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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1630, 9 February 1886, Page 2

...^•jjhe most extraordinary instance of the depreciation m the value of land comes 2 ri|iri Essex, England^ In 1875' Pewit Island, near Htirdwich, containing' 27o r (ajctefe of (freehold land,, was,. bought, at p! {dpdt of !£7900, and a few weeks ago. yfrsssrs Beidel and Co. sbld;it by auction for" £42o;. :■..;:.,"..■.' :;■;,.•■■ "•■:.■... . '■' '■:' , Thomas f. Moore, of Waipawa^ has fbeeri charged by the police with' a breach r6utrowMedical Praetitipri : ers',,Abt ; by usf ing the ;title of surgeon,' and also on a second charge of acting as a doctor and calling hjimself one on the 25th January.: The K.M. reserved judgment: ' • > - > . , ; {EhexAiiatralatfan, writing on the proposal of ISfr 1 Julius Vdgel to borrow another £10,000, says the present (New Zealand' debt is, pet capita, four times t'hafrof Egypt, .five times_ that of Turkey,,; • aimoift double that of Spain, and double the incidence of the debt of the Vhole ;of ,the, Australian' colonies. i There, is an anecdote of Yah '.honest Jrishnfan whose mingled senses -of ""the .duty of 'gratitude fold the- awkwardness f of obliffktions fouH&>eW in ; §W A diarjf "icteristiic aspiration, v Cp4 ;^a^T bufir saeyour honor knocked 'down^in a fight ! Sure, and would'nt Irbriug a faction to the rescue !"*. •' ' - ' • » '•• • >■"■ l » '- * T ;th^ : jAijo^kland; Herald ■UKgwt? fheini position* of 6d" revenue' duty ou jail tickets issued bjn .thentotali-o zator. The Governin»nt could issue J gtatn'ped tickets to! those' who work ithe <;machi«eSj i talcing back 1 ' all whichV WeM : not used, .and .making ;it peiial to .'us»i any: which ididi not. bear a. sixpenny i 1 Stamp.. ; ■; U ■.■.;».'■'' }■••! <■ -Ti-.,<.- :i ' ':; !;We uuderstand. : 'tha'i' bwiAf to' the' general wish oT our large Btock-l>reed«ir« Messrs F.'R.Jadkson and Co.,' hayij decided to ! open a' sale yard s at Johnsonville,in!Wellington; and'hare gecurlid a 1 c'apitil ' Site' ; ' 'adjoining' : the " iftnf ioii I .'-: «PltUß. ( and speciecatrptis 'afe^'Urready ih .the, h^(iß" ! ,yf :i the: architects! (; , Messrs Mkins. and'ClereV'and/'no 'tiiifa . yrill ,64 ' lost ;in iombiencirig' biisThess; In' the hatids of 'iTessrV 'P;^ 'Jkcksbn' arid' Co;,; the unfaortakitig^to' supply Wellingto'ti I with butchers' theat ; is sure; 1 to ' .suciseed," and no dodbVthe .Wellington butchers will hail fhe eßtabliVhirieut of 'Birch:» markot witii pleasure. It is . a cu'rjoul» fact that Wellin'gtbn 1 is the only city, of consequence m the Austra'lian' colonies where a| cattle markot does not exiiit,? our breeder^ are detenniried, to'ei-" Jabljsh one through, thi'modiunV bf P, R/tTacksori add QoX-Iferdld. ( ' ! ' A writer. in; the Duns din jStar rsayt he has asked some of the bouse ngentf'how: many vacant premises there are at present and on comparing notes he! finds, there are lbet>voen twelve -.aiid thirteen ]hiS«d4§d empify houses and ihopmni'ind.i around ttAn ageint: showed the same writer property. i ;on; hisi book 'that seven years ago changed hands at £1050, and the present owner; waiild be <&s*& to sell the , same! f or . £SOO. but catfnpT ge^an ofEer? 1 " ; ' """■* ' , ,',' ' ■ In* itirtoßrdtish Medical Journal^ tDf Fothergill says that a patient dying of exhaustion is generally dying of atar.vati6n. *• We give, him beef-tea, calf's-/ foot- jelly, alcohol, seltier aud/inillt,that is, a small quantity of sugar, ' of/thiilk,! 'and 'some fat. Butlheijelly .is the poorr est Bort|of food, 'arid the b'eef^tfea ,di \ W ; mere stimulant, f The!, popular Relief I ttliatibeef -tea contains ,'> the vary itronfftli of the iheat ' is a terrible error ;•' it has no food, value."