The Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. MONDAY, AUGUST 10, 1885.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 60, 10 August 1885, Page 2

The Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. MONDAY, AUGUST 10, 1885.

• ': — - ; : '( jA&xgtfiiir f iiu rth >i pag« to-day will b« loiioid A Story of a Shipwreck, Keuurlc#WS^e'filß o^ Strength by Tyro Little ■ fybffiwA fir* Water, and tho Austra'^S^pfa^^J': .';' - ./ v' -fi^ '. ," ._?* ' I 'Mtßsrt^Steivens arid Gdrton's stock ..Bale^tyijß Borough Yards takes place ' iorintirrovr at one: o'plock. The entries, which are very numerous, include 245 head i of..cs.tle, v 150 sheep,; huises, and two^itl^tfiutied iron tank's, 750 gallons «•«!»• . : '■ ••, i:'.,^;-;:-^ •«.- j .<^M'eSBMf f Which ; atid ' Col advefts a ,Ir«8h urdval of that popular Anti- Ad«o^ ; ,'iflj> publicatfOu ll Notei - oil Ingfiridll^ijjr ,j;atl»ei:,vJUwnhert. • The 'book* is eViti rely 'uiisec'tarun aud uuiveraaUy-'well spokeu ;of b|^^reis. ; .:♦.. h-: ; ; j , We learn, that divers and Apparatus ..have: gou^out fryn» Liverpool to Grind, Itq inajce an attempt: to rouover 'Mie lai^isjuinjpf : ia speci«»j -Which ifreriT '"'flown with t|).e '•tiwinßr "i^|VhoijijoXll., off the above ,i»laiui. ; i:: Th^ '-divliig 'party i |s u nder.... the' ; supervision :atid -'"directioii i of ''CAptHiu ;<tt. '• surveyor at Lloy<l f ß.| .The r trtaHur,e iy aaid ta.be m live-dtillar £old i>iec«H, aud.. is i« . ten bases : <>f £10,000 each. Operations will bo curried ou ,m ; uearjy 30 fathoiHS of waterij/^;< ;i ?; '~ '"'■ -' At 'a largely attended; ineeti ng. vf".settlers held m Waikntoon Wediitßday, the following resolution' witscarrird ;— That jLcouiinittee be tonned tv ■obtain all tlie necessary information required tost ait a meat preserving and tiuning factory for Waikato, aud to uncertain the amouut of support the moveiuoiit would receive, aud lay. before another meeting, to be convened by-ihe naid committuf. Some of llje^.su^kt-ra, eatim^ted that at least £20,000 wotilJ.be requited for the workn. It was adinitVed iiy Hevetai spenkers thar the farmers could not live at the prices now ruling, und that some effort must be tfiade to relievo thr market. ' The Post says :•— A collision occurred ••on, Wcdueuday last on the W'elliiigtoii[Mauawatu railway line between two bal- ;. last trains, by which' three trucks were ytelest'oped and one of the engiu«« slightly damaged. . Fortunately no one was hurt. The accident occurred between J6hnßouville and Porirua. ' . v; We (Herald) find ', that m stating tho other day that Culonel Slapp had now 11 •corps m his ' district, 1 , we did him an iujUHtice. He lias altogether m the Wan-jjunui-Tarhiuki diatficta 15 companies, flio namKS of which • are aa under:— Navalsj Alexandn Cavalry, Wairoa Light llijrsjo^ Uau^itikvi.Mounte*d UiHes, itiflys, Wan- ' gauui liiftdh, ' WliiigauUi ; CJity ; . Itiflea. Mrtnche«ter, Kifl(i& r Palmerstoy . North Uifles, Putea Uiliea, '\Vttiiga,.ui: C«Uegiato Schpoj Oudtjt^yjTnraaaki Rifle Ymluu(eers, Ijigl«^6o(i 'Ualigere Rifle Vohml*ers, H^vvera. : RiflO; ; .'yiilutijteers, New Plymouth High School Cadets, , : At a public trial of the Harden Hand o rcnade ;in^ _; Oai)i»ara .' thje result proved j ejxtreineiy satisfactory. .] : ,>; \ * ] Th&MwfcwwHtra&i saysi:^Ah au4acious atleinpt to levy bluck-niail hai come; finder our notice. '^.A certaii^ "bjorougti haii arranged^ to borrow a"iuuV. of money from ' the Goytrnmont Irisurauce Association^ and. /all form ali ties .Hikving been: completed iw.ere forwarded to Wellington to be i texipUarig«(i for the money. The Assooia* tion, instead of handing th* money ■toyer direct, attempted to pass it through tlie hands of its solicitors, who then proposed to deduct a .certain sum for lepal I iiipeiiiW. As the borough m question "iiai] never evftU'v^hadtdipyvComiiiUiHcation w ft h these^sbiicitdrii, -let alone having ' employed them, the Council naturally obje(jl ed to; sucli »b ; attemp^ at|)l«ck-idai V and, after «• vigorous remonstrance was: " foijwardrd to ;the )»ea^ • of theaAspoci* ' tioh, thettibnoy was paid uver-in fuIL Thi'.claim for; legal e^pensas has riot 5 boeri'h«ar3 of since. , / . : \ MessH W.flcl)an4.of>. > h!tve.g«n.er6nß>ly|eh^ere(|"io"iheT Public. Library). Coin. jkriQe? ih* i tree .uiieof . two rooms over ihuirirtatWriery depot facing tte 6ank of Australasia. "■"■ * . ' , Messr* Srielion and Co., instructed by the^ Auckland :^l^Hug>Gojnpariyi will hold nn extenai ye "sal c of d rapory at their rooms to-^ojrrbw, at 2 pMi. ;" -; 1 . t -- \i1»o cominittee r of the Mj»i»n\?>it^ R>cnotiry':6y aifverViseineiVt that a 'quarterly general smeeting,^.wHl be held m the Club roofns to-morrow evening at Bp.i)i. Brtsine»B— Election of members and gftheWf. - ■■'■•-■'■< ',■■■■''' I 1 Attonfion is directe*! to a notice appearing m this ."ssue giyinVfull particulars jjf the npecial Missioy^ervices which comm*jce iulAll Saints ' Church on Saturday next. A nmnuer of Clergymen r f/onijthe adjoining townships will take /pVt fn the mwsjyti; jt.i^.;|ij>ped ' will dave'a beneficial etf«et on those for whoihjt is specially^ jnteriiled. ' •■ • *$. Wfe ?ar* M inforriied- that Miss Edith O'Gonhan , an ' escaped ;n n ri ' f rom a con - Vent In^ew^^ Yorlf, basJeft Ehglaud for notuitry^nra lecturing tour through* "these! colonies. jyjv^hsfprifce ; " of season ' tickets for the TCxniMtlon has been reduced to 21 s, aiid the Executiye- CoinmiUee.ar* considering the advis%biJity of -issuing weekly ! ■■■"■■"'■■" • ' A : : .. ) : i ..j A portion of the skin of a murderer, ..named Charles Smith, who was executed *at Newcastle .on., T-yne^ De.cembor 3rd, j£O J7» fipderweriV iHe "process of tanning, and aipiece'bt'it was sold' so recently a.B May 1855. This occiiffed at J the safe of a part, of thft: library *t»f a well' tnowh ,r)pe^V collector. The catalogue of the sale, ahd t¥%^ thifs^escribed;^' Lot l(ft— vA^nosii fymfyp a^d nniqji6--Iypok, being the i partwulaFS qf. the; trial afid .execution ydf Chiirlos -Sio'itu, who '■■ -yj^s ..^angpd if ' N^ewcisfcle for murder, containing a pieco WMb skin tanned into loathei for the, «j(aypose^ i ':: • v ,;" V.,, : '^'V.-' "■• - ; . deutjst's. "How much do you charge itfdr-fiUm' tooth?" asked the farmer. <* Froni 5s to 20s:!'. .»> An J how(iriuch ! f6r pulUn' : ?" "A. shilling." fi Mariar," he said, turning io- his wife, 1 " you'd bettor get it pulleJi'' •■ • ;;"' . . . T?h.o 'JfqFton paper says :— rA la>l named Sftnaon a day or two: %0, Wmh l»aye proved of iv^r^onsaiattM^, fjo v^jfi jaiidiuga horse along near Mr 3SC©ndi>p!«(<in^tore, anu* foolishly struck it "on the •fore lag)* to make it walk fa»ter r Tha •niirse'aftpr a ,thno ; WK&nted ! tho piirifslK ment, ajn<l;}i;Q:m,ng up struwlctae lii'the faco with lijs "foot, knackluj? hhn : down .wis"tbe b^pMT. -^!ie lad,/ thnugli; jiot jjertotiifly ' hurt will probably bo disJ . .,; , ; v

