Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1884. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume VIII, Issue 135, 18 November 1884, Page 2

Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1884. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

! • • . . j- ' 'M^B?]rs j\V|oilerman ' & Hucheson 'ah;. nounpe a constant supply of prime Duiiedin bottled beer. In i" Templetony •yconsui tatipn . on the New ;Z"eafand diip, ,f he thu4l prize went tolheManwattf'distrißt. n v ;i ' '■• ! ■ ' ■■■■'; Nearly three thousand suits for' divorce wcrejbrought m France .the day after, the iijew divorce lawi came into- effect, many of -the best families ia the laud being iuvblvedl ' ' ' '•'' } \ Thjo v rul will leave I '^arSgitikei to-mof-l'ow.ijnstetfd'ofTljdrsday 1 as 1 prfivio'uSly stated.-^ '*■'. ■-';!O : • .■•) ,'■''' '•-• ' -.v : • :: Tlije Lytteltoh Tim**; m a leading article, says: — "The recent admission ! ; to" practice of a batch of fresh barristers and solicitors, some < twenty -five strong has produced the usual remark from the 1 lips of a' dubious ' public, ' What is : to" . b(scpnie of them all ?" ' tons •s£■ housahd^ packed m thirty iton drums, have beeu shipped f roim Tarauaki io( Eilg-laiftl, for an exjPeriiuental .smeltiug. at some. English worktiP' ri '" f\i-i.^i.-i \. : . L-L- { - . . The Marton paper is informed on reliable authority that the Gorge Railway is about to! be cdnnneiictid at once; iu'-; del'cl, the men^ are now on, the ground tp begin operations..... :.,,... ".. ... i Attention is directed to Mr C. Frantr zeu's advertisement, announcing choice Jatid varied assortments of jewellery suitable for. p.reseuts., ,Mr.Frantzen gives a .guarantee for 12* mouth's with all 'the" tvva.tches he repairs. „ The. Wellington-Manawatu, Railway Company will uhortly announce the first ; of their greatiand aales, which is to be !' neldlearly next year, when a very large I extent of. valuable land m the Fitzherbbk district will be sold on liberal terms m sections of from 70 to 300 acres. Tho stewards of the Christchurch Jockey Club gave their annual ball last 'week m, the old Provincial Council ..Chambers. Four hundred guests were incited./ His Excellency the Governor and Lady Jervois were present. The ball was a great success. \ '■■ ! Theuiickefc mateh — Halcome v. Feild-ing-i-was played on .Saturday on the railway reserve, Halcombe, resulting m : a victory for the ito>ne'team by 77 runs. , ,Jt if> rumg^red (s^ys a Wellington 'paper) v tlint exceedingly good prospects have been obtained by a party. of gold prospectors a^|he head ,of the \\[ai' ngnyva,Waira ti ra'p'a,' ! in v tHe 'w&kb blaim- to that of Mr M. liockel's party A gentleman from Masterton was m. town on Friday and Saturday last,: who states that he has seen spociinenß taken from ■ oile of the prospecting claims which augur well for the success of reefing m .the district. A curious advertisement hap. appeared m the Melbourne newupapers. It notifies jfeliftC a crest and a crown aiid;the words "Salvation Army," as used by the follower^ of 1 t General" 3ooth, are protected und^rtne fedp'yrighfc AcU ■ . -»•..■■ t^ow easily a very slight and. simple acci,deut may result m very serious coh^ sequences is. exemplified m the case of M r A'. 1 Gftlpih \ • of ' Uppet Rangitiket; Ashort time ago (says the Marton paper) he ran a thorn into his thumb, and blood-poisqnjujg.ensued;.;-.^We Xsgtf& tq ., learn., that M'r'Garpih now liesiu a very critical condition. Dr Connolly came out from Wan ganui on Saturday evening to haye a consultation 'with Dr Skerrrtanon hiscase. .

