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Manawatu Standard, Volume XL, Issue 7413, 1 October 1902, Page 2

The fishing season opened to-day. Streams all rouwd tii- district are reported to be full of fish, and there is every prospect of exceptionally good sport being obtained by anglers, numbers of whom were engaged at their favourite pastime to-day.

A petition i« being extensively signed in Palm<:n<tofi at the ure.seut lime with a view of calling a public meeting to consider the advisability of obtaining a report on the possibility of utilising water power, in the near vicinity of the town, tor Ihe generation ol ole.nricity for motive mid lighting purp.-os.

Tl.« hVI. prices ru1i..... f »• «J»*«*p and cattle in Auckland, snys the Star, h-ive resulted in a gre-tly increased demand for hams, bacon, and pork. Probably eggs being cheap c-nised many people to tu-n to ham and o__s as cheaper than beef or mutton Tho s_. rci'.y of pigs, however, fori cd up prices until the nork butchers have now risen retail rato ..

Mr Sandow's claim to lie the world's elnmpion athlete is di-|»nk.l by Prof.-s-_ sor William Miller, ihe w.-11-kiioWn Melbourne athlete, who has challenged Sanilow to meet'Mm in a .cries nf contests in tiie Olvmn'-n games for £100 a side The "c-mtesfs would include heavy dum-bell lifting, wrestling, boxing, fencing, sword y. sword, and foil v. foil.

Messrs E. Larcomb and W S. Hart expect in the course of a fe-.v_d.iV3 (mother consignment of 15.0D0 Drown trout which will be liberated in tho head waters of the Tiritea. Including 25,000 rainbow trout, a total of 45,000 trout have been liberated in streams in the Fitzherbert district during the past two weeks. It is expected another consignment of 55,000 will be received at an early date and liberated in the same streams.

The Cardiff correspondent of the Egmont Post reports that a very peculiar, though painful .ocident occurred to Mr David's little daughter last Thursday evening. She was standing at the back door with her hand on the neck ot one of the docs, when another one came round the corner, and flew at it, gripping it by the neck, but unfortunately enclosing the little girl's arm in its grip, breaking her arm inst above the wrist, and tearing the flesh rather badly.

An ex-Napior resident, writing from England by ihe last mail, says : —"Beef is the thing we want in this country. For some reason the stock is awfully short. We are dependent upon supplies from C*nadn and these are a eood deal controlled by trust., so if the colonies could pnly devise some means of sending us .killed (not frozen) beef we would be much obliged. You would be surprised to sco how little beef appears in the shops ; tho meat is nearly all mutton and lamb. I have the greatest confidence in the future for the frozen meat trade for New Zealand, hut owing to the want of marks one does not know whether the meat hails trom New Zealand or the River Plate."

The following cheerful letterof thanks appeared inthc Buller Post:—" Mr C Bennett desires to express his thanks to the person whoso kindly applied a match to his premises on the night of the 10th inst. He more thin suspects who was' | tho originator of the " lark," but he is unwilling to bring degradation upon grey hairs. He is going to rebuild, and he asks most respectfully to bo given a chance of insuring his establishment before ho is horoured by another nocturnal visit from a friend on blazes bent. If this act nf grace be accorded him, he is quit-* willing to le-i.« the guilty one to liis reflection., being satisfied that immediately upon his departure from this; <;üblunary sphere the miscreant will be consigned to the wa:mer mid more congenial regions bcloir, where, no doubt, he will long remain."

"Darkness to Dawn ia Now Guinea" will be the snbject of the Ray. Archibald Hunt's lecturo at tbo Congregational Church on Friday evening ne_f, which will bo illustrated with over 50 raagnilicont limelight views. Mr Hunt has boon a pioneer missionary in New Guinea for over 10 years, and was one of the search pariy accompativing the Lieut.-Governor upon tho receipt of tho news of tho murder cf James Chalmers. Mr Hunt's intim .to knowledge of tho natives and of tlio transformation effected in their social and moral habits by the agency of tho London Missionary Society qualify hira to speak upon the Christian outlook in this comparatively now field.

