The Manawatu Standard PUBLISHED DAILY.) Suivant la verites MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1883. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 73, 19 February 1883, Page 2

Manawatu Standard PUBLISHED DAILY.) Suivant la verites MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1883. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A youth named George Dungan, employed,in some capacity m the Times office, was seen tearing off and otherwise defacing the Standaed publishing board on Saturday evening. We give this precocious youngster a friendly caution not to repeat the trick, otherwise he may find himself m an awkward predicament, as we do not intend T to put up~wltn this species of senseless larrikiniam. We are surprised that after the Times itself has had to complain through the same source of annoyance, that one of its own employes should have been the first to be caught m fiagrante delicto. O tempora ! 6 mores. During Mr Healy's absence m the South, m the interests of this paper, which may extend over several days to come, some accounts have been placed m the band* of Mr E. Marsh, for collection, with whom a prompt settlement is re* quested. We trust the Press Association will dis•eminate the result of the Boots. Jones case as widely as they did the shameful telegram sent to it by its Feilding correspondent. This would only be simple justice. Writes the Greytown correspondent of a Wellington paper :-r-A number of Popple are anxiously inquiring as to the where* abouts of a certain Thomas J. Phillips, a travelling book-agent, who some tim* ago induced many people to pay him a guinea, for which they were to* receive; copie'sfof certain books. Neither the books nor the agent seems to have been heard of siace. . The bankruptcy is announced of B. B. t)avis, laborer, ' ogFoxtenl / " A Besident" accuses one of the Stan* daid staff of stone throwing near the Commercial Hotel on Saturday evening;. We shall make inquiries into the matter. Urgent appeals were being made to* day on behalf of the funds of the Garrick Club, but we hear with iridiffecenKsuc 3 ' cess. The Manawatu County Council ii inn viting tenders for the repairs to the Fox* ton ferry punt. Mr MaNeiLis advertising a well-brad bull for sale. The finder of a buggy lamp-sooket, lost on the Feilding road will bo rewarded on bringing it to this office. . W^ll the .Ma wHft -proffered^ :their. services as runners ~f6r " the call at the office during Wednesday, so that arrangements can be made. WeJ are 80 , rr y to earn at out . Ao'iangi parcel has been irregular m its delivery of late, but 5 we can assure our subscribers m that locality, through no fault of this office. It appears they are. hot put oufc of the guards vans at the^ proper place. -' The ' correspondence between Messrs Cayanagh and Honors, anent those mjss« ing lollies, and "what became of ttiem, must now ceasi, as the public have had -enough of the controversy. We learn that the Union Steam Ship" ping-Company holds the proud position 'ofjbeing the fifth largest steamer com« panyinthe world. .. We have received a strong letter from a Eeilding resident denouncing the local paper as the organ of a petty clique. We do not deem it advisable to publish the communication, as i the language is unneceaaarily severe, m our opinion. We learn that Free Thought is making rapid strides m Feilding, thr body now including a large number of residents. Poor Mrs Clark, whose mental condition needs careful attention, was sent away by train on Saturdayl evening m charge of Constable Price. Her recent bereavement and misfortunes appear to have shattered her reason. Messrs Humphrey and Sons, m conse* quence of the illness of Mr Humphrey, have deoided to relinquish their Bilmerston buaioesa, aud a complete clearing out sale, to last only 14 days, will bo announced to-morrow.

Mr Crosse is to pay his professional Tiait to Palmersfcon next Wednesday, the day after to-morrow. The meeting m connection with cricket is to take place on Wednesday evening, at the Commercnl Hotel. The nomination of the Rev Mr Boots, of Haweraj has been received for one of the •vacancies m; the Wan^anui Education Board*! Auctioneers' advertisements if desired to appear m the Standard on the same day, must be m the office not later than noon, otherwise their insertion cannot be guaranteed. Ostrich farming baa proved a success upon the Murray Downs m Australia. John Tobin, exaPresident of the Hud- | son river railroad, formerly a millionaire, and a man whose operations set the Stock Exchange m an uproar, and .influenced •peculations all over the country, has become an utter wreck physically as well as financially, He was arrested m New York recently for drunkenness. '■ r The Eor. Mr. Brittan, upon whose conduct with girls m his congregation at Papanui 'an ; ihquiry was some time ago demanded, has resigned his charge. It is a curious coincidence that the Pioneer, 1 the vessel wrecked near Toi Toi, within a mile of the remains of the illfated Tararua, should ■ contain the monument that , is to be erected over the graves of those who perished m that dreadful wreck. The munument h»s, with a/ few rolls of wire and some corn* sacks, been rescued from the waves. With reference to the application for assistance made by local bodies under "The Roads and Bridges Construction Act, 1882/' applications not made m terms of the Act will have to be renewed m time for consideration with the others to, arrive on or before the 30th June next* - At a meeting of the Building Com* mittee of the Education Board, held on Wednesday, the following tenders were accepted for the erection of additional schools m the Wanganui educational dis« l nct . — For Baaconsfield school, accepted] John Zaiosukouski's tender j for Manchester school, accepted, A. R. Munro's tender.' The architect's report was adopted, and it wai resolved to advertise for ten* ders for painting all school buildings plans and specifications of the whole to be seen at the architect's office, Wahgauui, for ten days, aud then to be distributed to Marton, Palmeratqn, Patea, and Hawera. The trains between Waverley and Nukumaru, on the way to Wanganui, were recently brought to a standstill through countless thousands of cater* pillars on the rails. The officials had to sweep and sand the metals before the trains could proceed. There must be a good demand for draught horses m Sydney just now, as on the last two or three trips of the Wakatipu she. took up a large number. The Hauroto, which sailed recently, had also on board 45. The long continuing drought has had a perceptible effect on vegetation at the Lower Hutt, many of the gardens presenting a withered, appearance. It is also, -that the hawthorn hedges are suffering severely from the attacks of a small caterpillar, myriads of those pests, feeding on the leaves, the hedges m some places being nearly denuded of their leaves.