•$ "There are only four towns m New Zealand whereftfie. Borough charge a licensing fee for travelling theatrical companies or shows, vizi, Auckland, Ghristchjtt|ph^Du|jedin,^ania Feildin^. fiooti beitwo circuses m this col6ny. Chiarini is at present m Canterbury and Woodyear's is "on the sea" forjAucklaud. This is one of rthjd, results of {lie liberal policy of the Stout- Vogel ministry, ai^ J^e jjnfaj; jnow. ex?pecfc!-all I sorts of " good shows." .i^iTlie'idiiofibt th"e\N3|jifer' Herald has ! b^eu Bii»Wri a 1 Idtter f ronV an ; enterprising Dunedinite to a friund m Napier, an extract which will prove interesting to many other perßQnß>^ril ftavs concluded anWrangemeut t,o,furnish 6,000 crossbred slieep i next March for a large steamship which carries 1 25,(f00, ; and r a like quantity ','. every, six mopths. for four or jfive'trip's m all,, freezing them; on. board ; freight arid cold storage at Lorido^i foUßfteen days under 2d per pound. Thje expenses will be under 3d, instead ofßfd. f"^ "■"".'' o^ : - |n Wales (saysjthe writer' of London Town Talk m the "AfgusyJihe -whole of thu public-houses are closed on Sundays, and m Rlfices near the boarder, line of?th?e3eadtefh (Jbunties of that priricinality it is easy for the .inhabitant to /stroll into England and indulge m /a Cbwize, and this they do, if for no other reaboiK becAjJHe.^n inlerdjet is laid upon itpu. 'ihdir vUiigett' / Becpn I t)y a J 'p'oli?<Jtnftn j sixty-govep Welshjneri, nil drunk; ! i on the Knglish Rtde of the border, some being laid m rows under the shadow of a tihurdyardwall.Whei'e they, iwere sleeping the Bleep, of inuddlqUeadod, . whije many .other Taffi«s, y n.ot: sojfar, gone, weie staggeriug homoon'ttiat bright Pu'nilay hibrn with more liquor under their bolts tiian 'they could carry with due regard Ibthe maniteiiance of> their .equilibrium." : ■^•- *: No girl ought to think of marriage Hnjtil she can wash aiid iron. She can't • ge£ well unless she knows how to ercjooitb her husband's bosom when it becojnea wfi?.ed.

H?re is another warning to those who I read m bed. It is from the Hawera Star : — A narrow escape from lire occurred at tho residence of Mr Peter Peterson, near Tangahoe, o few days ago. His daughter it appears, was reading m bed with a candle and dropped off to sluup. After an hour or two she , ,wcib awoke with a feeling of thirst, and fpund the room filled with smoke, the curtains being on fire She called out *for helpj and Mr Petoraon ariivedin time to extinguish the flames, or aserious fire might have been the consequence. The damage dove was slight. Mr Halcombe will visit Feilding early next month, and will probably spend Christmas there. On Thursday says the Hawera Star some rather peculiar handbills were knocking about the town, stating that a wonderful exhibition was to be given m the evening by a marvellous mocking 'bird or prarie whistler, m the street. The bills stated that " all are invited. Doors open at both ends of the street. Performance to commence soon after." In consequence a good crowd of persons turned but to see the wonder. The imitations of the /various birds by the itinerary individual were very amusing, and as they were only the preliminary to the sale of powders for teeth cleaning, etc., they sufficed to put his audience iv good humor, and the goods chauged hands rapidly. The whistler is making his way down the cbast. , y. ■ ; '" [-; .< prisoner who has spent "nearly aft his time m gaol and makes a boast of it is liappilya rari.ty. i A inbn' named Pefcritcr brought for breach of prison rules stated m the Wanganiii Court that he had been m prison almost - eyer since' he lahded,in the colony some foJir years ago. lie came dyer from 'Frisco m the City of Sydney, and was ' kept m iidhs : on board for I>7 ; days; He had-bWn m pretty well all parts of the world, he C-isai'd, and he/ was beginniug to tell the . CpurtJhow. he had been r kicked out of a ship iv J'apan,-when he was -stopped. ''