LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 124, 21 April 1884, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

jSome weeks ago while? the schooner Dunedin was on one of the slips m Lyttelton ft small colony of bets established themselves m her stern frame. She had since been on a voyage to Stewart's lslanil, but the bees miy atjll bfe seen m their most unusual dwelling place, though of course, m somewhat diminished numbers. In habit these nautical bees con» duct themselves as do. their shoregoing brethren, ' improving each shining hour' by day, and at night returning to the Vessel, . ! . ' ; - ■ :: ' . Steps are about to be taken fsays the' Examiner) for the inauguration of a Literary and Debating Society Tri Wobd« ville. Fortnightly meetings will probably be held, and discussions will take place on subjects of local or general interest. The Napier Town Clerk told a good story at a recent Council meeting. He aaid, just before the roll was being, signed, last year, a gentleman rushed up with nis r a tee, and at five minutes to twelve his" cheque was accepted. At foiir the dbeque was dishonored, and it wag found impossible to get the ratepayer's name off tEe roll. The Major suggested cheques need' not be taken, to which the Town Clerk duly responded from Faust, ' We nevor -"refuse money.' '■• ® : . ; ■?■ The ratepayers m the Bulls Town District ara indebted tq ''-Mb. J.r^Steyens, M.H.R., (says the Marton paper)r )' for havine carried to a successful issue his negotiations for the purchase of the build* jng known as the old Court-house, Bulls, as offices for the Town Board. At the Thames Police Court, Mary Ru&hbrooke, a good-looking girl, was charged with stealing <50d from Peter Rosaimon, of Mile End, The prosecutor previously stated that he met the prisoner, and as she was des'itutehe took her home and provided her wiih/ood and lodging. -During his sbsence*Bbe robbed him. Prosecutor now said he had taken a liking to the tirl, and it the Magistrate WQutdrdischarge the prisoner fr- would marry her. Tbe. request was acceded to. A farm m the town of Eliat, Me., has beWther house of nine generations of one family, having been handed down from father to eon fofrieiirly.:2f6oy tars. <iThe first house 1 waa built of bricks imported from the old country, but m 1536 it was so shuken by an earthquake that it was torn down and the present structure built of heavy otik timber. 'tTpward of's'eVen'y^ 4 five children have been born and brought up. here, uud it is recorded that ouly one unmarried person has ever died m it, except oue child,; who was accidentally killed. ''"' >■■> * >:■-> >. From the Examiner we learn that Mr Fauniaine bns disposed of his interest m the business of the firm of Wonteith and Fountaine to Mr Monteitb of Waipukurau, who will now join his brother. Mr Fountaine consequently- retires from the business, but wiji probably still remain m Woodville, jwhere' be and Mr J. Montietb have so lo^ig been m business, and Have, m fact, bee;a essential factor* m the grow'tU and davefppmejnt of tfe^town and .district from! their very ooiiclSencement. • ' --' Several of thekey 3 to the letter boxes, m the new post office m Wellington have been found to ope 6 two or ihr^e boxes. The Preufiflr left for-the Souih on &?ri-* day. He will speak m Dunediu to mor~ row or vyednesday, ,«i\d. a little, later m Ouristchurch. ' He is expected 4.6 return this-week. A supplement to the New Zealand Gazette, ipublished on Frjday, states that the Clifton Hiding of the Rungitikei Councilman 11. id. future elect one council* lor, tund the. Riding \two. councillor.", to tbe Rangitikei County Cuui/cil. . Phf sicians ascribe the prevalence of diphtheria at the present day to badlytrimmed emoky kerosene lamps, which are sometimes left binning -.all night, turned down low, tilling the rooms with iheir ; u<na on0 'n° u8 fumes. Many millions sterling and hosts of lives are annually saved m the Northern Hemisphere by the publication of weather .forecasts. ... / •._., }Ut , .. ._ "'.,. A telegram itom QapeTqwn on ,Japuary,'l6th states ;-h A terrible dynamite e^-'. ( plosion c c rurred at Jebee rß,near Kiinbdriej-, ' op the afternoon of tha lUtbi iiist.' 'Eleven ' out of fourteen magazities'blew ii^' causing immense' damage throughout' camps- The chh of the exploaion is at present unknown. The loss is estimated at 33 tons of dynamite, 7 tons of loose powder, 300^000 or 400,000 loose cart* ridges, and a Jar^e quantity of mineral oils. ' ' Thf 'persbhs were killed j and .: others are missing. Fragments .cf thti; bodies rretd found scattered about the , j Veldt, i , I

