The Daily Standard, and Horowhenua Gazette. The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. SATURDAY MARCH 2, 1889. THIRD EDITION. NOTES ON CURRENT EVENTS.

Manawatu Standard, 2 March 1889, Page 2

The Daily Standard, and Horowhenua Gazette. The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. SATURDAY MARCH 2, 1889. THIRD EDITION. NOTES ON CURRENT EVENTS.

j As fnrc-iblv shoiviiijj the noml fo r ' hi tlio bankruptcy ln'.v :i J j Mr Cook, President of ! ton reform! JjiW •C&tt'tviiicii itci!iitly (.'iiiiKi before Ju.'ijt! Jiru.td. Two hiiulirupt■; had £;c,ie to tin' bad ) in three yearn, juitl eo.iid nol. ;u count for it; !i:.il kept no books, but up ptiiodi :;tl b.ilancc-sheei.s !'or the in - formation or some creditor."*, which, i it \va i i;ul>:Oi|iienlly proved, hail boon i I arrived at- by groully increasing tlio cm-l price-;'. Tlio bankrupts we e' co;nmitte.l fur three months, but the seiner,ce v. as ipuished mi the ground th- Ci-ik of the Court allked tin' ..esil .jviiilo tin 1 J ml go was taking of! liii wiu' nud vn. Thus the of- ! e;e.ipei! on a technical point. I Tiiese'an 1 other recent cases idiow !.(!,;■ /u'ed tor amendment of iiit: legislation. 'II:-! ifalisura Kn-tm refers to a in.ite of u'..riling given in the eiretij lar of .Messrs 'A'u-.1.iel a d Co, referring to the fiozen uic.it trade which I j !)(i.illl not !v. lightly passed over. ! T'm> Aa-enlm.' liopiiblic with her unlimited Ihieks is prea-in;/ hard for a mon: favorable ] jlr.co in the ma/kef. She is i.;vo.ed by a sbortiT distance, bv ehe i;><■»• laud, and by an expo't boui.tfl I!i'he:lo she lias been be- ! hind in I lie tj-.iiilHy of her s'loep. ! I!ut the Rio t'.a'o ll >ck owners are • now :;|) -iririno piiins to bring their [ il iek up to the staiulaid required j !,y il.o ifCiv tradv, fui I it must not i b • too r ,i'l ly ni'ira d that they will j no! li'u-reed in fact they have al- ! iLMil,' th ir avera;[o weight I froai li.'lb-i to io 1 bs in five years. I lli.t X:-\v Zealand a'-as ! baa lowered I lier iiternj! ! in the same ] el'iod from [ 7Uibs to -New Zealand's averj :ijj(. has decreased three pounds it I ye.i.-, an i the Plato average has ir erea: i'd one pound a year. I bus the weigh;.-! of (.-ureases are ai-proae'iiiu' one anollio,- at the rate of Mb i a year, and iu tlnee ye.ir.s, if the l'l-e of the one an.l the fill I of the other continue the average .-.'eights will be eopial ! lint even if New Zealand should maintain her present average, it is quite likely that the Argentine will eo.iiiuuo to improve for years to coir.' 1 and su obliterate the diliei'once ~j" 10 lis that at present, slaud-' again*!. 1 !i, in. U is to he hoped, I'k-m.Toio, that the producers iu this colonv wili be put on tin ir me' tie, a:n! v.ili e I'he'.v the folly of uc-uding anv.lii.g hut tirst-cJass a i a ft* to a sensitive nii'rket. I'leic l. -ii XIII, r.-elelua.ej ta uay li'.s V 'Jili 1 j i I l.i,i:i y. Au-iil.'i. li"P-Ile-Kviio l, nf WidliiiLdoo, arrivi-d at Allaay yiwtuniay, mi liis rotnra froiu tlic- Otl Coiintry, Divine s.-rvi-jo will Im held ill the Lu" tli.ran Uiiu.'fii tJ-morrow, at Ji a.m., by lieV Vi• i)ij:l- Sa-s. j'laus siT ill-'; Company'* luiulto be sold thi.t iiii-ntli eau bu bad at the Daily Si A.N'iiAl.i) nllien. Messrs Ui'i:iv, Wray, Kusli, l'irnni, :i::il IL,I ■- kins '.vc-r, j . on -Thursd.ty elected L ; CL'iifiny OomuultLt'. ' v.'.i-i.i iiiuetingef tiio Mnugaoue Ithrf Ji ,:u',l ilii-i .-ifUTiinim. A r,-|iort of th,; will appeal' ill iMoll ■ • .d,•!)':! I«'UC. 'I'll.: solii'iloi-K ivlio aro for Mr Pi'-nnH ta'l: of claiming iiIUU.OOO dai\aj;n:i lor the charges uiade tigviinst' their e'ie t. I 'i lie II AI.S. Alainedu. from San Fran-: cis'.'o, '.s, ii'.voriliiio id tim 'table, dim in Aiiekbaid, but as sli". wiu; two ila\s lato in le;'.viiu', klui will noL probably reach this colony before tiunday or Moiulay. We remind our readers of thu meetinj: of avmp:ithisors• uith the l'arnell movement lo ho held in the Bank ('handlers this evening. The annual meeting' of tlio West Coast branch of the N. 'L Udiio itional Institute was b iiij,' b,-lil this iifieriioon in the (.'nit fa I Schoolliouso. A summary of tlio pruceedings will bu k'iven iu Mon.la> issile. A men!inn of the Pulmerston North > Relioil (jimimitteo will be held at the' Central School house, ou Monday, tl)u 4th day ot March, at J.oO p.m. Oil Monday uioruiiur. Peeemher 31, tlio death occuiT-id nulu'i' suddenly of Jlotber Mary Aloysins O'Conncll, cousin of Daniel O'Oomi'ill, and Suniii'ioross of the Siitcrs of Mcrcy, Hnudorlaud. Tlio dei-casuil was seventy fhi'flo years of agi l , awl had been fifty years superioress, f Wo (Catholic T'mm) learn lliat a Wellington gentleman has just Riven an order to Messrs Holunan and Sons for a two-liuudrcd guinea piano, and tlio firm | have cihi,al instructions to have the, instrument sen', out from London. Twohundred »ninea ordors In this line are | rather remarkable now-a-days. | ]

