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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1613, 20 January 1886, Page 2

A :conference>betweeU' the AgAjitsGeueral tor the AuV'raliaii ColoaieS/and Mr Baker, with reference to the conditions of bis proposed Federal Mail Service between Great: Britain aud.Aus- . tralia took place at Loqdon rocently.' ; ' The Agents-General ; approved of the conditions, aud it his been arranged that 3 tenders for the transport ''of fthe i riiails between Ehgfaud and the colonies. :, ir shall forthwith be advertised for. Ji' v ,, >J " If has beeo ascertained that the, p. majority of the members of the Liberal party in' tho ■Home Parliament are/ opposed to the suggestion that an Irish Parliament, should be, established. ' '■ , ' The calliug tor tenders for the proposed Federal .Ocean nikil Service between England and the Australiata ' Colonies is being, dulayed untill information has been received as to whether the Government's 'of Queensland, Tas-, mania, and Western Australia will cooperate m the scheme. .._ '''"* ""'• An Age Special states that it is Announced that' the' Ministry intend to introduce three separate measures providing for local Government m England,' ~ and Ireland respectively"; 'To 1 * '' •leading members of the Liberal party we're to imeet m conference for the purpose of; discussing the policy/, to be adopted; by tbi j>a#y}in Parliament TOth regard t^o the agitation m Wland 'and •> other prominent questions. • ; •'' ' < ; ' iJi i ; An old bachelor, leaving. his boarding" hoqaejfor a week's journey after taking [leayeiof his landlady, s topped to. a,, salt mackerel odf the table, shook him' by the tail, atid said, :" Good-by, old |g fellow, I will see you w.henjfc.returnP'f „ An old offender 3 was lately brought before a learned judge of the peace i&Hj Shropshire. The constable, as a prelim- ,fc mary, informed his worship that he had • m custody John' Siraraoiis, alias JoneSf- * alias : Smith. : *'« V^ry, well, 1 * said the .magistrate, "•! -wilttry th© tgjg^womeji ilrst— bf ing m Alice Jones." -~^*** Johnnie Stirling, ref nsing; ftp ;; go to. ; school one day, his mother was threat-, ening him with a thrashiug, . when her- , own mother wefcfering'-jsaMd—' 'Hootj .() hoot, fat wye oijpeakiug sto5 to thY laddie* l> is that ; come awa' Johnnie, and gangr to your schoolie, apdl'll giye VfTainW scone ;and sugar on't." " Na, 4 rfa,. granuie, when my mither oanna do,t yeueedna try me*" The Wairarapa Star states Noitk Wairarapa stock-owners ; are" bitterly; . complaining about the difficulty they have m getting r|3 of their fat stock* at present. The Wellington biitcheti ,"' ar* said.to be purchasing from IJapier, loaviug the district sheep over for wihteY, ' when the roads will be too bad for tHveiliug from a distance. The freezing chamb>rS; 2ire as i jf itjl ;as they, pan ,b» , stuffed^ and «:rowers.are m a | through home and foreign markets being practically closed against them. It is anticipated that aa the 1 'season advances the price of stock will become exceptionally low. This is bad news for the district, for reduced prices means fewer iiuprovemen'ts, and must tell disastrously on the labor market; »- ,' . The reservoirs of earth oid m BurmaH says the Spectator rival those of Perm-" '•'" Bylvaniaor Batoum, and there are lar«e fields lof coal ready for working. Gold is believed to exist m large* quan-' tities ; and 'Burin ah is the native <land pj^ , the ruby, the sapphire, and the, emerald, which; have been exported for generations with little effect ' on the supply^ ; T i c country comtnands the only easy - j routes into Western China, and it is not only probable, but certain, that^nnder' British rule Bhauio-avonld: become.^ th» greatest inland emporium m Asia, riralling Bombay itself as a receiving ware- | house for the trade of two great peoples. Farmers will bar glad Jo 'notice jfron* our cdmraercial cable news' which appeared yesterday that the price of froaten mutton has improved, and that an im-; ' proyement ha^ also taken, place, m ,th« ■ quotations tor "tallow. ' This "will %% good news atso to colonial stockowners j and !Bhareholders m meat pregerfing companies '' ■'■ • ' >•-. i-y,u ■•;•..)?.:' „-t Among the passengers by > the ,Te An au to.- WelKogtop on. Monday were a number of> 'bookmakers, jockeys, and T trainers, vtho hare come down ito attend ' the Island Bay races, and .about a 'score of ckigymen, on their way to the Weaieyau Conference m Christchurchi' ] Bather a strange admixture of callings. One. of the celeWated i'firm of Burton ' Bros.!, he who does the touringrwith the camera, has recently made most success-^ ful ascents of Tongarirothe extinct aod Ngar uhoo the active volcanoes 4 in t ih,% >>■ Tanpo Country: f (lt is a, common ■'.'.'. take that Tongariro is the active cque,, but Ngaruhoe^ near it, ii the pit-fire,)" ,Mr OBurtoia :set out at 430 a.m., and reached the top of Ngarufjbe ( \at libSrf*? ' spent three hours itf taking 'views off the crater and the surrounding country>»« m beautif ulj weathe t rjan(l-reached ) cninp^ . again at 7 p.m. He aWHad "ve^r ' suitable weather for -th'e asoent^ of v Tongariro. This is not the first ~time"a. camera has ibeen. taken" up .^pngarijo^^ k but it is the first time one was " brought? down again wi^h plates. Mr "'BurfybnV plates are now at the Napier agency v packed ready 1 to send to Jorr 4 i development. These viewa if they tura put well should form a most interesting; addition to "*N%w Ze'aiano^ih^o^fiSlheCamera." In '■describing his; trip*^Mr Burton mentions the |^eteta^ gOIQA " marvels" m thoshap'eiofUie^in,! bites m, the side of •" • Speakinff atjWiddow Mr said : — "I am of the opinion— an' otoioioo that I had'expr«ssed.befo£ej;no.wiith^t it would be wise tb protect certain Irish: indurtrieß at all events for a: time (hear ft hear) : that it is impossible for ,ÜBt. t© make up for the iosa of the start- iiv^n#'- ) manufacturing vaoe which we have ex* perienced owing to' adverse 5 legislation; b Ji - m times past^ against, Irish industries by England," unless we' db ; jiroifedt<tKese ! -3' industries, not many m number ars capable of 'thriving' m Ireland*%ffplausei." r : '