The Manawatu Standard. (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. TUESDAY SEPT. 8 1885. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1449, 8 September 1885, Page 2

Manawatu Standard. (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. TUESDAY SEPT. 8 1885. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The following items of news will bo found on our fourth page to-day : — Cable News, Australian News. Telegrams, East and West Const Railway, Sad Casualty, Commercial News, Manchester Koad Board, and Native News. Uuiuours have reached us of some pretty heavy all night gambling which tonic place recently within a hundred miles of the Square. If the writer of j the anonymous communication sent to us m connection therewith, giving various particulars, will forward; us his name, as a guarantee of g od faith, his : letter will be publshed, though we may | deem it advisable to mike carbarn , eliminations bore and there. As the ■ manuscript is well known to us, we trnst ' the writer will not hesitate to do as we | suggest, if actuated, as he says m his | letter, by " the performance of a public duty, and a desire to prevent the possible ruin of persons whose names I up- j pend, and others who may yet be drawn I into the net." The Wellington Eocning Press says that Mrs H. S. Filzherbert has been subpoenaed to attend as a witness m t!u tar and feathering case, which comes on for hearing this week before Mr Wardell, the Wellington K.M. The actions against several of the present or late Boroiu'h Councillors drew a j large crowd to the Resident Magistrate's Court on Friday. But one opinion was expressed after the proceedings were over, namely, that an immediate excision of the obnoxious clauses is neces sary. — Chronicle. In reference to the scurrilous placards posted on the telegraph poles about town we (Chronicle) heard a rumor on Friday that they had been printed privately m Wellington From the character of the type employed, we are of the opinion that they were decidedly not printed m this town. The following regulation under the Sale of Poisons Act is to come into force on Noye nber Ist. Every seller.of poison or any poisonous mixture shall, before delivering the same to the purchaser, firmly affix to the box, bottle, vessel, wrapper, or cover containing the same, a label with the w>rd " Poison " m white letters on a red ground appearing thoreon. Such letters to be m block type of not less than a quarter of an inch m length, and one-eighth of an inch m breadth. On Friday another writ was served on the proprietors of the Waipawa Mail on behalf of the manager of the Evening News Company, claiming i-500 for alleged libel m an article appearing m an issue of the Mail of May last. In this case the plaintiff: acts on his own behalf. There is a trite saying, much esteemed by the legal profession, " that the man who acts as his own solicitor has a fool for a client." This may be so, but better act for yourself and have a fool for a client, than be someone else's client and have a fool fora solicitor. — Evening News. Tho Governor has appointed Thirdclass Inspector W. S. Panly, of the Armed Constabulary, Police Branch, to the rank ot second-class inspector. Boaz's tentli|srrnnd drawing for £4000 consisting of 320 prizes took place m the presence <i a number of subscribers, and the first prize £300 went to a storekeeper m Colombo street, Christchnrch, second prize, £200, to a fruiterer m Wellington, third prize, £100, to a private rrßident m King- street, Dnneiin, fourth prize, £50, to Invercargill, fifth prize, £.50, to NelsonJ A little girl four years old, daughter of J. W. Jol'icp, a farmer at Lakeside, near Sonthhridge (says tho Bruce Heralp) set her clothes on fire while phying with matches on Sunday 1 ist. Before the flames could be extinguished she was so severely burned that she died early on Monday morning. We see by a recent Auckland paper that the cricket clubs there are already making preparations for the approach* mc season. We hope our local crie'etera will nf>t be lons m following this example, and that all will unite m encouragiue the game. A pot Fellow named K^lly, who had bpf»n working about this district for a number of years faays the Raneitik.»i Advocate), was felling a tree at Mr G. Polgrern's, Upper Tutaenin, on Saturday mornine wh'-n the tree fell, knocking him diwn and breaking one of bis thighs and nthprwisn injuring him. Th« man wn«« brought into town and attended, to by Dr Skerman. Mr Pol even obtained m order from Mr Marshall, mem her of the Rangitik»i County Council, for his admittance into the Wancranui Hospital, and he was taken on by the Wangftnui train the same evening. Mr P. J. Maxwnll, formerly of IMmorston North, and now hotel-keeper at TTawera, has been m the bands of Ihn Philistinps lately. For sellingr liquor after hours a fine of £5 and costs was inflicted, the conviction to be endorsed on the license ; and for refusing prompt, admittance to the police, when called on by thorn, a fino of £3 and costs was inflicted. A charge for allowing guninsf on thft