The Manawatu Standard. (PUBLISHED DAILY.) Suivant la verite. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1883. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 292, 13 November 1883, Page 2

Manawatu Standard. (PUBLISHED DAILY.) Suivant la verite. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1883. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

It is notified m the Gazette . that the name of the Reverend Phillip Cuthbe t Anderson has been withdrawn from the list of Officiating Ministers, under " The Marriage Act, 1880," belonging to the 1 Church of England, at the request of the Most Reverend the Primate, Mr Reynolds, M.L.0., m a letter to the Otapo Times, on the financial policy of New Zealand, says : f The expenditure "iiOhe present position of the colony is pimply primlnal. . The tedlbny at ihe pre* "sent moment can only be compared to a reckless insolent trader, who, knowing that the day is approaching when he must go into -the ■-, Bankruptcy, Court, re* solves that p^ tjll-that. day^he will"debar himself of no gratification, however coat» ly, on the principle tbat '' m for a penny, ;in-for a pound."'-; ; For the information of looal contrao'dr* we mny stnte that the Waipawa, Go«»nty Council is invitiner tenders for the Wood- ■ villa Gorge . Road r,rnetallinjy qnp tr»ct. Tenders addressed to the Chairman Waipawa County Council, will be received at the Conntv Council office, Waipawa, np to 12 o'clock noon on Tuesday, the 27th day of November, 1883, Specifications may be seen at. the. Coup., cil office, Waipawa, and at Messrs Monteith and Pountaine's store, " A scandalous scene was witnessed m Oldham, on August 13, when a woman offered to sell her children, one m arms and tbe other three .years old. A sale was effected of the elder child who was disposed of for sixpence, to a woman, who wont off m a cab with her charge. The mother then wanted to sell the baby for a penny, but found no purchaser. From the Mail we learn that Mr Patterson, of Waipawa. who had a ticket m one of the " consultations" got up m N/ew Zealand on the Melbourne Cup, was fortunate enough to draw First Water, This horse ran second and lands Mr Patterson a winner of £900, Ry an order m . Council, dated the 2nd inst. all dogs imported into New Zealand, except from the Australian colonies, are required to undergo a quarantine of "six months' duration. No dog is to be landed m New Zealnnd evcept at the following ports : — Wellington, Auckland, Napier, Nelson, Lyttelton, Port Chalmers, Bluff

•• ••■• .- ■ . . r .~ '■■>>>.? ..- -■;:• :■■ ~i harbour. Stringent regulatibha nu pre* ] scribed aa, to; the landing o'if dops^and-.a; ] penalty of £50 is impo^edV for 4the\r: I infringement. ;' v l'y\ i| ZZi\ It is rumoured (aaya.-tlie T^st) thßtjas" Wr Walter' Johnston 'does*'not purpo c leaving for England before next April, he ' may possibly remain for the present a member _o£ the Cabinet r_ holding irt ! ' f aQt^iduch ifie^same "position^ as Mr Oliver did prior to his appointment as Postmaster-General,, ,Mr Johnston, m that case, would probably act ns a sort of honorary, assistant Minister fbt Public Works, and would be able to ' coach' hia new and less- experienced colleagn'e ' and successor m that department. i The Rev. Owen O'Brien, of St. Stephen's Church,. Brooklyn, had the plsHaure of marrying his father, \lr fhomns O'Brien, to Misb M. Hurley. .Wonder if he had the courage to kiss his atepmoutker, after the ceremony was performed. Farther supplies of Goods havobeen re-» ceived at tho Bon MarcUo during the week, which are now ready for selection m the various departments. Purchasers of drapery and clothing are invited by ad" vertiaemont elsewhere to inspeot the goods. — fAnVT,!