Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) Suivant la verite. SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 1884. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 49, 26 January 1884, Page 2

Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) Suivant la verite. SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 1884. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

jx If 188 is sometime? a Terr expensive articje, as, a .young man foun'i to his cost m one of the London Police Courtp, when he was fined '20fl or ten days' hard labour' for assaulting a young woman by kissing her. Not having 20s to spare he decided on going to prison, and he really . deserved some punishment for the un« gallant nature 6f 'bis defence. ( I was under the influence of liquor,' be said, ' or I should not have dreamed of doing it.' The total amount of revenue derived from Customs throughout the colony for the quarter ending 31st December, 1883, is £331,983, as against £356,598 for the . corresponding quarter of 1882. The total amount of the Customs revenue for the year ending 1883 was £1,414,182, at against £1,616, 916 for the rear ending 1882. ' " At the request oE several persons we . give elsewhere full particulars with regard to.passnge money &c, for nominated immigrants, ad inquiries have frequently been vent to us asking information on „ this head. ,- ;..;._ ' i. Lord Johnny Martin is m trouble m Wellington. It appears that Mr Martin, feeline chagrined at receiving a peremptory notice from the civic authorities to erect a post-and'rail fence, around, a pro* perty m the city deteroalined not .only to close up Jessie-street, the private road cut through the land, and which road, bjMhe»way, was dedicated to Miss Martin, but a'sd m a very poor spirit determined to wreak his revenge by rearing a barbed wire fence which proves an annoyance to his fellowHoitizens. The Wellington papers peremptorily demand its remo- •■ vat as a nuisance. In a Supreme Court case now being heard m Wellington, His Honor Judge Richmond remarked ;—' lt goes to the point of lunacy. A great many letters m the newspapers are a good prqof of l'unaov. (Laughter.) The largest oyster shell m the world, it is said, is used m the church of St. Sulpice, m Paris, as a font for holding holy water. The shell weigha over fife hundred pounds, and was presented to Francis I. by the Venetian. Republic. .!•'. •; The Wanganui Herald understands that Captain Ted Wright, of the Salvation Army, at present m Wanganui, is making arrangements for holding services here, and tliat m all probability the Theatre ,wil! be secured. Mr Filmer and the Captain are m negotiation, and it is thought probable a satisfactory arrangement will be come to.