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Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1482, 16 October 1885, Page 4

On Tuesday afternoon^ the Horiv'the: Minister for L«uvds was deputa'tiohise'cl; by some of the manners of the Penibertou Special Settlement, jA,ssocjatioiir with reference, to the survey of ; the? block. The association had asked , the : Government what the cost ; ; of survey would . be, but the Surveyor-General^ replied that this could not be tdjd'-ti^l? the work was- completed;;, They wanted* the Minister to get the w"6Yk pushed oh and he iuformed. them that he ryrouW . endeavour to do bo. He also promised, to have the road, which was now being made m the Oroua Valley, continued to the block, and to do all that he could to ■ assist the settlement. A meeting willbe held next week to receive the second : instalment, and consider a letter from the Surveyor-General. '" ' '> ' The latest method.— Jones, "I. seiß j Smith has taken : to riding a. Ibjcj'cle.': What on earth is he doing that for?. Robinson : <: Oh, a very simple reasqnWC to prevent Mrs Smith going with/him !" A farmer writes that twentyfive years ago he set spljt whjte <iak ; postfg|o)| Ms garden fence, putting about a peck of air-slaked lime about each, and they ; are, good yet. He'attributeß|tbeir l^ood cWifr dition to ihe/efEecfr^f^tl^to'lime^in'.Mrhiohihe is doubly correct. T A' board that has * been used m a mortar bed^and'thornughn 1 ; ly saturated with lime, is almost < iadestructable from decay .-^Exch^nge; ;; t Mr G; G. Craig, editor of the Queensland Review, telegraphs from Brisbane : —"Mr BonneSn,' of Paris, reports.! ha vt) ing completed the discovery of the art of extracting the juice from the sugar cane by which be can manufacture: whjte sugar m two hours, aud /place,] colonial sugar m Melbourne at £8 per ton.- The invention destroys the beet industry, and. settles the labour question to <a great extent. Mr Bonefio refers to the Society of Arts, Paris. He will visit An'stralia if encouraged. . . *Mr A. S. Bentley leaves' : Palmqr8 f ton for Waverley to-morrow by the first train. Mrs Bentley will accompany him. We trust that his prosrjects will be: found equal to his anticipations.! ; r :: '■_, •;■■,; The loser of ah axle cap will find tidings of it m onr adverties.ing^lcb^ umns. The Queensland Government >hw called for tenders for 400 miles ; of wire netting for a rabbit Jence,^ , .. We hear sometimes- abbW thi n^usrc of the future. Mr 0. Darwin m his •'Descent of man," has a curious statement to the effect tUfti; "Music <hia^ a power of recalling. in ,a. vague and in.-, definite manner those strong.^emotions which were felt during long past .ages, when, as is probable, our early progenitors courted each other by the aid of vocal tones." ■ , : -,- : '- : \ ".■;'■ ■■-, ■' .- '' ; ;.. ■' '.''•■ Mpßsrs Shelßon nnd (Jo- will hold a sale of furnitnro and effects to-iriorrbW: after-' noon at theirrooms. - • The particulars of services at All Snints Churrh for next Sunday are elsewhere advertised. ' ■■■■■•■•••■; '•■■^ The dissolution of partnerships of [ttiQ firm of Bentley Brothers appears elsewhere. ' : ' ' .. . . .. ". ; ;' . i ■ ./ -. ji ; .' i ) 1 Mfiflsrs WalVer and HatricV, importpw, of Wantrnnni have just received a"- -large supply of Svdn.ey prknsreß.;.Ai^jFiiian fruits^ inclusive of pine apples, and bananas. The cqnsi^nrnfint, haa^rrivedj m capital order, and should sell without difficulty. ' ■ ' The Tareri Advocate poin.ts jont^ithe excessive charge made by banks for exchange on cheques. ' '" ' '\ ; .v-Twenty-seven sections m = thej Jf?%. townahipof Huntervllle have'beeh'sold.' The qnnrter-acre allotments fetdhVrl fr6m iJIO to £40 each, and the def erred- < payment snbnrban HectionS averaged £5' per acre. ' : ■• I 'We ("Waipawa il/tnZ) are infdrm^d that it is now known to be a fact that thp rnlthits which were recently found nfnr Pornnpnhnu havp nil sprung from h fpw tiiat were parried 4he.ro by a " pprpon oF ovil ■ iftt«--iit. The V eH^ }*** rnns'-qnTiflv lint n.'r <"•«' PO .far into ♦In's pro vn iff* n« v w"> f <"»rod Ihnt it linri. At,n'm«»eti?Mr 'v.Ul- '«• J^np'T Wptinfßdny^ » n n '«l, p i' ft f intimntcil fliPif' wiliinarhpßa "to 4 ' pnv l a J volnntflry rn*p, noire pn'tins: tiie.mselves dnwi for a fflrtliing ft pheep, and »om« for a halt-penpy. ; i T