LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 190, 18 July 1883, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Wanganui newspapers complain o f the nuisance which Martha i: owler is proving herself through habitual intemperance. The Railway Hotel at Turakina, lately destroyed by ffre, is to be rebuilt on an inproved design. Lambing has commenced m tbe Tuapeka District, Oiago. Our latest cables show that the complication m Madagascar has by no means abated, and thai measures are being taken by the British officers m that part of the world that maj make a casus belli at any m jinent/ , ' In Newton, Auckland, apple and pe.icb trees are. already beginning to blossom, and quite a number v bf strawberry plants are m bloom. At the beginning ol July, such evidence of returning spring is rather unusual. Peach trees on No. 2 Line, Wanganui, are already m full bloom. - The Wangaaui death rate remains wonder" fully low. . The lambing season appears to have set m early, and the keen frosty nights now being experienced will probably prjje fatal to nob a feer of them. The electric light m the Parliament House m Wellington may now be pronounced an entire success, being distinguished by a steady brilliancy that is very agreeable. The new Anglican church at Johnson ville was consecrated last Sunday, by his Lordship the Bishop. . At a meeting of ladies held m Anckland m connection with the Women's Branch Gospe! Temperance Mission, a petition was adopted for signature and presentation to the General Assembly, praying that it will pass into law a Local Option Extension Act that hall embody the power to vote bj all women ot this colony of nature age. During the month of Jnne, 1883, no Chinese arrived m this colony, but 18 left. In the half-year ended 30th ultimo, 19 Chinese arrived m New Zealand, and 110 went away. At a meeting of the Wellingtdn-Manawatu Railway Company, held on Menday, certain resolutions passed on the 20th ult:, relative to the Articles of Association of this Company were duly confirmed. There was no other business. During cross-examination of a boy m the R.M. Court Wellington. Mr. Buckley asked if the policeman had told him what to say. The lad answered, Yes. Mr. Buckley wanted to know what the policeman said : the answer was, 'To speak out.' Tbe Wanganui Herald has the following theory with regard to -frost-fish , viz., that they are deep water fish, and that requiring more oxygen than is to be found m the briny depths, they come to the surface, when if the the air is frosty, they are numbed by the cold and driven ashore. A poor woman m a hysterical state m the streets m Wellington was found to be m an advanced stase of proirnanoy, and was taken to the Home for Friendless women. The Foxton Public Hall Company is to be wound-up. . The second reading of the Gold Duties Abolition Bill was carried m the House on VIo; day. We again remind oar readers of the meeting to discuss the question of the establishment of a Fire brigade convened for this evening at" the Commercial Hotel. The notorious Mrs Fowler has been fined L 5 and costs for the use of obscene language m Wanganui. Ao application is to be made for a prohibition order aeainst her. The Wanganui Freethought Association appears to be making verjr satiafnc ory progress. A choir is about being formed, und a children's Lyueum is con etnplated. Mr Sne sou annouces a very important sale of trees for Saturday, at the People's Mart. The trees and shrubs are healthy, and having beou reared m au exposed situatiou are particularly hardy. Charles Reade, as everybody knows, is a firm believer m scrap-books, and has an immense number of newspa -er clippings, properly indexed,- from wh oh he obtains much of ihi material for his stories. Rev. Dr. Talmage finds many illustrations for his sermons m newspaper articles and Henry Ward JBeecher has trunKs full of old papers. The late President Garfield drew many of tbe anecdotes and incidents with which he graced his speecnes from a large collection of scrap-books, and Girardin, the French editor, probably carrried the system to greater perfection that any other man .Having whole rooms filled with index clippings. "Bentl/EY Baos.' new advertisement now appears on the first page of the Standard. Honey-comb towels are priced at sd, Turkish towels lOd, strong blue serge lid, cotton shirting 4£d, men's tweed trousers 7s lid, children's sox 4d, eirls' stockings 6d, ladies' hose 6d, felt skirts 8s 9d, straw hats 6d, kid gloves Is lid, men's worsted sox Is 3d, men' lambs-wool sox lOd, men's flannel shirts 3s Ildand4slld, men's cottou shirts Is 6d, tweed bats 2s 6d and 3s, boys' tweed knickerbocker suits 7a 6d, white flannel Bd, lOd and Is, twill sheeting 9£d, lid, and Is 3d, Scotch tweed Is lid, 2s 3d and 2s 6d, strong brown holland4£d, table demaßk Is 6d, men's trousers and vests 12s 6<j, For quality and piioe the above are unsutbassed.— [Ad v t.J