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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1614, 21 January 1886, Page 2

Mr Higginson, engineer yoilfche Wel-Jingtdn-Maiiawatii. Railway,' Inrbrms us : that»a*fcfai»way is nbw being.laid along the^beach, running in._a~line 'from No, " 10" to the.e,nd^oj^Not 12 tunnel, m order to-get^a^suiill^elg^i&^apd ballastingplant to the other sideoT Paikakariki. This will enable, the, permaneut way to be proceeded wi*h simultaneously with the formation, and will greatly tend to , facilit'atef|he completion of thejline." The ' rails are now • laid iroin the -Mtui^watu end to within four or five miles of Otaki. ..Theiline-^will probably be open from the Lohgburn junction to Ofcakj by next May or June. Mr S. Brown, the contractor for the Paikakariki section, is also laying down a tramway, m order to get materials round to the 'No; 11 and 12 tunnels That will 'enable hitot to finish his,, contract m a much shorter space of time than would otherwise be thei case.* Everything "' ;biitpfe:ejiiß :' the speedy completion of the f Wellington. Manawatu Railway . Directors, engineers, contractors, and secretary are all anxious tp have the work finished as soon as po»- - , ,- During' tlie 'hearing" br> the Armstrong abduction case, before Mr Justice Lopes, a barrister m'acle, ja , f complaint to the Judge that 'lie had been refused admission to the Court until he had taken the trouble to go to the Temple for his wig ; a,nd,gown, although he had seen the .' Under-Sheriff and \ip)d[ him he' was a member of the ftar:; 'The, Judge haps the Under.-Sheriffdiinpt Jchow.you. The Barrister : But I saw him an| fold him. The Judge,: There may "be" a difficulty, owing to the fact that a great many people might be seeking admission to tli^'Gburt. I remember' once wjaen I was travelling I could not find my ticket. .fl siiid.to,the guard "I, am. a Judge of .assize, mid I assure you 1 have'a ticket." Upon which he replied*"" I have heard that story before." .-; The shio LochjKtjy^f recently arrived at M6tb6urne fr^r^Gl^gowi had a narrow escjiipffM)m} ; b^ng>;|)lown up on the voyage/ |?h>*vessel hai. on. board between 25 and 30^ton&^E gunpowder, which, to ensure •ilie-j greatest possible safety, had Keen- stored between decks, i Underneath, the, hold, containing the gun* ' powde'r'is a lower hold r whef e'some cases of bottledhfe^ carißtuJlyspacked m straw, had been "deposited." Ohe v of the crew [found, his way, to the] been broke open a case by the light of ma ! tchel,*^rew the straw J recklessly about, rand dran^ himself, stupid. Officers) /srew, and owner ,express.si|rpris§ that the fehip was not Isejb dri fire, t blown Up, fand sen IT down to Davy Jones \rithout nbticef Th^y throw all the blame onjtheseaWn. What did they put the beer under the powder for ? In case,a child or^'otHer r 'pe > riso'n j ßhould accideriially' ! drink ' scalding water, cod liver oil and lime water, mixed m equal I pa'ftsj should be- administered,; x a; teas, poonf ul ata»timei;to the scalded throat, given slowly ,.so- that the healing mixture trickles down: almost ,of Jtsetf^This not only heals the injured 'part; y ßfirsupportß ,the strength of tlie 'child^ as 'food-- would until other nbnrisKfrieiit^can'bejtaken Fqr external" scalds and burns there is hotliing so fioofing' 'and^'icnrativ^as an ointment of oxide ibf zinc, but as every one does not have this iiuthe^ojj|g, it is as well tosplunge the injured part m sold water 1 as tb do^ anything} felro,'- wtfenever the p(unge js practicable,, and when.it ia not to keeep clothl upsii J tr wrung out oi ice ; w&ter> ;This excludes the air.,at any 'rate/andallays the' painV'-'aTrfdwrng the strength =to rally, /whilftiiji is within the reach of everybody. i'iAtJthe clds'so^lectlaref delivered ia Wellington by Sir William Fox he t+. ferred to the statistics m reference to th*efcftnsumptibn^ofrliquor*at the Hos* pitalß, : .which, J wer^.vjpubk*Bhed m that day's Rapere^ancl^efMed* to the Temperane'e Hospital m- London, which has now 150 be'ds,_and je^thjere were only three bases m Alcohol bad been ordered duringjtjfe terjfa of its sxistance for;thetpastl^yeaMߣ ...jf he were % inedtcatin*ani.and.hadiwalked the Hos-pitals,-he should tee! ashamed to tell his patients that he had nothing m the pbar* macopoeia which would cure them, but that tlfey must go to the publican across the street. . It would be like taking one oi Dent's gold watches, vnttfits^elicate {^ hi 2 e %^V. w «eh»Maker x and^ the latter directing his c JstftuW t6*jj£B across to the blacksmith to get it rsDaired '■■ •'""■ '''- ■'■■ - '■■««>•♦ ii^yv r