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Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1469, 1 October 1885, Page 4

Tho Victorian revenue showa a 3e-. crease, as compared with corresponding quarter last year, of £24,000, the. principal falling off is m land revenue. The South Australian revenue shows a com. parative increase "for the same period of i-21,000. The Turkish Conference was to ha c taken, place to-duy. " " Tbe Turkish War Office has raobnizol 80 battalions of reserve iorcas, und 'hits recalled all available, troops from the Island of Grute. "'..■' The show-windows of the Bori Marchs were innch adiuirod to-day, now se.ason goods being displayed to great advantr; age; The spring and summer noveltie§ at this popular establishment will be found to be of particularly clioico and attractive designs arid will no doubt be quickly disposed of. - Tho constable, on behalf of thoSocre; tary of tho. local- Fire' Brigade, Mr L. if f West', made a formal complaint to tliii bunch today of the friMjiifnt occurrence of chimney fins and the annoyance caused to the Brigade l»y uiomha's boinjj summoned from their business by the. lire-bell on Uiose occasions. The Wellington Exhibition will close on 31st insf. Writes, the Wanpanui Chronicle :■?- --" Palmerston North is to have a moming paper. Somebody has- . evidently more money than wit." .Hin, TCxcftljpncy the Governor will Ica-re Wellington for Mart/in on Monday next, and, will go into .Waugahui.. on Saturday, the lQtii iust. ..,..._' At the Thoi»trc~". Lady Amlley's Sicret " is advertised for to-night. . Tho Mftnay/fttu. Football .tpani exprepß tiieinwlvps much pleuse<l witliXii," kind-; uess i-xtsnded thorn by Mr Firth of Wellington College, during their, visit to tho Empire city. .. •Our local football toiun which has 'just returned from Wellington unnfui-. onsly condemn the unfair treatment they received at the hands of the Wellington press, the reports of matches played being noticebly one-sided, having won two out of three matches. Messrs. Stevens and Gorton's noxt salu at Awahuri will l>e held on October G. The pntries at present received are pu!'lish*»d m our advertising- columns. They include yearling heifers, eighteenmontha' stoenst, -'yearling steers, beef, fat cowh, mixed cattle, fat sheep, mixed hoggets, etc. • i The Bishop of St. Darid'a declares that the act ion of the Pull Mall Guzeit&\ m making the -recent revelations . constitiiloa peril auß. the greatest offence agniiiHt public decency andr morality. cy«r committed m a nominally Christiair country. • . : . ' Tho friends of t\x T. Kennedy Mac- I donnld will regret to learn that he is at j present confined to- hit), house with an I attack of inilaminatioti of the Itings. A Wairarnpa paper says that the TTuft tar and ffiUherin.<» ense is likely' to -develop into a divorce suit. The Marton paper tbnsly en she's : — "The lares lairis have ghulderied tho hearts of the fanners, as they will now b« able to commence fhe work of sowing oats deferred for tho want of moisture. j Tho. erstwhile lmivl clods will no longer 1 ri-'sistthe hninnvsto Bifh an «xtent as iv past tim- «, l>nfc will break up, and become a comrenial bed for the seed." We wonder is this by the celebrated author and literary composer J. L.X ? Quite a nsw and surely a most important triumph has been scored by tlie Now Zealand mutton. An old Colonist whom I met the other day told mo that a high medionl authority, a physician m pood practice, is now recommending the New Zealand -.-mutton, specially i as raninvalid's meat.. It is found to be the' very: particular moat that is exactly the thing for dyspeptics. To many it is ;. a . very fond of health, and as this fact 'becomes moro widely known, there- can be no dtiibt that medical .men genera Uy ~ will find it well to recomnnMul— or rnthcr let me say prescribe— New Z»*alujid mutton* 'to their patinntfs. Some, iiniwd, who have beon f-ntirnlv ''off'butcher's moat, are, I am tnjd," rapidly, /(•.covering* a liealthy appetite by tbo nsfi of this anlipod'.mn meat ; nnd this, foot ought, and no doubt «vil]. i»jvp now oncoiirasrifont to msnv of o»ji* Cinti rUnry jinstoralipls.— " Anglo-Außlralinn," m the European Mail.

