Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, 1884. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 208, 30 July 1884, Page 2

Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, 1884. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

An owner is wanted for a found dog. A lad named Arthur Cook, of Foxton, has been committed to the Wellington Lunatic Asylum. ' ' Among some of the informal voting papers m connection with the Manawatu eleclion were some ' m which Messrs Fraser's and Bnrr's names had been scratched out and also Mr Maoarthur's two Christian names, to which apparently the voter must have had some objection, as he only left the surname on the paper. Of course the vote was informal , I At the nomination of candidates for | the Manawatu seat, by a singular slip of the tongue. Mr Maearthur was the only one who was legitimately proposed jfor a seat m the House of Representatires. Mr Donald Fraser's proposer nominated his candidate for the Legislative Assembly, while Mr Bun was proposed for the Executive Council. The incident caused some amusement at the time. J. L. Kirkbride, of Marton, has been m the throes of labor, m the way of literary composition, for several days past, and has been finally safely delivered of an effusion m the correspondence columns of the Marton paper, anent the recent Rangitikei election and his personal opinions m regard to one of the candidates. The letter is a gem m its way. We are glad to hear J. L. K. is doing well, and will likely soon be about again. There should be a big demand for the literary production for scrapbooks. The recent bad weather is now satisfactorily accounted for, and also the meteors that have been seen of late. The Palmerston portion of the 'Frisco mail having been landed too late to catch the yesterday morning's train at New Plymouth, will not arrive until tonight* Owing to his presence being required at Wellington, Signor Otto Hug has been compelled to shorten his stay m Wanganui. The Timaru Herald, analysing the election returns, arrives at the conclusion that the Ministry have not brought back half of the party they went to tin country with. The Wanganul Herald learns on good authority that the well-known Professor Blackie, of Edinburgh, intends to visit the colonies shortly on a pleasure trip. Ministers are now all m Wellington and on Monday afternoon a Cabinet council was held. According to the Star, Messrs' Stevens and (Norton's stock sale yesterday afternoon was fairly attended,but the bidding was not brisk. Those lots sold were at slightly advanced prioes,especmlly sheep. A number of horses were offered, but , there was. very little demand. i The Shaw, Savill, and Albion Com- ! pany's chartered steamer Coptic was fo sail for Napier yesterday afternoon. She is the second of the London steauiers to call at Napier, the first having been the Bombay, The New Zealand Shipping Company have been advised by cablegram that the s.B. Doric arrived at "Rio de Janeiro on the 25th instant, her meat being m prime condition. A home for lost dogs has been established m Christchurch m the City Council yards, where commodious kennels have been erected for their temporary accommodation. If not claimed within seven days they are either sold for what they will bring or destroyed by poison.

It is encouraging to be able to state that owing to the duty having been taken off imported meat m Tasmania, there is a likelihood of the exportation of Wellington corned beef to that island becoming an item of considerable importance. Yesterday the Gear Meat Company shipped 100 tierces of corned beef for Hobart. The samo Company also on Monday shipped, iv the s.s. Coptic, 6000 carcases of mutton, besides 250 pieces of beef and other odds and ends, such an preserved meats, tongues, &c. f k -■ The iollowing extraordinary statement made by the Auckland Sanitary Inspector, Mr Goldio, m reporting that the health of the city is good, is published by the Herald. He avers that people do not now die through dirt and other insauitary condition*, bui through beer, mining speculations, and political excitement. A visitor to the Cedar Creek reefs, writing to the Hokitika Leader of the 24th instant. Bays:— lt was. here that I saw the finest show of coarse gold that it has ever been my lot to witness. A cut had been put through the reef from wall to wall, and gold could be seen m the centre of the reef m solid stone m coarse specs. I have seen the Welcome and Keep-it-Dark reefs at Reefton, and watched the workings month after month, but I have never seen a show of gold m them equel to this. According to the Foxton paper the opening of the first portion of the Sandpn tramway for traffic will barring accidents, be an accomplished fact by the middle of next month.