Matawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1885. LOCAL AND GENRAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1482, 16 October 1885, Page 2

Matawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1885. LOCAL AND GENRAL.

.Wo lenrn that is tl»e intention of the celcgrntyd cnnftultntionist Ada Mantua to continue operations aftt-r November lrtt, she lta vintt devised a scheme whereby she hopes to he aide to eariv on, the penalties of the Act notwitlisfandiiiK. Whatjtlie proi>osed scheme v we are not aware. The Hamburg Company intend 1 to retire from tin* Firu Insurance business iirNew. Zealand. ■: Tniuilo eases' orit'of ten. a h-fter pnV lishi'd m n newspaper has treble effec it v the*writer tmldly-puts his "halrietirir;" ♦and iir ( uino cases out of ton also, the rirfks Ive fears from doing so are purely .ilMftKiuary^— Bxcjiaugii.. ,;- ; „v ^ „«;^ Mr Rendall uniiounceH another ship mont of the \^eßtpprt,cdal3^od , whjcU Ti short' titn'e-ago'he j*ad« lare;e 'shiphi^nh They art) said to be the best introduced into Wangahui. ' ■ '■' ■■■'■■•' ■' ' : - The Geraldine Dairy factory intend paying for their milk by results-^ld jto be the maximum. ' - ' The Hon. Graham Berry has promised to visit New Zealand tliis snnVmer. '" 'Ho Will 1 act ure at Diinediri, and probably m ChriHtchurch.on f 1 Protection." • ■ Tli<l first of the '• market day " trains to WaiiKauuiAvere rim on Wednesday . ! The result iuaj' be said to have been very satisfactory especially as regards the North train. /From this direction tliery were a much larger number of rravullers,. than .ordinarily, Though there was hardly atiy perceptible difference as regards the South line, yet there were' by it'a fair number of passengers. Of course the full measure of success could hardly bo expiicted all at once, but w^ are sure thati.in-.a fow weeks the country people will commence to patronise the rnarket r day trains regularly. The result of this must be advantig-oiiH tb;both.the town and district.— Herald. The altered advertisment from the Clothing Factory will be found over the 'ejjder, -to Miicfi tlie nftehtum lOf i <»ur readers m town and country is directed. H, 'iC&a.suinptiou,".Bixfeor's Lung Treserror ,hai' been signally siicaessf ill.' - ' ' ••' ■ =

Official notice is Riven that the public: examination of Henry Fn-einau, Palm<rbton, and P. J. Miller, Fet Ming, will take place nt the District Court on Wednesday, 28th instant, at 10 30 a.m. There are said to bt farmers m the Rangitikei who nae the space underneath their beds as a dairy. *' She-was » b'wxo^n elderly dame, and she entered the shop of"ono of our joeal bakers with a countenance gleaming with good nature and happiness. To the obliging shopkeeper she addressed ln>f- | self. #' Wipll, I've beefr twenty-five years married, and we're^oijrfg to keep i our silver wedding Wje n^ver had? a wedding cakV, so we're going to have a treat jiow. „ How do you sell thijt, nice vlpoKiitg cake m the window*?'' \'j One 'slutting a pbuh'd fWwi, 1 * h *Al>, Veil, it's not often we go m for luxury, hut you can weigh me half a pound." — Wellington Evening "Press. S V'A; test of the stove brought m from '■ Pohbngma on Wednesday, was mude by Mr Forbes. The average secured wan reckoned to be equal to 3ozs. to the ton. The 1 prospectors for the company are going out to the ground again. — Herala. One of the Oainaru Borough Councillors who haR iesigned because of the provisions of the Local Bodies Contractors Act; m ; a communication intimnting the fact say 8 : — " I may be allowed to redjark that if the selling of an article m the ordinary conrse of trade by a councillor to his council is a contract, then I think there can be rib doubt that 'the using of the gas or water supplied by the council! to any ratepayer would disqualify' such rnfepayer trom! acting as a councillor, because as the council contract to supply, and tho ratepayer contracts to pay ; for water and gas, or either 'ofiliein, than a contract exiats' between the. two, and therefore every councillor ÜBiiig;the i council's wateror gas in' disqiittlitind, and therefore all are liable to heavy fines for so acting." ) •Afr'Ky>dli-H.M"j:o|i l jonii df '^he memberu for-Soiith'Lihcoliiffliire m tlic flouae of ComitKins who rocontly visited the AusjfraliatV colonies, has assorted tuiit the statesmen of Qjeenstand liav.i been vrqbblug the dolon.vffor the^ purpose; of filling their own pockets. A ; n Arnericah paper speaking of a quarrnj between a , local imiignatu and iii« wif e,i whicji unfortiuiatel v had t<» i»e Hettied'by tho law, says :— " Piissibly the lady "deHer^ved Home kiinl of ' cli'isHb ;-»-• ineiit ; but was it quite the dorrtct thinsf for tint Methodist -. Minister at Warren, Ohio, to b«at his ,wjfo with a voliiin-v of ,sHnnonß ( ? As a rule, BU,<?h n'nding, is li«avye.ho»kh without being turnV«liifW aci ihsiriiiiiHiit of phyaioal torture." ''■ ''The'strfiiVg wind on tuesdiiy liiglit URt blpw down tlie hose-iryiuj?' rack- at tlie Wunganni Fire Biiaade Stfttion. Tito timbers wor« thoroughly rotten.