapphire, sixteen sapphires, eleven • emeralds, four rubies,': 1,3^3 briljiarit ■'diamonds; ,1)273 rose,' diafconds,ri47. Stable diamonds, four-droprshaped p'ea'rl^atid 237- pearls. Unlike', most ofh(?r/' ■princely crowns in v "TEhrqpe, all the i jewels m the British crown; are really precious stones j whereas, m other State, crowns, valuable stones have been re-' placed by .cplqurod glass. [\ V . ; The Auckland &tor -lays that; ■■■■by the last English inai] aqdpy of "Mr^McK^el-' 'irie's will was sent out. It. appear&to have been made as far back as 1877. After making provision for certain private bequests he leaves the balance of hisestate to three /trustees for 'the erection ;pf : &h Art Museum m ; Auckland. The balance is 'expected 'to realise between •£40.000 and £50,000. He makes the, stipulation that the site arid building must- not cost more than '" £lo,ooo, .the •balance to be expended on works of art. Every provision has been made to" secure to Auckland a Free Public Museum of Art that shall exist m Aiick'laod 'as long; as it has a population, and -shall be open to all and feundry^weelr-days and ; Sunidaysiall^. ' ' , : : . A quadruple -birth ia iatinounced' "to ■ have recently taken. place" m Paris. A feiiale corisieree, living .m tHe . Eiie 'Mon'ge has' beett-;corifined of fpiir . wol} proportioned rria.re infan : ts;. 'O/fly ...two cases of similar fe^uhity' are upon recorii. One related by-; Pliny m his npifes • on natural history, and the other .case m .the Matevnity ' IlQgpital of pan's nine;- ygara ago, the mother and the four babes, are taid to be doing ■well. i

The Wairarapa .Star- v*arns the Mas"torton pooplo against a man. calling himself a. piano- tuner, who has on more than one occasion obtained access to- private, houses and attempted to extort money from ' ladies, making himself, generally obnoxious m cases wliero • he,^ is . met frith a refusal to comply with his; :requost. . . -" w ..-One of the most remarkable "masters'"of the rifle m California is a woman, Miss L: C. Smith. Her aim is unfailingj iiftd "she |ires f rpiii either the right or left jhpul^er. jHer aim is equally,, sure when the; s'igKts. are. obscured by a card placed on fho' muzzle of a rifle.- She shoots backwards with [.deadly precision. The farmers of Sandon, Carnarvon, and CarhpbeUtown have now a diitirtct issue to face re the .establishment- of :a dairy factory . at J3ansonv, ; ljnless £250 worth of' shares. a.ke_ taken; up within a week, 1 the "project will .bVabandtaioil. "V Now we' have urged) and still :nrgt?, that aU6cal industry of the kind- contem*plate*d, is'the I one. thing^needf ul ; to /give the f arwers and^ the,. dfstrjct start -towards uiaßiiig their .holdings pay. The- past jifew years have been a hard' struggle with a'-gpod' many of them, owing to bad llcrops'aftdlow prices of gr^in.. . Why not 'go-in for" something which" will give the 3andarest for a few years ? "We think it will be a great pity= if the ' whole -sciheme is! -allowed.. to collapse forwantvof sup-' po^tj'.and wevtheretore • strongly ;Airge those .whp.haye not yet taken share's, tol flo'so at once, and therewould then beno difficulty m making up^ the required, numbeK' lf theiy "decline 'to - do* this— if. I they- areso" bliitd io their own interests, j they 'will have i'to endure many more hard i seasons iin their struggles for ■f-4dvocate,: ,~ >..•.■:.:■• •■•: ; i • . ■■ .. : . Tire? first Salvation. Army funeral which, has taken '.place m iW'anganui (say.s the Herald) was that o| .]iir ,1). flurley ! on Ijlnctay.. }. Thq novelty " of \ the thih^' ( [attracted 1 : the ' attention p$ .a*'cdn • , sid^rabje iiumbei" of people: 'The' mem-' bprs.pt the-Army to the number of about lOQ^rnpirched up,to:the:residence of the decg^sied, whene- an , out-of-door service j Was jheld. by^tlwfe Captainand some other officers."^ The (pro^aedings included singing^|(i;axing, and exhortation:- ■■■ The c'qfr fin,,coj[ere|l. .^jt^the Army colours Xred» ' with~aT white i border),; on wb,ich the cap and tunic of the "deceased* were ' laid; was then.'pfacedonaignn carriage;- " rPrededfed by the. band,; which, played appropriate •.hymri'i? I ,' tW f procession marched to the •■Getifeifavjl : Qccasiphally the members relieved tlie -band by pinging a hymo. v At ' the grave -the- Qeremb'nies" lasted "about three-q;u'arters ot an hour j, and consisted^ m thfr main- b*f exhortations by the Cap'--" tain, and testimphy-ffivirig by those of .the :J ineitiberS; ;who had inown^ . the? dej.; "ceased just be jpre, his death. , The Army intend paying the whole of the expenses connected with the'f lineral. . . . : The Dunedin City Council lias a bank overdraft ot£3S,oop, an increase of be^ tweea £5000 and £6000 from last year, is now the order of the day m • ; r.- V