News Of The World.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 110, 17 April 1883, Page 3

News Of The World.

Another . explora tion of the northern territory of Australia is being undertaken by; Mr, Lindsay, who is commissioned by the South Australian Government. He will start up the Roper Hirer fram the Gulf of Carpentaria- Between that gulf and the Alligator River splendid tracts of well- watered, erraz ing land are vaguely reported by natives. A correspondent of Knowledge suggests that the ashes of cremated persons be treated with sulphuric acid, and having thus being turned, into gypsum be made into statuettes of the dear, departed to whom m life they belonged. To this it may be added that the statuettes sbonld be placed m niches by the hearth, whereupon they would be true lares familiares as good as those of old Home. The Auckland correspondent of the Bay of Plenty Times says : — Some excitement has been caused m. polite circles this week by the elopement of a sucking barrister of slender income with the lovely daughter of a worthy skipper not altogether unknown m Tauransta. Tne " happy couple departed; up the Waikato, were made man ' and wife, and are now enjoying their honeymoon. The bridegroom, who is only ' nineteen years of age,- is serving his , articles to a local legal firm, and is m ren ceip't of the '"magnificent salary of 15s per weakj while the bride, half-a-dozen , j ears his senior, brings a small dowry worth about '-5s per week. The aspirants , to matrimo nial joys will thus have 8 n -opportunity of studying economy which they should profit by. "Dr von Lendenfeld's attempt to scale Mount Cook has (says the Lyttelton Times) been'crowned ' with success. He had to B cale the great Tasman glacier to its beginning, and then a high peak — named by Dr von Haas t the HocHstetter Dome? 4 I which is next to Mount Darwin. This feat is, rendered remarkable from the facts tha' :,Er von Lendenfeld was accompanied by his young wife (not more than 20 years 0? age), and that there were no guides nor any professional assistance available. Then licensing question is causing much agitation m Sydney. Petitions are being signed m favor of the •• local option" principle, which seems to be largely favoured. One petition had been received with over 80.00 signatures. A Licensing Bill now under discussion m Parliament proposes' to'relar various restrictions m favour: of publicans, and to extend the closing time t0 .11,30 p.m., allowing also one hour for business on Sundays. Exorbitant rates of interest, exacted by money-lenders m Melbourne, have been exposed m. the Insolvent Courts A young man, who was to inherit £25,000 when he reached the age of 25 years, began borrowing. A bill for 1/160, payable m three months, was discounted far a fee of LSO, being at the rate of 333 per cent, per annum. A still worse instance was the payment of LIOO for a loan of { Ll5O for only 24 days. One lendfer admitted charging at the rate of 1400 per cent, per annum for advances to this young spend* thrift,' who became imolyent. The French scare m Madagascar is thus described m a recent letter from Antanana rivo. — "i The city is full of armed men and every smithy resounds with the noise of the blacksmith's hammer. Spears are being made m thousands, old arm's re* and new ones issued. A war with the French is popular among the ignorant masses, whom the Prime Minister has so long kept m check." Not a laborer wasito be had to dp any work, all being employed making ' . gunpowder, , buliets, and ,dynamite., : ; „ -. — < : . „ A movement is m progr«ss afc, Waveriey to establish a Dajry and. Qheeee Factory, and we. believe as soon as the settlers have, obtained the necessary information, a company will be formed for this i purpose. The; best thing the settlers can do is to send some person to Ashburton. or Invercargill to ascertain from actual experience what is being done there, A factory of the kind (says the Herald) add enormously to the resources of the district,' and does not require a large capital. Mr Fawcett never wearies of welldoing, and of serving the objects he has at heart The encouragement of women doctors being one of those objects, he proposed some time age to appoint a medical lady as physician to the Post Office. There were objections to that, as the lady would have had to attend not only her own sex but also the male officials. Now, however, a vacancy is to be fille d by the appointment of a lady docter as assistant physician,, and it will be her duty to look after the female clerks and telegraphists. Thaf is exactly as it should be. Femalfl wrestlers ate the latest and least commendable novelty of the Parisian stage The troupe, consisting of four lady athletes, wearing rery neat costumes, ap* pear at the Folies Bergere, where they contend together every evening for prizes offered by the management. The Paris papers state that occasionally ambitious . amateurs enter the lists with these pro* I eesionals, and are not always, defeated