LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 294, 15 November 1883, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wj? hear that Mr A. B. Jackson's Xady Cresdent...wingo. for the big .handicap , at r P^lmerrtonV aY* welf as'the bea'vly'ev&tfts at^WoodviUe. \Ye wish Mr Jackson suc^ { ce^s. ■ te.A . At the laat meeting 1 of the Hint County" ..Coqincii Mr W. T. L. Travers-wrote^to^j Jh,gih;e was insfcructed r b;v !the"^irectofis| of 5 'thi^ Wellington and 'M^nawatu'Oonipany tiriiif orm^the'-t!oTi&oiM*hs;ts the'Ocfoteingon the HutUroad waajrecessary for the worti worts tn"pfbgres.<«, lind any "attempt on tlie part of the Council to interfere would be resisted. The Company wouJL/T holdf the Council responsible for any^s|3;. or iijnry it might sustain by interfering ; withithe crossing :n question. After softie discussion, the letter was receyflSa. >.*&£, commutiiQiitjion. wa^ r rQCfiif ed froirf M^&ijk BrandSnf 'StiaW;- v ahi- ; ;th"at( they were instructed to Jssu^suitaif^ against the Council fur damTO^l^^ alleged encroachment at Pj^ikaliarxH^rfcß B skih g the Council to nominate a solicitor to alecept the service, The. JElutt County 1 Council appears to bej. gettißgjghto tFopibledf' '-5- 'i.. L* X r -"' J -dQcaßionally the question is asked <• whether th^e Mayor Q|' r <&t bor.o r ugH|affcerr i oncfe being gazetted * a J7P. , retains'Bnch;fqr;good. Such is not the case,as the 56th ■ section of the Municipal Corporations ,^ci Eets fo4 ; h, t,hat, .the : Goyejnor may, if he -thinks fil^rippfoht'- any person elefc'ted 'to be Mayor of a borough to be Justice the Peace ; but such a^pointm^at..|haU v remain m force only bo lori^a 5 8'suc ! h?per^ aon continues to be alayor. - ' An Auckland, writer asks the question i hbjw tb^geVrid of'o^r emperfliious. lawyers/ ~an|l thus suggests the" method ; — The most feasible plan appears to be ta.cqpy; this examplfl of the people of Madagascar wijth reeard to their ambassadors. Tbe Malagasy- were unsuqees.-* ■f ui in' thfeir " mia'sioh, -So- ' they' hSv£ -been Let us adopt the same plan -Vuh our lawyers. Aa soon as-one loses. or let him. be strangled, and we will, 'rtobn get rid of our .differs, -wJio.jrorni the {'lairge majority, '"■■ |Th|^ish9p~j6f. Oxford sent roun4 to 'tbje cferc^frt^dfenl^T^f^ Hioleiise a*j^irp ; 'bijlar of emjmHel, <rtl *arii6'Qj^* ffnioh >*«% .d Does your officiating clergyman preach ,-tlie Gospel, and are his conTersation and" ■; carriage conaißteptQ'tn-^reH[illy^ ,-. ,T?he .','cfturcbwarden off] fw»lj)n^brßf jf^piiedy • "' He preaches the Gospel, but "does' not '"kbep a carriage.' ----- 7 i litiiMiti. thii Bthe)idea of - thej leg*Viceroy of Egypt is to settle down m" ilondon. He says it is the on_ly t place Where an ex~ruler requires no sleeping ' dTaugTK.r^H'Cf ha| . about; §ipO,(WO a.year, aiad a very fair supply of joung'aud pretty wives. . i 'C- ■ i;/""-; ; ) A leading Auckland solicitor made a. Very-gopd'} bOn»'ihot on:thb subject o^.lhe; £erby win. fie said, ' This is a splendid!' siountry that we live \n- ,W^;.hay§ $& )(jst climate, the best soil, the best men. ;he best horses, and our carpenters,, are" good enough for Cabinet Ministers,' " lir '- : ! It may be interesting to litigants to~ iknow that the Government have directed" fall Cleriis of Oourts not to charge $&£, 'fee iv cases of confession of judgments ;The concession will be appreciatotj by i those whose patha he Courtwarda.-' " ; i ■'' ' ,Tb.e-j'J.'aratahi- (Wairarapa) Dairy C6m»~ j pa'ny have' accepted '^h* 'offer r bf a liSOq. •' . loan f ron the* ; N\ ■& lio'ail and jyj.ercintHe:: Agency, for the prosecution of i the cheese' industry. ■■.:■ ■'■■,; ri,'. r e The English Home Secretary redeiveil; i over 1600 applications for the post ..ofpublic executioner m the room, of Marwood. There appears to be an impression abroad at Home tha^he^ ha^man}B\pos^ is a very lucrative one, * hence, the 'eager* ~ ness to obtain it. V T -.'"'* ■*■• Two boys got into a boat at the North Shore, Auckland, on a receut Sunday, and began ''fooling about" m it to the hazard of tftejr |iTea." Some of the pasiengers "m a eteamei lyip^ the wharf

