LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 54, 27 January 1883, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

At the special meeting of the Borough Council yesterday afternoon, it was decided to allow the matter m reference to the land required for the railway buildAW.;, to Jeiri.ain m abeyance, ..pending a further communication from tae Government on the subject. The matter or the artesian wells ia also to stand over m the meantime. We understand that Mr Garry, from papier; has been through to Palmerston, but we have not learnt to 'what decision he came. The matter of appointment of a returning officer, m connection with tbeiiiceuefug election is to be left with Mr Keeling to arrange. It is notified elsewhere that a public meeting of the ratepayers m the Taonui Biding is to be held at the Palmerston Town Ball on Monday, the 12th February,; at 6 p.m., for adopting resolutions for the suspension of the Counties Act, and for/ signing the necessary petition to the Governor m Council. : Tenders are invited by the Manawatu County Council till noon on Tuesday, the; 6th pror., for widening the Awapuni Drain. Further particulars will be found iA the advertisement. In consequence of other motive power being about to be introduced to drive the machinery of the M^xwATtr Standard, the very serviceable steam-engine now m übb is offered for sale, delivery to be given within one month. To make room for new advertisements, and give ,a little more space for reading matter, several double-column advertise* ments till now m the third page have been turned over to the fourth page, where they now appear. (pharp are nine divorce cases set down for hearing at the next sitting of the Melbourne Pivorcp Oourfc,

A threatening bueh lire was raging m dangerous proximity to the old Palmerston Hotel this afternoon, There ia no clue to the person or persons who committed the outrage on Sir James Prerdergast'a pony, or for what reason none can yet tell, except as sur» mised m a fit of petty revenge against Sir Jamea Prendergast for some duty per* formed m his high judicial capacity. The pony is still alive and thriving. Mr Beatson, the well-known vet., of Lambton Quay, has it under his care, and is m hopes that his patient will pull through. Dr. Schwarzbach is at present at Invercargill. The want of water ia being seriously felt at the Thames. The Kaiapoi Wollen Factory Company have imported Singer button-hole machines. Aa association has been formed at Boston to colonise Palestine with energetic Christians. Before quitting office the members of the 1 Parkes Ministry dined together. It was a melancholy banquet. The system of " delayed telegrams," m vogue m New Zealand, is to be intro« duced into New South Wales. A party of drunken blacks tried to break into a hotel at Killarney, New South Wales, when, a lodger named Brunton fired two shots with a fowling-piece, killing one 1 black, and seriously wounding another. . , • A " converted" S5 dney thief has been fined 4os f f or singing "In the Sweet By. and-bye "m the street. He indignantly demanded if the Salvation Army were to be permitted to parade the streets singing hymns, whilst he, for having allowed the fervour of his newly-converted spirit to pour itself out m song, was condemned to pay a 408 fine, or be imprisoned for stven daps. The captain of the English Eleven now m the colonies, the Hon. Ivo Bligh, is said to possess gigantic pedal extremities, his feet measuring 18in,— good, useful feet for resenting an insult! A contemporary suggests that the hon. gentleman's extraordinary pedal development may account for the " fine stand he sometimes makes at the wicket." The Native Minister was to have left Wellington on Thursday night on his way to Wanganui and Kawhia, where he will give instructions for opening the harbor. He will probably be joined m a few days by Mr Rolleston, who is at present m the South Island, but is, of course,, interested m the laying off of the township fronting the harbor. Mr Bryce will probably travel by coach to Tarauaki. The correct'quotations of New Zealand wheat m London on the 22nd instant, as telegraphed by Renter's Agency, is " 44s 6d' to &ss/*not " 44s 6d to 485." Tenders will very shortly be called for the Opaki section of the extension of the Wellington-Napier Railway from Masterton towards? Woodville. The Parlia* mentary vote available for expenditure on thisjsection during the current financial year is £40,000. Since publishing the account of the bru. tal iniury to Sir J. Prendergast's horse we (Post) have heard that a precisely similar case occurred about 10 days ago, and at the other end of the town two horses have been blinded. In one case we learn that the crime is believed to have been traced to two boys, against whom legal proceedings' are' now pending. " Yankee Lumberer's " trousers 6s, at Terrac* End Store. ■ Sheep Shearer's trousers ss, at Terrace End Store. Juvenile Suits from 6s, at Terrace End Store. Boy's and Youths' Suits from 245, at Terracn End Store. Splendid Stock of Colonial Clothing, at Terrace End Store. '