LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 51, 24 January 1883, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

• .. - ■•-•■ o ; Mr P. H. Smith, assistant master m the State School, ■ announces that ■ he is pre« pared to receive pupils ia the evening m Latin, French, German, and Mathematics, Elsewhere will be found two wanted, advertisements from Mr John MeLennan, O?oua Downs. He writes to say that on tHelGth jnat. the advertisements were posted to the Standard, and h<- is at a loss to know why they did not appear. We can only say that the letter m question never reached this office, and its miscarriage is difljeult of explanation, unl less it gotjinto some other post-office box, and was suppressed,. j

Tenders are incited elsewhere for the erection of an hotel at Woodville, for Mr M. McKenzie. Pian3 and specifications can be inspected at Mr Venn's aash and door factory from the 27th January till 3rd February. Tenders must be m by the 14th of Febuary. Farther particulars will be found m the advertisement. The Lake County Press, tho new Arrowtown journal, thinks it necessary t© 'read .the residents tho following funny lesson . -"It seems that this district is yearly increasing m favour with tourists 'and other visitors. It should, therefore, be a point of honour to respect them; not always to stare at them, and wonder who they are. Anyone may, with a respectful manner, off rd them that information they so much desire. A hint m due season may be given without offence." It is feared that that the potatoe crop' generally throughout Manawatu will be a failure, owing to the protracted absence of rain. We learn that Mr Stubbs, formerly manager' of the Brewery Company, has accepted the position of clerk on the Oroua Downs Station. A lecture" 'is to be delivered m the •Good Templars' Hall next Friday evening, m connection' with the Young Men's Christian' Association. The chair will be taken it & o'clock. We hear there was. fat m fire at the meeting of householders at Halcombe on .Monday evening. The exact facts we have not ascertained, but htar the proceedings lasted till welLnigh mid-night, and that there was near being wigs on the green. ' Wo hope to learn farther particulars, this evening, all about the war, and what they "jawed" each other for. King Tawhiao arrived at Awahuri yesterday forenoon, and a constant stream of visitors was leaving Feilding yesterday afternoon to interview 'His Majesty, Mr lytorphy.'a four-horse brake having made several trips with passengers. We understand he will come on to Awapuni and Mfotuiti, travelling via Tahoraite' to Hawke's Say en route for home. An advertiser elsewhere desires to purchase a force-pump. . Other entries have yet to be added to Messrs Stevens and Gorton's catalogue for their next sale 1 at the Denbigh Sale Yards, ' Feildihgj which Will appear m to-morrow's Standard. '■•■-■•• ' - !•■■ Further proceedings, are, we learn, to be instituted m connection with the trus* tees m the assigned estate of Palmer and Jones, of Feilding, the last of which the public have not heard by a long way. ! The aid ofthe JSuprptriejCourt is now to be invoked m the matter. .We are. exceedingly glad to learn that M»;Wi E. Chamberlain, of Feilding, is much better m health, and his ultimate recovery is now only a matter of time and care. He has suffered a good deal, but it is a source of satisfaction to know that ha is to be spared 'to hia family and the community., i At a meeting of the creditors of Mr E' B~elvej ; held yesterday m Wanganui, Mr W. P. Currie was elected trustee. We are glad to hear that there is a probability of Mr Belve remaining m possession of the hotel. We regret to hear of the destruction by bush fires of Mr G. West's house, m the Manchester Block, with all its contents. The family were absent at the time, and nobbing. was savedi No insurance what* ever was on the property, and the loss is consequently a very heavy one' to the unfortunate owner, who has recently had sickness m his family m addition to his other misfortunes. « 4mong the illustrious visitors expected by train this evening, is the Colonial Treasurer. Terrace End was m a state of real danger and intense excitement last night through the near approach ot bush fires. The heat was intense and the smoke stifling. The grass m many paddocks burnt has now a 'blackened surface for acres, and fences have succumbed all over the district. In some otaes the sense of alarm was painfully manifested and really not without goood reason. Our Bunny thorpe . subscribers did not receive their papers last night, but the fact was our runner could not get through the bush being a raging mass of flames and smoke on both sides. Our courier pluckily tried to run the gauntlet of the Bery element, but his steed would not face the terrible heat, and be had to retire. 1 Another >efforfc will be made this evening to deliver, ttiough it is 'doubtful if it enn be accomplished. In every direction last *night"bush fires were raging, the sky being red with their reflection. Down the Foxfcon Line, m Fitzherbert, Kairanga; -and Bunny thorpe fire was the prevailing feature. All the afternoon the sun was quite obscured ffith ( the dense smoke, which had a similar effect < on the moonlight. For im mease and far spreading bush fires the season ia quite unprecedented. . . .'. We learn that Mr Deards is about to open hisjfactory m Mr. Snelson's depot m Fitzherbert-str'eek This central situation having an excellent supply of pure water, "shottldprove'very suitable for Mr Deards' ( business. .y 'The Rev Mr Griffith is to leave for Auckland the day after tosmorrow, via Now Plymouth, to take part m the ' Wesl»yan Gdnferende. He will probably |be absent for a fortnight or three weeks, during 1 which period hia pulpit will be filled by other Ministers and lay i readers. , i Private board and residence within easy distance of the Square is wanted by two single gentlemen. We learn that the proto-t between Messrs Akors and Gillies over, the Dis~ trict'Plate; is still before the Manawatu Pacing Club* To whomsoever the money is paid, the other threatens to sue the Club so th"t the matter is receiving care« ful consideration before a final decisin is given. J