The Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. THURSDAY, OCTOBER, 8, 1885. LOCAL AND GENRAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1475, 8 October 1885, Page 2

Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. THURSDAY, OCTOBER, 8, 1885. LOCAL AND GENRAL.

* Mr Charles Parkinson and a number of other miners have railed upon us (says the punedin Herald) with a request that we should caution those contemplating proceeding to the gold diggings at Mouut. Criffeli near Lake Wanaka. m f.sTew Zealand, against doing so. They . state jbnat the rush is by no means justi;nedby the. quantity of gold obtained ; rthat the ground has been worked for years ;/tliat .the wholes of the payable ground is already taken up ; that the field is entirely alluvial,; no quartz being apparent anywhere ; and that jn the outlying goiintryj not even the colour could : be f obtained.: The diggings are situated \ on a high/fljit spur, about 3000 feet above? the level 6f4he sea, and are covered several f act deep with snow, the journey 4here°and baek,being,one the greatest ■' discomfort ktidc- even ; p*erik Altogether, the miners, who are experienced men, pronounce the CriflEel diggings a " duffer," "and* warn others mot to be deceived by the reports of rich firids being made at that place. : T • MrSJohn McLennan,- of Oroua Downs, 'requires a steady carpenter. A (Government n'otißcition re leases applied for appears elsS where. Word has been recsived from Wellington to the effect that the Hon. Mr Ballance will, not leave there from Wringanm'jtill Tuesday :tiext. #i , r•. > , ; ; At the meetine. of the creditors of Patrnik Maxwell, held m Hawerajon Tuesday, the Deputy Official Assignee ' explained the>positiqn of affairs as^djsclpsed: by documents and thn statements made by debtor on oath. It was im- , nnimoiißly agreeel that the tjehtor^ liad acted very onirily to liis creditorsj and it' was resolved that Unless he paid 20s. m ■the :£, together vrith all costs and charges <of his bankruptcy) or gavn security to do so, action should be taken to make an example ofjiiin. This shows the phassto which we havft come, commercially eonsidored ; it m frpm'.the«Pu.nftdin nndersigned wpiild like -to join |ome * biisiness Sr active' pni'triftf. Uap'itiil, -'£\ m Address M.J.,. Pos^ Office,." One gooseberry ' Grower ' v EiKikshi sold £40 worth of this fruit from half 'an acre. ' TnatVnotninß. s Mr Firth, of iMatamataj got £60 worth of gooseberry jnm, at a cost of £10, from an eighth oB ah'at!r&'-:'Be has now planted; out" 14 ! acres; ;,• ,•? i! v■ ; i^i • / •. /- : ■. ;.;•,; i Speaking of 'lho Churoh Gazatte for,, , S«pt<»mher the Auckland i,^tor, v SAys :~ fentnrp of the present issue ,i^ a ' pplfndiil id>ctur« by the pishVp of ' Melbourne on " The filling' State. 1 " Most fonrlßssly dbes he diftposia of the material hon-nrft of hell, whifh he pretty con- ; •dusivoly: proves wer«* spoken ot symholicfllly by qhrist. ,Th,e eiitire pnper, . pxhibitH God as a loving Fnther, and' I'Xcliidi'R all ideas of vengeful spite from His actions."

