LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 4, 2 June 1885, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The early closing movement m Napier is meeting with favor ; the business preinJSbS of the principal irniiihotn^rs'fttid watchmakers will be closed on Wftduc*day afternoons at one oVlqck m future ; «ommenein£ from Wednowlay next. It h likely that others will follow suit. "TAn eminent English engineer says that there is not a railway line m America that has mils weighing inoro than GOlbs to tlm yard. On the Groat. Western line m England the rails weigh 961 b. Tho heaviest m New Zealand average about 521 b.

The conviction which has been affirmed against W. Waring Taylor was on an indictment containing 73 counts for misdemeanour, and he ia liable to seven years'^ penal sorvitude on each count. The result of the other conviction being quashed nriy possibly be some civil litigatwir between May's representatives and the Bank of N«w Zealand regarding the £700 which Taylor wad alleged to htfVe stolen. It may be of interest to those of our readers who" ajfe, not /credit-; ora to learn that the sum available- fof I distribution m the estate of William Waring Taylor Jis about £14,000, prinGipally derived from the sale of -stock-in trade, furniture, &V A diVideml of 2« m the £,has been declared by. Jthe. Qijd- , cia.[ Assignee, and another of la will be declared shortly, absorbing tbe remain- : der of tho money on hand. The liabilities amount to over £40,000. The deficiency ia at the rate of i7a--m the £. —Wellington papers A quantity of dynamite has disappeared fipm the tfew Plymouth harbour works. Arc tliere any Hlynamiters. about? Parliament is about to meet, \ and it would bo a terrible thing Blmuld i there be any colonial imitators of Guy Faux prowling round. Mr Hector M'Kenzie, of Woodville. is the successful tenderer for the construction of the Mount Souier* Railway, m the ABhburton district. _ „. - Some of the houses m Paris afe of enormous size. i*he most c|ensely inhabited dwelling-house id the city is a large block, No. 129, Rue dv Fanbourg dv Temple. It contains ten wings, two annexes, four large courtyards, and thirteen ..staircases, and is inhabited by 189 families. We are. glad to learn that our frequent comments on the insufficient station acominodation hero aro ,Hkely?-to bear g6od fruit. It Is rumoured tliiit sweral important ariditiuns to the buildings are about to be madi*, and some attention given to lli'e lisrhtingof the approaches. — Feilding Star. Something more than a rumour is current that the Miiiistfr the. probability of au.ourly disaolntion of Parliament next session. It ia: well known (says the Napier. that ou the main questiou of Qciveriinieut policy the Ministry Will barely, if at all, secure a majority. . ! Wo have received a copy of. the! New Zealand Industrial Gazette for May £0. It lias been enlarged and • has as usualmuch that will be of iuterest to persons m many different business pursuits. The date for the receipt of exhibits for the exhibition of the Fine; Arts "Association of New . Zealand -has bteu 'postponed. The Cricketers Arms Hotel, cine, of the oldest m Wellington, is to be renovated. The whole of tht.frout is to be rebuilt. The annual revenues of the Government of Great Britliin are of which sum the Royal Family draws £537,000. Those of Russia are J106,000,C00. ttvn'frt* \ We are glad to be able to state that the movement for tho. establishment of a woolen factory m Hawke's Bay is progreßHi*£ favourably. ' [ Mr John Cuiroen, late maatet of the Makino Band, has been appoinied to the leadership of tlie baud of Woo(lyeur's circus, and left Feilding for Auckland a few days ago m order to enter upon his new duties. , : The estimated. loss to N:. 8. Wales by the drought of laatyuar was no lobs than four aud a half millions sterling. In other words, the Colony was poorer by that s\jni than it would have been' btit for the drought/ ■ : . . ; ' ] An unpicked sample of wheat grown this season at Tenlorfiold; New; South Wales, weighed 68£lb to the .'bushel. The description of wheat was, what is known as White Talavori. It was of first rate quality, and m perfect: condition for the miller. ■>■■ ~' '-. It is notified m the Wellington papers that tho Directors of the Wellington aud Manawatu Railway' C<j>mpauy Limited havf made a call (the tenth)' of one shilling per share oir the ' capita! account of the Company, as repijcscnted by the Wellington Register of [Shareholders, and to be payable on orj before the fourth day of June, 1885, at ;any of the branches of, the Batik of Australasia m Mew Zealaud. \ A correßpoudeut to,the\yairoi Guardian, states that the Gißborue cheese factory company has 14 tons of good cheese m stock. He also announces that a second factory is to be slatted m Ormond. v i ■ j .::.■( The Gordon expedition, it is said, has already cost £13,C00,000. ! , , T The well-known Waimate Plains chief, Hone Pihaina, ia reported to be very' ill. The Wellington Woollen Manufacturing Co. is calling for tondera, \ for the e ruction of the mill, offices, aud other building on the Korokoro stream near Petone.for horizontal compound icondeiising engines, boilers, and shaftiug, to be sent m by noon on Tuesday, 30th June. This is a very satisfactory sign of the energy of the company, aud -will no doubt largely benefit our local industries. The company has already, applied foi a railway siding, hut as yet iio satisfactory arrangement has been made. ; It is believed that the mill will be m working order by the end of the present year. A gentleman who has returned after a week's sojourn m Woodviile, speaks m the highest terms of that rising township. He says that : the strides being made by the township are simply astonishing ; and, to the casual visitor,' the' wondur is, what is the incentive ? Our informant says one only requires to spend a day or two m looking round' him to understand that the rapid progress of the district generally is carrying the town along with it. — Napier News. . .The Borough Council will meet tomorrow evening at the usual hour and place. ' Tho Jane Douglas will leave Foxton, for Wellington to-morrow at 10 p.m. Mr T. R. Walton elsewhere intimates his acknowledgements for his return as one of the Borough auditors. The celebration of the 19th anniver Bury of the Mat ton Foresters, to take place on Friday next, is uaturally regarded as a very i m portrait ovent by a considerable number of people ia the district, for there are on' : the books of the lodge no less than 120 members, who are " financial." Taking the usual averago of 5 to a family, this represents 600 puofle. The catalogue of stock entered for Messrs tstevens and Gorton's next sale at the Borough Sale Yards will be found m our advertising columns. : Copies ot the Standard can now be procured from Messrs Welch and Co., as well as from Mr Beaven. Messrs Wollerman and Hutcheson elsewhere make an important business, an-, nouncement, notifying the arrival of a, very extensive stock of groceries, wines j and spirits, &c. The firm have now a I very wide business connection, and by courtesy to customers, which has almost ! bcoomo proverbial, and excellent ar- j rangements for supply ami delivery, their j trade has extended far and near. The attention of our readers m town and country is directed to their announce ment elsewhere, which will be found well worthy of peruaual by all classes of the | public, as the business now comprises a ' number of new leading lines. • <

A Rpecial geuerol meeting of the meeting of tho Manawatu Club will bo held at the ( luL» rooms on Tuesday next, 9th inst., at 8 p.m. fur the transaction of important business. ■■■'- At the Wosloyan Hall last evening tho question of admitting lady waeuib*r^ to the Mutual Improvement Class, was discussed and held over m jjr«jler to trin the vi«ws of the fair sexi^bSfore do?. j ciding. „ ..... -- „-, - - -