LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 61, 11 February 1884, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

; On Friday the E fen ing Post com- j tnenced the twentiethyftar of its existence. We cordially wish our eontempon^ry many happy returnjr of ,it>- natal annivjer* •try. \ ■ Th« most successful find lealfc'- costly missionary work ; -accomplished m the world hat been; that of the London Mlis* siohary Society m Madagascar. , There are at the present time more tfaati seventy thousand church ■ members, and above a quarter iof a miHiqn regular attendants. It ii doubifufif aiissionary work m any other part of the world has ever approached such satisfactory results as: thflje. Most of, the sheep districts of the colony hare been reconstituted by a proclama* tion under the hand of bis Excellency the Governor dated the 26th ult The Rangitikei. district is to comprise the counties of ilangitikei, Oroun, and Mana« watu. , ■. \ ■.■>.-.'... Many people are tinder, the impression (bat wheu'a', man is arrested for theft, ■ only what' is found on his persou can be . seized or returned to the owner, m the ' famous Massey case, for example, it was thought the tell-tale poc'tet book and tbe other things fonnd m his possession could .be confiscated, This .appears to hare been a popular error. The Corporation, finding him to be io the possession 'of mon»y, hare got- a verdict for LI 600. Some curious statistics ' writes a contributor iv a Southern exchange' have been published, showing that the birth rat* is ednßicterably higher m Wellington than m any other town m the colony. What 4Hra the reason be ? I utterly refuse to believe that it U m any way connected with the annual sojourn of a lot of lusty memberr of Parliament m that city. They don't all take their wives with them, and some oT them haven't got any— bo that can't be it. I have not been able to trace uto earthquakes, either, and X am not quite certain that Government »m» ployes are more prolific than. leas import' ant people. I therefore hold the. problem over for the present hoping to hit upon the solution of it. When I do, I'll tell you. ' The_ following paragraph from a southern paper applies also to Palmers ton: -—' We regret to have again to call attention to the practice, which is too frequently indulged m, of persons approp* riating papers by stealing them from the receptacles where they are placed At our subscribers' gates or doors. Only a few days ago. an individual who Bhould know - better was caught with.; the paper m his possession with the address still upon it, If any person who cannot afford, or is too penurious, to pay for the paper will call a( the ofjjce of this paper we shall be happy to supply him with a free copy rather than that our regular and bona fide subscribers should ba put to such inconveni* ence. A Boon to Mankind.— Baxter's Lunsr Preserver, by virtus of its balsamic and soothing properties, cannot be excelled a* a soother of Pulmonic irritation. Many whose recovery had been despaired of by medical advisers and friends, have been spared to proclaim the astounding virtues of the Lung Preserver. It has been employed m the mansion as well as m the cottage, and has convinced the aristocrat as well as the peasant that it i»,'indeed, ! a boon to mankind. It is pleasant to the palatejand may safely be taken m all cases. ' Perrons suffering from Bronchial affections, who take the Lung Preserver will find the speedy effect to be diminution of pain and expectoration— tirs% b,e» pause tje mocoui jnembranes are ntjnui* la ted tp throw the phlegm up, and second because the medicine is adapted to thin the discharge before it leaves the bronchial tubes and lungs. This specific is highly extolled by raetobdra of the {medical and clerical professions and others,— 1 * To be bad of all chemists and storekeepers. | ... ' ..