LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 111, 5 April 1884, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The remains of the fishermen who were drowned on the Wanganui bar have not been recovered. <■ ■* * .* i** " A temporary water connection is to' be mad* with "W"aiinii"O»Mata to avert the tli re a toned water famine. It is probable the case Harris v. Glew, for dishonoured promissory notd, which the latter alleged is a forgery, will end m a charge of perjury. The enquiry imo the Little River rail-: way collision commences to-day Mr. Molesworth (County Court Judtie) will act as President of the Court of enquiry. ■ The body ot the late Duke of Albany! was embarked at Cherbourg on Thursday for England. The Prince of Wales proceeded with the steamer; .._ ; Mr Henry Bunny has announced bis intention of coming forward as a caddidnte for the Thorndon district. There are now j three candidates m the field, viz.— -Mr; Dwan, Dr. Newman, and Mr Bunny, j The nomination will probably take place m about three weeks from this date. The rumour that judsje Johnston will retire and be succeeded by the Hon. Mr Conolly, is according ta a '; Wellington paper entirely without foundation. : The Premier was to; leave by 'coach this; morning for W.ang&nui, an,d. leave tliere on Monday for Hawcra, where he will address his Constituents. The meeting of the Wellington Waste Lands Board which should have been* held on Thursday, lapsed for .want, of a quorum. This is the second meeting m succession which has fallen through, Mr Bunny having; onjeacb occasion, been- one; of the two present. ■•, ■ ■-■-,■ • ;:-•,. .■■>.; \ The. following mysterious' ■ paragraph: appears m the Wanganui Herald : — " A professional gentleman not .long since; resident m Auckland, whose name became famous here for exhumation, is reported to have taken the ''* Pacific slope' by a late 'Frisco boat. The gentleman j has it is stated not gone alone, and one who travelled by the same boat testifies that a lady (?( accompanied. him... Do.wej know him V Tf the party alluded to sees! the abore it will probably make him extremely " cross." The Florida was to aail for Wellington! yesterday 'and was to take 16,500 sheep,! which it is believed is the largest ship-! ment of froienr meat ever taken from New Zealand m one vessel. Between 7uOO and 8000 are from Wellington, and the balance being from the South, A remarkable nugget of pure gold has bi.en sent to London from the Leydenberg farm m the rich Spitzkopt district m the Transvaal. It has been worn by water m the shape of an egg, and con* tain's more than 95 per cent, of pure: metal. The official assay era havn described it as of remarkable quality, and worth 44 sovereigns. . According to the Mar ton paper, the temporary bridge at Awahuri over the Oroua, is answering its purpose very well, though it does not feel .particularly safe when driving across, it.. Some pro-; vision should be made at once for the erection of a more permaueut structure, as the present bridge wilT inevitably be swept away by the first flood. As the • current is very rapid when the river is high, we would suggest, for the considem* tion of the couuty engineer, whether it would not be advisable to onstruqt a suspension bridge. The Christchurch Telegraph of March 20 says ; A rumour was current yesterday that dir William Fox had been iuvited to contest the Thorndon (Wellington) seat recently rendered vacant m consequence of ihe resignation of Mr Levin. It wai understood that Sir William declined the > invitation* : „ ",-,' Trie Napier Telegraph affirms that a practicable main trunk railway, however, can^bj made via Taranaki, for by " ; practicable" we mean one thiis will be moderate m, cost of construction, working, and maintenance, one that .will open up' good country For settlement,' ana ohe which will offer some prospect of being" rshamtjr* ative. We are glad to see that Auckland at tangth recognises the difficulty m the way of the perpetration of the Taranaki j° b . ■ ' . ,:,.!■:;/; j