The Manawatu Standard. (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. THURSDAY, SEPT. 3, 1885. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1445, 3 September 1885, Page 2

Manawatu Standard. (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. THURSDAY, SEPT. 3, 1885. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

, . Oa bur fourth page to-day will be found Cable News, Telegrams, East anil West Coast Railway, Commercial News, Loathsome Literature, Boycotting, The Management of Diptheria, An Untutored Savage, and other items. M. de Lesseps relates that on the occasion of his marriage, the day of the opening of the Suez Canal, November, 4.869, his father-in-law handed him I^o,ooo francs as a present to his wife. At that'' time, he adds, Suez Canal shares we'ro selling at 250 francs, or 50 per cent, discount. He invested the piesent m these shares, on which he realised 1,500,000 francs. Why should New Zealand be for ever cursed with local jealousies and prejudices ? Why should every district engage m v game of grab ? We all pay for those luxuries, our railways do not earn their interest and the amount has to be made up by the colonists, and are we tor ever to be m that position simply that one district can spite another ? for that is all it means. It is child's play on the patt'oithv) nation to allow such a policy to.be continued, and when that is put an end to, it will probably be unnecessary to ask the question, why do our railways not pay ? — Napier Telegraph. There has just been erected m tho Timaru cemetery the monument iv commqmoijation of the. loss of life by shipwreck m the roadsteads on the 14th May 1882. The base is 16ft Gin square, rising by six steps of cut bluestone to a square pedestal of polished dolorite, 7ft Bin and sft) Bin. squire, on each side of which are ' panels m brass, bearing the inscriptions. Above this, rises the obelisk of red polished Aberdeen .granite, ,20ft high, attdl 2ft square at the base. The total height of the monument m 31ft Gin. The work reflects groat credit on the designer, Mr T. Roberts. C.E. The New Zealand Herald, m an article on the approaching Anglican Church mission m Auckland says, m conclusion : —There seems to be a deep and widespread interest m the mission exhibited by all classes and ages of persons. In some of the streets the dwellers have been seen waiting eagerly at their doors ■forthe approach of the visitors with their various letters and papers. In St. Matthew's parish we hear that m this way many thousands of these missives have been thus given and received. That much good wants doing amongst us we know, and that this movement will do at least some ot it there can be no doubt. With questionable discretion the Times alluded last ; night to the Itussell libel "case. ' In that case damages were laid at i&vOOO, a verdict was given for ten pounds, artd the costs to Russell were close on £l/)0 — at least bo he says himself. What a great and' glorious legal and moral victory to be sure ! Our local contemporary continued its base 'insinuations directed against Mr McMinn last evening with reference to the Park prosecution. We are giving •■ the journal m question full tether, the ' •ultimate result not being difficult to foresee^ In due course fch« public and those interested will learn what phase the matter will next assume. For obvious reasons we. do not on this occasion further reply •to the paragraphs m question, which will probably come before the public m another form at an early date. The Wanganui Herald understands that Johnson, the contractor for the Porewa section of railway, was suspended on Saturday. The sureties nro prepared to proceed with the work at once, and Mr Howe states thnt he bus t»o fear at all of being able to pull it through without n lose. It appears that the deposit of £500 made by JohnJoxtthsr with the progress payments made for all work done, will go to the sureties, who will thus have a very, fair start to work on. Mails for the Australian colonies, the United Kingdom, mid the Continent, of PJia'dpV, via Melbourne, close at the Bluff to-morrow, the 4th inst , at noon, pp.r Wairarapa ; due m London on October 27th. A grnpral military order, dated May 23rd, decrees the disappearance of the liihce from the weapons of tho Anntrinn Arr»3 p . The lancers will he transformed into different kinds