The Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West coast.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1609, 15 January 1886, Page 2

Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West coast.

The Hon Mr Btillance addressed a * very large meeting at Waiigaiiui. bii Wednesdayj night, and watt accorded a vote of thanks and confidence. \ We regret to hear that Mr D. Fraser'i '.trotting stallion, Bill Elm has inet^wlitli an^ccideat which necessitated his desjtroyal. It appears that tie got' into A drain yesterday tin the farm at Pare! 5 wan iii and, broke hjs [<6g.-r-Advqca.tfi., * j „ An officer ou board the Zelaudia has ' supplied the Auckland Herald witn particulars of. the ocean race between that vesiel ; and the Aameda. He contends that the rate of speed at which, the last voyage was performed' cannojt ' be kept up by the Aameda, as the coal supply for one "passage would cost £3,112. ' : ■'. .> ..' ■ .:;;. . .| • At Mudgee (N.B W,), Mary -Scanlon, twelve years of ag>-, Jwaa bitteu !by ja black snake on the little finger ofvth'e right hand. She called her sister Eliza, only ten years old, to' chop the finger off. The brave girl did not 'flinch', though her sister made several attempt* i before she succeeded m severing ttju finger. When they xeached . home the father cut off the jagged end with % razor and dressed the wound. ; i The Wanganui Herqld thinks it is evidently time Wellington had a freih man on tho K.M.'VsHat/as ' Mr Wardell Has shown himself quite unequal to tl»« position, and: not able to uphold, his m- ■ dependence where the profession is concerned. He-has more than once, allowed solicitors to make a bear garden of his court, aud" seems to labor under an abject fear of falling out with them. jAL man of sterner stuff is required,- and doubt the Wellington press will insist on' one being" appointed ere long. j From the Star we learn that a young trout was caught m a pool n(j tHe river bed of the or6uariver yetteraayj mor|i ■■■ ling by a soil of Mr James WJiiaker. He brought it up to Mr Sherwill, who found it to weigh nine ounces aud measured If • inches! It is now preserved iv . .spirits and may be, seenby the curious : nt Halcotnbe.knd-Sherwiirs' office, Kiiubolton '•bad.. . i '. King Tawh&io has gone courting t once more to Hntcanuf, t>ut has taken the precaution to leave his son at home this time. , . ! ,j . T|heMarton paper says that Bulitjis,' at present similarly situated to Marton mi respect to theisupply of rain wafer, for all the tanks m the town fire dry, and townspeople may be seeu v every evening beseiging the pumps jof fortunate noighbouuj for this'Mndispinsible." A welcome downfall of fain ; occurred on Tuesday evening and ihe. early part of Wednesday morning, but the general regret was that it did not, continue. i - ■ The city of Nice has openod * com- 1 petition for a monument to the memory of Garibaldi. It will be erected on the Square named after the General, t -will Jbe olwhite marble, and; must be before January 31stf 1887. \? ! . iline million acre's of landin Germany ' are devoted to the cultivation of jthe potato. The product last year amounted to 23; 000;000 tons 5 : *■*''<< | .-i The city of Moscow boasts of ithe largest apothecary establishment m the world. It •in}ploys over 800 laboratory and other assistants, and dispenses daily >ra thousand prescriptions. ' A church m Orlando, Fl a., havintr shown signs of falling, on a recent Sunday, the eon uregation fled m a body aud a local paper, speaking of the j incident, remarks that it occurred just as the collection, was about to be taken f up. ■:■ ■' < ■- ; - "' ; ' i j A Napier paper reports his Honor tthe Chief Justice as saying : — " The profession were not using the rules of ithe Supreme Court as 1 they ought. There would be no remedy till clients were made to suffer for the wrong use of jthe! rules by. the , profession." This seems rather hard upon the clients. j America is the first possessor 6f a brnßs band, composed- entirely of wonien. •The uniform is of black jyej yet, tigiiWy fitted and plainly,made, with" a golden epaulette on each shoulder, and hats bound round with gold cord. ! Burmah has no standing: array, and, m case of war, all persons able to bear, arms are brought' together through j the agency of the local officers, being arjned and fed at tbe public expense, but re* ceived no regulat pay> j'ljhe; natives, ] however, would make good . soldiers, if they were well-djscfphned and l armed • ( but at prf'sent they are unable to : with- J stand, a Enrppeau force. 'In> th-irj last . war with th<^ English they displayed a '' good deal of skill m the construction of field work^, biit . they^'seldoqi" knew , hpw tP defeiid them. ' '" f j J -'■■ ■>&.* there is every indication of a 'long 1 continuance of hot weather, .those who « have not yet^ provided for it with • lighter! •■ dress fabrics, should do so at once, which ( can be done to advantage by purchasing at a The Boa tyarch*.— o, U, Bos? & 00. 1