LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 280, 30 October 1883, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Oat of twelve candidates the following gentleman have passed at {the Apr ; il ex» amin'attbri of .the* Ni'iZi, Pharmacy Boards held at the four centres. Messrs Wilton, Manton, Hobben, , Christohurch ; Macal. ister, Invercargill,: Kintlerdine, Donedin ; Clarke, Auckland, and Warburton Auck'' Jand. . „_, ;j ; !u ;_ / . -,;' /: ' i . A young^jnan named' Sinclair was ar-. rented m! WejHngtpn'' for taking sonic • jewellery^frooi a'batmaidi i He returned', it just prior to his arrest, saying he had been merely playing a joke on her. These <kind*.dfvjbke» are rather dangeroup. The" Wanganui blockhouse "ii being,, dismantled, and will aoon be reduced to stacks of timber and heaps of bricks. The only mementos yet discovered have been two lupenies of 1817 and 1835,a "jßrowh 1 Bess" bullet, and a packet of visitingcards. ' - ...'-■ The Ohronicle understands that wice his sentence for arson at VN averley, ihV prisoner Joseph Gildon haioonfessed tpx having fired^everal- atacko, ,-; not, only jn { that part of the- coast, but also m tb£ immediate neighbourhood of Wanganui. The -co»l ! export, .at-j&reynaojithj jait week waa heavier than has been Known before,

A patient m the- MounfrView: Asylum ■ named Henryr3chiltze effected his escape from that institutioa the other' day. "H6 wai recognised yesterday evening^ m Palmerston by Constable Gllespie, who took him 4n to custody. I *-. 2. A. Kecrtation pound vfe hat been 'gazetted. ( Th» following particulars relatire to the garnet taken-' from tha Gazette of tfie 19th, mayfie found interesting :—« All thatpieoeor -SFSr 1 °, f Wl3 n ' th » *'o.v?ilciHl} PLitrlbK or Hawks a Bay, containing by adm»asurer ™rtJjL!w^e^^ro^^per^e^^jnflr^ or less, being the rural section numbered 78 : on th« plan block VIII, Woodville Surver District. Bounded on the northwest by-a^blio'rbM739B3iiakfrt»Wafar the north-east by a Nature reserve N,o. 200,1000 links; towards the south'-ea«t by rural section Mo. f 7», 8991 links ; and iSoJl^i 1 !" iout^« t #ap4biicwi|d 4 . j If this w iriot^feg f . to. j«impound a\ we do not know what is:TweWe £1 nates from the Empire Hotel Stables on Thursday 25fch inst. As the numbers and name of the rierson who took the- notes are known, they had bette* M& tetumed Iqjk placeV where the owner will find them.ovr criminal ■■IS^fSBPSi-^' tt^»' immediately.- : Edward AToElwatn." The advertisement is appearing m the Wanganui papers. In a case at Wooloomooloo, m whioh a woman died after being outraged by* a' fang of larrikins, the; ooronerii jury rd turned a vfcrdicVdf Wilful 'Murder agarnst James Connow, Edward Williamsj aad-. ? eor 4P^ mb f^ *dding| that.th e .ewr.. dence was not suificient io include Alfred and Joseph Williams on the finding i u t the circumstances pointed "to'grave" suspt- : cion against them. The three men were' than committed for trial-at the next criminal sittings of the Supreme Gburt. ' Alfred and Joseph Williams were set at liberty, Messi&qMfcK^ieWdo^ of Woddviilel are«a«U«ttiaing-forßawyerfami'B<iuarerfr~" j The premier has gone on a t Mm^tblA^ |land m company a Sith the? &oTOmor.^ ; According to the Auokland papers, bow. i ever, he is about te negotiate, for a: change-in the personnel of .th - Gabinfe^ l fe 'Johnifon resigning the portfolio of Public Worksr and gome Auokland / member \ becoming ia • Minwter.in order to'prbpitiafe the indignant Auoklanden ( i .; / .../-. .•■...■ .^ /i/y ,