Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1884. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume VIII, Issue 142, 26 November 1884, Page 2

Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1884. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

,- • ■■• ! — ■ — • |' " Mr C. Gaustadv. elsewhere ahhounc-es having commenced business as a cooper, ' his premises beiug at the corner of Main t and Domain-streets. \ iT,ne .. '^advertiser undertakes to carry out all branches of the trade,; and guarantees good ,workmanship.i We hope- his stnHing fan his own account will be attended with success. / ; ,;■;<.•■■, •.;.;. ,', :•. ;. •.' .:., ■■ ■ Mr Thoniaa 1 Hammond was riding along Wellington-road, Marton on Saturday when .--his-, horse's <f of efoet. caught against ajstpne "vyhich .prpjected high above the' level of the street. The joint ,q£ the legj just below the shoulder was put out, aiid though a number of willing hands tried to pull it back into its place, their effoftß w.ere; unavailing.., The bqrse, which wap worth, about £2% has been . . ruined fo? life. > , ; '. ; ' " The following notice is to be seen m. the shop window of a tradesman .who hag recently' sft'arfced 'business ' 'in' Bull's 'i '— " Goosßerys J'ijr'Sail'Fro^n^d. to fid I pr. quart. • Any quantity from 1 quart ; •-., ; r .'...,.,* From the M arton paper we learn that the Engineer-iin-phief, acpompanied by the, District Engineer,' Mr Blackett, jnnr., Mr'RoSs, and Mr Steely, . were driven to Hunte'rvtfleyesterday, tbview the route of the trunk railway-., The, work of surveying wps to be started to-day. . .The point, of junction will be a mile and a quarter troui the present Marton station. ! •-.••: ■ "•■■!!'?: ■:■'■.. ' ■• .-. •.:••; i ,. A Bulls correspondent ' writes to the Marton psiper:— The Salvation, Army i ware nobouredjby the visit of the Wanganui SalVation; Army Band (?) on Sunday evening. JTbe " band" consisted of about twelve' ! performersjj inojudiiig a ;bigdruinmer, and the" music" — if by any stretch of courtesy it could be so termed '— r.w«« by' far the worst ~tha't has ever been heard m Bulls. After the usual 'Bervice,'\<}onvertß were invited to como ' forward, but the invitation met with no response. The " band" again enlivened the the township between 10 and lip m., iiuiAiheiJow: made Jby them and the crowd who followed were a aisgrace to it'll' concerned, abd jarred dreadf ully on jthesehsitive" feelings of ' those who hold m reverence and holiness. .; ' I • .»I.''' ■'' i ' ... .'■ . "''Ad English paper by the last mail has ; the following .:.— ",Tl>e:6ppositiqn to .,the. 'Ya6oittfi(tiori Acts afj^oicesttr, it is re-' potted, had become' ; 8O ! strong that ; tlvelaw.;ca'njuot'be carried-, out,- ■ and ; about 3000 people are waiting to bpsuminp^ed. The Local .