LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 140, 13 May 1884, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

By latest accounts by cable from the London Markets, New Zealand mutton, prime quality, is realising 5J per lb.

The Thames Advertiser, an Opposition paper, thus discovirses on the chance of the^*' Ministry surviving the attacks made upon them": — " The present Ministry we look upon as being cat-like m the tenacity with which it holds to life : you may beat it, cut off its head, iii fact illtreat it m any possible way, yet still it survives ; and wo believe it is destined to survive some time longer, despite the black look which things wear for it ami the crowd of politicians who are compassing its death." An amateur dramatic society has been formed at Ashurst, the local members wo believe are taking an enthusiastic interest m their studios and intend shortly to appear m public. We believe a private performance will be first arranged amongst the move immediate : friends of the members. Theßtranded barque Fusileer has been shifted 45 feet further seaward, aud it is confidently expected she will float off first favourable wind. 1 am pleased to be able to state (writes the Bulls correspondent of the Feildiug Star) that Mr C. L. McLeau, who has beeu seriously ill for some time, is now able to get about though still very weak. The contractor for the Manawatu bridge on the Masteiton line, is pushing on fast with his work, (says the Woodrille paper) and a great difference is noticeable within the past few weeks. The piers running on to the river are now mostly erected and the contractor is now going on with the coffer-dams, a temporary bridge being erected across the river. The Wellington butchers are now advertising that orders for joints or carcases of frozen meat will be received for transmission to England . Fancy ordering a joint for delivery 16000 milts away. Had anyone predicted this 20 years ago he would have been looked upon as a lunatic. Becently we (Post) mentioned the inairiage of Mr George Beetham, M.H.H., to Miss Francis Levin, m London, on the 12th March. From a correspondent's letter published by a "Wairarapa paper we learn that the Agent-General, Sir Dillon Bell, who is uncle to the bride, proposed the toast of the bride and bridegroom. This he did m a particularly appropriate and epigrammatic speech ; and his warnings to persons about to enter the matrimonial state will; perhaps, bear repeating. Referring to the worthy bridegroom's Parliamentary experiences, Sir Dillon recommeuded " that the happy couple should avoid all debatable points ; but if, notwithstanding, they should ariso, to be sure never to press them to a division. It will be seen by our lists of exports m another column says a Wellington paper that the consignments of local produce from here to Sydney ore increasing very considerably, especially m the item of butter, of which no less than 371 kegs and 12 cases were shipped by the Wakatipu on Saturday night. This "is evidently a cotiS3iiqence of the severe drought lately prevailing m the sister colony, as recent advices show an extraordinary rise m the price of all daily produce, and it is to be hoped that this will lead to pormanent and increasing tiade of the above description between New Zealand and New South Wales. The drought m the west is, states the Brisbane Courier, proving very disastrous to laboring men, as well as to shareholders, and employment for willing hands is extremely scarce m some districts. A correspondent, who from his letter seems to be a thorough farm laborer, writes to me from Thargomindah that he has had no work for three months, and that there are many more m a similar position. As may readily be supposed, with flour at lOd to Is per lb, money has become scarce, and some of these men are almost penniless, A Nelson Exchange says : — Another relic of the melancholy misfortune which occurred to the pilot boat crew last winter has been discovered on the Boulder Bank, where two blutcher boots with the socks and bones of the foot inside have been found half way between the Lighthouse and the Bluff. The boots have have been identified by Henry Baker, at the Port, who made some corresponding with them for both Richard Thomas, aud William Morrison. We direct the attentiou of buyers to the announcement of the stock sale of Messrs Stevens and Gorton at Awahnri to be held ou Friday next. It will be observed that a number of first-class cheep are offered, and as this will be the last salo of the season at which this description of stock will be put up we commend the fact to the attention of those interested m order that they may not miss the opportunity. It is said of Prince Bismark that he cats at one meal enough for half a dozen persons m good health, It is often forgotten that ' the Mahdi ' has been at his victorious sieges and massacres now for three years. Queen Victoria, pays postage the same as any other Briton. Among the journals recently started m Germany is a comic paper called Mixed Pickles. Use Hop Bitters once and you will use no other medicine. Test it. Be sure and read. Indigestion and Liver Complaints. — For those complaints Baxter's Compound Quinine Pills have proved a speciiic, acting powerfully on the liver and mildly on the stomach. Sold everywhere, or post free from J. Baxter, Christchurch, for 19 or 44 stamps. 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