During the hearing at Melbourne of the easo against A. B. Worthington, charged witk obtaining ifilO.S from Miranda de L^ Juveny by false pretences, the following letter, sent by the the accused to Madame Juveny, .was rend: —"Isis, mother, Empress- Tile master waits, tho Nile rises, go at once. Fly swifter than tlic light, be still as niglit, do not excite him. Be ciltn. The building waits, tho mosque waits, tho lodgo waits. Before the moon comes to the disc, now, to-day, offer at once, compel Osiris to accept. Tako to him or the Nile swallows for 1500 years. Alpha, Moor, The Two Halls, Omega, Delta." The letter h».d tho desired effect.

An -important imitation ia regard to the salaries of judges was made by the New South Wales Colonial Treasurer in the Legislative Assembly, on September 17, in reply to the following question by Mr Broughton :—" As it is understood that the Government are now address ing themselves seriously to the question of retrenchment in Stato expenditure, aDd also in view of the fact that it is imperative in the public interest that an earnest effort should bo made in that direction,.will the Govprnnjent consider tho ad.visableness of introducing legislation to reduce tho salaries of judges, both on the Supreme and District Court benches, as the salaries paid to our judges are far in excess of those paid elsowhere, the Clief Justice oE the United States receiving only £2000 per annum, whereas the Chief Justice of this State is paid £3500 per annum P" Mr Waddell answered: "Itis my intention to bring tho matter of judges receiving such high salaries and also pensions under the notice of tho Cabinet at an early dato, with a view to having substantial reductions in salaries made in future appointments, as I have long been of opinion that the judges' salaries were much too high."

Tho late Mr William Stanley, whose death took place at Petersham, New South Wales, on the 10th inst., is said to havo been the oldest pianist in Australia, He had a somewhat notable career. A son of the late organist of St, George's Chapel, and born _t Windsor Castle on May 29, 1820, he started his musical career at the early age of six. When he was 10 he played a piceo of his own composition before Royalty at Windsor. He also sang at the funeral of the late King George IV., and the first Duke of York. Subsequently he joined tho army, enlisting in the 80th Regiment, in which he served for about five years. After this he cams to Australia, arriving here in 1837. His first performance in Australia was at the opening of the original Victoria Theatre, in the presence of the then Governor, Sir George Gipps. Mr Stanley afterwards acted as accompanist to the lato Madame Sara Elowerand other leading artists. His first appointment as an organist was at St. John's, Parrarnatta, where he remained for eight years. Later, he was appointed organist to the Sydney Choral Association, and held the position as bandmaster to the first Volunteer Artillery Band. He was also connected, as organist, with St. Andrew's Cathedral, St. Barnabas' Caurch, and Christ Church. Handel's "Israel in, Egypt " and the " Messiah," which were performed at the IntcrnationalExhibition in 1879-80, wore conducted under his baton, m the presenceof 10,000 people, the largest audience that has ever assembled at a musical festival in Australia. He also mado something of a name- for himself as a composer, and ho completed a composition, *' The Crown of Thorns," which was left unfinished by the late Mr Charles Packer. Mr Stanley held a high position in the Masonic Lodge. He leaves a family of grown-up childreHj'tb.ree sons and two daughters;

s The following are the vital statistics for the registration district of Palmerston North for tho past month : — Births 23, deaths 4, marriages 4.

Tho following are tho hospital statistics for the past month :—Patients m on September Ist, 21; admitted during the month, 21; discharged,^; died, -; patients in the hospital on October Ist, 20.

During the past month there were twenty convictions recorded in Palmerston for drunkenness. In addition two prohibition orders were granted. Tho case of A. Levy v. R. Stevens claiming £200 for alleged slander. .- bave been heard at the present sitt, .-. a the Wanganui Supremo Court, has b en settled by mutual consent.

