LOCAL, AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 263, 10 October 1883, Page 2

LOCAL, AND GENERAL.

We regret to notice that Mr W;A. M'Dowell, draper, of Wellington, has had to assign his estate for the benefit of his creditors; ( Just prior to the train leaving Wanganui yesterday af tern eon, news was re" ceived that Mr Rochefort, who has been attempting to make a survey of the land m the Murimotn country, had again been tamed back. The natives, it is reported fired a couple of shots ovor his head, and warned him if he persisted m proceeding with the survey, he would suffer the same fate as Moffatt. He at once returned to Wanganui. Further particulars will doubtless, come to hand m time for our second edition. The Chinese are said to have the most perfect system of central government m the world-. In that country it is illegal to even brand a jackass without the eon" sent of a Mandarin or Judge stationed at Pekic. The central government at Wel« lington appear to be following the example of th c followers of Confucius. Yesterday * member of the Constabulary arrived from Wellington with a horse for our local constable to exchange for the one he had m use. The new hack wore a most dejected appearance and looked even far more jaded and broken down than his predecessor, 'But why was it necessary | for government to send a special constable with this sorry-looking animal all the way from Wellington, while good and suitable horses can be obtained at a cheap rate m any part of the district? The Wellington Port says it is m a position *o contradftt authoritatively the rumour that Mr Justice Johnston shortly retires, and that Mr Oonolly takes his 'place. - .... A sawmill is being erected atßotoiti. The proprietor, Mr Butt, hopes to com* mence cutting by the end of the month. The Victorian annual education report of 1883 shows a decrease m the attendance of children at schools on that of last year of 8136 children. , The correspondent of the Argus In New Guinea states that many of the native children suffer from foul and cancerous ulcers, and the men from ulcerated feet. The following pertinent remarks appear m the BTawera Star : — The only drawback j of which we have to complain is that payments are not quite so prompt a« they might be. Ntanv think that because they only owe a few shillings, it is not necessary to'trouble about paying up promptly, but when they are something like a thousand accounts m this position, the aggregate sum is large. W» trust that advertisers and subscribers will remit at earliest convenience. The statement m the estate of F. W. Evans, publican, Wanganui, shows asset* amounting to £7741 17s, the liabilities being set down at £6061 0s Bd. The Rev. Lloyd Seating, formerly of All Saints' Church, Palmerston North, has been appointed . temporarily to the. parish of St. Thomas, m Auckland; Mr! Keating has only ministered for a year m i Dunedin, and m that short time succeeded m erecting a large church m the North* east Valley, a suburb of that city. A Middleton lady, the mother of a bright little boy, was talking to him the other night, just as she was putting him to bed, about efficacy of prayer, and told him that if he would a|k God for anything that ha particularly desired, she had no doubt his request would he granted. The little fellow knelt at his mother's knee, and prayed to G-od to send him fifty little sisters and one hundred little brothers. The* prayer was never finished* for the mother, aghast at the prospect of having the house turned into an orphan asylum, lifted the boy to his feet and tucked him into bed without a moment's unneoeisary delay. The trial of Henry Winter, better known as the Indian Corn Doctor, for frandulent insolvency, has been concluded. Prisoner was sentenced to three years and a- half imprisonment, Iv connection with the large claim to be made against the Government by the . South Island Natives, we understand that it has been arranged that Mr Sheehan is to proceed Home to arrange for the prosecution of the claim, and it is probable that h« will be accompanied by* Captain Blake. An agpident happened at Whaitata (near Parihaka) lasjt week to a constable of the A. G. Force, named James Fran* cis. He was practising at football, when hA fell and broke his collar bone. The strongest sentiment the Turk has is his reverence for his mother, However elected his position, he always stands v? m her presence until invited to sit down, a compliment he pays to no one else. •Ob,' snivelled old Swigwell, when rebuked by .his son for throwing a quart pot at his wife of his bosom, ' how sharper than a thankless tooth it is to have a serpent's child !" A bright little girl, who has successfully spelled the word ' that' was asked by. her governess what would remain after the ft' h»d been taken away. 'The dirty cups and saucers,- was the reply. A tramp applied to a gentleman for a fesr pence to buy some lpead. 'Oant you go into any business more profitable than this?' he asked. 'I'd like to open a bank, if J. only oould get the tools/answtred the tramp? f • It does beat all what rasoality there is m this world-" exclaimed Farmer John, angrily. " The last ton of soap-stone that I bought is so much adulterated that it is not fit to adulterate my butter with."