BRIDGE AT THE LOWER GORGE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1474, 7 October 1885, Page 2

BRIDGE AT THE LOWER GORGE.

(to the editor op the standard). Sin, — I have noticed one or two letters m ,your paper lately intimating that there jis some mystery as to the vote for the Gorge' 1 Bridge. -I shall be happy -to inform any ratepayer who is interested m the. matter an to the exact state of things m far as my knowledge extends, though it is a case of " Story God bless you, I have none ti tell. Sir." Whenever the allocation of the Roarta and Bridges grant for tliis y-mr is liwle, if our application of the 30th Jnne last is cranted, the work will be commenced. Until this nothing can be done.--I am. &c, D. H. Macarthur. ■ \ FeUding, Oct. sth, 1885,

Sa\s the Wanganui Chronicle: — " De- 1 spit/Pulmerston opposition, the Foild : ng j sports will be held as usual on Boxing] Day.*' We think our contemporary is mistaken. We «lo not think Palmerston has any desire to show opposition or hostility to the Feilding Sports on Boxing Day. <A meeting of the directors of .the Wangiiimi Dairy Factory was held on Monday but the business done was not of any particular interest. The result ot the shipineut to Bockhampton by the T. W. Lncas under the care of Captain I^ger...wer^««.laid.,..on_ i the^.table — -They* sliowecrthafthe" cheese h&d sold for 6sd per tt>, out of which 2d per 1b had to be pajda.sLlu.ty. Tliis is not a Yer_y__satis7.. f actotT^ : there, as elsewhere, the market is slack, nothing further could be expected. The Napier Tetegraph says ;— A ? settler m the Seventy-mile Bush,,, not a I hundred iiiiles from Woodvillej I cleajed'Borae land of timber, 'turned "his attention to; sheenfarmius:, corumeucing with a flock of seven. One day to his horror he .discovered; a tick on--; one of ! theae'sheep, and rod a to ■ the nearest settlement' to obtain advice. 1 He confided his fears to a friend,. and between them they came to the conclusion that the sheep were lousy., and to "euchre" the Inspector, stivo' the heavy penalties', and theexpenses of dipping, it 'would be better to kill the whole- ttock. -The settler went home and at once killed the seven animals, and .as.ho thought they would: .ho uufit for ; |iuniau*fo6d theyj? we're buried, skins anil all! , ; There was a strange case of attempted suicide last week. at Whatiwhatihoe. ... A young woman who had placed her aftec tions on a man who' did not' meet' with her friends* approval as a husband, m despair ate: the heads of a box ot matches and several corks. , -.Fortunately ;for h«T a half-caste woman, a f rieiid of ihers, ; hoaring what, she had tcikeu^adininistered an emetic of salt arid warm water iv time to save her life, but which ' left her still very unwell, and not inclined to repeat the experiment. — (Alexandra correspondent of the Waikato Times) : A rriicentrdivqrco' case, f decided ? at : Home about* two. months ago, 'marks *>a departure m the law. Un this subject. Hitherto the law has been', that where the petitioner has been accessory ,to, or has connived at, or condoned the adultery, on (Wjhich the petition for dissolution was" based, the decree could not b« granted. The alluded, to,, goes further ihan'Hhis;^ the 1 earn" etT* Judge i;ii 1 inn that a man who lives ayart from liis wifeV ; ahd leavds^her unprotected' bjf his presence, has no" right to tnko advaiita'ge of: her fail 'by dissolving the marriage. The case is a most; important one as tending to cement-still tighter the marriage contract, and will certainly assist m preventing our marriage laws from becoming Americanised. = A lad was brought up at 'the Waipawa Police^Conrtjlast Monday, charged with/having laid a rail accioss the raiK way Hue, presumptively with intent to wrecK the train. The engine-driver did not notice the obstruction, which was fortunately knocked off the line by n the cowcatcher, # 'jK r o damage has been done. On seyeraj occasions obstructions ;ha/& been found On the line, and it is thought that the public safety has been much 1 eudangered> T \ . '_. The number of persons- who travelled on the Wellintfton-Manawatii Railway for'tjio '.iirst; "fcfrtnight, beginning . b r ii -M r pndayf 2ist September, «ip to/ and inclusive Sunday last, yt as 3841. It has been decided to hold, a competition m connection with the Wellington Exhibition on varioii|ußiilrjectß, including elocution, volunteer excHrcises, par^t singjug, a«»d. dinner ,- table decora^ tions.