(JrpyernjneMt.,B9ard. has,, beenapplied to for advice under the, .circurii-: st«r>ces. ; Aileantiitt^ small- pox!, ,'has been ' introducedf roi'u London j and, singularly, j enough', all the persons suffering' havo been vacfaina^ed.c.jThe • authorities hope ; by isolation to stanip out thu disease." " Butter|" ( is the leading, [topic of the : da^. We (,Wplf graph) learn that a, well- j known dairy miiu lately sacked three qi his employe's, b'n'e 'after another, because' they could satisfactorily account ] vjfo&the quantity ;.of butter, taken by them from the dairy^;^!^ f •-;[:; /:, Here is a ch^PQe fo!r <Jhil<}lesß parents, I .The advertisement is from the Post : — Wantediknown, -you ca^ 'buy ßabies for ,ss. Jtfv.Purcel, Bpx 107, Post office, Wei- 1 liugton. ■ ,' , " Eve^ ha' 4a r cyclone here^" asked a Kansas matif ivhd r! was 'vieiUng 1 a country aunt in -' the- East;' ' " Cyclone ? O, /.yes," said hwjauntt,; "jDeacon Br6,wn's : , son brought one from Boston a spell ago, but law,! he couldn't ride it. Tumbled. off every^inVlfe tried:"- :>^ '! r ][- j ' " "Amufc-is defined as a • tHing which holds a girl's hand and, don't squeeze it.', Correct j and any fellow is a ;( iuuff ' whb will hold a girl's hand without squeezing it. j i <■ «:-'■■■ ■■■ ■.:'■■. :■ «:•■•(••: ,-.: •: "The! Sanatorium ,- of , the, . Southern Ocean "jis the'titie'b'f'a w'ell-writ'ten'des-.Jbfciptiee'article about the Hot Lake district of . New* ZealaDd' ' in= ' the 1 QoyyMU Magazine lot- OctoDeriJ 'Thp iauthqu'a name hds nqt;transpi,ted. , ( j ,;,,,>;•■,' '■• > The Post unde.rstandathat fif^y \ bers of • the Armed ;CQUBi;abuiary have' receireq notice that'iheir iaervioeswill dispensed with at. the end; of^he. present j month. : The -itfei^rwho',; have recejyed | notice b!e^ong priqcipaUy, } tq the Opunake and. Kawhia 4 J.stt jets. " , f ' J , ' Try abd get.a little green grass around ' your hope. 'Nothing cures tWill-mintl 'go qnickly as verdueV It is manifestly- i wrong and unnatural; < too j to rear chil-*| dren ou ■ a pl»ygiound::.made ofi stone flagging <£r ( Jlichplson pay^uient. : , Our triie; knowledge is: to know .pur, j own igripfjaiace^ Oi^r t,r,ue strength is to know our, pwn weakness. Our true dignity is tq cb'nfeSfl ifeat We haveno dignity and are hobody r and nothing iri ourselves, and to past :ourseLveß. down:;before the: dignity qf,God. •,,;,,?; :, r; Mr Gladstone . fqoted it ■ up Beri-Mac-dhui, thje e^co^d highest mountain \n Scotland the 'other day. M The t distance covered 1 was 20 miies. " ' ' ; ' ' ' ' " ' ," ' True 'bravery is shown by perf ormihg without; toitWjs 'Whiiit one might be ' capable of diJitig -before' all the world. ■ ri ' Most of tlie Eaglisli' commercial 'fiVms '■ who; adopted the electric Jigut hay& gone -back to gas. ... The Duke of Norfolk is about to build a large Catholic Church at Lewes* With- j m t^iepas.t fifteen years it is said.^hat he h ias devoted, £500,000. m cliurch uses. Says a Wjoilingtqn paper : — Twoirnore lunatics c fr6m" the fertile district of Wanganui are expected down by the next boat. ; In the Evening Star we notice the following advertisement : " Newspaper men are about the best judges of a good drink. They one and all appreciate Wolfe's Schnapps.* This is rather rough on tiie Press.

