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Manawatu Standard, Volume XII, Issue 1747, 30 June 1886, Page 2

The following from the Auckland Weekly Newsot a> recent date shows a terrible state of colonial degradation. On the application of Sergeant Pratt, at the Police Court -on- Saturday, three Children, of the name of Außtin, who mtfid tfk^bui&Y deikp^jinfilmy >n ; iGrey StW«tf Were committed W th»l Ih,flustrial Home as destitute and neglected children. The disclosures made m the case of destitution and vice show the dark side of some phases of Auckland sooial life. According to Detective Hnghes? evidence, tbe Government ratipnßJßßued to the wretched mother of the children appear to have formed the comuiiasariat reserve for the half a dozen men and prostitutes nightly sleeping on the floor. As for the children they were found by Detective Walker huddled on rags/ without fdod. ! The'followihff piece of free translation is reported as- having occurred m New Plymoath., A native was charged with driving over a footpath, and, m reply, 6aid, "" Kahore ahan mohio tekorero • jPafceha." '•' He says the/woman told him to drive over the "path/insp her back yard, your^ Worship* 1 ' B&id the sergeant. !« Well," rtpii^Keißenph, "lie will be let off with s; caution tins time." And the accused departed smiling,'* v : A Washington correspondent bag picked up a bit of interesting information regarding cigarette.smokiDg. , It appears that k' great many 1 boys' are applying ' tor be apprentincedifto| and,accord- : rth%navy, !- inar to Major Histori,' the commander of the inknnef. bariacks. at .Washingtonj ■ the first question asked when they comeup f or ' exfltmiriation is, whether they, £ smoke. They answer m the negative, .The t^umb and fore-finger of thelrig|.^hit(d jare/hen examined, andjin^ * the majority of a*Beß, are stained from cigarettes; ' As soon 1 aa this telltale mark is discovered, the boy is extimiried by'a surejeon for evidences, of Heart-disease, and. the result is that one- " fifth of all the boys who apDly are rejected.qn account of cigarette sthoking. ! Messrs Nolan Tonksahd Co., will hold " a sale at Kakavamea Sale Yards tomorrow, r .. , ; , , v .; Messrs F.R. Jabkson and Go's next stock eale at Feilding will be held on ' Thursday, 15th July, instead of on the ■ Bth of July, as stated m the firm's circn. lar. '" ; " - "'■'./.; '■--; .' ; - •■"•'" • - i The Nelson Mail »f a recent date -■ says :• — One ef the camels m couneotion with j.St Leon's Girous eßcaped last uight, abd was this morning noticed m v the Weßley,an 4 Chap,el ground at Rich- * raond. AV s ioou as the roverend minister's hprse—wbich was grazing there'— saw thY animal bejumped ' the : fence, without; waiting to make the acquaintance of the gaunt looking intrnder, and tore at a fealful :rate, knocking down several people on the road. The Richmond people, who were evidently amused at seeing the . came! going through Us usual morning devottions on its kneis, turned out m large numbers to witness so unhsuae <a eight The animal wali^ captured this morning and is now doing peoanoe fcfr hi» eicapade. . :/•:. />;;.- ; \ : !♦« lam no*goqd^p:aßryl«)djs^ j% oannot ]iive any longer. "Forgive inei"- -Such wai the lait recorded .utterance pf tb» •on 0/ the great lioM BH»fteßbury, wh» aid«Qp^ltp>^rjbot[y, jnd, wen^dQwii ■-, , to the jrrove ro a ripe old age' Burrounde4 ' by th^blei«in««of milllpn»te?wJu«» hfr ?,; hid bean a Mewing, The pathoi pf the v P9Qf -umleiitV' QQBfiMiQll jtalL M J% . BfortUng mtml to the »p>n4oq> of hV nryfooi to tks wgrU ;%m m many men, and ?• rhop? «yen wart ,W««ig»i wh,s tiwjaj fesi W««r|ylha| thmm w $0 to mm* nkm*, km ■, im t nm of u^!ii4ib^ i« sol $m* ' mm of Ih* umi ttwjim who »vsp