The Manawatu Daily Standard. (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1886. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XII, Issue 1736, 17 June 1886, Page 2

The Manawatu Daily Standard. (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1886. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Taonui uhool committee invite tenders for stab fearing and erecting gates on the school Ri-ouods. . ' The Wanganai Herald h«s<the following :~ Ithas always been held that the Maoris by coming to town were greatly tempted to excess iv drinking from the fact that they could get no liquor up the river, bat this appears a fallacy judging by the experience of Messr Butler tudStpv », •'!«»» their trip round they found rut that liquor ir a taken up the river by natives and retailed * It a qUit, or 12a a b 0... . .». .. t „ .aey found a large proportrou ut' tae iuhubiUoU m a drunken state. Tim sort of thing should not be allowed to continue if any meant can be found by which to stop this illicit traffic. . There ia no be a iham battle m Wellington Hvrbonr on Saturday, m order to afford a meant of diaplayiug the harbor defences of the Empire City. The Ngatipiko tribe bare a tongarna or' priest, who came np to ■Taheka -the day before the eruption. He made a remark to the Natives, it may be by way of banter, that so many lie* bad been told at Taheka Land Court, by Tuhorangi, that it was likely an earthquake would swallow thrm up. Tohouga'a reputation hat iueressed since, at by a coriooi co-in-cidence hi* prediction came off. Mtasrs Becjcett, Hammond, and Dick, of Mart on, have two important 'auction .sales m tp-day'i piper. There is the stock sale at the Club Sale Y«rdi, Marton, to take place to. morrow at 1 o'clock, the catalogue of which appears elsewhere and which, containif^oroe important entries. They will also bold a>"aaW ■ of fruit, ornamental, and shelter . &tjc& 'fin Saturday, at 1.30 o'clock at their room*, . Broad* way, the trees being well selected and healthy. They are from Mr Bentfi-ld't well-known . nursery. ' The highest paid teachers m the Education Department are Mr David White, of the Normal School,. Dunedin, £488; Mr A. B. Thompson* 6t Napier, £418 -, Mr John 6. L. Scott, of Olouceatefftreet School, Christchurch, £460 ; and Mr Henry Worthington, WeUesley lU^t School, Auckland, £4^l, Mes»rs SUvens and Gorton will hold i itook i»)e «t Feilding on the 24th fast, The lilt of stock at preieqt «atalo^D»| wW Irf ff ßO# M oil §4t fittifing toiuww, , '

At the Council meeting last evening the I tender of Messri Powell and Daniels for alteration to building! m Colemaa Place for Council Chamber wa» accepted, tarn £37 10i. A long diioimion took place over tbe Library question a report of which will appear m tomorrow* issue. Iv reply to Cr Abrahami the Clerk stated that the receipts (Library) had fallen off since the fire. The average yearly receipts were £25, the donations re•ceired last year £13 15i, snbuidy General Government £29 3s. Sale of papers £1 13s 6d. Collected last year £69, £27 m arrears. Salaries paid, £35 10s, working expenses £52 a ywr, the demolitiott of the iibriry rate woold diminish the revenue by £110.

M»ny pertou m Melbourne commercial circlet (at least to »y« the Herald) regard the last pnrcbate by France of cross-bred wooUm , an omen of coming war. Experieoce it itated to hare thowa that a considerable demand' for this cliiti of wool precedes a war, or an expectation of one, Urge purchase* of. wooU •uiUble for army equipment being an indication of a Continental Power " meaning fight.'' 1 Dr Hector v inrpriied at the extent of the Tarawera eruption. SclcatUtt hare been training theuneWei calculating the weight of Tolcanie earth and mud thrown oat. Their estimate* Tar j from eight million to eight hundred million torn. A wideawake blackfellow on. the Darling, employed m rabbit catching, thus explained to a traveller the reason of a bunny being tethered m front ot the camp. Winking, as only a blackfellow can wink, he said :— M Me kill him now — only tickpence ; me keep him by and. by«— four bob." It was a doe rabbit, and he expected her to have a litter of seven. '• Well," said a lawyer a* he entered his condemned client's cell, " good news at last." "A reprieve ?" eagerly Exclaimed the prisoner. "No, not a reprieve, but your uncle has loft you £500, and now you can in* tyour fate with the satisfying feeling that the noble efforts of your lawyer on your behalf will not go unrewarded." A Wellington exchange of June 10 says— lt is understood that m the Gazette to be issaed Jthis evening the appointment of an officer as Instructor of Musketry to the Volunteers will appear. And it is further stated th«t the salary attached to the office is £250 a year. It is also wiiispered that a further appointment i» to ne tnad», by creating a new cavalry officer, who if absolutely ignorant of infantry drill, who is now holding a commission on pay, and is a protege of a persou holding a high position. Much might be said regarding the necessity of either appointment, but one tbinp is clear that a tintclass man could be found m the colony who could well and effectually fulfil the duties of both offices. We hope the. report we have heard is not correct, as the p.reMnt is certainly not the time to fritter away public money for patronage. „j A Wellington correspondent says : — , Mr Locke, member for East Coast, m speaking upon the Native J Equitable Owners Bill mentioned a curious pas'iagefrom the early history of Auckland, .He said the site of Aucklan I (3000 acres) was purchased from the Natives for 50 blankets, SOsovs., 20 pairs of trousers, 20 shirts, six kegs of tobacco, and 20 hatchets. He inquired what would be the effect if a possible outside owner were to come m aud claim a share of the actual, value of the city at the present time. The hon. member was speaking of the injustice to bonafide purchasers under the Native Lands Act, 1865, of letting m outside owners to assert a claim after a period of 21 years. In Parliament last night Sir George Grey's motion affirming the principle of elective Justices .-was i ejected by 18 to 37. In the Amended Counties Bill the number of new ridings into which a new county, formed by the union of one or more, might be divided was increased from 9 to 13.