LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 33, 14 March 1883, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

•■' As m Instance' of' the working of the cumulative Vote at elections' for School Committees, "wg'notice that atOtakithe second on. the list polled 28 votes, made up by four persona giving Beven each. The gentfemen atlth'etbp of the poll had only 30 votes, but it took tec person to make that number up between £hem. H^M.S. Nelson is - expected /to pay another visit to Wellington, arriving there on Friday nex ■'[ y . • „ • ■ y Speaking at the T banquet to the Grover« nor in' Cnristchurcn, Mr Meares said—- *• It is onlyVlsseiuS;: I jthin,k, einipe the first ship luden with wheat lletf t Lyttelton for ; England. It was then thought a hflzardoua and foolish experiment. Event* have proved the contrary, and the crop of has increased to that extent that we stall "require ho less 1 -than 100 ships this season, , and we shall be proud to think' that the export Will be £10 pei head ;pi the population of ;this province." Messrs Holcroft and Richards, of Wanganui| tidVer'tiae that their representative will visit P^lmerston, , FeUaing, Saadon, and Bulls, with samples to arrange witl farmers and others {tibbut grass seeds, clovers, oats, and other .produce, alsotc take'orders' for Deering' Twine Binde „8, The .dates, of the .: proposed visits will be found m the advertisement. Mi/ Remington's" altered advertisemenl appears elsewhere. . ; MrjCiabbe's musical, notice appear over the leader. ■ MriOobbe is a; very proficenl mysiciahi r aed as a : tuner Has had long ex« peri^n%l : "His 'services slibuld ofteh b« : ini requiaiiip^i^' '-muwcal gatherings ir •and around Palmerston. . . All^apprehenßions of a water famine it Wellington are : now removed; the supplj m the reservotv having greatly increased ' A correspondent sends the Ballarai "Star the 1 foridwing :^-" Cure' for Can* cer. — fEwopuncija pf ; sulphur, half an ounce quicksilver, ibne ounce of cream ol tartar.'half an; ounce of saltpetre, putjintc pint of 1 molasses; stir well ; take a; tabled spoonful before going to bed each, night. For outside application— One bottle of British oil, one. ounce, o| red. precipitate. The sulphur and:, quicksilver, must, be thoroughly mixed for a long time m a mortar, and the other 'ingredients added. I wish every paper m thVland7Wbuld pub" lish this, so that m after years I could have the'satisf action of krio wins: that many had Deen^sayed from horrible suffering and death by its use." Me*srs Stevens & Gorton's Borough Sale took place yesterday, and the entries, especially m ehqep, wer^ exceptionally numerous, special accommodation being provided." ' ■ ... | Advertisements from Messrs Holcroft and -jßiphardSn ; . .-Remington, Cobb and others appears m to-day's issue. jThe Feilding Lodge 1 pf ;Odd Fellows was formally inftugnrated last evening.' It has been pointed out to us that by the Building Societies' Act 1880, the operations of those ( bodies are exempt from Stamp Duty. We will deal more m detaril with the clauses of the Act referred to to«morrow. Larrikiem m Sydney, has got to a pitch which justifies the strongest; measures m .its repression. In the theatre lately "a brutal rough m the gallery threw a gingerbeer bottle at a young lady m the stalls, inflict* ing a terrible. wound on her head. ■■■ ■ : It is reported that personation to an enormous extent was carried on m the recent West Sydney election. One individual has Bince informed a defeated candidate that he voted no less than sixteen times, and cannot now get paid for his services. (Three successive; Sjpeakers .'of the tycporitm Assembly have been knighted; vizi, Sir Francis Murphy, Sir Charles M'Mahon, and Sir Charles Gavan Dufff.- .' MrJPeter,. Lalor is the present Speaker, and all fonr nre ol Irish birth. T/." ;•-•.. - •- - Te Whit i declares thiit v he " made him•self come back ngainl" Te Whiti's mama" 'will be greater then erer. The mantle of jthe prophet has not been rent m twain. ! jThe white horse, ,will not be wanted.