LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 213, 4 August 1884, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

; A- start ha? been made with the erec- ' ..tion of the Wooc^villej. Romau ..Cathatic Chapel . I" pfiring \las6 week^ajp^opj^'ty' '6f[ 260 acres at Pahiatua has changea hands through Mr Chamier, who is extending hiß bu«iip?Bß(ro that district^ rWithin a a very shbrt'thhe over'^l4oo ' worth of property passed through Mr, Chamier'ay hands to>indivi^D(al piirroba^erp.^ ; «. V Y'i During a recent debate m Parliament, Lord John,; Mannerjs - l eongr.atu]ated the Houee upo'nv speftolijnst n^ade by Mr I^ariqtt, Mr G^lad^toqe ex/fBosh!" i{i*>9.'tpij<9f aqcjibje,; throughout the House. Mr Marriott instantly rose and walked out, bowing. profoundly to the • . » : -'i wiJir,.-! :••■.■>/!. ..til.] Premier! as he did so , . . ■'.';>■ i ■ '•'■•■'■>!. ( .'■'..■.•..■ ■ xn; ■>)• . ' Mr! 1 Bqchef qrt is •writing his Report ofi . , .>Jjb» 99ttf.F%|, .}•9^te f<s l]\e .,^att\\ Island, tr^nk, railway. Fiv<3 aqc^y'cj^.ajio^flq-. , gaged i preparing ; .tb,e .plaits^. 'a^d'jMLr^ ltochef oft expepla'j if. . felyi ihfs i<T<spi>& . ready for presentation Jp P<ajJj&inent within ajweekoj a fart^ight from the opening tif the session, Mr Pet&r Bell,, .of. Viptp^ia iHom^j "Vyanganui, Jakes, ad, vantage., ,of the , ex-.j iensivo circulrttion of (Ho^^ Staniuhd for. the di.Btribution of special' insets relating tP Ilia groat stook'takitig sale now taking place, and which wo recommend to the perusal of all classos of our readors.

.■The Waiuui-o-mata waterworks,which were taken over from Mr Saunders on Monday last, will probably be formally opened on Wednesday by his Worship the Mayor and the other members of the City Qguncil., r ' W4*, Otago Times, have $he best authority for saying that an intrigue is m progress to " run" Mr Onnoftd for the - Premiership m opposition to Sir Julius '■Vdgalj, The" members for Napier, have promised all the influence of the Ministerial party, and the block vote of the and Napier- members ftr expected. Strenuous efforts are being made ito secure 1 ihe votes of all the Middle Island members who. are unpledged. :Spiritualism has been attracting a great deal of attention of late, says the WooavJiHejpaber, and on, fSup^ftj^otgHt. the jpefcpfe v will have ttafrpleamire t>£ ti'ear- v Ang ah exposition of the subject, f Mr Dinsdale,.(ljfcte- of- Palmerstbu North, having kindly consented to deliver an acjdress m the school-room, at half-past sif o'clock. The subject wilf be "Modern Spiritualism," and will be treated m a conversational style. JTKpjpr^bjihiHty ;ia/Te Whiti Witt 'not. attempt to repeat the disturbances enaoted four years ago, but ho will be satisfied to remain a- prophet to his people in 'giving them religious instruction oajy .,. That is the opinion of those • wbo.are intjlniately; acquainted with -i Te:; !; Wihiti, , anid..w.hp 1 , Ibaye1 baye .opportunities., pf^ iasfcertainiug^liis opinions., ' -± -/n- ■•■). i '. il, M ill!; r u.-;i ■•*'! li>A' ,711', v>J To judge by the attendance and bidding at Mr Snelson's three sales on Saturday , was«Ut|la in^icaVioi&oiv th^ financial') deyrelsiori- generally *snp-^ pofeod to be existing. There were . many buyers, money did not appear .'tigfht, and a stranger would imagine ■ things, were really very good in ,pAlinJ9rr. stdn. 'We ver fly 'believfe-ttiey tire merfd- ' in^, and that as the spring advances, they will- rapidly get- better. The increasing value of Btock everywhere on r the CQagtia a capita^sJgpL. i; „ -.[[ • '-" U Mr Sncison's weekly sale of general merchandise took place -at the People's M^rt on Saturday afternoon. There '•*f y&;.g o H^#tendffncß,, af.d-, mtt^ ; wnore the Bale wa^j|n all respects suc•ceaaful. " " ' ' ; ! ; V| Mr Wylds does not .for a moment beIfeye that the hull of the derelict vessel aeon by the; Stormbird is hia^ves^el the 1 J3lydo, wbMris crajft, and one very unlikely to come to griief even m heav*y'L\vba4heiC'H '■ Industrial Gazette says that not a siujgte instance of smut or rust m wheat appeared m any wheat., crop^ie seed of whioh had previdusly b^en^relited with carbolic acid. were : f6qnd tp avoid seed sb treated; white they ■■a'tejgrainrwhiph had-rbeen dressed with *■ .ibltfestope. W-^aroiter- near \ also -states that seed dressed with the acid came up^quicker, was more.healthy, 'and yielded a far better, .crop than he had overbad, p^ejriousi^. The aoid can r als^ be u6eKiMbi*-Waflßy, oats,Qtc, - VJ ~f^k t Speaking pf.educatiob, .(Mr,^Walter Wnen lately said, to a represeutative of the ■■Pa^'Mait ;i ;Gtke'tie : i^- u^. tfuV ( remedy ' dD£»J" • eVamiiiing, ' And^tlie title ' test oil education is' effective) examinatioi).. J^^an^^ajninerjs really yp. to this ; N wo^k ; n© jjjerapn , r m'erely , crammgd. /.with , \ tags, and other 'prepared answers could possibly get through." . ' * . Ih-bprin^;fpp,water : near Qnake River,* aboiut 45 miles fro.m^ray ton, Oregon, Recently, ''&>' stratum -'of frdgeu "earth. iva^ encountered at a. depth* of , 56ft. Pofesing: fh'rbugh' tHi^fpr flvef eeV } „n umerous .cavities* w&re found; 'from ' J which the cold air came m gusts. The escaping air at' the (bottom' of the! well can. be heard rparang, at' , some, .distance. It' is not possible for anyone to hold, his | handover : tM we]l fpr aqy .length of ! time with'du't ireefeffffg ■ it; 'ahd 'a bucket : ; of water, let down into the well "was frozen over m. a fe\\r minutes. Work on the 'well' has been abandoned on account of the cold. \ ... i .