LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 230, 31 August 1883, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

■O" ■ ' ■ We are sorry to lewn that Mr J. King proposes resigning as a member of the Racing Club, for»whose prosperity and welfare he has laboured so indefatigably. By the instructions of the chairman of the Oroua County Council some very necessary metalling has been done adjacent to Ashurst, where the racent heavy traffic has cut up the road to a considerable extent. In order to spare his congregation the annoyance of a libel action, the result of a recent speech, the Rev. C. Strong has resigned the ■ charge of Scots' Church.! Melbourne; The big slip on the Stoney Creek Line has at length been carted away. A continuation of such obstructions next ter is not improbable. The condition of Main-street should engage the early attention of the Borough Council, as m many places travelling on it after night.fall is positively dangerous. Some of the settlers on the Napier Road have cause to complain of the ravages of dogs among their sheep. Notwithstanding the exceptionally severe weather during the last few weeks, we learn that losses to the lambs m tbe Stoney Creek district have not been great. Says a Wellington paper of yesterday : — MThe most important case to be brought before the Magistrate's Court to-day is that m which William Goodison is charged with larcency as a bailee, m that he did convert to his own use certain property, of the value of £18 7s 6d, ; belonging to John Farrell." Mr Snelson will hold no less than three important sales tomorrow, viz., the Fitzherbert stock sale at noon, at the yards ; sale at Hounslow & Voigt's, of furniture, timber, machinery «fee, and at 3 p.m. at j the People's Mart, a consignment of i clothing, t9a, and other goods. These I three sales occurring on the same afternoon should attract a numerous gathering of town and country residents. We remind those intending to tender for the lease of the Napier Borough Re* serve near Woodville, that tenders close on Monday next. Dr Hector says the island of Sunda if renowned for the severity of its volcanic eruptions. 1772 a tract of country 15 miles long and 6 broad was swallowed up and 30,000 persons lost their lives. This was followed m 1815 by another severe shock, when 7000 were Jost. The noise of the eruption was heard thousand of miles away. At Branxholm, Tasmania, there is a daughter of the lineman who, though I she is under 13 years of age, acts as tele« graph operator, and performs the duties very well. Her brother aged 14, has built by himself a very neat cottage near bis father's place and completed it. Rags of all sorts are collected, sorted, and shipped to London, from nearly every country m the world. Thus Hamburg, Bremen, Rostock, and Sicily are centres of the trade m woollen raas, while thousands of tons of linen and other rags are imported from Turkey, Egypt, India, Aua- ■ tralia, and Japan. A Chimiman made abet of 3dol with one of his fellows that he could swim across the Sacramento at Rekding and return. He crossed over, but m coming back sunk m the middle of the stream to rise no more. His opponent 'seeing him go down, clapped his hands m glee and proceeded to put the Btakes m his pocket. | On the 3rd proximo (says the Dunedin Star) Mr, James Ashoroft retires from the editorship of the Otago Daily Times, which (post he has held for nearly five years, and is succeeded by Mr R. E. N. Twopenny. The British authorities m India have seized » number of seditious letters as they Tore m course of being transmitted through the post on the 7th instant. Fears are entertained that the overflowing of the Nile this year will be un« usually severe, and disastrous effects are anticipated. It has been said that the real protection m London againat the Thug is the difficulty of disposing of the body. The Mannings were forced to bury their victim under the hearthstone, and discovery was easy. Wainwright, 12 months after the tragedy, was arrested m carrying the mumified body of his murdered paramour m a car, the wretched man ha vine to remove the remains when he changed his place of residence. A geriou9 drought has taken piace m India, and m many districts great distress has ensued. An investigation has > brought to light the fact that the police of Pera (Constant tinople)have ior the last four years been systematically m partnership with pro* fessiohal criminals, that there has been a regular division of spoil between them, and that the police have given facilities for robberies and assasinations. The Canterbury Press of the 25 instant, informs us that there seems to be a pro* bability of a considerable quantity of European flax being grown m the Ashbur* ! ton district during the coming season.