LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 82, 10 March 1885, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Messrs Barns and Higgie's next 'stock saleat Campelltown Yiuds, : Wftngaliui, will take place to-morrow. Saleat ll).m, [ ■ -" " W o -(Herald) learn that at length , some stops are likely to betaken by the police again st .the Salvation Army, it' 'they persist. .in obstructing the street /near thd bridge. Those who have" wit'uessed tjie. recent exhibitions 'there on ■Saturday- evenings w.ill appreciate any ( /■action 'which would put a stop to the congregation of these crowds, to the danger and: inconvenience of passers-by. : At the Wanganin" Police Court yesterday, Thoß. Gaulish,, a Salvationist, was charged by Sergeant Bissett with, oh thu 3rd March, failing to provide means of support for his wife. The case was adjourned by request of the police till Friday.; , : „ 7 : . The Wellington morning paper has the followiug : — We thank our conteni"poraries the Evening Post and Evening Press for their kindly notice of the map we issued on Friday* If emanitiea were more m voguu/amon^joyrnalistsit would be all the better for the profession. Tradfe jealousies are more out of place with newspapers than with any other occupation, •and we can honestly say we have never entertained them. It is our desire to be at peace with our neighbors, and t;o avoid that most unbecoming process-f---washing'dirty linen m public. We shall not soon forget the Post and Press 1 good '^yd. -....■■ Money orders, payable m any town of almost any "co'iintry m the world, may now be obtained at the post office, the :j&tß of exchange being a, uniform one of $bout two and a half per cent., m addition to which a deduction of one and a quarter per cent, is, made when; paying the order,< if. drawn upon towns, m China, japan,' Africa, 'Newfoundland, 'Germany, and. other foreign countries. The remitter is not put to the trouble of sending any advice of remittance, as the •postal . department arranges for advice beiiig sent orid payment made direct to payees. . , • ?'Th'e world m some of its sections must be growing rich, says the AngloAustralian m the European Mail. At all events, I am told that the demand lor safes, strong rooms, and unpickable locks is constantly increasing, and this demand is 'especially strong from Australia, where the banks are taking, apparently, to steel safes. One of the latest things out m this form of public and private security is a keyless lock, which is provided with a dial, and can be opened only by means of a secret formula ot numbers, j A great point is made, after every race meeting (says an exchange) of the large sum of money which is put through the tptolisatpi during the time, and no , end .of morals draVwn, which are no doiibt : triie enough' m their way; • The main fact is, however, never touched up6n. For instance, at the Dunedih meeting .£57,000 was put through/tin three days. Let us say for the sake of example there were twelve events' during- that time which would give an average of i-8000 m the totalisator, on each race. Well, this money as soon as paid to the winners, goes m again and again until the fun is over, and although it thus makes a large total when an aggregation of the whole" of the several sums is taken yet the actual money which was begun to be used remains the same, minus jihe. ten per cent, deducted by the machine. Outsiders and others who . risk a pound very seldom go much further. The grand total is made up by the. " sportsmen." It may be deducted from the abdye that after a hundred pounds lias been ten times through the machine that very little remains for the investors. It is stated according to a Wellington paper, that a writ lias heen issued 'on a well-known tradesman "of that city by a . bushfeller; claiming" ±*600; damages for alleged improprieties with the plaintiff s vjiiie. The circumstances which have „ lpd to. the action being taken are rather peculiar, and will partake of i|he sensational when the trial comes on ior hearing at the civil sittings of the •Wellington Supreme Court m April. > ;• ■ The.. Hauraki Sawmill, at Turua, owned by the "Hauraki Sawmill Company, and leased to Bagnall Bros., was totally destroyed by fire at an early hour on Sunday morning. It is not. known how the fire originated. The property was insured for £1000 m the New Zealand offices. " Two Dunedin tourists, Messrs M. B. Rossand J. Marshall, accompanied by Harry Bisby, guide, made a successful ascent of Mount Earnslaw, at the head of Lake Wakatipu, on Wednesday last. They "reached a' point on the eastern glacier 8500 feet above sea level, or 2000 feet higher than Mr Marshall accomplished last year, and a good deal higher than the Eev. Mr Green achieved m 1882. The top of the mountain was } enveloped m fog, so that it could not be reached. The ascent and descent occupied 14 hours. Mr Waddell, an Eng- ! lish tourist, accompanied the party as : far as the snow line, but gave m then. A farm hand named Fitzpatrick ; met with very serious injuries on Thursday, m the Clutha district.through the horses bolting' down hill with a reaper and binder he was driving. He was found two hours after the occurrence. The knives had cut one of his legs fearfully, and his head was very much bruised. Several ribs were broken,one of the iron teeth having penetrated through his ribs, and his body was also severely ' pricked m niany places' by them. A surgeon has gono to amputate the leg, but it is feared that' he' will not survive the operation. The marriage of the youngest daughter of the Queen with Prince Henry of Battenburg is expected to take place at St. 'George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, about the middle of April next. It is stated that jthe Princess, after marriage, i' will occupy' Fi'bgmore: house, where i Prince Albert Victor was born 21 years ago, so as to be near Her Majesty when at Windsor Castle.