Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY) Suivant la verite. FRIDAY, MARCH 14. 1884. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 93, 14 March 1884, Page 2

Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY) Suivant la verite. FRIDAY, MARCH 14. 1884. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

■ ♦ .Some Robins brought out by tbe lonic fought so union z themselves that out of 24 shipped only 10 arrived alive. ; >■: Mr Douglas who left for Wellington by (rain on Wednesday night, has been entrusted < with tie' duty of presenting to tlu (Jovernor the petition of 678 ralepayers- of the Oroua County for the suspension of . the iCoun ties Act. The larrikins of Stratford (Waimate Plains) htve thus being amusing themselves. It was lod}ie«night with the *.*ood Templars, and several horses were hitched up to the fence whilst their owners were inside. The larrikins cut the girths, - and put bunches of tlmtles underneath the saddles, and it is said that there was -a, somewhat ludicrous scene when the hprsqmen' tried fa mount. A constable has bean up to investigate the -affair, and if the offenders are caught, it i» to be hoped that they will receive a lesson -which . will Jastia thiir mempjiW^' <. _ '- " \ ' Some lodges of friendly societies m the North Island are agitating for the repeal of the/PrieqdJyjSpoietieß., Acjt, because it Cobfers/top;b6rijttkjandjen^ils 'much use. less labor and expense ] because the action of the Government shows that they are .desirous of supplanting the Societies with a Veheme bf 'their 6'wri, 1 and have used : tHe' Act to obtain the necessary information 1 from the'BOcieties to enable them to do so; because the recent failure of the, Govern* , me n't Industrial Irisararice branOh'shows" the incompetency of Government actuaries to deal with the principles upon which the operations of friendly societies are based: and becariae toe. rules of tbe societies and the common law of the country are quite adequate to meet all the matters provided for m the Act, There is (writes a Home paper) a new portent for the fioc'cmasters of the Highlands, It is the rapid development of the flew Zealand wool trade, tbe bearing of whiab. °n the black j fac?d and the Cheviot clips la a'ready obvious. Scotchbred wool is -so much out of favor with the manufacturers as to b» nearly unremiinerative. It is feared that m «£n»< sequence of the enterprise of th» .shipping companies m London, who are "fetching over from New Zealand the superior fleeces that are bred there, it will ere long be entirely so. At present, however, the -flockmaaters are safe when m the flesh maVke/., Yet, if mutton comes down m price, "'the very worst will have happened. to the Highlands of Scotland.