of light cavalry. En /land supplies three-fourths of all thivdolls carried by the children of civi Used nations'. Even tho so cnlled French dolls — those with China heads — nrig-inAde for the most part m England, the head alone coming: from France ' The Marton Small Farm Association are about to wind up their affairs hayI ing been unable to Recnrn nny suitable I land on the Pohangina. Block. \ Mr Gordon. Furlonir i« to he thp pastor iof the..n.p.w. Gospel Hall (Baptist) at '; "Bulls. "The oprning ceremonies take i place on the 16th. I The Rev. J. Hamilton, of Rhode 'island, has given alcohol lt new nam<*. Hft T catls it " Aqua mortis" — the water jof "death. : The lad Alfred Wilkinson left Wellington for England iv the Ruapehu on Sunday. Lord Randolph Churchill, if report speaks truly, hart an amusing- experience at §t Pancrns Station. Having arrived there by train, he betook himself to th* van to look after bis pirtmnntoiui. The guard who, with a nins'nlar want of discernment, supposed him to be a commercial traveller, jocnlnrlv remarked, «' What do von th'nk? We're grot Lord Randolph Churchill m the train.T'm told, I hope T shall be able to see the rocky little swine." " Well." returned he, '• thatV my portmanteau with H.C. on it; bring it along; to a e<»h, and yon can look at me as long as you like, for Fm (he cocky little swine." It will be remembered how scurrilonsly the clique's orsran ahns^d Or Hawkins because h«» acted an independent part. The. reanisitlon to Cr. Hawkins reqiieatinff him to st^nd for reol»ction, proves what weight the pnhlii; attach to gross mißrpprpßpntations indulged m with a view to injure people m public estimation. An advertisement m another column notifies the removal of Mr Hastings Moore's business to thf> premises adjoining Mr Mcssitcr, Tanpn Quay, Wanga. nni. A large utoe.k of needs has been laid m. »nd no doubt ii creased business will repult from the clmnge. The Chinese of Sydney have suhseribed £800 for the ivli f of sufferers by a serious flood that occurred at Canton ft shoif time ago. '

In its London letter, dated July 10, 1 the Du;»Hdin Star says : — Competition J with New Zealand m the frozen meat j traffic ia increasing; space, The importations from Melbourne are growing. The 8. s. John Elder entered the Thames from that port on Monday, the 6th instant, with 4,655 cases of mutton on boanl, and the Sorata arrived on Saturday with a still larger cargo. Both cargoes are m good condition. A lar j>e consignment of American refrigeratedhindquarters was put up m the Smithfield market on Wednesday last, but did not fetch such good prices as New Zealand meat. Th« secretary of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Company, however, told me that the importation of hindquarters alone will never work. The butchers like the whole carcaßes to cut at, so as to make the most of them. In regard to this it may be of interest to quote the retail prices of New Zealand mutton published by a large firm of West End butchers whole sheep and sides 6£d.; forequarters, s£d. ; hindquarters, 8 f. ; whole lamb and sides B£d. , forequarters, B£d. ; and hindquarters, I Professor Huxley is, it is understood, going to retire from tho various posts he holds under Government on a pension of £1,200 a year. It is stated that ex-President Arthur is Buffering from Bright's disease, which during the past year has assumed an aggravated form. Speaking of the effects of the totalisator, the Australasian of the 15th ultimo says: — Mauy of the Queensland racing clubs, thanks to the totalisator, have been enabled to get out of dubt and increase their stakes. But it is m New j Zealand where the" infernal machine " has done good service. In the southern colony they can boast of the Now Zealand Cup of 1,000 soys. The Auckland Racing Club ad. is more to its Derby than v\t\wr the V.R.C. or A.J.CI. Even at Napier they give 600 soys. to a handicap, and the Dnnwdin Cup, Canterbury Cup, and other races are familiar as household words iv the mouths of all New Zenlanders. A private m the New South Walos contingent says : — " Much amusement was created amongst our fellows upon our first landing m Suakiin by the surprise our appearance created amongst many of the Imperial troops, some of tin-in was heard to exclaim, ' Why those are all Englishmen !' It was eveu reported that an officer had been heard to rein irk to a brother officer, c What rem.