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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1607, 13 January 1886, Page 2

Titokwaru's peace artny is__on tbf , moveafeain. There is a large number of natives caufp^d f » /■? kaiuga : about Vmiletrfnd ilhalfc YromM j here. This morning about a hundred of them came: into town and rparadtd-gth* streets with much display'/^antHthen, went back to the kainga. What it all means is a mystery. Probably tho chiefs think the people need amusing. A house, the property^pf .MeMra^ferownT ■•" Brothers, of Nukumaru .was ..destroyed , by fire oa Sunday, .af^rnoQ^^AjPlfrj^;]] dinner the two brothers left the hons* to visit a distant part of the Jang, and on their return home they found nethiag but a heap of ashes where the'hbuse'had stood. Four tons of f bacon which' weft .- r. stored m the building,, were also<de§troyed. The insurance w ( er«— £27s p» the dwelling, JE"7$ r on the ' f urnitufre iri ' h the New Zealand, "arid £220 m "tMI Union' on hams and bacon. /^TbOosur~ ■ ance Companies, ws^beliore, JntoSi, asking for an inquest, ■■....-, . "I y : jP% \ . Atnon? other places, Where tthV. t»«l» has been ein fire ofttatej fa; on : lnt;Hil&^ ■ between tsai Iwi arid 24axwelltpw;a; It^ has been b'uroiug for some days, and on ■ Sunday it unfortunately reached ilia houseof aisettler,at Bushey Park. Th« , house wasiburht down. The bwher : M«^ . ' Brown, was from horae^at the? time, bttfc -, I -bearing there was afire, and not* Meln'^f v the house standing from a point; whirtr/t i^ L iß, usual ly visible hurried home to firidt ■ ' his fears confirmed. TKe Hoom^iswA^j. and the family, had not. long moredintoit. It was, we understanii * „ insured^ , •' !< i , V'.j J rr T ■ A few gentlemen who are intim|telf " cbnuectad with the condition of thrb'osn •settlers . m. met on , Strnday ercning for t£e * purpose of 'deViiiin^ ' some scheme which would tie Hkely^t^ enlist general synjpathy m iaid»f th» sufferers; by' tlie-late bush fires. :Th«y; ;. ; waited yesterday on the Mayor, who ej^- ' pressed his thorough sympathy with their objects' and promised to. helpjhem, m every I ; possible - way.. . It is' probably 1 ; that a public ' meeting Will be called early next week. ; J ' i.cnr ,<..-; A manuf aoturer;of Breslan is stated to have built a chimney over 50ft inh'eighf v'u ' '* entirely of paper. The blocks used m ita construction, iusTteaa of being"Tߣ" n"brick or stone, !w*f& made of comprease^^ paper, jointed with siliciouY cement^ v " The chimney is said .'to be; .very elaitii r ,I §J and also fireproof. We may add that .picture framss'ari now made ot>ipi^per,^ -•■ on tlie Continent. Paper palp, glu«, i linseed oil, and carbonate oif 'TimV^oi 1 ' whiting, are mixed together and heated into a thick cream , ; which on '• ftditfe >iU ,1 lowed to cool, is run into moulds and hardened. The frames are then gilt of bronzed m the usuSFway. ; -&-st)ort has been-preiehteds^td^tKli'** State of New York, Mliffg wttOnl * present -condition of I the 4 forests iof|t| ; Adriondack plateau, a Region ill-adapted ' tor agricultural operatiopr. The foresfi have been, as else wljere, reckl«|Blj-d^ ! ' stroyed, but what remain, are cbnafdeji^ ' as essential to the continued prolpßrity""* of the state, and their destruction must .be* followed by widespread commercial disasters. Thej? T Gx>mraißsibneji* c"havaV r.5 . 'obtained proof that" the flow *of tb*« ' ' rivers has decreased within the mempj^r . > of living men from 30 to 50 per cent., w,hile the d.a&age, frd», tpripg.? floo^ty/ and droughts is increasing. The report ends with a sflrieß.ef practical u tqr*p»» , tibh's- applicable to the parlicnlar mJ ""'* drawn iip by the Commlißionew, ambna: whbmuis} rFrofesior ISargenhi^of * Harvard University. *»-----• Bhos. beg'tb'annoWee'th* arrival of their first saipmenfc-of- Spring and Bummer drap,ery, includimg all the „ latest i|)veltieß m aU^de^aftiiientsi^lfilli^i 3 ' cry, "Dresi, Manchester Fancy^ jfea's, Youths* *dnd Boys' Clothings Hats and Caps^U weU^stbckeatand%lefidid v«lußi*':; Vi aaiofithe best manufeoture.ijfi«HiSLKT 8808.- fADVX.I ' /