LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume VIII, Issue 145, 29 November 1884, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Three good carpeaters are advertised . f OT; . J.,.^^:*,,, „..,,,..,_ ..,.-.• . Seyeral bankruptcy announcements will be found elsewherff'toVhich tbe»sK tentipn of those interested is directed.; ""Messrs Halcombe and Sherwill ah-, nounce thef "date and catalogue of their next stoqk sale at Ashurst. The day' fixedis.Tjiiarsday December. 4, and the? sale will commence at 1 p.m. Wd have incidentally heard several I complaints of irregular delivering the . townlrum "'■' We shall be glad if all com- ' plaints of this kind will' be made to the officejdifecfc bo that they may be inves- ; tigated and rectified as early as pos-< siblei '& he Wesleyan' choir :are BteudUyi prac--tisin^ the new cantata entitled " Paradise |to be ,ren jlejed , about, , Christmas., domposition is a beautiful a'rrangementjof. goodjiigh class, music and comprise* some 'solo jiarts 'written m a Veiling find ' masterly ! 'style? The' chorus r parts (should "have a : grand effect,' ' all being arranged m pleasant harmony, and' having also' some 'difficult" running, and cross passages, this verse parts being especially sweet and expressive*} •y. ii MeWs Barns and .Biggie announce their sCSctTSaie" at Campbelltown Yards Wanganui, to take place on Wednesday next, comrneucing at 12.30 o'clock. Mr Charles Gordon, who returned from Auckland, where he took a draught of Wanganui hoese 1 stock, ■ informs the Jleraid that although he landed them ; in ; f|n^ condition, he had the misfortune to Wet a dull market and low prices, tie hjks brought back a couple of handsome carriages, ..which may be seen at, Mitchell-^ and Earle's stores, tfatipoQuay, '-'' '■•••■■ : ' ' " Wjth reference ;tp thexieath of. Sister,' Cecilia m the Wanganui convent : ' the Heraid hasi- thfe' following :— Th» <tev ceased sister was 20 years of age, and came)here froin>€heyinouthi some ; two months back. During that time she had been m delicate health, but her^real illness lasted bnlyi t\vo days.' l'he sfetibn:: wliicL sister Cecilia occupied was that termed an " Aspirant," and it- . was in-, tend^ that m a shtirfc time she should have taken m hand some of the' classes m the school.- The body has been clothed; m white as though for a wedding, and on Sunday morning it wil-be taken into the Chapel .before BecondMass., m order :: that the Requiem Mass may be sung. The funeral, will also take place pmSun-day-i , . .. The Haurakit*ok27o sheep f rote Fox- ; ton yesterday. - -••--. '-•' Arrangements are being made to bring out the Illustrated London News m London and New l^prk on the same day. c; ' i .<V'"V\ ': ".- ■ . The steamship. Black Prince while passing through the Bay of Biscay, rev ceritly foundga hencoup with two men quite dead lying across it; - At the wreck of the steamer Change^ , how,! near Sandy Cape,los-Chinese were on board on their; way bonce to, China They! had amon'gst'them £10,000 m gold' A CHinaman.vWho . .was drowned with ;301b Weight ipf' c gqld had the coin .sewed 'm, a Jong leaflJer bag, which was " twice * passed round his chest and back croßSwise, and briee f r6und each leg, the two > ends being tied round )hi& waist. :/. >. ( i, "Sparring entertainments" are] now given m Marton and the hour of '' put* tiugoq the gloves 1 ' is officially .an- , pounced; Marton is advancing socially ' speakidg 1 .:' '":''.'■' ' • ' ' . ; "' ;" ; ■'•■' A 'chimney-sweep Bhould do well m Halcombe. A chimney which caught fire tjhere/ptf Thursday' ■ eveniugp blazed ■ iierefcly for nearly, an ihoiir m spite: of all .'efforts made to get it under. X The Australian '- Wesleyan minister^, • ;|nrho [arrived by special coach . yesterday ;e veiling are, r we understand, proceeding. Hot Lakes district on a pleasure trip, j they having finished their work at the oott|erenoe just terminated. • rv Th;e Itev. ' Mr" ; Bunir will a' Spring Sermon at, the Wesleyau Church to-morrow Vveuiug 1 ,; the text being' " Consider the lilltes how r they ' 'grow;?' A sapred musical composition ihAying the same title will be sung after the sermoni ' "[' ;'.;■'."