LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 152, 5 June 1883, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

„ The> patholic? m; ; Wanganui are moving ' ' in'the matter of a petition against the .educational system atprosent m vogue m; :f^fefo^;;_;^*..;:. :.'.._.■■■•" : . lAt Wellington to-day Messrs Dwan & : , ,00. were to ; 8ell a> quantity: of goods dia-i v trainedMppbn: for7re.nt;ilpW the premises; 'lately oqbopied by Gillett Bros., Mannered street. In the catalogue are the following ;— 1 case, supposed to be champagne, and thousands of empty bottles, and empty kegs. , There da no mention made of any flax bitters. There was another" successful and highly interesting exhibition of Mr Monrad'a cream separator fco«day, which was wit* nessad by a good number of country residents. ■•.-... • '.'Messrs W&iton* and Hoe have been 'eleted Borough Auditors., They: were; the only nominations. . ... , „ ; ! The next sitting of the Palmers ton It. M. Court will Jbe on Thursday next. , „ The Manawatu County Council held; _ JUa usual monthly meeting to-day. ' : The P.almerston Borough Council will; meet to»morrow evening. 1 ! Theweli-iaownNew Zealand croea-fioun-j : try"Hder,' Rpddy Mclvor, rode the winner,; -All! Serene, m the Warnnambool Steeple,.,Jßlll«.i;: :!:-:■ -V; c -.! V-" - "■;> ;-'^> ■■ ■■■ • An inquest was held at Melbourne on a! boy; eight years of v age,Lson of the Rev TV m ; Yelland, , Church. ,of England, ; who, f ,sed • frtm"tlie > 'effectVb!f t a <J dose'of carbolic acid , administered by - Mrs , Yelling m mistake ; for medicin©.. The Widence showed that <- deceased nail been' ailinir for some days with scarlatina. The carbolic acid was m a similar bottle to that which,, contained - the medicine, and M7s" Yelling gave him a -tablespoonful of the acid, nearly all ef heiftrank before the mistake wa« discovered. The child complained of a burning sensation, and died about ten minutes /afterwards. '„"■ The agitation against pigeon shooting is not likely tovftbate (sajs a Home paper) a8 long as. such gross cruelties are per--petratedl as tljat. reported from Belper. ; It;Beeih.B that.two-meu, named Rogers and Ludlam^were engaged m a pigeon match, .and that for the purposes of their sport thpp had transfixed an ■eye m each of the birda with a Jsin, tfie intention being to make the birds fly m a certain direction. One of the pigeons was picked up by the police with the pin still fixed m its head. For what certainly appears a shockingly cruel offence these worthies were sen- - tenced to two months' imprisonment. .They at once gave notice of appeal : on what grounds it is not easy to under* atand v ,.. ; . ->„.. ,„_,,..,..... ,„?. .„ _.. ■/■■■ \ UlAjJV^ellingtbn paper iJ uhderßfemds that the list^of Justices of the peace has just .^been. revised by the Minister of Justice, 'and thaif among the uames removed, for - -various rensons or by request, are those of Mr P. Moeller, Major Edwards, and Mr '[ (i Constant Reader" writes to a . Wellington paper that he has received great relief from attacks of asthma by smoking;. blue-gum J-leaves, and he is 1 desirous of extending a knowledge of this simple cure through the columns of our journal to othera. yvha, may suffer from Ihe name troublesome complaint. The Kennedy family of Scotch vocalists have arrived m Melbourne, and been greeted wifh a most enthusiaistic reception. Tfae-o!d-manriias l'oiBt :Mne t 6f fiis^ancienT power, and the other members of the family, are considered equal to] those who fornietl the company which' did the Colonies about ten years ago. In Victoria good , Akaroa cheese commands a retail price of from 2s to 2s 6d a pound. If New Zealand farmers would take "the trouble to produce a really first* class article, they could obtain : a large figure for it m "Australia. " „ The opinion ia c,ommonly held aays the Wahganui Herald' that the opening of the railway to Patea will not do the town much good, from a commercial point of view, but rather divert some of its trade. There has been a little agitation for a pub. lie-meeting, the object of which should be to urge upon the Government the neces« "sify of completing the connecting link of .the Wanganui«New Plymouth, line; with -as much speed aa possible . The following telegram has been received frooa Mr T. E. Wilson, of Wanganui who was deputed to.visit the Fl§|nington Dairy -•FftiWrirV*-'* Arrived r "safely; received courteously; good pcospeotn for the Wtoginnt F»otoFJ^ *„»,. i