LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 74, 20 February 1883, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Will " A Resident" whe complained of stone throwing m +he neighbourhood of the Commercial Hotel on Saturday event infr, which' he incorrectly attributes to; one of the Standabd staff, please call at' this office. We wish to assist him to saddle the right horse, or rather to assure himself of the identity of the larrikin who bo committed himself. Oat of regard for hia relatives we forbear publishing his name, though it would serve him right were we to do so. Perhaps this will be a, caution to him. It is proposed to amalgamate v the Dramatic Club and Choral Society under the style of the " Combination Company," or •' Happy Family." The post of stage* manager is to be offered to the member who can recite most feelingly^ f Mary Quetfn. of Scots," standing on actable, with harmonium accompaniment. Here's a chance for somebody. i Thft telephone ejchanga' will be m full operation to-morrow m Wellington. z We have made room for some Wanganui advertisement m this issue, but others are still held over till further space cab be obtained m the outside pages. ' We learn that Mr Haultain is shortly, about to go np for examination! m law, under the Act of 1882, for which he has been diligently preparing for some time past. Mr 0. Tricklebank elsewhere publishes a caution / to the Borough Ooaucil m reference to filling up a certain drain, the effect of which it is alleged will be to cause damage to his property. ' To-day is the great Bam Fair at Bulls, "held v by" Messrs "\Stevensj7aliop G&ifon, which, it ib expected, will b"eli~'great*BUCeess. There are a large number of en* tries. ! * A notice to seat-holders m A.U Saints Church will ;be fdundeljßewhero, to which the attention of those interested Js specially directed. ' The., JJanawa^tn- Highway^ B.oar s d. >wil hold its l usual monthly ll meetuig to«ihor» row. I The Outward English Mail via Sail Francisco will close at, iPa^me^ston $Tortli on Friday at 7 45 p.m. i