w^!|t aripdm^edjjHeoprtit || the!jfoat» vrhan tHiy fpj,n^o th^ir |^u^and^ hMpr.jtß|it th^boyg were yst^helriHssljg airnnk -^'to^e unabl^o Vtifc whftrf. '" ' ■%-..+ It seems strange that while the Melbourne Cup this year is v«-on by a New Zealand horse, th§-^.©.w^ZealajidXup-fsh;o'4ldj be car riedjqff ||rj a^rfj^riß' 1 Irti.ttj |t bj e'? otfier side of thawa'fers'^Tasman^" "Soni'e"' «S*i'S- n fig . I ' t l ra ? r ,s H9 •.ft.b,?u fc a e 8 to _Taßman'B chanc;e of owrieffl^'p, the sporting" wnler" m ' Public! Otfrriion stating that '.-^VTeasrs ; Eobins'ju and Lance had paid lil'BUO for' him- abont a rweek'; agKr^Serrrtt-had^the-mount on him, and; this -lends greater color to the statement, Mrs Hainpspn, the evangelist, haajaid the fqundati 'it stpn^e'for a Yburi^ Christian Association Temple m i^ydn'ey. "The cost'of'the'filtfcucture site ia to be £33;600/ '" t „.,.,.. • .I' -VKe hear on good authority' that v the 1 celebrated Leonora, is m good training, and is i ■^ias^leindid. lettl©. There-' co'ald have been little trnth in.the stafcpraept ; 4hat she was disable! for the -season 1 ;-' 8 'We majr % .. exgect to -hear more of her shortly. M B^l. ;: ■; i .' ; ,A So.tllevs' A-sociaiion and Byrmers*' club hns been started under favourable • auspices m Master ton. .-• pjet^oleum Company have ;., n%j b&rea to a deplh of 276 -fe r et;' where they" have struck limestoue. They. seem sanguine of getting oil. • ; 'I ~ ± ■ ■-'■■ Sti'ohiWreu playing at snap-dragon at Tauanui, the other day, werd '■■'• seYerely' burnt. Three of them are m a most .precarious. s,tate. „ : _ , t -. ■-.; •■■■:>■ ■■■..■ •:> -c ''•■ The toial ? str v 6iaj!t|i of .thalNew Zealand volunteer army ia 8593 men, divided in* 121 corps. A report has reached London - from" : MadaSasjciir "tbllTthe. Malagasy envoys, who recently fefcurned'from Europe,' have' been strangled. Seagulls are playing great havoc among ' young lambs over at Marlborough, Mr Mcßae-has-lost- 1-70 -abnj-' t'a'nibs t.h"ia v ts.ea3on.byi them. ■> The bird« ■a|;ta(jk'vilue-i - --.lambs underneath, rand^ pluck; .- the mi i te^tinet but, and often strip the ..flash otE' theibackofithe young animals!; j; - • ;; ' : The - parishioner's; 1 'of An^Satntß^'Tapa H tfui j have decided to run their ' Chutch for -'a yearwitHbUt'a^ clerj?yniart it ii? i th6 itftbV eßfa bl'their numerous creditors, I \' } ' '-•' : : , .^he lan'dholdpr^ Tn. _ the* Wiia^a'aj^ trict are 'serio.Hßlyi considering the great . increa.se.of jhe rabbit pest. They propose Waking the wire netting a legal dividing? fettc^.tind rto inagoft;raha ,Breg. ■! ferrets m numbers. ' ~ ""'*" '" ". A : , voting 'lady, the daughter of a Tjiber^l 1 M;P., wißhesh^r fathdr Ho writ? •onie' ideaS about spring 'dressSr.' : read i: inthe • iiewißpft]pelc : :i tba't' ; the i;i r{ghtf'» honourable ■gelitjeton^has 1 a : tioriderrut" figures attractive." '■' ' . . siipplies of Good? have been re* deived," afc^tbe Bon i.iSfarche 1 during the week/ whiclTare how" te'ady for selection | . in,'fcßeTvaribuß .dfpajptmentf . JPufi-hasers of \ dr'ajjery and 'dlolhing <{M ; inpt^ ;by ad* ■ WrUadment'-'felVcfwiiere" ' fo * inspect' the goods.— fApyjtJ a - '.