A tionrton papp.r m an article upon the influence of the clergy m public affairs, ; sioes'qn.to say that " they have been ' taught W deal m intangibilities, not m ; jyattei'Sivi-cal— things that can be seen ■ niid^f elt and understood. The United States tiaa..set the world an example m i tHisinatter., A man may be a clergyman i£he'pleaee's; ; butwhen he has chosen \ his vocation the people take good care that he shall not meddle witlipuUlffi affairs, even to the extent of getting, oleqted'.a 'member Qt : a schppl board: And ther ate right. Clergymen' are iff' this world, not of it, and. as soon as the p§,QPle <£ *H. cp^fttTiea , c,arae.t.Q .realize, thiß f act and. to ;apt upon it, the; better vvill it be for our; cbjtifunon humanity. The fiery sunsets have reappeared n the United States. The New York papen describe the appearance; of the western sky after sundown as if there was 11 great conflagration .raging, , while, tjte whole ; v*u}t, of, jtho. , firmament reflectsa tinge»'bf ;pink. The successful, tenderer. f or $he Onl? nake-New Plymouth raaH, coacrj .servpe is Mr Aridr,ew. Young, of Wellington. . By the death of Mr George WatJoj, '(says a Wellington paper) which tocfc place atGhristchurchjCanterbury losfca £ educated, and 'popular gentleman, ; a»* one of its best cricketers; The decea^a gentleman, who was 30 Sf™*. I™l^'1 ™ I^' was for years connected with, the ntt mal School,., Christc^urch, .ai^jjwai £ , brother of the present.b.eadrnasterpt J>e -Willis-street. School, /. In the ' engV field Mr iWatsbn was; a 1£ handed bat antfai smart Jeld- He. *? for years captain of the MidlandOn^ Club^fi^ured^r^j^n^jo^ played for tfiahy yeare.^ '■' I '■■'•?■ f- ■ A quarrel among sailors' at (AdeTlde about naiiona.l.ties .led, to., the murdt.of , William |Ho we, steward of' r ptie barqjen- 1 ; tine MinnieJ''lyrbg.at ; that port.' ' Lafcen ; and Wehrj sdilbrsj ; belonging to th<i'A:' Ca^alohk, ahd"Fran2 i; Sa)i£o, belbnjng to a German man-of-war, 1 arein cusftdyi fqr the murder. ' A mammoth" beehive": has tieeniiav covered m the bosom of the noted pak commonly called "Old,Baldy,?ih PaK'orDia. The bees.^jat m the vild mountain hive are'" almost innumerable, hnd-they have m .store a gigantic mqanr tain of pure Honey, which" is' estimated, to be 150 ft d«ep and 200 ft wide, and' contains more than 500 oarrels s of, the . genuine article. California is a wonduv fu'l country, , r , The first, of,,, the,, series of actions against the Bank^bf Tasmania for inaiiI cious prosecution, and false lmprisotij ment,, arising out bf the late bank robbeVy at Beaconsfield .Has been tried. The case was that of Masters 1 v; ''Evauß and anbther, iniWhioh' damages were laid. at; £1000.' Thtijuryreturnfedaverdict-fdr:, the plaintifE, and awMded :^}*ijp £150 damages.! The secpD|t>jqaßei was tljat of G. J. A. Collins, sen of ,Bicpard('Collinß, and the circumstances' were similar m almost every Vefapect^b the previous case of Masters, 1 with the tliat*, whereas, .Masters t was m ;gaol for only some eight hours, young Collins was-n^ released till the , expiration of,, a ;i week from the time of ■, the arrest. .The evidence for the' defence failed entirely prove that there' had been reasonable cause for . the arrest of the plaintiff. Collins was' awarded "£2OO damagesi Five other cases have yet to be tried. Astrong bar was engaged on' both: sides. , ( Dr. Schwa'rzbach,.! will .revisit ; Wellington about December next, for the., purpose of .attending patients afflicted . with eye,|e^r, or throat diseases. The' doctor, during his' visit' to Europe, has visited al;l the principal ophthalmic hospitals with a view to still fprther add to his knowledge m regard to the special departments of medicine -and. surgery that he'has taken m haud. The