LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 32, 13 March 1883, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Tenderstare. invited elsewhere for the. erection of police .buildings at Foxton. IToiTdilions*" -&c., may be seen at the Public Works Office, Wanganui, and the Court House, Foxton, But why not at some place in Paimerston 1 .ItJs surely unfair to ask tMderiws to go aH the way t&. Foxton to/Vsae; the. conditions.. • -We trust Mr Stewart, the Resident Engineer, w ill ' Vecommend that i;'= 'the plans and specifications; be \ available to Palm eraton tenderers, of whom there will probably be several. The" Qtfeeni has' now- 1 twenty-six grand children. - : "' '-• \ The late Mr Ben. Smith, who met such a ! shocking death- atiWaipawa recently, barely, escaped with his -life two months ago when eo- r trespassing. ' He was on the linemeap^aipawa, and took no notice of the engine-whistle when it sounded. The brakes Were/ appliedj l and the train was stopped., withi^a. few feet of Mr Smith, who did not until th^n to'th'e danger he had incurred. We learn that his life was insured for LSOO. , ! Apples have been grown. in Auckland weighing- 240z9 j and, upwards. l ! The ; sea« worm, the teredo, a very des» tructive insect,' haa^ade its appearance at jiTimaru, where hawsers lying in the water ;hay?, b'een.destr.oyed iiy it.' I- '■ -XDhere: is. ■ a vi arm of.- 8000 acres in Bexa | O6t(ntyJ Texas,' ' which: to f a : youngster^ j ieyes.mtist .present a; spectacle of delight I jwhioh no ■how; oii ekrth 'can, equal. It is devoted to the raising of , Shetland and j spotted: ponies for, . the ;* special- benefit of jchildrW wtth- -indulgeni; ; parents. ; The i 'diminutive horses roam over the 'prairie with the contentment and docility of ; sheepV and -dri always on'jh.e best terms ! with • each , other., and j with the human ■ family. ;. . ;;.< .7 ,/•[-/,. „ , • ■:■, ' . '.. ■■ The star fclingr- discovery has been made! by Mi Pasteur that- the saliva <gf< a person fasting is venomous, as it contains parasites which will' inoculate. Breaking' the fast deprives it^ie. saliva , of its poisonous quality, as the parasites- /are ..then taken into the stomach with the food. The eminent biologist fives' -for the present oily the fact, and' Satikea ir no rattemot-'atex. planation. 1. _ 'T-hd followiriu advertisement is in the \ ~2oit' ;^«- v Pbr^Bale ? my i ' pet- ponyi Jesiie ; will carry a lady or an angel ; quiet, sound and good trotter;' Price, £5 10a.",.' j The Catholic Eeview says thatC.the Joyce tragedy hte /hadv no; parallel since 1821 } when, at the foot of SHevenamon, TipJieYafyreighteJetf human beings were b^rnt, one being bprn during, the conflla« We are requested to remind all ratepayers who have not paid all rates due in terms of notice?; and who desire to ! have their names recorded on the burgess roll for the ye&riSß3- ] 4;, that -W enable' them to vote f ornaiinicipal. elections for, 1 icons* ing committees it is- absolutely necessary tha^: all rates' should be paid 'on or 'before 'ther3lst- of- ---tbc -present': month.. Any amount, however small, left unpaid disqualifies. .'.'■'■! •:-.-; .:;■ ; ■ ;•