LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 160, 12 June 1883, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The gross fin«uci»l proceeds of the performancejby the Wellington Dramatic Club m aid of the Murphy famifiea waa between £90 and £100. There was a very severe frost last night, the cold being more intense than any experienced, last winter. The funeral ef the late Mrs Levy took place thia afternoon. We have been asked to announce m our local columns that the next regular meeting of the Manawatu Bolwinning Lodge, SC, will be held m the Masonic Hall, Main-street, to»morrow evening. The chief business will be passing. A cordial invitation is extended to visiting brethren to be present. We are requested to intimate through our local columns that the usual summons meetina of Court Manawatu A.0.F., will be held at the Court room, Forester's Hall, this evening at 7p m. Part of the business to be transacted will be th» nomina« tion of officers. From the Hawera Star of Friday last we learn that an elderly man, named Robert Signal, was on Thursday arrested at Manaia on a warrant issued at Feilding, charging him with maliciously injur* ing a dwelling belonging to the .Emigrants' . and Colonists' Aid Co., to the value of more than £5. The accused was brought before Mr Hackay, J.P., and remanded to Feilding on bail. There is a watch m a Swisa museum only threesßixteenth of an inch m diameter inserted m the top of a pencilcase. Its 1 little dial not only indicates hours, mm* ntes, and seconds, but also days of the month. A Wellington paper is informed that the losses upon the fire at Fielding, which .aJEress^A9socia.tiou_telaffram_sta.ted^ to be £850 m the New Zealand Company on the building, and £350 m the National on the stock, should be £800 on the buildings and machinery m the New Zealand office, and £200 on the stock m the National. The Wanganui Herald gives another versiou and states that the insur« ance was £675, £475 being m the New Zealand, and £200 m the National office. The estimated damage is from £1000 to £1200. Which statement is correct ? At the Wansranui Resdent Magistrate's Court, Nathaniel Flowers, for severely biting a man's ear m a scuffle m a bowl* ing saloon, was fined £3 and costs. R. T. Shields, sheep farmer, was fined £10 and costs, bein? the miaimum penalty under the Act for neglecting to give notice to the inspector of sheep which defendant had, reason to believe were infected. All the Wanganui Licensing Committees m the borough and have now completed their annual meetings. Hours are unaltered, excepting one town hotel, where a renewal of the «xtension to 12 was refused. The hours m ibe country are all 10 o'clock, and m tha borough 12. One new publican's license m the country and one new wine license m the town, were applied for, but refused. Our telegrams from Home announce the arrival of the Lady Jocelyn, with passengers and cargo, of which an inn portant part is the first shipment of meat from Wellington. She left on the 25th February, m company with the St. Leonards, of which the arrival was noti j tied some days ago. The Lady Jocelyn has therefore been 104 days on the pas» sage. The Mayor of Duned,n (says an exchange) is a gentleman and a carpenter, every inch of him. The Hon. Mr Oliver of Dunedin, is a member of the Upper House — and wears frills — rather. When the Mayor and Mr Oliver were showing the new Governor round town, His Ex* cellency took advantage of a quiet tete-a» tete with, the Mayor to ask him: — "Mr Thompson, how long have you known the Hon. Mr Oliver 1" " About 20 years." " What was Mr O's position when you first knew him?" "TV ell, the first time I saie the Hon Mr Oliver, he wore a black "apron, and I wore a white one. "BLe was behind a counter weighing sixpence worth of nails which I was buying to repair a client's pig>3tje with." There is some talk of the Mokau coalfield being opened shortly by a Sydney firm. The sample resembles the Waikato coal, and can be easily got at, the seam opening out on the river bed. It is proposed to remove the coal by means of schooner*, but the entrance to the Mokau is a notably dangerous one, and a good deal of difficulty must be experienced m following thia course. The coal is excellent for household purposes, but it is inferior m gas producing qualities. Fonr horses from New Zealand have been nominated for the Melbourne Cup, as, besides Welcome Jack and Rubina (nominated m • Cbristchurch), Bundoora appears m the Melbourne list, and Sir Modred m that of Sydney. O'Donovan Rossa, a few years ago used to keep a low grog shop m New York, but now the subscriptions pour m for the Irish rebellion, he lives m a five-story house m Fifth Avenue. " Poor Oireland !" The Hon. Phillip Russell, a Victorian aheepowner. has recently made experi« raents which have resulted m proving \ that it is more profitable to shear washed i than greasy wool. The outward English mail via. San | Francisco will close at Palmarston North on Friday the 15th mat., at 7 45 p.m. Mrs Macdonald has arrived m Palmer* ston, and can be consulted at the Commercial Hotel. She is highly recommended by the medical faculty a.% a specialist m her own particutar line. She can supply surgical belts and stays, of all descriptions, including support and hernia belts, obsteteric binders, riding stays, chest expanders, and ladies' corsets of every variety. Mas Macdonalc's stay will only extend for a couple of days, so that those wishing to consult her should lose no time m doing so. The report of the death of Sir Aathur Kennedy, the late Governor of Queens« land, at Aden, i 3 confirmed. Sir Arthur was on his way to England, and his successor m the Queensland Governorship, Sir Anthony Masgrave, late Governor of | Jamaica, left that island for his new post early m May las!;.