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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1577, 9 December 1885, Page 4

The New Plymouth recipients of charitable relief had their allovr ances •topped on Friday last. When they made their accustomed call on the clerk of the court on that day they learned to their astonishment that there was nothing for them. The stoppage of payment is owing to the Government notification that no charitable aid was to be paid after the 30th sf November. In the meantime the local Benevolent Society have intimated their willingness to lend sufficient money to pay the allowances for several weeks, but the Taranaki Herald says that so far they have not been appealed to. The Shir says that the results of the tests of stone from Pohangina, made under the direction of Messrs Macarthur and P. Bartholomew, have proved so satisfactory that several gentlemen of capital and infl nonce have joined together to form a company to send out a properly equipped party of prospectors., The sum of money subscribed and paid,' is more than sufficient to defray all possible expenses of the expedition. An experienced quartz miner will be sent out. The eround from whence the specimens already tested have been brought will be thoroughly examined and proved. A considerable, amount of goods is being carried on the Sanson-Cavnarvou tramway, both m imports and exports. Complaints are made by importers and exporters as to the inadequate accommodation provided, goods belonging to ■j various people having to be piled away ' m the goods shed, making things somewhat unpleasant for the individuals who have to get at them. The Wellington Evening Press, writing on the subject of appointments to the Coinmjssi&n of -Peace, observes : — " Here and there, we observe, mere boys have been appointed, for no other reason m the world seemingly, but to gratify their fond parents, whom it suits the Government . to gratify." Visitors to. Silverton, South Australia, are astonished at the richness of the silver ore there, and speak of the discoveries as " the silver lining to the cloud of depression which hangs over the colony." One party reports seeing a heap of bullion equal to 50,000 ounces of silver, and blocks of silver weighing from twenty to thirty pounds each. *A Nelson resident yisiting Westport informs us ( Vestport Tivies) that business m " Sleepy Hollow *' has not been so dull. for 20 years past as it is at present. The low price of grain and the fact that hops are a drug m the market are the main .causes of the bad times, and besides Nelson has experienced a touch of " call-paying." But the place is sound and next year, with favorable markets, things may be brisker than ever. Speaking at a public dinner the other evening the Hon. W. J. M. Larnach attributed the present depression m New Zealand to the Glasgow bank failure, the effects of which were very severely felt m the colony. He thonghfr~the people were facing the depression manfully, and m his opinion the banks had rendered them valuable assistange m tiding over their difficulties. Mr Larnach also expressed the .opinion that m a few years Victoria would draw the whole of her coal supply from New Zealand. Upward of fifty names of ladies and Bfciulfiin.il. . IiK C f r -^^-jm^>-4b a _^Cho. r fll., Society were handed m at the Catn•rnittee meeting held last evening. As Mr Joseph Dixon W8 driving from Masterton to the Tnueru the other noon, aaya the Wairarapn <9tor, hn encountered on the road at Bennett's hill a horse and buggy at a standstill. It c ntained a man and a young woman beth well dressed, and the latter decidedly goodlooking. The man was snoring soundly, with his nose r«sting on the horse's tail, while theyouue: woman, also slumbering soundly, had her head bent over the wheel. Mr Dixon roused the slamberers and was abused by the male occupant for his pains. Returning «orno time afterwards he found the party m a different position. The tiugry had rolled down a gully, and was partially smashed, while the horse relieved from the vehicle was grazing near. The man and woman, apparently stunned .and hnrr, were lying near the capsized- vehicle. A bucket of water brought the female to a state of consciousness, but the man was too drunk and helpless to assist himself. Mr Dixon rode back to" the Taueru, and telephoned to Mr Neil, at Masterton, to whom the buggy belonged, hut on returning found that the two-legged travellers had disappeared .