The Manawaiu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) Suivant la verite. THURSDAY, SEPT. 20, 1883. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 247, 20 September 1883, Page 2

Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) Suivant la verite. THURSDAY, SEPT. 20, 1883. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The first night cattle train with stock from Manutahi for the Gear Meat Com* pany will pass through to-morrow night, carrying 100 head. This will save the stock a long journey, and they will only require to be driven from Foxton to Weiling ton. Mr Shaw, M.H.R., is to be asked to stand for the office of Mayor m Welling* ton. It was a nice sight this morning to see a wretched looking creature going from house to house soliciting alms, on the plea of poverty, while evidently suffering from the effects of drink. The man who is a tailor by trade, was trying to barter his "goose" for. food — or drmk ! The owner of the grey horse "Patmore " can learn of his animal's whereabouts, on applying at the Stand abd Office. Tbe passage money derivable from the Doric's trip from England would amount to about £10,000. The freight would Bum up to much more than that, and when the fact of an increasing trade is taken into conaiderationthe N. Z. .Shippinj? Com* pahy are likely to reap a rich reward for their enterprise in^the establishment of direct steam communication. " HWe learn that Mr James Bull purposes shortly making a second trip horn*. Mr John Lees; who will shortly return to the j colony for a short time, will, m all probability, be a fellow»traveller with Mr Bull, who will await the former gentle* man's arrival. The New Zealand Shipping Company's cbartered^Bteamer Doric will leave Auckland to -day, it is anticipated, and should therefore reach Wellington on Saturday. She will birth alongside the Railway Wharf , and will commence to take m frozen meat from the Wellington Frozen Meat Company on Monday next. . It is extremely improbable (says a local paper) than any further inquiry will be held on the part of the Government as the causes which led to the recent boiler explosion at Mr S. Brown's coal*yard m Torv»street, Wellington, last Tuesday week, it having been pretty conclusively proved that the accident was not due to an insufficiency of water m the boiler. Captain Webb's widow came to Niagara to receive her husband's body, and was taken to the fatal whirlpool where he met his death, and is reported to have made light o" the difficulties of the undertaking. "Poor Mat," she said, "must have struck a rock ia diving, or else he would have been all right. Why, I could swim that myself." Cowboys have become so strong m Kansas that they virtually took possession of the town of Hummerviile. An officer wa* two days later assaulted m the street by a cowboy named Dick Turner, known as a ' killer,' but the officer left him mortally wounded. Turner's gang now threatens to burn the town. An accident occurred yesterday af ter* , noon to one of our local cordial manufacturers. ; While Mr G. Beck was busily engaged' bottling some aerated waters, one bottle burst into atoms, a piece striking him m the forehead causing a deep gash. Mr Beck at .once sought the aid of a media cal gentleman who sewed up the wound. It is. the intention to the Nelson prose-, outers' in 5 tine fraudulent bankruptcy charges against Mr Lingard, to apply to the Supreme Court for a change of venue, so as to have the matter tried by a jury elsewhere than Wanganui.

Mr Peter Ball of Victoria House, Wan gauui, whose advertisement will appear m an early issue, announces the arrival at Auckland; by the s.s. Doric, of a lar/c and varied stock of spring and summer goods, and asks the indulgence of his patrons for another week, when the stock will be forward. The reputation achieved by Victoria House m previous years will no doubt be maintained this season, and it will be hoped that Mr Bell wilt have no reason to regret his enterprise. The Doric's passengers have been passed by the Health Officer, and she is now berthed at the Auckland wharf. There are scarcely any Government imnigrants for southern ports. She has 1800 tons of c^rgo for Auckland and 380 tons of coal to take on board* A correspondent sends the Wairarapa Daily the following :— « When our Go* yernor visited Masterton the other day, it was pleasing to those who were near to the little girl who presented Sir William with a bouquet to observe what a pleasant smile passed over his face, when he took it frem her and asked, • What is yonr name my little dear ?" We can quite credit what our corresdent says. We saw the same smile ourselves when he sat down to lunch after a five hours' fast. The smile is unique, | and a cast of it would be a valuable acquisition to the. proposed local museum. By our cable commericial news it will be seen that the bank rate of discouut at Home is reduced to 3£, andlthe market rate of discount has fallen to less than 2* per cent. , It is reported, says the Chronicle, that Mias Josephine Green, is about to marry a former telegraghist at Palmerston.