Matawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1885. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1486, 21 October 1885, Page 2

Matawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1885. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A notification from the Ready Money Store states that Mr M. Cohen will m future occupy the position of manager. All accounts owing by the firm are to be presented for payment on or before the 26th. A rather bold robbery was effected from the Feilding pound oo Sunday night. It appears that a horse was impounded some days ago, and being unclaimed was advertised for sale. On Saturday, the owner turned up and claimed the animal, but did not release it. The poundkeeper left it safe with three other horses on Sunday evening, but found on Monday morning that the gate had been taken off its hinges, and all the horses removnd. A law case, is likely to result. — Advocate. A case probably unique m a Victorian police court records occurred m the Tralago (V.yPolice Court recently, when two men, both named Michael Sheehan, of the same age and height, stood together m tho dock charged with the same offence, stealing a cask of heer from the railway station, Dnrlimurla. They were remanded for eight days. We are glad to announce that the directors of the Heads Railway Company have completed their arrautjeinflnts for running on the line. The opening day has been fixed for Saturday m«xt, tho 3lst instant. The time-table will be published m a pay or two. — Chronicle. At the inquest on the fire at Maxwell's Hotel, Hawera, Jas. Davidson, storekeeper, stated that on the morning of the fire he heard the alarm, and taking two hand grenades with him wont inside the hotel. He threw one grenade against the wall of the dining room, and the other on the floor, which put out the fire almost entirely. His storeman threw another, which extinguished the fire. The Jury retired, and after a short absence, returned with tho following verdict : — " That it is probable the fire was incendiary, but there is not sufficient evidence to criminate anyone." The}' wished to add a rider, however, "That the evidence of Robert Carson and Archie Kerr is conflicting, and unRatiufnctory." The Coroner pointed out that the veidict was not one thing or the other — it did not attribute arson, or accident, and after some discussion it was decided to accept a verdict of "cause unknown." The proceedings then terminated. It has been suggested that the skeleton of the thoroughbred Musket should be mounted and presented to the Auckland Museum.

A Wairarapa paper states that during the return of a school party from a visit to the Exhibition, one little fellow of t*n or twelve years of age, son of Mr R. M'Kenzie, of the Fernridge, was lettbehind at Kaitoke. The little chap Van after tho train m rain and .darkness, thinking to overtake it at the Summit, and meeting no one he continued his journey, went through all the tunnels, and ultimately arrived m Fentherston, wliere he was found outside a hotel cry- j ing. He was taken m, and told his tale, ! A bed was found for him, but before the inmates were moving the lad got tip and dressed himself and was off along tho line. He was overtaken by the Saturday morning train at Clureville, and was taken m charge by the guard, who had been informed by the parent of the mishap, and was brought on to Masterton. The boy was completely knocked np by the time ho reached his home at Fernridge, and was confined to his bed for a few days, but is all right now. The Auckland Herald says : — Qne iinDortant aspect of the appointment of Cardinal Moran is this ; that it makes Sydney the Catholic capital of the colonies. The language of the Church text-books is clear on the pomt — "Cardinals take precedence of bishops, archbishops, and even patriarchs." Tho Bishop of Sydney has always been acknowledged Roman Catholic Primate of Australia, hut the Archbishops of ?ydney land Melbourne claimed and exercised a co-ordinate jurisdiction. All that must cease when Cardinal Moran returns, and C.itholic Melbourne, however reluctantly, must acknowledge the ecclesiastical preeminence of Sydney until such a time as she secures r. cardiual of her own. The Wellington Fost of October 15 says : — Dr Newman, Mr Bunny, and Mr C. P. Powles, returned to town yesterday after a weak s tour visiting the Colledge endowments at Alfredtowo, m tho Forty-mile Bush, at Palmerslon North, Fitzherbert, and the Para^kiretu Block, with a view to ascertaining how they can best be utilised ho >b to raise the money necessary for building a Girls' High School on the old hospital situ m Pipitea-street. They find the reserves even more valuable than was supposed, and