LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 296, 17 November 1883, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

t ■ ;, *■■ ■ *~$ -i r - m i <^v . ii.^.J- _ 'tj "^--^ • j g The. t§ndjß4.of A, Nathan, for the yMfft'n^a^^ajiofll&ract, which is temporal suspended was £19,103, the next beine Jay and Hayns £19,416. Th* tender j**s £32,229,- There is & dbWsiderabie diffarence here! . i — — T -— 9 * r 4 V* j Mesers Reid Gray, of Dunedin, the ; Tjeil > implement makers, agaiq carried off the nrsVprfze at the Oamaru A. &P. Association's Show. The firn lias been very fortunate with their ex< Jiibitq this season, ! We remind ~all inVereßted m racing matters, that nominations m connection Racing Club's annual pfbgramme close this evening. Thi of the Club will meet at thi , Commercial,, to receive the nomination?. J ' ° *&r GeorgW^'H-uMiWtf Saa^ecldßalto cpnteftt^tbe Mayoralty of Wangannj with Mr" daraon. Mr Rutohiaon is agaii^ -Tunning for the Wellington Mayoraltyj. What joy if tather and son were each )-suecewfuljn %eir ca,ndj ( dature. f + f j Amongst the passengers' by ' the Norf ■thumberland who may settle at the Bay -of Plenty is Mrs Dobie, mother of tbfe unfortunate Jady murdered by a Maorpi some years ago, near Opunake. ■ A letter was reffeivad- by-last mail frotfi r^^riC^rtit^ MfUjT ofr7fa|BKrr^he( 'gentleman *4s •*• already geitw»gi~Brott. ojf England ai^d longing to return to his, home m the " sunny South." Mr Derritjt \asys:ntu,v>ton,:ia a,-, shitlinff a pound, and ttntM^tyriii/an^^&ttuMjiisease is spread. ing fash A bad' outlook indeed for* English farmers. But the colonies will :j*ttfpto*& ii y* Uo^ ;; s * £ .. tf ! At present onty peers' arid Ifreir gonV «nd ;&ii% Councillors can marry at anY hour of the day they choose m Great ißrltal&Y/LeSßcjjQ ,w^iJhiea[-A|ve^ #> ask perniiasion of the Archbishop to marry ljSeV thkn noon, and he sometimes refuses -it, i -The^ !ATfc|[dea.QQ9A33rqw«tjj of Pover.ty B^y, is certainly not a new chum. A'¥ecßnt Ll ßfey of Plenty Times saye :J---{fThe"Ven. Archdeacon Brown entered his,,ißlst T ye.at a on .Tuesday last. Tjie .venerable old * gentleman dined with ft few of his old intimate friends on the occasion. The s«?ere winter had trijed Ihiftf greatly during thp past seasdn. 1 'Archdeacon Brown has perform nd plerical dutiesr.in this ; district for more than Sfllr* yeare, and ! has* been oonneoted with fcjie town and progressfrom its early days.', 1 ' -iccoVding & Ithe^BnSrHttfs pOßSible; ib^build rnarp f ebgfn«s capable jof i; driving a V^'el 1 through the water at fhd '■ rate of 30 o^4o miles an hour. Tha pro« blem yet unsolved is how to construct ressels thnn can bear the strain of such powerful engines. ' {- 1 Mr Edward Isaacs of Auckland *e» cei&'fid aH^tfSr by,*b^'San Francisco n Sil daughter. Lady Samuel, inforjnwi ' itig t&m that sbe had used New Zeals nd mackerel Bnd flounder for the taßle, which had been sent home from the colony m a frozen state., and the fish were m excellent condition.