LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 84, 15 March 1883, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

It is reported that Sir John Henry Lefroy will assume the Governorship of Ceylon for a year, pending the arrival of Sir Arthur Gordon. An extraordinary exhibition of confidence in the honesty of the British postal service ia mentioned in the lrst annual report of the Postmaster-fteneral. A£s Bank of England note, without any cover whatever, was folded, addressed, and stamped and posted at Leeds. On being discovered in the mail it was enclosed in a registered letter envelope and forwarded to its destination. Yesey Stewart purposes floating a com* pany in London for the purpose of exporting frozen meat from the Bay of Plenty. Three immense dredges for excavating the Panama Canal are being constructed at Philadelphia. One was launched on the 21st December. It is believed that this is the largest dredge in the world, being 100ft ldng, 60ft in breadth, and 12ft in depth. It is named, Count de Lesseps. The second of these boals will be launched this month, and the third in March. They will cost, with their machinery, altogether £80,000. .- I The new Governor of Westerc Australia was at oue time a newspaper reporter on { the staff of the London Times. William E. Dodge, a welNknovro New York merchant, fell dead in his room on the 6th February . He was worth 10,000,000 dollars. ' The death is announced of Mrs Janet Bruce, an Auckland colonist since 1839. The season for shooting, native game * will commence on Thursday, 22nd instant, and for other game on the Ist May. In the Melbourne Police Court lately, a barrister complained of the way in which the police hunted up trumpery cases, and neglected their proper duties of the pro* lection of property. He stated that he had scarcely left home. for his holiday before his house was broken .into, and; a quantity of valuable jewellery arid platestoTeu therefrom. He desired also to state that no burglar would again have his services,' as he was not going to defend m6n who, immediately his back was turned, robbed i his house/ | Wanganui is offering a very substantial attraction for the Easter holidays in the shape of a 'Volunteer- Eiicftmpmerit, which > promises to be a great success. As cheap trains willibe running, and in the absence of public gatherings in Manawatu, Wan« eranui will probably be the attraction of the coast, during the Easter holidays, i Some sections in a Rangitikei paper township, known by the name of Leeds* town, were sold at auction recently at 10s each. So much for paper townships. We remind our readers of Mr Horace Bent's entertainment this evening, at the Foresters' Hall, which should command extensive patronage on the part of the general public. Additions have been made to the catalogue of Mr Snelson's horse sale on Saturday, oomprißing some special entries that should commend themselves to the attention of dealers and the general public. Mr Bentley returned from Wellington last evening, having purchased largely, and, as he informs us, very advantageously in the Southern market. He states his being in a position to offer better value than ever before, and to have a stock that ii rtally well worth inspection.

Mr F. Strntf.jni solicits ihe patronage of the public for his coachbuilding eitublishment, in Ran^ittkei-street, which *s now in fall working order, and turning out some excellent specimens of the coachbuilders' art. An alteration this day made to Mr J. B. Hamilton's advertisement will be noticed, announcing the la3t week of the special cheap sale which has lately been 'going on at his establishment. -To-morrow is the day of Dr Curl's weekly visit to Palnaeraton, and patients | should endeavour to meet him as early in the afternoon as possible, as his visit is necessarily brief. His consulting rooms are at Remington's as usual. : A special notice to ratepayers will be found elsewhere, to which'they will find it to their interest to pay attention. The Marl borough House new advertise* trieht of seasonable specialties, and bargains for the public in new goods, will appear to«morrow. This was the day on which Mr Cro3se, surgeon-dentist, should have paid his ' professional visit to Palmerston, but his letter of instructions for inserting an advertisement in the Standard having mis -carried, the public were not made aware of the fact. The frequent mibcarriage of letters when plainly addressed, causes very great annoyance, and should be more carefully guarded against by the postal department. A consignme it of American brook rout received at Wanganui were found to be all bad. Mr Bills, of Dunedin, announces his arrival ,with singing and talking birds, paroquets, and birds of many varieties, and plumage. The total financial proceeds of the Wesleyan services yesterday represented £130. Mr and Mrs Griffith left Palmerston tq*«?ay for Woodville, en route for Weilington, thence to Auckland, and home via 'Frisco. We cordially wish them a pleasant and safe journey. The affiliation case, Paltridge v. Taylor, occu pied the R.M. Court to»day, and during cross-examination by Mr Hankins, the plaintiff indulged in a hysterical fit, and had to be removed from the Court j necessitating the adjournment of the case.