LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 50, 28 January 1884, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Recently a^dotamercial traveller went to the branch of the Bank of England m OtvStle^street, Liverpool, and . asked for change for £150 m noteß. The J teller, m complying wit^. h,|g" >ef|V|eßt | made an prror thp niqte'B, apd hapdfd him fnur poles for £ICQ each, instead of four LIU. notes. The traveller promptly left t^eBunk with the unexpected windfall, nnd; JBisu6p6sißß' to have gone on a holiday: ' trip'to the Jsla of Man, where the police ' have fDllofriafc witfe** warrant. A i. some misconoeption seems to exist on the.Bubject, it may be worth while to

state that the remarkable sunsets of the present senßon (ot which one of the most striking was on Saturday evening) are not confined to the Southern hemisphere, as has been stated, but have been equally noticabla m Europe, Asia, and the Northern hemisphere generally, while; the strange atmospheric appearance* were seen several day 8 before the Sunda eruption. k correspondent m the Rnngfrikei dia* Irict. writes as follows to the Post : — "The destruction of growing crops m the dietricts.of. Snnd •!),. Awahuri, -and Bulls has been very great. Tire storm. raged with great violence on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday nights, great . quantities .of. hail and rain cutting the green ears of wheat and oats, as if with a machine, and m many instances there will be nothing to reap; Farthers are lamenting the ffiosf serious loss the district has ever met; with." The damage done to' the new Wellington Waterworks by the recent storm and flood turns out to be of a most serum* character. There will probably be a delay; of between three and four months m the repairing of the.dam, end the cost which iIT Baird the city engineer, at first estimated at LI6OO, is now reckoned by the councillors who wisited the spot as likely to cost between L3OOO and -L400I). A farmer m the Wairarapa, informs a Wfellicgton paper that the SW gale which prevailed during the early part of last .week, was the severest hehadjexperienced during a residence of tweiity»eight year's m the district. la illustration of its extraordinary force he mentions that exposed country covered with toi toi has entirely changed m color, the light green of the plant having changed to dark brown. He also adds that standing crop* m every portion of the district have suffered, very severely. ; , One of the oldest lantUmarka oiv what used to be regarded, a few years ago, as the ' confiues of civilisation' (as Air Bryce. told a Kawera deputation on one occasion) 'has succumbed, consequent on the late stormy waather. The tower at Waibi, which could be seen at a considerable distance, came down with a crash, but no damage was done. At one time, it is : said,, .the authoi ities contemplated removing the tower Manaia. but the timbfli was considered rather unsound. For some months past there has been only one man 1 stationed at Waihi. A few years ago there used to be about two huridron. What a change is indicated by that fact alone. New York must be a terribly dangerous plaine to live m. -The' police report that 6,985 men jand women: have permits to carry pistols, and the number who go armed without permits, is estimated at 50,000. ' : • „.'. ( ./.- •; The Masonic Temple, Philadelphia, Jjat as many as 40 lodge-rooms magnificently fitted up. There iis one room called the Egyptian Temple, m which every pillar is of either solid marble or alabaster.