Auckland Stock Markets.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1629, 8 February 1886, Page 2

Auckland Stock Markets.

MESSRS HUNTER AND NOLAN'S 3 REPORT.

At Remuera,' on Thursday, dairy cattle, - yarded ip full numbers, were good 'in-- > quiry throughout the sale. Best animals; t brought from £7 10a to £9 each. Fat cattle, also m full supply, at opening of sale 'sold briskly, but feu m price as the sale 7 - proceeded to last week's values. Prices jana:ed from 16s to 20s, averagings about 18s the 1001 b for well fatted cattle^ Fat sheep m limited number, an.i an ad« yance of aboat 2s each was obtained over .^ last week's values. A draft of Napier^V wethers fattened m Waikato brought 10*^ each. Fat lambs, also m moderate sup. ply, obtained a slight improvement-in"^ value. Pigs were m limited numbers, but very low values. _„

It will, no doubt, be a matter ot regret to many (says the Post) to learn that Mr Millar Smith, .the energetic secretary of tho Young Men's Christian Association A,will sever 'his connection with/ thatl' society at the end of the present month, it being his intention to return to Australia. Mr Smith, since his appointment •as chief executive officer of the Association, has proved himself to be a hard* working and thoroughly conscientious officer, and the society has, since his cbnf nection with it, largely increased its 'list of members. Mr Smith will carry with him the good wishes of all classes of the >' community. : - A Victorian school inspector writes :— - .- " In hardly a school m my district have I found proper attention paid to the pronounciation of the . aspirate. , The children drop^tHeir 'hV without eorfec- f tion, and m some cases the teachers v ae't - them the example. From the Cockney and Cornish the disease has spread to the Scotch and Irish. We are m a fair way of becoming a nation without an •h' iv our vocabulary. From the average choir you will be pretty sure to hear * 'eaven' and * 'ell,' and • 'olyj.'bjy,. " 'oly.' The average porter shouts pat '''Awthorn," and * ' Awksburn,' and 0 the . V average cabman ' Emerald 'IlL* There are other weak points ia Victorian pronunciation, but this I think is the wont." Elder, 5... N. HaskeVof California, who recently visited Auckland writes as f bl- l lows m the Bible Echo and Signs of the Times regarding New Zealand ':<-**? The .- people of this colony are different m some respects from those of any of the other colonies of Australasia. A,combination of Irish with, English courtesr, Scottish honesty, and American euterprise is seen m both the people and m the Press. America owes its greatness to the fact that' tens of thousands of every! nationality, m the world flock to its shores yearly. In this respect NewZealand resembles .America more .than does any of the colonies." ' ! ■'? vi A* I On account of the prevalence of hydro. phobia m London the polioe authorities T have ; ordered all dogs : not wearing] < uVuzzlcs m the Bfcreeta to be taken .up. jSpecijal constables have been Belectedfor' ;r this work. Up to the present over 70Q0 dogs jhayejbeen "taken into cujtody^ „ In Ahitf conneotton it may be mentioned^/ thai Mr Pasteur is stated to have ibocculated m one day upwards of forty persons for rabies, id presence of the Minister ofAgriculture. Among the patients was a ' captain m the Czar's Guards, who had gone to Paris from St. Petersburg forthe,express purpose of placing hiuaieif' ' under M. Pasteur's treatment. A roant who was recently bitten by a mad dogin New Jersey (says a Home pa(fer), ;is, p. coining on board the steamer Labradwy for Havre, on his way to Paris, Where he ,' will be placed under the care of ']&.'" ! Pasteur . } A Boston dootor, who makes a specialty of throat and lung diseases, sayi the wearing of thick and heavy flannels dur^ ',' ing the colder months df the year -is C& \ frequent cause of ill- health. M I hwg» known," said he, "a weak and* delicti* ■woman suffering from consumption, to be constantly wearing heavy red flannW* l underwear that was both a torture to'her delicate skin and an exhaustant to the little, vitpiHty; she possessed. Wearine .a too light clothing is not more injuriouS kthan wearing too heavy underclothing, for many colds are the result of the juugpe sweating produced. People shppld study the indications of, health and. comfort more and fashion and tradition le^s. It is k matter, too, m whioh no definite rule capable of governing all alike Can' be given, for different persons can bear great difference's of heat and CoJd, according- to tbfeir hodily vitality^ "*■ A , woman should dress warmly when~going out of doors, and wear as light olothinr as possible m her generally overheard house." i ."-.■•. /: .4 GO