Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) Suivant la verite. TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 1884. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 113, 8 April 1884, Page 2

Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) Suivant la verite. TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 1884. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

i to' the' Grey River Argus, the ever industrious Mongolian ha* been making a good haul of fish lately of a variety that is not often seen here, or-at-iany rate not very plentifully. It is a brown, spotted 'backed fish, fro raf out to' fivtridch'e's loncrj and- has been going up the banks of the river lately m shoals m the same way as whitebait, apparently for spawning, as they are full of roe. The Chinamen dry them for eipdrtntion. : Duiing the bearing of a case m bankruptcy in> therlJistri&tjjKdurt recen.'ly, wtMßS^mbrfcftjbtJwso T-rfnes, where the assets of the bankrupt were nil, his Honor remarked that it was a strange thing the (Government of Cn^^ov&iiryl.Bhriulil; have, to pay all the t&pcrises connected- 1 with the proctedings — solicitor*, Official Assignee, and advertising;. Later ou ,his. Honor *alid tW J new v 'Bankruptcy Ac^ seemed to have been designed to give the Court, lawyers, and bankrupts as much trouble as possible. We mentioned on Thursday (says the Post) that on Wednesday night n cash box containing between £11 and £12 was stolett;- from the 'shop 1 of Mr McDowell. Manners-street. Saturday morning, springe to say, it was found that the' store bad been entered and the missing caihbox placed on the counter. , It was found to contain the stolen notes, but the rest of. ninnoy w s gone. It. is thought that the thief, seeing the paragraph m the Evening Post about the robbery, was afraid of being traced by the notes, and so" took this opportunity of getting rid of them.

A recent Auckland Star says thit at the North Shore « Japanese sailor goodHatoredVy feupitfied a lad with opium. The youngster took the druir, and was soon deeply affected by its subtile inluence that bystanders thought the boy was drunk. Constable Kelso sprinkled the juvenile with water and other restora* lives, and he was soon restored to con* sciousness.

A public meeting wa9 held at the Prin* ceas Theatre yesterday to consider the pro* priety of forming a Trades and Labour Council for Wellington. A significant remark with "tefdre'nce fo the state of mailers, financial m Dunedin recently dropped from the Official Assignee at a creditors* meeting.'. He. aaid that the present difficuly experienced "m collecting 'debta j*aa. grea.^er than he had ever heard of or dreamt of, and that many -summonses he found it impossible to get served within 14 days. On complaining of this to the authorities .he learn «d : tbnt- they -had at the time <S2s ; .summonses uiiserved, and that the prea- j sure of work m that department was an" exampled. j ..,.,... „. According to the Post of of Saturday, the Minister .of Public ■ Works was 'to leave Wellington yesterday morning by coach for Taranakr.- "From thence Mr Mitchelson will proceed t» Auckland byi one of the proposed routes of the Main Trunk Ruhvay. He will, we beliere,! also examine for himself the various alter-! native routes which have been suggested.) Mr Knorpp", Inspecting Engineer, willj accompany Mr .Mitchelson. i The "Australian Eleven: have played! thirteen matches during their tour, priori 'o leaving for Home. The avenges of! the players are published. Murdoch tops the list of bHt*men with an average of 595; his highest score being 279 (not; out) I Bounor comes next, with »n average! of 33.1. Roy.le, has.,. once more got the ; palm for bowling. ; hig analysis is given as ; 71. - ■> • I ■ ■■ The Auckland Hera'^i says/ that Mr| Macandrew'is" 'the only member of tliej present .Parliament who had- a seat, in the first Assembly; and lie moved the first motion —namely, that "its proceedings i should :be opentd .-.w-ithi ; .prayer.-» i ?Pheire. is r.o doubt that m his prophetic, eye. Mr' Macandrew siw thai the Assembly would need l praying A fQr badlyT, and 1 ; wisdom and guidance from,, other quarters! : than the lobbies, and. Bellamy's^. The question was asked as to. who was /to,, do ,the pray 7 ins;.' ' Mr Macdin draw's answer' was ready. '. The 'nearest ,■ cle'r#y'tn'a.ii;' and :! be and some .otl^er memibera! iir'diißht'o'r^rr 'the Rev. Mr Lloyd, of St. Paul's who officiated, irn his surplice,. "' '• ''■..< ') The mpauestiman. Las beed discovered at Suya. : H«; boiight a|t the auction of a deceased person's, effects; a number of odds and ends, among them a b^>X; eoutaining a lock of the dead man's hftir.which had been put m by accident by a friend, who intended sending it to the 'decea'sbd's mother m England. On being applied to, th.9 ; purcUaser refused "to deliver the lock of hair," '* '•' Itis mine," he said ; " I bought it." , . r : v The bid' adage, 'It never rains but it pours/ was literally , verified last week fsiiys the -lf«w- Zealand Times) m connection with the water ( supply. .-.At Messrs Ballinger Bfn?.' factoryi bri Frij day night i the- wnter-tap was 'not r turned off, there being no reason tosuppose that any water .could ?'be- obtainable till the prescribed hour nest morning. As luck would have it, however, the <Jity Council had decided. the r pr»yio.us\ ; evening to turn the water on at 7 p.rri;, atrd m accordance with the natural course, of events Messrs Biillingei'R premises wereifloocjed th^oughf put, , some £600 worth of goods being seriously damaged.