LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 300, 21 November 1883, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

, We are. informed" that toward^ the end 'of the mouth, Sir W., and Lady Fox, who -#ill-he" travelling •through, will spend a night m Woodville, when it is intenled to hold a public meeting for the purpose, of -forming a branch of th' 3 "Blue" Ribbon Army. Addresses will be. delivered by Sir W, F.jx, Rey. J. Worboys, and. aereral^other. gentlemen. " | O'&ijjova'rj 'Rossa has that - more "Fenian outrages are imminent: m England. ( >A : -.!>:••' :i A ' ; " : '*"" ; A phenomenal disturbance ... is reported from Lake Wakatipu, the water rising; 12 to 18in'one morning, probably abput the s 9ame. dater*8 r ~ t*|at telegraph 1 ed as having at' Lake Taupo, though no terriestrial tremor was 'noticed."" ■ Toe old Rutland Stockade, W.'nganui, js-.advf rrised for sa'e. The block*house, /which) Wask erected.' so^many years ago ' m the troublous times whan the district was first commenced > to be : settled* served m it« time not only as a barracks for jthe' troops, but^ occasionally -_as."a ; 'haven jfor .fam'Kaswho were driven infco.tqwn by jthe 'MaOr^ ir ..,..:.-.„ . r| ; _.:...- ..;!-■ ■'■ A!'• ' ! '• , ; The" Port" - Louis Record, harries that there' were : remarkable occurrences jon lantf and' Sea' during *-f he" period - ,, 0f the' Striits'ofSunda disaster, ahd'lid'dp, that' "extraordinary «onriab8 J ahd ''sunsets w ( ere obierved-at 1 MatiritihSj^ Rdjlriqiie^, and SevcheHess^ atid wb'jrjeF.' forbbably .due- to -the'Bun's-M^^a^gHJWiq^ely'thrbiigh,, fine viicariic dust floating m the air. {Mr rEllery derides thiß explanation, and attrU bytes, the . f rosy,- .flush- /So- observable re» t dent^-t»4he--prVsehce" of -unusual mqis,turein;,the air. -„.,■ "•■■; r; '.'•■.- -_f ! : - SiV A' rthor^ Gordon apd IVtr Tjmnytati , Were' Er : Gladstone's -compamoni '' m his ; reoenfc yacbxiutt trip in-'-the Caste. ./.Thbikgrarfd* old'ihah *.&s&' -have; 'had lispme merry ' ' T" A private cablegram m Dunedin advisees' .an aavapc^ /of 2-5 per cent, on Iheflbm'tfcdlt of English glass. I rAufertraqtd^a^yAps&'be from fital ip*jSjibWa inTuihgi' abciHant occurrea at the Barjkly . Mines, Sandhurst. An jinJ vestr)f, ! named R. Taylor, was descending T-heroine, when he i kiat Jjis : fl f,poting v . md 1 fMiOO fee? , "n'eklfljf' b : aTrH&^' .down m 'his fajll anoiher' p'ersod, "'da' the '- ibVer leyel. *Strlrige ft> say, : wheW-'Taylof'Was picked < up,- though uncpnsciouTS, it was fcnnd that ho bones were broke,n^ and the injuries he sustained are not likely to have a seri6us resttlti IJ. 5 '■" i A A' ' •: ; I r strange .to., say,, writes T.rulh, , jthe ' frightful' catastrophe, 'wnicrF'^Has f « Bt .'t\kfeh pia*ce y at Java was predicted i[wo 'ye^rs ago'iy 1 a slele'ntiet' - of fiid .name of*ltfaiin'a£,\tfi a memoir pte^erited, by. Him to .the Academic-' !"des Scie¥cies ; ih 1881. " JSS£ Welittriay/ ; indicated 2nd August, 1883,. : &r trte* pVobaWe i da*te : "6f~ the cataclysm,' -and thus made a mistake of two days. Jin jr^^j^inerhf»i<vhe itjites that another? and much more terrific convulsion! of *ajtu^e..will take placeman #& Bame spot m fW§6- A, yi -A*! c; ,A> aAA \ ,-,- A tßiaprvflamed^ Henry. E/lward Kenjny was brought down frbnVPatea on Monday ,on .reniapd, to i .Wa i nganuiY?9FJ? ) <^' i y ß * or "SreclicaT '"exami'nati.c)^ , ( p'n*; i^-aj \ chair ge !of lunacy. He wasje.mploye'3' as cook at an a** WaVerte^^wliere he had been \o\ „ j}hoat;> a ,*or,toiah!ii l.h.a viQg" ; J^nje 7 : from district, and his egeni&id^rU|ic^c4n^ihi\n to be arrested bn vXcntirge^ot-nnsOundvmind. The following particulars regarding Messrs Stephen (chief officer) and Veitbh (tliird officer) of the "Pleiades"; who lost their lives m the recent boat accident jat aw taken from the Christchurih will be read with interest :p Nljrlf r^phen was a son of the Fev.JJ. of Dumbarton, Scotlaud. He law student at the Edip-: |b^33'^T3Cn|rer3ity / ., > b^hi« health fa^l-u mended to' a sea life. ■''h£k Wcame an apprentice ie the ivi^drt^lp^ra Company's employ, aftek--^a^i^olnlhj^aptain Setten. Mr Veitdh was a~Bon of Admiral Veitch, of Ports* mouth, and had served his time with ""pajrt. Settofi'P'-Bia apprenticeship beirta Jpiniahed this "fd|ajre. | % i A dredge, while working near Liwren 33 !3 , ece^yy, / brpiight.'jpf.from the bottom >f the river a iarcre^ number of large bone?, _part of the skeleton of a very lar^e whal,e, "the place where they were found being twenty, miles^^pm the.aejs. A decision wa« gi^ehby'Mr M'Cullo <*h R.M.,at Riverton the other day, which la 'bT^pjfipl^ igt^est to local bodies as bearing on the responsibility for accident Lthrnuiih the bad condition of roads. T|e Wallace County Council were sued for £10, "Vftliftiibf a. liofsetiyiiohjrbrbk^its leg; >nd f .bad to be destroyed through the very bad ''Blate*j! the Orepnki road. The Council jlje empowered, His Worship said, und^r the 185 th section of tho Act, to form, coa-^ »trjm',,find, and maintaip all public roads ' wlfnin "theii jffrlsdictirirn' iM'tfiQ^ejiercjil©; of that power the Council had gone as far' ' ; as their funds would permit and there was ~bo evidence to prove negligence on the j^tt^f^beiOouacil, judgment was given for defendant. ' T . jr i ;s % reia i tedjhat not~ long ago- John { 6r4gh> attehdejfii a^^ctiohsale^FJlifighpiricel'shorthoV'ffctfttle m EnjrhfhdV and m response to an inquiry said : — 'No, I havi. not come to buy ; but to see the fool who '.wllhpay £2000 fona;bnll>' ' There he M,' IsAd^adjl S.S«lme>.Bda(leir|romptly, pointidg to her husband. The reply made by ttie People's Tribune is not a matter ot record. At. ':ii ■ ' M>&MMiHa*MiM -'.'■- !