LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 2, 30 May 1885, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Auckland Salvation Prison 'Gate Brigade give about 'loo meals per"wsek to the destitute. From 30 to 50 ..beds are supplied weekly, while from 5 to 10 persons are admitted into the home. It is doing a good work, and the movement is supported by persons of all shades of opinion. The gold discoveries m Natal have been followed by a rush of minors from the diamond fields of Kimberley and other parts of the Cape.. The folly of assuming the role of an amateur lawyer was- amply proved m the' Feilding E.M. Court on"Wednesday. The counsel for the opposite side aptly remarked lie was afraid it was a cas^.of a man who did this for himself having "a- fool for his client." Among the "authorities" whose assistance; was sought by this amateur counsel and client combined was stated, m answer to f a question from the Bench, to be " every man his' own lawyer, ""Whereupon his " learned friend " of tile other side, ejaculated)" •■'• I thought so— price six and '.pightpencey a .remark which tickled everyone m court. The Bench, probably,, •out of wympathy • with our ' hero in' Iris forlorn -and helpless predicament, consulted two legal gentlemen 'on the caao, . who gave .their impartial opinion, with Mio ultimata result ,<»f. th p court arriving at the conclusion that tlierp was no case. —Star.- - -.■..■■•

At Jamesvillo, m Winconsin, the last proceedings have been held m the " famous " Mack murder ease, which happened on 14th July, 1884. Mrs Mack, charged with murdering her husband, was tried, couvicted, and sentenced to the State prison for life, but the Supreme Court granted her a new trial* and on the scond trial the jury disagreed. Since then she married the principal witness against her, which renders his testirnoiy imcompeteot. Lately she inado an application to have* her bondsmen released by giving her own bond m ( the sum of §6000, which: was granted. She having married, the . State's most valuable witness, and the.-'olKer witnesses being widely scattered. Jit is liot likely that the case will ever be called.' It seems to be a faot beyand dispute. ;hat the average amount of rain recorded m London is considerably above what it used to be. This supposed"-* to he ow-' ing to the forest of chimneys being yearly added to by the erection ot new houses. A correspondent of the Waipawa Mail writes -.-—Whilst reading m yourslast issue an anecdote concerning a irailwaycrossingit occurred to. me that a wprd. m season through the medium bf your valuable paper might prevent a, serious accident. Whilst driving over the 'Kaikora crossing I was stopped by a platelayer who very politely informed me of the fearful pains and penalties to be incurred by driving over at other: than a walking pace, and that I must look this way and that way for the very distant appearance of the engine. Imagine my surprise when drawing up to the station to flee 30 to 40 children who had just arrived by train instead of leaving ;the station Jby the platform side and following .the wise caution administered to me, strangling like a flock 'of sheep amongst trucks and carriages m the station yard with the|engine rushing about and no less than three officers present, yet not a word of caution or prevention uttered. At Napier if a man steps off the platform across the rails he is promptly summoned, yet under the nose of the very manager those children were allowed to jeopardize their lives. — I am, &c, — Crossing. The demand for house > property m j Wellington at the present time is rapidly ; becoming greater than the supply. Re- ■ ceritly an advertisement notifying that ! two houses, one with four rooms and one with five rooms, were to let, was inserted , m the evening papers, . with the result that during? next day no fewer than 45 j applications for them were received. Before evening both houses were let to tenants who had secured priority of claim by each paying a year's rent m ad- j vance. Messrs O. & W. Bray aro inviting tenders for . , the erection of a shop and dwelling house at Ashurst. Mrs Baldwin, the clairvoyant, stated that she could reveal the names of the : guilty parties m the recent burglary m j Wellington. Two detectives waited upon her subsequently, m accordance with her public announcement, and, as intimated on Wednesday night at the Athenseum, she did actually furnish the name of the suppose perpetrator of the robbery at Mr Jenness' shop. The police have their own suspicions; but it may be stated that the information given by Mrs ; Baldwin points m a different direction. Up to a late hour on Thursday night the j hidden treasure had not been discovered. — Wellington paper. Letter of naturalisation have been issued m favor of Nils Christan Christiansen, Carl Johan Oden, August Eosanonsky, Frederik Andersen, and Christian Lindgren, Palmerston North ; Christan Nielsen, Stanway-road, Halcombe ; Hans Peter Sorensen, Lauritz Esbensen, Peter Basmussen, Heming _ Christian , Jensen, Neils Hansen, Ferdinand Voss, Hans Christian Madsen, Johann Jacob Leineweber, Garl Voss, Andrew Lukaszewski, Basmus Anderson, and Franz Joseph Lukaszewski, Halcombe ; and Chresten Nielsen, Woodville. j j The death is announced of 'another Welsh centenarian m the County Glamorgan, a man named Roland Griffiths having died at his cottage, near Cardiff, ' at the age of 104 years. This makes the the fourth death m the rural districts of the principality during the present year of persons having completed a ftiU cen- , tury of years, their united ages realising no less a number than 424 yeara, • Masterton, according to theWajrarapa Star, is making alarming strides m the matrimonial line. During 1884 the total marriages registered * amounted to 27. Five months of the present year have not y«t passed, and already 29 have been enrolled. ' The Wairarapa Maoris have published the following announcement :— " Notice is hereby given to the public generally that the chiefs and mlers, tribes and people, who have interests m the Wairarapa Lake or lakes, will inflict a fine of not less than £5 nor more than £50 upon any person or persons who shall be guilty of trespassing, fishing, or shooting birds upon the lake or lakes, or the borders thereof. Failing to pay the fine such person or persons will be summonto the Resident Magistrate's ; 'Court, Greytown."