Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) Suivant la verite. THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1884. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 83, 6 March 1884, Page 2

Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) Suivant la verite. THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1884. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

, By'Q'jble froni Australia we learn that there for -an : iriterr'a'Rti6oi/on- the line between Adelaide and I)ar<vin. This wilt account for our not receiving our budget of Dews from the other side of the globe. ..."'■ .; ; . r '■' ' ' '■'.-':':■'■ \-:- 1-. It has been arranged to form a Cricket' ' Clnb for the Oroua County. Tt.ia reported that a stack of barley belonirinsr to Mr Talbot, of Richmond, NelFon, has been destroyed by fire, the act bein£, "itia supposed, one 'of incendiar** ism. On Tueßd ay af to^noon • there :, was b heavy fall of hail m Dunedia. One stone weighed three-eighths of an ounce. There has been heavy rain since. ' ■ It is reported that a gentlenian of independent moans .intends erecting on his own gronnds at Bulls, a tabernacle for 'Sftlvation Army converts. The or.der for ythfr eredtinh !pf 'the ball ;is, it is said, already m the hands of Mr O. Bull. An BxcbaiJge says :~ Ladies^will wear wai^tcßats precisely like-gentlefnen's this r winteri This will cause fearful trouble. -For instance, -when a married man goes to bed be will have \o put a chalk- mark on . his waistcoat, or 3 next 'morning he may! slip 6n his wife's and not' discqrer the i mistake vntil he inserts^ his thumb and ; forefinger into his right-hand.poQket for; * th'ati halt crowri.'-and findß k T behi hair ' piojor a drew, button; Then, no doubt : he iwill suddenly ?remin|ber tbere was a. sovereign m the left hand pocket, and ; a fire pound note m hia watch-pocket, and then you_ will see him 'do' & mile m lmin. 5H| seconds. For February 1884 the Customs returns! at Foxton were J. 47s lid, the same! month 1883, L6l 10s 9d. Wanganui shows a decrese, and Wellington a large! 'increase as compared with the returns of •February i 883; The editor of the Temperahce^colunin "inliMJ FftXton paper thus conorcences his latest effusion. :—\ l This day; 50s is doe to| tne'proprietor of the Manawstu Herald. Will he be paid, or told he must wait on the uncertain future 1 It is very pleasant to hSve good 'works carried on, but they hafe to be paid for. Who is going to doit?" That's the rub. y jn reference to the recent fatal fire, and theinaction of the brigade, at Parnell, thoj New Zealand Herhld says :— lt is much to be regretted thnt his unsatisfactory, state of things should exist, as quite as mnch -property was destroyed owing to of the brigade as would bare paid. the companies' contributions to that body for year. A lad of about 11 years of age named Braddock, was drowned m the flardy»j stroßt,freßh water ,awj,mmipg baths, Nel■on, on Tuesday evening. He was' rjathinif .•with other lad?, when he was seized with the cramp. He clutched a companion, "who was nearly drowned thereby, and , some minute* then olapaed before the boy '.Hob rescued. Toe ordinary/means, of res* <AoriDg Animation .were restored to, but these efforts proved futile. : ■.. -During the hearing of a case recently, flays a G-isbome paper, m the Resident Magistiate's Court, the question arose as to .what was a reasonable amount of re? rre.freshmenl(; ; \o/ take -at a meal. - . The Bench thought-two pints ample, while Mr Nolan thought the amount charged m the ; account |(sixteen pints) not excessive whenin company with his friends. Mr Brassey said that circumstances altereß caseß, and 'that hemanaged three pints to a meal the other day at Tologa Bay. The Court allowed two, ' The i Wellington r M«nawatu Railway Pirectprs and the Government are negotiating about the use of the station. It would be advantageous (says a Wellington paper) for the company if they could run- theiri trains into the Government . station, and the Government know this. .T)pn.btleßß the end will be that both p»rties will yield a little, and eVentuaU?''.!tHe „trains, trains run into a common station. For .the, general good this should be the casjs.' = One- a4re»tJßernpnt. }n ths Woodvil^ie pin per' reg Hires, 100 good pink and eh owl "men, and another twelve shovel men and ! four two-horse drays. Things must be brisk m that district' j The dinner on board the Ruapebu at Auckland on Tuesday night was a great success. About - seventy gentlemen sat down, including members of the General Assembly, and the leading/city merchants. Sir F. Wbitaker ma.de the speech of ttie j evening m proposing the toaßt ' Success to the New Zealand Shipping Company.' The sajopp was gaily decorated, and the Vetae} was lit up throughout with the electrip ji&ht. : : L Mr Greenwood, dentist, fwill vleit Ralmerston on .T.hursdav, 13tb March , Painleas ex(r ! abtibn under'^fitroua Oxide gas. Hotel, private entrance. —