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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1622, 30 January 1886, Page 2

. . -A recent., magisterial ojder ; appeared \ „rh follows m a, i Portugese paper: All article?, such as wines, spices, and eitr abl^s.' which oh, oxainihatiun. prove deleterious to lWaltl»V Will t»e, c&iifisca'tediand distributed aiu6n'# 'the hospitals -atid" ' otljafch'arttable institutions'. t! ' Po^siyg the Postal Notbß'iiyijteHV'hftß only been ' 'i/V 06^ rations Week iit 8 success is ;re in'arkable.': The business /transacted jin this 1 departmeutAhr^qghpnit, the colony. : iq already four; times, as gjeat as /Was anticipated, 'and about 500 notes are issued every day. The notes whil'hYeera to be m requisition are for suras Joj ' HWe'rity'sliiliiiiKaV h We' hope 7 the tithe jis not distant when the System will be extended to the neighbouring colonies,; as. •,Bach:a e(iepiw6uld provo, ; an inestimable convenience. .... . | Labouchere i once again headed ih« poll for Northampton, Bradkugh being also toturned. » According to report i j "sj£bbsti " address did not altogether ' .please the Radical Committee Jooking : < tiaiter ; hif They crtjiftd^ upon ■IJtiira* to B^)j^'eßt. : .tHat i? ne didfr't^" go far |=%|S>agh;^; r •^La^by^^^c^BO^|'iiim«elf ?^;fly>^al;ytcCth4 : "^^^^ H^entle meii/Vwid' » c » Sr ]fof yjoii'lShavJß jEorsworh > &WQrn tny ;; couHtry ; for you I haveTorswocn my Queen ;jfb;r,y6uV I "have}/" forsworn jay God. If there are any other little mci Ve)iM Hffles IJcan djp^td |ofill(age^ y] ou, VaynWe theiii." J Ut\\i\i\r.J\ , i! ; A German. traveller^fn Africa, vyho witnessed^ aWhnibHl f eagt of the Pau. hins tribe^ says the young women who participated were" the most ravenous and'-'-ghiltonouß. Thoyjate; :\incredible quantities of !fleßh,, and at the close | of the feast carriad. off all the bones that 1 . ihadv.np^.bjeenjpicked ; clean. > Hnn i g'er' 1 „.waß.po| thVmqtiTe| &r they ' te'd fevery c(ny r on 'anteldpe and' white 'boar. iThey" t pr'efer theflWh' of a y white' : person totha't [ of v^ ! ffegro.;-f ".'|f' "i" ■^•■>:i»ii^»i j **"* x '''ffi*\'^s\ff6 l &^ffi6kiffi [the blacks that heavy 'floods Were imminent (aayU'ittfieC Sopthi •r.yAiUHtjaJjJn Register) .hftvef, already 'been; verified, and soon the gr.assqand. vegitntion ' upon which , sipck thrive will be springing up like magic." It'irf'a fact worthy 'of the attention, of Sir John Lubbock and other distinguished- entoinologis'tt ' that the; Natives haVe arrived attheir conclusions regarding the weather through obsiarvIhg.tlfo Ants, .which this, ye.ar^re: said to have removed their habitations from! tHe ta the trees 'with th^iAeti of getting out of harm's way. Wheiheri 'these intrec'tsuhsve means unknown ito : human! beine:s ; ,;ofi forecasting^ ' the weather,, or, j . wijethe^ . , their ' migration to higher latitudes is merely a coincidence, is a point upon which wo cannot' pronbh v hde u 'autfi6Htatiyely}- bat it is * fact that tho-blncks have implicit faith m the: prescience of the 'tiny;t reutureai t ' A^tithe Wari'gianui 'Caledonian concert' Mr'ijßobertson, .before -presenting the jpriiKes, jtojd a .tai&i .^which so. many iScotchrnea.'w^itJri f<ir ,ajfc Mr t( G|rrn3bee's recently/ Mr Rltchie| ! who had won the prize ' tor 'tossihg thW ,caber every year prior 't'd'tliisj' Had lost it, and no doubt some m the audience would be astbpiehed at this, ; '._ He (Mr Robertson) could tell them the reason however. Mr Ritchie went m for lunch before' competing arid of course had some haggis. The result was that he lunched too Well, -and'pquld not v oompe|e.^ .■■^/-> T J Ar'swro'ng* decoction nbt^ -the roots and leaf-butts of the New Zealand flax (phor-.. mium tenax) has been used with success by Surgeon-Maior 'Mbhekton, of Kuinara Hospital, as a dressing m hundreds of cases, including" lacerations and amputations. Tn India the decoction readily ferrhefajis ; ]but tjijat i3ppreven,tQd|by thej addition of an ounce of an equal mixture, of carbolic acid glycerine to 'each quart?6f»fliys 'decoctrbff.' !i Sir Monckton says there is nothing to equal it m; pro- 1 ducing healthy, granulations.: ■-„ i _. It is vouched for by 'a'' Straits settlement correspondent . that in. ' the Malacca > jungles 'tigers are showing unusual signs )of .tameness not molesting raan "or beast" even when pear. Is this the beginning of a fulfilment ofthe prophecy " the non shall lie down with the lamb ?" — all wild, ''animals ' gradually losing their ferocity with the progress of man upwards in>the. scale of being?. Or does it portend a coming severe, physical catastrophe, wbieh animals generally foresee ?