LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 116, 22 April 1885, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Messrs Atkins and Clere's altered ad!vertißement will be found over the leader. _ ', On Tuesday next Messrs Stevens and (iorton will bold ' their .stock sale at Feildfng. The sale will commence at 1 o'clock. The catalogue is advertised elsewhere. The altered advertisement of 0 M. Ross of the Bon MnrcliP, announcing the arrival and opening out of 21; cases and bales of goods for all departments appears m this issue. ' They also call special attention ;to their stock and! value m blankets and flannels. < There are 100,000 locomotives m tbe world, and the rolling stock would form a train 1(5,000 miles long. From Bhieskin comes the startling 1 Intelligence that one voter, out cf 376 had actually taken the trouble to record his vote on the local option question. | Among the divorce cases now on th<? tapis we are told there is one m. which a person holding a prominent business position iii" this town will be called on as the co-respondent, heavy dajnages being claimed. Names forthe present are withheld. — Post. v Fonchßtone" m thY Wanganni I Chronicle soliloquizes .tbnaly :— " Mr [ Thomas Garnish is a good sample of a [ class of people m this colony — a lazy, improvident, worthless speciineu of tho loafers who crowd our towns. Rather than work and earn a . decent living, they will sponge oo thw friends, hang round pubs, live anywhere and anyhow, and are a constant expe-n«e and annoyance to tax-paying, industrious citizens. The woman who passed for Ma ivife is apparently as worthless a creature aaher husband, for, although blio required tlio assistance of the charitable, she could find money to get drunk with. I have do patience with this helpless clase of floei a] vagabonds. Work is Bnaree m tho district I grant, but still it m to be bad, and if the (rarnisl) tribe loafed leRH flroiHulTattpo Quay, tho wharf, and Market Square, packed up thoir swags, and set o«vfc to find work with a firm intention to taofclo it when it is offered, wo should have. lors drunken men hanging about, and lesf» whining fpmalfis howling not to the Benevolent Society for liolp." During Mr 8.-illnnop's rncent trip to the South lie. se.l^ptffd kcsvovil blocks f«r spwinl sofOnirx'iit. Mr Mdvcrrow, the fiurvoyor Opnprnl, is now m Otago, looking out jfor further blocks.

The steamship. Triumph' took her deI parture from Auckland fur Sydney yesterday week. He departure was witnessed by a large crowd of persons interested, and as she moved off from tho Queenstreet Wharf loud cheers ware given for / Mr G. Fraser, who. was a passenger by ' her, and the cheering was heartily returned by those on board. The steamer is not expected, owing to the dirty state of her bottom, t to. do. the trip across m jnych under .-Seven days'. From Sydney' sife is to*"go"~t6 Newcastle, and from there to Wellington and Lyttelton with coal. I The Defence Minister arrived m Wel- : I lington ' on" Sunday. His rutnrn was rendered necessary owing to business m connection with the Defence Office accumulating and requiring the attentiou of {he. 'Minister m Wellington. thus rather severely' the Wanganui Chronicle :—' >OuV worthy representative, wJ[Ut-^«IL his big colonial defence is being, made much of: m 'aJhristcbui<eh r and isbaskingin the fulsome 'flattery of the Lxttblton Times. Nothing, to use a VuWr.tenn," fetches " Mr Ballanco so easily as flattery, and while > he "is discoursing so learnedly about Nordenfuldt guns, mounted infantry, and military matters generally, and being made a '•big gun " of m Canterbury, his humble constituents, upon whoso back he has crawled into power, and a snug billet, are left to take care of their own interests. When one remembers the election spouting, the platform promises and the earnest- assurances of help, made at the famous banquet at the Princess Theatre, when political lions laid down with politicial lambs, it may occur to some of the more independent of oiir electors that they have been slightly " had." * .; i, On Saturday night between GreatfoVd and Martou, tho train for Wanganoi ran into three horses, two of which were frightfully mangled and were killed on the spot, and a third of which had one of its legs taken off, and had subsequently to be destroyed. Two of the animals belonged to Mr B. Hammond, and, the third to Mr John Dnncan, of Wangaoui. A fourth horse belonging to Mr Garuett, had a very narrow escape, a. lump of flesh having been torn from one of its hind-quarters. The horses had been m "a securely-fenced paddock, but somebody must have left the gdCe open. A good many Auckland citizens went over recently to see the stiring work on the North Head, and there was something really to look at when 200 men were on two drag ropes pulling an anormous gun to the top of the hill. When a number of tho men at work were shifting from one place to another an old army officer, addressiug one stout fellow, said, " You've been, m the army, haven't you ?" .