LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 2, 30 November 1883, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

„ . 1 . ,It will be seen by advertisement that' the collector, of the Oroua County Coun'cir will attend at the Manawatu Road Board office, Palmerston North, on Wed» nesday^ 6th December, from 10 a.m. to 4 rp-rri^wheh presidents,. in, theadjacent dis»| tnctfl ciri call and" pay" their rateßj- This -should prove a great convenience, and. all the settlers should take advantage of „the (facility; offered. • The collector will also 'He aLtua Corppratioij office, Ashurst, on Wednesday, 12th December, from 10, a.m. to 3 p.m. for the same purpose. The .settlers cannot now . aay- that their appeal has been disregarded, - and' if they neglect to -take advantage of the opportunity offered they have only themselves to thank..,. „■ a [; „-.-.■ An instance of the extent to which labor-saving machinery ia being used m the farming of the Canadian of the North West ia furnished by the fact that m one week "of July a Toronto m'anufaoturiug firm . phipped 19 cars of self-bin dnr.«, ..mowers and reapers of the value of £15,000, i he freight alone costing nearly £8000. An extraordinary funeral took place at Brighton the other day, at which the car bearing the remains was drawn by four < grey horses procured from London. Tho oircdmstances are singular. Mies Caroline , Louise , Willoby, who resided with her widowed mother m Moutpeiier Road, Brighton, was engaged to be married, and the wedding arrangements had; been com" pleted, when she was ; sezed with rapid, consumption and died. It was m order to Bymbolise the peculiarly Bad circumstances of the case that, m accordance with continental custom, tho grey horses • were used, m the funeral car. Sympathetic, friends had profusely decorated the coffin* with wreaths and other^floral devices. 'It has been'repbrted^on reliable infor* mation, that a uisease, similar to tuber-

oulo.«i4 ) has made its appearance among rabbits m the Wakatipu district. The disease hai effected nearly a clean sweep of the rabbits on the freehold property of Mr 0. C. Boyee. Kawarau -/^Falls, Station, It has not, however, confined its effects to the freehold j as there have p been large numbers of rabbita found dead on the run beside*. If such should' turn out correct, and should the disease spread, it will be a boon to squatters and farmers; but itmust^be borne m mind that similar cases have, from tim 9to time, been re ported, and' they were only local clearances, viz., at the Dome Rangp, Southlaud, some three years ago, and likewise on- the Obelisk Hang© about the same time, when the rabbits were, m the sprinv, found dead iv qu mtitiep, although no poison had been laid there. Fines has been again imposed at the VS ellington Resident Magistrate Court on two street photographers for Sunday trading on the 18th instant. William and Joseph Smvth made the same defence as last. week, that taking photographs on . Sunday was to' them' a work of necessity, there having been so much bad weather litely, and they must make up by Sund-iy, labor. They were each fined ss, which they paid. A curious lagal complication' has arisen out of the earthquake disaster at Cassamicciola. Among the victims were a Signor and Signora Bonavita, who left property worth 1,000,000d01, to which th-re is no direct heir. Their relatives, m order to determine the succession, have petitioned io have the bodies disinterred, that by art examination of the external injuries, it may be ascertained, if possible, which died first. A new candidate for public favour has issued m the shape of the New Zealand Volunteer and Ai msd Constabulary SJerVice Gazette. It is published at Curistchuroh. • There should be room for. a periodical of this character, if conducted' w*ith moderation. It is to be published about the 17th of each month. : , . . I :- ; The- proposal of the Union "Stefiin'ship Company to build two new Bteamers for the coastal trade, specially fitted with refrigerating works, has assumed a definite shape, and a Wellington paper under* stands that they a-e' already m the hands' of the builder. They will be about' 400 tonp'riet register. Such vessels will prove valuable feeders to the ocean, steamers now running between New' Zedlar.d ports and London, and will aid not a little m the development of the frozen meat trade. Glass is beginning to take the place of wood and iron m making railroad bridges m England. The inventor- makes blocks of glflts, which he hardens by a? special process. In solidity it is said they leave nothing to be desired. The experiments already made have gitfeusuprisirig result^ and the cost is below that of bridges of wood or iron. Moreover, the glass carj not be iniuree by insects like'wood, nor rusted like iron. A correspondent of a Home paper sug* ; gests the oiling cf the Straits of Dover. He writes: — "a passage: a mile broad would .'cost roughly £250,, or, if done daily, £75,003 a year. Perhaps the oiling would hot have to be done daily, as pro** b&bly after a few weeks the sea would be thoroughly becalmed ; but even if it should cost that sum, it would, not exceed the endless. sums that are now spent: m ; quackeries by intending passengers and advertising the. said quackeries, or the in-,, estimable , sum 3 which passengers would give when balf-away acrbss." . "'A little boy and girl who were discussing the stars. The little boy said they were worlds like ours, and have people on them. The little girl, with all the disdain she could muster, said 'They are not; .they; are angels'; eyes, 'cause I saw them wink.'