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Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1507, 16 November 1885, Page 4

At the Wellington Waste Land Board meeting on Thursday Mr Beethum drew attention to the urgent necessity for the appointment of another surveyor m the district under the Board's jurisdiction. He moved that the attention of the Gor vernment be a£ain drawn to the niatter. Mr Marchant (Commissioner of Crown Lands) said the .difficulty was that no .money had been voted for tliis' purpose. Me Bunny, who seconded the motion^ remarked that the money could easily be found ; iffhe.vra3 there he could find the money, quick enough. , The motion was parried without further discussion. At the Wellington Baby Show the fqllowirg prizes we're awarded :-4-Best all-round baby, most crying baby, lightest baby, Heaviest" baby! Thei Post ', remarks that: for any •Practical good m the way of improving the human ( race the exhibition was worthless, j Messas Palmersorij; Dundas,-,and Arm-strong-returned to day from: j;h e Pcjhangina district. Mr A. Dundas was the only one of the party who proceeded as far as the reef -which Anderson is en- ■ deavouring to Jay barer The latter has only; succeeded so far m getting 1 intb the f drive about twelve feet/and has received 'orders to come to-Palmerston from the secretary of the association which will, delay him considerably m the progress of his work. Mr Dundas does not seem to be over, sanguine of the scheme.; he, however, says that opinions expres -ed at • the. present are not worth much un il Ihe reef which Anderson is driving for il exposed.'" We understand that two Balla-at miners rwrJl to-morrow visit Pobarigna on a prospecting expedition, partly, on their, own account and partly on bejhalf of some residents of Wanganui. Mr T. Nelson will take the party up to- the reefs. '..""" i ; The extract on our second; .page m refeference to the Pohangina reefs is taken frbiri Saturday's New Zealand Times. . , ,-. „_..•.,..... ;• ' "Messrs 'Dundas and party intend; to .apply for a prospecting license to be used in ,the Pohangina. ■■ ■ [ - Mr G, Dundas is at present surveying the land applied for by prospectors m the Pohansrina m all 132 acres, seven applications. Mr Walter D. "Reeves, formerly a farmer m Hawke's Bnx, and an expert ngrU .cnlturaliet, will have ehnrge of.the agricultural department m the Government service about to be established. ; •The Palmerston iportion 'of the ,Frjsco mail will arrive by to night's train. I The fnarriasre notice copied from .the L'vttelton Times intb the Wanganui CJirpuicle, and which, the Rev Tudor, jLho alleged officiating clergyman, affirmed wns a hoaXjtiirnß out to be correct after .all. It appears that the parson forgot having tied the knot until shnwn the certificate signed' by himsplf. Ha m'nst he a terrible forgetful .sort of a parson that. The couplw are now m Wangahui and the circumstance had caused them no little annoyance. ; Jacob Faithful's Now Zealand Cup prizes are -distributed as follows: — First horse, .£l2O, to a Porongahau settler ; second £60, to Wpodville ; third, £30, to a Btorefcseper at Kailtora. Two boys named Connel! and Dundergan were fined £1 5s Gd and £1 2s 6<l respectively, for firing Chinese crackers inVUhe streets of Napier. They had thrown them among the Salvation Army procession .while it was passing the Star" Hotel last Friday week. ' y } The following advertisement recently k appeared : — " Biiing aware that it is indelicate to advertise for a husband,; I refrain from doirier so ; but if any gentle,nian should be inclined to advertise for a wifol wil| answer the advertisement without delay. L, am young,., have a eood figure, am domesticated, and considered ladylike. Apply &c., ' It m stated that all th» convictions obtained m the Wellington Magistrate Court against owners of horses for permitting thum to wander have been illegal. The cases referred to have been brought under the Municipal Corporations Act, 1876, which treats of horses and catle separately and distinctly. The by-law, however, framed from the Act makes no such distinction —m fact, the word " horse " or" horses' is not mentioned m it. The advice of counsel has been taken on the. subject and tho opinion has been obtained that the by-law m question is fault/ and should be amended.— 'Poafc

Tlie directors of tlio fjruldeh' CfuW.d Gold Mining Company, Terawhiti, liare' decided to invite tendeis for- lepah'iiig the Albion Lattery, titling up some additional berd:uiß at present lying iti Welliiigtonyeouveyitig 3UO tons of quartz from the mine to the mill, and supplying wood for firing purposes. . The health of Lady Jervois has imprpved ao much that it has been decided the Governor aud party shali leave for Christchurch by the Hineinoa next Wednesday. The visit to. the South will extend orer several weeks. ! !' The following is a copy of the. result! tion passed at a recent, meeting of ; the' Justices m Nelson :— " That the justices are unable to form' Hie rota inquired by the Act until a definite reply is received from the Government to their eomtntinication referring to the recent appointmerit of Mr Thomas Halstead 'Harley, and that this meeting adjourn unfrj Monday, t,he 23rd November, .at the Courthouse, Nelson " Tlio letter enclosing this resolution was sigued by Mr liunes Sclanders, Chairman of the meeting. The Marton Justices are a law unto themselves, and treat the legislUiou of the Assembly with very little respect, i The Act says they shall form a rot* at their annual invtiug, but Messrs. Jones, Ros.s, ami- Beckett quite ignored this, and resolved, " That it was not necessary, considering tho small amount of business, to. form a rota of attendance and that tho work be carried on as heretofore." It was to prevent Justices carrying on as heretofore that the Act was passed. The Governor will now have to form the Marlon rota.— Post. . For some time past there hais been wandering about m the Bulls district a half-demented creature of the nanie of Mary McCarthy, with two little children, whose ages are about three 'years and eighteen months.' The woman,, .it ap- ' pears, possesses a .section of land at the junction r p£-.^he*:.Greatior.dL #n&. . roads, /arid m this vicinity, '\vithrtut house i or shelter, she and her children -pass • their existence. How they hitherto contrived, to exist is: a mystery to 'luany.On Thursday evening, while Mr Haywood, of Bulls, was on' his wayi home from . Greatf ord : with the coach, he notic,ed 4he .woman;... and her children, "who were crying bitterly, on' the road. As the, poor little things were m anaked and- starving state— -not having had, as tlie" mother alleged, any food for the previous two days — he toolc them into Bulls and delivered them to ConstublejPrioe, who has since kindly cared' for : them. They will be brought before theE.Mi; Mr Ward, at Marton on Monday .— Advocate, . .;■••"• ! i