■' ' ' '■• T'j> '/"' The railway station at 5.30 yesterday evening, prosenled r .an, unwoiited and certainly-a. brisk- and lively-^ ap'pearaijc^ for the space of a half-hour or more. A special coach arrived about 5 o'clock conveying some v 16, Australian Wealoyap parson's'/ two teing acooiii'pftnied by' tpeir .wives. These gentlemen put ; up at the railway stiiion till the arrivaTof ' the train from Foxtou, and they made the ihost of their, time, m the interval. Mi Bass, the obliging stationinaster, giving them all possible'' assistance." 1 One might be seen with a pocket mirror adorning his hair at the rear of the sta- ' t'ioh, while another brushed heaps of dust out of a top-coat, others m charge of a' tin basin, water, and soap leased the (amp-room and> performed sundry ablutions, while others . walked around and admired the laying out of the town. Two brothers were buried m one grate recently at Hokitika, the cause of death being diptheria. A' London shirt-maker advertises he has received testimonials from Cetewayo and' thelVXihg>fft^ejMapriß." iVjerily,, the .woil'd of fashion also possesses its mysteries. (•>■'■ ■• »;'•' .'.'■ ■'■:;■") A' Wellington stprekeeper is dping a large busihes's m tinning fresh' and salted butter for lodia, .Fiji, and: China. THd tins are got up on the American jiystem; and ? contaitf frdm ; one to seVen- 5 pounds each, Tea hands are employed, m the bMsihes's. ' .' \" ■ • '" In one o£, the Christchtirch coqsqltatipps on the New 1 Zealand Cup first and second prizes went to the one man—^a carpenter. Lucky carpenter.!. '-./.'■ )The magisterial enquiry into the re* cent election for two coiinoillors for the Oroua Riding will.be held at ; B.ullg today. —The County Chairman and County Clerk will attend the hearing. , J The Chairman of the County Council hat the annual meeting deplored the fact ,tjhat the tramway was a losing concern. -; The London Gas Company, which;supplies gas at 2s 8d per 1000 ft, has^ust declared a dividend of 12f percent."' • Extensive changes .are now being made m the Postal and Telegraph De^ •partme'nt' through'out the cbuhtry by ttfe transference of officers and rearrangement of duties: It is understood that this branch of the service will shortly a number of additional cadets. , f , P>ye put of 21 Presidents of the TJnited Stetes WBpe of Scotch-Irish Hneage— Jackson, Polk, B.uohanaa } Johnson, and Arthur ; two of. Scotch— Grant, and .Jiayes;' one bf Welsh— JefEerson j and "' one of Dutch — Van Bureu ; the remaining twelve being of English descent. Another iron sand company is projeoted m New Plymouth, and the prospec* tvs iB to be issuod shortly. •■■. ■ *

A correspondent informs a Wellington paper that an act of cruelty was. witnessed m the Wairarapa District lately, where a man was seen to pour boiling water into the ears of a horse that bad lain down and would not get up after being I unmercifully flogged for half an'ho'ur. The Nejv Zealand Shipping Company have received the following message, dated London 25th November :—|' The js.s. Doricsarrived all well at Rio on M§atu¥day,<and sailed on Monday. Her meat is iii prime condition." ,„,. Thejejfaiuier.wUJ.Jeavie for,jLb.e. -Santh.. m about ten days' time," his departure being determined by the return of the Minister of Lands, who is taking a short., holiday aHVangaum; Sir Julius Vogel^ as already announced, will proceed to ■the Hot Springs valjout th« of. December riext.' ' ' v '■' ' : The New Zoaland Shipping.Companyi have' been advised by cable/ dated London, -^November 24, that their steamer Tongariro left Plymouth on the 22nd ' initajat for Port Chalmers and Lyttolton, via Teneriffe and Hobart. She mayprof call. at Wellington. -^Also'that the s.s. Aorangi was loading for Wellington PprtjChalmers, and Lyttelton, and, leaves Plymouth on the 26th Dec.: ' )\ . 1 The Thames was so dry , in places this last summer, that jokers put up' notice boards* iv This 'eligible building "' site tp be sold," in'thefviefy bedoi 1 the fiver; 1 Reason for this state of affairs : To .muoti water taken out by Water Supply, ' Companies^ .