LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 155, 9 June 1883, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The catalogue of stock; to be sold by Messrs Stevens and Gorton, at : their, montkly safe at Awahuri on Friday the 15th inst., will' be found elsewhere. ■ There is surely J& demand for goqd milch cows. An advertisement was put m lastlnight offering 2or 3" tor sale, and before 11 o'clock we had no les^. than eight aplications from different parts of the town and district; „-,... „ „ , ; i Mr Carkeek is expected Home this week for a few day's rest. , , ;..._.. Mr G. M. Snelson announces a" Very important land sale, further . particulars of which will be found m advertise* menti . . „,... . ...... . : * A. bi-weekly mail between Wellington and the Terawhiti gold field , has, . been established. • ' " r -. ■ In 1882, at the eighty horse-butcher's shops open m Paris; there Was sold tn c flesh of 10,891 horses, 340 aases, and 34 mulei. - .The Wellington Licensing Bench expressed its-objection <o frequent transfer^ of hoteilicenaes, as not being conducive to the public good. ; At the Wealeyan Church to«morrpw, the anthem "Thine O Lord " (Kent) : will be sung by the choir at evetipg . service. : ■ •■■ -■ - -•• ; - '■ ' : ;- -•-■-' <: :C ' ' '; ■ Mr J. F. Heaton is offering two very excellent businesses for sale, | which can be tendered for together or sepnrately. Full particulars will be found m advertise* ment; 1 - I ■-■■''■- - y - L - '•'■■■■ ■•- --'-•-■■ j ■ alterations are being carried out at the Royal Hotel, under, the supervision of Mr Larcomb, by which the dining-room ia greatly enlarged and prberwiße. inproved, a commodious , sample 11 room, having also . been prciylded .. ; | ' The Queenstowh correspondent of an Otago up country paper writes :— The tobacco plant grows excellently here, and both the Chinese and Mr Mason have been very successful growers as far as size of leaf goes, m their green state. These would be required tdbe dried and cured by artificial process, and this m« volves an outlay for heated drying rooms and .kilns. . The outlay would be .- considerable, but the Chinese firm of gardeners seem inclined to make .and experiment upon a small scale, and with that view, are proiecntiug inquiries m NewSoutn Wales and Queensland. The Wanganul Herald says the railway bridge over the Rangitikei River at Kakariki will be completed early m July. VVe are very glad to hear it. We . were beginning to think it never would" be finished; v , . „ • The AishburVon GuaVdian records} ia prolific field on the farm of Mr ; Robert M'lntyre, of the AshbuTton ! Fotfrij. Thirteen acres , of land threshed out witjh. a result of 1622 bnshels of Tartarian oats, or 124 bashel's to the acre. The ground was allowed to lay fallow: for four year?, and was then carefully drilled, instead of the seed; being sown broadcast. \ A Russian priest who has travelled around the world says ; " "The Englishspeaking people have taken the lead everywhere." The people of Sydney number some 110,000, those of the suburqs 125,000, and those of the country distiriots 565,000, making a total population for the whole colony of over 800,000. - „ ( A letter from Mr Redmond, emissary of the Irish National Land League, has, saya the Grey River been re« ceived by the Greymduth branch, stating that he will visit this part of the colony, but regretting that he is at present unable to fix the exact day. Economy seems to be the order of the day m Waitara. The Press says that one individual (a confirmed bachelor) did the whole of the shops tha other evening to try and get a pound of candles one penny cheaper than the vendors were disposed to sell them for. He said he would rather go to New Plymouth for them, which we believe be did, and paid three shillings m railway fare to save one penny on candles. . Those m searoh of useful information by which they can save money should carefully read Bentley Bros., advertisement that appear on the first page of this paper. The firm has established a name for selling useful drapery and} clothing at reasonable prices, which combined with civility and attention Jto customers has canted MBrlborough House to become j very popular. — [Adit 1