LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 301, 22 November 1883, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A resident of Temuka, South Canterbury, some time ngo bought a horse out of the Pleasant- Pomt 1 Poundfor *>1 lbs. He sold hith 'subsequently ata Xeaspnaole price to anotfref niiani wW ! 86l3'him;to 'another man, who cold him to one wbo -exhibited tbe horse at the Timaru show -and got first prize for the beatrcob on the of oiiarse^-tidded value <:to the horse, . and he^was again sold and taken to Christchurcb, where, he agiiia took first „ prize, Hia rE^ceileugy t;h« Governor took a^ fancy" tp. . Ihe.hprke, ! .offerjed £40' for "him) ,'and qf' coarse got 'him. '''■y.- y :'Z"r', : ',''.'■' ''■:, / .' : ' A farmer named Leslie was accidentally phot through tbe foot at the Wycheproof (Victoria) . sport, held m connection, with the op ening of the railway on Sept 28. Ihef tarter- of <the; foot-races used a rovqlv^jf QwhjqtiJ i,bflen loaded with Hall cartridge "unknown to the starter, i and m'sfirtiiig v race he beld the pistol behind bis back and tired on to the ground, and Leslie- who was -iatandidg hear, re« ceived the ball m b.i« foot. : •■ ■■-■'[ According to what Captain Atacleodj of tht New; Hebrides Company, tells ' The Vagabond,' the bu3h tribes are still can« nibala, and all eat' human flesh on the qu^et. Such flegh is 'always marketable among them, and a 'white man's caroase fetcb.ea a high price. „ .., . _ \ -, \ The British King sailed from Plymouth for Wellington direct, on the sth instant..; -She may b* expected to arrive 1 about the 23rd December. < l S >: . ..-. ..; i ' tinder the oliTftqaa 1 Boards Act of 188^, 7 members of Road Boards were elected for three year*, one -third retiring an^ ttualj?. Under the new Act of last sea 1 aion this prorision is repealed, and .the Act prcßcribea that one-half of the aiem« teri« of the Board shall .retire annually, subject to re-election. The other hr.lf must go; out fit 'office i at tJhe end of tho second year. Many members of Road Boarda-are atr present under the \mprlea-* sion that they have been elected for three year, but this is a mistake. Tbe Telegraph Department ha*,notified that the Teheran and Turkish! -cabfe route h-id been interrupted beyond Jask ( Per* Miji ...Qalf^lßinje '<^\)7th instant. Tbe begging-letter loafer, named Milton, !• unki own m Falne.'ston, who was recently sen l to K ao^io- Wellington hs an impostor, has ' done his time/ and started business aga n. He was taken into oustody.Jfor begging at JNewtown. ; .. ?lfhe^»enny postage system waa iniro- • ?Sucedamo the Unitad States on the 1 t. are now carried any distance wiiliin the Union, from New Yjurjt,, i6 ; ;S%ffiXtiincisco, widtuisWhce, 6r .-nom^ Orleans, for the 4um . zM qenjjr. ! '"' A^yterions but possibly discreet Wairarapn paper has the following :— * We bear that some Wairarapa residents who have sampled ,?he recentihflux of female .immigrants , speak m. disparaging terms of the result. Apparently we still maker mi&ttkes m our Immigration De> partment.' ■•-•"■: The tricycle is making its way among ' the ladies m high circles m Enj.l md. The Princess Mary, Duchess of Teclr, took 'the initiative,- and her report : oft tihe value; « the exercise induced her illustrious 'relatives to adopt it. Her Maie^ty recently ; sent'orders .for two macbiaos for the usj of her young granddauchters, the Pinces;es of Hesse. The Princess of Wiles gave her eldest daughter a tricycle for bur birt'b'tlay 'present last u yeaT. '.-iTbb'P^iPCeSH:" Louise rides a tricycle herself. Mjany liuhUreds of ladies have followed jthe -fashion thus powerfully sat, ' Mr Chamier, of Woodville. is adveritising fora; good bush^n^n s*ith- bullocks' for a sawnill m Wnipawa county. ; : ' ; A newspaper has just been established iv Paris on the plan of making the va.ity ofa-piri&g rather, than inspired autiiors pay ttt expense. It is a weekly b leet filled with articles which tbe writers pay of the publisher.- ; , I "* ' " A*' countTymah stepped into -a, fruit store and invested m a nickel's worth of chestnuts. In about half-an-hour he] returned and banidad the proprietor one of •• the jiyt^V; ' /Ides this mean ?' afked the dealer. ' Wellj' Veaaarked the jeus- ' tomer, ' that is the only sound chestnut found m the pint, and so thoughtjyou Bad'piit frirfby mmta"k^.i"tan9fttfho;n«Bl man, and don't want to take a mean; ad"varivage of a fellow,' | ; .; iPubl^c works aad. general building ira» piovementß are beiug 'carried but in vWelliag.ton.) at the present time to such an extent as t<> surprise visito s iv the present time of expression, A , lar a c amouut of reclama tion, the -i West Coast Railway: line, | new bank premies and other buildings' ar» amongst ; 6he most oonspicuous. i Tenders will shortly be invite! for anbtber contractf of railway- eight mites m length', eXten ling from the pre9esnt works, ten miles from Maaterton, towards Eketahuna. Ttie ,-laßt contract, commencing from Ma-iterjbon ii 'being actively carried 00, and the whole of -Ihet n miles being worked at simultaneously. The main .roads approaching Woodtille from either sidfl' are not much credit to the County Council, If something is not soon done to them,' they ;wilL be, become almost on a par with Ormoud and ' Harding To'ids, both of .which, are veritable bog-holes,- or > second to t"he ' Mangapikeha swamp. Rate* payers say, what beoomes of oar rates? A meeting of the Woodville Sports; Cotuniittee was held on Monday evening; Tbe '" programme was fully dealt with, andsfinally "passe 1, but it was resolved to withol'd publication of the same for a week or two; until au idea was gained as to what ajaaount of 'subscriptions would be forthcoming. "By 'so doing the amounts ot prize money could be published,