LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 167, 12 June 1884, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr Roach, tho new station master at Feilding,is now m charge there One section of the of the Feilding State School is now assembled m the Foresters 1 Hall, «n,<J the other m the Corporation Barracks during the completion of the new b^Qilding-s.-From our ;FciMtngv contemporary we learn that tHp ' late- Mr Patterson was the ow'ricr of a valuable property on tho Manchester Blqcfositnated near Taoiiui, ' on vrliich ;it was his intention- to- pass his declining yearsfrhad death not BO siioV denly overtaken him. The deceased was highly thought of m Foilding. : ' The rabbits fcfe spreading 'on the East Coast. A good few r-abits imveV. been killed since £h.epppning:o£ the shooting season, and they have been found m ■places were th»y : , were, little expected. We (Telegraqh) he&r that sixteen . wereshot m one patch of cover lately on Mr Douglas' run, and at Petane fourteen fell to the'girns of two sportsmen. ; ' ' Mr Hugh George, manager of the Sydney Morning ff&'aldj arid Mr Whittaker, one of the staff of the Melbourne " Arf/ii*', are passengers by the W.ajrarapa on her trip the to island. ... , , . ' We (Star) understand that Mr Macarthur has consented to be nominated for the Captaincy of the Manchester Rifles made vacant by the resignation of Captain Lethbridge: From the Feilding paper we learn that Mr. Macarthur has sent to England for some of the seeds of tho rose leaf mulberry tree m order to encourage silk culture on tba-Manchester Block. The, London wool market by latest accounts remains firm. *At a recent meeting of the unemployed of Manchester, England, it was asserted tMt there are now m that city over 40,000 idle persons. . V . Amongsi the arrests effected by the Wellington police was one of a young named Tjinpthy M'wphy on a charge of behaving hiinaelf m a manner calculated to provoke a breach of the peace, It appears'that at a late hour m the ovening the accused, who, had reoently broken his leg ami was still using crutches, was hopping about tho streets, and creating a disturbance) by inviting the public to fight him. ! The annual reports of the Inspectors of Schools throughout the colony for the present year have been presented to both Houses of the Qeneral Assembly. Tho results are gonerajly satisfactory, .tending to show larger at. tendance of children and a better olass of work than heretofore performed m all the districts. The s.s. Tui (Captain Pope) left the Rangitikei rivir for Wellington direct on Sunday morning, with a few passengers and a full cargo. Letters received from London state Sir John Hall will sail for New Zealand next August. The Upper Taonui school building is now complete (says the Star). Mr Clere, tho architect, passed the work on Thursday last. Tho builders, Messrs Thompson and Ellerm, have completed ... tho job m a' highly credifablo manner." ~