Tlie mnyorof Patea tias been informed by the Governor's secretary that HU Excellency does not intend going north of Wunganui. Japan bus no fewer than 200 news papers all started within the last 25 years — China lias only ;J A dispute recently came before the Victorian Football Association, the result of which is very important to footballers hi Nt;\v Zealand : — When the Essenili>n Cij)'» played South Melbourne on August loth, tho match was declared a draw, because the .umpire refused a i goal to Essendon on tho ground that | the ball hit the, post before hitting a boy who was standing beside it. An appeal was made on-tee ground that the- ball hit the boy first. It was argued that the decision of the, umpire was . final. Tho Association by a : large majority, decided that it had aright to revise the umpire's decision, and gave the match m favour of Esseudon. The defendants m the proceedings taken by the inhabitants and owners of houses m Sackville-street against tho Lord Mayor aud other members of the Town Council of Cork for an injunction to restrain them from changing the name of the street, were on August 9th served with special writs commanding them', their agents, workmen, and servants, under penalty of £1000, to desist 'carrying into effect Vny of . Hie resolutions or reports m reference to the re-naming of Sackville-street. If the order! is neglected or disobeyed, the ; de-. fendauts will be liable to be arrested under a writ of, attachment, and also liable to have their'estates sequestrated for the purpose of,, compelling them } to, obey jtHe judgment. The order is officially signed by the Lord Chancellor and dated August Bth. The heroic enndue oE tho liltl* girl of 11, naamed Cosurove, at Alexandria, last Sunday (remarks an Australian paper), will doubtless he fittingly recognised; by the (Hoyal Humane ... Society. Brave deeds have been performed. by ; women, and courage of an extraordinary kind has not nnfrcqnently been 'shown *by'young girls. f The devotion displayed by little Miss Cosgrove on the occasaion may rank among the best of, them., tylany >a*vtearer oE the. Victorian Cross ." f»>r valor" has gained his. decoration with less personal risk. 'Tha girl' was crossing a! creek on a log, with her brother, a ; child:of4, when the bey slipped and dragged his sistor into the creek,' 'which was greatly swollen by the late rains, and running at a terrific pace. The sister struggled put, ; ran,alpnp' the^banjk ;of the creek to where her brother had been carried by the rushing water, jumped m, the depth being 7 feet, and seized /the child, After a severe struggle, she was forced to release her hold. She was then carried down the creek for nearly a quarter of. a mile,' and was; eventually "rescued from under a bridge by a gentleman ;■ on ; horseback. The- boy was drowned;. The escape, of the girl is aa remarkable as her. daring. . " '■ ; ■■:■ A iromantic story has just ■. coupe to light, through' an official ;Channel.| It appears, says the Dunedin jfrerfrtd, ;tha't nearly a quarter of a cehfrtry ;f ago a Swede who worked up-cbuntry^hade" the acquaintance of a family residing cm his route opart?' down from .town^/llejUsed ty stajvat the house, and the'parties befriends. Iii; ; 186^ T the Swede left a couple- (>f envelopes enclosed m 'o'aqhjottier with irfs friends, askiug them "to take charge of them until he came backl The' Swede 'never ; turned 'up again, and nothing whatever was ascertained as to his subsequent movements. The documents were unimportant looking, but were preserved, aud an examination recently made revealed the fact thatthe envelopes conlained a deposit receipt for' -£50.' Where the owner 1 is re m nil) 8 a mystery, and the money therefore,will fall into' the hands of the public trustee. By latest accounts Nordenfelt is fijst favo]rit« for the V.H.C. Derby at 3 to 1 ; first Chester and Dutilop 8 to I. - In Chrißtchnrch a publican, charged witli selling beer on Sunday, denied the offence, aud stated that the beer the man was* hiking away had been sold on the Saturday and left there;. „ • By cable we-learn that m consequence »f the Romnelian complications Sni-'via haß^raised the standing army to 10u,000 men 1 by .calling out the first-class reserve. The) Caai! hak\f avorablyc received &^deputation from Bulgaria. '- — : ■ ! * ' < ; , ;F|rom a Wanganyi pappr we learn that Mes'ars Willis <nhcl Gar«on have\determin|ed to resign from the Harbour Board on account of tho provisions contained m the'Loe'aM Bodies /iGon tractors .': Act| passed last session, by .which they would lip jinble to penalties. for work done wliile actiug, as members;., (} , „;,-;,:/ A;t a" saved drunkard's; meeting" m the itsa.lyatiou Army Barracks, Melbourne, one] man: named Billy Aberdeen said that he had spent £250,000 m drihk,and hadilieen fined £2800 for knockiii'g down poliicemen. -• ■. „::., Afii liiseman 1 playing, jatuccard^oaud findingjthe-. pi.ipj s derieient, exolaiuied, " fljaie's a.siulltiig short.!-.:- Who put it m?! '" '_ , ' "'.' • ■.''".' . ',' '■ ,' Nelson has already., this season expcrtfid. 19,41. bales. of haps. „ Tjlip owing fox the notoriety, which is gained by the ..achievement of fenh? of danger and. endurance (says tho •PaZZ Mall GdscUn)'\s by noiheaiis- com ; fiti'-dtb : Englishmen-' and ; Americans^ Here is a Norwegian gentleman, one CaptainiChristiftn Svindsen, \yho has sailedhis c.raft from ..-Stockholm to the por^L of London. Th,e Dolpliin is -only 18ft m length, With'i.otinore tKaii : 4ft beam, drawing 36in, with" an improvised forecastle and half -cabin; ••■> 'The- v captain shaped his course for Hull, but contrary winds dro.ve him out, so he decided to make, for London. The captainj rit -is sain, appears ' to have suffered ' inpro froiri'wan't of sleep thari'expb'stif^ to'the wektlier, : as he had to keep careful lookout! at'nighti and m the daytime he was principally occupied! in niatihging: his little vesspl. Captain Svindsen had a very hearty reception.at Millwali, the cre.w of a/Norw^gian vessel m the docks r being particularly enthusiastic m their welcome. For anyone who contemplates any sich excursion, we may add that the captain propones to make the return journey m the Dolphin, and would not, , perhaps, mind a companion or tyro. Wednesday's New Zealand Times sny's :— ln continuation of his remarks upon the value as evidence of stamen ts made to police officers, Mr Justice Richmond said, m the Supreme Court y eaten! a v, that he had not meant to notivpy the impression that constables should not question prisoners at all. That would be a ridiculous Tilling:, 1 .-ancj he was riot eroi nsr to make it until' thelaw compelled-him, to do, -so. He, ob- ; jected,liowi>ver; to~ inquisitorial "qiVes-' tiofnine, and he had always .told police offionrs not to auk questions which could not be asked m : open Court. Adiriis- ■ sioriß innde by accused persons under such circumstances should always be received with caution.