LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 76, 22 February 1883, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

1 In a recent issue the Mai ton paper -de- 1 ! vetes a lengthy paragraph to the fact that ' the trousers of a small boy were fastened with a pin, the/ button having come off,: and further relates how the youth was pricked with the pin. This piece of news is on a par with the Masterton item telling how a cat got .its, head judimed into a ! fam-pot.! , The rage, for •' news" is laid to! be a characteristic of the nineteenth century. It will oast £14, 000, C00 to lay down the requisite plant to supply the whole of London with the electric light. i It appears that the mcc of the'.bi* dredce at Port ohalmers, has. disclosed the alarming fact th t the bar to that harbor is composed of solid rock, gifing a depth various** ly stated at 21ft, to 24 at low water This will be a diffirult matter tojget rid of. ' '• The hotels m the Hot Lake district are ju6* now crowded with visitors not only from. New Zealand, but from Australia aod Europe. Our sanatorium is justly getting a world-wide reputation. A boy named Coulson, about eight years of age. was taken to the Wellington hospital a few days ago suffering from contusions and lacerations of the leg. He had endeavoured' ta climb into a dray while it was m motion, and got his leg jammed between the spokes of one of the wheels and the side of vehicle. This should be a lesson to Palmerston boys, who are given to the same kind of fun. A Property Assessment Act notice ap« pears else where. . ~^ Th^ quarrel between Harvey and! Falloon was amicably adjusted to«day, without xecourse to legal procedure. !

Ontorplllara liavo nppoarcd iv great nunn berß m the districts around Mount Eg* mont. Jenkins the defendant m the Rnngitikei assault case, has obtained bail and been released from gaol. Mr Whitworth Ru«sel wa3 m Palmerston to-day m the interests of the New Zealand Trust & Loan Company. Mr Shelson announces a specia 1 sal* for Saturday next. Tho items are catalogued m advertisement elsewhere. Messrs Stevenß & Gorton elsewhere announce the catalogue for their next sate at the Denbigh sale yard, Feilding. Other entries may be expected before sale day. The Dramatic meating was adjourned on Tuesday through lack of attendance of those interested. We are informed the adjourned meeting will be held on Friday. . We learn that our paragraph slating that a meeting of. the Scotch Lodge of Fred Mason had baen held on Tuesday ereniug.was incorrect, as no Scotch Lodge of Free Masons is yet m existence m PaU inerston. A garrulous old woman was wandering round last evening insinuating that the ram fair at Bulls had been a failure, because ah© only saw one Palmerston man go to it.' Well, well I As if all the Palmerston psopl* must naeds K o and tell tb« old danij whither bound, and their private busmen. The d«ar old lady can dry her tears and wipe her specs. The sale (which ,was not announced m her scandal bag pawed off moat aucces*fully, (vide the commercial report elsewhere) and the parsons ohiefly interested, viz., the vendors, are more than satisfied. A Palmerston man, of whom there ware many present, was among the largest buyers. This is a repetition of a former yai a of a similar kind m reference to theOroua sale. No .wonder the ancieut female gets vexed with herself, and is at croaa purposes with humanity; ia general and advertisers m particular* A competent machinist and engine-dri-ver desires employment, and will accept moderate wages. Notice is]offically given that the direca ,tors of the Wellington iManawafcu Railway Company hate made a call (the third) of Is per share on the capital account of the Company. The call is payable before the 6th prox^t any branch of the Bank of New Zealand. ; The rain sat m last evening m real 'earnest, and a steady down-pour fell all night, cooling the air, refreshing the thirsty earth, and doing an amount of good to the whole district. jThe visitation wat univaraally weleoined. Three female lunatici were Bent down last night from Wanganui by the Tui to Wellington. They were Mn Miller, lately » patient ia the Hospital ; Mra Clarke, of Feildin/[ ; and Mra Mcllldoie, of Hawera. Constable Ward went m charge of them