LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 262, 9 October 1883, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Messrs Stevens and Gorton's sale at^he Borough Yards took place this afternoon', there being a large attendance,, and' the yards being well filled with stock. «* Messrs Pym and Py vis.blacksmiths.bave dissolved partnership the latter carrying[on the business. : Official notice is given that the bridge over the Mangaone creek on the, Palmers* ton Foiton road is dangerous for heavy traffic. • Professor l)e we Was., giving an exhibition of horse training m Tattersall's . Stables as we went to press this afternoon. We learn from tho Herald, that Mr | Heffer, brewer, has been engaged la that capacity at Mr Harley's brewery, which is to be re-opened ( m Wanganui very shortly. Me Heffer is well up,, in. his, profession, > i The township of Woodville which (says the Wanganui Chronicle) has bpen steadily rising m business and. importance during the last Seven or eight years— has now got a bUwoekly newspaper, . and ,the hearts of the Woodvillities ought to re~ joice greatly. The first number of nthe Examiner was published on Wednesday last, and though displaying signs of hasty arrangement, it is, on the whole, a crediable production, with as much promise of success as the township itself. We hope to hear of the journal flourishing. The choir gallery of the Wesleyan church was- lighted on' Sunday evening, with two pairs of lamps hung m handsome brackets; The gift was the considerate, donation of Mr J. Vivian., Several of the members of the late Choral Society strongly object to. pay the 6s 6d demanded by them m liquidation of. the debts of the Society. They affirm that they should not be called upon to pay where then are assets, m the form of • music &c M . that could be reajized upon. The objectors are under the impression that the idea is to start another society at some future time ■ with the properties towards which the members of the late Society contributed, and the 2 proposal is not considered fair. TJiere was a heavy fall of snow m the Murimotu Plains Just -week, averaging m depth from six inohea to, four feet, A numW of the wells m Falmer'ston ' have been strangely, agitated of late, the water becoming muddy, discoloured, iand foul. The phenomenon is pufezling a good many people, • A Wanganui visitor Julia McGonagle, has again strayed away to; Pialmerstoni could very well dispense with her presence here, • Messrs Oruiclf shank and Company of Auckland statjo f hat a cablegram has been received frqm tlje Bh^.w, S^vill, ' and AX . Won Company, stating, m ifef^penoe r to. the new steamers they are ijov?. that the power pf the yes>els Jj'as' been pon'sideraply increased,- arfd tb.at they will bp faster than anything that has yet been m th.ese waters. Nearly £3090 waa put through the totalisator during the two race days at Qamaru.

Professor Sample delivered his initial lecture at Melbourne on the, 12th. ult. The Argbß says that^ac the conclusion he secured Bixty pupils for his class. ' Considerable public interest has" been felt m Dunedin m the- opeaing or Watson . Brothers new JEToiel. '.The (jtrvajiSf The building^ with its four flours ofcbncrele, staircases of tame material, magnificent interior fittings, is held to be unquestionably the finest m the Australian colonies. It has been visited by nearly teu thousand people. •■* "•■-■ The mortality returns for England m the year 1881, which have iust been com* pleted, record the death of ninety-one: persons who were registered as iOOJyearsi old and upwards when they died. Of the^Bjafifed persons twenty,^five , weremen and sixty«six were women. " "*"' "^ " In our leader m yesterdy's issue, by the unfortunate misplacement of a line, the sense of two sentences was destroyed. They should hare read as follows :~At. 4| per cent, the interest would be £2)250,.* and a two per cent, sinking fund would : increase the yearly liability by £1,000. The future musf be "" Considered. \Ve trust oar Oity Fathers will not decide tpo precipitately on the amount of the' loan:* Let them look ahead ken years at least. .__ Mr T. Jordan, appears to be;rapidly,.re i ? covering his old business " connection; and though his premises are unpretentious,., business seems; to, be fairly, good with hinv, It is stated that representatives of the Blue Ribbon Army, m England .intend . visiting the Australian colonies.