As a sequel to the recent cases of alleged Sunday trading it is stated informations will belaid against both the principal parties engaged for falsely representing themselves to be travellers, and thus obtaining drink on Sunday. A. poor person lost three one pound notes in the Square last Thursday after.noon. Ihe Under will be rewarded on returning the samo to Mr H ydon, the Square. Mr F. E. Hardy, secretary of the New Zealand Axemen's Association, reports that numerous applications are being made for copies of the programme of the approaching carnival, to be held m l.ltlmm on November 10th, fromall parts of the colony, and that he expects an exceptionally large number of entries. Sir George Clifford, Chairman of the It-icing Conference, was a passenger by the riiiddi'v train to Wangau.ii to-day. Mr J. Colter was a passenger by the same train. Wirth's circus arrived by train this morning and the tent was erected shortly after in Broad-street, opposite the Catholic Church. The horses and animals, as eyer. proved a never failing source of interest to tho younger generation. The Committee appointed by tho RieingCliili to deal with tho competitive designs, received in connection with the grandstand to be erected at the new r.u-ecourse, are likely to have a busy lime, nineteen designs having been received up to to-day. One or two more have still to come to hand.

As a result of the visit of inspection made by the Licensing Committee yesterday to all the local hotels we understand alterations and additions as regards lire escape facilities will have to bo provided at nearly all of them. In the case of hotels not already possessing them, narrow platforms or balconies will hive to be built and on these light wooden ladders, fitted with hooks to catch the balcony railing, will be kept.

In connection witlf'the expression of opinion by Mr Vautier at the Council meoting this morning relative to the conditions for the Municipal building, it is only fair to Mr R. Edwards, who. as one of the committee which drew up tho conditions, to state that ho strongly objected to ask for that amount of work with such a limited sum of money available, and also pointed out that no architect would would tender under the conditions imposed. Breeders of draught stock in this and the surrounding districts will note that Mr T. Hackett's purebred Clydesdale horse Quarryman will be at their service during the ensuing season Quarryman is by Tommy Dodd, from Gip, and both sire" and dam were noted horses of their breed. Tommy Dodd, as a two-year-old, took first and special prizes at the North Canterbury Show and was highly commended at the Manawatu Show. Quarryman is five years old, with plenty of bone and substance, and his stock are spoken of most highly. Full particulars may be obtained from Mr Hackett.

At a meeting of tbe Holiday Committee held this morning a request was received from the Manawatu Amateur Athletic and Cycling Club that the King's Birthday bo held on Monday, 10th November. The request was agreed to. A deputation from the A. and P. Association waited upon the Committee and ur^ed that places of business closo al 1 o clock on the second day of the Show and at 12 o'clock on the third day. After discussion it was agreed to closo at 1 o'clock on the second and third days.

An announcement of special interest to residonts in this and the surrounding district appears in our advertising columns to-day. It will bp seen that Messrs Macdonald, Wilson and Co, the well-known auctioneering firm of Wellington will, under instructions from J. R. Stansell, submit to auction in tho Town Hall, Shannon, on Thursday 23rd October, some twenty ono of the finest building sections in (he town of Shannon, containing an area of about a quarter acre each. They command a good position having frontages to Nathan Terrace, Thomson Sireet, and Sheehan street, and are situate closo to tho railway station and opposito the state school and Oddfellows hall. The terms of salo are extremely easy and lithographic plans can be had from the auctioneers.

The Manawatu Amatour Athletic Club have decided to hold a sports' meeting on Monday, November 10th, the day appointed by the Holiday Committee for the observance of the King's Birthday. The committee appointed (Messrs Rush, Burbush, and Louisson) have, drawn up the following programme :—Maiden, 100 yards, post entry ; 100 yards, 220 yards, 440 yards Ladies' Bracelet, _ mile handicap ; 1 mile handicap; 120 yards hurdles; 220 yards Club Championship, 150 yards Club Championship handicap ; putting the shot; high jump; long jump; fire brigade, two-men coupling practice, oneman coupling practice; 100 yards schools' championship, 220 yards High School championship, schools relay race; Diilc walk; sack raco; physical drill and manual exercise, cadet teams of twelve; committee race i _ mile bicycle race, mile bicycle race, _ mile obstacle bicycle race; 220 yards football and hockey race, open to bona fide members of clubs affiliated to Manawatu Rugby Union and Hookey Association. The committee will meet on Friday night. .

Special show of latest Spring and Summer Novelties announced for present weejt at The Bon Marche, including extensive shipments just received, ex Athenic.—Adyt.

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