LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 286, 30 October 1884, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr tliSdifprd of Halcombe, informs the Mrtoh ;^aper He- has one hundred' 'and forty per cent, of lambs this season. This speaks well for the land m the Manchester blodk. • Says the; Foxton paper: — Amongst the successful candidates at the late Cauterbdry Law examinations was Mr vT. G. ■•Russell, .one, of t the proprietors oi the Christchurch weekly Advertiser. By all accounts another, member of the, ' family is about to follbw the same course ■of study, and is now about to pursue his duties in' law and the Queen's English. / The. t .Feild^ig Star reports that a ifrdcasXbok pWce at the Salvation Array . barracks there on Sunday night'last. There" was a jarge. attendance, the place biing.to use a well-known Hibernicism, "fulTThside add out:" One of theon : lookers wanted to leave the building, and essayed to do so, but wad prevented -by his own brother, a sthlwart member of the . army, , clad m its regimentals Leaving off testifying for thetime being, he commenced to pitch into 1 his fraternal relative, and quite a scufflo followed, m which two women and a child were knocked down; A dreadful uproar en- ' sued, and the services of another officer m uniform had to be secured, m the .shape of our local guardian of the peace, I who with his usual ability and tact ultimately succeeded' m " pouring oil on the troubled waters."' ' "■•.:.■ during the seaman's strike m Auckland, Captain Farqiihar, of the Thames,. ' and a trader to Rotoraahana, manned his vessel with his five sons, aged from 19 to 13. The Napier Theatre Company has been duly registered and incorporated as a joint stock company. An inquiry has been instituted into the alleged divjilging of private telegraph messages at Wood ville, the result is entirely m favor of the officials m charge. Acorrespondeutmnfonned that it reflects riiost discreditably on those who sent the coniplaint to the bead of the department, and displays a most reprehensible Amount of maliciousness against Mr Motley, an officer, whof orsomeyearshasbeen held m the highest estimation and confidence of the public generally of Woodville.

School Committee electors, instead oi' I bei»£ defined by the very doubtful word " householder,' will m future be every [ man and woman over the age of twentyouo years, residing m the school district. From an exchange wo learn along with a mob of cattle Bout to Wellington last week for the Gear company was one bullock whose future career will be rather an interesting one, This specimen of Iho bovine tribe, which it may be remarked, was grown on the Oroua Downs estate, and specially selected by Mr M'Lonnan, is to be killed and sent home m a frozen state, and is to be consumed at the festivities m celebration of the Hon. R. Campbell's father's golden wedding. Under these circumstances it is to be hoped the. carcase will read? its destination m the excellent condition which, it will leave New Zealand shores. A Buffalo colored clergyman has given notice to his congregation that he wants more money and less shouting m the future. From the Otago Daily Times we learn that a company with a capital of £5,000 is being formed to inaugurate a cheese, butter, and, bacon factory m Milton. The Moa Dairy Factory Company lately formed at Inglewood will shortly commence operations. The directors, it is said, have been offered Is per Ib. for all the butter they can produce. .Two sons of an' aristocrat were remarkable for hastiness of temper, which on certain occasions gave rise to very ;indißcreet* expressions; .' During a quarrel, and the height of passion, one said' to the other : v You 1 are the greatest ass m the world!!' "Come, come, my lads;" said .their highly incensed father; you forget that I am present." ' On November 7, Messrs Stevens and Gorton will hold at their yards, Bulls, their annual sale of stock on account of Mr D. Fraser and Mr J. T. Dalryinple. This sale has now become quite an institution m the district, and judging 1 by the list of stock • published m. our advertising columns, it will on this occasion maintain its high reputation. Wenotice tiiat-thpCShctioneere wijl, : on['ih4 same occasion, " by permission, "offer a number of well-bred Khllß and other stock on account of Messrs Abbott Bros. The Foxtori'paper has the following : ~rf&? $ JfpwhM,\yrhs\ was appointed engine driver at the : Foxton end of the line in' place f bf ; Mr Fairweatherj has received'notice to hold himself m readiness for a shift- to the northern end of the line.; Marshall, has made himself very popular,, and he will carry With him good wishes for his future success., It is understood that Mr George, Hughes, who has been acting a? fireman fora number of years, will be Marshall's successor. Hughes is a thoroughly reliable man, and has well earned his<prornotjon. He has been employed on the engines on the