LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 46, 26 January 1885, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

It may be doubted whether the annals of commercial onterpri«o can furnish any record of such a brilliant and rapid succession of performances as that of a recent Collins-street storekeeper. This gentleman opened a splendid fitted up shop m the best part of Collins-street and within a week or fortnight got married one fine morning, filed his schedule m the afternoon, and next day was advertised as having joined another large firm, Yankee smartness (jujßiipt much excel this. 'a Aiii'.t you ablest boiled ?" inquired .a little gix'l of a gentlpwmn pa.llh.fg pn h.or father and mother. ''No, little one, I can't say that I am. On tho contrary I feel quite comfortable.- 1 " That's funny. I should think you would be. M " Why SjO, Daisy?" "Oh, because I heard mammiv say your wife kept you m hot water all tfee |tim.e.. tSPV& pi t}ip sliding scajp gf speculation — .£l, "tmVff" A'WQO, •" defaulter \u i'loo,ooo, " shortage I" .i' 500,000, '' Mis, tralian tourist 1" £1,000,000, " brilliant financier J"

Says the lioslou Transcript : — The ICnglish urt; introducing an 'mlmirahli? sysrcin (if penny dinners for school chil divn. Tlumv m (->>j>t.'(.'iiil mwf\ iii London for some such provision, 10 to 20 pi-r rent, of ihmii board school children whose parents cannot or will not themsi'lvi s fiMsd tlu'in lvgularly. Payment, i*, on the whole, punctual ; and t lit: scale on which the system is worked allows a surplus siiHu-iont to pay for coon ing expenses after the first outlay on the purchase of apparatus, a very moderate I sum, has been met. It is found that thcro need be no stint m order that every child -may enjoy a dinner and havi.s enough. Jn very necessitous and selected ciwes, where «veu the penny cannot as a rule be paid, a free meal is provided. A pliysican, m considerable practice m Egland, has published a littlo work j entitled ." How to live on a shilling a week, by one who has tried it." The i following is the dietary scalo given for two persons for om: week :—2£ln yellow maize, 2£d ; 21b rice. 3d ; 7|lb small apples, 3.1 ; 71b potatoes, 2jd ; slb wheat, sid ; yeast and salt, -id ; £11) treacle, l|'i ; lib sugar, 2d ; 2 quarts skim milk, 2d ; salt and pepper, : 3oz lard, U«l. The total weight it will bo snen is 25m., and thu total cost, 2s. We need hardly add that the author ot this lengthy bill of fare recommends " abstemiousness aud perfect simplicity of food and drink." Naples papers are full of th s adventures of a young Neapolitan girl who ,lias just returned home after romantic experiences. Carmeld Kauda, daughter of a Neapolitan sailor, lost herself m S.ilonicu, where her brother's vessel had put iv. Search was vainly made for her, but she had been concealed by an old Jew, who sold her for a slave to the Governor of Salonica. The Governor, who was compromised m some political intrigues, ,was thrown into prison, and the child was sent to SlaiHboul, where she was put into the Sultan's harem. Hie became a great favorite,' but was thinking how she could eifect her escape. At last she succeeded iv winning over one of the guards and m getting out of the palice. An Italian sloop picked her up on the sea coast, aud another vessel lauded her at her native to.vu, where she is now searching for hei father, who has, iv his turn, disappeared from sight. The Italian papers vouch for the accuracy of this story. A correspondent writes to a contemporary : — Tliis is how a Salvation Army sergeant concluded his address at a meeting lately lield iv this district : " I hope all yon sinners who will not come forward aud testify will dream to-night that you are stretched out full lenirih ; that the undertaker is beside you with a two-foot rule, measuring you for your Collins ; nnVl that you will see the devil at your aide waiting to take you to hell.' 1 The Waipawa Mail narrates the following :— -A gentleman got into ihc train at Takapau without a ticket, as the statiomuaster, who is also postmaster aud telegraphist, was too bus}' to attend to the office attho time. Thu guard afterwards refused to issue a ticket without the usual penalty of Jls being paid, and the passenger objected to paying the penalty, because he had applied at the. on" ice and had not been served. Conse quently it was mutually agreed that the pasenger should be reported. The curious part of the affair is that no one is to blatno. The statioumustcr was doing his best to attend to everything, the guard's instructions were plain, and thu passensenger should certainly not be the loser when he had committed no offence. It appears that some tradesmen — wo will call them Brown and Smith— had been dunning Lard Churlcs Wellesley for Homo time for money due, and at length they wrote to his father the duke. Then JJiey received the following, communication : — " Apsley House. F.M. the Duke of Wellington presents his compliments to Messrs Brown md Smith. The Duke is not Lord Charles Wellesley, neither is he Messrs Brown aud Smith's debt collector. The remains of an English traveller had been exhumed for interment m the family vault. When the coffin was opened the spectators btirted b.ick iv aifrighti " Why these appear to tie the remains of a lion." "Yes," replied a nephew of the deceased, with a sigh, " that's the lion that ate him up ; uncluV inside of him'" ' What is protection?! asked Miss Bifkins of young Montmoreucy Wigglejaw, the other night. • Protectiou,' he said slowly, ' puting my arm around so, aud laying your head on my shoulder fto.' ' That's nice,' she remarked, • but what is five trade, that all the Democrats are talking about ?' ' Fre« trade,' said the young Romeo, kissing her until he loosened all her back teeth, 'is Using (he dut.V gums.' ' Well, they're both nice, 1 she said, ' but I tniuk I like free trade a trilie best.' The Widow's Mite— Dkrt—How old are you? Joe— l'm goin' ou three. Diek — Oh. that ain't much ; I'm eight. Joe — Well, you needn't bo stuck up about it. My ma says I can be eight, too, after she gets married again. The London and Provincial Bank has passed the following resolution : — " The board being of opinion that it m on many grounds inexpedient for clerks employed by tho bank to contract marriages on insufficient means: Resolved as a general rule, but subject to any exceptional circumstances which may m, luce the • bpard to dispense wi}(| such rule.— Tim*. m futuiv, if any member of t|,e staff whose income is less than ,£l5O a year shall marry, he shall be disqualified from continuing m the bank's service, and will accoidingly bo required to retire from it." , : At the Napier. R.M. Court, before Captain Preece, R.iVl., Frederick Adam», on remand, was charged with being illegally on the prehiisen of the Occidental Hotel on Tuesday last. Accused pleaded not guilty. The case was dismissed without the defendant being onlli'd on for his defence, as by the evidence it appeared lie* had received permission to s.leep there from the man- who ranted the stable, where he wqa. found.— VVjl T liam P.. Willig was charged with stealing a watch and chain on the 14fh January, the property of Joseph Ptanton. Mr Lee appeared for the defence, and accused pleaded not guilty. Aft»?r hearing the evidence the case was dismissed. Tho formation of the Hutt Park Railway has been completed, and it is expected thnt th« plate-laying will be finished hy Tuesday next, and the remainder of the ballasting by the fo'lnwiiip Thursday. It i« now nn absolute certainty tj]at the me wi]s be rr nd.v for traffic at least a week before the. sum,mer meeting. The sale of a portion of the Government shipment of stoats and weasels, which cam* to hand by the s.s. loni<>, took placi'li Wellington last weeir. Six stoats realised £5 2s 01 on eh. nnd 20 weasels £3 lOx ouch. Part were purchased for Wairarapa and part for Blenheim. The estimated cost to the Government was about £2 5s per head all round. The remainder of the shipment are to be turned loose m the back-coun-try of Canterbury nnd Qtagp. This season something like 40,00,0 sheep have bee.n driven down to Wellington nloiur the East Coast road. This spenlcs well fqr the future of the bush as a sheep-grazing district. Tlir.ee years ago (says the Waipawa Mqi}). the same land on which fheso sheep are to feed was a wjld natural wilderness. Lawyers aro increasing ju Giahorne, they now boast of twenty-four m that litigious township,

