LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 193, 23 July 1883, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The 'Friscu mail steamer having ar rived before date there was no steamer m i he Manakau to bring m the mails, so that it is m<t probable our portion of the mail will reach us before Thursday evening- [3i»ce the above was m type we learn that tbe Rutorua left Manukau yesterday forenoon, so that it is just possible the mails may arriv to«morrow evening.] We regret that our issue for a night or two last week was very late, but the fact was that owing to the negligence or m competence, of a recent employe, the machine was allowed to get into such a state as very nearly to necessitate suspension of publication. It would appear that our j late amateur machinist knew just as much about the machine as the machine knew about him, and his inexperience and neglect combined, nearly left us m a nice hole. Fortunately, all was made right by Saturday afternoon. We tale tbe following trom a Wellington contemporary : — The somewhat peculiar eight of a string of ten or a dozen empty cabs parading up and down Lamb-ton-quay yesterday excited considerable attention, and many questions were asked as to the meaning of the display. We found, on inquiry, that it was simply an up, 6*l ad minaricordiam. on the part of ibe cabbies, to show the extreme slack* ness of their business. The Wanganui Herald protests against the slow progress of the Heads railway. Some interested people would probably be found to say that it was going on " swimmingly." In a discussion which took place m the Wellington City Council, a member said that leading electricians estimated that m hghfin? cities an expenditure of £210,000 to £400,000 per square mile wa« necessary He thought it would be a long time before Wellington could afford that. A meeting of creditors m the estate of Gillett Brothers, merchants, Wellington and Palmerston North, which was convened to be held at the office of Messrs W. & G. Turnbull m Wellington on Thursday lapsed for want of a qu ram. Th& Printers' Register aay ;— The Clock, a new evening paper to be published m hourly editions, from noon to sunset; is we understand, to be issued from the office of the Times, at a half-penny a copy, It will con,ist manly of news, including all thehome and foreign telegrams, news being, it is said, the great want of the London newspaper. An advertiser m a Wellington paper desireß information of a loat pockettbook, m which among other contents, was a Magistrate's Court Summons! Mr J.Carroll returned from his trip to Wellington on Saturday, by coach, having been succesful, we understand, m his mission with regard-to volunteer mat* ters. It is now definitely stated that Mr Soddon, M.H.R., hns made an offer for the Club Hotel, which it is reported has been accepted. MrSeddon will make a jovial host. ■ ! It is to be hoped the Borough Council will see its way clear to improve the ap» proach to the Roman Oatnolic Church, which is simply a disgraceful quagmire. Last night as the congregation came put of the light, but for the forethought of a member of the congregation who stood near and guided them round tbe mud* hole, many would have walked straight it, into which they would probably have sunk over their ankles. No doubt the Borough Rmdneer will, now that his ate tention has been drawn to it, cause the necessary "reclamation" works to be carried into effect. , The time for holding the Manawatu and Ofcakißoad Board elections is extended till on or before 31st August. A settler near Blanaia lately found nine #f his sheep dead m his] paddock one morning, evidently worried by dogs. Next morning his neighbors found ten of their d<>£B dead m the sheep paddock. The incident is consider-d extraordinary, and some of the more superstitious regard it as supernatural . This latter theory seems scarcely tenable, bat it is believed that some of the stolen mutfcoa disagreed with the thieving dogs.