LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 139, 18 May 1885, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

We have to acknowledge with thanks receipt of press ticket for race meeting on the 25th inst. A meeting of creditors m the estate of Donald McKay George, draper, of Palmeiston North, was held m the Wel- | lington Supremo Court buildings on j Thursday afternoon, Mr C. 0. Graham, Official Assignee, presiding. The ineetiug stood adjourned from Pahnerstou North. The statement made on oath by the debtor at the previous meetiug was read, as was the report of Mr Scott, the Deputy Assignee. After a discussion, 'lasting a couple of hours, it was decided that Messrs Whittem and Barcourt should act as supervisors iv the estate. The. debtor was absent from the room while the creditors decided what action should be taken. — Post Far ojut at sea, along both the Gulf and Atlantic coapts of Florida, says tho . Sayaiyiah (G&.) News, are several springs ot fresh 1 water.,: They aro well-known to the spongers and .fishermen, who fre'qtferifjy; visit then* to -replenish thoir ,waj?siv casks. On this same coaat is an oit,Bpritig, which diffuses a calm o»'«r troubled waters, and v aifofds a safe refuge to §mall vessels during a gale. •v- v A'Maine farmer had^ a wife who detclared she would iioVer 'bo weighed. • One day, when she was m the waggon, he drove his team on the hay scales m Auburn, and had 'the whole thing weighed, without his Svifo 'knowing what was going on. Then he afterwards cams back and had the team weighed without his wife, and found it just 225 pounds lighter. So he had hia way, and she had her weigh. A gener:4 meeting of members of the Rangitikai poultry and produce show will be held m tho Bulls Town Hall tomorrow, at 3 p.m. Business — To receive balance sheet, elect secretary, And to decide where next show shall be held. A correspondent says : — While we send homo frozen meat aud butter, eggs seem to be neglected. It seems to me that the market for tfggs would suit us exactly. Probably there are many m Waugauui who have picke-1 up ducks' eggs iv winter frozen as turd as a stono; they look like hard boiled eggs, marly aa haid as a stove, and m that state .Would keep for ever. Eggs are now 1b 3d per dozeu at Home, but our winter is' their summer, and I think that when eggs are unsaleable here at 6<( per dozen, thoy might hit tha London market right. This is not a small affair, but one of great importance, as the amount sent every year to France aud Belgium clearly shows. We {Star) are advised by telegram from Wellington that Armadale's Hamburgh sweep will not be drawn. The money of the subscribers will be returned. It is not, we believe, probable that any attempt will bo made at present to actually drill the first-class Militia, but the men liable to serve will be called out, enrolled m companies, and the companies ottieered. The company rolls will thon be kept up regularly, so that the force, or any portion of it, will be ready for beiug drilled at any time such a step may appear desirable. — Post. The N.Z. Clothing Factory's premises were somehow m mistake includod amongst the photos of Puhnerston business houses which have boeu framed and erected at the various railway stations. -The agent only knew of the error when applyiug for payment for the space occupied. A rise of a penny a pound m the London wool market would moan an addi tion of £334,000 to the yearly income of the colony. The falling off m the exportable value of our grain last year amounted to £389,000. — Telegraph. La Nature publishes some interesting details as to the number of bullets ro- ! quired to kill a man. At Solfeiino it is estimated that 8,400,000 shot 3 were tired. I by the Auslrians, which occasioned a loss to the French and Sardinian troops of 2000 killed and 10,000 wounded ;so that m this battle 4200 shots wero required to kill and 700 to wound one man, showing an expenditure of 2781bs of lead for each man killed. Persons m want of music books, or any special publication, can obtain the same through Messrs Welch & Go. who will undertake to procure promptly and without the unreasonable delays which hitherto have been complained of. The new firm will undertake to deliver all such requirements at a very trfling ad. vance on English cost, and direct by return steamers. Mr^McNeil, who advertired for grazing for cows m Saturday's issue, made arrangements this morning, so that no further applications are necessary. The grain, root, produce, and poultry show held at Sanßou, on Friday, under the auspices of the Stndon-Carnarvoa Farmers' Club appears to have been a complete success. After the judging was completed, the committee aud judges dined at the Junction Hotul, where an excellent spread was put on the table by Host Falloon. A few toasts were given and responded to. In the sbsence of the president (Mr J. G Wilson), the chair w& o occupied by Mr