LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 162, 14 June 1883, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Inspector Jaraea was a : passenger byrail last night, on his usual periodical tour of inspection. v : By the brigantine Lizzie Guy, which arrived at Lyttelton on May 27, from Tauranga, came a cargo of White Island sulphor, m bulk, about 665 tons, consigned to the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company (Limited). The cargo is to be used m the manufacture of patent manure at Belfast, Canterbury. ' A new invention has just been patented m Germany to still further interfere with the burglar's labours. In the neighborhood of a safe an apparatus is placed which, on being touched, immediately starts an elec° trie light, and At the same time uncovers a prepared plate, on which the burglar's photograph is taken while an alarm is sounded. The Wanganui Freethought Associas tion has been established, eighteen members subscribingto the principles. It is the intention to meet weekly on Sun* day m the Academy of Music, for essays, lectures, discussions, music, &c. One of the passengers by . tho British Queen, was a young v Irishman, only 22 years of age, who stands head and shoulders above .most of his shipmates. His height is 6ft Bin. The Jewish colony m Spitalfielda, Lon« don, is being provided with a monster free school, which is being built to accommodate 30,-000 children. i- The cost is to be about i'Booo, and Sir Nathaniel de Jiothschild; hopes to vhave it formally opened itrOcfober or November. The increase of the Jewish population m this quarter has been caused by the immigra* tion from Russia. The single women immigrants by the lonic have the appearance of being of a very desirable stamp, and are about equal to those which arrived by the British Queen. The same remarks, however, frcarcely apply to the families, which do not appear to be either so clean or of such good physique as the previous arrivals. Taking them as a whole, they are cei> tainly not an undesirable accession to the population of the colony. Master John Kruse, who a few years ago was one of the juvenile musical prodigies of Melbourne, whose citizens sup* plied the funds to enable him to prosecute his studies on a wider scale, has now bios* Konie-i fWtb inio a concirc master at B< jr}i&, apd~>pproying Sojalty^applauds his ©ffojtl, i

Mrs Hankihs, and- a Iftdy friend met with an accident last night through their conveyance capsizing. We are" glad to hear the occupants escaped injury. Mr Hankina had driven them! over from Feilding 'himself, and alighted at the Commercial Hotel to attend the Masonic Lodge, leaving another person to drive the' buggy home, when the capsize took place. Mrs Mac Donald, surgical belt maker, of Wellington, will leave Palmereton for Woodvjlle at noon, to-morrow, when she con be consulted during that evening at Mr Murphy's Hotel. At her private room at the Commercial Hotel she has samples of the specialties she manufactures, which can be inspcted by ladies, to. whom all heedFulinformation will b« given with plensnre. Mrs Hamilton has been appointed ngent m Palmerston for Mrs MacDonald, through^ whom any appliances can be procured,- and' -who -Will furnish' any required information. We have only .sp^eeV to 'remind our readers of the Fancy Dress Ball this evening, which promises to be a moatenjoyable and suftcessful. affair. ', 3.1. ' y.A man named George Miller was arrested, m JPalmerston yesterday- on L.a charge "of horse stealing. ' I •. One fine draught horse was . filled by the train on Tuesday evening ' between Makinn And Swoinoon'a oiolir)g f f\n(L another poor brute was terribly mangled. In the vVaipawa R.M. Court, Oharles* Croxtnn and "Herbert Sebley, two lads, were * changed by the-p©lice, -under theHawke'B Buy Provincial Police Ordinance, | wjlthLannoying a congregation of worshippers "on the evening of Sunday, May 20. The offence consisted m tying a large tin " billy " round the neck of a dog, and thrusting the dog thus burdened into the Methodist Church, Waipawai during ser--vice, where'the animal's efforts to get rid of the tin vessel caused considerable disturbance' -among ■ th'e congregation. His Worship said the offence was a cowardly one, and he would impose a fine he hoped would be a lesson. '''Defendants would have to pay £3 and costs, each, or go to prison for fourteen days. , The fines were paid.- . An, incident is recorded m the .Paris ' Temps * which reminds one of a ; scerie m the " Bohemian Girl." Their Cairo correspondent, says : — At a banquet' given by the prefect of police to._tha British authorities, after the usual toasts had been drunk, -the Egyptian - colonel, Pakry Bey, rose and said m a firm voice — " I drink to the diliverance of ou'F dountry , ; and : ito: v the titaea iwhen> the foreigner shall have disappearod from Egyptian territory." These words .occasioned great confusion among the guests, and the prefect ordered PaWy" Bey to immediately leave the roomsT .The ' colonel on reaching the streets was received, with cheers by a large crowd. : - . --, "Central Queensland is composed of a vast plateau, comprising about 170,000,000 . acres, an almost unbroken tract of fine sheep qodntry, by far the most estenaivd I and even expansive of pastoral land'in Australia. When the whole is fully occupied it will be capable of carrying 50,000,000 sheep. .; . In th'e year 1688 the island on which now stands the city of New York was sold by •the lodians to the Dutch for ten ahirts, thirty bullets, thirty pounds of gunpowder, thirty hatchets, thirty kettles, and one copper-BteW"pan. Both parties congratulated themselves on having made agood bargain. The correspondent, qf a Home paper hears from a trustworthy source that the Pope haa decided that m future no Irish priest who has taken any part m any apolitical agitation shall be raised -to the' rank of Bishop. The conduct of some of the Irish prelatea has greatly annoyed i Leo X EH. He says that mno couDtrv I throughout the world do Catholics enjoy j the same amount of religious liberty as m y .Qreat Britain, and that to tnrn against .the Government of this realm is .both ! ..contrary to the spirit of the Church and ..very ungrateful. The London Gazette : shows. ." that the i numbsir of bankruptcies and liquidations of liquor sellers, who are variously des* cribed as licensed victutllers, hotelkeepers, wine, and spirit merchants, &c. , was' the largest of all ; the trades and .professions. Of seven London tayerns..of jthe yaiue of over £30,000, ■' recently offered for sale not oue was sold, all being either bought m or withdrawn. At Sandringham the Princess of Wales herself has taken up amusements with the impetuosity and ardour with which she is constantly adopting new pursuits, or bringing back into favor .or fashion ob* sole' e games. She has had a bowling alley built out of her dining room, spends ing most of her spare time m it, and playing after dinner with whoever has the honor of being the guest of the evening. A writer m the Scientific American puts forward a theory that the ancient Egyptian obelisks are not cut from stone, but were formed of concrete. If this view is proved correct, and if some genius finds out that the blocks m the pyramids were formed partly of the sand of the desert; all the ideas as to the superior mechanical appliances of the olden time will be dis» polled.' ' ; . Those m search of useful information by which they can save money should carefully read Bentley Broß., 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 to customers has caused Marlborough House to become very popular.- £Advt.l