The Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1886. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1608, 14 January 1886, Page 2

Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1886. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A lost watch key is advertised for. " £1 ; reward, is tiifere'd for the HcoveTy of & lest horse, particulars will be found m advertisement. .;.,■. The Annivertary Ball of the U.A.O.D Oroua Lodge No.' iBO will be lield '6n tr the 22ud Inst. The music- will .bo; propared by Mr Jolly. AdiuiHaion,, doubletickets to admit lady and gentleman ss. ' A meeting of the Fire BrigivlQ wiflbe held on Friday evening m Mr, Lin-, ton's Buildings at 8 o'clouk for the purpose of electing'- Officers and general: Intending working members are requested to attend. ... . „ .•:■■ Messrs Stevens' and Gorton's next . stock saU at Awahuri will be < hold on the 19th instaut. (£he entries" at pro sent received are published m our nd> vertising "i polurpnH. • They; r include it —Fat cowa, '«reil ü br-ed sfceeri,- -yearling' steers,, mixed Btacrs, and tnixed year-, lings. Further entries are solicted. Tb/B \Post says that by permission of Admiral Tryon and, Captain Lako.the Amateur Dramatic Company aud MitiT, strels of H.M.S^Nelson will give entertaiu'tnen tB on Firida'y and Saturday even ing for the benefit of the sufferers by the Stratford fire., . ■'• ; ; The young women of St Petersburg I are learning trader, m orders to "make their own living. They learn book biud-' iug, type-vetting:, shoe making, bpqL-, keeping, toy-making wood carving, and paiuting. ' The industrial schools } devoted to women are over crowded; '^ '' ■ : I ; . . : '•>•••■,■..... . ■•■, ■■■ .■ i i i,J The foot tii en who wait solely upon the Queen of Sweden and her daughter ~wear a very quaint uniform, consiHtiug.of tanic. petticoat and breeches; e'dced with" gold lace. The attire' includes a wonderful head-dress, consisting of a kind of embroidered skull-dap, from ' , which farise'three ostrjeh feathers, noue- ) o£ which is lesskthan three ;feet \i\g\\. The following appears m tne Lyttel ten Timet of Saturday : — ." \Vaiwera, Bth January,—^The paragraph re cable negotiations, iv this morning's paper, r ia not very accurato. The" matter 1 stands on this tooting :— The House ot Repre. J sentatives authoriaed, by resolution, a continuation of the subsidy for five 1 years, conditional on the cost- of mea sages being reduced to 6d a word, and press messages 3d. The PostmasterGeneral of New South Wales has. been negotiating with the company on behalf of the' New Zealand Government and his own. He haR brought the company, to agree to rates without a 5s minimum, which they tried to insist on, but ttiey ask a Bubsidy for ten years. This I am* unable to agree to, as the House appointed a limit of five years. Mr O'Connor, the Postmaster-Geueral of New South Wales, will try to arrango this negotiation, which is entirely m his hands. The .Berlin Conference has uothing to do with it. — Julius Yogel. Two wax figures placed m a barber's ;wfndow m Dunediu werft the other day "completely melted by the Bun,-fnothine; but thoJbiraute adornments- being left. ■ .. : 'L. i ». '■?■ \ "< O Tuesday's Yost saya t > at not withstand* ing the long-continued dry weather, Ihe W'aimiio-mat v a supply- 'has not iii 1 . the least been affected, so far as the preßsureislConcefned.- Of eoiirße the stream has diminished m bulk, but there is still we are informed, a considerable overflow ate the dam. The Polhill Gully supply is not used and the reservoir is full, bo that Wellington would have an ample supply of good water even should dry weather continue for a, much longer time. The thigh bone (2 feet 3inches long; of atnoa has been foinid by Mr Wilh'am ; Gal pin on his property m the Upper Tutaenui district. The bird must have been of huge size. We. (Wellington paper) , hear encouraging accounts, from Terawhiti, respecting the appearance of the lode m the Golden Crown mine. There is . a rustling ainontr the dry bones j the field is again m course of re-occupation. A new claim, to be called the Hopeful, situated on the old Enterprise and part of tho Wealth of Nation claims, comr m'enced work last week. The appearance of tho lode hi' the Welcome' Co'mp.any.s claim is also said to be very ; promising. An authenticated story cornea from the Scotch Highlands to the effect that a donkey died on Saturday, the property .of Mr Ross, of Cromarty, m whosn family it has been for 106 years.- It can be traced back to the year 1779, when.it passed into the hands of the . then Ross, of Ctoiuarty, though wltat was its age at that time ho one can Bay. furthermore, its death was the- result of an accident, for it was vu h ale and hearty "when a kick frqm ahorse ended its-career. , .' ' > ; Canada has just passed a law, limiting Chinese immigration to one for every fifty tons of the sliip m whiirh they come and charging those let m 50dols fur the privilege.