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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1621, 29 January 1886, Page 2

The \}r-advißed: action wliich Mr Bryce is bringing against old Rusden for libel will, I fear, cost him dear. Instead of getting any satisfaction out of the man, he'll simply advertise his history .-And give its : sale on the second hand book stalls a temporary filip. I have not been able to interview Mr Bryce yet, but -tp some. ' queries^ of mine, -he writes. :J— "There is really nothing < new m my,,ac» tion. I had hoped it would b« on; <^>y this time, but my opponent has been fertile m finding pretenices for delay and the fljate^ pfc uncertainty, still remains. I {tie verthejess jeiitertaui, how* tfcaOthe case may" be heard before the^Onnltmaa vacation, but these hopes are becoming fainter than they 'wdref The briefs, on the both sides, I believe, are almost ready for Counsel, .biit I fanoy that m view of the uncertainty as to the tim* of trial,. they have not been, finally., engaged. But m that, as m all other things connected with the case, there^appears to be "an uncdmfortable^ deeree,/jof uncertainty. Clearly Mr Bryce ..is, got m love with our- English law processes. Depend upon it he'll be still lets so presently. — London correspondent of Auok* ia'fid Stcttfr • . : ■'' .i;.T tA Mr Larnach m addressing his constitu. ents'said that fencing the railway; was a very large matter, and one of sojgg^yx* portance, as it would cost several huh* dred thousand pounds even to fence lines already mad© and to keep thon h'nes in|repa,ir. In his opinion this wag a very fair charge" on the ; individual, looking aY .the benefits that private owners of land received by. a Government railway running by or through their property ; and also looking at the cjreuinstance that the map roads T wer« never required to be fenced by Government aid;? . , ■.-..■•.■■ ,r 7M™ -Fenwick Miller, has recently drawn -attention to the rattier jiattiing facj that at, the present time, there no less than 948,000 more wbm«n ( ttit« men m Eukk'nd, andthat the rate of in(crease has been for some years, steadily progressing. It is furthermore/stated that while- the average lifetime of a woman m England has increased by <f our! years :daring : the last . generation, that of men has only increased wro y*ars. Putting these uncomfortable statistics together, there seoras to be a poKibility that m some remote ; agejithe " sterntr sex" may become positively .rare m England, a prospect that may "have' its attractions for thfe - Bevere ad* vocates -of ■'* women's rights," ; fciit, pas hardly, be. said to be otherwise reassur--.The Masiertpn-Mangttinpker Special Settlement Association have decided" to the land on deferred payment m place of leasing it, and to catrtSlPltttle* merit Parkville. - ; i.GoW Bishop Barry, Primate of Australia, laid the' foundation ~ stone' of *the new -building of the, Auckland JY.M.C.A. m the presence of a large and; represe'Htative assemblage of all denominations, including the Mayor, several bishopa at^pd]ng, the General Synod, »Qd;,many leading oitizens. Bishop Cowle prepresided. The—premises will oost A Wellington paper has the fellowing :^Jt pay be interestingjto mention that the words: 6f jthe^well-known and charmingfhallad'of Balfe, jflung by Misa Christian, " G take, me to | thy heart agin," iwere written by v a ]WeHingtoo lady, Mrs C. J. Pharazvn j|jp(ho Miss Jessica Rankin)~£araisbed Balfe with the words of several of his most successful songs' and caatatas. :i .W»>}tenaot Greely, pf the . A'mttican Polar Expedition, delivered lately aa address; to an agricoltural :Spqrat^at Pittsfield, m Massachusetts, m which he mentioned that; duribg his Arctio o exploration he had passed through £"ai*« trict in j which ithere were numerous wild sheep, having large heads,' great borne like oxen, and taWresembling those of horses. iFheir'ileecewts >pf , the vfi^eit and thickest wool, almost surpassing that of the merino. ,