LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 48, 20 January 1883, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr Linton't land sale was proc «di g as wo went to press. There was a fair attendance. It is, notified elsewhere that all persons' wishing -to be enrolled under the new rolunteer regulations are requested to send m their names on or before the 27th inst. All arms, accoutrements, musical instruments, and other property . must be returned into store by the 31st inst., of which Mr Macro will trke delirery. . Mr F. M. Deighton has been appointed Superintendent Collector of Agricultural Statistics for the counties of JRangitikei. ahd'Mana'watu. . ;' ; { f ;. : The Union Steamship Company's new and splendid steamer Hauroto has arrived m Wellington, Her gross measurement is nearly 2,000 ton?. - The name of defendants m la3t case on the list m the R.M. Court, as it appeared m yesterday's issue, should have been iVfunrp ancUßeid,' instead, of Macro, and Peia. ;: ' ■" ■"'■■ ißesult slips of Achilles' Consultati/n on the Grand Champion Stakes hare been received,. and can be seen by shareholders at this office. KingTawhiao is expected to reach Awnhuri to-day or to-morrow. Great preparations have been made for his reception. . ■ • We understand that speciticatione are m course of preparation, by Mr Larcomb for alterations to the Standard office, for the carrying oat of which tendsrs are to be invited forthwith. The bush on both sides of the Awahuri Road was on fire yesterday afternoon, causing 1 such an intense heat and blinding smoke that 1 travellers had come difficulty m making their" Way' through. Some horsps would not face the raging element, and refused to be driven through even by frao use of whip and spur. : The Ashursfc settlers complain of tlie 'leisurely' rnanne Fin which the Bridge works progress. It is a job which the County Council appears ' to keep steadily m view/ Fresh tender* arg invited elsewhere by Mr, Larcomb for the Afgction of the Wealeyan Church.

Tho Punt of Thursday sny* :-•-'• Mr U Stevens unirpil iliis morning with 10(5 fat bull oak h ( holougiiiK to Mossrs Stevens anl (jorlun, to bo killed at tho al-m^hler yards of M«<ssih Woods, Crosbie, and Co., and aout homo frozen m tho Lady Jocelyn. Wo notice tlutt Messrs Tinir«y have to-^ dt\y tnkan possession of their handsome new promises m the Square, next to the Cash Warehouse. A public meeting of the householders resident m Stony Creek to elect a school committee will bo held at the school-house on Monday, tho 22nd inst. , at 7 p-tu. The owner of a bltick and. tnn colic dog will see a notice m reference thereto else, where. Anew building on Knr.gitikci street, now m Course of erection, we learn ia being buiit by Mr Collins for occupation as a butcher's shop. Mr lleuiington notifies the ariival of a large supply of pure drugs and chemicals direct from Londou, which are of guaranteed purity. Mr T. P. Williams, general storekeeper, of Foxton, who was burnt out recently, called a meeting of his creditors m Wei* lington. He offered to pay ISsin the £ cash, and the remainder by bills' at nine and twelve months. The offer was: accepted. Bush fires have done serious damage m the Terrace End and Stoney Creek dis» tricta. The Kelvin Grove, taw mill has hud a large extent of tramway burnt, aud settlers' fences have been completely destroyed m many places. Captain Alowlein's house had a norrow escape, and the came* tery fence has been burnt here and there. In every direction the atmosphere appears laden with smoke and surcharged with heat. A bushman went into Auckland city on a recent Monday with LIOO cash, and immediately after, his arrival he invested m a gold ring and watch. He was seen on the following Wednesday— two days later — borrowing sixpence to get a drink, and the same night he was taken out of a local hotel dead drunk, with not a cent m his pockets, and his jewellery gone. Efforts to trace his money proved fruitless. The inner harbour at .Napier (says the Telegraph) is swarming just now with stingaree, several of la< ge size having been captured during the lust few days. Recently a young man, while looking at on? that had just been caught' aud was flapping about', was pierced t>rc»»gh the thi^h by tbe spear that terihlri^tes the tail of the fish, making a very dangerous wound. The sufferer was at once conveyed to the Hospital. A* ' pink ribbon" army has been oreax nised at Geraldon, Western Australia, the members of which exclude spirits but not beer. A " red ribbon " Brmy has also been started, the members of which re* fraiu from drinking water except when it is mixed with spirits. Those who can't afford to buy a ribbon, colour their noses.

