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Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1457, 17 September 1885, Page 3

, The British Government . : -haye declined to fix the date df fch'e evacuation of Egypt by the English forces, which will Ik* definitely determined by a Commission. '[ ■ The direct steamer Tainui left Bio Janeiro on Monday night for ' London, with her cargo of meat m good cohdi tion. . . ■The Timam Borough Council have decided to use kerosene instead of gas for lighting th* streets of the borough -for the.ui'xt twelve mouths. Gas - has been used for innny j'ears, but a .tender has.been received for keroseue at a much lower rate. The correspondent of the Hawko'a Bay Herald on Monday wrote as folr lows :— lt is reported to night that the Public Petitions Committee will not make any recommendation this session oirthe petition of Sir Julius Yogel respecting his claim for services rendered to the colony. The committee I hear, are waiting for the evidence of Sir John Hall, who is at- present m England, and the whole, matter will probably be postponed till 'next session. : By a fair all-round calucalatipn, it has been "definitely ascertained that . 40 per cent, of the children attend school m London m the morning breakfastl«ss, 28 per. cent, attend iv the afternoon without having had any mid-day meal, and 36 per cunt, "of the parents are always out of employment. The youth of both seXes receive their lessons iv morality during school hours, and then go home to the piggeries whore the packed families sleep ; they finish studying tho exhilarating verse of Dante's " Prophesy "or " Lucy Gray " on Friday evening, and they starve and shiver until the bell calls, them hungry to s.hoolon Monday morning.

■ , :In connection with the recent ■ sad fatality which occurred at Port Chalmers, the” : '•£&»'^mentions an .interesting fact. Mr D.L.'Ftepliohs, Inspector of Works, saw the accident, and after Bending for medical assistance he applied the rcatorHtivis laid down by the 'Humane Society succeeding m resuscitating Mrs Jackson and Agnes Ferguson, although over two hours had elapsed after the latter had beed taken out of the water before there was any sign of life, showing that the directions of the Society should be persevered m. How ninny liven are lost through ignorauce of the simple rules to be observed iv such casett? In the courso of hia Rprech on the Native Lands Bill, Mr Ballnuce said :— The extent of Native land m the North Island still- held by the Nativtß is 11,576,000 acres ; the* land' sold "to Europeans by Natives is 1,683,600 acies ; the Native land still held m the hands of the Natives is 13,259,600 acres. Now, sir, what relationship does the total area bear to the number of Natives on the North Island ? The last census gives: the Native population as- 42,000. lam taking the census as the basis : but I believe as it is the opinion of competent authorities, that the Native population is much less than that — poesinly not more than 30,000. Tlie average amount of land held by each man, woman, and child is 301 acres. In the Middle Island we have, of Native lands held by Natives, 82,400 acres. The Native population is 2100, and the area held by each Native is about forty acres. C. S. Cross was rj-esterday found not guilty on the chnrgc of embezzlement of tho funds of the Wauganui Heads Railway Company. Messrs Stevens & Gorton announce a horse sale at their sale yards, Palmerston North, on the 13th of October. ..There will also be a parade of sires on the same date. ■ A dastardly attempt was made In Wellin^tdn on Saturday liight last to prevent the Christchurch Garrison Band from playing satisfactorily at the Exhibition. It is believed that either alum: or lime, waß dissolved m some water they drank before playing their test piece. The latest from tho wool market is ' that the tone of the sales is dull.