LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 235, 6 September 1883, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

■■, The Wesleyai* Ohojr will! not meet for practice tuis erening^i^.yonsefjuence or the bereavement sustained |by one of its members, Mr* Marsh,, | 1 ' Further additions, have been made to Messrs' SteVens anct Gorton's list of entries for the Stock Sale* on Tuesday next.

At £ Foresters' dinner m Wanganui, Mr Gross, responding to the toast of " Contmercial Interests" said he..did4iot' Mr Ferry was quite justfieaM his temarkSvon the gloomy state of Wanganui v fu^t u niow, wnich, however, he hoped would soon pass away, and referred to, theS sejfji^e^atitag enterprise m the sou^V esyp jTressing_the opinion that if atartedTKere'it* would be the making of Wanganui. He hoped that soon there would be new works going on here, and that the Heads railway works would/be, lunder way. .: HefrefejFrfd inmost! uncomplimentary terms to what the member for the district had done during the^present session. He also remarked that the Manawatu sawmillers had sent out of the district during' the past year no less than 5,000,000 feet of timber, through •the-port of Wanganui; """" . "~" Attheß.M. Court, yesterday, before J. Waldegrave llßq Jf.P. a Jaan Las Hansen was lentfericed^ro a monthsimpnsonmentjwith hard labour m Wang* anui gaol, for breach of the Vagrancy Act, having been found without lawful excuse m the Palmerston hospital building, MainStreet. j - **-'•* * A practical and experienced , man from Dunedin has ajrrived to take charge of operations at the Palmerstpn^oap Fap--: *»i. \ .DO ci - Cr Marriner 1 spoke strongly last night against the water supply of the Borough being limited to; the wells, against which he argued on sanitary grounds. /■lff'hgs been 'suggested that a.-pu,bUc mete tidg^ might be convened ate wlii6b.tthe eight candidates! for the three municipal vacancies should express- their* views on matters of Borough administration, and stale' their intentions should they be elected. We believe the proposal w.ould give satisfaction to the bulk of ;ihe ratepayers, j • ' 1 ' ■-'

! A special train which came through; near midnight last night brought through the Southern maiisjiwMch"Jhift4.bjßen,\de.-: I laped owing to the non-arrival of the ( coach by train tinie. -^ !<- --■ Meßsrs. Williamson, Garner, and Mus-, grove have begun ac action against Messrs cJyjne, proprietor^ of > the" Melbourne Leader, for the rejeovery of £5000 for on saUegfld.libel. Mrj Mus|gVave,Sji r mlßbber of the same firm: has begun- a separate action for the recoy ery ofiJESOOO; ou^stia 1 ilar jrrounds. ; . , w X *IDh^^r4linulfa^y investigation in''"'eonneUion^mtn 'tWcharges pf alleged bankruptcy against Mr Lin'gard were' conclucled at the Oourt yesterday .beforp the , KM^ One of the informations^ n w'as 'wi^Hdrawn after hearing evidence, but, on. .one ot the r other infpriwatiqnsj Hia Worshir) decided' to" commit Mr /Lingard for trial. This Wakes five chargesatt'all^oW'wliicQ belia's beta committed, three .having been wjth-t Erawn. Mr Lingard tfas 'Otifaitteb! bail; and will appear for] trial at the sittinas of t the Suprenie <sourc tfb be h^ld on tHe 26th ot next uionthitt ?- |' . ' r "; , v^f iM AtiOta,kelio, on jprfaay 5 last,* 'V Maori girl f oiirtflflß^ears of age, gave birth to half^cast twins. Sne -subsequently died, 1 and^on^unday a laige number of Natives ffom the Neighboring pahs; assembled, and 1 held a tangi ov,er the tbdyi^^Th'e* infants .are istUl-ailiv'ef'a'ncl are'being nursed bjri;he| women of the settlement.- ' y -'-' ': y! r , Writes the Woodville 11 bprreßpondent of the Waipawa Mail :— *' It appears , tha^ we are to have a reijl newspapjiir,' andi real live editor and manager l in the'bar'gain', m our midst in' a short time, as the ■" Woodville Examiner " is about to be published.' WhatVver is to keep the, paper going [appears a mystery, as the district cagi,. hardly fur'iiish a paragraph! a month ithese; ,qnie> jtimes. But it is a , noticeable fact that tjioae who a^ first run , down the affair, and^reryt^ing^deverjy one connected ., with if, have now ap» 'parently thought fit to give it their coun^v Penance and support. | THeif6U6#irig paragraph is frpinijfche Wanganui Herald' Ji4" We have had. dor attention called to the great discrepancy which exists -between the price charged; forrfyesh butter ; ajtiPalmerston and f^ the! same commodity m jWanganui. At the ■ f^r,mejLplacaJihe*torekeepers are retailing It at 6d. per pound, while the tradesmen here are Belling k at Is 3d; a pound; > Pal* mejcston-people might' doiftiworaeithan s'edd ■ BODQeofitheir,aurDluß butter to Wanganui." fei^; vjhere Jsithefe fresh butter at 6d a pound to be got m Palm erst on 1 Surely our contemporary has been the victim of a f ho f# 1 . t - / • 1 House was crowded witlrDnyers on Saturday the opening day of the sale,, Customers expressed surprise; at/Ch&'wtfntte?- 1 ful bargains offered byi-Bentlay Bros., and large sales were the order k <r'»ln^! tending purchasers are that the sjje wilj^st-flr one month only, an early visit to., 'thik^fee most genuine of bales. As a guide} for the public we have erected a large sign, wifeh, the; i«>rd sale.; m white letters on a red grduad. . fflentley aßros., 1 The Square, qexti 0 -^tewahrfnd Go^City |_ADVX.J t