LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 199, 31 July 1883, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The lime pavement does not appear to have been a success in Bulls anymore than in Palmeraton. The Bulla Town Board wrote and' demanded refund of the wages of the m«n employed by the Board on the firm's behalf in laying it down. The New York Herald gets for its lowest priced advertising columns £8,000,, and for its highest, £63,000' a year. ' '', "\ A young man named Everingham was killed in a prize fight at Windsor, N;S.W., on a recent date. He was doing combat with another named Bushel; Twenty rounds were fought when he dropped. Is this one of the results of our boasted civilisation 1 The Wanganui Herald says it ia hoped the Manawatu County Football match with W anganui will be played on the 11th of August — next Saturday week. -~ Mr Drew, of Wanganui, haa imported •.ailive-hedgehog. VThe Herald call it a " Erinaceus Eoropoeus." This ia an ugly name to call a poor little hedgehog, A man named William Marr recently arrived in Master lon -with a'big'cheque, which he knocked down in the usual manner. Severe illness supervened on the top of the burst, and, when at death's door, the poor fellow was despatched to the Masterton Hospital, where he died. The Timar^u Herald has not a high opinion of tbs present Blouse ot Repre» sentatives. In the words of the Herald, (< There never was a time when members of the House were so totally void of respect of one another or for themselves. The public can scarcely be blamed, then, if thej also lay aside that respect which they used to have for their elected repre» sentatives and habitually consider the House about fifty per cent, lower in the scale than an average Road Board." This is severe but not altogether unmerited. We understand that a summons has been issued against Mr Wollermau for arrears of calls allaged to be due to the Brewery Company. The case will be heard on Thursday, and the defendant will be represented by Mr Hawkins senr. Stephen Lewis, a retired gunner, has died at Southampton aged 106 years. He was present at the battle o£ Trafalgar. He was pensioned in 1847. Mr Sheehan has given notice to move that £50Q0 be placed on the Estimates-to encourage^ the discovery of new payable goldfielda / ' , Between the 19th ultimo and the 24th instant, no fewer than fifty petitions against the Education Act have been presented to Parliament from Roman Catholics in various parjf of New Zealand. The petitions bear an aggregate number of 5095 signatures, A new^artiole of export in the shape of a number ot cases cf preserved meats forwarded by Messrs Mitchell and Richards, were recently sent to from Wanganui. A London magaz'ne for 1794 contains the following almbafc unique death* an« nouncement; —" In childbed, of -her thirtieth, child, the wife of Mr Joseph Sims, at the Bell Inn, Cambridge, county Gloucester." Magic, the dam of Leeerdemain (the runner«up in this year's Victorian Waterloo Cup) is a New Zealander, and won the first New Zealand Waterloo Cup five years ago. The Wairarapa Daily of Friday learnt from itf Woodville correspondent that there was a heavy flood in the Manawatu river. The punt and boat at Carver's ferry were gone down the river. The coaches would that night be unable to cross. The returns on the Wellington section of .railway this month increased from £2929 to £3356 ; and the Napier section frblin", £1936 to £2481. The Auckland section rose from £5330 to £6536. The sum passed through the totalisators ai the four race meetings held during the past season by the Dunedin Jockey Club would appear from the accounts to have been £35,230. In Wellington yesterday, there were no less than eighteen vessels in port, which is a fleet whiph has never before been equalled in that harbour. In the Legislative Opuncil on Friday, Colonel Brett in objection to the motion of Mr. Pbarnzyn, in reference to the proposal to do away with members' honorarium, described the latter as a' literatist, who came to the Council to carry on his correspondence and take his afternoon siesta.' On being called to order, he said it was very difficult to discuss ike motion without personalities. If the motion were passed it would deprive him (Colonel Brett) of his just dues. He was not ashamed to acknowledge he was a poor man, and had to leave his wife and children in unhappiness and misery dur» in? his absence, while the mover of the motion, living in Wellington, could go home to his young wife and well-dressed mutton-chop. The hon. gentleman spoke under great excitement. Mr T. Daniel, M.H,B. for Riverton (says the Mafcaura Ensign) has joiued the Blue Ribbon Army, and wears the badge of that body in the House. Mr Daniel also contemplates joining the Salvation Army; He thinks that there is a capital field for the Army's operations among members of the: House. 4 We remind our renders of the StanfieldDark entertainment in the Hall this eve-