there is not likely to bu the slightest difficulty m utilising them so as to provide means for the flection of a Girls' High School which will be a credit to the city and to the governors. It is intended to provide extensive boarding accommodation as well as rlass rooms. The preparation of the plans has been entrusted to Mr Thomas Turnbull. The New Zealand Herald says : — " One of those pathetic episodes, which occasionally occur m real life, took place on Monday last. A lady came out by the Aorangi with her husband and family to settle here, whose mother had preceded her by some twenty years. She was looking forward with high hopes and satisfaction to the prospect of a reunion with her mother, but only arrived on Monday to see her corpse, as she died suddenly on Saturday last." At the Napier A. and P. show on Thursday last tho ladies' hacks shown weto supposed to be ridden by ladies. One buxom lassie (says the Herald) was dressed well and role well, but seemed to be bursting with laughter at some very good joke. As she passed a group ot men a gust of wind blew aside her habit and revealed a " beetle-crusher of portentous size, well studded with big nails. •'Great Scott!" exclaimed one of the group, " what a foot !" The amused smile on the face of the rider deepened into a broad grin as she said, " Don't you know me, Jim ?" " She " was a boy No wonder the letter-carrier felt shy about delivering a postal card with such a massage as this on it : — " Cut the body m sharp points before and behind ; lace ii down the back ; cut the neck square ; slash the elbows and fill them with vain illusion ; slash the hips and cord it all round, and don't fail to gore as dirocted. P.S. — On secoud thought yos had better hook it." A soi-distant Englishman, who nailed himself Walton, has just been condemned to twenty years' penal servitude, at Lyons, for plundering churches. His history has been a most extraordinary one. While secretly prosecuting his career of crime he was received intc fashionable spo.ting circles, and Decani e a patron of the turf. He had lately plundered three churches and two houses m the neighborhoods of Lyons and Toulouse. ' While undergoing imprisonment m Corsica some time ago he "escaped, taking away with him the ensb box of the gaol. Some one m the London Field suggests that "if a man wants a carriage oi implement photographed so as to make a working copy to scale, all that is necessary is, »>hen the photo is being taken that a clear and distinct three-foot rule bo placed on the carriage. This is photographed along ) with the carriage, and no matter what the size of the prini or negative, will always be a true scale. It enlarges and diminishes m exactly the same proportion as the carriage. For once the steady decrease m onr yield of gold m New Zealand has been checked, and an increase is recorded. In the September quarter of 1885 the value of our gold export (the produce of New Zealand goldfields) waß £236,860, as against £208.495 for the corresponding quarter of 1884. The total gold exported from New Zealand from the first auri- \ ferous discoveries up to tho 30th ult. amounted to a value of no less than £42,068,162 sterling, The immigration and emigration returns for the month of September of this year show that the total number of persons arriving m the Colony was 1488. Of these 978 were males and 510 females, and 224 children are included m the total. As against these arrivals the emigration returns show that 854 persons — 566 males and 288 females — left the Colony during the month. The balance of arrivals over departures amounted to 634. The list of goo Is canned has been enlarged by a company m St. Louis, which has begun canning eggß. A fsctory has been erected, nnd is now m operation, wh*re they will 'can 1,000,000 dozen • annually. The eggs are put through some aort of process, by which the yolks and white are separated from the shells, and the substance is then dried and canned. One teasponnful is said to be equal to one e^g, and it is warranted to keep fresh for three years. In a letter to Mr Haggen, of the Woodville Examiner, Mr Fountaine, lately of that towuship, states that he has been making: enquiries about the cheese market, and states that m America cheese is a drug on the market, and an agent of a large provision merchant m Liveipool told him that he had bought cheese m America ag low as 11s per owt., while a wholesale dealer at Aylesbury informed Mr Fountaine that he had paid 6'2s ppr cwt. for New Zealand cheese. Mr Fountaine further states that there is great depression m the iron and shipbuilding trades at Home and m one shipyard he visited there were only 200 men at work, instead of 3COO, as usually employed.