Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. MONDAY,SEPTEMBER 22,1884. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 253, 22 September 1884, Page 2

Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. MONDAY,SEPTEMBER 22, 1884. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The civil cases at the Wellington R.M. i Court sometimes number as many as 90 aud 100 m on.c day.;: It is rumoured that wild rabbits have spread to Ormondville, one having recently beeSi -killed*. there. ... . . A new steamer, to carry 300 tons of coal, is being built afr Wellington. She is to be made of steel .throughout. Tha ship-building industry appears to be brisk m Wellington just now. There is surely some epidemic [abroad m Wellington. We notice the deaths of two children of one family, Spierling by name, which occurred vithin a week of each other. T The Wooiville paper has been shown a specimen of well-defined quartz found m thejjvicinity of Woodville. Perhaps there is a good reef m the range not so rery far away. Who will find it ? The Wanganoi Herald says there is very little chance of the civil business coming on evec on Wednesday, as was originally thought. Mr Ben B. Johnson's sale of railway plant at Mangetera on Wednesday • was an iraiueuse success/ There was a large attendance, and numerous buyers, and ' ' flr. t-class prices were obtained. The- 1 \ f aste«t" passage aqrosl jftie Atlaritiqfrbm New Yo^hfts^jspre^ffdeby by 'the Clyde-builfmeam6r^^meHca > - / ■if:' having arrived m Queenstown ou Wednesday morning m six days' fourteen hours. In a recent landslip m Canton Basle, Switzerland,' a' wood slipped down a mountain side osrer some tneadows,where it remains intact, the trees all erect, as though they had grown where they stand. The Wood vill* Dairy Factory Company have called tenders for the supply -of an engine and boiler for the. factory; also for the supply of milk cans for the purpose of conveying the milk. This looks better. A lady stepped into the sanctum this morning and said sweetly : " Will you be kind enougli to let/ me look at the Christian at Work ?" The horse editor blushed a little, but had the presence of mind to- say; "Certainly, madatne ; what can Ido for you." .' Captain Con way, of the s.s. Timaru, reports that when m Gore Bay on Thursday he visited the scene of the wrack of the ship Lastingham, and found her m ,the . portion described m Captain Cooper's report, published the day before yesterday. It is his opinion that there ' will be jtio great trouble m getting the cargo oat. ' While talking to a number of gentler > men, Breecher, the preacher, remarked, " I never speak of a country or place authoritively unless I have previously been there." " How about that sermon of yours on Hell ?" asked the wag»of the party. Mr Breeder took water, while the rest of the boys called for a more popular beverage. We (Post) are sorry to learn that the Hon. the; Premier, Mr Stout, is laid up with an attack of gout. Rowland Hill, rode a great deal, and by exorcise preserved vigorous health. On one * occasion, when asked by a medical friend . what physician and apothecary he employed to bo always so well, he replied, "My physician has been my horse, and my apothecary an ass.,' : - ■ The Feilding paper understands that Mr Blaokmore has issued a summons against the Feildiug Borough Council f or £200 . damages. Messrs Staite and -Waburton are retained as counsel for plaintiff. The case will be heard before a jury at Pulinerston on the 23rd of next month.! s .The fyavton paper is informed that * there are two harrow bridges on the MfiKJno-road without any protection placed 6u either side of them. We should acvise the Manchester Road BoarJ to .attend to the matter, otherwise a serious accident may happen. As showing what the Douglas Estate can produce, we (Marton paper), are informed that the Gear Meat Freezing Company, of Wellington, have taken 1,200 haad of fat cattle from that estate 'since April this year, , Apparently the Government aFe determined to carry outjeconomy m the various departments to the utmost limits. To-day m Napier, writes the Telegraph, m a public office, no fire could be llt owing to the absence of the necessary fuel. The clerks there raised a subscription among themselves and purchased a hundredweight of coal so now the office ouce mqre looks cheery. Mr Hobson bought the finest mob of' cattle on Tuesday that ever passed through) Waipawa, comprising 450 head, which came from the neighbourhood of Wanganui and Patea, and were en route for soiijewhero m the direction of Patangata. They attracted considerable attention,' £says a local paper), and a skilled judge «ajd better or more profitable beasts could not be found. Says the Post : — " Beware of book fieuds ! ; One of these gentry travelling around has managed to work about 75 Pahautanul settlers out of 65." Is this the Wairarapa individual who recently travelled through the Woodville district inquire^ the He obtained a nuuiber of yubscriptions but the hooks never turned up. People should be chary of such gentlemen; A great many sections m the township of Sanson are beiug fenced and occupied, which have been useless for a good many years, and the town altogether 'has quite a progressive appearance. The estimated cost of the new Gosrernmebt printing office at Wellington is £30,(^.0. ■^•b/Jov^rumentdo not see their way to c.6iumencii>g £h£§- work at present] We flbowld. think not. According to the Watchman Sir Julius is angling for a new lease of the AgoutGeneralßhip. The idea is for him to go home to .negotiate the now loans. This, if carried our, would doubtleaa be the stepping stone used to acquire the position of Agent-General. The prevalance of wild dogs m the malice is indicated by the fact that during a recent' hunt near the South Australian border over 511 i>i!' these pefto were killed, ' ■ • ' r '

jllte alßlculilllt whidi '.Vent lite rourititl | feoitiH tinid si^U to the efttrottiiat t\ fli.weif eetier m the Blreets of Mqthdiirhe had tblhc into a fortune, but rVfiised to give Mp his avocntinn, is quite correct. The last mail from Hume brought him word that his estate lias been so far realised that ho was at liberty to draw on a Loudon firm to the extent of £40 a-week. The locust^ ju,.. several ditstriats of South Russia are coiniiiittinc frightful ravages. In the district of Eliz.wettfrari the peasants have just received 17,000 . roubles from tho Imperial Agricultural Society as a reward for the destruction of 1,700,000 of these pestilential insects. From our Auckland files we learn that beef has again gone up at Auckland to 26s and 27s per hundred. A New York type-setter has "set 2,040 eras m one hour." That is not much of a feat. A Pittsburg type-set-ter, who is poor but honest, has been engaged 'to a girl for eigiit years, has '' set " with the same Em 2,040 hours, not including Sunday evenings and legal holidays. The Freemason of London says. — " Let all (hose who cavil at or anathematize ponder over the fact that the first two festivals of our muchmaligned Order, m 1884, have produced £27,000. Of what other earthly Society can it be said at this hour that it is doing so much and so well for charity ?" The durability of blue gum is demonstrated by samples of that timber, ' used as .bed plates twenty-seven years ago by the Apolltf Bay Saw Mill Company .being now exhibited at Ballarat, perfectly sound and as hard as ebony.