LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 100, 5 April 1883, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

To«morrow is the day foi Dr Curl's weekly visit to Palmerston, and he can be cousulted as r usual at Mr Remigton's Medical Hall. We have been asked to contradict a statement that has been set onfoot by some interested parties or other, that Dr Curl's fees are excessively high. As a matter of fact they are not more thtm those usually charged by local practU tioners. We have been asked to state thnt the Palmertton agency of the Wanganui Herald has been removed to Mr H. Graff's shop m Main-street. We are sorry to learn that hia Worship th« Mayor met with rather a severe accident yesterday, which prevented his attendance at Borough Council. It appears that m turning sharply hia horse missed its footing, and fell, causing some severe i bruises to his rider. Mr Jenssen was removed to his residence, and his injuries attended to, and it is hoped that a few day a' rest and nursing will see him about | again. The fall was a severe one, and it is a wonder no bones were broken. ! A decided compliment was paid m Wanganui to Mr Maccabe who is to make his first appearance m Palmerston tonight. A couple who had witnessed his performance m the Home country many years ago, had such favourable recollec* tion of him that they came down specially from the country, once more, if possible, to see the great mimic. As they did not know bis Btay would be so short, they were greatly disappointed to hear he was I gone, and wended their way homewards again chagrined at what they deemed a great loss. We are glad to hear that donations of material for the volunteer drill shed are coming to hand with prompt liberality, and the work of construction is to pro* ceed apace. An experiment Jis now being tried by the Education department m Ireland, which, deserves the attention of English school boards. A. grant is made to a school near Cork for training eons and danyhtwrs of farmers to the practical business of iheir calling. The young men have lessors m almost every branch of agricultural knowledge ; the young women get lesßons m dairy management, also m plain cookery and the economical management of food. Messrß.Kinp Bros, are offering some excellent samples of feed oats, and make a specialty of selling only local produce, believing that a district like this has no necessity to import produce nor issuoh fnir to the farmers.

The projected additions to the railway station will i/oossitate tho great reduction of the present open spaces on each side. On one side the roadway will dome out nearly m a line with Mr Hawkins' office, and on the other with Mr Leary'a shop. The space required is for good sheds, workshops &c. We remind sportsmen that nominations for the Manawatu District Produce Race close on the Ist of May. The still case was proceeding as we went to press, and pomiaes to last several days. Samuel Barnes was m the witness box giving evidence, Nothing especially startling had been as yet elicited. Mr Snelson will sell on Saturday at his mart,among other merchandize, 2uO bushels of malt. Mr D. Eiichen'a business notice will be found elsewhere. A staunch draught horse is advertised for sale. It appears that the Artesian well scheme has collapsed. There are some 500 ratepayers on the Borough roll, of whom about one half are absentees. If therefore only a few signed against the petition, (a clear majority being required by the Act before the scheme can be sanctioned) their opposition would prove fatal. The bankruptcy of John Baahleigh is officially announced elsewhere. Special services- are announced to be held m the Foresters' Hall. The other evening paper asserts that when Cr Bruce said m the County Council he advertised m the Standard becaube of its wide circulation, he meant to say the Times. How Cr Bruce will "smloe a smile" when he sees this apology for a patron committing himself. And how likely for the canny Councillor to throw away a bawbee, ye ken, for an advertisement from which he was to receive no benefit I Just catch him doing it. We have received the report of a special general meeting of shareholders of the Union Bank of Australia (Limited) held on January 29, to which we will make further reference hereafter. The fine drill sheds at Hawera, Manaia, and Opunake were not long required tc meet the purpose for which they wer< erected, says the Wanganui Herald . and the disbanding of the volunteei corps m the various districts has lef them for a time untenanted. ISow th< Haw era shed, with its grand architecture front, is used as a grain store. A corner ol the one at Manaia has been enclosed as i post office, while that at Opunake has beei transformed into a Court-house. Spurious half-crowns are bein g circulated m Wanganui. The Wanganu Herald has seen one of them and is quit< imposaiDle to distinguish it by the eye from the genuine coin — the milling on the edge being perfect, and m every other respect equal m artistic finish. The ole well-known test of rapping it on th< counter discovers the fraud at once, sc that if a coin looks paritcularly new, it . wnnlri ho-Wl to take precaution. It ie possible that the substance will not wear, and that the coin can only be circulated when it is new. A gentleman the other day, into whose hands one of these halfcrowns had fallen, made a small wager he would pass ifc, and he had no difficulty m doing so, of course the explanation being atjonce forthcoming. The Waitara Press records the following. A practical joke was perpetrated on some of our enthusiastic hoodlums the other evening. A resident newly-returned from a brief honeymoon, was threatened with tinkettling" unless he <( shouted," and ou the interesting occasion invited his wellwishers indoors, where they were entertained with buns and beer, the latter com* modity being judiciously strengthened with Epsom salts. The happy pair drank cold tea. The dairy factory at Edeadale, South* land, although doing a fair business, and although every doubt has been removed as to whether or not it would be a paying con. cern, is (says the Southland Times) capable of accomplishing twice the work it now has to perform. About 650 gallons of milk are now daily converted into cheese, and of that quantity only 140 gallons are sup. plied by outsiders. The remainder is the product of the Company's own cows, about 200 m number. The Stratford correspondent of tne Hawera Star writes, under date Saturday: A party of surveyors under Mr Carkeek started from Stratford this morning, to make a flying survey of the country as far as the watershed of the Wanjranui river, and then dowu the valley of the MokauThe object is to see if the country is prac« ticable for the main line of railway to the Wa'kato. No nominations having been made when first appointed to fill a vacancy m i the Patea Borough Council, another day was fixed for receiving nominations. A labouring man, "Billy" Wilson.fondar of beer than work, was daly nominated on Monday, and as there was no legal flaw m the nomination, the Returning Officer had to declare " Billy" duly elected. This has been done as a protest to the manner m which the affairs of the borough have been conducted. It is probable that Bsveral if not all the councillors will now resign.