The Manawatu Standard. (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. THURSDAY. AUGUST 13, 1885. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 63, 13 August 1885, Page 2

Manawatu Standard. (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. THURSDAY. AUGUST 13, 1885. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

" To make room 'for tho .continuation of *tlie report of the meeting of the Road iUBo&d (trhich appears on our fourth ;?page), we have been unavoidably cornjwUed to .hold over our leading article, letters to the editor, and other reading matter. 'The Adulteration Prevention Amendfijsnt Act, provides that for the purposes '"&£'" Ttia Adulteration Prevention Act ■1830 Amendment Act, 18313," and of all mother enactments relating to the manufacture, of bread, batch loaves and French loaves of bread, shall be deemed to be loaVes of any shape so baked as to show crumb- on any two or more sides thereof; and,: loafves; of any shape so baked as to show crust only on all sides thereof shall ; be deemed to be fancy bread.:. '•In spite of all the efforts of tho pro- • hibitionists, official rep rs show yrhi'e ;. the populat : on of the United Statss h;i3 increased. l 2 per cent, m the eight 'years, 1876 to .1883 inclusive, the home consumption annually of distilled liquors has risen from 58 million gallons to 78 millions ; of malt liquors from 308 to 501 juiillion gallons ;-u.nd wines from 20 to 26 million gallons. The Prohibition Committee complain that the deaths of nearly 75,003 American citizens per annum are brought about by drink, and that about j 80 per cent. . of the rapidly increasing number of criminals .and 75 per cent, of the paupers^ and a large proportion of all frightful*' accidents " to 3 r oung. and; old. on land and sea, are consequences "; of ' the same nature; *'■•' . In the Government Printer's annual ' report just . presented to Parliament, he I says :— - Regarding colonial (industries I h)ive not much, to add: to the remarks made m my, report; of: last:year, further' . than to'ex^VesS; my regret at the discontinuance'm'toe" -manufacture . of . ■ parchmeut at' : Dunedin;' 'tlie quality produced tljepe -being, quite" tequal to that imported from England. I communicated with -'the. 'manufacturer, with & view to giving him tin orde.r.for £500 worth — which is about the value of our annual require-•jmenfs—-but was informed that ditficultiesiri obtaining skilled labour and suitable premises had coihpelled linn to aban- j don the industry. The brown wrapping, papers made m the c6lony are now being used, and that item is omitted m our, Home orders. I have, also ceased to import neatsfoot and lard oil as the trotter 'oil 'manufactured by a local firm is not only far superior to that received from England, but has the recommendation of be|jng very much cheaper. The Post is informed that Mr J. 11. Gould , of the Teh-graph Stores Department ha 8 beeu appointed stationmnstcfr on the Wellington and Manawatu Railway. ' The Pok says that the well-known W#stoe estate,, late the property of Sir William Fox, containing some 2527 acres, the very pick of the Rangitikei land, is now m the market, Messss T. Kcnnrdy Macdouald and Co. having $\bft -the property placed iv their hands -for sale. : Pneumonia has now become the rival of consumption iv America iv its fatality to human lif«\ Iv the city of ,N-ew.York, for six months, from Ist. •October last, there were 2,639, d-aths from pneumonia. This is the largest number of deaths from nny one cause except consumption during that period. ; . In these times of depression it is some consolation to know that Mr Fronde, has expressed his opinion to a reporter of Aha New York Tribune that "New Zealand vrill -eventual!/ be tho first and most prosperous colony of the Ausitra group." A correspondent m the Christchurch Press 3ftys:—"l notico £94.000,000 worth of property (thig does not include properties unde.r£sooj or the exemption _0f..#500 to those who have to xa\y Proiffcrtx Tax) is estjinttM tq pay £270,000 Property Tax agaiiist^jOOO.OOO to be .paid by. about jsQ,oOO^nen, wotntn, and 'children. . So? 'property ia only to pay one ninth partj -when tho population is toLpay eight ninths of the taxes. The Marlborough Express notes that Sir John Hall, Sir E. -W. Stafford, and r^aptaiu' Baldwin, three old identifies their money out of N«w Zea-'land-lstid transactions, tire settling their '^iftl^'rn' farms on the rivor Plate, South .'Attft'rica. This is' ungratefnl towards the Colony, and calculated to lower it m ;RubJ.jo: estimation as a field for English Jariaej-s. .. '■ sChe men who are emploj'ed m excaivatihfg- at the defence works at Taiaroa ,Head«4)iaye lately unoarthed a few Maori .. relief io the shape of stone tomahawks,, greenstone ornament*, heads of spears, ,&c.- Tljo most valuable of these is a BhiaH' carved greenstone intake, about 4tri'long aud 2in.-wide,. In appearance it is- like' the caVved idofs that are often placed> ovor mnangas and the principal w|i^rosliifijjhting pahs. It iv supposed (Jja^.thj-b for|4fication -, work* have ex-fendeil-Yjitliin the precincts of thft --tAti possibly some valuabje n\eitfento'« of Otago's earlier dijys moX ; Ji»: this. fn'Aiiner be brought to light. j <: TUgJ3Mv'erriment have, the Post learns '-acewtfd the tunder of Mr O'Brien, of ''Auckland^ for the Purolarau tunnel cohifict'ijOh, "the Main North Island Trunte'rhilway. The amount has not trans^JTOf?. The length of this tunnel is-, upwards of 1200 yards. ManyCpeople" will rend with regrof tho followfnjf' announ«'enient from the Timftru -tleraltl '■: —Old residents m this distrier will regret to hear of the death of'Mr.Htoriry Poingdeatrft, which took" place at the resirionce of his r-ouftin, on July the .18th. at Murranibarrah, N.S.W. ftgedS.^ Mr Poingd«*stro arrived m "Tjinaru jii the year -1856, and shortly ■ m conjunction with Mr G. B,uch.irinti, took rip tho Blnecliffs run [ (which m |;hosft K days was -without the pale of. civiliß.ati.on,- but now is one of the luoptspjctuvesque spots it) South OauterbiyA'^Lftyenhjally .selling out j since wKlfiji : b^on in!-;hiiaUicss'.<tu'the "ThanivS J».nd ■ Wciit „Quaut gold fields' leaving New Zeftl-*»n'd-- al.Kiiit' t^oyoitrs aiyo for Sydney. ;.To : tiT<>''i« Nearly settlers .wlw-'eivjnyj&r tho.. nloaßurft of his inliin.ncy w« ttiky' "'say: they wiir.npy»r knovv his like a^afil for ready wit and geniality. v .\ v As cftrrierpigeons'in C!una..are often : inoh'Bted by luri^Vof.proy, sin inirenious plan f»fr protection is employed. Ten biimll" l)Rinhdn -t'iWns sjro'.!»lt:nM'i«(l to tlm - I'ini'a' tail l»v in-'iiiirf mF Vhr*.tl. j pv^sJrrj undrVr Win wiri'^ij. ■ Tun ; ha^y, (li^jht of flio bird pijoij\i'"}s a .wliMtlin^ soiled, a.i-l Ibis .'u'f'ps hhd* of- pro/ ut a si^o diaiaiico. . ... ... ••••.'

