LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 75, 5 March 1883, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

•Notice is given that the partnership existing m the firm of Anderson and Janson has bean dissolved by mutual con« sent as from the Ist insfc. Mr Janson is to carry en the Wellington branch of the business, and Mr Anderson that at Sanson. It is announced that the Church of England Brzaar and Gift Auction will be held on Wednesday and Thursday 'in Easter ; week; Mrs Stewart, on old resident of Bul!s, died recently m Wellington. Mrs Stewart was woll-known to the old identities .of Turakina and Rnngitikei. ,■ ■: ") The framework of the new Wesleyan Church is now m position, and the work of erect'on is proceeding. , / The catalogue for Messrs Stevens and Gorton's next sale at the Borough Yards is announced m advertisement. The pulpit at All Saints' Church was j yesterday occupied by the Rev. Mr Leech, the lately ordained minister, who, we regret to learn> does not enjoy, yeiy robust health. ' • • ! ! ■ -•• ■ J Mr R. Math!°son, of Karei,?, is inviting tenders for felling about 60 acres of bush. Particulars will be found m advertisement. ' The Rev. Mr Williams preached the anniversary sermons m connection with the Wesleyan Sunday School m the Pub* lie Hall yesterday morning and..eyening. On both occasions, the hill was; crowded, ■ m the evening especially several being compelled to stand, there not being sufiU cient seats available. The rev. gentleman also addressed .the children m the afternoon; at ■; the I .Wesleyan /-.(Jnarch, the children attend'ng m large nvmbers with their parents and friends. Special hymns were sung at each of the services, reflecting great credit on the training they had received from the choirmaster, Mr T. C. Hartley. The collection for the day amounted to £9 12s Bd, being an increase on the previons year of £2 or £3. It was announced that the memorial stone o! the new churcu would be laid by Mrs W. P. Griffiths, of London, on Wednesday, week, the Beve. Taylor (ex-president), Worker, and others taking part m the ceremony, , : The Wellington E.M. still appears to be unpopular with the Wellington Bar, Press, and public. His disposition is so angular, crotchety, and obatinßte that he can scarcely help ranking enemies. The first steamer of the direct service is expected to reach Wellington about the middle of the present month. The immense influx of grain on the southern railways threatens to cause a serious blockade, the rolling stock being quite inadequate. The Palmerston Borough Council holds its next monthly meeting on Wednesday evening.];

Mr A. Forbea deliverer! hi 3 promised lecture to a fair house on Saturday even« ing. We ueed scarcely say that his audience were delighted with the interesting narrative of events described by the lecturer. He will lecture m Feilding this -evening, and probably m Foxton to«morrow. Business people m Palmerston are loudly complaining of the universal dullness of trade and unprecedented scarcity bfjnoney/ - The District Railway Manager is at present.in Dunedin. What's m the wind ? The monthly meetinor of the" Manawatu " County Council will take place to-morrow. Mr J. B. Hamilton's cheap sale of drapery, &c, is attracting large crowds of people to that welMcnown establishment. During this and next week Mr Hamilton will offer some of the cheapest drapery and clo thing iever seen m this county- Such an opportunity seldom occurs here to have the pick of such an extensive stock at wholesale prices. We advise our readers to see' tor. themselves. |W. "Vjif. Gudgeon, the defendant m the I Auckland case, has cleared out for Sydney.;; ' ■■■;.. ••;■ . -■ ;'. '' ; " ;,. '" The. site of the Wangahui Pilot Station threatens to melt m the river by the en« croachments of the channel. Fifteen years ago it was a high bluff, but it is fast dis« appearing. Messrs Stevens . & Gorton's manager, with an assistant, was kept busy all to-day weighing? and' despatching very extensive orders of grass-seed to several settlers* who have bought largely, arid affirm that finer and cleaner seed has never been offered m Manawatu. Many thought" the sample,beibg'sd superior to anything ever shown m the district, would be of a better r qu'ality than the bulk to arrive; but now 'that it; is opened it is found the contents of the bags are fully equul to the sample, and as' we have said before are a very excellent article. • The mother of the Rev. Mr Griffiths, Wesleyan Clergyman, reached Palmerston on Saturday evening. This lady has been travelling all over the world, and will return home via San Francisco. ■■ ■ v ■ .■ •■ ' ■ :■""■■ Mr Dimond on Saturday met with an accident -when getting a horse shod, the animal striking him on 'the head with its fo/e-fbot, and causing a deep abrasion. In 1881 there were 231 twin births and 3 triplet births registered m Victoria. It is estimated that .there are 9 persons to the square mile throughout, Victoria. A box containing human bones has been discovered m "the ' California Gully, Sandhurst. It is estimated that there are 780 aborigines m the colony of Victoria, 460 males and 320 females. Adelaide volunteers are prohibited from smoking m the streets going toj or returning from parade. . The. Finke River, m Central Australia, has flooded the country m its vicinity for over. 150 miles.. .; . . . Spofforth, says a Melbourne paper,! seeks for reputation as a demon pugilist as well as a demon bowler. Mrs Oakes, one of the oldest native* born Australians, died at her residence, Parramatta, recently, aged 95. A bush fire iv the Mount Loftus range, South Australia, extended over 25 square miles... Considerable damage was done. Tents on the Victorian goldfields numbered 37, 169 m 1861 ; m 1871 they were reduced to 2255, and m 1881 there were only 717. Mr Ernest Giles, the explorer, reports the existence of some excellent country with good water west of the Peake, South Australia The Melbourne Argus gives an instance of a big feat of telegraphy on the o?casion of Mr Service's speech at Castle™ maine. Three and somefmes four wires were m übb during the night, and m all 36,597 words were transmitted, about 14,000 of which were for the Argus alone, the balance being made up of messages sent to half a dozen other papers. The Argus report was commencal at a quarter to 9 o'clock , the last word of it'wai trans* mitted at 25 minutes past 1 o'clock, and the office was cleared of messages at 10 minutes past 2. It is understood "thatJJ'the amount of Property Tax already received is over L 152.000, as against an estimated yiold of L 150,000. The senior sergeant of police at each i town of the colony has been appointed the person to make applications to Magis* t rates under the Industrial Schools Act, 1802. It is formally notified by the EegistrarGsneral that " the name of theßuv. Ed« ward Litton Cams- Wilson has been removed from the Jist.of officiating ministers, under the Marriage Act, 1880, be* longing to the Church of the Province of New Zealand commonly called the Church of England.-at the request of the Right Reverend the Bishop of Wellington. The Marton paper says tbat the recent ve*y heavy rains, combined with the great -hoafer have done a good deal of damage to the wheat m the district, causing it to become sprung. The wet has got into the stacks, and many of them are being pulled down for the purpose of dry* ! ing. It is thought that any wheat remains ing m the Btook must be seriously injured*'- ' ' ■•■:■■■''•■ . The Povei-y Bay Herald states that for 24 small allotments jn a new viHage m Poverty Bay, put up by Government at LlO per acre upset thore were 303 ape pli cants. The JRer. William Ansdell Leech, 8.A., who was recently ordained by the B'shop of Wellington m St. Pau"s, Thorndon, and has since been appointed to the cure of Pslmerston North, has been placed on the list of officiating minister* u&der the Marriage Act.