-irkable good English those fellows speak. 1 If some little ignorance of our colonists was found among the Imperial troops, a knowledge was found m another quarter that decidedly surprised , us. In conversation with Arabs who had been captured, or who had surrendered themselves to the British, we found men who were conversant with most of the large centres of population out here, and m one instance at least I met an Arab who had been m Sydney later than last Christmas," A case of mistaken indfntity caused a sensation at the Paris Morgue lately. A young woman recognised a body exposed there as that of her father, not only by his features, but also by his , clothes. She informed a sister and two brothers of hers who lived m Paris, and who also attended the morgue and signed a declaration by which they ; identified tho body as that of their | father. The old man was a weaver at '■ Creteil, and, after preforming that mcl- ! ancoly act, his children started to that locality to learn how and m what manner he had met with his death, for the body had been found m the Seine at : Meudon ; hut they were surprised on ' arriving to find him seated at Uis loom at work, quite uuconscious of the 1 fright his children had caused them--1 selves by their mistake. Among the professors at German Universities there are no fewer than 157 who are between the ages of seventy . and ninety, of whom 122 still deliver ' lectures, seven of these being between r eighty-five and eighty-nine years of ' i ago. The oldest is Von Ranke, now m his ninetieth year. j Considerable excitement was caused - m Oxford Circus, Regent-street, and i some of the West End thoroughfares ' recently, by the appearance of a tall I man, whose back, from his collar to his : waist, was literally covered with bees, whilst hundreds more hovered over his , head and all around him. The man , walked on m a state of evident fear, \ and, it (nay be imagined, this strange , sight m the midst of the crowded streets t led to his being followed by a crowd, j numbering many thousands of persons. I It appears that a swarm of bees, num- , bering: many 'thousands, which had es- . caprd from some hive m the neighbour hood of Hie metropolis, had settled upon , the man's back, shoulders", and head. i Terribly frightened, he made an attempt to mil away, hut the bees maintained their hold, and the man walked on and I on, notknowiner what to do, but m the F hope that his little friends would take ! their departure, frightened by the noise » of the traffic m those central thorough- ' fares. Ultimately, when he was passing throueh Oxford Marker, a bystander ad- ' vised him to tlirow off his coat, and. taks ing tho hint, lie slipped off his garment, i when the host of bees rose en masse, and I the man made off as quickly as possible, and so did the thousands who had folI lowed him. Strange to say, the man was only slightly stung m the neok. | A Brisbane telegram In the Melbourne . Argus states that Mr Booth has concluded his mission there. He was presented on behalf of the execntive commit lee of the mission, with a cheque for 1 £200, amidst great enthusiasm, The ' mission has been an unqualified success ' throughout, 4249 persons having signed the pledge, and over 5000 blue ribbons r having been taken. The meetings were t nightly attended b}' large and enthusiass tic andiences. Special attention is directed to Mr C. > Guastad's advertisement appearing else- • where. Mr Gaustad, by industry, good r workmanship, and moderate charges has now a business which keeps him very . fully employed — m fact almost more i than he can do at times. We direct attention to advertisement ; m reference to lecture to be delived by , Mrs Moore, a fuller reference to which will he made m to-morrow's issue. j Meeting of Football Club this evening at Royal Hotel at 8 o'clock. We learn that Mr G. Moore, of the Advocate staff, is about severing his connection with that journal, m order to fill an appointment on the staff of the Woodville Examiner. Mr Moore is a very capable journalist and we wish him every success m his new position. The Loyal Manawatu Lodge, 1.0.0. F., M. U. meets to morrow evening at 7.80 p.m. We ronrnd our readers of Messrs Snolson & Go.'s stock sale at the Fitz-herbert-street sale yards to take plage on Saturday at noon