barque -'Malay,, which ; arrived at Wellingtbn from ■ Gebgraphe Bay, West Australia 1 , on Sunday,, brought a cargo «f_«in jorroh t^lfiflfranh_ Doles. W^e believe that this is the first shipmenrijt ' jdrrah poles received m the colony, and that they have been ordered Vas a trial. It appears strange that New, Zealand, generally reputed to be so rich m useful timbers, should be reduced^to importing , telegraph poles frorcijthemost distant of the Australasian colonies. • .During the Cup week half an inch of rain .fell inVtenirniriutes'W Melbourne.: : ..Afctlie, date of the departure of the "last' San Francisco mail from Locdon, 'ScM'cli , jrjujtp.n. w.as selling; at, 4s.lod i to 5s '6d "pot stone of &lbß ; English at 4s to ■ss; town killed foreign at 3& 8d to 4s , 4d ; and Bi yee { Plate at 3s 2d to ]s& Bd. The Tasmaniari Mail says that a suit-, ,able; steamer is uncter. offer for the New Zealund cattle trade, pi;dvided the pro-" prlet'or can get a guarantee of severityfiye head of cattle per month^-the freight only jcbargflable r ron the animate, befog delivered : alive. . The ' Union. Company are; also moving m, the^niatter. ; , ( '„, The '{Sfraxp.avt.RlM'ails] gives : the fp]fowingifurther particulars of finding of the; body of Ithe man Clarridge •.-^lnf.qrmation reached.-the pQl,tce; :statjion^ on^Mpn- ( d ay, that as Mr Ramiose was cbming down; the road frbmhis own placed Mr: ; F. Morrisoh's,,at MaUaretu^hs. foijrid.jft , ' man lyiyg \leajl by ; the rpadside, ata.d re-.. cognised him to be Bicharcl John Olar- , ridge^ a well-known settler. The face was qli'ite black "and Swollen^ and Jie. Mad' a bundle of newspapers under his arm. There'-jvas&lso.'a brufee 1 ou i thef orehead. Sergeant O'M alley with; Dr Mirbach immediately proceeded to the scene, and were followed shortly afterwards by Dr Todd, cpfoner, and Mr (Suy.\ ; 'At, the time of going itq. press;, they ihadfngitjrer turned, j " " . „,.,:: Archdeacon Govett, of T-aranaki, is to refcuin toM&sv Zealand by the'Tbngariro^'' " jj.fEhe dholera has cost the 'Italian' 'Government a million and a quarter fpounds.| If it lasts a few. months longer iit will cost more. than, three million^, and nine to ten, thousand bills have been protested icrNaples. y ■„■ yf»i(g)tar) understand from a reliable .'.source,, jtliat several of the original aet- ( tier3,' Who left. here, some time agOj at- ' tracted |by the illusive charrai'jheld out by the special settlement at Patetere, havft decided that, after all, the Manchester Blod&ihbld Ciit thQibest induce-^ ment» and chances for a labouring man to obtain an independ,entlivin^ v They ., 'are'bn their way back again (Tn foot. As' there' is plenty of work here they will be heartily welcomed; even though they 1 cojnef'fooC-sore' and weary after their 'walk overland/::-^ -; .. . Claims to shdre m the £4000 voted by ' Parliament • for public Libraries must be sent m before the. end of the year/ - . , [ Wfth.intii, the Maori chief, wa§ enter- ? tamed nt a banquet at ]the Maori Pah, near Blenheim, on Tiiesdav evening, when, lie coiinsejjedjhis, people. ;to keep, on friendly terms with the Europeans, but to carpfuHy retain possession of their land, • and fteh, he assured them, with sobriety and industry they woufd have" no need to fear for the future. His addrodß was most interesting, and his visit to the pah will long be remembered as the' greategt event which has occurred m it eihbe the day» of T.e Rauparaha. ' %t may be mentioned that previous «to leaving Wellitigton'Waljaniji^ wasyoff ere.d ;a seat m the Legislative (JounciJ, The chief expressed himself sensible #f jthp honour, and personally seemed very" much inclined to accept the offer. $efore giving a definite answer, however, he said he ; should prefet to consult his' people to ascertain their wishes upon the subject, __ ,

