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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1654, 10 March 1886, Page 4

By an Order m Council certain restrictions on dealings m arms and ammunition have been removed. It is now nut i.ecessa'ry for a European to obtain a license to purchase ammunition, but a Maori must first obtain a permit from aJ. P., to enable him to obtain ammunition. Dealers under' the Act will still require to be registered, but no fees are payable. So far as the white man is concerned, all restrictions are re moved. Sportsmen aud others will doubtless appreciate the new order of things, but whether the step is a wise one is open to question. The fees .formerly payable were small, and a wholesome check was thus kept. Now, a white man can obtain- as much powder and shot as he likes, and can supply his Maori friends with as much as they want, and no trace whatever is kept. — ■ Exchange. ! ' ; We have it on excellent authority that the Hon Mr Ballance, Minister of lands, 1 has. given instructions for three miles of road to be made front the Kimbolton road to the Oroua river. When this work is completed only two miles more of road will have to bo made through Crown Lands to connect the Feilding Small Farm Association Block with Feilding.— Star. In the stone floor of the Gratton (West Va. ) Court House vestibule is the word "Justice "m large letters. An old resident who had just lost a suit was walking out of the building sadly and t 'with eyes cash down. Seeing the letters m the floor, he halted, uncovered his ihead; and spoko: "Justice, I knew you were dead, but I didn't know where you was buried until now."