The Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. THURSSDAY. AUGUST 27. 1885. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 75, 27 August 1885, Page 2

Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. THURSSDAY. AUGUST 27. 1885. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The following will be found on our fourth pa«r« to-day : — Cable News, Una • sin and Ens' 11 ''''? Australian N«\vs, Telegrams, ami thoVJotid m, under which latter heading will b<j fuund a statement i .made by one of the New South Wales Contingent to a Sydney paper m regard ;to tlie homeward trip. We have been unavoidably couipoll-'d to hold over tmr leader so as to tnak<>. room for tin* conclusion of the report of the Public Works Statuinuut, The regular monthly meeting of the United Mauawatn Lodge, No. 1721, 8.C., takes place m the Freemasons 1 Hall, Maiu-street, to-morrow availing at 7.30. •The Woodville Examiner office is to be enlarged. A second trial of the Star Hand Grenade took place m Wellington on Tuesday evening, and proved very successful. The Wellington butchers have increased the price of meat. In an abstract from Comptes Rendus Professor <Jphn Trowbridge, of Harvard College, gives an interesting account of a series of experiments made to aseeitain Ijow. far the light of day penetrates into the waters of Luke (if neva. It go«s down to a d<'pth of 450 feet, where it is about equal to the brightness of a clear night without any moon. The curious fact is recorded that m cloudy Septem her weather the light descends further thau m the bright days of August. .-:■•- Sompide^ of jthe extraordinary appre- . ciation winch' has taken place m the 1 value of old books may be formed from a f few entries m one of Qintrritich's last catalogues, whero we find a good copy of Dii Sonnuerard's Les Arts an Moyen 'Age priced at £1GO ; a 1472 edition of Dante offered at £200 ; a Wyukyn d» Worto of 1527, .at the same price; Gould's Birds of Australia, m eight volumes folio, bound by Bedford, at £300; and a first folio Shakesperc, described as one of the finr-st and tallest copies m existence," at £700. Sir George Whitmore says:— The naval artillery at every port are v credit to the Colony. In eleven months m the year 1830 no less than eleven rulers of this earth ceased to reign — some dying, so.ne resigning, and some being disposed. George IV., of England, died ; Charles X., ot France, was deposed ; Mnhomoud, of Algiers, was kicked out ; l J inß VIII., Rome, died ; King Anthony was deposed from the crown of Saxony ; King Francis, of Naples, died ; William of Orange retired from ruling Belgium ; Charles Felia?, of Sardinia, died ; Duke Charles, of Brunswick tfas deposed; Capod', Intrias, retired from ruling Greece, and Don Pedro I. abdicated the throne of Brazil. Such a " smash up" has never been known before or since. The following team has been finally selected to represent Wellington m the footbntl match with the East Coast : — Back, McCausland ; half-backs—Hirsch-berg, Merlet, Stirling ; quarter-backs — Roberts, Perry ; emergency back, Hume; forwards — Astill, Cooper, King, Gihltcs, Malcolm, McGowan, Shaw, Webb, Whatman, ; emergencies — Varnbam, Beck. There were (says a Masterton paper) no.lessthan threo fire alarms within twenty-four hours, counting from noon on Saturday till noon on Sunday, and all of them were caused by biasing chimneys. Fortunately uo damage was done m either case. By the 'Frisco Mail this morning (says Tuesday's Examiner) Mr J. H. Monteith received a lettur from Mr Fountaine whose many friends will bo glad to hear that at the ttnje of writing ho was well and thoroughly enjoying , his home tour. T.ho following colonies impose a duty on ihetse:— Fiji, 2d p<>r lb ; West Ans tralia, 3d ; Tasmania, 2d per lb land, 2d per lb ; South Australia, 2d pf r Ib/Newr South Wales 2d per lb. It appears that, the protective Government of Victoria levies no duty whatever. A' Woollen Factory Company is about .being floated at Auckland. 1 From the Examiner we learn that Mr Maeara has received positive instructions that heroust take the mails thro jgh to Woodville after Ist Septemqer. The Department have also asked that he should carry a daily mail. Mr Macara is erideavoiirinj* to have the Mauricevillft Road fit for traffic as soon as pos sible. The. want of rain is snvorely Mr m Sontli Australia, and is likely to injure the crops. * ''&■ 'i Durine the Russian war scare the sferticos of 37 additional corps were accepted m New Zealand. V v jTho Victorian Coffee Palacn Company. Melbourne, has declared a dividend of 10 per cent. The Minister for Public Works, the Hon. Mr Uichardßon. met with a slight accident at the Exhibition on Monday, He gbt mixed up with the gearing of the machinery, and received a blow on the head, but was fortuuately not much hart. It is understood (says the Advocate) that the Hon. Roht. Campbell, will give & piece of land at Campbell town for a sight for an Anglican Church. Thf> matter of erectinsr a liuildinjr i 8 being taken up energetically, numerous sub- . ncriptions having already been promised. A Railway notice m reference to cheap excursion fares to Wellington, via ; Fox ton, appears elsowhere. The gentlemen presont at the Insurance meeting last evening paid up their proportion of the expenses incurred viz 2s. f each. This sum from those who haVo placed thfiir names on the list already .signed will it is expected defray the expenses up to date. At the insurance meeting held last evenine, the Chnirmnn said he thought the «urn of 2s which thpy were called upon to pay up for expanses wns a very judicious <'xp«'ndituro indeed. One of those pr«*K(Mit n-plied that thry would know all about that whvn they came to wash up. Messrs Stevens and Gorton's n^xt sale at I.ho Awnhiiri Yards will take phceon Tuesday neyt, Septemhrr Ist, nt 1 p.m. Tim oatfiloiiii'e will be found m our advert ist-ihg columns..

While General Grant lay dying m hi* cottage at Saratoga, all America was said to be anxiously awaiting tha appearance of his autobiography. In the United Statos it excited as much c.xciti^ input as the Revised Version did with us m England. Tlie publishers had 'received ordbrs for over 300,000 copies of the work from their 5,000 agents, and the country had not been half canvassed.. They expected to dispose of 1,000,000 copies. - * Sharp clerk : " There is a beautiful piece of goods, miss. It will tnuko up very handsome, and I am sure will become either you or your sister," Lady i Purchaser, blushing : " Why — ahem — st> ;it is. Yes I think I can trust your ' ■ judgement. Suppose you cut me off twenty yards." As they were leaving •the store—" Why mamma, why; didu ? t you tell him I was your " — Lady : .''Hush. Do be slill Maud. You chat- ! ter so continually." Sharp clerk to man jat lace counter : " Did you see mo work heie ? Twenty por cent, on that ? it's that stuff left ov«r from last spring.'