LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume VIII, Issue 133, 15 November 1884, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The pedigree and other particulars m reference to the Sire Diomedes wjll apappear m our next issue: Attention is directed to the altered catalogue of ; Messrs StefeDS^^S^ | Qot~ -ton's BtoQk-ißal^ at Bulls as elsewkere adr.veftised:' (', j „.'; Through some., miscarriage or j 6theri> ■^ttOT'-ustial parcel of ; supplements jf ailed to reaoh us m. time for *bis week's [issue. ■ In facttlie package. B«?uis to have- gone astray; altogether notwithstanding all inquires made by our ; Wellington agent. A subsequent parcel has arrived, bfct we learn that it contains the continuation * "of a new story commenced m one jof the missing numbers. We. hope,:to t heafr tidings of the misßirjgiparcer dujring, next -week, when the issue of the supplements will be resumed^ <t r ;_£ _|v_ I• v ; . The Manawatu County Council, now that the elections are over, will consist" of Messrs Thynne and Gibson (Awahpu), ' Messrs'^Lennaty : M'Kenzie, and W.. Davies Stewart and bull (Orouifyarid MesiSrs HadfieHf and Carkeek oH° rowH<inai O- vTne 6nly j"new :, blood wilLbe Messrs. Garkeek. and Stew-,. ; art; ' : rVj../! Vi.-'va-: ;•:'..! ■-,;■•! S ''■''■''-' A Taurauga telegram says:— lii the 1 police Court to-day the first cjharg&; '- against Tnptea was withdraw?, and the : «econd was dismissed' by; the Magistrate , ostensibly on the grouud of the teluc,''Yant'evidentoe of the native £6 wfioni it was"i alleged . -Tuptea had given ' gorged ' cheques m. 'payment.- ■ .The- decision ' Has caused.rauoh ; comment, especially after' ; the late cases. c It „a,pp^arß' alniost im-/ppssible-tp obtain judgment againßti- a.> n'atiW here. Tire case caußed con|Bider : able exciteiuent amongst the local ujitijve.B as accused is well known, 'aira -is ai cijief of the highest degree,: .and connected with all the leading natives here. ! . f The progress of the work on the) W^l- , lingtoix railway line' has had the effect' (sa>;s the Post) ©f greatly increasi^g ; thß passenger traffic on the' roaici this side of i'mkakarikj, .and'.tho^o.uipetion for this .traffic appears pretty keen, there now .• beit^g two of Gobb'B coaches and two of runriingdaily 1 betweett' Paika-i k^tJkFahd Weliitij[tou, a distance of 32 miles j and the^ fare is« only 25 ., ©d; each way. Even at the cheap fares the coaches ■are paid to be doing: well, but if they can ' afford to carry passengers at such a rate, ths 'railway when opened- win not derive very large profits from its passenger trade along this portion of the line. A sixth call of 5s per share has| been j»adeuf)on the capital of the jDairy Factory Company, and it. is now due and payable^at the office -of -the ' Company, j An error has been made m the , pr;c6'. :list'bf:the Dairy Fectoryi's < products, m" : tli,e item' of cream, • which should bie one .ahillingper pint. „,;,,(! ..'."'' A ten-year . old . Pennsylvania boy . eloped with and married a twelve-jjear old On their return the" hride!s. fither whipped the. gr ( oom with a jbunch* 1b: willow switches. For this, ;he was arrested on a ca^z'as-in a st»>t for damages laid at £2000. ..,,> , -■ — «*"* T«* *J~ I?^*.Kojt '"T^AaJ. flhafltlllisL* J8 stated to have : c6llected the sum of" £2000 m- Christchurch . vi aid' jof St Patrick's College m Wellington. . I ; Mr ' Thomas Braken is a native i 'Gf Victoria, so fays a Melbourne exchange.. ■'. { j / Dr Leggatt, whQ-^nras accidelntally' shot' through the hand m Nefton j some days^ago, is rapidly recQtfering. \ j .--We remind horse wniEirs' that nominations for^th^Palmejston'SunMner, Race close to-night. \ / i Mr WaTaell," R.'M:, fronrhis-plface on /the Benoh at the Wellington [Police Court, administered some excellent adivice to meWbets/of the poltde force, the .admonitions; being particularly applicable to young police constables. His • Worship remarked^ thj.t peace pfficers, -, ivould tio well to bear m mind that Wlien hotelkeepers ' eject persons from their licensed premises, the police have no right to take the ejected ones into custody—providing, of: course, th4y are neither drunk nor disorderly — unless the landlord of the hotel gives th,em f in charge. Should a policeman act on his;, 'own responsibility ( m the matter, he renders himself liable' to an action at feiyil law.. * : ' " ' An awkward misconstruction :|Yonng farmer — Are you fond of beast?, Miss G.usherton ? Miss Gufcheitpn—Ohj really, - Mr Pawker, if you mean, this I as a de- . claration you must speak to mamma. '' ' Judge Williams declared at Dunedin the other day his inability to understand wHat was, meant by;" final examination " m the criminal clauses of the Bankruptcy Act, and hoped this would be made clear 1 i m. the [amended,. Act- - He refused, to,; make any order against 1 J a b'ankijupt ac?. cused of fraud dn this ground, hpld.ing that when he applied for his discharge he could be deals with, if necessary. It was true the bankrupt need nqt apply for his discharge, but the suspension of ■ his discharge would be a certain ipunishment. - -•:>.!