^^i > v ■ ; : - ; J'. y '! : •'* V > The Mayor of Wellington published t 'thejfi6llowing on the morning after his rpeuig* returned :^-" Mayoral election. ' Special announcement. To • Messrs Andrew jYoung, Ec T. Gillon> Gkforge Allen, 1 aud others of that confraternity. Gentlemen, — I nave much pleasure m conveying to you the satisfactory information that ±U,e e^ectp.n : of yesterday , cos ; t me the very "'modest' J 'sum or '£8 l6*s. Your^ truly, Geo. Fisher." This was surely the height of indiscretion. The Edward, mentioned m the , Press! Association' telegralms as a'sailmaker on board the Osprey, which Vessel picked up the " claimant," was m Wellington last week, and saiied"f or Sydney. Mr Aucher for many years was an hotelkeeper m GreJmoiitl^V-a^d jip tp q $|foH' time 6ince was landlord of the Anchor Hotel^ Market-square,^ Wanganui. , Mr .^Aucher's business in 1 New 1 "SoUth 1 Wales was to Bee €aptain Barry, who possesses" douumentary evidence m favor of the Tichbjorne claimant. :' T •>.. i'J:' ! ; ..,. i'The following paragraph is frpoi the Napier Telegraph :— Ministers^ fe^vel m new furniture. This 48 a democratic ( country, and'though a caan have fi^rdly ' •jd? second loai, 'directly he Becomes a Minister, he findsj-it xieqessary. to have most ] luxurious l surroundiuga— at J the i dbuntfy's cost./ .Unemployed may want bread; aud small settlers be bogged for want of a road, but they .have the satisfaction of knowing that their rulers are living' m purple t ati,d. fine linen, and that , . -the. country pays bill. : It i^ stated by a ,, contemporary that 4 Mr John . Harding^ of Mount Vernon, Hawkes' Bay, ari,d Kis ikmily pay nipre property v tax tnan the whole of the ; Pro- ' vincial Diatrict of Taranaki, although of course, the area they occupy is far less, The reasCrf is^ihat most of the. Taranaki , holdings are. small- and coine : within. the £500 exemption. If this is true, we (Post) earsonly regret that the l^w.has^ permitted such an accumulation of landed^ property m the hands of one fainilyi ; The poor non-property tax paying set- , tiers of Taraniaki' are wbrth many Harding families to the colony. - m ':■■■' The Post has ! the following :^We: do ■ hot know whether the' Hon. G. J. Phata-. zyn's friends adopted yesterday the ex- . eellent advice given to them some time ago, to always lock him up when a poll-ing-booth was open within his reach, ; but the fact is worth recording that he nefther voted^nor attempted. |» vote. "_ The topograpKy '.of the moon is welj. known to astronioiner| and has been carefully outlined- on) detail' -tnapsr* T^ here are ,fiye mountains m the tl mpQn more than 20,000 feet^highj the highest mea^ suritig 28,975Jeet. ' ' , % Mr Jelji&e w.hd,is,at present conduct' ingJthe i Warin'gTayloi i . > pr6secutions,-in-tends;, we ujiide.rstand, to folio w^ his profession m W.eUlngton k '■•*'U^ vv • v , 4 v The Eeilding.paper..haß_the.follQwing.: The number of buildings which are now being erected m Feildidgand its suburbs -has oreated a demand for oarpedters which has yet to be supplied.v A builder seat to Pafinerßtoa: r ye§tprday-ipr two, bu[if ailed to get tliemaa that gay city is just :> as^^dry^'bft tik iexeesfl '•<&■ skilled iaoor^ as FeildhigV-^ ■ .'. >:'u ;■!,:;:,:. ;. JVc regret to learn that tne T Feildrag postnraster, .Mjr, J,ames jSteveas,. has, been fserTousTy indisposed- foV' the past few daysj;and unable ,to> attend to his duties. Fig Vrees boast-of longevity^ iEveSyn^ speaks of one of great age which mea,.efure4 sevefhtefiri pace'S "m circumference of branched; The fig trees m the gardens iat Lambeth Palace were- planted; by Cardinal Pole. „At ithe Deanery ;ofW,in;-T Chester, there js 'a rfig.tree, which, bore,, fruit 'm 1623, and figs from it were eaten by, James I. „ . ■ • ■ ' A very' pretty .three-decker; b ; ride,c^te,. was on View m Mr Pollock's window today (says [tW'Bfaty\ r T!tik Kjlppy 'Bride-' groom that 'will 1 be fe ; iiot;; altogether uri-^ known In'bnsli^felli% and brass band playing; citcleß. !^'i"i .''? 'i . -' •