The Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper in the West Coast. WEDNESDAY. SEPT. 30. 1885.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1468, 30 September 1885, Page 2

Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper m the West Coast. WEDNESDAY. SEPT. 30. 1885.

The. Archbishop oi; York, preaching: at Norlhallerton, startled people by saying that •' Heaven and hell were not places. If serious thought were given it. 'th'ej 1 could hardly bo. ' i>laced.' Heaven is above and hell is below, but whore were the 'above' and 'below' m a world which turned round every day: No ; thege were convenient figures, and heaven and hell wore found, even as Christ is, m the hearts of His people." , On one day lately, there were 90,000 carcases of New .Zealand ; frozen mutton m store m London. ' ' ■'■'.'' Wanganui.had. again ..the.iowpßt djath fate for the colony last month and New Plymouth was highest. The percentages were *019 and *182 respectively. The total births m the colony ; \y ore 504, and of deaths 170. ' " " . ''J ' : ' \ Hughi Childers, once of Australia, and ,/ato Chancellor of the Exchequer m. the ■G.O.M.'S Ministry, is a greeVlV -iblMw! •He receives a retiring pension of £2000 a year, also a pension from the Victorian Government of £850 a year. All this time he gets £1000 a.ve'ar as English chairman of a ; ! New York insurance Company. This beats Yogel. : Mr G.< A., gala says that Wellington harbour reminded him of* a beantiful Italian lake. We presume this, was after dinner at the club. ; , The idea of an English soldier carrying with him upon a campaign a Hebrew Bible is curious, but this' seems actually to have been the case with Captain Mercer, who was killed m 1563, when loading an attack upon a Maori position. The Bey. Dr Hoseby, at the conclusion ot a lecture delivered by him recently, exhibited to the audience the identical volume— a rather bulky— -carried by one Captain Mercer, and sold with his other effects after his death. It is a complete collection of the Scriptures m Hebrew, and wan purchased by Dr Roseby at a second-hand bookstall m Sydnoy many ; years ago. The Hamilton correspondent of the Auckland JJtrald says : — At the last meeting of the committee of the proposed Meat Tinning Company, a farmer present, not more than four years froni 1 England. :gare an instance of the neees. sity of obtaining a hotter market for fab "meat. He had just sent down a parcel of 25 fat sheep. 21 of which were wethers, to Auckland, the sheep averaging about 105lbs. each. For these, after paying I fees and commission of wile, he received a return "of £17 4s 10d. In England these sheep, he says, would have brought m £100 ; here they realised a mere fraction over Hd per ft. Now, it may be urge'] that the meat wan too fat, but the fat, as tallow, was worth, m the Auckland market, £2$ per ton, or exactly 3d per fb. Then there was the skin and tho head. Surely it is time our settlers made some movement; to secure for themselves their fair share of the profits of production. ,■.'■'■' Monday's N. Z. Times says : — A very old Wellington identily, !Vf rg Lypll, passed nwny yesterdny, at tho ripe olrl agfl of eighty-spven yesra. She arrived here -In. the year 1849, m the ship Marion, having nmongst her fellowpnssengers the late Mr Peter Ln'mg and Mr Adnm Burnes. When Pfnoarrow Lightjiouse was first started, MrsLvall's husband wns placed m charge, and was afterwards removed to Soarne's Wnnd. Mr Buc 1 ridge, who wns landlord of the Albion Hotel, , Taita, for somn ypars. wns a Ron of Mrs Lyall's by her first husband. Mrs Millei\iß a daughter, and Mrs Holmes, of the Pilot Station, .is a grand-daimhter ,of Ihe deceased's. '•Grannie Lyall," ns she wns known «o many of tho present generation, waR for years past on» of the most regular attendants at St. John's Presbyterian Church. When the foundation stone of the new building was laid, a collection of cdinß. (ho gift of Hfrß Lyoll, was placed .underneath. Up to qnit» r«eentlv the old lady was m the enjoyment of good, health. The cobhli'r'R, list. wordß : : — " T feel that T war, wenk.tti 1 enoh R'lcreo'ling- day, and that T n*n f >\**f. approacJiiusr my r.nrt; J a few mor«* stitches, and all will he ovov ; nnd T Bhnll ao whar« theiv m rest for the wenry sole.; and evnn sorrow will h« JieeletJ" liavfog said awl he wighod, he calmly breathed his la*t,

