LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume VIII, Issue 126, 5 November 1884, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

There are in Lond onfclose upqn ■ ; 3QPP; pawnshops. ( The uutch Growernmei^t hps, nowian expedition at'ihe North Pole. $>&&# cipatfes in^^^^piiiiiiitoW*^ fityg thft^jut^JAuilwSi^^unlib^ , Pro- < (WUl^e^^jOOOf* y©w.:- ; , „., „ ( : i. The?) London J-Eabrwiisi considers 3t oiW^ostjible.tbfttf.iwiieat-growing'.oan be -made profitable in t Australia.] \. ,;'■• (; -f> *>: The Nile this year was much lower thau it hatfjerer'bfeeb at the;; same 'date; since 1878,' when it caused a famine, 'of whtoh'4o',ooo' persons an- U^pqr ? died. • ' -! On tK^th s d£ botbberU'e^ew.'S^tK Wales Parliament had been in session for a whole y«ar,whicfiK;un^re;ceflented in ,the history, of tho colony. '%\ianwfbWre)4b6ritiy to the Bishop of Melbourne, asking him to authorise a special form of public application -ii©:iGodi to, .strike.! the rabbits with ster- ',%■■ „:;•:•>.!<> i.-.-.::-,,;, ' : v., (! : .'.; ■ • ;.:. Anieeeof ftKe Queen's, deceased attendant^; Jpbn, Brown, ; is, ; at I. service at Border/rpwn'ift.Sopth^ ;; ,', ,! Coal has been found on a run 100--jmftes^ortfcpf [Jtpwler's ,Bay s SjHitJ» Aiißj j tralia. Tasmania meat supplies just now -are ,mwp»ljy t . iderfyed, £ rom, , yictpjja, '-- » jttu^ perpr .WiUiani aui General Moitke Will "die Before 31sif December; 1884. '"■' ; V The followers of Mr Gladstone pro pose to. wear a bunch of lilies with oak and ivy. leaves on fiis birthday, to symbolise^u^f^y, "Strength, , .and. tenacity. A^^'aF^^t'^^t'^'opemng''^lp' a new v^catiptf;^pr : 4;he;j blind is. nW^, being raudejn/fi!|ti^ on^dofr'tp \eraployV, thfem as telegraph operators'. **x~- '■•■ — --' " ■ - -• -- TJta-Napier Telegraph* learns from Weflipg£pnrthat|t isinot expected ; the; : session Will last ( iTOueh loiigek Several' jftemoer£are laid] up,' v and- M\ Ortiaond does not look well. Long hours spent iu an headed atmosphere^ will tell an-tUe.: ,Bfyongos.t • consi,itiitioii3.,, Itisthflu^it^tew^lk will ftmsh' tW work. ' Last year 12,411 chHdren^ under* ten" years were reported as lost to- the Metropolitan' police, ip London, , but all these save six were found ; 130 adults and six children were never traced, and 35 dead bodies of persons were picked up, of whom and of ; : whose belongings nothing has ever been: discovered. The great; city is full of many^mysterjes— -^ not a; few of them, it is' to' be •feared',' my^j^f jn^uifv., , .pr^Vrj T . "In an otd tenement that feas > recently pulled down in London thjrjeeen .^cart loads of cockroaches were carried away. ..7,,-.^pQ^pf['^«^'B'JßhArming^poittribqtip4ft« to a contemporary, Carlyle'a saying that " Inspiration is a perennial fact " is Quoted, That, reminds me of an old i yi¥u ; corice¥hing a*Scb'tch ; pastor! k,, P^"' said his little son who had been watbh-' ; ing him preparing his Sunday sermon," "does God teU, ; ypu what >ta write ?"< "Yes: I hope so " replied the father. asked, the- -urchinj "Why do you scratch so much of it out again ?".. • Was ever . joT terser" election speech made than the fgllowiug ? The speaker wasjihe |itepdr«rohn^Peel, and. the be. casgpn a pneeiirigj at j:Accringtop, whem Mr^el,%hB wis always ■■' veryM&htpi ' speak, was ', at last prevailed upon to say a few words. *' Men oi Accrington," he'said, "if you are^oVabkwaraln coming forward* wA-shaJJorbe .-ai] t -b i ehind >v as.-we were b^fbreif *< He'saibyiid-foore:- 1 • 'V'' 1 hot J^ne'ralfy»'kiid^i i ' flHt&the 1 ' W&wsrpf tiieilate. Mtf T.2'*Lh Shepherd'-BJ haying received a government appbipt-i me'nt brought on the paralytic stroke,, which reBul^ed,in his. death. v/7 ; ;•:,, ij-'j; , :-:We r r f<£qs£j( iunderstlnd ; #»at; ' gram has been received by .the Government from tlie v Secretary' -"'tit' the 3 State •f iff tse Colonies^ , yintim Ating:\ . that the amount necessary ... to . sub,sidi^e the cost of the protectorate over the half of New GlSitfea^tb'be 'paid by the Australasian' colonies, would be. raised" from £15,000 to £30,000. f ; A rather nbyfel incident (says the Foxton paper^occufredjbri the up trip of the Jane Douglas. A man named Stepllenf wtoibeing brought up^in qharge of ? a constable. " The steambr anchored off Kapiti, to' discharge cargo, and in the^nrly hours ctf the tuorning the prisoner'was allowed to go into one of the locker^; ; ( Spnie ,timo , hfifvimj; BlapSed withoujt'the man making tis re-appear-anco, the constable looked in, and found his charge had flown 1 A search qfaickly revealdd'theifact that the than "was not oh boa^d, aiiidiinveBtigatioh shoWed that dboWhad'lJPfn^frP^ the side. .It!was {it once seen that the.eecapee must Jjava an'ded.) o!n tlie small islapd, ;B,Q the sieamer's boats.", were ; ,q«idkiy; fanned; f anrl t' l^ge' party 'fom'f in This resulte'din; thb tfetfn beipg 'found by ■Borne Maoris, who had come ofl tothe steamer,. ;' and ; had joined, the search/ Stephens was then taken back to the steamer a aadtfev.aud wiser .mftn,,. . ; . ;;; ;.

