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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1601, 6 January 1886, Page 2

The Salvation Army in England bare been considerably affected by a decision at Derby, to the effect that by their own conduct, they are more br less" ret- 1 pooaible for disturbances in the streets in which damage is doue to their property.' An application was made on be* b.alf of a Salvation Army storekeeper, for the payment of £6 12s damages arising out of the smashing of bis windows at a recent riol. The town clerk opposed the application, and the magistrate, holding that the Sa : lvatioaJ $##£ ' were responsible for the disturbance ioyV their conduct and placards, decided that the borough wtfrnpt liable fOKdamages. and that tnere Was no riot in L the legal sense of the term. __ Professor Shelpon says that in Lancashire the quality and the character nt the cheese are due mainly to the keeping: over each day of a quantity of curd .to be mixed with the fresh c urd of the . following day, and the kept curd is uu- ' salted and purposely allowed to become deoidedly acid. uln this, to ray mind 1 ," he adds, " Lies the chief secret of cheese making, for it involves a principal which, in one way, or another, conscious^ ly tor unconsciously employed, jspcce&sary to the production of cheese of* fin* Quality." Last night's *Feilding Star has thefollowing suggestive paragraphs : — Some craeless or stupid person dropped! a lighted match in the grass on th» Square this morning, and set.it in » blaze at once. Luckily Mr ,I*. W. K.f . Fpstt>r^ aaw»it, and extinguished ilieißr*. j before it got a good hold. ifestewiay V grass fire near the railway line was on? the point of setting alight to some of the sleepers. The station roaster put on a man to keep them, well w,et with watei carried from the Makino st.eaW and .prevented any evil consequences. Writes a correspondent of the Napier Telegraph :— One of iny "friends her*;>lr McKay of Tamumu, has made a suggestion that would be of value to sheep farmers and others in the erection, of wire fencing. He suggests that much greater strength and resistance to animals would be gained if the wires . instead of being attached by staples on the outsidos of the posts, were attached iuside and. outside Alternately. He tell* me he has tried a fence done' this gray and it is infinitely stronger. I.give tht* matter publicity for the benefit of whom. it may qoncern. . . : The inward San Francisco mail it <tas> at Auckland on Friday next <hsr th* Mariposa; but as that vessel. waa a day late in leaving it may be Satuiday before she reaches there. / T /. }~~ bu the night at the UthNav«mber,at Castle Farm, Ireland, a gentlemau farmer named John O'Connell Curtio wa» murdered by a party vof Moonlighter* who broke into his house' in search of armp. His two sons and a daughter behaved with great heroism, boti^hi* lobourers exhibited cowardice. Twoof his assailants were shot dead. On* man has been committed foi trial aod others are under arrest. . ' ''' -In Belgium 200 freight trains whichj formerly ran on Sunday have been stopped. Nearly 8000 workmen have beta set free on Suudays. ' ' The Government Insurance Association have appointed a lady canvasser in Wnnganui, with the special ' object v ' of extending insurance amongst w.omen. Great excitement has been caused among the fanners at Grove. Ferry, Kent, by the appearance of a large eagle. TbV :bird haa done considerable damage among the flocks and. in the, farmyards, and in several bases had attacked sheep and tore the flesh out of their back*. After several attempts the bird was shot and proved to/ be a magnificent specimen. It measured] eight feet from mug to wing ( « j What are oalleri farmers' trains am now being tried on the -New Sonth Wales railways. Jhe fares! are rery i low, and the experiment is at a consequence successful and remunerative. On the Western line, the earnings amount to 11s per train mile as compared with a little over 6s, the average earnings of ■ordinarf trains throughout .the ytfar) Oa the Sydnej' and Albury Hoe the cheap trains earn 18s per mile>ag~aiast 6t^ if.