LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 46, 18 January 1883, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr Bowater, of- Saadon, is hating erected a very roomy and convenient smithy, at which he will be able to do a very extensive trade. The approach to the Awahuri bridge oh this side continues m a very danger* ous state, and may cause an accident any day. There are no less than 40 reapers-and — binders now m work m the vicinity of Sandon, m which district the grain crops are looking magnificent. Mr CrOßse will pay his professional visit to Palmerston on Wednesday the 24th instant, and may be consulted at Roe's Private Hotel. The Awahuri Natives are making preparations for Tawhaio'a visit, he being expected m a few days. Flour and sugar are being daily carted from the adjacent townships. . At tfie meeting of the representatives of local bodies held on' Monday afternoon, it was resolved that: — "That a com* mittee be appointed, consisting of Messrs Macarthur, Williamson, Linton, and Skerman, to draw up a petition to give effect to the first resolution, and to attend the different meetings to explain matters, and to obtain signatures." We hear of a good deal of sickness m Palmerston just now, particularly among children. The complaints vary, that is, there ia no particular disease prevalent. The heat to-day was again most intense, and was also aggravated to an extent by the dense clouds of smoke from bush fires. We hear that m many parts of the town water ia becoming scarce, and deepening wells is the order of the day.

Elsewhere it is notified by the Borough Council, that the valuation List for 1883 ia now open for inspection at the Borough office. To-morrow is the day of Dr Curl's usual visit to Palmerston, his consisting room being Remington's Medlciil HallA bush and grass fire was spreading m dangerous proximity to the Cemetery to-day. A.U the Mayors m New Zealand have been invited to attend the reception of the new Governor. King Tuwhiao arrived Bt lurakina this morning, and has taken up his quarters at Hoani Wai tare's place.

Tht) Grey town butior aiul cboese fac» tory jusi floated, gives every indication of ultimate success. Mr J. Ji. Hamilton has opened a branch of his drapery establishment m Foilding , where lie ia holding a great clearance sale. Professor Hugo is to deliver a lecture this evening on foreheads, which m his hands will be a moat interesting subject. The Standard will be published on Monday as uauul, tha day not being a general holiday. h is 6tated that the promoters of the Olde Englishe Fayre, lately exhibited m Feildißg, have lost by the special trains put on for them by the department, to the tune of £5. At a meeting of the Wesleyan Body held last night, it was resolyed 10 at once call for tenders for the erection of a new church. . We hear that the Palmerston Volunteer Corps intend making an endeavor to re-organiee under the new regulations. A. railway time-table whicl. will enable passengers to travel from Wellington to .New Plymouth m two days, has been arranged, and will probably come inio operation m about six weeks. Mr and Mrs Haybittle returned to FeiJding from their honeymoon tour this morning. At noon to»day}the glass registered 110

m the san. ; Sister Agnes G-übert, who. according to Rubinstein, possessed the moat marvellous voice of the ctutury, recently died at a convent m Baltimore. (She reiused on one occasion £10.000 offered for a six weeks' tour. A letter received from London by the last mail by a local resident commas the intelligence that as the barque Waimea, which left Wellington about live months ago, was entering the Eughah Channel sue espied a derelict veaael, and on bear" ing dovru ucjon her found ilmt there neie 20 persona oa board. The ship was m a Kinking condition, and the timely succour rendered by the Waiuiea undoubtedly saved the crew of tne former from a watery grave. Mr Mandel's new advertisement will uppeai' to-morrow. It is feared that the prolonged drought and burnt up pastures will seriously offset Ike prica of stock. Mr A. Bell, of Halcoinbe, has purchased one of the engines lately m use by Messrs Bailey Bros, of Taonui. The une at the Cheltenham mill hai been bought by Mr D. Murray of the Wanga» iiui foundry. A new use is being found for the salvation army. An Adelaide gentleman, now on a visit to England, brought under ihe Agent- General's notice, m connection I with the " Armj," some fifty jouug women who were to emigrate to Adelaide I m the Arthuriston about October 30. They are all domestic servants, and firm adherents of the " arm*.'' ..._ , The scandal m connection with Colonel Weliesley, heir»presumptive to the Dukedom of Wellington, has culminated m the Hon. Mrs Weliesley obtaining a divorce, while Colonel Weliesley means to marry Miss Vaughau, the daaseuse aud actress who caused the matrimonial troubles. As the latter is consumptive, the couple mean to spend their honeymoon at the Antipodes, aud will probably make what a society paper calls '* the Hot Lake Wonderland of .Northern .New Zealand."

Mr. G-.E. Barton, formly M.H.R. for Wellington, returned to Auckland from England m the s.s. Biugarooina on VVeda needaylast. Mr. Barton, after haying been home (says Ihe Auckland Heralli;, came tv .New Zealand bouio time ago lo report upon the Te Puke Block, m con* uection with which a laud company was being got up by Mr. G. V. Stewart. His report caused the break up uf the coin, puny. A strange report cornea from Szag«d, m Austria. An euijine»r named Muller, emm the works of reconstruction, bought four cigars- When he had Bmoked about oue-haif of the second he laid it on his writing table, wheu it explodod, throwing him off his chair, and wounding him on the cheek, the ei«rs, the lips, and the left hand. Inquiry Bhowed that there had been a glass tube inside filled with nitro« I glycerine. As tobacco is a monopoly, ■ and all articles supplied by the Government are manufactured and sold by dealers licensed by them, the mystery , seems still greater.