LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 260, 6 October 1883, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Some tim«* back when Te Whiti re* j turned from his travels m the South Island to Paribaka, he occupied three days with a description of what he bad Been on his travels- His, compatriots listened attentively, as convinced as ever, that if he liked he could raise the dead to' life; but at one point of bis narration they j became incredulous. He mentioned .that | he had seen the white men make snow. . Oh! yes, they said, so can we : we can get it from Mount Egmontf, at the top. Yes, the prophet replied, -but the white; men make it by lighting big fire*, Then 1 bis friends thought that the prophet was piling it up "too mountainous', and broadly hinted that ho was telling a big lie. Such is life ! > They could appreciate the compulsory resurrection business but not that. This- question came before the Resident Magistrate "Court" a* Wellington; on Thursday: Can an innkeeper recover from a young man under 21 *he ooßt of his board and lodging^ at £1 per, week, for, . nine weeks, the innkeepe,r ; knowing that bis lodger might, if he chose, live at his father's, house? The defendant (Dr Divers, son), was aged 17, and had told the inn« keeper he had money m the savings bank, and would pay him when he could get bis bank book. The young man also ; professed to be looking for employment. The defence m Court-was that there could , be no liability m these' circumstances, be* cause the aboard and lodging could not be neceaaaria* where the youth had the option of living at his father's house. Mr ■ Hardcastle, R.M,, took time to consider; The late gaoler of Wanganui, Mr Pointon, has left for Dunedin, having obtained an appointment m the paol there. Before hia departure tbe Warders at * the Wan* ganuiGaol, presented -him with a handsome, gold pencil case as a token of the esteem m which he wa^ held by them. The Adolaide Municipal Council intend , to tiy and stop the plaviugof the Salvation Army bancl m the streets of than city. About 2000 acres of bush will be fallen this season m the Momohaki district, aud about 4000 acres m the Ha wera County. Says the H*wke's Bay Herald :— Part of the discussion at the Wanganui Education Boa'd which resulted m the dismissal of Mr Foulis. the Inspector, reminds us of the old dispute over * tweedle-dum' and ' tweedle-dee-' Mr Foulis may be or may not be a competent Inspector, but cer» tainly the arguments brought against him -'savored of laughable pettiness to a nonprofessional mind. It seems as if there had been considerable feeling against Mr Foulis for some time, and matters were brought to a- head by a report he made on a country school kept by one Mrs Brown. He condemned that lady's method of teaching tbe children to multiply, and, extraordinary as it may appear, the dismissal of Mr Foulis appeared to turn greatly upon what the Board considered the proper way to teach arithmetic. Signora Majeroni, now playing m Mel* bourne, is described by the Australasian as -an exquisitely natural actiess,' who fascinates everybody by the beauty of ' her person and the elegance of her carriage. The Hawke's Bay Herald of September 21 says, that several persons m Napier claimed to have seen the new comet last . night. As no other person has seen this comet,- deep suspicion resta upon Napier.. The ' electric' circus continues to be lighted by gas. - Australian wines have made a great im* presaion upon epicurean paktes m Cal» outta. - •