An extensive robbery is reported from | ono of tho loading mercantile firms of iydm-y, tin; nainoof which is at present a'itliiiold. Tlio defalcations are said to :iininount to £15,000. and the fraud has heen carried out by an employee who for some time past has been acting m collusion with outside persons. It is said that 955 farms m lowa are owned by women, and that 20 dairy farms are managed by women. There are 125 womon physicians and fivo female attorneys-at-law m the State. Arrangements are proceeding iv the matter of •. competing by ro-id for tho carriage of <go'oH»fv&m' Bluff ,to rl ;»v»rcargill against the railway. The Comity Council. havelot the work of renewing the culverts on the roads m view of the traffic, and as the road is a sound,, one, and littlo used hitherto, the combination of merchants to oppose the high railway rate are sanguine of being able to bring goods cheaper than : by rail. Numerous offers to do the cartage are being received. Mr James G. Cox, of Featherstou, invites application for the purchase of a number of properties m Foxton and Palmerston. Full particulars will bo found iv advertisement appearing elsewhere. - Temperance continues to make fearful strides. It has even extended to the British Navy. A few; days ago a seaman asked for leave to go ashore. Tho first lieutenant Jtook thu opportunity to read him a little lecture ou the way of spending the leave, and m some sort to make it a condition that sobriety should be observed. "I don't mind giving you leave, Martin," he said ; "but keep sobor, and come back on board sober. You, are a good man, and what's the uso of getting drunk?" Martin stood hesitating, on which the first lieutenant repeated his question. "Quito true, sir,", said Martin ; " but then what's the use of me goiug ashore if I don't got d tank." The Pall Mall, Gazette announces its intention to forward a copy of the disclosures to overy clergyman iv England, mida s there are 40,000 of them, it will cost £350. As much as ±'1,000,000 worth of general fish produce are exported from thu United States, of which about £400 V ,000: is represeuted. by canned goods alone. Of the 25,974,439 inhabitants of England and Wales '■ ul tho census of 1831, 11, 187, 564 persons were returned as workers either by hoad or hands, or both. ■'■-■■'; Mr Archibald Forbes is engaged m, preparing for immediate publication a biography of tho biermau, Emperor, with special reference to the important part he has played iv the military campaigns wheioin he has been a icouspicu-, ous peasonage. The Melbourne Leader says :— > -The s-irious fall iv the price of wool m tho ljnndon market is a great national inisfdrtuiitj. Overproduction has brought about a crisis iv the trade, which niay produce deplorable results. Tho Cuuard Steamship Co. have pro-vided-each.of 'their. Atlantic steamers with a printing press and newspapers full of fun are published daily. ■ The .Lancet says the Londou hospitals are full of-suiallpoxpatients who '^ did uot believe m • vaccination." , iMr.Gliarles H.Tophffm, the gentleman wdo is engaged on a special descriptive tour of this colony,; for the Syduoy .Town and County Journal, has not been loiig discovering the weak place m our railway system. In his last article Mr Tophain says :— " I have come ; to the (.'Oiß'lusiou that tho rate of travelling is the slowest, their carriages tli» worst appointed, and their fares the most exorbitant of any railway m fiijy part of the world that I have visited ;*and they do not pay — no wonder. Let the fares and tariff be reduced one half, let their speed be increased fifty per cent., and let the first-class carriages be turned into second-class and decent carriages put on the lines, and I think vwe «4iall' hoc hear so muchof railways iv New Zealand not paying." •;..;;. :■ . We are glad to say that we arereceiving substantial additions- to oursubscrib-t-rs lisf m town and country. For the new' quarter which; commences to-morrow thirCv new subscribers ;liave alreadybooked. This is very encouraging, and will induce us to continue m giving the/ bi'st-readihg paper published m the cfis'trict as hitherto more especially as we can see'that our efforts m that direction are receiving recognition at the hands of the general public. Strange to say th«*ae additions have come entirely unsolicited on our part, and m. the face of the most determined efforts on the part. of certain persons to rot-mi our progress. Flogging as a punishment for wife beaters is jrrowinar m favor m Maryland, U. S. At first thought the idea seems repulsive, not to say brutal,' but of the {rood results of its practic'nl application, there is littlo doubt So effectually has the fe.tr of the cat-o'-ninft-tails operated |\n naltimure that several notorious wife healers . havo barricaded their hoiiKffi that they may not-Mie disturbed hi* tho police [while engaged m their i favorite pastime; - :. ;• .' ..-,- An old f'onntry gentlemari, returning home rather lato, discorfirerl 1 * a yokel ■with a lantern under .his i kitchen window, who, when asked his business there, stated that he had only come acourting. " Come a-,w|iat ■'?" said r t he irato- pfinll«>man. " A-conrting. I'so. cburtinir.":- " It's a li« ! What do you want n krite'ni for ? I never used rino when I was a i'oung j'nan."- "No, Sir," I was the voWs reply ; ." I didn't think ! yer 'ad, judging by the missis." A requisition addressed to Mr William Hutchison, of Dunedin, is now being ] hawked around for signature m Wei-] lington. It thanks Mr Hutchison tor the great services wliich it asserts he has rendered to Wellington m tho paar, and \ advises him to return to his 'disconsolate friends once more m the capacity of a candidate for the Mayoralty. It is scarcely probable that many people will sign it. — Post. The much-coveted Queen's Prize at Wimbledon was won by Sergeant Bnlmer. a Lincolnshire Regiment, with' the splendid agregate of 307 m 76 shota,fired during five days, or three points more than an average of inners. At the, 800 and 900 yards ranercs, the winner scored 127 out of a possiblo 150.