R. B. McKcnzie. Mr Haultainj \ve tlnnic, should have an assistant. The work at the office is increasing, and yet the staff has been reduced instead of increased. Mr Gardes had the first ducks of the j. season . to-day, several brace • of which j he sold during the forenoop. ' A novel and interesting item on the ! programme. for „ the Catholictentertainment on Wednesday evening is a pianoforte duet m which the lady performers ; will use tiny bells; to represent the music of a sleigh, ride. During the delivery of hit sermon last evening wo were not a little astounded aud somewhat disappointed to hear one of our beg(;. local clergymen hint , that cricket waß,a questionable game to indulge m for who wished to lead Btrictly moral lives. We believe that if cricket and other healthy outdoor games of the same kind were mors generally | k'nowu and indulged m by our youth, we should have less larrtkinism, and a rising generation having a better physical constitution and purer moral characteristic. ■ We are glad to hear that Mr A. A. Browue, secretary to the Education Board, has so far recovered from his illness as to be able to leave his room. It will probably be some time yet, however, before he will be able to venture out. — Q/ironicle. A man named Waterg, who h&9 been taking. orders jtj Wangauui far enlarged photographic picturep, was apprehended by Detective Benjamin on Saturday on a charge of passing valueless cheques. It is said that several of the more confiding of our townspeople have been victimized. — Chronicle. A Sydney constable who recently tried to interfere betweeu a husband and wife was jet upon by tho amiable couple, aud pummelled acd kicked unmercifully. They are now m prison, and he is iv the Hospital.

It will lie sum from the report m our Commercial cohuntm that Merits Stevens & Gorton's sale at tlioir new yaniß, Marton, on Friday, was very successful The entries wuro numerous, the attend auce of purchasers especially large, and the prices realised satisfactory to vendors VV« are informed that a stranger from the North is to be proceeded against by several business people m town, who have received valueless cheques from him. Three of tin- cheques given wore for £5 each. — Herald. Tho following is going the rounds of the Ameiicßu press and apparently distracting half their readers: — "A man has a cow, which has her first calf at the age of three, and one each year tilt she is twenty-one. Her offspring are all heifere and equally as productive. How many head of cattle will the man have at the cud of twenty-one years ?" At an agricultural dinner the fallowing toast was given:— "The game of fortune — shuffle the cards as you will, Bpados will always wiu." One of the strangest uses for snails has been discovered by a London adulterator. Bruised m milk, and boiled, thuy ure much used m the manufacture of cream, and a retired milkinun pronounces them to be the most successful imitation known. It is said that considerable numbers of poultry are being destroyed by ferrets, m parts of the Wairarapa district. One of tho first requisitions received from a newly-npp*intud railway official was :— '• Send me a gallon of red oil for tho daugu'r lamps." It is officially notified m th« Gazette that the Governor has authorised the Borough Council of Pahnerstou North to sell a portion of subsection 1 of subsection 220 of the Borough, containing 2 acres 2 roods. Three months' notice has to be given. The Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company's steamship Aratva was expected to arrive m Wellington yesterday, afternoon. She remains there about a week and takes m about 3000 carcases of maiton .frozen by the Gear Company. She thon gues on to Napier aud Lyttelton, and leaves tho latter port for London on June 5. Mr Samuel Revans,of Grey town,has r«eiguod his position as a Justice of the Peac. Mr Revana is one of tha oldest justices iv the colony, having beeu on tho commission for upwards of thirty years. His resignation now is understood to be due to increasing age and infirmities. . . be - eral additions have boen made to the fiuricH fot Mesara Stevens & Gortou'tj uext sale at B.jlls. They will be found m our advertising columns: The sale will take place to-morrow at 1 p.m. As a coach driven by a man named Lynch- was proceeding up the Stouey Cruek road on Thursday evening last, with a passenger, the vehicle capsized when nearly opposite Captain Mowlam's. By the assistance of Mr Hubert the couveyancewau righted. The Jehu sustained some facial abrasions, which somewhat disfigured his couuteuauce. The pas. oenger had been eujoying a slumber, aud when the capsize aroused him, he disturbed the still midnight with the noisy rendering of a national, air, and seemed rather disinclined to come out from the overturned coach. He was a philosophical German, aud took things as they came. By 2 a.m. the horses were put to again aud a fresb start made.