LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 137, 17 May 1883, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

. Mr D. L. Smitn, manager tor Mr Man« : son, is advertising for bands to fall about 150 acres of bush, and erect 33 chains of wireifencing. Improvements are the : order of the day on Mr Hanson's fine i eatateat'E-airanga. . Tenders for alterations and additions to the Otangaki Hotel close at noon fo- ; morrow. ' ■ Messrs Stevens and Gorton's sale at Aw'ahuri will take place to-morrow. remind our readers that the outward English' m ail ' via 'Frisco will close to-morjrow evening. '"' ■ We uifderstand that Mr Liv ton has ,r.^ceiTe,d-inßtrap(:ions to invite tenders for the ii^years' lease 'of the Scotch Kirk reserve- now occupied by Mrß. ftlanson adjoining the property of Mr Walde*. grave ; at.A:W.apuni. Full particulars will' shortly be advertised. -._: The meaning' bfV the introductory of portion of our leading article yesterday m i the Education question' was somewhat obscure transposition of a line. It should hnvb lead thus :— " We learn that some difficulty has been experienced m obtain* ing an assistarit«teacher for the Government School m Palraerston. One after an pth er has s b een appointed , but several have declined to. come,, and few remain *any length of time.; , We fear the fault lies m the. fact that' th e whole teaching staff requires', a .complete, re-oranization." A very select, quadrille Assembly ißall . was to hjave been given m the Square a i few niffhts agro, m fact it was so very select; that only three couples attended, and nnothar had to be hunted for to make up the first set hadgonehome.and so there was no bull -at all. The lessee of the building was m attendance, with a new cash box, to collect the •• bobs," but bobs there were'none, all being deadsheads. The moral is that it is sometimes possible to make a " hop" just a little top too,! and then the people outside have a quite laugh. :you /know. Prince Gortcbakoff lost, he said. 30,000 roubles m Moscow. .■• A; fortnight later the police restored the bank notes and caught the thief. .. A few days afterwards the Prince found the original notes m his pocket. . A dastardly act was perpetrated at Hays. N.S.W.recejatly.j Ah6raejH,med Terminus hadboen sold to a Mr tKllon, who took him to his own stables. Next morning the lock the. box was found; broken and thehorse jmrnsing. ; He was subsequently found with his throat partly cut, and a piece of rope round his neck. The remainder of the rope wa9 found tied to a fence, leading to the conclusion that the animal had saved himself by breaking away. A butcher named Stewart subsequently confessed that he had been paid £10 to kill the : horse by Roberts, his former owner. Both men are under arrest and bail was refused. We learn by a Wellington paper- that •v'eVy 6ne6uragin£f prospects of gold have been obtained from a " stringy mullocky lode at 160 ft, or thereabouts, m the lower tunnel of the Empire mme 1 , Terawhiti. The prospects of the Wanganui dairy factory company are so encouraging that it is thought, by the promoters that cheese making operations can be commenced m September or October next. The Wellington Immigration Depot at 'Mount Cook was the poiDt of attraction on Wednesday to a number of ladies who were m search of servants Of the number which waa landed on Monday only four« teen were open for engagement, and for these were forfcywseven applications. In several instances the girls got the full benefit of competition, as the were really placed iil a gosition to make their own terms. By 11 o'clock all had found placees to suit them (the choice apparently rests with the servants now-a-dayf(. During the day seventeen applications for servants to arrive by the steamer lonic were booked. Writing of the Costley estate, the New Zealand Herald says : — lt was only to be expected that a host of claimants would turnup for the late Mr OostleyV wealth, which he has bequeathed to the charitable and public institutions of the city. First, we had his brother, at Christchurch, and now his widow is reported as resident m the same city, having been separated from, her late husband for a period of from twenty to thirty years. " His sisters, his cousins, and his aunts will probably turn up next. As the lute Mr Edward'Costley had lived m Auckland m an unmarried Btate'since J 841, it is difficult to see how the present claimant to his home, to say nothing of bis wealth, can substantiate her position. i The " war cry "of the Salvation Army will soon be ringing through the streets of Wellinjjjton (says a local paper.) Indeed, we are to be subject to a sort of military occupation for one year, ns a penalty for J over-much world linesa. The headquarters of these religio«militant campaigners is to be the theatre m Torystreet, the most J populous district, m the city; and it is there that the captains, and the corporals, | and the hallelujah lasses will &ect for ; regular drill, preparatooy to making raids j and forays among the peaceful people who I are to be *' salvationed " by means of / ranting excitement. The coolnes between England and France is less cool ; the huff is wearing off on both sides.. New lines of friendship will belaid down;-noton thebadsof universal love and ; sentiment, but of mutual. ..necessities. During the estrangement, both nations have reflected that it is essential to continue the marriagederaison. Hence France will send moat; likejy M. Waddington.as Ambassador. -to London ; an excellent choice, and will reopen negotiations for the treaty of commerce. Even badly united, England and France willbe~more serviceto themselves and the world than perfectly dissevered. The Paris bakers are a curious body of men/ -'They pursue their lawful calling m the cellar of a house where there is a fiery furnace. In this bottomless pit they knead the dough, and, save a vine-leaf garment, are as naked as truth. From time to time they cotne.to the surface, to the si reel, to chatand drink forashorttimeat a wineshop but the costume retains it primitive character. The Minister of Police views this J appearance m public as indecent : hence* forth they must puton a wedding garment* ■"At the Wanganui dairy factory meeting the list of settlers who had promised milk to the concern was read. It' showed that tho milk from 515 cows had been promised for certain, and that probably the milk from 680 cows could be secured. Thisf was irrespective of the settlers on the No. 2*Line who had not been canvassed.