LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 37, 11 January 1884, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Tho Kumaru paper ssya thai; during tbe readarjug pf a comic sketch at the' en« tertainraent by the Go. tnady §,nd Burlesque Company at the Theatre Royal, Mv Ale** ander, the well»known comedian, who suvt&inpd the character of Paddy Mylps's Boy, acoid3ntall^ fell through the trap door at the rear of the stage, breaking three of his riba. Hie injuries yere attended to by J)r. Parker, his riba act, and

h is progressing as fttyourably aa can be expected towards recovery.. H.M.S. Miranda has recently returned from a cruise imong the islands. While at'Havannah Harbour, Sandwich Island 0 , the mate of the schooner Saucy Lnbs waited upon Commander AuckUnd, with tqe vi<sw of obtaining assistance from the Miranda to navigate the schooner back to Suva. He stated that the master of the Saucy Las*, John Phillips, had deserted from her and gone he did . not know whither.' No officer could be spared from the Miranda, but the m;ite was advised to try and obtain the services of a man who wa« heard to-be at Havannah Harbour ati the time, and who was capab'e of navigating the- vessel to whatever port he should want to go to. He was recommended to take her to Noumea, where she could be placed m the hands of the British consul. (The Saucy Lass is a small schooner of 39 tons register, and is owned m Wellington by Mr G. F. A. C. Ton Schoen.] The January number of the New Zealand and Australian Bee journal has been published. This magaame continues to be as attractive as ever. After the calen* dar for the month of January, the Editor discusses the question of a loc4 market for the honey likely to be produced m New Zealand by the improved appliances now m Use. He mentions that m a year or two the demand foe local honey at the Thames rose from 3501b5. to over three tons per annum, and he is opinion that from 20 to 30 tons oould easily be placed ; locally at present, His opinion ia that i the demand for a really good class of honey will increase faster than the supply of the article. i There is an old adage, " Give the Pevil ! his dup," and it should be applied to the case of Croumbie Brown, formerly so wellknown on this coast. It will be remembered that he received' a sentence for. obtaining money m Hobarfc by means .of I valueless cheques. The jury found that he had issued them knowing them to be valueless, and obtained money thereby, but the Judge, m passing > sentence, said he believed prisoner fully intended to be hottest, and pay the cheques as soon as he ; sot funds considering the circumstancss, the sentence would be 4 months only.' News cornea to band, "l says the Fiji Times), from the Ra Coast of the outbreak upon a small scale a species of fanaticism somewhat approaching to, the Hauhauism of N6W Zealand. The prophet of tuka, as the movement is called, is an I old Korowaiwai chief named Na Vosa Vakadua, at present living at. ornear Korotabu. Hi 3 programme is a decidedly radical at/d sweeping 6ne, since it contemplates nothing less than' the overturn of the Government, the abolition of Christianity, and the- substitution of the triumphant Tuka. The matter ia ioaignificantas yet ; but among a people at all I time' inclined to superstitous fanaticism I the first symptoms of such, ft : craze should not be disregarded by the Government. ; A new Act came into force m Victoria ' on thelat jnst. : by which all newspapers will incur a ipenalty if: they publish advertisements relating to racing sweeps or betting matters.