The Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1885. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1576, 8 December 1885, Page 2

Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1885. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr J. M. Higgin, of Feilding, chemist and drngysst, notifies the removal of his business from Fergnsson street to his new premisos next to Mr Brown's, Manchester House, Kimbolton Road. Mr Henry Phillips, formerly a resident of Palmerston North, has purchased ! tho lease of Mr H. Sullivan's new pri-mi- | ses m Masterton, -which Mr Phillips intends opening as a boarding-house. In all probability a publican's license will be applied for at the next annual meeting of the Masterton Licensing Committee. The house is admirably suited for a first-class hotel, a large amount of money having been recently expended upon it. A letter from one of the Salvationists to his wife, who obtained nn order against him for her support, which was read m Court to-day, conta'ned some, choice passages Here is a sample, '• If you come back I will praise the Lord, if you don't I will praise the Lord." Mr Curthew, of Feilding, was m Wanganui yesterday on hia homeward trip from the Thames. He informed the Herald that the stone taken by him to Professor Black was tested by fire without any traces of gold being discovered, but that by the ordinary process faint traces were found. Other samples were left with Professor Black, and also with some experienced men m the Thames, and the results of these tests will be forwarded shortly if, indeed, Mr Macarthur is not now m possession of them, ' Mr Carthtw laughs at the idea of sending a ton of stone to the La Monte furnace at the Thames, when the company there will not, and cannut treat less than two hundred tons at a time. It is their intention, once the furnace is started, to keep it going continually, and such a small quantity as that it is proposed to send, could not be separately treated. We are requested to remind iutundiiiir competitors that nomiuationa tor the Friendly Societies' Sporta close on the 23rd instant. The Minister of Public Works has Bint the following reply to tho Mayor of Auckland : — I will see what can be done. I much regret owing to Parliament refusing to pass the vote for the railway works m the Auckland district. lam placed at a disadvantage, but I shall use ray best endeavours to assist, and I rely upon the local bodies helping. The R.M.S. Ruapehu passed the Nuggets Point on Sunday afternoon, was to arrivo at Otago Heads at night, and disembark her mails there. The steamer Tekapo, which passed I through Wellington on Saturday, h-id on board 10 horses and 1600 tons of c.irgo, chiefly consisting of produce shipped from the South, for Sydney. • The Rev Mr Elmslie, who conducted j the services at St John's Church WdI liugton, on Sunday afternoon and even- \ ing, preached the opening sermon ten years ago at the church which waß burnt down. Some interesting remarks upon local trade are offered by the New Zealand Trade Review of Saturday, issued for the outward -an Francisco mai 1 . The Review say« referring to the Wellington district : — " Business all round, including town and country, has been fairly good, though m soino quarters tho town trade is papreaenlei] to be less brisk than has recently been the case. Prices generally continue depressed to the barest margin of profit, and competition both without and within the local markot is very keen. Of course the consumer gets the benefit, and certsrinly th« cost of living has never been so low as at present m. the Colony ; the labouring classes should bR very well off. Trade continues generally sound, and engagements well met. " A struggling Tradesman " writes to some purpose to the New Zealand Times. He complains of dishonesty of luxury ; people find money— ready cash —for luxuries that they can't obtain on " tick," and go into debt for the necessaries of life. Tis so, and a pity, too, 'tis so, for it denotes a sad want of principle, but it is a fact nevertheless. Many a dress circle and a stall ticket is purchased at the expense of the butcher, and baker, and groc»r, and tailor. But what will " A Struggling Tradesman ' say to other struggling tradeameneucourftging such practices by giving " tick " to notably impecunious and lax principled people for luxuries ? Seven pounds sterling is a nice little bill to run up for fish and oysters, • isn't it, Mr Struggling Tradesman, and yet so much credit was given for what are luxuries to all intents and purposes, and tho fool who pave it got his deserts by losing his money. Crrdit for anything, aftei credit for oysters, oh ?— Asmodeus m N.Z. Mail. ' j Beeswax and salt will make rusty ' flat irons as smooth and cfean as glass. Tie a lump of wax m a rag and keep it I for that purpose. When the irons are hot. riib them first with the wax rag, then Bcour with a paper or cloth sprinkled with salt. Steel knives which are not m general uso mny he kept from rusting if thoy are dipped m a strong solution of soda — one part water to four of sodfc ; then w.pe dry, roll m flannel, and kvep m a dry place. An " Expressmen's Association " has b«eo formed m Wellington.