The Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10. 1885.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1502, 10 November 1885, Page 2

Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10. 1885.

The services of Sub-Inspectors 8. A. B. Capel and P. T. Fortescne, A.C., have been dispensed with on reduction. Letters of naturalisation hava been issued to George Ewald Voldmar Koehler, settler, of P&luterstou North. During the month of October the estates of 34 deceased persons were placed under charge of the Public Trustee. They ranged m value from £1 to £300. ,Thb subsidy tor Public Libraries will be diHtributedou Bth February, and all applications for participation m it mutst bo made to the Education Department before 31st December. Tenders are invited for carting timber from Palmerstoh to the Kuirauga Block. Conditions can be seen at Messrs £ne]son and Co's office. j : Mr Greenwood will pay his next professional visit to Pahnerston on Thursday. 19th init. From the Post we learn that the New Zealaud Clothing Factory have just executed an order for the supply of uni- 1 forms to the Newtown RihV Volunteers. Uessrs Hallenstein Bros, undertook to make 52 uniforms from first class material and by a given date, aud it is pleasing to state that they have carried out their contract most faithfully. With the exception of the braid and the buttons, all the material was manufactured at the Mosgiel Mills to tho order of Messrs Ilallenslein Bros. The quality is claimed to be equal to that of the imported article, while it is said that thn uniforms have been supplied at a cost less than that at which they could have been brought tron England. During the past few mouths the New Zealaud Clothing Factory have supplied uniforms to several Volunteer companies throughout the colony. At the sale of sections of Pahiatua . t Napier on Wednesday last, the atten, - anc« was small, and the prices not aatiV factory.

A printed notice was circulated m; Ohinemutu last week to the effect that "The paper will not be printed this morning, nor probably for a woek, as the printer is drunk." The bnzaar m aid of the funds of the Sacred Heart convent was formally opened on Friday afternoon m Wanganui by his Worship the Mayor. The Mayor was supported on the platform by the j Rev Fathers Kirk of Wanganui, Mulvahill of Ha worn, McMauus of Palmerston, and Soulaa of Iruhar&ma (Jerusalem). The takings for the day amounted to over £30. Sir Saul Simuel, Agent-General for New Smith Wales, has received from the war office the Egyptian medals and clasps intended for the members of the contingent. There was great excitement on Wednesday evening over the pea competition at Mr Price's Hall of Commerce, Wellington. A committee of sevan disinterested persons was appointed to see that everything was fairly done, and the arrangements gave perfect satisfaction to all concerned. Some of the guesses were very wide of the mark. Curiously enough three of the competitors were within one of the correct number. The number of peas m the jar was BUG 9, and iho prize of £50 was divided between throe subscribers who guessed 8070. Two horses were killed by the train last week on the Wellington Manawatu railway line near Ponrua, one of the animals being tossed into the water by the cow-catcher. The other poor brute lay about for some time, until Mr Proßser, who heard of the accident, got a gun and shot it so as to relieve it from further agony. Mr Pilliet, whose death is elsewhere annonnced, was a very old resident m New Zealand, having been m the Colony for about thirty years. Several years ago Mr Pilliet held the position of Resident Magistrate at Akaroa.and he at oue time edited the Eveniug Post m Wellington. More, recently he held a share m the Christchurch Telegraph. He represented Stanmora m Parliament. A Wellington paper is informed that it is the intention of Major Atkinson to address his constituents at Hawera some day this week, and. that ho will afterwards make a tour through New Zealand, fcpeaking at the principal towns. He will first go to Auckland, and will then visit the South Island, possibly going as far as luvercargill. . Trenton has added auother win to Mr O'Brien's credit, having beaten Nordenfeldt by a head. James Knox, of Auckland, Civil Engineer, has applied for a patent for "An invention for collecting inon»y." The article should have a very large sale m almost every town m the Colony just now. There is now passing through Scotland a caravan-like waggon drawn by two powerful horses. It is tenanted by a mysterious gentleman who had chosen this method of spending a holiday. The interior of the caravan is handsomely fitted up as a library and sitting-room by day and as a bedroom by night. With the geutleman are a coachman and a valet, a Newfoundland dog and a parrot. A cook employed by a hotel-keeper at the Upper Hutt sued him for wages due. The landlord put m a contra account tor £20 5s 3d on account of drinlc3 supplied. Mr Fitzherbcrt, who appeared for plaintiff, contended that (as the drinks were not supplied with meals they could not be charged for. The Magistrate took the same view of the matter, and gave judgment for the full amount claimed by plaintiff, willi costs. Six bullets, all flattened, were found m the heart of Albert, the vicious elephant that was shot a shoit time ago . at Keone, N.H. Twelve of the firing party had fired at the heart. The hide of the animal was found to be an inch and a quarter thick m some parts, and weighed altogether 1455 pounds. A fight between a man and a bull, lasting over two hours, is reported from Cumberland (England) A man-servant employed at Fishwickjßunueadiile Head, was cutting nftttles, when a bull rushed at him. The man took the alrake from a scythe and struck the animal. The bull ran on the man, knocking him into a drain, where he fought desperately while lying on his back: The man kept hold of the ring m the bull's uose for over an Hour ; but, letting it loose, the I bull renewed the attack. All the elothws were t«rn from the man except his boots, and he sustained serious bodily injuries. There was no one about except some women, who witnessed the fight, but dared not approach. The man eventually succeeded m getting over a wall, the bull knocking a portion of it down.