We (Post) understand that Lieut.-Col-onol Tims. M'Doiniull has been appointed .'i N.i live Land iPurchnsu Commission- j «r for the [jiujkish dL : negotiating for tin; nequiiiMiient of nutivM lands along the route of Him North Island Maiti Trunk Railway. In Taurauga an excellent brood of poultry has been obtained by crossing the wekii and the ordinary fowl. \ Potrttot.'ts and fruit «vo reported as being poor crops m Nelson this year. The recent sale oC suctions m the For-ty-mile Buhli has resulted must satiaf.ictorlly. A report was laid before the Land B<>-.tni on Friday showing that up to date 10,352 acres have heeu sold, the amount realised being £15,953. The liquidators of the Pahnerston North Soap and Candle manufacturing Company are inviting tenders m the Wellington papers for the purchase of plant and building. A Pahnerston man is the successful tenderer for the additions to thu Abercom Arms Hotel, which will be begun immediately under this supervision of tho architect, Mr L. G. West. The Maßterto» School Committee coinplain that the notices re elections have not been advertised m the Wairarapa papers. Three or four printed notices ( \v»«re sent to Mastertoti, which are uon--1 sidured inadequate to make known the time of the elections. The New Zealand Shipping Company's 11.M.5.5. Aoraugi should arrive at Port Chalmers with the first outward mail under the (j-overuineut- contract at tho cud of this mouth. She makes Wellington her port of departure fur London, leaving there on February 14. The Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company's chartered steamer Coptic left Rio de Janeiro for London on the 15th instant, hpr frozen meat being m good order She left Wellington a day later thau the New Zealand Shipping Company's K.M.S.S. Kaikouni, which left Rio four days earlier than the Coptic. The onco celebrated Victorian bushranger Power is now approaching the end of the long term of impiisonmeut to which Uo was sentenced at the clos« of his career of daring crime. In February he will he entitled to his discharge, and m the meantime efforts an; being made, by persons taking an interest m his welfare, to get him sent to America as soon as ho is set at liberty. The WaiUato Times thinks that Walianni is an overrated old Turk. Tenders are called for b'o,ooo sleepers for the North Island Maiu Trunk Railway. ' . An opportunity for sending Home consignments of butter and cheese will be afforded by the R.M.S.S. Aorangi, which loaves Wellington for London direct on February 14tn. A special cool chamber hns been provided ou board this fine vessel for that purpose.