" James I" " tes pa. rt " There were -i yen Californian pears m that cup- ' oard. Six of. them are gone. D j you l now anything about it?" '• I never look one of them " ••• Sure?" " "Certain pa. Wish I may die if "•♦ You wicked, bad boy , how often luve I told, you uever to use BUch an expression? Her-4 conies ma. Let us see if she knows anything about it." Mamma says she saw James take at least five of them. " You little rascal 1 How dare' you tell me you never took one, ajid bete is only this little,ou» with thef ghibeateu aide left?" " Oh, pa, don't hit me' 5 I said I didn't take one of them — and— that's the one I didn't take. I,—Evadsvillel ,—Evadsville Argm. ... j By London papers to hand we are i(iforinad that on the 12th of last month a fire broke out thortly after iniddny' m the Indian Museum, which lies between the main entrance of the Exhibition and the Guild Institution. The. bouud ary^wall of th.c Museum borders on tlie Exhibit ion -road, and is about fifty, yards long. The Museum is coiopletily gutted, but much of its valuable" cbututit^i have beou saved . Thanks to tht energetic efforts of the fire brigade, tKe fir> was entirely got under within a' few houri. The Exhibition, has \ suffered* m a Votyjßlight degree, but more from waterthan from fire; The Harden Stair Hand Gronade Fire Extinguisher— ; with which the Exhibition Buildings are so' wellr supplied-^-diji good ' ■'•o'd; effective' se'rvico< \'X<-r--' Vi - \-'- : -'': :: : '..'

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