LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 176, 23 June 1884, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

', The s.s. Hauroto, which sailed, from Wellington for Sydney_)ast we«sk, took among her cargo 110 horses and forty head of cattle; ffojh the South. Twenty Chinamen; who recently* came up from were : also pasaengers-by her,= on thoir way to the Flojrery Land. j i Victoria, although not m a state of depression f rpm any causes actually her own, is now suffering by the influx of men from other colonies where: work is scarce. ' ; Laborers; m particular, are so numerous that'many of them are taking employnient at 15sper week. : : ' ; ; A Chihainan charged.with being drunk ihthe streets was recently brought be-. ! the E;MJ'atTimaru, and discharged \yit)i a caiition." This is the second case ! of a similar character which has occurred' ih the, polony during the last fiveyears. I News, from . Wellington (says the ) Napier fylegrapji) states.that Sir; George Grey is m a great state pf mind at not having stepped, into Major Atkinson's .shoes' on the'passing of the amendment tp the Address m. Reply. Ho had mads up his liiind* to^old thereihs iJurihg^the forthcoming elections, remembering how Handy the ppsftidr^ /to bipi m J879, %yhen he T used ,the Hinemoa and special trains to aid him ih his stumping* tour round tl>e country. He seems to overlook the fact that had. he rabved»a>yote of want of confidence the Opposition \yould havo Ijeen defeatedis V' \ ' J I\\ ; Aocording tip the Post lunacy appears to he on the increase 'm Wellington, and at the rate at whiwh patients havp'b;e^n\p9mTni|ted; to, the; Moiint View" Asy-lnin lately that Institution will very soon be t unable to. apcb'fhinodate the numoer reqtifring • admission. 'Every' d{iy this week a lunatic has "been brought before the Magistrate's Court >and cbminitted to the Asylum. . ;At the Supreme Court, Timaru, : last week;' the Grand jury found a no-true bill against Joseph Mackay, accused of embezzlement m connection with Uie .Government Insurance Department. ' jThe eettle'ra of Wanganui appear to be bestirring themselves. A' public irieet-' ingisdalled for next week to 'consider tlje practicability, of establishing a number of fresh industries m > the ; district, arid also of obtaining accurate informa-. tion with regard to a more varied use of _tlie soil. I A report which will snortly be presented to Parliament shows that during the year 1882-3 there was an increase of oVer 890,000, sheep m the colony. Of these |2,ooo;beiong to" Qtago. Threefourthsot Lliis increase consisted of cross*., breds, and is indicative of the extent arid influenceof thefrozen meat industry.^ During the same period numerous runs which had been abandoned were re--stocked. . ;. "' :A •public n^eetin'g to consider the-best mfcanß «f securing the construction of a abridge at the Lqwe'r Ferry will be held ittheJGfOrge flptel, AB.hurst, p^ Wednesday 'evening next. „ . i Rumors hayo been circulated . that Sir Julius Yogel will be invited to .contest the Manw»t>i seat. His chances would be abouton a par with those of Amos Burr, We wantino adventufors hero. ' ■■■■'■■ Messrs Chamberlain and Linton may ibe expected to arrive to-morrow from *theiritour to -Australia. It is reported that a man of capital haß bought a front section of land at Campbttlllbwn on which to erect an hotel. Whether the, hotel is to be erected at once, or m ten years' time is not stated. Mr R. 0. Bruce definitely announces himself a candidate for; Rangitikei. This injke|'ltfi? Steygp' return absolutely certain, ■ ; ;'. ' -.•,.. ' ■ From the Gazette we learn that Napier dhpwed an exceedingly high death-rate for the past month. The Timaru Herald aayaj — "There is no institution lii this v country 'more general or more intimately involved m . the -everyday affairs of the- < people than mortgage.! A New Zealand colonist scarcely considerb himself fairly settled: until he. has a freehold, a, wife,; aud a mortgage. 1 ' „' . , < ;