LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 66, 10 February 1883, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Messrs King Bros, advertise erasa«seed for:8ale ; guaranteed clean and from old pastnres. The priceß are quoted in^ advertisement. MrH". McNeil advertises that stock running on his property will be sold un* less claimed and n expenses ipaid y within seven days frdm'dateY v l: • ~ " A schnapper was caught m Wellington harbour which turned the scale at 28£lbs. It must have been a boomer. At arecept;Sjale ojpec.tions m Wanganui certain properties were offered by auction, and were withdrawn at £500. They were offered a few days afterwards, without reserve, but were knocked down at£325 f The advertisement m reference to a couple of draught horges and dray wanted was accidentally left .out last -night, It will be found m our " wanted " column. We re^et to hear of the death of Miss Snelsqn, sister of Mr Gy M. jSnelaon, who passed away on Thnrsday after a severe illness. We v tender our respectrul sympathies to the relatives of the deceased lady m their sad bereavement. Further additions have been made to Messrs Stevens and Gorton's advertise* ment for their next sale at the Borough Yards, at which a large number of stock will be oflered. A horse wa3 taken from' Mr Hawkins' paddock last night, and the owner firmly bfltyeves it ha 3 been stolen. It was tied by a rope to a log, aud rope and log and horse have till vanished. , A considerable number of advertise" ments from Wanganui, Wellington., and other places will appear as room can be made for them m our at present crowded columns. There are now 1356 miles of railway open m Victoria.

The it. s ht ■&?«£.{:!'■ $£ n c } ft^teid'] rtrilvetl iii. I'ahittrSKiii Uti yvi/nii'g. U.o ' is atajinor at WVikley'a Eiotel, arid will conduct Diviue Service at All Saints' Church to-morrow. A serious accident occurred a few days ago to the boot 3 of the Railway T-rminus Hotel, Chriatchurch, named James Reid, who has friends at Oamara. He was picked up insensible m the back yard with a fractured skull and broken leg. There is little hope of lria recovery. It is supposed he fell from a third storey window while cleaning it. [He has since died.) By telegraph we learn of the arrival, m London, of the s.s. Sorrento, from Port Chalmers. The Sorrenlo sailed on the 7th of December last, and has thus made the passage m 61 days. Over £3000 was received at Sandhurst as fees for publicans' licenses for 1883. A man was recently fined at Burra for cutting the ear 3 off a number of sheep. The French residents of Sydney propose to hold a demonstration m honour of M. Granibetta. The Brisborne Courier is of opinion that representative government is breaking down m "Victoria. : It ia proposed that Bismarck's system of compulsory insurance shall be introduced into Victoria. •^Ve -have to thank the Government printer for the receipt of a budget of Parliamentary Papers. An 'addition 'has been -made to tho Horticultural Society's advertisement, which will appear m our next issue. 'We hear that the Chairman of the County Council has been specially requested to attend the public meeting on Monday. evenjng,re Highway and County Council administration. - Mr W. Hale; : joiner is just putting the finishing touches oh a very handsome door, w,hich he intends exhibiting at the Horti* cultural Show. Ihe framework i 3 of red pine, the panels of mottled kauri, and the mouldings of ebony. We should like to se.e a: competititive exhibition organized among. the. ranks of; the workers m wood. The Wellington PoHt has reached its eighteenth anniversary, and announces the purchase of a four-feeder machine to print at the rate of 7,000 per, hour. The value of gold coin issued during 1882 from the Victorian branch of the Royal Mint'wa : s L 2,519,003., 519,003. Some clever swindlers have been sue- i cesful m passing off a number of counter* ! feit bank notes recently m Sydney. Adelaide has tweuty*fi re miles of pas* senger tramways/ accommodating the ] public, and yeilding good profits to the owners. In Queensland any solicitor of five years' .standing is eligible to be appointed a judge of the Supreme Court or District Court. ...;..' The new Government m New South Wales have announced their intention of making all promotions m the Civil Service by seniority.