The Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1885. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1488, 23 October 1885, Page 2

The Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY. ) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1885. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Some of the Morpheus youngsters are turning out very well. Mr T. Crauwell has lately broken m a to-year old colt by him for Mr J. Walkley, which promise to «row into a very good animal. He also handed over a two-year old fijly out of Mr McMin«'B Arabian mare, Figaro, whicli is considered as handsome a filly as has been suea m the district. It it) a Morpheus all over, with the good points of its mother well developed. The filly has been much admired by all who have seen it, many of whom think it should have been entered for the Wanganui Derby, as it has both speed and staying powers. An impounding notice from Awahuri will bo found elsewhere. Although Morpheiiß was not entored m the stud lists of the district until late m the seasou, through difficulties having been found m the way of training him, as was at first intended to be done with him, he promises to be well patronised, as there are a srreat number of people who believe m him, and intend sending their mares to him. 1 The field m the Caulfiold Cup f4l) is ! said to have been the largest ever started m Australia. It has been ibenten m ; England, where m 1852 43 started for [ the Chester Cup. A Melbourne firm have made an offer to the directors of the Temuka Dairy Factory to take all the cheese manufactured during the coming season. TheOamaru Mail says the Maori girls' performance there was not of a high artistic order, though •' not so bad as it might hay« been." The Otago Land Board with a view to the speedy adoption of the homestead clauses m the Land Act are having a return prepared of suitable blocks of land for the purpose. The Temnka Dairy Factory Company have reduced the gallon from lllbs to lOlbs for all milk yielding 10 per cent of oream. The price remains at 3^d — but for inferior milk 3d will be the figure. It is now denied that the Triumph lost her owners £5000 while m the Sydney trade. The Oamaru police complain of the increasing number of thefts m that town by children. It would be well for parents to know that under section 6 of the Education Act 1877 Act amendment Act, 1885, which comes into operation on Januury 1, 1886, every child required by the said Act to attend a public school shall attond Hiich school during thirty days m each quarterly school term ; and on the hearing of any information of complaint under the said Act for tui order to (tend a child to a public school, or for the re covery of a pennltv, the oimib shall be on the parent or guardian showing that the chilil lias been or is attending school, m accordance with the reqiiirtuents of the Act, or is exampt from attendance.

The Dum-din City Councillors wantthe city lamps kept burning till 2 for the " safety ami convenience of citizens." A writer m the Nelson Colonist coinplains bitterly of the behaviour of scholars m the State schools of that province, and asserts that the teachers ar.; either unable to kcepthc young hopefuls committed to their care under control, or do not try to do so. Their language is described us horrible, and their insolence beyond belief. He suggests that a constable be told off to attend each school, and keep the oqys m check. Mestjrs Stevens & Gorton's next stock sale at Folding will be hold on the 27th inst. Thu entries at present received are published m our advertising columns They includo beef, prime fat cows, two-and-a-half-yearold steers, two-year steers, mixi-d cattle, mixed yearlings, two-year old heifera, mixed hoggets, fat s/ieep, horses, etc. A Wellington pnper announces the death of Mr .lames Bright, of tho Princess Hotel, Wellington, which happeued i on Monday. Mr Bright was an old ; resident m Wellington, having arrived j from England about twenty-eight years ago m the ship Reward. He was for seventeen years m the employment ot I the late Mr Peter Laing, cenfectioner, to whom ho was an invaluable assistant. After leaving Mr Laing, ho became lessee of the Princess Hotel, MolesworthBtreot, of which he was landlord to the time of his death. Mr Bright leaves a widow arid large family, most of whom are grown up. A u«o for tin clippings has at length been found. We loam from a Wellington paper that the ketch Clematis, took away about 15 tons of tin clippings, which the Company purchased from Mr M. P. Cameron, of the Wellington Tinware Factory. These clippings have been accumulating for the past six years, and Mr Cameron was agreeably surprised when he r-ceired an offur of about 25s per ton for them, as he would have been glad at ou« time hud any person carted the clippings off his section. The tin will be utilised m extracting the sulphur from the ore at the Endeavour Inlot Antimony Company's miue, thus showing how one industry assists another.

