LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 216, 16 August 1883, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

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Mr Stevens, M.H.U., is to aik the Government whether they will iustruct Mr Bowron to visit the Rangitikei, Maiu awatu, and Wanganui. districts, nnd deliver lectures and give inrortnation generally on the establishment of Cheeso »nd Butter Factories, with the view of promoting'such industries on the West Coast of the North Island. John Winks, a well known sheep dealer, of Hawera, was fined £20, and £12 costs, for driving infected sheep along the Highway. JgTo-morrow is the day of Dr Curl's sual visit to Palmerston, when he can be consulted at Remington's Medical Hall after 1 p.m. The opening of the new branch of rail* way to Manutahi appears likely to come to a consummation after all. and things are taking a very practical shape* A special train left Wanganui yesterday morning, for the'northjOnveying the new station masters for Patea and Manutahi, ahd'the furniture and office equjqments for those stations, which will go right through* } Proceedings are pending m theWellington R. Mi Court for £100 damages, for allegad carelessness whereby an incident happened to a lad who was a passenger. Onions are, now being retailed m the inland towns of the Wellington {District at fourpence per lb., or at the rate of 37s 4d per cwt., and £37 6a 8d per ton. Prime onions are being sold m Timaru at 16s per cwt. " • . ' •* "•■*■ TV c (Wairarapa Daily) hare been shown a lock of wool from the back of one of the wild sheep that graze on the Crown lands m the Whareama. It measures 24in. m length. * • v : A special meeting of the Manawatu County Council was held yesterday, at the County Chambers, Foxton, When there were present: — Councillors Thynne, (Chairman) Rockstrow, Davis, Gibson, McLennan, McKenzie and Had field. The minutes of the previous meeting being read and confirmed, some correspondence and other matters were dealt with, had up to the timeoE -our. reporter .leaving 1 nothing of importance bad bean before the meeting. • In Dublin almost every trader of note has received' through the post a, printed circular termed "An Analysis; of the Special Juries Serving on Eighteen Trials under the Crimes Act." It seta forth the names of the jurors, and enclosed with tbe circular is a printed slip bearing the following ;-Woe to you if you;bave any of the goods ot these jurors, m yottr house, for you as well "as- they will have the blood and suffering of innocent people on your head. ■ The envelopes containing these documents bear the Manchester postmark, .and the circular is signed "By Hook or by Crook " The affair has caused a sensation m Dublin. ; "'■-■ - The amount of capital sank, in printing establishments m New Zealand m April, 1881, which is the latest date up to which the statistics have been compiled, was nearly £230,000. . This does not include the Government Printing Office. Grain mills, breweries, timber works; collieries, and gas works were the only industries absorbing more capital. The amount invested m sawmills, and saah and door factories, was far beyond any other m« dustry, being more than £773,000. The quantity of timber sawn during 1880 was 15,00Q,000 feet, . ; A correspondent of the Sydney Morn* ing Herald writes that according'td re cent revelations ifc would .appear as if more than one young girl Have been de« , coyed from Sydney to proceed to Noumea under false pretences. One instance is given of the daughter of the widow of a professional man having accepted an engagement as companion to a retired lady, her chief duties to consist of entertaining ihe company with her musical talent, and on reaching Noumea finding that |the house of the retired lady was a publichouse of the lowest repute. A kind«hearted captain gave her a return passagejto Sydney upon the discovery of the trap, but the correspondent asks how many have not the good fortune to be so rescued. According to a looal paper, a branch of the Society for thn Prevention of j Cruelty to Animals is sadly needed at the' present time m Wellington; " 'I iThe * Wanganui ; Herald understands that* case will occupy the attention of the R.M: shortly, the facts of whitoh, if true as related, show a most brutal assault to have been committed. It is said that a father; (who is to be, prosecuted) beat; bis son most unmercifully 'and kicked him m the ear, splitting the lobe; ' A statistician has" recently computed that the chances of beinar murdered m Rome and England are 237 to 1. In Rome there is a homicide to every 750; inhabit tants ; in England,one to every 178,000. The disciples of the Salvation Army m England at present number one , million and a half, and its income is £121,000. A most extraordinary application of the electric light has taken place at! Newcastle, the details of which have just been laid before the medical society m that town. It wa3 no less an undertaking than the examination of the liver by this means. Dr OHrer, the operator made an incision into the liver, nnd into this was thrust a silver-plated brass tube. The latter was smeared with carbolised oil before being used. The current was then turned on, and the lamp lighted. By its means Dr. Oliver was able to see the inter* nal walls of the oyst, and to note all the signs of disease. The incandescent lamp was np bigger than a bean, and was fed by a two-cell Bunsen battery. There has been some heavy scoring m the English cricket field thia season. On May 26 the match between Surrey, and Hampshire was drawn, when the former had made the enormons number of 650 runs m one innings, against the latter's 222 and 98 for one wicket. Every man m the Surrey team got into double figures except the last. Mr W. |W. B,ead,|>ho scored so well m Australia, made 168 ; Morris Read, 91 ; Abel, 83 ; Mr. J. Shuter, 67; Chester, 54 (not out),; and bo on. This beats the Anstraliau'a big score of 643 against Sussex. j iJENTLBY Bros, new advertisement now appears on tbe. first page of the Standard. Honey-comb towels are priced atsd, Tarkish towels lOcl, strong blue serge lid, cotton shirting 4£d, men's tweed trousers 7s lid, children's sox 4d, eiris' stockings 6d, ladies' hose 6d. felt skirts 3s 9d, straw hats 6d, kid gloves Is lid. men's worsted sox Is 3d, men' ,lamb3- wool sox lOd, men's flannel shirts 3s lid and 4s lid, men's cotton shirts* Is 6d, tweed hats 2s 6d and 3s, boys' tweed knickerbocker suits 7s 6d white flannel Bd, lOdand Is, twill sheeting 9J4, lid, and Is 3d, Scotch tweed Is lid, 2s 3d and 2s 6d, strong brown holland 4£d, table demask Is 6d, men's trousers and rests 12s 6d. For quality and price the anovo are unsumassed — fADViI..