LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 60, 3 February 1883, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A Wanganui policeman has levanted, and there is a hue and cry after the defaulting member of the "foorce." M. Duclerc, the present Prime Minister qf^Ecance^was »t y<?ne time, proof -reader on a modest Mtl© journal l called Le Bons Sens. Mr 0. Burnett, solicitor, of Wanganui, ! hat filed a declaration of insolvency. One ofc Tawiiao's hns been found guilty gf |larce^gr of, a.._watch^ It was found after some considerable search, when he had been stripped, concealed abou his person;, f ~" } ! * )>■{ / Kinf Tawhiao, we letrn, ia m Palmer" ston, not having gone to Wellington. His next itopping place will be at Tahoraite,' where he intends to make a considerable stay. .■• ■-■■ Other complaints of missing letters have reached u», also of letters put into fFrong'boxe*,' wMeh %e ; hear ia'a' tbo«ifrequent source of annoyance. The United Preii Association yesterday j wired us a message of over 400 words, | giving the final appointment of stationg j by the Weileyan Conference^ We-reiiiljy cannot think what the Aisociation mean j by sending these lengthy messages on subjects' of no interest to the general reader. We have expostulated and re* mpniteated f reguen|lyj,- but inothinjif ssamii 1 1 to^e aVail. '-ThW w'-nofc ? a Vay ' passes but we consign to the waste paper basket double the quantity of telegraphic matter that we insert. It is extremely aggravating, qnj"*| QQ r - -.1.U ,« - „ - The WangtnuF Borough' *O'oun s cil has been grumbling over jtha expenses of— theMayor's visit to take part ia the Go* jejrnpi'is/i rece'piion.. . >The7 ! salijißrston J Borough Council has m the past paid many such claims without a murmur, j ' - It is reported that a European, clothed m * proper afcorifrittal' co^tumW, danced 'the' war dance with the King's party, at Pox* ton. Who was he who thus far forgot *WmidJ[j..- : .;)..t.-<.v -.d i»'iv. .. „-.ii-i. .»-... :- We hear that Messrs Stevens & Gorton will shortly receive at their store some* where about 150 tons of gra9s«seed,~bß« sidei. other yrain. ' v \ We learn that the catalogues for Messrs Stev«na & Gorton's great sale of pure-bred stock at Oroua Downs are now being disl» tributed, and will be .ppsfed to. all the principal settlers resident m this and the adjacent .district^.,; (fapi.ej can he had on application fr^mWr Leigh. ;,' ' . " Journalistic j Etiquette" 1 detirejf to know : "Is it customary for an editor of a newspaper to hawk round the manuscript of an article to appear m the next issue of the paper, exhibit- it m public t and request wiggea^n*^frojm these. to whom he reads it, or as^s to peruse it.V No journßliat with nuy pibtfinmaii»' to respectability would do such a thing, and it is conduct like this that lowers the institution pt the Press m the estimation of the public, and cau«£S it to be acoffed at and ridiculed t

>We karn that Constable McAnulty displayed very considerable pluck m arresting, the Native prisoner charged with larceoy, the Natives making a considerable aggressive display. : ,;. ■ Scene, a railway platform. Obsequious newspaper man doffing his hat to professional gentleman, " May we insert your card m our paper P " QriticaJ professional , man, examining 'his interrogator cutiously' through an eye-glass ; " What .paper ? " " The Kamakatka Free Preea." " Never heard of it before. No, certainly not.". *' We will do it for half w.hafc the. Staitd--ard charges." " Don't care if you did it for nothing." Doctor turns sharply away,newspaper man subsides, while those present who overheard the dialogue enjoy his embarassment, and exclaim sotto voce, *« Served him right." We are dubbed ostensibly m derision by our local contemporary the " Bunny-thorpe-Aehurßt Standard." These are two districts m particular m which the Times "has had -to give place to the Standabd, and where the latter circulates numerously to the totaV Exclusion 9^l former; We- hare no ? objebtiibti fo'tW title whatever. Mr Croskery's inaugural sale this after* noon topened most auspiciously, the general yet energetic demeanour and rapid business style, of the auctioneer, securing for him the' favour of his audience. The sale was m all respects a success. Acts of restitution : Which rise to the level of heroism are recorded by the 'European Mail,' which states that Mr A. Winterbottom, who failed r at( thirteen years ago for L 50.000, has discharged m full all the debts he incurred; while~Mr '■ C\ Newton, of Sydney,' who owing to an unfavourable season failed' ten years since for L40,00Q, has justly a turn of luck been able to honorably pay up to the last penny. ; „,,;"' ..;..■?■■ We reserve certain comments 'on other matters so delicately touched iiponin ah article entitled " A Mare's Nest," till a subsequent occasion, and till we have an opportunity of obtaining certain information. ' , .;'■""■ " ' " "i •■■■•'' ' i, '. . ! -It is estimated thab the value of cooksfoot seed to be saved m the flawera district this year is not far short of £20,000. The Miranda has lost 30 .per cent, of 'her ere w:by desertion while on the Aub* tralian station. A collection for the poor was taken up recently at LilieV'FranceJ'duringa'fSte/and" it was.: belief ed to have realised no less than. LIOOO. Upon counting the cash, however, it dwindled down to LBoo,as bad coins, buttons, and pieces of metal were found m great abundance m the contribution boxes. The Auckland Star says, — Mr Bryce has not m any way raised his character for tact and civility by his recent action m { Iprerenliiiig.a/ hospitable' [reception being 1 accorded to Tawhiao by the Mayor of Wanganui. The foot race between Captain Jackson Barry and John Walker comes off m Wellington some time during the present month. r ihe match is for LIOO aside, for 50 or 100 yards. William Ensly, a farmer who lives five miles west of Johnstown. Bateatown, was awakened by some.on«;tryin|sjjtobre|lkintp tiiq'TioUse. After determining first "what steps to take, he cautioned his wife to lie 'still m bed, then he took down his shot* gun, intending if he got sight of the prowler .to shootiiim. After a few minutes' search he returned itiside Jot the i&use, and seeing a figure standing m front of him, and supposing it to be a man he discharged his gun, billing hjs wife instantaneously. She lived only long enough to exclaim, "Oh, Will, you have killed ■me-; take care of the baby, and meet me m heaven." The Bay of Plenty Times (Tauranga) has returned to a tri-weekly issue. In doing so it sayaic is.compelled.by th,e bad timeß and the' falling off of suppo'rt 1 ;' ' : The vital statistics throughout the: colony for the month of January show an! unusually large proportion of deaths. i MrsHampson is at present conducting a' mission at Timaru. j In Melbourne, on the 15th inst., and a' few days previous, the heat was excessive.: In Bourke Streeia thermometer registered ! 112deg m the shade,and 165deg m the sun. 0 If TankeirXuniber^s " tr^uflersW/'at : Terrace End Store. I Sheep Shearer'8 a trouaers ss, at Terrace "End Store. Juvenile Suits from 6s, 'tt Terrace' End Store.! ?. .* f\ \ \ I ;.. n " ißpjs's andVjYoaths'c Suits from 245, at . Terrace End Store- ' -- -Splendid Stock of Colonial Clothing, at Terrace End Store. I