LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 131, 10 May 1883, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

" One of the pablic" writes : — " I f^ar our publi clibrary is ,80 ,m ;n'^me\/\pnly. What becomes of" Hhe^Gra'phio, Borne News, &c. ,that copies never can be seen. The entire file of the Home .News from the 12th of December 1882 to the 13t.h.0f March 1883 \'is ' invisible. Who is responsible 1 Really, Sir, this kind of thing 3hould receive the attention of the Library Committee.? TJie ;• complaint is one that.you msy ihear^ Jevery day aVd from scores of people." The Ready Money Store is to. theifore .again .with, some specialties for the sporting season. By advertisement elsewhere it will be founds "thas Vsinerle ;and double barrel guns, and all d'eficriptiofta of sportsmen's requisites, also ammunition of the best brand can be .obtained at Very, moderate prices. We : expeo-t this special 'line-' will find an extensive sale during the next few weeks. To«morrow is Dr Curl's usual visiting . day eb.OPalmer'ston, and patenits can consult him professionally at Remington's Medical Hall after l,p^m^ : ■■■/■ f j^'- •;• \ i At a sale m Wairarapa'thW' was sold a box containing a human skull and differ«T ent bones of .the human' body* : wbich ' appeared to be objects of general snterest J and cum petition. , The National Insurance Company, has declared an interim dividened for the half-year a.G, the rate of 20 per cent, per annum. There is a serious outbreak of measles at Carterton. It is stated that fully 150 scholars are absent from the public schools on account of illness. j

The Oiiainnau of tlvj hVmcation B >s.id (Me Watt) opened tenders yesterday for tho additions to tho Halcombe School buildings, tho tender of Mr Rabone at £]32lUa was accepted. We direct special attention to the continuation of tbo bankrupt stock of jewellery at Mr Snelson'a auction mart next Saturday. The stock is 'now -on view at the Royal Hotel. ■ The Morning Herald says :— " There i? at present m Duuedin a • considerable amount of commercial depression ; the wheels of business are. nob Tunning smoothly, nor are paople generally pleased with their prospects. Numerous houses are v.icmt of .tenants* and bet.w en Wife's Corner and the <>ctagon uliere " are half a dozen shops standiag empty. Once busy Stafford Street is now almost a wilderness. Two and three yeara ago, the most anxious trader desirous to effect a lodgment m the city could not have obtained a corner for his goods either for ove nor money." The reappearance of the Star of Bethlehem is predicted by astronomers for this year or the next. On 11th November, 1472, Tycho Brahe. discovered a star inOassioopein which equalled Siriusand even Venus m brightness for a month, and then fell back into its former insignificance. . Con* jecturehas sought tv establish a connection between this ephemeral phenomenon and two similar apparitions m 1264 and .946.: A not unnatural inference was that the increase iD volume of tl\ia remai kablo star occurred before 945 wh'hjb would bring us to about 630 and 310, »i>d to the date p£ the JSativifcy. This star is now again due. A few days ago Messrs Brown, Camps ell, and Company's clerk at Manctawhare paid a pi:imligger.soire money due to him, and m doing so. .handed the man a five* pound note instead of a one-pound;: note; Some hours subsequently the gunidigger astonished the clerk by.infbrming him ot his mistake and handing him back £4. The cleric caused enquiries' . ;to .be made concerning the identity of the honestg&mdigtrer, and was astonished ; to hear that it was Priestly, the student, recently tried m Auckland for murder. : This bears oat what we said, " that an honest gum-digger is preferable toasni veiling saint any tluy." A me]nncholy nffair took place recently at Bacup, Lancashire. A private ball was given m t lie town, and dancing was kept up to a very, late, or rather early, hour. Duripg one of- the waltzes'' a young lady named Miss Martha Spraorgon, who had throughout the evening been, to all appear* ance, m good health, suddenly sank id to her partner's, arms, and shortly afterwards expired. The guests immediately separated. ...-."■ ■ .: .. The Itaiapoi ' Woollen Manufacturing Company has declared an ; iuterim dividend at the rata of 10 per cent, per annum for six months to. 3lst March last. The Timaru Her.ald lately expressed an opinion thht '/ Major .'. Atkinson : . iSj politically, right m letting, party, .politics alone. The plain truth is that party politics just qow m New Zealand are an unmitigated piece of humbug." Thereupon the TaianakrHtrald says :— " But the greatest humbug m the politic* world is tjie editor ; o'f the JTimaru Herald •himself:'' 1 " • - -■ - - The Post ihderstands that an action involving an important, point under, the* Patent Laws is now pending m that city. The plaintiff is a" gentleman, well knowjj m ' the district, and he is about to seek an injunction restraining a recently* formed company from usiug a certain process for preserving meat, his allegation being that it is his in'^entipn:> and has not been purchased by the defendants. Damages for loss through the utilization of the process are also to.be sought for. The action will probably beheard at the' next civil sittings of; theSupreme Court. ■ ' Herbert Bertram. Veitch, a boy of about 9 years old, thesonof the 4 woman who was convicted on a charge of murder at the late Supreme Oo.urt sittings, was brought up at the .VVanganui Police Court, as being a child having no visible means' of subsistence;— Sergeant Bissat made nn application under. tlie Industrial Schools Act to have the boy taken care of. His relations would have. nothing to do with him, aud ; since his mother's arrest he' had been m charge of Mrs Blight. His Worship, granted . the application, and ordered the boy to be sent to the Burn* banr Industrial School for- seven years. Sir Wm. Fox has a:'letter m the Marton paper on^the local industry question, m which he refers to the difficulty of getting capital to 3tart various industries, and at? tributes the difficulty to the large amount of money spent unproductively . He esti* mates that between VVanganui and the White Cliffs no less than £200,000 is annually " .handed over to the liquor tram" ckei'j .- the gambler, and the horse^ jockey,''' amU -asks, *' How many hard working settlers, aud children of settlers, would the £200,000 employ- if invested reprqductivelv.m local industries?" ] -Tbe^f <)llow.ing .."interesting matrimonial •advertisement *'is appearing m the Post . — " Two young English Tourists, at present on a trip through New Zealand, desif'Cto correspojadmlli two young ladies with a view to marriage. They must be accomplished, and agreeable to travel ; ,ago not to exceed 25. Letters with photos^ Address &c." i The barque Crowntliorpe for London, saile d to' day -'froin^ Wellington. ! According to the Hawera Star, one con» tractor who waited on the Waimate Road Board Jroi' payment of an amou'ut due "sfated ihatlhe hh.d™s6ldj his 196 w< and one horse to pay wages, and had worked more 1 than -itwo months for nothing. If the money was not paid he should be bankn rupt or starve; anyhow, it was the lastcutting he should ever undertake. The apnt>al was.. partly , successful, as a cheque was" passed -~f6r th.e^ .greater part of the money. ; "The next sitttings of the District Court at Palmerston will be held on Monday 1 , the 28fcli instant. The Sheriff (Mr Woon) will draw the jury on "Monday, the 14th instant, the date on which the new jury book comes into force.