- ;. ; v .-, Of the fqur original proprietors of the London Telegraphy a paper which now nets a, profit of. £5,000 weekly, Ithesbl^ ButvivW * is^noir tlie owner, of a icoautry weekly, and another died m \ a poorhouses ! . " Trust men. and they will trnjsty.ou," ; said Ralph.; Waldo / iSmerson. j •■' Trust men and they will bustfyou," says an ordinary, every day busineß^ma.ni" „ . (" : The driver of. the pasßengerta"ain from 1 Onehunga, which colliued m thje tunnol near Auckland the morning with therunaway i engine, said : — " When'lffir'st came, to Auckland I . was pot on 'as'fire lman to loaru the roads, and : dVing that 'time was concerned m the* acfeident at Pukokphe, wlien an engine was aerit f p"ff, .'the. line by .cbllidihg 'with '-/.si Oow, and~ sahk into the swamp adjoin ingi m£;was ; shot head-first for about^SO ..feetj into the ' air, and landed m the swamp als6/ i[ < ] '-'< -. Murdocb.has got the ball j that he knocked about'io i 'ith'e' fiinp36f 1211, and had'it mounted in:gold. ,* . ! According- to the; best ,ca]eo]atipnp the average , weight , of fleece ju/Pqgltfhd ond Wales is s|d lbs ; m Scotland 4?lbs ; in' There are ten members of !the House . ' r of 'Hepeßenthtives New. Zealand borri, not including the Maoris, ..viz., Messrs Hobhsj W- F-. .Buckjand, J. 0. Bucklahd, Cadirian, ? Johnß'l;on', FitzherbeVtj Peaison, Hursttinuße, Mitclielapn;! ;ftnd, Hamljn. These gentlemen have ba^^heiir photographs taken and will have ithem.ar- v ranged m shield form. ' ' , 'fj_*\ \ Those who remember Sir Barnes Fer t , guson's Governorship of N«W; Zealand have doubtless agreeable recollectioni of his daugbtor Ethel, ana : will,bje l 'gl4& i to ? ; learn that it has pleased the Queen to i confer on the young lady the decoration ■of the Imperial Order of the, Crowg ; pf ■ India. ...„,. ... .'"' ' '".> „,,-•. .t r

Tourist excursion tickets (first-class) will be issued at any dute (Sundays exccpted) between tho 3lst December, 1884, and tlie 3lat March, 1885, available over all New Zealand railways (private companies' lines not included), from six weeks from date of issue. Price, £8. The Rev Thomas Spurgeon, of: Auckland, has receutly been lecturing "with great success m England and^ Scotland, on New Zealand, under. -the' '^title*- o£ " Brighter Britain." .. TjheVe 'iV&tatebV to be a * native^ difficulty on' a email scale at "OdaKi, as v appears some of the natives have an abjectitmrto the ialand -Ms£d' f an<T~lftve" run a fence across it. The Waitara Press has been pjarobastidby. arid:inc6rhorated--wifclif*tbe Taranaki Daily News._ ; L The Bales 6f frozen mutton m the' English provinces continue to vindreaVe." ' At the, Bradford depot., lsfe, 300 carcases were put np and ■ disposed of. New depptshaye just been opened at Chorley, Stafford, Newmarket,;, and Lebmiiisteiv \l''..f-:\ -r I'-jlvl* '■;• ', On ditithsA Mr J. T. Stewart, District Engineer, is under' orders to at once begin the Avorfcihg survey of the /&{}{ way, line from Palmerston to AshurstV The law of the harvest is td reap more than y6u sow: Sow an a<Jt, and "you reap a habit ; sow a habit, and yo'ii' reap a character ; sow a character > 'andyou reap a destiny.: • ! ■;: i: < ; Messrs .Palgety and; Co., (Liijnitfed); London, ( tp $£essf s ;Bethune ; ah^/rjuh^eras fbllbWs -M" London wool : sales 'opened with : great' spirit ; • prices very firm. Tallow, 6d lower." : t r ■■■, Trie iower drive m the' Golden Crown Company, Terawhiti : haying now • thoroughly drained the upper levels of the mine, the doctors. have -entered, into a dontrftfit for -sinking ,100 feet on tfoe)J ; Auriferous rejsf which was , found |a long tim^agoiin tjio upger .^rive, 'bpt jwhich, ,'owipg tp'the water,, they, could not preyiPusly sink uppn? ' ' ' > n> i., It ijs a curiotis cpincjdence r . that the palace which, in !'a 'fit ■ of ' lpy'ati'ty, the city'tif Marseilles presented'/ to 1 1 Louis 1 Napbieoriy 'and- af terwards b atteittpted to take aWy'from Ms widoW^ia .JndW-'*C' ! ) cholera hospitaL •:•..• ,' . > . The ladies and gentlera'efl^belpnglng 'totbe? Paltnefsten /Gatholia -Choir who pang at the.vFoxtonrcdric^vt.pn*, Saturday j . i^ight iassi^ted at the service^ 'at St.,. 1 .j^avy?B. on . Sundayi The ' jeppgregations were unusually large both" moruing and evening, and 'thfe beautiful rniisio inci'aentaT to tKe serviced Vas rendered with i great 'tftate tfnd 'expression I ■■■■■■ >■■> ■■;""'"' r) :'■; v ' r,-'i .' J i. . ' n '';.;" I' i.; -;.1 '