"(J iitiiit " iJotitii, ('t: the Salvation Army, pn>»oH.s ;» noti'iiml suhi-mu for th prnW:Ciion of tuilt^Fiiriidid uirls vi.d lha rescue of mor-i fortunate one*, lie m ready, if funds are forthcoming to form a central li.lp and enquiry office m the met ropolis, to which girls already fallen can lly for deliverance atid others may escape .from dauge.r that may threaten them, and where m all cases friendly aud legal coons. 1 and ■aid can bo given. Auxiliary i-mces. of enquiry would be opened as bo.vi as possible m Paris, New York, Cliiciigc, • ■Tbrouto, Molijo true, Sydney, and wher<i ever, indeed, the " army " is at wort.. The doors of, th? central offi.io are to ba open, day ami night to any lost or tiioo.l--I<;S3 girl desiring admittance, and the otH'.-e is to contain temporary accommodation for those needing shvltur prior to thoir beiu^ drafted to h-mics «>£ rofugo or sent to their friends or elsewhere. Further, it is suggested that lists of public homws aud private lodging houses could be kitptatthuceiitr.il office wheie girls coming to the m'utrop.>liri m search for situations coull liivl saEo lodginga. The vacancy caused m the .'D«sfeiico Department by tho dexth of Colonel Header will not bo lilleJ up at presunt. The regulations under tho New Zealand Forest Bill are beiug drawn up, aud will be gazetted m a day or two. It is sad that the Hon. Joint 13ryce lias something more to do m England than tv prosecute Mr Itusdon for libel, aa he has also to defend an , notion for i'GOOO dnmages, brought by Mr Rusien against him for loss of profits ou tho circulation of his history of New Zealand, which was stopped by the libol . action. | A large number of protests against awards made by tho jurors are beiuj; received by tho committee and it is understood that the matter will be left '. to the experts. , • Messrs Woolcock and Ho3<ing have just tiini"d out a very substantial iron yato. which is admired by all who have A'een it. * It .is. -light, serviceable, and nvuimontaJ, aud should be m dein.-irjl where a strong, cheap, durable gatt i. required. M-my pople would prefer to pay a little more and have a gate that would last out two or three wooden gat- s We Uiuiersumi liyit one settler w 1 proba'ily order a t\oz<-u or tho gates referret to, so well pleased' is he with the style, nuke, strength, fixture.-, and price. The frame of the yate is made of holliiwiruii piping, thuKcoinbiuiut: stiength with lightness, it is Htrongly stayed with braces nn-1 rods, bolte.l togeth«r, aud the hinges are ho tixed'th.-t the gate : patuiot be lifted off, it 1:0 lo\y»-r hinge bfting also prividcd wi;h a shoulder to ''secure additional utrengil).. , ; We are sorry to lienr that on two or*^ caßionß lately oar contempp^ry h s Imil a llreak down with his maehin ry.' We trust that should sin-h occur again our contemporary will not stiml «n any cere mony incfilisting any iissista- cc that we am furnish, which will be as willingly rendered as on former occasions, tlud we heard of the ntieadvotitnre at the time wo tmnuhi at once have, proffered the use of the Standard machine as before, but we .only learnt of tho occurrence casually yesterday; Our contemporary uecd never be wider any apprehension of .being met with n refusal from us should au accident of t ha kind occnr m .future. Tho detendant jViaule m the' cowcrcspass enso heard to day, stated iv the box ttuth ut •' he did not. know how the dickens the cow <;ot m tdu gu-.i«u." • Mpssi-b Snelson & Go's, iiext stock sale "at Fitsslierbert street Sale Yftnls will be helfl on Siittir.lay, Uctuber 3rd. Tho entries received aro x>ublisbod m our .advertising columns.-. Th<'-y include prime beef, steers, wbiuers, mixed cattle, prime fat wethers, fat sheop, and owes aud lambs. : There will bo service at the Lutheran Church PnlineraUui- at 11 a.m. next. Sunday, and atKarftre at Mr Max :Vo?«' housfi, at 3 p.m. Pastor Gaustad will bo the officiating- minister. . Jacob Faithtul's consultation on the Hawkes Bay Spring ineetfu< will close • on Tuesday, so' that intondiug investors' should apply early. . Several further additions were to-day received to our at present very numerous subscribers' list. The number of new stibscrlbers received for this quarter has been the largest for some time past. Tho Bench, notified to^ those persons who were charged to-day with allowing their chimneys to become foul, and thereby catch firo, that if a second conviction occurred during the y^nr Hi" fine would be increased, and the judgement given with costs. To ma*«e room for reading inattnr w« have again to-day rather to encroach v. o» our advertising space.for which w« &>k th.** customary iudulKeuce. Adverttsfrs may rely upon it that the more reailabKt a 'paper is produceil the lafijer- will be ; its circulation among all' classes, thus giving it Additional value "as an advertising medium. We h,ope before loag to effeut onr c«>nlein[»lat( d enlargement, which -will enable us to m »ke room for the numerous Advertising favours which roach us from far aud near, as well as to provide space for reading matter, which . at present is too often crowded out day | after day, till at length thntype has to bo distributed. \ , -