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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1589, 23 December 1885, Page 2

Many who have met Sir W. Fox within the last day or to are astonished at his hale hearty appearance, consider* ing his advanced years. Tenders will be received op to 3 p.m. to- morrow for alterationa and additions to a residence for Mr J. P. Leary. Plans and specifications may be seen at Mr L. G* West's office. Yesterday afternoon the appearance of a Borough water cart would haTe been welcomed m the Square. No«r that we have a cab-stand surely w» shouln have a water-cart and a fire* engine. Assays rrom the lode m the Great Ex* tended Silver Mine, Ravenswood, Queens land, give from 1,6000z5. to 2,2000zs to the ton. The lode is from lft to 18ia m width and 40ft. from the boundary of the Ravenswood Silver Mine. | A strip of property only one inch wide, situated m. One-liundred-and thirty- fifth-street, near Eighth-avenue, New York, has been sold for obout 375 ! dollars. . The House Committee of the WeiI ing ton Hospital Board recommended that the usual extras be allowed the patients at Christmas. On thia apparently very necessary provision, a short discussion arose. It was pointed out that the prisoners m gaol were allowed " extras " on Christmas Day .and this was immediately contradicted, one of the members explaining that' last year Mr Macaiah Read "£ot into hot water " for asking for an " extra " m the way of beef for the prisoners. "More shame for them," said Mr Willeston ; " the men ought to be allowed to rejoice once m a year, at any rate.' 1 A member or the Committee asked the Chairman whether he would give the pationte beer. " I never give to others what ie not good enongh for myself," replied) the Chairman. The recommendation of the Committee was agreed to. Last session a great deal was heard of ! the unemployed at Napier, but when work was offered only about 30 cared to accept 4/6 per day. With the exception of four of that number, who are still at work, the others have found employment from time to time, and left. The list for the next criminal session of the Wellington Supreme Court no far only comprises two cases of attempted escape from legal custody, one larceny, and one of receiving stolen property. Last Sunday's issue of the RaHonaliat has the following :— A few minutes before "going to press we received, from a distinguished Scientist at present residing m New Zealand, a communication so extraordinary, that, if true, % complete revolution m Natural Science must inevitably follow. We are 'now taking steps to verify the communication m question, and will publish th'e ' astonishing details next week." The Rationalist maintains that eon* sidering the size of Palmerston, the success of the Lyceum ia almost un* precedented m New Zealand Freethougt annals. ' • The Waipawa correspondent, of. , » Napier paper writes as follows :— ** Wai-^ pawa presented the appearance yesterday of Goldsmith's " Deserted Village, 1 * — everybody and his wife going to Napier by the excursion traiu. The local storekeepers didn't like it a little bit, hut everybody else seemed enthpe? iastic.at the prospect of a day's outing, and they all " did" the journey and the city m good time, getting back' heir* | about 9 p.m., many of them struggling i along from the station under very ; heavy parcels, so that the Napier storekeepers must have had a pretty good haul." This is what may be often* looked for m Pahnerstbn when the line is, open to Wellington. Mr James Gaidars, who was connected with the Wellington Telegraph office for several years, and who. has beenj^ia. charge at Weßtport for the past "fire or six years; is about' to' be transferred toWanganui. A good many m Wanganui will not consider thin ' welcome intelligence. Sir Julius Yogel has been rathor poorly for the last; few daya. -Hie health improved rapidly after coming back to Wellington, but he began to work too soon. One cold .day, '.there being no B re m his room, hi got chilled, and he is now suffering from the effects: He is not, however seriously effected, and his medical adviser., Dr Grace, hopes that he will be tolerably well a fftw days hence. We regret to learn that Sir Julius Vbgel's. daughter has also been unwell.— • Wellington paper. . '••■■'■ -Sm. .'.* A Wellington paper has the following :— lt is rumored that the ship Otaki which sailed from Wprsor Bay for Lon. don on Sunday last, was joined at the last moment by an additional, passenger His name did not appear m her" published list, although it bas been Terr freely mentioned ot late m conjnset)<Ni, with other matters. » < - -

A short sitting of the Compensation • Court- was Jield at Wellington on Monday, before his Honor Judge Richmoiid and Messrs J. H. Bethune and J. Luekie ab assessors. The matter considered ■was the claim Walker V. : Wellington - Manawatu Railway .Company,-- Mr Walker claiming on account of land taken by the'Compauy at Ponrua. An award of £1500 was made subject to a redaction of £300 if both sides agreed that the corapauy should maintain the fencing on both sides of the line. - In order to make the Nelson excursion as popular as possible Messrs Walker and Hat.ick, the Wanganui agents for the Anchor Line, have reduced the* fare from £2 to 30s. This - concession should have the effect of largely increasing^the number of pas■ongers. , A shoal of anchories visited the Wanganui river on Monday night having evidently been chased m by some larger fish. The fisherman did not know what the visitors were and did not take steps to catch any of them. Next morning 'the training walls and the beach were lined with them for ■ome distance. ' The Examiner says that the Hon. John Ballanca will visit Woodville on the $Bth instant. Fryer's — the " quarantined "—circus is playing to enormous bnninesp m Melbourne, the prices being popular. News has been received from Pieter^ maritzbiing, South Africa, of the death of David Kennedy , # agfd 36 years, the oldest son of the Scottish vocalist. A legal opinion' has been given that under thelAct every Road Board must receive one thousand pounds, but, the , sum total for the colony is only to,, be ten thousand, se where the dollars are to. come from is now the question — Exchange. . ' On the farm of Messrs Abbot, at Parewanui, about three weeks ago, some flax m a peat swamp, m front of their r»si dence was set on fire. The fire (extended to .the peat, .and, despite strenuous efforts to extinguish it, has been "burning ever since. A good downfall bf rain is anxiously waited for to quench it. The Marton waterworks' contract wbs finally taken over to-day by the Borough Council from the contractor and engineer. There are at present about seven feet of water m the main reservoir. ; . Telegrams received m Wellington 'on Monday say that the Steeplechaser Granville broke his back, at the Otahuhu Racing Club's Meeting on Saturday. This, if true, will be a great loss -to Mr Gallagher, who only the other day imported the horse from Australia. The Government have received a telegram froni the Immigration Agent Auckland, Btating that 60 of the unemployed had applied for work, and had been taken ou. . A farmer m the Ran git ike i district has found that the exportation of hops to the HomW market is not a paying ■peculation. Last year hig crop, which yields about ten bales, was bought by a well-known brewer m Bulls for something over £90, but this season, not agreeing with the price offered by the latter, h« exported them through an agent at Wanganui to the Home market. The other day ha received from his agent a P.O. order for 10a Brl., net return from the sale of his tec bales of hops in' London. An application by J. H. Walker of Ashurat, to be adjudicated a bankrupt is published m our advertising columns. The first weeping willow m England . was planted by Pope, the poet. Having received a present of some figs from Turkey, and observing a twig m the basket ready to f bud, he plaritad it m JbU garden, and it soon became a fine tree. It is said that from this stalk all the weeping willows ia England and America originated! Carl Heinrich, m&naeer of theNeljßon Copper Mines, denies that Mr La Monte bas any claim to the invention of the furnace, />r process known m this colony by his name,, it having been mmc for agea m Germany. ,