The Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) Suivant la verite. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1883. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 265, 12 October 1883, Page 2

Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) Suivant la verite. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1883. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

.. Mr Thomas Bradley, formerly of Feild;ing, is now and part pro* prietor of a line of coaches running from TeAroha to the Thajnes. - . <■■'. t ' ■;■ , j \. .■ '-■>■ -- ■ ' " The proprietorof .the Hokitika Guar* .'dian ihas just had to pay a bonds of £i 66 forth© privilege of obtaining UnitedlPregs Association telegrams and Reuter's cablegrams. ... The death is announced m the Wellington papers of Mrs Hall, an old and esa tajemed colonist of very long standing, who arrived io Wellington by- -the fehip* London m 1812. The deceased lady, took a very, aotive part m works of "benevolence. In consequenoe of the agitation which followed upon the recent aotious m which the Sydney Morning Herald was engaged, it is stated to be the intention of the New South Wales Government to amend the law of libel so as to prevent persons bringing speculative actions' and obtaining heavy damages against conscientious . journals. ; ' -■■> •-■> " ! r The new Wellington»waterworks scheme is now, practically speaking, an accomplished fact, „.-.. A „r The West Coast Tim«s saya that Mr W. Redmond, M.P., hopes to remit Home' £1000 as. tbe result of his tour «n the; West pdast. >7 777" ',--V. ■■:.■■■ The, Melbourne Daily Telegraph has been purchased In' the -'intertfsta of the religious education party, and one of the first steps taken by its new proprietors has been to stop all Sunday work. The comi>ositors, reporters, and' the rest of the 1 staff work, till midnight on! Saturday, and start, work again at midnight on Sunday. ! There is mudh growling among the em ploj.ea, who are thus deprived of their only holiday, Saturday., . .^.. „ ....... „ Persons have gone to tbeOhristohurph police station and asked to be locked up for the night, as /they bad no means. Their request. could not, be compiled with, .** *b"ey."tti4 udt answer; t,o the; notice idea> or Vagrants. ' .' '7 „ .!^li'"-- *••> '•?■<:■■■■.•.',.■■■■ ■'• A "- ', Very slo]*- progress appears to 1 be made with .the extension of the Wellington** Napier Railway southward Ifdhi'Makatoko and northward tsays the TPost.) The next contaact on the farmer lenjrtb will not- be finished until the early Jbartof neity^r. Asse> nine-inlle length now m progress from Masterton to Opaki is gradually creeping along, and is not - likely to be opened before t the new r year. This Bection will be a troublesome one to workjuQpaki not being suitabWior'ater. 1 minal'statibny andit will iri all probability 1 have to bp panned, on asva branch, an engine and train being run out as required. In that case Masterton wbutd still remain practioally the terminus of thelme. -' A** tl 1 <~L^'~y>-±A.L f^ <1 .i X ' ./ A cable message has been received by the Government ito;the effeat tbata larje^ quantity, of ;r railway material has been lostby the St. I-aonards'. 'The lisf included 200' tons steel raila,a large locomo.tive, 125 sets ironwork for waggons, and'a^ variety of other ardcles. The shipment will, ; no; doubt, be replaced without delay.

An English barrister at Hong Kong has adopted, a novel system which all lawyers would doubtless.like seeing m praeti<J ?' Be has issued a circular stipulatfng for cash payments m future— which will be apt to dimmish limitation as far as he is concerned; .There is a small prospect of the rule prevailing m this country, (saya an. ejiphange), for, whether -clients losfc or win. whether flßt-jte»;arp.fiaten up lncostforfee p*; epdlesg litigation, the lawyer always makes sure of getting cood i pay for his work, y • l ■■■•-. -c t. r