The Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1885. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 135, 13 May 1885, Page 2

Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1885. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Liverpool Courier for Mnrch 11 contains a report of the easy before, the local Police Court against Alexander Forsyth Anderson, formerly Governor of Liverpool Workhouse, who was arrested and sent Home from Wellington laat January, on a charge of having embezzled and stolen certain moneys boing to the Select Vestry of the parish. The prisoner pleaded guilty, and was committed for trial . Bamenyi the ' world-renowned &c, had an awkward accident in Nelson lately. The old gentleman was throwing his whole soul into the music, nml playing as utuin], with his eyes cloned, to an entranced audience, wlihij suddenly the violin (leased to play, and thbio dropped from the bow the wliolo of tlics strings, which depended from the maestro's hank dishevelled and in disorder and looking very like a wisp of drossod flux. The expression of astonishment and blnud dismay that came over the performer's face wns so ludicrous that the deathlike stillness which prevailed was suddenly changud into shouts of laughter, which, however, were speedily tmieted when M. Kemenyi having procured , another bow continued hit* playing from the point at which it Had so unoxpocteuly broken off. Mr F. W. Whibley has been elected to represent No. 6 "Ward of the Manchester Koad District, the other candidate, Mr Alfred Grammar, having" re tired. A case of considerable interest to a large class came before the Hastings Magistrate some few weeks ago. A man was observed by a zealous policeman sittinjr in a Bath-chair' in a state of. helpless intoxication, and was promptly conveyed to the police-station. But thu officer did not remove his prisoner from the chair until he got him to the Hlation, and the Bench decided that this fact precluded a conviction, as a Bath-chair is private property, and on or in private property the i reo-born Briton eau get as drunk as he pleases, — Marlborough paper. ;■;; ;.. . The roll of persons liabje to serve in the first class fuilitiH is n-»w made out, and ouch district roll is to be seen at the several police stations throughout the cbunlrv. The roll or Napier contains the names of 487, ffut there are many whose names have been omitted, and which imust be filled in at the owner's request. Failure to have one's name on the roll renders the delinquent liable to to a fine of not less than £1 nor more than £5. Itisthe duty therefore of everyone of first-class militia uge to personally ascertain whether his name is on the rol I.— Telegraph. The New South Wales patriotic fund had exceeded £32,000 when the mail left. Amonjr the recent list of acknowledgments are two large donations of £500 from Mr Donald Larhai.ii, and £1000 from the executors of the late Mr L. Learmouth. MrT. Culpan, agent for th»'New Zealand Insurance Company, at Wauguuui, has been advisnd from Auckland that the tender of Meaars Knye Brothers, Auckland, for £1400, has been accepted fur the erection of the company's new premises in Victoria A/enue. An Auckland paper furnishes the following : — " The 'editorship of the New Zealand Times has again changed hands. The change* is not ho remarkable — for the editorship of. that paper 'is always being changed — as the circumstances under which it is reported to havo taken place. The last man wns Mr Fitzgerald. He went down to' his office a few nighty ago, and was just about to begin his usual task of making the public opinion of Wellington, when another gentleman, who occupies a position of somewhat illdefined responsibility on the staff of the same paper, walked in, and with the remark that •' ho was the man who ought to speak," began to tell the editor proper what he was to do. Mr Fitzgerald, it appears, held a different opinion on this subject, and the result of the interview was that he took up his hat ami walked out of the office, and has not since been in or anywhere near it." Printed forms, will be forwarded immediately to those who have applied for space at the Industrial Exhibition, requesting that all information necessary for the compilation of the catalogue should be sent in as soon as possible. Exhibits will be -received up to the 30th. June, and forwarding labels will be supplied from the Secretary's office. ••• Mr .Cullis will also, make a request at the same' time for payment for the space allotted to the various exhibitors. At a meeting of the Horowhenua County Council, held on Saturday last, the suspension of the Act was finally resolved upon, and the petition has boon ordored to be engrossed for signature. An Orkney fisherman has netted a salmon weighing 101b off the island of J Stroneay. This is said to be the first salmon every caught on the Orkney coast. It was sold at 7s per lb. Typhoid fever is rather prevalent in Wellington just now. There are about a dozen cases in the Wellington hospital. A very old settler, the wife of MiNathaniel Bartlett, of Foxton, passed away on Saturday last. The deceased had reached the age of 84. Sir George Grey delivered an address on Monday night to the citizens of Auckland in the Theatre lloval, under the auspices of the Auckland Liberal Association. There was a crowded house, and a number of members of both Houses of General Assembly, City Councillors, and representative citizens were on the platform. At the conclusion of his address Sir George sat down amid great cheering. Mr Farnall moved, and Mr T. B. Hill , seconded, the following resolution, which t was carried amidst cheers : — " That this meeting tender its hearty thanks to Sir George Grey for his address, that it places the utmost confidence in him as leader of the Littoral party in New Zealand, and that it also expresses its opinion that such a leader should be supported by every man in the Colony who wishes for the welfare of his fellow-colonists."