LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 34, 9 January 1884, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

I \ BiriJ/ Fifcfon, of i jfeesArs ; Fitfori"a'nd Servipe left Auckland on Christmas morning-, intending -t* make 'tße jtfiirney -to Wellington on a bicycle, tie reached Hamilton (81 miles) on tß» same 1 titrating, and on the 291h was m the lake country, j Tom Thumb's/fame Is to be eclipsed by -H member of the equipe tri^e. .„& full grown horse has : arrived m Sydney, 19 inches high and weighing . only 1,27103. TheL,Liliputian "uiidget was reared at Bocdacia/^irk, F^rn .Trw.r Gully,. . Victoria." *""" '■' ' v "**" Sir James Prendergastjwthei Uhief Jasn tice accompanied by Lady Prender^ast, is about to pay a short- visit to Wniwara, after which His Honor . aud, her ladyship will visit the Home Country on . a trip. ! Sir Jamea has been a moet conscientious public servant, and a hard working tnnn, and his close attention to the duties of his appointment, have to some extent im* paired his health and rendered t» ciiange of scene fldCeasary. , - :A m^n. of the Thumes, against whom a i prohibition, p^der,! had been obtained, got whisky from Auckland, and carried ft .small bottle about with him m hia pocket. The heavy gale of December 28 did sdnie 'damage 16 the 1 section 1 which whs being completed at ithe-Xuruouki ijrotik* water. The waves, broke with trtiiniin*< dous force over the work,, at^d displaced several of the blocks thut had,, rcceoiiy been placed ie position. .The, danpage is ' Blight,hos?ever, norie'of the blocks: having beehbrokeßi " <i.The leader of tier Majesty 'a Opposition m New Zealand, . Mr Montgomery, accompanied by two of his sons, aud Mr Barron, ; the member : Jor Caversham, (Qtrtgo,) Visti^d iPaJttieisiip'n jesterday^ on their way to Wanganui, They are making a holiday- tour through the North Island, and came to Manawatu by way of Wairarapa. A fatal case of sunstroke occurred m, Sydney' a few daya ago, when Mr John .McD.:<y^ who ha* had the management of Messrs Vial and Son's coach manufactoiy for some time past, was struck, and was . conveyed to the Iniirmtiry m an insensible condition. About two hours t.f t-srwards he expired from apoplexy induouil by the heat. . - : ; The Argus aayi 'that m New Zealand. ; the 'colonial admidistra'tion of native, affairs haa been humane and successful. * «,„.„ fits y»ars old. who was found at oaudhurat m a hut; -■•■-':_.... i to the local hospital, where he died. A Railway Oarriag'e Construction ComT pany is about to commence the manufacture ef rolling . stock atVlNamdah, hear Brisbane, w ; .-■'; An epidemic of measles is prevalent m Wiaat Austrtflißi Full^ 1500 pereonß »n afflict d, and several deaths have occurred. ; • ;. Athleticism is to 4he -fore, at the Mcl« bourns: University.,; A sports association is to be established m connection with the ' institution. ' • ■ • " . A shipment of Sydney oysters to Lon* don wai.ificantiy juade, and the bilvalves woie found, after the fifty-five days' jour* □ey, to be sound and good.