A Alr.Joliu Dmne has just bee. i elected for tlu- sixth time to the position, of Mayor to Balclqtha. k Stealing horses m Delaware is bad bOßiuess for the thief if caught. One was recently sentenced to pay the cost of ' prosecution, lOOdols restitution . money, 200dols fine, to stand one hour 'm the pillory, receive twenty lashes, and then suffer eighteen months' imprisou>raent. . "A very narrow escape from a boating fatality bccured m the Dunedin harboar on Saturday evening. Drs Macdonald and .Coloquhoun aud^MrH. Fulton were out sailing:, when the boon of thu sail .knocked Dr - Macdonald overboard. Happily he could. swim, and the. boat being got ""round," a rope was thrown to him; bat she going bo fast the rope dragged Ji'iin : :under water, and he had j to let go. Dr Coloquhoun then jumped over with a rope, ,, but- Dr JVUcdonald. having] been fifteen minutes m the writer wjas just succumbing when a rope sent frota the, shore; reached him, and he was eav^ed. \Yhen almost at his last gasp, Dr Coloquht)uth was subsequently pulled into the boat safely. -At a ieraperance meeting m Wellington; it wasstated that a man's nose had so iritfrfeased m size through drink_ that it was. found necessary to take him to the lio'spital to endeavour by' some mentis tb reduce the dimensions of his proboscte 1 ' The' ;: "attempt however proved jabortive as> the leaches, after tasting Ihe fiery fluid contained m the swoolenforgan became too inebriatedto complete their contract. The t 1 eydlng_4^ r understands that i concert^ action is "Being taken by a I number jpf .. members of ,(E,arliartnent, to t get thosfe biifo'u^nß arfd' tdwn'aistncts j.thflt haye no endowmentsplaced on an "eqiial f doting- with, the., municipalities that' 'Wej-e foi'tun^te , "e.iib.ugh to obtain : grants 'tlnring thtf'snort period thdt 1 ijhe' ' eitlowtn ent clauses' "&i ; the ' MUnibipal i t Corpbiajiocs Act pf 187? werein operation. •■ ■■-.»..) fi-^t. • ' l • f "" " A'ccor ling to the Waipawa Mail the Provisional Directors ; *f ihanewi evening paper for Napier met last Friday, cwhen itjwae decided to' take active steps m view pi at an early : date,, lately sub-editor of the. 1 Laudceffton Examiner* [ was appointed managiijg'editor pro Ujn\ ,it was decided to? order new, plant forthwith, and i a igener^l meeting of shareholder^ 'is ' galled for Friday next, immediately after which the 'company. Will <• be .registered* .'. ■ .'•■•: ■'} '•: oy.iw'.- ■ . : . -. According to the, Port Louis ; Journal a short t^me ago,. Sir J:P6pe, Hennessey, gave a b|auquet at his country seat m honor ofj Admiral EJewi.tt, and; :when the itcastawJere being, ., drunk the-, Hon. Mr Auoibros^ rose to prppp ( sb the health of ,)>is.hostltH6'[Qioyernor,* Inthe course of liija : bustomary 'eulogy *Mr Ambrose remarkep that Sir John was the best /^oyernqr theMand ever,hadj and the o'nlyonei who; had rendered true justice to- the; Maritiana. Whereupon the guest, of the evening, fiercely 'interrupt-. ningj] blurted but ;" No |he is not the best iQpYernor that has been , had here. I,am an ;Eiiglish Admiral and I oppose such comparisona. Other Governors , have bq'en • equally: '*■ jiist towards the : Creoles." Mr Ambrose m vain attempted ■to proceed.. Admiral Hewitt stopped, him at once j)y, indignantly repeating his observation. ..Upon this second broadside j Mr , Ambrose col japsed, the tdast was drunk m confusion, and the ■ assemblage broke up ; but as the ladies were scuttling' but of range the Irate : Admiral askeii M^r /Ambrose how he dared to use BU6h language before an English Admiral. r ?'You have praised one Grbvernqr at the expense of another before, me. You forgot that 1 am an English Admjral." i . . ! :