LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 101, 25 March 1884, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A white terrier slut ia advertised for, and a reward offered for recovery. The river at the Lower Ferry wai m high, flood yesterday all communication being suspended except by tho boats, Towards evening, though the body of water had diminished somewhat there was a very strong current. The following paragraph appears m the Wairarapa Daily : — " The Manavrntu Times says the Gor^a line must be made : despite all intrigues. Our con tempo ary is quite right. Tljere are. more : in ; trigue3 for it than against it, nnd they are bound to win. The subsututiun, ; of a: Mitch&lepn : for a Johnston, i.°, howover, a little awkward for railwny 'Guzzling Jacks' and 'Gorging Jimmies!' " . , A somewhat : novel application was made on behalf of a spinster at a recent meeting of the Otago Laud Board. It was staled that she was about to be m?rried, and as her intended was the happy possessor of a freehold property of hia ; own, .she wished to be relieved of the obligation of residing on her deferre.ipay.-* ment section for three yeas, Tha Board, i uufoitunately (says the Daily Times), hid no power to «raut leave of absence for so long a period, and so after the marriage the husband fwill'.haveito retide on liis wife's pr6perty, leaving his own freehold^ m charge of someone else. ' : Owin^ to the tlobied state of the rirera : , the JNapier mail did not reach here till after 9 o'clock last night. There was also an unusually heavy load of passengers. ,' .• ■• • ■■■=•*' ■-■■ No less, than eight " drunks" were to figure at the Wellington ,11. M. pourt this morning. Tho Empire City is surely looking upj and time 3 must be brisker. jThe.H4?lkgd $|ajßtiteW Jftat Simon Peter Harjes, the leventer whose case excided so oiuleh 1 : attention last year, died on his way from Adelaide to Enyland after his liberation from gaol. He suffered from consumption. By the Stormblrd on Saturday, the new bouiface. of the Rutland, Mr Paraons of Timaru, arrived with hi* family, Mr Parsons comes bearing a good business character frojp the i?quth/ ' :■ , An accident- of a peculiar nature happened to a' barmaid namecl Mtag'Ward, -who was employed at Mra Birtlett's hotel, at- Otakehoi "by the biirMi-ig 61 a lemonade bottle which injured her arm 1 some time ago. It appear* tbo wound' did not heal. and r mortification B<jttinj» m, the had to -undergo* 'the 1 < ; 0 < peralion of amputation of the arm at New Plymouth Hospital. The operation jvas performed by Dis " OT/arroll and Lea'tiricD) and the patient is dping w,ell. _„ ..Atithftivinqaest./on Mr :Oliyer Wakefield's death, the jury found that death was accidental,.. resulting from' : the fie" ceased* nervous temperament causin? him him to fall m front' of the eonine.--, They added a rider approving. of ;?.tu'e. action of tbe.OitjrCouncilr with respect to the removal of steam motors. The Secretary of the Tramway ' Gompariy ; -.mfeinti'obed that all the steam; untors are to be removed within 30 days, and horses sub~BtiluTed. •••-■•- - The inquest on the boy Kelly who was accidentally shot at-tho butts at. Nelson last week, resulted m a verdict of accidental death. The evidence showed th.it it he, as- marker, had used the danger Hug, the accident would never have occurred. Strict orders have been issued io Vqlunteers:--not to indulge m private practice without-an officer being present. The Wai ran* pa Daily .says. King Tawhiao has been advised not to travel through the States -'est some Yankee showman takes, advantage of his well* known weakness and leads him round wi<h a whiskey bottle as a sort of New Zealand Jumbo.' .-The best-advice he has received yet comes FronJ _Sir George Grey, whose conduct towards the poor King at. this juncture does honor to his ; " head and heart. ; From the Feilding paper we learn that Mr Towler ia now perfectly satisfled that ■ planting onions amongst the apple trees nas thoroughly :iera.dic*ted the, American blight, and he intends to continue the ■ experiment until no possible doubt re-' m ids <>v tho question. Onn of the pentleraon (Major Kemp")j mentioned by Mr Ward, R..M.*, on Satur* i day, >s being one whose bail he would , accopt on behalf of Horatio Walker, ai native charged with obtaining goods under; false pretences, refused to go bail for him,j n'dding with emphasis that it served; .Walker right; gaol was the proper place; for him. ■'• ...,-• ■. . ... ■ . i It is not yet known (says a Wellington pftper) when the Thordon election will take place. When an M.H.R. resigns, he sendß'bi9^resign.a,tion- to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the; ktter fixes the date. Formerly thij was left m the 1 hands, of the Ministry; who had th«power pf-hurrjigg^r.dejay^ , ing an election for politic d purposes! Parliament, however, very wisely put the matter into, the hands of the Speakar, Afe Sir^aufice p'Rorke resides m Auckland, a few days must "necessarily elapse ere he receives the resignation of \lr Levin, and ■ m the journey to Wellington of his mr structionsi In ail probability .th^elgction will take place m six weeks from this date. ■■ , We (Tiraaru Herald) hear ttat Sir John Hall purposes taking a trip id 'New Zew Zealand by direct steamer m th'ej month of October next. The projected visit of the ex-Premier has no political, significance," but is solely eonnect«'df~with his, private affairs, and is not likely to be' of' ariy~ long duration. Should his health "continue to improve, however, he will prdbably return .to ■< the colony with hp family and settle down again ia aboijt eighteen months' time. i Cure for Indigestion — Baxter's Com* "pound Quinine Pills, used according to the d.ireqtionp,, hare pro red a certain and speedy cure for" indigestion, bilious and liver complaint*, wind m the stomach aid bowels, nervous <] etoilityy &c. ; Their •bb - ject-ifc th'e>removal of debility and derange- ; merit by,aßsiatinjr, .nature, aid impartibg tone, aud power to the 3y^tem.— To be' had of all chemists and storekeepers m boxes, Is l^d and 2s 9d each, or post free on receipt^of 19 or 44 stamps. — J. Baxter; Pharmaceutical Chemist, 21, Victoria* street, Christcburch. ,