•• Yes," was the reply, the man instantly coining to attention. " What is yoiir name?" •" Stewart." What regiment were you m?" " The 42nd Highlanders." And he looked as if he were proud of the Black Watch, as ' well he might bo. According to the Taranaki Herald New Plymouth is such ' a sober and moral community that Mr Booth, the Blue Ribbon lecturer, thinks it would be s waste of time to visit it. Speaking of a well-known Feilding lady's pictures at the Auckland Societ)' of Art's Exhibition, now being held m tho northern city, the New Zealand Herald says : — " Another lady exhibitor is Mrs A. F. Halcombe, late of Feilding bnt now of Lioh field, Waikato, Of tfris lady's productions the critic siiys: — Ono is a faithful sketch of tho. locality, but the colouring is* somewhat crud«. The picture gives promise of better things. This lady's smaller pictures at the Art Student's Association were much better. The liability of officers of clubs for expenses incurred by the bodies they represent has frequently been the subject of dispute. It will be seen from the following that the question has been decided ;— At the Timaru Resident Magistrate Court before Mr W. H. Robinson R. M., says the Lyttelton Times, a case of. some importance was heard — fimaru Herald Company v. G. Hedges, claim £8 for printing, advertising, etc. It appears that the defendant had contracted the debt m his capacity of executive officer of the defunct Tradesmen's Athletic Club. Counsel submitted that ho was noA personally liable , and. asked that the plaintiffs might be nonsuited.. His Worship, however, gave judgement", for plaintiff. "Swimmer" writes to the Napier Telegraph-., — ''Ainan falling m the water, unable to swim has only to get on his back with his hands by his side and he will float. That wants pluck, which a drowning man . very seldom has ; but there is a simpler plan-— place your hands behind yonr back or by your side, and you will " bob " straight up and down, and will have no difficulty -jn keeping yourself m that position for from twenty to thirty minutes, till assistance arrives. The Wellington Supreme Court was occupied all day on Thursday with the hearing of the suit Lovelace v. the 'Union Steam Shipping .Company, m which the plaintiff sought to recover damages on account of the death of her husband, which resulted it was alleged, through carelessness on tho part of the responsible officers of the Company. jThe circumstance of the unfortunate accident which led to Lovelace's death and ;the subsequent committal of the chief officer of the Havvera for manslaughter will doubtless be well remembered. ; Phe jury awarded the plaintiff £100 damages, bnt the verdict is subject to further discussion upon law points raised -for the defence. Writes the Campbelltown corrosiondent of an exchange :— The work ; for the extension of the tramway is progressing fovourabiy, and before many weeks 1 think the line will be open to Rowe's Mill. Mr Bydder's coach arrives daily at the Campbelltown station from /Bulls, but lam sorry to say that the public at largo do not seem to encourage such a convenient arrangement, especially as the fare is very low. I don't think Mr Bydder is quite satisfied. I asked him the other day how the traffic was, to which ho replied that be had tio passengers for the last three days, but he expected m a day or two a parcel from Foxton to be conveyed to Bulls; From that I thorght it was better to withdraw and ask no more questions. The two brave constables Cole and Cox, who distinguished themselves on tho occasion of the dynamite explosions at Westminster Hall, have been munificently rewarded. Both have been promoted to the rank of sergeant ; Cole has n-ceived the Albert mednlj £50 from the Homo Bounty Fund, £120 from the Homo Secretary, and £30 from the Bowslieet Reserve Fund ; Cox has received the same, except that his contribution from the Home Secretary is poly. £70. In addition to these rewards, Cox and Cole will, after tht! opening of"Parliament, ' )f; each presented with a m'nnny ; tcstiujonial from the memberß ot both Houses. £t is stated that it is expected (hat the tQisl .subscriptions will amount to over £SQQ. The Slav says that $fr McLennan, of Tiirakfna, m the purchase^ pf Samuels' Hotel at Aw.nlinri. Our iofofmatyj; said it was a Mr Hawking. 'Mr JaincH Ilastin, of the FoHding Hotel is a candidate for municipal honours. Mr Hnstie should make a capital Borough Councillor. Th'» iin« against the Wanganni mayor of £100, for doing a contract for the Rnrougli Council, has been remitted. This will jrivt gftierxl satisfaction to ail cnnvfisaut with the peculiar fuels of the case.

