LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 248, 21 September 1883, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A man named John Hawker, a tailor, got a month, to-day *■■ for - vagranoy.--Thiß was /the man- Who^had^ beeh^begging during, the last, few dayßj M and, looked su!ch a pitiable object from drink. .'•... By cable we learn that no. cine , has yet been obtained as.tot^he perpetrator of .the robpery of, ithe Commercial -Back m Melbourne. ' 1 1t has trah-piied that no . sovereigns, but only gold and notes, were stolen. The thef tj appears.. to havejbeen most skilfully effected^. ."'■ i.'s"' ..' y y.y^ - _ The result of the poll for the proposed construction of < the ? Stoney | Creek Road was 10, ydtjbf ;ig fayouruindCohe against. Tne poll took place at Mr Thomas Ed« wards' residence^ Stoney Creek. The . foundation stone of the new flail m Wangahui, will be laid on' Saturday; the 29th instant, by Bro. B. N.i Mauley, 'W.M. of w the Tongariro Lodge, feting by dispensation under the hand ana seal of B.ro. C. J. Toxward, of Wellington, District Grand Master.

f Our Bulls) correspondent writes : — ' •At the stock sale to-day at Messrs Stevens ..Gorton's, yards, Mr Stevens wan auctioneer, and the Colonel was back looking well. Things seemed: to be quite like old time's , again, from the ' fact of ' t there being a larg« attendance, of' settlers j ami there prospects generally .'as reported by the farmers of being more hopeful."

„_The widow of the late John Henderson, fireman, who .was. shoe .while on his engine near Wairuna, has Wen granted a ( . compassionate ' allowance equal to one year's pay of her deceased 'husband.

•With 1 the object of ' encouraging the further development ; pf the frozen meat trade a special cap Valued at £15 155, will be offered as a prize, at the forthcoming r A: ; an<_ Pi shbW J iij a tuVSrSfiffgill: fdr r .he most suitable for exportation^ t6~ J tntt London marketi 'The donors of the cup are ■the IjTejv Zealand L and:^Agenp.y;Compariy._. . , /y , y "'' '~ '.." "' ' ' '■■■ jwtten tbwlasti rawl. !«£s, Mr G. W. staying*- at \ ? country house m the south of England, hard at word on a revised and cheaper edition of the 'History of New Zealand.' The correspondent of the Auckland Star says :— He »£po.oh ppoliV the idea of Mr Bryce or ;any other of your politicans hauling him #yer'tbe coals for libel, and glories m Ihavihg'-^exposed to the English-read-iihg jublhf;' the\inf amies of Parihaka.' Sir y A?thuit;jGior!dTO, I aMersfcahcf,Ycordi»o Mly endorses Mr Rusden's views re the 'treatment of)the^Maoris by Europeans, ,and recommends, ;~tne 'History' every'wherfc as astandard work on the colony. Tbe crop prospects throughout Mani* tbbajand the Csmldian NoHsh-West are reported to be mo^t satisfactory. The area under cultivation is much larger than ; io ,any .previous year ,^ and tbe yield promises Uo be exceptionally good. In Ontirio the agricultural outlook has slightly improved, but the damage done to the fall wheat has proved irremediable. )Ipithi3.pr.qyince, howeve^jQas, wje»ll as m Qaebec, the hay ikd fruit crdpsbid fair to'be excellent. There will also be] a iy[rg"eibntpjfftjof|cory produce. When a band of roughs made an attack upon the Salvation Army m the Sydney Domain, and attempted to wrest the army banker* from the standard -bearer,; one,/of the,ladies of the army volunteered to take charge ot' J the banner. She than dared the roughs co interfere with her. and marched triumphantly away with tho colors. 'ijAv Wellington paper understands tbat^a project is on foot for establishing an .auctioneering business m Wellington on the limited liability principle; and that with this object proposals are under consideration for taking over the auctioneering, business of Messrs Dwen and Co., and "working it inT manner similar to -the* Goldsborough Company m Melbourne. „ j Mr Shatter,' photographer,* has left at our office' some very artistically finisheci. pictures of 1-ndscapei scenery; ; . which- , would do credit to a- city studio. Some of the bush views are strikingly lifelike, ' and the.-water and glimpses of .river and lake beara strong resemblance to nature^ We consider the^vJews«amo_g,thebeßj^we_ have seen from Mr ,Sh»iler's studiopand' prove hini; a' very efficient artist. • We. should imagine that the operator had taken much pains to perfect .himself m landscape photography, and that he has succeeded- is apparent m the really excellent pictures which he is now producing. i '_ case has been br ought, under the Public Health Act,' against a 'resident of l£okorai, Otago, for allowing a nuisance m connection with his soapr boiling and bone-crushing work. The defendant was' committed for trial. . ; A man 1 winks Ma eye on an, average 30,00 > times per day, «|di/ woman's tongn > makes 78,0PQ 4 .,. motions every '24 hours, ; ; /-■ ;■• ; .-, ■. .. „-,