line since it was first opened. ; . , The cruelty of the Chinese, is, says the Foo Chow Herald, beyond conception, and it is galling to observe almost daily instances of barbarity m which it is impossible to interfere. ; Early on a recent morning we witnessed with sadness and horror an unfortunate native (who was unable to quit his „• pecuniary liabilities) dragged to the side of a pond m a sequestered spot behind the Capton Club and brutally kicked to death. ;Bemonslrauce was useless, appeals of no avail, anii our' endeavor to rescue the unfortunate victim was metby gestures that a similar fate awaited us if we persisted m interfering. Thus were we involuntarily, witness to a foul, cold' blooded; murder, and powerless to rescue a human , creature. „ . Of the 10.0C0 Chinamen m New York and jits neighbourhood not one has been arrested for drunkenness, for pauperism, or, for being a nuisance, and m ten y^ara only eigKt have made themselves amenable to the law for misconduct. In a letter to the London Daily Netbs a correspondent at Nelson thus refers to the Ministerial changes m this colony.: —"The crowning political evil is the, growing tendency of the higher-class men to abandon politics. They become utterly disgusted with the whole thing, and so the destinies of the colony fall under the control of 'needy and needyadventurers.'" „,..",.„ „ „ The steamer Star of the South, bound from Port Chajmpr^ to .Greytnouth, put m to Wellington on accourit of her high •pressure. cylinder having burst when :bV twoeh Jackson's Head and/ Stephen island at .3.50 yesterday afternoon. The mate of the steamer had a narrow es-j cape. He was looking through the skylight at the*' engine, and had just withhis^head when. s the top. of *th'e cylinder blew off, and then felf into the ;Btoko hole, the firemen narrowly escaping.' .',,.'. .['■_ "".' . : .. ' ' ■■: ;••■ As an illusnration of longevity on the part of horse flesh, a Wairar&pa paper mentions that a fine maVe, now quartered at Mr 'Neill's livery ' stables, m Master ton, was the property of one of the settlers whe had to fly for their lives .at the time of the Poverty. Bay. massacre, and she-wears a deep scar on her rump, 1 showing where a native tomahawk caught her as her owner was m akin g , good his retreat. The mare, which, though aged, is m good, plunip condiy tion, is the property of Mr T. B; HitchingSj of the Wharearaa. ■.;. ,' The editor of the London Sportsman v received .an official communication authorising him to challenge either Edward Hanlan, of Toronto^; ; or William . Beach, of Australia, to row JohnTeeiner m England for £500 a side. ' Of course definitions of drunkenness are numerous. A fresh one was given at tho Napier Court, when an inmate of .the Refuge was charged' with drunken-' ness. Accußed with some contempt asked, "can a man bring a parcel of nails safe home while m a state of drunkenness?" He found out he could, and got fined 20s all the same as if he had left the nails behind. We extract the following items from the Napier :— The telegraph poles are now being delivered along the fine from Matam&u to Tahoraite, so that m all probability the department Will be readyjEor dperations as soon, as the Railway is .open for traffic.— Wool is now coming into toWn m large quantities from the Heretaunga andMaraekakaho country. The clips from theße two districts are this season being drayed instead of being , sent by raiL-^-There are seventy men now employed m the ballasting of the Matamau-Tahoraite railiway section, and the line is expected to' be opened for traffic in -about five! weeks' time. Wretched weather has been.experienced m the, bush, all through the winter, and up to the present time., which has greatly retarded the whole of the public works. , "" .'' ':'" Depression we ; are often told both by public, men. and the press is at present very great m New .Z ealand. There cannot be much depression m Hawke's Bay, .when the receipts of Chiarini's circus ' for five days exceeded £2,500. i ' i The telegraph messenger at Eaiapoi is paid by fees. Ho gejs 2d on each telegram he delivers. The Milton pottery works not having been a great success, so far as the share- ; holders were concerned. the residents have now determined to find, an outlet for thejr superfluous energies m a -cheese factory. Mr Justice Faucett, of New ' South | Wales, says : — "Why people will insure on the conditions which they never read ' perhaps until it is too late," is a thing ' which is hard to understand, I

Tli«i jSorth Otago A. and P. Association is now 21 years old, and intends celebrating its coining of age by offering prizes of unusual magnitude at the next Show. The ordinary prizes will amount to about £700, and thteecnps of the value of £50 each aro to be awarded to those securing the highest number of points m horses, cattlo and sheep. Other special prizes are to be given, and the total value to be competed for will be about £900.