LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 115, 20 April 1885, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Wanganui Chronicle m answer to a correspondent, says it does not care to afford space for discussing the moral and religious aspects of the Salvation Army movemetit m Wanganui. 5800 bushels of hops were picked on the Liston estate, Wairoa, this season. They were pressed into 61 bales for shipment, and are valued at £20 per bale. The holding of the land sale m Woodville brought a large number of visitors to ihe district. Indirectly this will be of great benefit to it as it will caus* it to become well-known. There will he ft greater demand for landed property, and already we hear of intending purchasers from other parts of the colony. Yesterday the number of people m the streets made the place look rather like an active city than a bush township. — Examiner. Wool has risen one penny per pound. The market is much firmer. We have received the April number or the Illustrated New Zealand Neios which is an unusually good one, containiug interesting illustrations of the embarkation of the New South Wales contingent, of a trestle bridge on the Manawatu Company's Line, a portrait of Or. A. Sala and representations of Aus tralian scenery. An action was biought recently before Mr Justice Hawkins, m England, to receive the value of two casks of herrings furnished m 1854. " Why such long delay ?" nslced the judge. " Well said the plaintiff, " I, again and agiiin, whenever I could find hi;n, asked for payment, until at last he told mo to go to the devil, upon which I thought it was high timo to come to yoiir lordship," a remark which was received with roars of laughter, m which the judge joined. Attention is directed to advertisement from Messrs Atkins & Clero which appears over the leader. The firm have of late been entrusted with professional business from the Wanganui Education Board, and they have a reputation for carefully looking after the interests of their principals, and doing their work m a verj r efficient manner. Our Ashnrßt subscribers are reminded that on Wednesday next our collector will make his accustomed quarterly Ti'sit. Payment of subscriptions duo and m arrears is requested. Messrs Orbell and Byke are the successftil tenderers for the bushf ailing on_ Capt. Hewett's property 87£ acres'. On dit : That Colonel McDonnell is to be decorated with the Victoria Cross for conspicuous bravery during the Native wars. In the Feilding Star's critique on the Catholic Concert at Feilding the following occurs : — " The Credo," by the choir, was not so well prepared as " The Kyrie," and was occasionally haltincf, but the skill of Mr Harbott made it impossible almost for the faults to be perceptible to the ordinary critic.'' This item was not given at all having been fitruek out, and the K3>rie from Farmer's Mass Laving been substituted for it. Ada Mantua has supplied us with the names and addn sses of tho principal winners m her last Consultation on the Great Autumn Handicap. The Ist prize, £360 nett, went, to a station hand, Lla Valley Station, Otago ; the 2nd £180 nett, to a well-known farmer, Milton, Otago ; the 3rd, £120 nott, to a well-known Consultationist, Christchurch. We also have « before us th« names and addresses of the gi-ntlemon who wern on the Commitroo. Wo notion that the Press was reprrß' nt<'d, and tliafc Mm other £pntl"tnnn were tradespeople of good standing and repute. The programme for the Provincial Hanilirap (Qiu-en's Birthday meeting) at Forbury, Dunedin, is now open, See ful vert isomentf

There are now 221 subscribers to the Wellington Telephone Exchange. Stevens and Gorton's stock sale at Woodville on Thursday wore very successful. We {Examiner) understand there was a great demand for stock, especially cattle, and had a quantity been entered they would have beon readily sold. A report has gained currency that the New Zealand Underwritersjare charging a war risk on wool of 30s par cent, ou sailing vessels, and 15s on steamers. We have mado enquiries, and find that the Underwriters' Association have not yet determined on any war risk, and that their latest advices from England are that a war risk is there charged of 2s Gd per cent. — Wellington paper. The Wellington Industrial Exhibition will opon on Ist of August. Mr Thomas, F.C.S., Public Analyst, Adelaide, gave the following analysis of a battle of hop bitters, which bore the usual mark : — " It had a specific gravity after distillation (pure water being 1000) of 981*48, indicating the usual presence of absolute alcohol to the extent of 12£ per cent., equal to about 26 per cent, of proot spirit. It is abont the same alcoholic strength as ginger wine." The Temperance News m Melbourne strongly condemns the use of hop bitters by total abstainers. It has been decided — our authority is the Daily Telegraph of the 14th — to hold the next intercolonial Fire Brigade competition m Napier, next January, andjprelirninaries are being arranged for the appointment of a general committee. A number of influential and representative names have already been secured, and no effort is to be snared to make next year's competition between the brigades of the colony a thorough success. Mr T. W. K. Foster is appointed