prftmia^s, viz., " a Rhillingr m and the winner shout," was dismissed, as the defendants presence or cognizance of the alleged offence was not proved. Tlip eclipso of th« sun will take place to-morrow mornine, and its eff • cts phonid be distinctl ■ perceptible between 7 and 8 o'clock. No doubt many will bo interested m watching this natural phenomenon. From all we can loam a pretty heavy crop of actions for damages for alleged defamation of character, &c, are likely to be the senuel to the Graff- Park episode. Somw pe oplo have be n lotting tbpir tongii^s was too freely, besides having bep.n r tlvr indiscreet and reck- ] I'Hs m their statements, and their re. marks having been repeated from ono fo another have at length reached the , ears of tlvan whos- reputations have j lie»ri aspersed, ati'J who do not. sa^m 'lJs- j poso'l to romiiti quiet under the. ground- ■ less impnf .itions with which th n y have : been as«r,ilpil. The. public irny expect . to heir something nioro of those in-it-trrs Tieforo very long, and s^me inter- ■ esting developments are looked forward . to. j

We loam that Mr T. R. Walton has been appointed local age it m Minawatu for the Plioeiiix Fire Insurance C«»iupany, a very old established institution. In reference to t'le claim which his liiMju advanced wi the part of the late William Taylor as being the ori .'iuator o!' tliH eight hours movement m Now Zealand, we (Post) are informed that the honour is really due to Mr S. D. Parnell who was the originator of the movement at Britannia, now known aa Petone. Mr George Hunter was the first employer of labour who recognised and paid tor eight hours as a day's work, and Mr Parcell was the first man who insisted that the hours should be from 8 to 5 o'clock and no longer. The wages for carpenters then were 5s p.-r day. Mr D. Climie, C.E., has (says the Post) obtained letters patent for a graving dock, the m.ist important feature of which is th it it will re<;iiir<! no elaborate or expensive machinery for pumping. Another old settler, m the person of Mr Thomas Jackson, has passed away, at the age: of 73. tie came to this colony with the Goth Regiment, of which In; was a member, and got |ii s discharge when the regiment was ordered Home m 1846, after which lie was a warder iv the Wellington gaol, under Messrs Mills and M. Head. During his 39 years of colonial life he made many friends, and was greatly respected. He leaves a family of nine children, all grown up. Mr Mattluw Burnett (says the Bruc •• i Herald) has taken 8000 pledges during i his temperance mission m New Zealand; 1050 during the last few weeks m the country districts between Port Chal.uers and Oainaru. '•A Parent" writes to the Oainaru Muilthat he has had to remove his child from school becahse site is kept to mental arithmetic every day as preparation for the approaching examination. He says that she is doing mental arithmetic m her sleep. On the Priory Park Ground, Chiclit.-s---ter. recently, the West of Scotland 'lub, pliyiug against the local team, put together the extraordinary score of 745 for the loss of four wickets. This include! the highest individual innings ever played at cricket, J. S. Carrick scoring 419, not out. The total score has been once exceeded, the Orleans Club eleven scoring 92i) at Ridding Green m 1882. Oa June 19th 6000 Irishmen left Dublin for E iglaud, to work m the harvest Holds, and 500 were left behind. Six spuci.il trains brought them to Dublin, and four special steamers took them over the channel. Those left behind kicked up a great row about it. A cow got on a railway track near Cincinnati ii little while ago, and pitched the guard van and seven passenger cars down an embankment forty fe<-t high. The train was backitig at the time. At tho annual meeting of theDunedin Ch imber of (limni.-rce on Thursday the following resolution was passed uuauim o->B'y :■•■" Tnat, m order to strengthen the hands of O> ngo members of Parliament i : resisting tlie b ginning of new public works, especially the East ami West Coast Railway, and generally those involving an increase of borrowing ou thpart of the Colony, this Chamber is of opinion that any vote proposed for the initiation of th-: East and West Coast Railway should he opposed, irrespective of the eff ct iif such a position on other votes ou the Public Works Estimates." [Mr Donald Reid, m prop isiug the | resolution, expressed the opinion that members must oppose the East and West Coast Railway, be the consequences what they might. A serious accident happened to a man named Djnis Hogan ou Siturday morning, (says the N. Z. Times,) whilst employed at the Corporation quarry m the vicinity of the Wellington College. It appears that about 8 o'clock a large quantity of earth was brought down from the hill by means of a charge of powder, which also loosened some rock. During this time Hogan was engaged m breaking metal m tho bottom of the quarry, and the stuff falling almost without any warning:, the men were compelled to seek sifety m flight. Hogan, iv endeavouring to make his escape, ran into a bank