LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume VIII, Issue 139, 22 November 1884, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Jane Douglas sails from Foxton this, evening for Welliugtpn at 10 o'clock, | : The publication of the Standard supplement will be resumed next Saturday. We have had a number of applications from Wellington and elsewhere for copies of the Standard containing some very interesting descriptive chap- ' ters on the northern' section of the West ; Coast Railway, supplied to this journal ;by our special reporter, who traversed that portion of the Company's operations. We regret to say that not a copy is to be had. . Wo intended to, have printed a large extra number of each of the issues, but it was forgotten,and the spare copies ; we had were obtained either, from the office or our various distriot agents almost immediately after publication. ■ Mr W. B. Retcmeyer, of Westoe, who ■ returned to Foxton yesterday per Stormbird, brought with him some purebred stock, comprising a polled Angus bull, a shorthorn bull, and several Ayrshire bull,besides a number of Shorthorn cows, Berkshire pigs, and Rumney Marsh pigs, He also brought with him a number of purebred poultry. The stock were taken through by train last evening. Mr G. W. Woon, the Wauganui Registrar of Electors, is busy purging the rolls. On Wednesday he sent out 283 objections to names on the Waitotara roll.

Uu Tlwradtiy a private meeting of creditors m 'he estate of Richard Harper storukceper, Bulls, was held m the Supreme Court Bui. dings, Wellington. The principal business was the acceptance of the tender of Messrs Anderson and Tompkins for the purchase of the Bulls property m the estate. The Post understands that Messrs Duthie and Levin, who have been connected with the Gear Meat Company si nee. its establishment, have .decided - not to stand for re-election as directors i at the approaching annual meeting of the shareholders of that concern. | Mr Andrew Jousori, of Foxton, on Thursday picked up on the Horowhenua beach, a lifebuoy having the words, " Rio Loge" painted on it. Mr Jonson is of opinion it had not been more than three' days m the water. The Foxton paper is informed a vessel named the Rio Loge left Lyttelton a short time ago. So interesting wore the proceedings of the Napier Boroiigh Council ait a recent meeting, that" the publis" present fel^ asleep, and slept through tho whole pro--cecdings. : The vexed question of the Manchester Square has be>en decided by the Feilding Borough Council which haß resolved by a large majority to leave the roads through the centre as they are at present and construct one round the square as provided m the schedule" of works. ! In sentencing the prisoner Hart to 14 days' imprisonment for stealing- f a pair of boots.Mr Ward said that he had made the sentence light because the goods were exposed m a manner which was tempting to such people. It certainly seems wonderful (remarks the Herald) that there are not more cases of stealing brought on at the Court, considering the -nnnnreriTr-whioh-gopds are exposed by; the booksellers, drapers, and clothiers m, town. ; An Ohio farmer says that a cow can be cured of kicking by catching hold of her leg while m the act.- Just so : and a bee can be cured of stinging by catch-' ing hold of the stinger while m the act.' Try 'em both some time. It's fuu. There is still room for improvement l m regard to4he delivery of; the 'Frisco' mail {writes the Waipawa Mail). It arrived at Auckland on Sunday, and on eutering that port was met by a steamer coming on to Napier, which signalled to that effect. Both skippers appear to have Btood on ceremony, and each refused to lower a boat, with the result that the local steamer came on without the mail. The latter was carried to New Plymouth, thence despatched overland by Paljuierston,and the Woodville people got their letters oh Tuesday morning. Waipawa, only 60 miles distaut had to wait till Wednesday night for their letters, which passed through to Napier on the previous morning. In the republic of Central Guatemala America, they have a happy way of making railways without borrowing or alienating land which should recommend itself to the Government of this colony. A railway is projected between the capital and the port of St. Thomas at a cost of 12,000,000 dollars. To secure its construction the Government has decreed every adult male m the republic a shareholder, the cost of the shares being 40 dollars each. In case a man is to poor to pay cash down, the Government will permit him to pay four dollars a year for ten years. The Government collects the money, and guarantee the paymentof expenses as rapidly as the roa^is completed. The Anglo-New Zealander of the 10th October gives the following patriculars of the arrangements made for the release of the Ticborne ' Claimant : — " The Claimant, who has spent the last six years and a half at Portsmouth, will be taken to Pentonville shortly. Two or three days previously his wardrobe, which has cost £40, and his portmanteau and hia hat case, which have been specially made for him, will be conveyed to the,convict, prison. No notice will be giyeh the Claimant of the day or hour of his removal, but he will be summoned suddenly from his work, and ordered =to change his clothes, while the warder who will accompany