At the auction of the Foxtou Rowing Club's plant on Sa,turday last, tl^er,e was but a poor attendance, anil tiqjie of the boats were sold. The shed wns knocked down to Mr W. G. Robinson atißl7. The local, paper bolieyes that strong efforts are 1 being made to-., preyen't the, brciaking-up .of the Club,* and it is pro-' bahlo that a revival of the old body will take place.

Shortly before the s.s. Tui started from Wellragton forFoatoti ;on Moudfey ■ evening the( tfeatr»en.'Uvorkihg*on*her-re- ' fused to go to sea unlesss the captain agreed to., the .rules, of the.Seajnep'a Onion, aud paid them £7 a month, with "overtime. . Captain/ Popfe, '[ however, speedily engaged some more— -union-— men, to whonij-'we imderstand,lie agreed ~ to give £7 a month. We direct attention to tbo Announce-, ment of Mr H. Miller,. chemist and druggist, Rangitikei-stieet.. ...This-^etttf Qmaa has lately 2*eenJin :'£Wsiness on the West Coast pi? 'thd'^South Island, and has just ptfrchased Mr Remington's business. • ; ?Mr ilUler is well-ploased with his prospects ; ,arid v -^tho district- g&rierallv, and is determined to conduct hjs business Hrsudbl a way that a share of pats ; ronaga will; be>accor^ded higi. ; '' Dr Uu*l will attend as jisual every vFriday from 1 o'clock to 5;30 p.m. , ; -. . \ ( | .We would be glacP'nf the Feilding "Agent of the United Press Association 11 ; would exefcise'a little #ettjjr 4Mcrs£ibV. m the selfetioniof the riewAsobefon£ard»-J >eaV -'A days ago la; rnessjjfce $vas Bent to the effect that?^Vawimu~ Band Had been bitten by a poisonous spider, aiM taken to the dodtot If* IBot we are not favoured with the following much ." ttioie; irtjpo*taht(mesia^ei, .which appears An.theW^ningtQnjpap.erftj;^ A monger 'p&titibh 1 agfcintf of the ■ Wdodville-tianfeytnbrpe ; Wfo L fiVm r erston wte forward to 1 Mr Wilsfiti; ihf meinber)for foßiffosl&ny toi-nighti'f .The .former message was of no local interest). (Whatever, whereas the latter is of vital importance. Then wherefpre v Jbj^ 1 tihchori we tfouteiikfctb;kbo\V./ W/athfe omission accidental or intentional ? W$ should be glad *6f an eJcplanation, an(J (Consider We a,fe entitled ;to receive ■,