.On the arrival of ;-tl.e Scotch express at L icester, at midnight on Wednesday, 11th October, a man n timed John William Ku^ley was found concealed under a carriage, leaning over the axle and having hold of the brake-rod, having ridden all the way from London. He was covered with mud, and stated that during a rapid part of the journey he narrowly escaped being set on fire by red ho* cinder* from tbe engine. The total amount of sold entered for duty m New Zealand during last year was 251,2040z5, valued at £1,002,720. The figures for 1881 were— 27o, s6luzs, valued at £J, 080,790. The non-restraint syitem of treatment m Lunatic Asylums, while undoubtedly humane as regards the patients themselves, and unquestionably a vast improvement on the Whitela'w method, is (says the Post) nevertheless attended with some drawbacks, so far as the attendants are concerned. We hear that three attendants at the Mount View Asylum have recently been severely injured by patients. One had his arm broken, another had the sight of ope eye destroyed, and a third had a finger nearly bitten off — so badly, indeed, that it had to be taken out of the ßOiket. A Melbourne satirist says that some time ago. the- Minister of Education visited a country school, when- the master regretted that the "curriculum was not higher." The good-natured Minister replied, "Then get it made higher. There will be a carpenter up next week." . j At Messrs IJoadly Lyon and Co.'a land sale m Napier, one of the persons present wanted to buy a section at Taradale, and another gentleman desired to acquire one at Havelock. The Haveloek section was put up first, but the settler from Tara* dale, thinking it was the section he wanted to buy, ran tbe price up to an amount that must have quite gladdened the hearts of propertyxo tvners at Havelock. On finding nub his mistake he was profused m his npologes to the buyer, but we believe, it is the. rule amongst a uo* tioneers, when the money is forthcoming, not to recognise mistakes of this kind. In Pftlroerston recently a purchaser "cried off" on the score -that he was " tight." At a recent meeting of the Hawke's Bay County Council the Chairman said replies had been received from the variojs Road Hoards m reply to circulars issued by the Council, asking for an expression of opinion from the ratepayers as to the advisability of continuing or abolishing Road Boards. The Chairman remarked 7 that it was quite evident a vary large majority of the districts were m favor of continuing the present syatem. Official notice is given that the election of a Licencing Ooiumitee of five members for the Taonui Licensing District, will be held at the SchooNhouse, Taonui. Rungitikei Line, on Feb. 30. Nominal fcinns of Committee m accordance with section 11 of the Regulation of Elections Act, 1876 must be lodged with the proper office at the School-house, Taonui, at or before 12 o'clock noon, onjSaturday, the 27 th iast.

Unroll d.i Aialolre m hit. "%y>)t," ex plaininu how the Kxyptriin debt was mn up to its prese.it figure, tells of a certain banker who presented an offering of fruit to the Khedive Said Pasha, und forthwith enforcod a claim of U5,i!00. „.,•• Iv Ireland there ia an ancient prophecy concerning that country, m which it is predicted that when Easter Sunday falls upon the feast of the Annunciation (March 25th) Ireland is to be released from the control of England. Easter will full, as the Irish people express it, *m our Ludy'a arms' iv 1&83, but whether the anciont tradition will come true or not is merely a matter for conjecture. At a meeting of London clerks a discustook pl»ce with regard to the condition of their class, In consideration of the overcrowded state of the labor market, so far as clerks were concerned, the large num* ber of those out of employment and tho consequent low rate of wages, the meeting strongly impressed upon parents the advisability of bringing up their sons to other occupations of a more lucrative character, m which they will be more indes pendent of their employers, and all the better for good hard active work. A practical lesson on the power of steam was given a native when returning from the Wairoa races on board the Maori. The boat was crowded with passengers, and our dusky friend, m default of a bet" ter place to sit down on, selected the steam whistle. The Maori's whistle is of the foghorn species, and has an open pipe that afforded space to sit upon. A " joker," perceiving tho situation, turned on the whistle, and blew that nigger up. His Excellency the Administrator of the Government has appointed Major John George LJutts, New Zealand Militia, as adjutant to the volunteer forces m the Wellington, Wairnrapa, and Napier Disa tricts.