him will at the same time be "ordered to pnt on ; plain clothes. The ; Claimant's convict dress will then be packed m his portmanteau, and lie' and his warder will : proceed at dtxce to London, ensuring as much seprecy as is possible. On reportj ing himself at Pentonville the Claimant ; will again assume the convict garb, m which hel wilj remain otothed till his lij beration." Cable news received via" San | Francisco show that these preparations : have been:d uly canned out. . ; -■■■': •; < ; ■ 7 A good hint to hypercritics may be found- her,? :^-Dr. Willett, lecturing; m Boston recently, told a droll story of himself. Ho said that at one time, when he was a- connoisseur m bird stuffing .he used . to criticise other ■ peoples' bird stuffing . severely. ; Walking with a gentleman one day,, he stopped at. a window where a' gigantic owl was exhijbited. "You see," said the doctor to ;his i friend, '• that there is a magniiicient "bird utterly rained through unskillful : stuffing. No living owl ever roosted m ithat position. And the eyes are ;fully a ; third larger than any owl ever, possessed." At this moment the stuffed bird raised one foot and solemnly blinked at ibis critic, who said, very little more I about stuffed birds that afternoon. In reference t,o the ammunition cases marked "Osprey" found m: the Mount Cook Bahacks, an old colonist informs the Post that there was a Government, transport brig of that name employed about 1840 on the Australian station, and that she - several times visited Auckland with troops and military stores from Australia. She was a short I time afterwards wrecked on the west 'coast north of Auckland. Her figurehead subsebuently formed the sign of a jpubliehojuse m Auckland named the Osprey Hotel. This building was des- : troyed m the great fire m 1858; but the ; figure-head was saved, and is now m ■the naval reserve at the North Shore, Auckland. . . . . '■ The London correspondent of the Leader says : " The British Association meeting at Montreal has been a brilliant i success, inasmuch as it has raised the ; question whether an Auslialian or New Zealand city, might not at some future date be the scene of one of the society's annual sessions. Auckland has been i mentioned, but Melbourne seems the favourite. It appears, however, that the 'Association are pledged to go to 'Aberdeen next year, so that nothing definatelv is likely to be done at present m the direction of an Australian meeting." ; ■'; ■ " ' : • :*■■■■■! The New Zealand Shipping Company have been advised that * their steamer Kaikoura left Capetown for Hobart and Wellington oa the 17th instant. On Thursday there were m Wellington harbour the big steamer Huapehu, the sailing Bhips Orari, Glenraoro, Zealandia, Pleione, May,, and S.H. Luhrs ; also steamers Hinemoa, Rotorua, Wakatipu, \ Waihi, Kprauui,, Mariawatu, Waratea, Maori, Stbrmbird/ Kiwi, H'uia, Tui, and Jane Douglas, loading and discharging at the wharves ; the schooner May, the cutter Days Bay ; and the steamers Oreti and Graf ton laid up for repairs and alterations. The Taranaki Hfews. understands tha except m tfte first standard - very few of the Taranaki scholars will pass m their standards this year. • ) Jos Billings says : I have often been ,told that the best way 'is to" take a bull 'by the horns; but I think m many instances I should prefer the tail hold."

Persons desirous of borrowing money would do woli to read the new advertisement of tlio E. and 0. Aid Corporation, published m another column, re loans. Mr-Brncken does not seem to have pleased his Marton audience. The local paper observes that he may have been somewhat depressed by the smallneßß of his audience, but, at all events, his efforts were not nearly as snccessf ul as people had been led to expect by the glowing eulogies -passed-*oiTthitn' i 'Bl an elocjutionist by th*e Press m Dunedin, Christchurch, Wellington/ and Auck. land. : : The Marton paper understands that the following" tenders for the stock-in-trude m the bankrupt 'estate of J. B. Harper, of Bulls, were accepted : — For the stock at Bulls, Messrs Anderson (Sanson), and Tompkins (Halcombe) ; for the stock at Campbelltown, Mr Suiated. The latter gentleman has been managing the business at Campbelltown since- its commencement, and wiHjnpw start otf his own account.' From tho Hawera Star we learn that the natives are making ■preparations for a big feast at Taiporoh'enni next week, at which there are expocted to bo present visitors from as far south as Wanganiii, and f fom U corisiclerab^ distance ? uorth. ; W4)ether c tfie'bluV ri&bhlrsTire on the increase- among the natives we are not . aware, , ;but ,- as , ;they. hav&l commissioned Mr Leslie to make five or six dozen tea-pots, it is evident that,the;demands for tea are expected to be extensive. " •'■:■■' During October there was not a single death at Wanganui, which speaks well for its healthiness. ; : '' Shearing is m full swing at the Orou* Downs station, and will not becompleted for at least ten days. < At the meeting -of the Provisional .Directors of the Brace Dairy Factory, held recently the Secretary reported that 2000 shares had already been applied for. It was intimated that several people m Dunedin wished to take up shares, but the meeting considered it would be advisa.bTe.tq bavejas shareholders; people residing m the district.