'* Do you take this woman whose hand you're aqueozin to be your lawful wife, m flush times and skimp?" " I reckon that's about the size of it, squire." " Do you take this man you've j'ined fiats with to be your pard through thick an' thin ?" " Well, you're about right, for once, old man." •• All right, then. Kiss m court, an' I rec'oii you're married about as tight as the law can j'ine you. I jjuess fourbita 1 !! do, Bill, if I don't have to kiss the bride. If Ido it's six bits extra." The Mataura Ensign reports that at a meeting of ratepayers at Lougridge it was resolved to resist by all lawful | means the payment of the Waiinea Plains Railway rate. No information has been received from the Native Minister m reference to the rumor as to Te Whiti having given order to plough the settlers' land near the Waimate Plains. The Kaiapoi Woollen Company have forwarded some of their ruj<s lo the Native Minister, with a request that he would present them to the Queen of Rarotouga and her Prince Consort. Wednesday was the day fixed for sending m returns of property to the Proporcy Tax Office. Those who through forgetfulness have neglected to forward their returns wsll be wise to do bo at once. The Porewa contract of the Central Railway its now going along with great vigour. About 130 men are employed {^ u ta Messrs Bell and Howe are .." | , r CJ ""-'-” •uwWv~u X - *«r the tune lost by the contractor i» r Tri lulu they becanio sureties. On Monday, at the Spit, the Customs officials had to " pass " a representative of royalty that arrived by the Arawa. Tho representative waß a life-sized figure of the Princess of Wales, imported by Measrß Fowler and Co., of tho Bon Marehe, to ornament their showroom. Much cogitation took place as to what [ class of goods her waxen highness should be scheduled m, and the difficulty | waß finally solvtrt by passing her as i ''ironmongery." • Tho crooked part of the story remains to be told. When the case containing the princess was opened, it wan found that her back was badly brokou, feet and. -hands fractured, and head and bust so "busted " that the wreck was piteous to.look upon. 'Royal--1 ty was never "m such bad " case " since ironmongery disagreed with Charles 1., i and the Bon Marehe will have to get their neat member of th» Royal Family better packed. — Napier Herald. j New Plymouth arid Wanganui papers are quarrelling about the vote for the Wanganui gaol. Wanganui will not be happy till it has a gaol to itself. What an extraordinary infatuation that every little town should insist on having a gael so it c*n retain its own prisoners. One would have thought that there would on the contrary he a desire to get rid of such, people, and that agitation would rather be against the presence of a gaol m the town. There is no accounting for taste. "Pa," said a little boy, •• what is an I absolute monarchy ?" "I can't explain it my son> so that you can comprehend it. Wait until you gee married, my son, and th«u you'll know." — [Newman Independent. : Sir Noel Paton has nearly completed a large picfuro depicting Christ m the garden fiuding the disciples asleep, which was ordered several months ago by the Queen for tins ult.tr m the new private chapel at Osborne. It is be, a cftiitrepiece. between replicas of Sir Noel's popular pictures, " Man of Sorrows " and "The Good Shepherd." This new painting is to be placed m the chapel before the Queen returns to Oaboiue m December ; but it is probable that as soon as it is finished Sir Noel Faton will he commanded to take it to Batmoral for Her Majesty's inspection . In proportion to population more patents are tak«n out m New Zealand . than m any other country. Great Britain is second on the list, Bnd America third. ' You see, grandma we perforate an aperture 'in tho apex, and a corresponding aperture m the base, and by applying the egg; to the lips, and forcibly Inhaling the breath, the shell is entirely discharged of its contents. 1 • Dear me!' exclaimed th« old lady, 'what wonderful improvements they do make. Now m my younger days, they just made a hole m each end and sucked.' Butter as a rule, is supposed to be cheaper m tho country than the town, hut a well-known Maßterton tradesman who is purchasing butter at Is per 1b informs up that m r«ply to a telegram which he forwarded to Wellington he has been fidvisud that the best fresh butter is being retailed there at 9d to lOd. — Wairampa Star. "A won! m season" is the heading to .m excellent articlu m the Melbourne Herald, Tho untimely death of Mr W, H.Trickett, agucl 39, the writer says, affords a su\ text fur a melancholy but nueussary sermon. A cold so slight as to give him no reason to complain developed into broiiclio-pnoumonia, and he died suddenly during his sleep, b('cause tho muscles of his heart had boon so weakened liy tho over straining of the body for ho it ntces that they were unable to ivyist the violence of the disease which attacked him.

Three Roman Catholic priests were r« cently discovered at Yuille Island, Hall Soutli (New Guinea), m a halfstarved state and suffering from fever. It is understojd that this state of destitution is attributable to the vessel that was to brini? them stores and water from Thursday Island being detained from some cause or another. The priests are being returned to Thursday Island under the auspices of the Government. The Victorian Department of Agriculture offer a reward of £250 for the encouragement of invention of machines for reaping and harvesting grain. Since the railway corataenced running to Johnson ville land m that township lias beeri selling freely, acres fetching ,from £50 to £250, and quarter-acres sections fronting the main road as high as £100. Daring the Isst two months Mr H. F.Logan har sold about £1500 worth of the land which he purchased some years ago from Dr Taylor. John--Bonrilfe is. likely to develop into an important suburban town, aa it can now be ' reached m 20 miuntes. ; M. de Harren, who recently made a I tour of this Colony, has reported m very favorable terms to the .Antwerp* Chamber of Commerce as to the prospects of opening up a direct trade with New Zealand. No communication has so far been received from M. de Harven a« to his special settlement scheme, on the Eltham Road, near Opunake, whi-re 5000 t.> 10,000 .ores were placed under offer to him, on condition that a given number of families were located there within a certain time.