LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 142, 23 May 1883, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A bandy man accustomed to horses and able to drive a small steam-engine is required at the Standard Office. Strict sobriety indispensable* ..*.' _:'.. We remind our readers of the Temperance tea and public meeting this even* ing. . An Auckland paper understands that about a dozen tenders have been sent m to the public Works Department for the eon* struction cf the Te Aroha bridge. The highest is said to be £5000. The lowest is not known, and the decision of the .authorities in.' the matter has not -yet '.been communicated to the tenderers. Mr Bowron, who has just been apt. pointed by Government to " give instruction m the starting of cheese and dairy factories wherever required m the colony, is a young man of considerable intelligence, who has ha\l experience m the whole* sale butter trade m England, and came to this colony three years apo. The Wellington ; Amateur Dramatic Club is about to give performances m aid of the families of the late Captain Murphy, and the.Rev. Jeremiah Murphy. The advantages of a- direct steam, ser* viee r aire already being tasted; and one of them is ready response to and quick delivery of orders for merchandise from the other hemisphere. A notable instance is given by a Wellington paper. By the mail that left Wellington, January 28th l«st, aoiordep-for goods was cent to New York through the firm of Messrs E. W. Mills and Cot/" M was executed m haste, and sent to r L'orid6n by first ateainer for shipment m the British Queen, but arrived an hour or two too late. Not to be beaten, the agent sent it along to Plymouth m time to catch the^ steamer there, and it was duly delivered m Wellington last week, the time occupied from first to last being about three and a half months. "Ups and downs" are proverbialcharacteriatics.of colonial life, and should a story that reaches us from an authentic source prove correct, a man who at present tools the ribbons on an Auckland hansom will ere long (says the|Star) be the possessor of something like £20,000 per annum; An old and highly respectable colonial family is reported to have fallen heirs to a fortune of about one million sterling, and as our friend the cabman is the husband of one of the daughters of the house, he will come injfor a respest* able shoe of the windfall,

A ateamer called at Wellington ft few iayß ugo, on hot way to Sydney, which lias been kuown on this coast for muny pears. an-1 was formerly quite a celebrity is the crack vessel of Messrs. M'.Meckan md Black wood's fleet. We refer' to the 9.5. Albion, which i* taking her final de» parture from New Zealand waters as a regular trader, and is about to be sold m Sydney by her owners, the Union Steamship Company, a-> she is not suit" able'to tbeir present requirements. : While under the command of ..Captain Underwood the Albion made some capital runs between New Zealand and Melbourne, maintaining a remarkably even averag« of about 4£ days, and also making some exceedingly smart tripa between New Zea«. land ports. She was then looked on as something exceptionally tine and grand, but is now regarded as quite oldfashioned and out of date. Half »a»doz9n years make great changes now-a-dajs.-Messrs Bennie Bros, are holding a clearing sale of boots and Hhoes, as will be seen by paragraph advertisement elsewhere m this column. The bankruptcy of ii W. Hampaon, painter, is elsewhere notified. Messrs Bennie Bros, are advertising a handy steam-engine for sale. Friday next will be Dr Curl's usual weekly visit to Palmers ton, when he can be consulted at Kensington's Medical Hall as nsual. By the Wellington papers we notice that MrJno. McLennan, of Oroua Downs, is advertising for sale one of Hn si em's .Refrigerators, to deliver 8000 cubic feet of air per hour, 60 degrees below zero, with all fittings m duplicate ; also, 12 h.p. boiler for same. The weather this afternoon promises badly for the holiday to-morrow. = Our readers aye reminded that there will be no issue of the Standard tomorrow (Queen's Birthday.) Dr W. A. Lightbourne, of Wanj?anui, is about establishing himself at Palmers" ton, -in which he has already taken a resin deuce. He is a specialist m diseases of the eye and ear." " ( . . The catalogue: of Messrs . Stevens and Gorton's next sale at the Denbigh- :Saleyards, on the 29th inst., (next Tuesday) will be found elsewhere. • >.; According to the Wanganni Herald, the tradespeople of most of the nor" them townships are now going m for the " cash "system, and for a time at leant credit is to be a thing of the past. ■ A new artesian well at Sale, with its out«flW of over 400,000. gallons of water a Hay, risinar -12 ieet above the surface, is a great success. The town is jubilant over t<ie supply of pure, water thus cosily and cheaply obtained. The recent; sink* ing- of an artesian well by Mr De Repzil Wilson onTatara Run, near Gurriwiljinghi on the Ne*v South Wales side of the Queensland boundary, where aV the depth of 200 feet a spring was tapped which forced itself to the height of 15 feet above the surface, and at the estimated rate or &X) gallons per minute, is even a more gratifying success. . " : -. ■..; Mr Langtry, ' the husband of the lady who is now m this country, owns some land m Ireland which an agent manages. This agent recently wrote to jhim, saying that* the tenants demanded . lower rents, and had threatened to resort to the shotgun policy to obtain compliance with their demand. Mr Lingtry it once wrote back" as follows : — " Dear Sir, — You may s»y to ray tenants that any threats to shoot you will never intimidate me." — American paper. •: . ... ' : .-' • : Dr Mittendorf, of Berlin, m a paper pn '•• Myppi;" records the case of a fine horse that became intractable, and examination proved it to be suffering from neat* sightedness.; The owner had a pair of spectacles made for it, and it became as tractable* as ever. This curious anecdote is vouched for by the learned doctor. . ■ ; ■ The Canterbury Press correspondent' at Reefton sent the following telegram to that newspaper: — "At the close of his meeting l»si Saturday night, Mr Shaw explicitly stated that the' Government had brought him forward m deposition' to Mr Wakefield, and had told him that Mr Wakefield had refused to stand as their^candii* date. This disclosure caused some sensaa tion." [ Mr E. O.Bishop, a/Tasmaoian bicyclist, has ridden a hundred miles under 12 hours. He travelled from Snakebanks, 100^ miles from Hobart, to that.city, and did. the distance m II hours 25 minutes, or 10 hours 15 minutes actual riding time.