LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 26, 29 December 1883, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

•The cnptain of a vesd&l-whi^bNecßt'tly arrived from Newfoundland w aeaL fishery . saya :— The joliiary 1 ; icpborg. I aa'w hadA Carrying along oh fts'Top a "fioulcter *6T about two tons weight. - The crew of the rEagle-sJiQCßfedß*: ift g6't.6iagnt"atfachVd to" oaa of the ship's cablea, and hoi«ted it on board. It now lies oa the qaar.ter deck . of the Jfiatfie, and r atrHngely enough, ifriaof quartz formation, with Hue specimens ■ of j^old cropping through it. When a verdict of not guilty was returned m the crotoo oil case m Blenheim, it was received with prolonged appl*use from the buck of the Court and thosfe iv' the gallery. On thtf-hbfse t'u'bsidiflg'jitfr'' JusticH Kichmond rose from hia aeat, and itandjng up administered a severe* rebuke... to those who had contributed to the applauße, desiguating the iucident an uti-. seemly disturbance wljich, however mnoM it spoke forfthe generosity of their hearts, did not say much tor their moral feeling. i He remarked that; the force of police was I too small to repress Buch conduct, but he [.thought they ought to strive to be «ood | citizens, and put a stop to such exhibi" j tions. Mr Cottie, surgeon dentiat, will pay hia next professional visit to Palmerston.on Tuesday, Bth, January, and can be consuited; at-Mr teary 's cheniist, from 10 a.m. ' till 4.30 p.m. A8 an illustration of the state of the" labor market m the Esat of London.it may be mentioned that the other day/the Bethnal Green Vestry had W decide upon the capabilities of no fewer than 214 apr. pl-.canta for appomtjnent' as yard foremun to the jesirjr, ihe jc«nunaration'beiiiff'aßß«' a year, with residence, gaaj nod optla. Some of the applicants wefr'bricklayW timekeepers, clerks? builders' 6 c. : one was an ex> traffic manager, and another was an ex-cbntfaotb^^und many i of them were very eligible for the post; _Therate of wages for manual labor m ' Welhngton is shown bythe'paVmeQtlbr labor on the wharf. At the last meeting of tue Harbor Board Mr Nathan elicite3: that laborers are paid Is an hour till s:»;aiU 18 G§-m hour. from sto V o^clook, 2d'from 7 to 12 midnight, and 2s 6d an.hour after midnight: On holidays the pay r ia 2a 6d hour for ordinary time, though whether the rates paid for dvertioie on aacb days are increased as W ordinary' day »| aniountV ing.to 5s an hour after 7 p.m. seemed an" Unsettled point. It is alab: a complaint kmong captains of steamships Mi extra labor. on : board is, diflßcult to geti when wanted. These facts, tbiow a. suggestive light on the state of the labor market. . The Hon -the Premier, Major Atkinson, accompanied by Mrs Atkinson, left Wellington on Thursday by the .-afternoon train for Masterton en route for; New Plvmoutb. The ' Premier, who contemn plates being absent from the metropolis for about seven days, travelled through t> Forty Mile Bush to Paimerßton and jWanganui, and so continuing his journey to .New Plymouth. . iv ■ ; In a case heard down South the Magistrate said that it was a 'pity fche f plaintiff had not. obtainfed legal 'assistance. To this the. said; plaintiff madevir«p*y ;--♦< By George ! no.. ( I',had enoogh. of the last lawyer I employed." j durability, -of Australian hardwoods 18 v ,s r Z&a*™Mknown. It is, however, well' illustrated by a piece, of ;ironbark recently' dug up ! heac the Sydney markets. This piece of wood forced part of jha covering of '4- well- in the locality named / dnd though it ia estimated to have' been nd SU!rouj) 1 if i^^ arß) .i^ 9^ OTni^ n^^ aeemß ready an additional, half-cen. efficient : service. i '"!t'..