De-puty-Eegistrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages at Feilding. Writes the Napier Telegraph : — " In some of the West Coast papers we notice a Government advertisement calling for tenders for the supply of 10,000 totara sleeps for the North Island main trunk line. Why should not that advertisement have been inserted m the Hawko's Bay papers ? In the Seventymile Bush there is the finest totara m New Zealand, which can be cheaply . rafted toPalmerston clown the Manawatu river, but the Government m its superlative wisdom advertises its wants m districts where they cannot bo supplied." We may say that the advertisements m question appeared m the Manawatu (Standard. An amusing style of advertising appeared m recent issues of the Morning Post. In one issue a gentleman advertised for the return of his cape, which " had been taken by mistake," as he put it. That it did not turn up was made palpable by another advertfsement a day or two after. It ran thusly : — " Hang it ! What do you mean by not returning my cape ? You took it, you did, on Thursday last, January 29. Send it to 105 Onslow Square at once." Th c Anglican Bishop of Wellington who is visiting the West Coast, is about to make arrangements for having a church built at Ormnake. The arrangements at the Feildlng Public Hall on Friday evening last, (at least as far as the visitors from Palmerston were concerned) were of a most meagre description. Both the Star and Advocate complain of delay m commenci&sr the concert, but perhaps they are not aware that sufficient seats for the singers were not provided and very little convenience of any other kind. Some person very kindly procured necessary seats and immediately that these were received the concert proceeded. A meeting convened at Sandon to consider a proposed cheese factory did not achieve any practical results. Mr T. F. Rotherham, district railway manager, and Mr J. T. Stewart district engineer, were at the Marton junction of the Central Railway, yesterday, arranging preliminaries for commencing operations m regard to the railway platform and the other necessary works at the station. They engaged as many men as they could get hold of, and work vrill be started next Monday. — '.Saturday's Marton paper. The works at the Awahuri Bridge are progressing favorably, although the number of men engaged seems small considering the importance of the work. —Star. In consequence of the sudden departure of Bishop Redwood tor England, the consecration of the Roman Catholic Church m Feilding has been indefinitely postponed. The train was late m reaching the Palmerston station to-day, and the Fox ton train was despatched without wait ing for it. No information was vouchsafed to the local stationmaster as to what had caused the detention, whether a slip on the line, a culvert or bridge collapsed, a boiler burst, or the train off the line, but simply the fact that it would not arrive to time, but wonld be detached as a special to Foxton on arrival at Palmerston. The stationmaster ought to be made aware ofthe cause of the detention for the information of the press and public. We learn that the actual tolls at the Lower Gorge Gorge Ferry referred to m the last issue were 15s not £1. The rate of charge is 2d per head for the first hundred and Id per head for each subsequent hundred. Thus 200 would cost 255, 300. 33s 4d ; 400, 41s 8d ; 500, 50s ; and so on. These are the scale of charges, and are heavy enough m all conscence. Mr D. H. Macarthur will probably be the next Mayor of Foilding. The choico of the ratepayers will be judiciously made, as Mr Maoarthur hsis proved himpelf worthy of all confidence m evory public position which he hits occupied. The defaulters' list and burgess roll .ire now open for inspection at the Borough Council Office. Upon enrolment each man belonging tothe New South Wales contingentsigned an nfrreempnt m which ware stated the fullest particulars regarding him. and he also subscribed the following oath : — " 1, , swear that I will well and truly serve our our Sovereign Lady the Qnefin m the New South Wales infantry for the term of one 3*ear, if required for the period, or until sooner lawfully discharged, dismissed, or removed, and that I will resist Her Majesty's enpmies, and cause Her Majesty's peace to be kept both on land and at son, and that T will m all matters appertaining' to my aprvice faithfully discharge my duty according to law." We learn from Mr Keeling that Rerneny, the great violinist, will appear m Palmerston on Saturday the 2nd of May for one night only. The public will thus be afforded a musical trwat the plpasure of which was quite unanticipated. One of the most striking objects of interest on the outskirts of the city, says (he Auckland Star, is the Lunatic Asylum farm it the Whan. It is worked by the harmless pationta under the direction of Mr Tsoyd,tlifi*fnrm manager, who has the assistance of only onn paid hand — a boy to milk the cow?. All tho fruit, vnyrt ahlofi. milk, pork, &<\, required at tbp Asyjwin are produced on the farm, ami o.roiht is given to the mnnnirpr ne(wdingly. The accounts show tlint since the prnporly was purclinaod, five years neo, tltPT* bn« l»f>«<n a rlf>ar profit above expenses of £1450. The farm itself is a model of neatnpss,