J./U Iriri lost RiiU'iiit' i.f ils.4 W,,H^nui b'^i.ilii n ( „i.[j.; i i n!ott«ji i >,is.^t! f j Irwtn1 rwtn ,UJ«J Uf?|fib»U >!i|>rf»jiro -^ H.ljr'i Hiiil .tortipWnfotf ofM ri &{ li^iti j HdiftHhtM a* an ll :.(»nalf«-' bj \.!r BroOki,^ !h ViWjial .. coiUiin.fi 'cation*! Jt \*a4 , HJedU'eil ?Jut the Clerk W;itt> to Mr _Huinelt"*tiuhi* that the Council .liil lift contrdl dvor the City yaljifitor, but th*y rented that Mr Brooßing Held not given Mi? 'Sarnett his full title; A large number of Maoris from the Patea district arrived in .Bulj9 on~Tuesdfty,p)i tbeit w^y to Parawanini to Inlce jart " in'- the tungf over" tlie remains of'Ratana Njjjahine's l>tte wife, who was fornerly;. a, -member of their tribej being The daughter of one of the leading chiefs of the P.Ue;t district — Trturo, we believe. The body of -.deamtaed" has-been - ui rced'fn 'H~ leaden coffin, made m Bullc, and is to betaken;; to the Pate i district for interment. From the Feildirig Star>e/lea|n't'bat/ the County Chair man has; a=-kecO,h/ Government whether, if the Council let the contrncts for the repairs to the Awa-| huri Bridge a^once, they will be prepvre j to guarantee that the applicalimfor funHs. made; twd months .ago' will be 'granted' within three months sfrom' Ijhis;dAte. j / „ The Dean of Bangor h«s had a -con* troversy about tea-drinking. AccordLtfg to him, 'Oatmeal and milk ■prGo'ube gl*?' 1 *?! hearty, '^ood. tempered Vneh and women ; whereas excessive tea^drinking creates .a generation of nervous; > discontented people, who are for erar coin pluming of the. existing order., pf lh» universe, ; avoiding ' their neighbor-, and sighing' • after the impossible. I suspect that over- ; much •teat-drinking, by destroying the . calmnest of th'e^nervesy is acting as a j daggjercrua revolutionary force" amoat* v?." ! Mr>iLinton;< of Hilcombe" ' WHo was | selected by Messrs Bruce and Bkle, of Palmerston, to : Talue the stock, etc., on' the farm lately sold by Mr Bruce to Mr Beale, finished his work on. Tuesday (says the Marton paper). Ewes w.ere valued ,at from 53 to 10s CJ, wethers from 6s 6d to!9s, lambs from 2s 6d to 5s Gd. 1 Cattle, . three«year-old 'sieers £4 ; ss, 'fcwo-yeafolda 'L 3, yearKngs 32d 6d, ftowa L3i The farm, which contains about 563 acres of jbuah l lapd <( improved, was.sold fokfche sum •! ;of ILB "16*8 per acre, which is conßJdered v ag J very fair price. ",' i- - i -'5 . The following advertisement appearsin>the Wariganui papers :— ' v To Jtj^e E;u,r,s>*., ■peans of the town of Wanganui.-r^Dp not isummons'me for; my debts; 'w^it till the. Land Court at Palmerstoh North, for Qtamakopua Block,' is over, and T will then, settle'all claims on me.— Aperahama TahunuiarADgi.,' , : -.;■, .'. • ' From the Folding Star we learn that.a very handsome baptismal' font presented by Mr Theodore Haultain to St* John's Church has arrived, and will be placed ia bOsitt^rirn^rSunHly; ~"- 1L ~ *»-*h ' : Woodyear's Electric Circus is having a very successful season m Wellington. Indigestion and Liver Complaints. — For these complaints Baxter's' Compound Quinine Pills have proved a specific, act* ing powerfully on the liver and mildly on the stomach. Sold r.ever/wb ere, or post free from J. Baxter, Caristohurch, for 19 or 44 stamps. : . . „,. , Agonizing Neuralgic Baxters . Anti*?<teura)gic Pills have been named by the public " Magic Pitta " on account of their marvellous action hi curing Neuralgic, Toothache, Sciatica, Lumbago, and other Neuralgic pains. — To be had'6E all chemists and storekeepers, or post f tea on receipt of 19 or 44 postage staojp3.-rr'.J . Baxter, 1 Chemist, Victoria- street,. Christ* chur ° hi \. ..,„• '■:-.(> u-auhJ Cur 9 for Indigestion — Baxter's, oom- ; | pound Quinine Pills, used aecorjdipg to . , the direction! 1 , have pro red .a" .<;ertaip " .and : speedy .cute for' indigestion, bilioW'anii 1 liver complaints wind m the stomach- and ! bowels, nervous *dej)ility, Ac. Their object is, the removal pf debility nndderangement by assisting nature, and imparting tone arid power to the 3y/item\-— To be had of all chemists and storekeepers m boxes, Is I^'d and 23 0d each, or- post free on receipt of 19 or 44 atamps-^J. Baxter, Pharmaceutical Chemist, 21, - Victoria^ street, Christchurch.; : .<■.. ;■ A Boon to Mankind.— Baxter's Lung Preserver, by virtus of its balsamic and soothing properties, cannot be excelled as a soother of Pulmonic irritation. Many whose recovery had been . despaired of by medical advisers and friends, have been spared to proclaim the astounding virtues of the Lung Preserver. It- has been employed m the mansion a3 well as m the coltage, and has convinced the aristocrat as weJl^B*Vbe<pe»aai»tr'tbat-4tri»Hn«leed^*ar boon to mankind. It is pleasant to the palate and -«aay= safely >oe taken-' in all cases. Persons ,suff enu^ from; Bronchial affections, who take the JLuiig Preserver will find the speedy effect to be diminution of pain and ;e*pec^ratiofrHti.r.st;j Ji b^i« cause the mucous membranes lire bticuiilated to throw tho phlegm itp, aad ; second because the medicine is adapted to thin . the discharge before it leaves the brori«>. chial tubes and - lungs. This ■ specific is= highly extolled by members of the;:-medi- : cal and clerical professions. and, others. -rr - Tb be had of all chemists., and §tore" ; . keepers! '__