LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 218, 9 August 1884, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A meeting of the Wellington Waste Lands Beard was held on Thursday, there being present Messrs W. A. Marchant (m the chair), Henry Bunny, Thomas Mason j and George Beetlmn, M.H.R. After the confirmation of the minutes of the previous meeting, the Chairman reported that no land had been sold since the last meeting of the board. The business transacted was not of local interest. An application was received from Messrs H. Schareuweber and J. Koci for leave to capitalise their unpaid instalments on section 3, Block XI., Manganoe. The rangei having reported all the conditions of license satisfactorily performed, it was resolved to grant the application. A novel argument m favour of the construction of the East and West Coast Railway was put forward during the recent elections by one of the candidates for Cheviot, He said there weie a large number of marriageable females m Canterbury'while the majority of people on the West Coast were bachelors. The construction of the railway would enable tho former to find husbands amongst .the latter. "" ' The intelligence now startling Nevr Zealand is thfe outbreak of small-pox "m Melbourne. It is necessary therefore, that our government use every precaution against the disease gaining a foothold m this colony. But it will be a very silly thing -for the people (says an exchange) to destroy their health and happiness m rushiug like a lot of madmen to the vaccination officer. That is not the way to prevent smallpox. . ." Persons who are tendering for contracts should be careful how they make bets, (says the Feilding Star) especially within hearing of other intending tenderers. Some tenders ..are invited by the Borough Council last week, for certain work, and one of the applicants but that it would not be done under 12s per acre. The Council let the work at lls llfd, and the bet was lost. Mr Andrew Young returned to Wellington by the Ringarooma on Thursday, and was warm[y welcomed by a large number of friends. He has accomplished the task of putting a girdle round the earth m a remarkably brief space of time. ■ He left Wellington by the San Francisco mail boat, spent four weeks m Amerjcji, jyisited. England, spent' three weeks m Ireland, and returned via Melbourne, all within four months and one week. From the date of his departure from New Zealand to again touching its shores was exactly four months. This is quick work, (says the Post) and shows how great are the facilities for j rapid travelhug which are now afforded. The local paper states that it was 21 years'ago on Monday last that the first infant was registered m Groytown. His name: was. James Hobman, who has just attained his majority. Mr Boys was the Registrar, and he has held that position up to the present time. ' It is ; stated that the live stock on the Wai hova liar e been left without food since; Monday. A road board clerk jn the E[ awke's. Bay district bears the appropriate natne of Mr Hartshorn. We hope he has a slight mixture of oil m bis composition alSOj : ;t "I ■; F6xt<y|i is the, place for pheap property, At aland sale there, this week one sec tion aud f onr-roomed cottage was knooked down for* £50,. and another for £21. We hope Palmerston will never <:oine to this. A lawyer at Courbevoie, m France, on arriving at his office on April 1, found his door besieged by 500 people, who had been invited there by letter by some praeticle joker/to hear of something to their advantage. Tho following suggestive advertisement appears m the Wellington Post: — Notice. In the case, Williamson versus Hewitt, the claim of £96 12s 6d, for cab hire and whisky, the same having been paid, the furniture will not be sold. R. E. Hewitt. The Fidelty Company's annual programme on the Melbourne Cup appears among our advertising columns. This company is the oldest established institution of the kind m New Zealand, and it has been managed throught with admirable skill and success. Theenterprising conductor, if he felt "so dispdsed" pou)<i, we have no doubt, relate some s£rijnse A anpf' interesting stories of the many,- \WM a fs unexpected changes pf fortune his magic programmes ha yf? conferred pn lijb .patrons., \ye remember, among pthers the care pf a genial gentjeman down Sputh wh.9 fpr many years was cursed wjt)» « phrpnic attack of impecuhiosity which well nigh provr ed incurable until he rose one fine morning and found himselsjnot only famous but the proud proprietor of £1000, the result of a successful investment is Fidelty Company's scrip. But the strangest part of the story is that he took care of the money and exactly a year afterwards drew the "first horue, another;' cool thousand " m fact, m the same company, He |s vow aJ.P., of course.

Mr E. McKenna has been appointed postmaster at Halcombe ; and Mr F. Greville at Paikakariki. According to Truth, the latest foolish frenlc m New York is for bald men to paint their heads as a part of their full dress. At a recent entertainment one individual's scalp was covered with a carefully painted bntllo-piece,aud another with a group of fish and shells. Some of oiii' renders may be interested i to know that Mr J. Gilihs who is not unknown m l'almorston, is now a contractor m New South Wales, being m partnership with Mr Walton Poll, formerly a railway contractor m Ringitikei. According to latest accounts, the former is m a prosperous way. According to the Post the young man Belletnin, who was killed on the Ngahauranga line, was a strict teetotaller. But the morning paper says that he called for but was refused drink at the Waterloo Hotel. We fancy the latter version is the more probable. At the Wanganui R. M. Court yesterday Arthur Carrie was remanded to Queensland. Currie has been continually remanded for some weeks past on a charge of forgery at Charters Towers, Queensland. The delay was owing to the lapse of time which had to pass before the necessary documents could reach Charters Towers. According to a Foxton paper the Foxton election would appear to be still m the position commonly ascribed to Mahomet's coffin. Mr Wilson informs us that he has, as yet, received no intimation of proceedings being taken to upset the election. The engine for use on the FoxtonSandon tramway is expected to be brought from Wellington by the J/me Douglas on her next trip from Wellington. Agonizing Neuralgic Pains. — Baxter's Anti-Neuralgic Fills have been named by the public " Magic Pills " on account of their marvellous action m curing Neuralgic, Toothache, Sciatica, Lumbago, and other Neuralgic pains. — To be hud of all chemists and storekeepers, or post free on receipt of 19 or 44 postage stamps. — J. Baxter, Chemist, Victoriastreet, Christchurch. A Boon to Mankind. — Baxter's Lung Preserver, by virtue of its balsamic and soothing properties, cannot be excelled as a soother of Pulmonic irritation. Many whose recovery had been despaired of by medical advisers and friends, have been spared to proclaim the astounding virtues of the Lung Preserver. It has been employed m the mansion as well as m the cottage, and has convinced the aristocrat as well as the peasant that it is, indeed, a boon to mankind. It is pleasant to the palate and may safely be taken m all cases. Persons suffering from Bronchial affections, who take the Lung Preserver will find the speedy effect to be diminution of pain and expectoration — first, because the mucous membranes are stimulated to throw the phlegm up, and second because the medicine is adapted to thin the discharge before it leaves the bronchial 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.