- , A commission has been,appointed to draw Up conditions, tjie.pri^es are to include gold and silver medals.' ' '. An acute observer-says that trying to do business without adyt-rfising is like winkiugat a pretty gjrjtlirpugh ai.paitpf greeu goggles., Yqu.iriay.know what you are doihg'but'uobody else does. '""' ' ■ > Last . week , a, native- .hailing:!, from Ohinemuri took up his quarters.,. in, the neighbourhood of Oropi, and from all accounts" gave the residents a lively time of it during 'the few days of his; visitV His /intention -seems ; "to 'have' 'been neither to frighten' upr injure ■ any-dtte, but m enfleavouritjg to persnada the neighbourhood that he was the Maori Kiug, he!Bome,what failed m making the impression that his mission was one of peace. Being possessed oE, a.gpod.jpair Of lungs his' demoniacal yells* 'so disturbed the resident sltli'at tlie .police were nent for wheii Constables OaVauagh and Whelan succeeded m, ■ capturing him, and hf now rp's'ts'in'snfety in 'the lockup. — Bay of Plenty Times. • The H-ajy ;kes B^ay Herald pf- ? Xufsd ay staleVtl i ! ai th e pol icer^ \vk * p resunYo v it means the ,lpcal police— intend ; to put m for«e that'Cilause PftiiV Police Offences Act which makes it imperative for milkmen to. have «ceased supplyjt^; their customers' by. nine o'clocko'n Siinday.mornings. Perhaps it will be news to our contemporary (says th« Post) to lftfli'u that there m nO clause of the Police Offences Act that enables the police .to do anything.of the kind. ' | | Two arrests have been made m cou'nection with what is, known; as the Forbes tiinrder, which took place, on thtj lOth'Septeinber.in l^evv '.South i Wales. It will be remembered that tlie yictiin wan an, old woman, named Catherine Ryan. Another woman, ,nam<*.L 'Elleu King, has been committed for/, trial for tlit* murder,- and her husband, Thomas King, has been committed as an accessory. The case, according to our Aus tralian files* has caused great excitement. ...... .\ .:.'■ „ ..;,•■.,■"<! ; There was a\ little fun, , |n the Tastnauiaa Assembly on 9tli ' Sf ptcmher (writes the Hobart jllercury} over the proposal to exempt inentbets q|, Parliament from compulsory military' 'serVicV m case of.^ari and^hbn. members decided to set a good example,/ and;' not stand out. SoirVo thought that doctors should be inpluded'fn the list of tiohs, h\xi it was 'suggested that, as they are good at killing people their services were likely to be very much requir.ed. It was argued that Judges of the .Supreme Court and 'police magistrates ought not to be exempt, but the majority, declined to accept thatyiew. Then there was a, difficulty. about ministers of , reli-. gion, and the question wns raised as to how a minister was to be defined — a difficulty which the House, was. unable to get over.fpr a considerable time. ; It was.:decided at last to leave, .the; clause as framed, by .which " ministers of religion" are exempt. I At last a man nas oeen discovered who is his own grandfather! This is ! how the Rtranpe thing happened. A wid»wlived m a quiet, village wHU her daughter-in-law, and their' neighbours were a gentleman and. his son. Love spmner up, and the gnhtloman married • the daughter-in-law, and the ; son married the widow. Hereupon, of course, the widow' becamn mother - toi her '^husband's father, and consequently grandmother*©^ Her '-oVn liusbari*d'. " ? # T Bbil i was born to them, and then the whilom widow, of course, became grandmother to the child. Now it is a. fact that the^ son df a great-grandmother s must Toe 'a' grandfather or a great uncle, and the child, therefore, was one or the other. It therefore clearly appears that he is his own grandfather, If you will take a piece of paper and shut yourself up with the multiplication table, and a wet handkerchief round your forebbad, you will see that this is strictly true, I