The Wnngamii Chronicle is requested to sttite, m reference to the paragraph inaerted m a recent issue from the Manavvatu Times cotupininin^ of the' neglect of the officials at the Wanganui station, that the fault was m no wise due to (he rail" way authorities. Our contemporary complains that p&per which was said to have been left at the station to be forwarded to them on Saturday did not arrive till the folio *inj Wednesday. It appears, however, that the paper was not left at the station, till Tuesday, and was sent on by the afternoon train. At Seymour races (Victoria) a 4 nove race' whs introduced into the programme' the peculiarity of the event being that the last horse would be considered the winner, and each animal was to be ridden by the ' owner of- another horse engaged m the same raco. Asa natural sequence, this queer arrangement created a good dea of merriment, and ultimately eventuated m the stewards retusin* to pay over the stakes, as they considered that the run*ning was ' not straight.', A terrible tragedy Har -taken place at Insterburg, a town on the Russian frontier. A widow named Farb.ira Eske han been sentenced to death for poisoning her eight children and a young man betrothed to one of her daughters. The only motive of these diabolical arimes was the hope of obtaining an inheritance of six thousand . marks to which ench of the victims was «ntitled, and which was' to revert to the murderess m case of death, riE'i Hantpson is now m Wellington on Jtn dwrangelistic tour. ' , The Napier Telegraph considers the -faction of the Government m reducing Major L&opataV annual allowance from £300 tp £100 as petty policy. Major Hopata is an emineuc Ngatiporou chief, and rendered, immense services to the, colony m the height of | the Maori rebellion. He was the captor of Kereopa, the famous; Hau Bau prophet, who was executed m the Napier gaol for the mur» der of {be Jlev. Mr Volkner. „ A sitting of the Native Lands Courtis appointed to be held at Napier on the 30tb,..inst. Ibis -will make th« seventh , Court held m that district within twelve months, and for ..all the work tint, was done, the business, if properly arranged, might have beeiu despatched m two sit" tings at the outside. Why (asks the Napier Telegraph) are there not appointed tim-ds for the sitting of Courts, and regulations for procedure, instead of this flitting about from place to place ? , •r At Nyngan, New South Wales, lately,.water had become ao scarce tbaf Jo the midst of parching heat the school chil-" dren bad to run for a drink of water either to a river or to a railway station. Either .place is half a mile" from Jhe school, jand the journey subject 60 danger to life. •■.;.-! V The sinking mountain of Naiba, m Algiers, is one of the most extraordinary' of the many disturbances on the eartu'a crust. > During the last couple. of yeara the mountain has been gradually sinking into the earth, a deep subsidence marking the place lifter settlement. This sinking is not attended by earthquakes, nor is it the result of a voicmic eruption. Whenever a person fancies he is suffering under some, incurable malady his best plan is~"co"go to "'an- msucance office and to ask to be insured. He is handed over to a medical man who represents the. opposition— i.e., the Insurance Company. If this gentleman gives him an A I certificate! he may go home with the comfort" able conviction that there ia not much the matter with' him. Haiilan, the Canadian oarsman, does not express a high opinion; of the English mowing men* 'I think,' he. saye, ' that the colonial men are able to compete with any of our mea, and can run rings' around the inglisbmen. There are no pullers now m England; " Trickett, L.aycock, and I scooped the poota there, and J . don J i think 'they would:, care about tackling any of- v? again m a hurry.' j; „. . Indigestion and Liver Complaints.— For' these complaints Baxter's Compound Quinine Pills have proved a specific, act* "ing powerfully on the liver and mildly on tt he stomach ii" Sold everywhere, or post-. r free froiu JV Baxter^ Cbristchuroh, for 19 'or 44 stamps. . r . ; . Agon<zing Neuralgic Pains.— -Baxters Anti j ?>Jeuraleic Pills have been named by the public .'S'l&agjtt P.iiU *' on account of their marvellous action m curing Neuralgic, Toothache, Sciatica, Lumbago, and other Neuralgic pains.— To be had of all chemists and storekeepers, or post free, on receipt of 19 or 44 -postage stamps.-— J. Baxter, Chemist, Victoria-street, Christ* church. A Boon to Mankind. — Baxter's Lung Preserver, by virtue of. its balsamic and soothing properties, cannot be expelled as a soother of Pulm >nic irritation. Many whose recovery had been despaired of by medical advisers and friends,- have been spared, to, proclaim the astounding virtues ,of the.TJanJr Preserver. It has been Bin-., -ployed' in the mansion as well as m the" cottage, and has convinced the aristocrat as Well as the peasant that 'it is, m deed j a boon to raaijkinjj. It is pleasant to the palate and bay safely :be taken m all , cases. ..[Persons suffering from Bronchial affections, who take, the 1 *Lu'nfe Preserreir will find. the .upeedy effect to be diminish tion bfl pam 1 and J expectoratton— -tira*-j be* . cause the" nittobtts membranesiare t &timu~ lated to throw thn phlegm up, and second, becaute the medicine is adapted to thin the jdjacharge ; before, it leaves th^.bron'" chial tubes and lungs.' This specific is highly extolled by members of the medical and' clerical professions and others.- — To be' had of all "chemists and£ storekeepers. 1 - <" '') •■•:.!=. ..- „... .. ';