LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 14, 18 December 1884, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

' » ■ The catalogue for Messrs Stevens and Gorton's next stock sale at Awahuri is advertised elsewhere. The date is the 23rd" inst.,- next Tuesday, and the sale will commence at 1 o'clock. ' At the examination of W. J. Harker, the Napier insolvent auctioneer, it came out that he had given <t'lo 10s to- .the parsonage fund, .£lO 10s to the Liberal . Association, -.£25 as a • donation to - Mrs Girdlestone, £12 for six carcases, of mutton shipped by the Coptic as *i prgr sent to the Lord , Mayor of LDriuon'l' How easy to be liberal and patriotic and charitable., with -.other- people's 1 money. "We fancy Mr^arfcer is going to have a rough, of it m the Insolvency Court. A nian named Desmond, a candidate at Napier^, at the recent elections, further affirms that an I. ;O. jjU.,; bearing his signature held iby Hariker is a' torgery. The matter is to be put to the test m the lawcour^; At thefmeefc--ing of 'Barker's creditors on Friday, Mhft. liabilities were stated at over i3odo, and the assets at^22o. '"**■ j .-.Vy".-. The Post denies. Mr E r Waki>fieid'§ appointment to its editorial chai:*, ana' ..believes that he resigned charte )f the 'Timaru Herald m cWs"equehc|pf certain differences of opinion With 'thV""dii;ectpr;B\ of the comp,any. owning -that idurnal, $jd; not- 'for- >'the -purpose of jbaking. editorial charge of any other newspaper. ... .^...- ■ .-. O , ■ . ;,fl TIT. A It is said by the Post that a certain 'legal gentleman whoj gavd? important evidence m one of tJie;Waring Baylor cases last week. refused , to : allow hjimself to be bound over ito, appear 8t the Supreme Court' next month,' ahr ;W&a only brought to his senses when proceedings to compel him to enter into aj bond were taken against him. .: . ■■; \ Captain Eussell describes it as & farce* that a Chairman of a>School Committee should sign a form, that a master had devoted so , .many, hours, : to j the irjstruc- . tion of a pupil teacher. . As a matter of fact the Ch&iiJmah Mows nqtKing pf the •matter.' '■'"/' '•■' ' ' '' "■" \ I ■ , It will' interest se&lers' to kno>tf that by the new, Police, Offences Act, anyone allowing cattle or tibrses*''to graze on the ; public roads is liable' to a penalty of .£10 ; and any constable failing touring, anyone to iustice for such offenpe is liable on conviction; to a penally of. £5. People will' have now to be I -very careful about allowing stock to wanaeii 'at large. _ '.' ' ', •' .. '( , •.,- ; .'.. To-morrow Messrs Stevens and; Gorton will Hold their inaugiir^l stock ' sale m Woodville'. The fern ' ha^e' shtfwn'.a gobd deal - of entßrprise m: eytabKsbißg first-class yards for cattle and, sheep, hn& they will hold regular sales of stock m , Woodville inifutire, so that they d« serve to be well supported. The establisl ment ■i.6f a goodi, market will bfe'i&aught with untold benefit to the district, as tho settlers will haye a ready means of disppsal of stock; and ihe r 'sales will bring into the. district men,, who jnay become so ; Jii-' terested m its important positioi[ and the r .excellerice of the latodithatthe^ may be" induced' to become " settlers^ We wish the firm all success m their 'addition of Woodville to the list of distriptsr to which they have extended* their j business. ' : v . . . ;.- ;> ■:. , ,r" ■ ."■ ' ■' . j ,'•'■./ The first attempt at perpetual leasing by : the WeUington Waste Land Board has been highly . .successful, 25 j out of 29 sections offered having been taken up:' The 'New Zealand Shipping Company's steamer Tongariro, which left .Plymouth on the 22nd November, arrived at the Cape of Good Hope on the 13th inst. Jacob Faithful's Consultation closes on Monday next. .. , ' Last month Napier was seventh highest of the boroughs m the death rates, the Thames being lowest on the list, and Invercargill highest. ; ' v It is pointed out that all the irecent additions to the roll of J.'sP. m Wellington are either Irish or Scotch, there being not a single Englishman on the list. ■ ; The electric light has been intrbducd at the Nelson -Bros'. Tomoana j raeat works. \ ■■, .-:?' . \ : A horse and it's rider went-jdown the Gorge the other day. Th© ridfer Escaped r unhurt, although the horse was! ifery* much cut. j *•-'' | ' The Goyernmont sale of land m the ! Forty-mile Bushy will <be held at Masterton to-day, and judging by the hundreds, of people who have visited the district! with a view to inspecting the lanils offered there, should be a great deal 'of demand for most of the sections. \ The opening of the railway line,, to, Tahoraite was celebrated last Monday, wher| an excursion train. consisting of two engines, five trucks with seating ac- ' compdation, twelve carriages, and two brake-vans reached the Tahoraite station at about 1 o'clock. Between 400 and 500 passengers availed themselves bf^tlierj ■exercursibn. The day was generally observed as a holiday at Danevirke; and Host' Allardice had an excellent spread" with which to receive his guests. ; Nptwithstanding^he^rowd of people every- 1 thing was very orderly. . ■ - Says Tuesday's Napier Telegraph: — f • Last night's^ theatre audience were m a good humor", the intervals being; filled ' up noisily, if not agreeably, with the singing, of the hymns of the Salvajtion Army. -In fact, it is high time m the interests of morality and decency,^ that that the marchings through the streets of the Army were "put an end to b,y the police;- as it is evident from the travestie of their proceedings last ..nigm^ that they ,haye done much to develop the larrikin tendencies of many of the Napier young people^- : ; , <v „. „ ; It is said that some ancient and air most forgotten investments of the ..actor Bandman's have turned up trumps, and the German actor, is a little surprised at his unexpected wealth, j.