LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 87, 16 March 1885, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Thebulk of the business people having, expressed a wish to have a general holiday to-morrow, (St Patrick's Day), , the jSTANDA,ap will notj be published.. . . Christopher Smith Gross, formerly a prominent citizen, m Wangauui, lias .been adjudicated a : bankrupt. <' We, have receiyt>d ,a : qpp^ of. .a -very neatly bound hyinu-book issued by the Anglioao Church . -and ,• compiled by the Bey. H: ."E. CopingeVfortiie useof Mjsision services. The; , collection, pi hymns .afqyery good, and^ well arranged, most •of the popular composers of the day being represe/ited. The late .Mr Charles Howe, who for the past seven years has conducted the ■■[Family Hotel m the township of Foxton, i arrived m Wellington from Great Brit- ! am m the ship Clifton m the year 1841, i and for several yeirs was engaged m \ m Willis-sireet as a soft goods t \ merchant. He than took up his resi- ; deuce, m Victoria for about ten years, j and on returning to this colony he dccii ded to remain. here for the remainder of ; ibis days. Since his return to Now Jsea--1 Jand, the deceased has resided for the greater part of the time m Foxton, ! where ho was much respected. The I body was taken to Wellington for interment. ; < ; A large quantity of Oaroaro atone has ; beenlately. exported to Melbourne and Sydney.; One vessel took nearly 350 totitt of the stone. Judgment for the plaintiff with costs was given m the Wellington Magiatra- ; tea' Court m the case brought by Mr Henry Tyer against the Hutt County Council. The plaintiff is the Chairman pC the. Porirua Licensing Bench, and brought the action to recover the sum of £2 Is 6d, which amount ho expeuded m travelling expenses while attending io the duties of his;poßition. The Council paid m £1. Is with costs iti satiafnotion of the claim, but Mr Wai;dell gave judgment against the Council.for the full amount, i ,\. ... A telegram has been received m Marton, from Nelson, stating that the hop crop m that district this season will ba fully one-third less than that gathered last year. The crop promised very well, but a heavy storm wrecked most of the gardens. Writes the Palmerston correspondent of the Woodville Examiner j^- I .' The ; Salvation Army is still on the war-path,' and the number of larrikins they entice intothoir rauks while on the march is astonishing. I understand the latest convert m a genfleinan of the fourth estate — h« is now the standard Waver." "We understood that Brigadier-general TMttgledey occupied the position of stan-dnrd-bciiror. ! Mbrsi-s Dinwiddio, Walker and Co. of Napier, have disposed of their liwok and Htrttinni-ry wan-bruise and business to Mr Ciernr, Into nf Christ church. Old siiiv caplftiii';'! version of the terms intoxicated and driuik :— r" A umti is intoxicated when he knows what he is doing and don't ca**e, and drunk wheu be ntither know nor pares.

Mr Service is of opinion that never was England m such peril as ahe is now, and never was there a greater need for I£nglishineu to stand shoulder to shoulder. Persons who desire to patronize local ! industry (and what New Z«alandor does not?) should carefully study Messrs Reid and Gray'a new advertisementpubJi.a.l)9cj m another, column. It will be perceived 'that m the Oainaru competition this enterprising New Zealand firm beat all comers. . . ! f • . - -^ • It is understood (says the Marlon i paper) that Mr Rochfort's report re uti- ' Using the Wangantii River as a means of conveying material for the North Island Main Trunk railway at the: mid- ■ land stage will be favourable. We are informed by a Marton gentiwmau who recently, visited the Auckland district that a number of A.C.'s are at present engaged m making a road from Waimarino to the Wanganui River, which is intended for use iv connection with the ; lailway. Edward Miller, a patient who has been sorns months m the Wanganni Hospital, suSuring from paralusis, died • on Friday afternoon. Deceased was a > man about 50 years of age, well known iti this and the Patoa district. He lea- ; Ares a large family not very ,wol! provid-; ■ed for. He was a prominent officer iv; the Good Templars. ' ; It is said that a writ for libel has been: .issued against the Thiiiim Jlerald, dama-i at the instance of the medical men of Timaru, on account of a letter which appeared m that journal charge ing them with mercenary negligence in' regard to cases of puerperal fever. | The Hon. Mr Stout, who presided at one of Gerald Massey's lectures m Wei-! liugton, m introducing the lecturer, re-, marked " that his own belief was that Jesus was a true man, who did what he could for humanity,' and whose example ini.'ht with advautago be emulatll. The more closely the teachings of Jesus, were followed, the better would it bo for humanity." >