LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 105, 11 April 1883, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr W. B. Dimobd left Palmerston/ to-day ea route for Melbourne, thinking that a. change of air and scene will be beneficial. Of late his health has not been very robust, and his many friends, m Palmerston will be glad to hear of hie entire restoration; We wish him a pleaeant journey. The local Times keeps fruitlessly fight* ing the wind over County Council matters. It ia a pity our little contemporary cannot be made to sac that it is disgusting its readers and cutting its own throat (of course, we mean metaphorically speaking), by such conduct. These must be the ultimate results most undoubtedly. Perhaps he may think it is none of our business ; out we could not see him rusb headlong to destruction without giving a friendly warning, and making at least an effort to arrest his rash'career. We feel for him m his troubles, though we must admit that he has only himself to blame* An offical notice appears elsewhere of interest to carters and others plying for hire, and to which their attention is directed* We learn that the Commercial Hotel is to be considerably enlarged by addition of a private entrance, m Main-street with suites of rooms upstairs, and a spacious apartment on ■ the ground floor. It is evident Host Walkley's trade is rapidly improving and he has firm confidence m the future of the place. Nothing further has been heard of the schooner Hannah Barratt, and it is feared she has turned turtle and gone to the bottom. Poor old Captaia Renner, her master, was perhaps the oldest skipper on the New Zealand coast. We remember him m charge of the Stormbird, and ! Wonga Wonga, some 20 odd years ago* Owing to the rivers being m high flood yesterday, the mail coach failed to reach Poxton m time to catch the train. Judging by the condition of some of the newspaper mails, the weather on the coast must have been very severe, TheOentral Queensland Meat Export .Company has declared a dividend of 8 per cent, and this m the facejof a large ex penditure, interrupted operations, and the writiujj off of considerable sums.

Many people m New Zea'and have never seen a Bank of England note. Mr Fenton, of the Royal, has one for £5 m his possession, which was given him ag currency by a tourist. It bears date June, 1882. It appears the traveller ran short of gold; and had to fall back on paper money of this description. It will be remembered that once Bank of England notes are paid back to the bank, they are never under any circumstance re-issued, being periodically burnt m furnaces m the bank premises. The note mMr Fenton's hands will be a curiosity to many. It ia the smallest note (£5) issued by that banking institution, connected with which are so many interesting associa* tions. • The Standard Extra published last night containing some very imported cable news, which did not appear m any other paper m the district,, was. eagerly perused wherever distributed. The matter came to hand too late to get m the paper. • At the Court toaday Michael Dalton was fined 10s for fighting m the Square, md Michael: Walsh, alias " Happy Jack,' £2, or 4 months m jail, for larceny from the peraou, and 10a for using obscene language, John Walsh, for using obscene language, was fined LlO or 3 months m jail. was a heavy rainfall yesterday, and again this ' afternoon, when the floodgates appeared properly opened. That old landmark, the block-house on the Rutland Hill Wanganui, is to be removed. It has seen some stirring events m its time.