Another large native meeting was held at Otaki last week. Tho gathering was ln;ld to consider, amongst other questions, whatwas to be done with an old fellow who was reported to have the pov/er of bewitching bis fellow-country-^ man. A few days ago a young fellow took ill and died, whilst shortly before .that a native woman was assisting m the discharge of some cargo, when she slipped, and fell, hurting lierselt' internally. After lingering for some days, she also died. Both these cases were reported to have been caused by the before mentioned old fellow, and as he was stated to have been concerned m some similar incidents twenty years ago, strong measures wore advised by a section of the natives present, who expressed the opinion that the man should be shot. Others advised his being sent back to Waikato, and this course is likely to be adopted. The customary "pasting was indulged m, and natives from all parts.of ,'tlie coast were present. -—Foxton paper. The local option p'oU. fare© was suecessfuly enacted at Foxton. and Otaki last Friday. At the former place three ' persons voted and {at Otaki. five. The vote was m favour, of an increase of licensed • houses. Where were tho disciples of cold water ? Echo answers, i where? We presume the cost of the poll would be at least a pound per vote ! I. And these are the privileges secured to us by Sir William Fox.— Foxton paper. Mr J. G. Wilson, M H.R., is at present addressing the electors at tho different centres m the southern end of the constituency. He is announcing to aildress the electors at Fbxtqu on Thursday evening next. Hu received an unanimous vote of thanks and confidence at Johnsonville on Mouday evening. A gentleman who has just visited Shannon informs the Foxton paper that the lay of the country is of a superior character, and well suited for settlement. The township is likely to sell well, and already some contiguous properties are beings improved. | The Waring Taylor prosecutions will !be revived again very shortly. The further stages of the case are to be.conr sidered next May, when tho matter will . ! be argued before the Appeal Court. : The Wanganui Chronicle says that it | is still undetermined as to whether it | will be neoeßsasy for Mr Bryce to go ! I Home m connection with the Rusden case. It is not often that School Inspectors have the pleasure of being themselves .•inspected. Mr Lee. of Wellington, however, has been treated thusly. In con.neetion with one of the Wellington Im provoinent Societies there is a "journal," and a contributor to this m writing on tho poor results m grammar bewailed by school teachers, suggests that perhaps .the .teachers are at fault, and m this .connection claims to have found over 100 actual grammatical errors m th<» J^vst report, f consisting of four pages,) sent m to the Wellington Education Board by Mr Inspector Lee, comprising 67 m punctuation, 35 m the use of /verbs,, one adjective used to qualify a verb, and one adverb to qualify a noun. Besides these, the writer makes over 70 alterations which he considers necessary to bring the production up to ordinary newspaper style of composition. People have within the last few days revived several humorous t-alea of orders given by militia officers m the old New Zealand war times, bnt tho follawing (says the Wanganui Chronicle) may be now to some of our renders: — ''The hnttalion will bo reviewed by MajorGeneral at sunset to-morrow. The sun will set at 6.37 p.m. By order of Major commanding." A reward is offered for the conviction of thieves who robbed Mr Thacker's orchard last week. In the Wellington Supreme Court on Monday morning hi 3 Honor.Tudge.Bichmond said he thought it was advisable that cases such as that of Cntten v. Cutten v. Climie (slander) should always be heard before a jury. No Bench could stand the criticism to which the . odium of unpopular decisions would subject it ; and it was unfair to expect a Bench to stand such an odium. For himself he . did not care, for, it he had to meet criti- ' , cism, h» would meet it. But where such suits were heard before a jury,?the jurors . it the verdict were unpopular, disappeared into the mass immediately (although jury verdicts were, as a rule, popular). A few leading articles were, perhaps shot at them, a little comment was excited, and the matter was lost sight of. Mr Brown, who is concerned m the case, said he believed