Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1884. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 240, 6 September 1884, Page 2

Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1884. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Vplunteer*Baud had a march out last eveningjdiscoursing some inspiriting, music as thoy went. Our usual Saturday supplement issue is to-day, containing some specially interesting reading matter. . Mr Henry Kember has been elected^ anditor to the Wellington-Manawatif Railway Company in* the place of Mr J. W. Stevenson resigned,. The Wellington butchers sendpresents of giant mutton chops to the Wellingtpn newspaper offices, till the latter aro comX pelledj to cry " Hold, enough t" ai the^ supply is m excess of the demand; - . j The Posiconsidora the sentence passed . on J. R, Young, by the Wanganui. Dist . ( trict Judge, on a charge of perjii>^ viz., three months' haM labour, " absurdly i lights" Wo think so too.^ | x The Wanganui Education Board %o* ; advertising for a certificated assistant mistress for the girls' school. The advertisement states that ''applicants must 'stale age;" This isireally tooljad. ■ Country people visiting Wellington with a horse and cart have now to be 'on the alert. If their horses go out of a walk going round a corner, they are jhauled up for it, also if their animals' nosebags are not of the pattern officially paid down ana if they happen to tie the rwheel of their vehicle with a rope instead of a chain, they are fined 20s and JBOBtS. A man m Wellington was fined 20s and costs for the abominable practice df burying oightsoil on his premises. The inspector found the filth, only covered with a small quantity of ashep. The Resident Magistrate made Borne pertinent remarks on the filthy practice. "He quoted medical authority to show how dangerous to the public health such a practice was, and he intimated , an intention of inflicting substantial penalties m any future case of the kind brought before him. We fear that m Palnierston this practice is too prevalent. '. „...„, ,/.:.,,_■ ; The floods at Masterton appear to have bjeen productive of very considerable damage; estimated at £10,000. During Hhe visitation fully 100 families had to find shelter m Masterton. In the centre r of the town," the water m the shops and houses was two to three feet over the floor. The Star office was flooded out. Hundreds of sheep and cattle And poultry are lost. , ■ 5 A oative who has just come down from Parihaka, states most emphatically., .(says the Herald) that the assertion that Te Whiti had stated that no Ministry could exist without Mr Bryce, is utterly false. TeWhiti's" views lie m exactly the opposite direction, and he believes that aimueh better man could be found. The Wanganui Herald learns that scarlet fever is 'making its appearance amongst the natives now camped on the foreshore, and at Putiki. One child has died already from the disease. y All the roads m the Sandon-Carhar-von district have been more or less flooded, m some placeß the water was several feet deep. , . Says the Wellington Post of a recent date :— lt was rumoured m the lobbies to-day that-some rather warm language was. exchanged between the Hon. Mr Waterhouse and Major Atkinson this fnbrhing regarding recent political fveftts. •' ; ■ : " : "- '■ ( ; ' : " ;;■'_■' ' .^ We are requested to state that the Sahdon-lbarniiWoh Farmers' Club annual ploughing match and supper will take place at the Junction hotel on Tuesday . next. ; ■.■ . ■ As it is quite possible that another general election may take place very speedily, (says the Post) it would be as well for all persons whose names wefia omitted f roni tHc rolls ds . the lasjt one} >or who have sinco become entitled id the f rancjuse, to send m Jheir claims without iMay. ' The registrars m the varipug dist)icj;B gljould also endeavour to purge their rpjls of t^o many names improperly left on thorn.

The following advertisement from the Post would seem to imply trouble for somebody. "If Mr Fred Gosley does not apologiso to mo forthwith for circulating false reports m reference to iue, legal proceedings will be taken at once. ' i Kate Murphy, Thorndon. Thursday was the day fixed for the usual monthly meeting of the Manawatu County Council, but at noon (the- boar of meeting) only the Chairman and Councillors M'Kenxie and Davis werepreseut After waiting the usual half hour, the meeting was adjourned to the following Thursday. Cr M'Leunan was riding m with the other Kawakawa Councillors,' when information reached him concerning the flood m the Oroua River, which caused him to turn back. I A recent Southern mail brought up an exceedingly unsavoury package, m the shape of a dead rat, addressed to Edward Wakefield, Esq., M.H.R., Wellington. The body arrived m a dilapidated condition, owing to the effect of the force Used m defacing the postage stamps. , Sincere regret will be experienced at the announcement of the demise of Lady Whitaker, the wife of Sir F. Whitaker, who for so many years has been identified with, the political and social institutions of the colony. The deceased lady was more especially known m Auckland city and Auckland province, m which her benevolence and couutless daily acts of kitidiy charity have for years past en- : deared v her to the popr and needy. Two unprinted cantata's of Beethoven, all trace of which had been lost for nearly a hundred years have been discovered at Vienna. The works m question are among the earliest of the great musician and were composed when Beethoven was living at Bonn.