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Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1485, 20 October 1885, Page 4

At the lunc.lieW given at the opening ;of the neW'.office 'of the'Na't ;io^ >Mijtu4l Lifri Association /of Atistfalii "mi f ' v7e|- « lingt'ori'the Btbn'. Ei L'an'^ton'/trii'ai'rhian of, Directors, , in ..' prpposiop, l \ Kipd ren „"gc|qietiesi/f, , jqup^'edj' ';Boi^a 'ln'tereStinjg £^68,10^0^,^1)^,.^^ cessity for unfriendly rivalry VmonW the various inutn'al life associations. At the presehfrtimcJ/liViaid, there we^e tbroughont theJiustralian Colonies nn'd ¥T(a^%e|lanp nior^ fy&K lfi(|OQO peis^nß^inßureJQ§et«i^gn tn^ages^oj aud 55, Bnd there, were left ' ftr tlie . : fleveral aocielies atleastthiee-qp/ijtQrs qf ; a million of peisons whoso lives wefe qbiegy, jafaurable,,; and , who ; not at present assured.. ..If any 1 orie insurance company could /get , 10.0 000 members jt would \tavfi,opop^\iy to jdo ( for .. remainder of its life, and ic'woiil^ indeed" be a gigantic association that had thre^-' quarters of. a millbn f , r T.lio population was increasing, arid it woiild be a great, many years . before the association covered jtjb© , whole of 'the groiinil. ■. • /In view of' the i. rates of i freight on wool now ruling in-Australia, and of the low r price -at. which this ; staple:iß selling, the Shaw, Savi'll, and Albion Compuny hive authorised their agents ; to ; accept one-eighth of a penny less freight by I tailing vossel to London this season than I pharged for last season's wool cargo. ■^■■i-'.h.nd . \

«,wil.Sbain>'P.ck,.';' .writes as follows to the "Eveiiifig Press :— Sir,— A rumour is current m lliu city Unit a well-known. pijltliunn from the aristocratic end is about to be vailed to the Upper Housr, arid that auothur bonifaco is to be placed on the Commission of the Pt?aco " for :sef-v|cfeß; rendered." Could you inform \me ft more is aiiy truth m the reports. [ The following appears iv the ?pst :— iNptiae^rlf the cowards who put the ibriisli ok tat • m the little children*' eyes jla^t night would . call at the Victoria jHtotol, their optics might undei go a dis- | colouration that salad oil would not take ,OUt.\ \ ' V i f .. £ The Orient '"Lode« T.0.0,.FA.C, will } meet to-night at 7.30 p.m. ;ExceU«-nthfe-like photographs of the Governor, taken wheu his Excellency vißited-'Wangaoui last, may be obtained frpm^R/Huff, the eminent photographer.- The pictures are capital likenesses, highly finished and mounted, and williiiodpubt be m great demand. They can "be procured m all sizes, from cabinets up to life-size portraits. The _San . . Prancisco " niail arrived at New Plymouth by the s.s. Wanaka from tlieManukau at 6 o'clock last evening. It will be forwarded by this morning's ttjain, and may. be expected to be received, at the Post Office here by the 8.30 train. • ; v \ The following gentlemen constitute tie first Wanganui District Board under the Hospitals and Charitable Institutions :^ftl. ; _jV[ejssr a JFreenaari R. Jackson, IjaviaTeat.D. UT ru»n>u i ~ ; Xfcoit e 2t Wils6n, 11. E. Bec¥ett/G. M: Snelson, L. ef. West, D. H. Macartlmr, and E. S. TJhynrie-.' ■<■■•'! ' ■' • •■■- . ■■' r ] Mr Brennan, of the Wanganui Prospecting Association, went tip to the Pohangina reefs to-day, .to inspect and report, on the gold discoveries there. We understand that the returns of the quartz crushing resulting from the stone epnt to Melbourne have come tohand,but for various reasons have uot been made j Urara was the horse killed m the acoident at ; Caulß.eid l on Saturday, not Tom Bro'wnVas tireviously telegraphed. The Ne# Zealand Loan and' Mercantile>A'gehcy Company have. received the ■following teiftgram :— London, I6thl Tallow-^-Good mutton is worth £27 per ton.,, lni;erior quality "is m demand, pnt medium to five, is neglected. ', Last vreek 16,000 passengers were carried on the Auckland tramway. ■ Auckland weekly marlcet D.rice list gives butter as wortu 8d per pound wholesale and lOd per pound retail, eggs 8d s per dozen wholesale, and 10d: per jdozen retail, '-:■;;.;". , ' | The first steamer under the new San ;Fcancißco mail contract will be the Australia, under charter, to the Union SteamJBhip Company, .which leaves Auckland :on ; thV-Bth- of .December, arriving at Honolulu on the 21st. The- Oceanic 'steamer, connecting, sails tho same day, . and delivers the mail m San.- Francisco |on 'December the 28th. Every fourth | T-uesday is retained as the sailing day j from- Auckland and Thursday from Lon» don. Friday, however, is made the due 'date p£ arrival m Auckland, ;the time being shortened by one dajr. The ordinary meeting of the Borough Council takes place tomorrow evening at7.3op.m: J The interest factor is one of the most potent features m all business transac tipns. Money will double itself at 10 per cent m eight years, at 8 percent, m nine yoars, at 7 per cent, m ten and a half years, at 6 per cent, m tv/elve years at 5 per cent, m fourteen years, at 4£ p'ei' centi m sixteen years, and at 4 per cent m eighteen years.