the members of the legal profession were m accord with the views held by his Honor oh the matter. Referring to the lamented death' of Mr Bichard Biddiford, a correspondent at Greytown forwards a Wellington ' paper the following particulars, which shows the deceased young gentleman m a very kindly lisiht : — " A young man that was previously m the employ ol Mr Riddiford having shown symptoms of typhoid fever, he was sent to the Greytown Hospital, and the late Mr ? Riddiford, with his characteristic benevolence for the welfare of his employe", being desirous to ascertain personally how the patient was progressing, visited the Hospital and saw the object of his visit, with the result that he evidently contracted the germs of that fearful disease of which m less than a week from the time he was taken ill cost him his life. There is a moral to be learnt trom this sad event, viz., that every precaution should be taken by persons visiting those suffering from these contagious and dangerous diseases. The Carnarvon Small Farm Association, held a meeting on Friday, to deal with the letter received from the Government re declining to allow the block of land selected by the association to be taken up by the association. The letter stated that the land was only open on the deferred or cash payment systems. It was pointed out ot the meeting that the block of land m question — viz., part of the Waitapu Block, was included m the plans sent up by the Government as open for selection, and the members felt it extremely hard that, having made a selection of it, the Government now refused to let them have it. It was also pointed out that the Palmerston Small Farm Association had secured a portion of the same block, and the members could not, therefore, understand why the Government should refuse to let them have the other portion. A discussion ensued, and resulted m a resolution being passed, requesting the secretary to write to the Government, pointing out that, as matters have turned out, it would be a hardship on the association to be deprived of the land selected, and Risking the Government to reconsider their decision. The Bulls School - Committee bad to investigate a complaint recently from a parent, Mr Gibbs, respecting the punishment administered to his son by a Mr Uockel, assistant master. This punishment consisted m making the unfortunate, culorit hold a large stone m his hand and raisM his arm full length above his head, " thus causing great pain, and a sensation of pins and needles." The Committee ht th« master down lightly, but requested the h«ad master to furnish them with a list of methods of pHin'shmßnt, to hn submitted at the next meeting of the Committee for approval. Mr Snelson wants tenders for a small of fencing,

The steamer Ilauraki had to call m I at Foxton on her way from Wauganui (.<■ \V"llinuton, on Ir'unday last for shulter. Sh« was able to get within two miles ot Ivapiti, and then had to turn back on acoontit of the heavy S. W. wind blowing- Unfortunately she had on board a number of sheep, and several were either drowned or suffocated. She managed, however, to pet away again the same nijlit at 10 o'clock. There was a heavy gain blowing off the Foxton Bir oil Saturday night, accompanied \>v a heavy sea, and consequently the Jane Douglas could not get out. She left on Sunday evening, and reached Wellington shortly after mid-day on Monday. In Robin Hood's Consultation on the Groat Autumn Meeting, the nett value of three first prises, aud their distribution were as follows :— Great Autumn — Ist, solicitor, Ghristchurch. £1276; 2nd, a lady m Bangiora, .£540 ; 3rd, a company'of residents at Loithfield, A'27o. Eastor Handicap — Ist, waiter, Occidental, Wellington, £270 ; 2nd, a fitter at Duncan's, £185 ; 3rd, a carpenter Riccarton, £81. Hurdle. Handicap— lst, policeman m Christchurch, £108 ; 2nd, coach proprietor. Upper Riccarton, £54; 3rd, storekeeper, Wanganui ; whilst the special, which ran up to 1425 shares m two days, resulted as follows: — Ist, corn merchant, Christchurch, £100; 2nd, tinsmith, Southbridge, £96 ; 3rd, mariner, Lyttelton, £64. The Consultation Company's sweeps : — Autumn Handicap — Ist, cabman, Christchurch, £181 4s; 2nd, farmer, Horoata ; 3rd, farmer, St. Andrew's. Timiru. Easter Handicap— Ist, horsedealer, Christohurch, £120 16s; 2nd, solicitor, Christchurch ; 3rd, photographer, Christchurch.