The Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast JANUARY 12,1886. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1606, 12 January 1886, Page 2

Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast JANUARY 12,1886. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

„ G'horaj Society members are reminded of|pr.ietice' to morrow evening- "at the Bank Chamborajcominehcing at ! 8 o'clock A full attendance of all the members is requested. The following are {he names of the Paliherston' Rovers to I'play'against1 ' play 'against \\\e Woodville C.C. next/Saturday at Woodville, and, are requostud to ma-t at the . ground 6n v -Wednesday 5 'erenirt^- *Hh' : . arrange about cwiyiyanco. oto-n-Messrs Stallard, „ Watson, Seeker, .'^Carrollj . Jackson, (Dixon 2,) 'Camlvert'^ Loxfoftlf Clark, Gr. Newth. and Salmon. Maoning, Umpire, Innis, 5c0rer. ......;•.,., ;s ; •}.•/■ 3 - A branch fund for the relief of the settlors rendered honieless by the buali fire/s at Stratford, has been I started m Bulls. All subscriptions will be received by the Rev Mr Doull. Presbyterian .Kas'v tor,\Tho hasshowncominenaable'eiittrgy' m setting the movement on ,fqpt.-r-" Advocate. , ; ; .",.,. ,\ At the Wa.nganui R. M. Court yedter-T; day the, onlookers were treated to,, one of ( those catecliisihgn on religious 'gubjects' which' systeiiiutically coino' oh' whfen very young ' witnesses i fare brought forward.- A lad of about sor 6 was put on ' the stand this morning as a witness m the fire case, tie stated . that he could not r«ad. or yirrite, and, did nofcggo to 1 Su^dny-iclfool, fhougfj 1 Ke said prayers to- God. ' Wheu asked- where wicked boys go toji'he! replied 1 , «'« To God," land the Magistrate 'then „r efused to- accept his evidence. Surely/ the testhnpny; of o f Under 'years ; inignt be, accepted for Wliafc it is worth without th*o oath rather than that exhibitibiikVnch as this should be made m a public CUurt. • The lia.ugitikei Brewery at Bulls, had a narrow escape from destruction by fire on Friday last. At a late hour the tence adjoining the brevrery waß discovered to be m flames, but,' foT^u lately, the fire was seen before it flofe fairly uni der way, antf'wasquickl^ extibguislied, otherwise a serious conflagration would m all probability have iesulted.—ildvocate. , , : ; . ; The common jury for the .Palmersjtpn. North 'District' Court "was" dfawrii on j Monday. The following comprises .the r panel :-- P. Lynch, W. Woolcock, W. S. Stallard, H. Johnston, T. Keable, J. Ruff. ,E. Jones, P. Stewart, A..Symonu, R. Niellsbn.E. joung. G. Davidson. M. Stewart, T. Smith, H. Hammond, H. Adsett, junr., S. Laiie, J. Gray, C. Wallace, G. Richardson, S. Hirst, R..R.. Reid, A. C. Birchand, j. Nannestead, W.Stubbs, A. E. Russell, J". D. Frasar, A. ITerguson, H. Kibblewhite, J. Thompson, F. Brery, B: Newcorabe^ J."G."Rich^ ter, R. AllinghanV, W. A. Luxford, R. W. Stallard, J. Bartholomew junr., J. J. Lee, J. McCartney, L. R. Bryant, W. Park, F. Jensen, J. R. Anderson, and M. Lyons. .. The Marlborough Express states that the dry spring and summer have so aided tlie rabbits m their work of n re- ' production, tWat there' areX- larger nq|abtfjs of young oues on the}Wairau Plauis than have been for yejirs past^ T^e"; Empresi states that the opinion is growing that rabbiters are worse than useless and as the. turning out 'of; ferrets and weasleß is out of the question it ad vocates wholesale poisoning under the direction of the department. Writes a correspondent of the Napier Telegraph : — One of my friends here, Mr McKay, of Tamuinu, has made a suggestion that would be of immense value to sheep farmers and others m the erection of wire fencing. He suggests that much greater strength and resistance to animals would be gained by them if the wires, instead of being attached by staples oh the outsidas of the' posts, were attached inside and outside alternately. He tells me he has tried a fence done this way and it is infinitely stronger. I give the matter publicity for the benefit of whom it may concern. ] The Herald says that Mr A Ritchie, : who |has beeu Con tiected. with the Post Office m Wanganui for some years ; is servinc his connectioa with the Da- j partment at the end of this month. Mr ; Ritchie purposes taking to. journalism,. : land with that object ih: viewfjwill join ii the staff of the Woodvilhi Examiner. ■] During the long period he has been m 1 . the local Post Office Mr. Ritchie has been ,] courteous and obliging to nil who have ; 1 'had buaiuess to do with ihitn, and we i can congratulate our contemporary on ] securing his services. 1 The HawkeY Bay Herald, says that * .Mr W. C. Smith has received from Mr Ballance a telegram stating that the Go- j vern.ment will contribute £500 towards t ; the relief of the distressed ; s«ttlersin the bush. This money is given conditional- J ly upon the distribution of relief being " undertaken, by a strong central coin m it- 2 tee, .to that there may be neither faVour- jl itisiii nor 'extraVagatJce' shown! Sub- ■ senptibns are also being collected, and Mr Smith heads his list with c of £55. Mr fanner is also prepared to h hand to the committee when formed, a fd cheque for £50, this being m addition c to the sums already given by him. T