A ybung on ThumlaJ in Mr M. Lyons' captured. { .The funeral of the late , took place yesterday, and was largely attended. The cortege waa eompriaed , mainly of carriages and equestrians. We lmve been requested by Messrs Warnock, Kelly, and Adkin to reii)ind our roa'loi'B and tho public generally, that - next weok is the last, of their great clearing sulo.' > s Mr Rutherfiird, managing dark to 31r J". H. Hankins, was married on Thursday to Miss Inues, daughter of oar estueined postmaster. WS tender the customary congratulations, anil wisli Mr and Mrs liutherfurd many years of happiness. y Ilasgard's picturesque '' tJmslopogas" had his ceuntorpart in the fight ai duakim—Ali Khoor. who, the press sdoapatches state, killed tweaty Arabs tingle handed, and used his rifle with such force that the barrel was twiste.. out of shape* while the very steel of his bayonet was also broken off. > \ Some idea of tho " sun-downer" nuie» , anca on tho East Coast may bo gathered from the fact that one shcepfurmer esti • J mates that he ha 3to lodgj and feed'an average of four- of thfcse needy wayCarers every in Hie .year. Another S kept a record which showed that lie had • entertained some 1300 in tho year, free 1 ol cost to the swagmfin. Ac ex detective who resides in Syd' ney is in possession of n photograph exactly coinciding with*, the description of . " Jaok the Ripper." The ordinal was . for soiiw years a resident of Sydney, whoro lie contracted a disease, and taking to drink soop became a monoman'ac. lie left hero flß*tlie Old Country, and - frequently boasted that if he left the colony he rouM kill a hunJrud women. - When leaving Sydney ho had in his pos- . session a surcteou's small knife. An accident happened on tao ABhurst road on Thursday evening to a man 1 whose namo we have bean unable to ■ ascertain, by the bolting of his horse with < trap attached. The trap was very much kr.ockod a.b;iut, and the occupant at the : time was found by a puserby lyiii; on the side of the roa'i apji irently suflering great pain. It, is bjlieved he is injured internally. You should visit Wellington, and., above all go to l the sale of ovei'pltis Summer Drapery ui Te Aro liousp. l'ou should visit this b-ils. Why? Becau e you will benefit amazingly by so doing, and make yo'ir .money go turther th i.-i rver it did before, if yc:i will bnt call at the over plus sale at To Aro House \Voll.l]gt"l). You should visit tho sale. Why ? l! -(.-u:se the bargains hive been nuuiorous nnd astonishing, and tho remainder of tho overplus will be sold at still lowor prices during the present week at Te Aro House Wellington, You sho-.ld visit the Balo. Why? Because it is tho last week, and it positively closes oil S Ju:\yraary liith aUO p'ol'Mfc-ctTiie evening. Fail ."".tiTicretoro to give a look in at the ■ overplus sale Te Aro House. Welling- [ lon. You should, visit tho sale—why ? [ because you would enjoy tho outiug. 1 because ynu would purchase clieapl.l, 1 buc.uise you would save money, an I he I close so many of your iitigbhoars have i done s-o, by visiting the .<ale of overplus . stock at Te Aro llotisi, Wellington. Do not do'ay —we cannot possibly ' extend the time—tiic sib will positively come to an cml at 10 o'clock ia the : | cvutiing of! Saturday noxt at To Arc