LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 144, 26 May 1883, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

■-^.' ■ • —— Mrs Dalrymple, of Waitatapia station, near Bulls, is advertising; for a nurse-maid. A painter^ to do some lettering is re« jfluired at the Stand abd Office. FatherMoreau intimates that there will ,be Mass to»morrbw at Feilding at eight o'clock, and at Palmerston at 11 o'clock Additions are made to the catalogue' of -Messrs S' evens and Gorton's sale at Feildipg jnext Tuesday. The Wanganui D >iry Factory is rapidly getting into working order. Mr Monrad notifies that a .centrifugal, cream separator (worked by one horse) .will be shown at the back of Mr Mowlem'a office, this day week, and Tuesday week. This novel attrj interesting show, will'give the dairy farmers and others interested an* . oportunity of Jojrmiag their oswij-ppinion of centrifugalnjream*raisiiig. ,>A%%ereare several thousands m use m Europe? it is high time the colonial farmers inquired into it.','■ "To be sure^it^will require a little co-operation amongst farmers, if \ they, want.tb adoptthi^system, as it will hardly pay to get a machine for less than 25? 0r 60 cows. The advantage (especially iutbe summer, of haying the cream aad skinvtnilk perfectly sw.eet can hardly; be over«estiruated. We have been.requested to^Btate there will be a choir practice thia evening at the Wesleyan Church at 7.30. Anthem for evening service " Lori for thy tender mercies' Bake," The Post understands that among tfie" Government measures to be introduced m the coming Parliamentary session is a Bill to amend the.lawjrelating to Bills of Exchange, by assimilating, the; New Zealand practice to that of Great Britain. A bill to this effect has, we believe, already been printed, and either has been or will be circulated among the New Zealand bankers for their opinions' and suggestions. It is understood that the new Bill to amend the Bankruptcy Law,of-this colony,, which will be introduced by the Minister-, of Justice m the coming session of Parliament, is either out of the printers' hands or very • nearly ready to leave, them. So A. H. Malcolm is going to " play up Old Harry " with Mr C. Tricklebank ; He is going to demand an apology through the papers, proceed against him for per- ' jury, and enter an action against him for £2000 damages. ;rWe doubt very, much if A. H. Malcolm does any of these things. first public trial or the electric light for street illumination m Tasmania took place m Launceston on Saturday evening, sth May. There were 18 lamps lighted, of 2COO-candle power each. Thousands of people, many of whom were from the country districts, lined Brisbane-street to see the spectacle. The Earl of Dalhousie h> to. introduce the deceased Wife's Sister' Bill m ihe House, of Lords about the end of this month. It is expected that several members of the Royal Family will be present, and the date m question has been fixed m order to suit their Royal Highness. Lord Dalhousiewas only defeated by five votes lasty ear, and he is very confident about the success of his measure this time. Last year's defeat is attributed to careless "whipping," and this'time :the greatest pare has'been taken to' eecurV'the attendance of Peers'. While ther.eJajnucbJabor unemployed m Wellington, there is a difficulty m ecU ting men to accept wages below 8s or 9s a day fur pick and shovel work. At a recent meeting, of the Benevolent Institution Committee, the Rev, Van Staveren askerlwhetber any able-bodied men are on the books receiving relief. The Secretary said that there wjbre none' at'present. Mr. Fred. Maccab© does not appear to have been favourably impressed witKJSTew Zealand. In a letter to an Auckland paper," he says:—" I have been m New Zealand since November, and I have not-seen any* thing to justify me m saying tliaft it-has .a. good climate. Of course, all depends upon what you consider is "a good climate." If constancy m cold, m wet, m fo», and m I steady sunshine is pood climate : then Eng« land has a pood climate; but if a mixture of winter and summer m a haphazard way,, if an hour of warmth and an hour of cold, varied by: wind and wet m the course of nearly every day'isapood climate.then-New Zealand has a very on*. "My impression of New 1 Zealand 1 is^thatit is tf^veiy japlfln'duJ conntry, possessing many dis» advautages, and that for delicate people it: is especially calculated to end their troubles'; 1 but it is a very fine country for the " sur» vivors.''.