LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 4, 30 May 1883, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The new Success Gold Mining Company, Terawhiti, is to commence active opera* tidns at the' claim at once. : The condition of the road within the ! Borough boundary, iv front of the Cemetery, is little short of' disgraceful. - It is a succession of holes, and before the winter is over the roadway promises to become impossible for wheeled .traffic. Could not something be done to improve its conj dition, before any attempts at repairs will be futile. The coach failed to catcli the train again last night, and the mail was brought on by first train this morning. The weather on' the beach is said to have been something terrible thia week, and all the rivers are flooded. : Mr Snelson will hold a clearing sale of Mr Croskery's goods and effects on Satur- | day at 2p'm. The cable is still interupted, which i will account for the absence of English I news* . ■ . -, : ■.■.-.• ■ Aiglass ball club is about beinginugurated m Palmerston, the opening match to take place next Saturday, Mr John Bennie bringing out from Wanganui all the necessary paraphernalia. The proposed new public theatre pro- ! jeot is now receiving considerable attention, and it is probable a definite pro* posal will be submitted to the public within the next few days.

Constable Gilleapie arid Mr Jno. Swift proceeded to Wellington this evening to giro evidence m the criminal charge against A. H. Malcolm of larceny aa a bailee. The Native Minister was a passenger by coach on Saturday evening, and alighted at the Carnarvon etation, where he was met by Mr Jno. McLennan, of the Oroua Downs station, whose guest he was during Sunday. Major Atkinson addressed the electors of Hawera last night, and at| the conclusion of hiaaddress, a vote of confidence was carried unanimously, no amendment being proposed* Theae has been a little stir the last day or two m Terawhiti stock, says a Wellington paper, consequent upon a reported discovery m the Wealth of Nations claim. It is said that a suface slip "uncovered a vein containing gold." An information has been laid against H. F. Liardet of Wellington for selling game, he not being the holder of a game license. Among the passengers to Wellington by the Rotorua from the South on Sunday were the Hon. R. Campbell, Mr Haggitt, solicitor, of Dunedin, and Mr Gregor, engineer, of Oamaru, who, it is understood, inteud to interview the Government with regard to taking over the Duntroon-Haka-teramea line of railway. A young man named Wm. Earl, reside ing: at Barnawartha, near Wodonga, whilst proceeding to his hause, lit a fire against a tree for the purpose of warming himself. He subsequently fell asleep alongside of the tree, which fell upon him, causing instantaneous death. The imputed misconduct of the female immigrants by the Westmcath has been utterly disproved. So much for Auckland allegations. ..,.-■■ We (Auckland Star) regret to hear that the Rev. Mr Hobbs- (one -o£-the earliest New Zealand missionaries) and his aged spouse are both very ill and confined to bed. The husband is eighty-three years of a°re, and the "wife one year his senior. Mr Hobbs has been for sixty years m the colony, and for nearly half a century he labored a9 a missionary /principally m the Bay of Islands and Hokianga districts. The aged couple are the parents of Mr Richard Hobbs, M.H.R. , In the Wanganui R.MsCourt a man named J. C. Young, for "giving an unstamped promissory note, was fined 40s i and costs, and the endorser, L- L. Levy, 203 and costs. . >. . The Hon. James Crowe Richmond and. Mr Barnicoat both of Nelson, have been called to the Upper House. Mr Richmond, ; who is well known as a clever and scienti* i fie engineer, m which service he has been occupied m many parts of the world, was Colonial Secretary m the Weld Ministry during 1865 and. 1866, and. Commissioner , of Stamps and Customs m the Stafford Ministry from 1866 to 1869. Mr Barnicoat, 1 too, is not unknown m the political arena, 1 having been Superintendent of Nelson, an d also the occupant of a seat m the House 1 of Representatives. • Both gentlemen may be considered a great acquistion to the governing body of the colony. At a meeting of the Wellington Harbour Board it was resolved " That m the event of a satisfactory adjustment of the Board's claims on the Government, ' and if the City Council consents to a , transfer of that portion of the Te Aro foreshore not xinder contract for reclamation, as a further endowment and a site > for a dock) this Board resolves'that it will f proceed to raise a loan scoured on the harbor fund, and to construct a graving > dock."- - ' •■" ' , A few years ago Captain j Boycott had [ to lie escorted "by a strong" military force; I from his house to the railway station on his way to England. He made a visit to - America, and, finding no place like home,. returned to his boycotted House and set about the work of making his peace'with I the.people. He went at it so earnestly ' and with such honest intention that he is ,■, now freei to go where he pleases without police protection. The Rangiora Standard writes: —"To our mind one of the stampers out of lar- . rikinism m New Zealand is a wellrpicked supple-jack. And until such time as we have succeeded m approaching the Utopia, ' educational and moral, so ardently hoped ..for by some enthusiasts, it would be perhaps be better for people to remember and .duly apply m practice the thread-bare old adage " spare the rod, and spoil the child." - :