At the district meeting of Odd folio. .vs held :it Napier, a mailer of important*.'! to Frioudly Sooi.-tiea generally was raisfld m th-» question of dealing with lliis distribution of the contri tuitions. Nearly all tin speakers expressed- themsulves convinced iSint there w;*s Acm.iuded by the rules of the Order,' ami Uy the Friondly Societies Act, too 'much of tiio ni'inliors' contributions for the sick aod funeral funds, which wer« accumulating {money, while the other funds had hard work to males ends I meet. The question of separating New Zealand f rcra the mother lodge was also discussed, and it was decided th.it that I colony was too you tig to have a central board office, on account of the* expense whtch would be entailed m their working. On the motion of P.M. Sidey, however, seconded by P.M.. Moore, tho district officers were instructed to endeavour to g*t a meeting of delegates 'fftiiiT tho different districts m New Zealand held m Wellington during th«* Exhibit tiofi period, so aR to fix a uniform scale of charges for admission and contributions, and to settle matters in connection with clearness from one- district to another, and other mutters affecting the internal working of the Order — tho distiict officers to have power to nominate the delegater. The motion was discussed m all its hearings, and was finally carried unanimously. There are ac present m Waipawa (says the Mail) two Sisters of tho ) Order of St. Joseph, soliciting subscriptions for an orphanage and a house of refuge for unfortunatu. females. They hold letters of recommendation from the Right Rev. Dr Iteyuols,. Bishop of Adelaide, as w«ll as from Wry Her. Father McKUmara, Administrator of ; the Diocese of Wellington, and were ; strongly commended to the charity of this congregation by the Rev. J. L. Ahem oil Sunday last. As thu charitaiilc institutions on behalf of which they seek assistance are not restricted to the benefit of any particular religious denomination, out freely receive all who seek their aid, without regard to religion or its absence ; they gladly and thankfully receive donations frwm tho charitable disposed of ail classes, and creeds. As the objects on behalf of which they travel are most praiseworthy it is to be hoped their viftit to Waipawa will not be made m vain. Th<- education code of Great Britain for 1884 enacts that in-- future no boy or girl will be, allowed to undertake the arduous duties of a pupil teacher without- first securing from a medical practitioner.a certificate to the eff«ct .that ■ h-9 or she is strong enough' to fulfil them ; and that oi)ly. candidates who can produce certificates of good moral character aud whose homes are moral, shall bo allowed to become pupil tuauhers. ' ' The fqllowing particulars .concerning the prize essays on tho. industries; of the colony may be of interest to oiir readers. ' — kl One gold medal and fc>v«nty guii'tnis, one silver medal and ten guineas, and onelbronze medal and five guineas will be awarded for essays on the present .condition and future prospects of the industrial re* v oes of New Z aland and the best means for fostering their development. In judging of the merits of the essays preference will b « given to those which are of a practical character, rather than to mere abstract or theoretical disquisitions. The essays must bo sent iv to the Secrotafy of tile Exhibition, sighed with a motto, and accompanied l>y a sealed envelope containing the authors-n ame and address, on or before the Ist day of December 1835. This late date ia fix. d to enable tho essay i«H if they desire to do so, to uti lize tha information which ,the Exhibition it-self will a Supply. The essays will be submitted to a board of thtv'e. persons; to be hereafter appointed, on whoso decision respecting the merits ■ of the essays the above prizes will be awarded ; jprov|46d the . essays reach a suflicentiy deseiving standard of excel-' , lence.~JULius yogel." ,/; - . ( An English correspondent writes .':— • The success of the loans of the Wes'port and Greymouth ' Harbour Boards - is--1 among the signs of the times, and shows | even more convincingly, than .the State loan, the growin/ confidence felt - : m Colonial securities. The ' application's 1 for the former amounted to or over double' what was required, at rates ran^in/ trom £95 (the minimum) up to ■ £97 10s ; and for the latter to £276,200 , or nearly three times as much as- was i offered. ,