opposite, against which, according to >.is own statement, ho w iS pinned by about two tons ot the earth falling on him, breaking his leg. Th'j injured man was conveyed to the hospital, where he at present lies, doing as well as can be expected. In an English paper it is reported that Fred Archer won £30,000 by his treble victory m the Two Thousand Guineas, Derby, and Oaks. The same authority stit'-s that tli<« great English jockey was guilty of a shocking pun on the Derby Day fone of the hottest of the season) when he remarked to Matthew Dawsori as he returned with Melton to the scale, *' These are meltiri' moments." A minister was questioning his Sunday school concerning the story of Emychua, the youri'/ man who, listening to the preaching of the Apostle Paul, fell aslfep, and falling down, was taken up dead. " What," he s«id, '• do we learn from tins solemn event ?" When the reply came from a little girl pat and prompt, "Please, sir, ministers should learn not to preach long sermons." 14 Anglo-Australian writes to the Standard as follows : — " lam deputed to back William Beach to row any man m the world, and also to match an Australian crew against four of jthp. best mpii Great Britain can find, for £500 or £1000 each match. We will allow liberal sums for expenses, and whatever the results miv be, it would be, at least, an enjoyable trip. The distance is nothing — m fact, m these days of fine fast steamer*, it only means a few extra paper collars." Mr J. McDowell is advertising for a smart lad for delivering parcels. At the annual dinner given given last Tuesday by Mr Skerman, to the farmers snpDlj'ingf milk to the Silverleys Cheese Factory, it was arranged that the price p?r gallon, weighing 10R)s, should be 3}il for the ensuing year. Whey to be returned free of charge. A contemporary says that when New Zealand papers begin to talk about their age, they should sit down calmly and think of the Pole m Gazette, that began to fill a long-felt want, m the year 911. An Aucklander, who has recently been on si visit to Dunedin, writos to the Auckland Star concerning the state of trade there : — At Port Chalmers yesterday there were only two square-rigged vessels, three schooners, and the direct steamer Tainui m port. The harbour has not been so barren of shipping for year.-?. One of the vessels was discharging 1000 tons of whiskey, from Glasgow, supposed to be the largest quantity ever landed from one vessel m New Zealand. Business is still very dull, tradespeople com plaining bitterly. By the meres* chance a fatal accident was avoided at Leppurton the othar day. It appears that a grown-up girl, leading a little girl of about five years of age, was walking along the railway platform near the eilire, an 1 looking behind her at the train. The older girl stumbled, dragging with hor tho younger, win rolled over the edge an 1 w'tlrn i few inches of tho rails. A brother of Mr Tlurlov ot Mannia, seeing tin d-i.'ijjflr, sprang to tho girl's rescue 4 , but was too late. When the train stopped it was found ftiat ths little girl was uninjured. The elcaps was simply miraculous. — Hawera War.

Information lias I>e3n receive 1 frorv Hokitika (siys the Pod) th.it with the exception of a trifling temporaiy ailineiu "Waring Taylor has enjoyed excellent health since his ivm >val there. Hi* prison conduct is reported as being ex emplary. Friday's Post says that an inquest was hoM at the Turracj Gaol that day, before i Mr H. S. Wardell, on the body of the j late William Garrett, a prisoner. A. : verdict of death from acute bronchitis was returned m accordance with the .msdical evidence. The funeral took place at 2 o'clock at the Church of England Cemetery, and attracted considerable attention " from the curious composition of the band of mourners. These comprised Mr Garvey, the Govenor of the Gaol, the chief warder, and six convicts, who had expressed a wish to see the last of their old companion iv trouble. It was, indeed, a funeral m strange harmony with tho life of the. departed bushranger. It is a singular fact that Mr, George Leslie, foreman of the jury at 'tb> inquest on Garret this morning (remarks last Friday's Post) was one of the victims that Garrett stuck up at Maungatua. Some days before he was stuck up he gave Garrett and his mates a lift m a provision waggon he was driving. It was on his return from the diggings that ho wa3 stuck up, and he and a man witli him had then £900 worth of gold on them. When Garrett recognised him as the man who a few days before had given him a lift m his dray released him with a present of a couple of sticks of tobacco, lie rem-u-ked to Garrett that he was paying him a nice compliment after having given him a lift m his dray, and Garrett at once let him go without searching him, and therefore was unaware that he was m possession of the .£9OO worth of gold. Garrett's mate at that time was a man only about sft high (Garrett being about Oft 3in), and ho was for mnrd'ering everybody ; but Garret, who always blasted of never having shed blood, prevented him from carrying out his purposes.