LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 10, 10 June 1885, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A Taranaki paper nays :— lt is under- 1 stood the Education Board intend to be. strict m enforcing their regulations ao to teachers passing tho speared examinations. Oat of about twenty who pre-: smited themsalyes at the last examination only one passed., ajid only threo attained partial success. Those who faiJ : at the corning December examination!) will receivo tnreo months' notice of dis niieSai. Thore'ta a regulation, 'however,.' that if ateach'sr lias shown special altitude for imipartiug • instruction, a special; license ,td teach naay be granted by the: Education-. department m Wellington, on the recommendation, of the local iuspsctO-' ' ■" . e or.O . \ The Universities of Oxford and Cambridgavhjave 'the reputation of being! Jiotbedfl.jof slangy , It is snid that pine- j tentiio of. the slang words hoard. iv Englaud to-day came from these institutions.' . '. , ''"' A young lady the other day, when asked by the officiating minister, " Will you love, honour, and obey this man ao your hu3band/ r and be to ,him .a true wife ?" v ßajß plaiiily,- " Yes, if ho does what heprornisad me financially." A corps of skaters is attached to tha Norwegian Army, the members being selected for ,gpod physique and accurnte marksmanship. These skaters can be manoeuvred upo.n the ice or over tho mountain snowfields with as great rapidity as the best trained cavalry. One of the corps some little tima back accomplished 120 miles m. eighteen and a half hours over mountainous country. ; * : In a- certain Irish cathedral to thi3 day are shown three skulls, one little one and two big ones, which the guide describes, to visitors, as the skull of St. Patrick when lie was a, child,, the. skull .of^St'. f*atnek grown up, anq the skull : £t. Patrick as an' old man. The telegram from the wite of ox- ; Hoad Centre Stephens to Mr. ;Qray, .U;P'.J Stating that her husband, who was falelV" expelled from France, is dying at M«ms, without ono franc, no doubt indicntcs a very sad state of things. The incident- is a terrible warning to those who -are tempted to cross swords with society. There is no. glamour! about the end of toe struggle. j

Wo aro informed tbat ovei 1 500 shares have already been taken up m tha proI posed cheese factory at Snodou. A good many settlors m the Douglas Block have withheld their promises on account of the high freights charged for conveyance of milk. The successful tenderers for tha erection of Messrs C. and W. Bray's business premises at Ashursl, aro Messrs A. and J. Bauckham builders of that place. Thefootball match Feildiiig y. PalraerstOn will be piayod on the ground of the former club near Roe's Hotel, on Saturday next. The kick-off takes place at 2 p.m. sharp. The Foilding team will lose the services of K. Halcombe, owing to tha unfortunate acci- , dent ho met with last Saturday. But notwithstanding, they should haTo a good show m the matck, which will certainly ba a well contested one. Thomson is playing m his usual good style again thia season, sud the club havkin <iW. Halccmbo a smart "young player,. who, we think vrill show up well. The Marton club have accepted the 'challenge frbm Feiiding, and the match will be played on June 27th. — Marton paper.. Messrs Bentley Broß. having purchased the stock m D. M. George's eatato, are holding a sale of all the goodo. for .otftxniouth only, commencing tVmor row (Thursday) m the Tovrn Hail. Tho puTr chasers are at prueeut busy arranging theigoods m the interior of the building; which will present the appearance of another fancy bazaar wheu the array of etock is completed. The sale will be i •purely cash oije, and will be for one 'month only. • > . . At the last meeting of the Manawatu Council it vrae reported that Mr Pimeoi, J.P., of- Otaki, had given a patient an orderfor admisaion into the Wanganui 3osr pital, and the following resolution v/as passed m order to prevent its recurrence — "That m future this Council will only recognise its responsibility for the keep 1 of Hospital patients whoa fonvarded upon the order of members of this Council only, and that a .copy of this rosolutioa be sont to the Towii Clerk, Wanganui.

The awards have been given m the Compensation Court m the cases Plimiher, Reaves & Go. v. Harbour Board, Jacob Jdßeph v. Harbour Board, and Jacob Joseph v. the Corporation. lv the first case the Court awarded the sum of £1390 to plaintiffs. In the case Jacob Jooeph against the Harbour Board, the award was £1221 ss. In the third case, which/ is a< claim of \ Mr. Jacob Joseph- against the Corporation^ the award was £1221 53. We observe by the last Gazette toj hand that ou and after the 15th instant: parcels of 31b weight can ho forwarded by railway. Previously nothing uudeij (?lbs' Would be t&Jtou. For any distance not exceeding 100 miles the charge fcrj th« carriage of "a parcel of -3lbs r weight; will be 6d. j Tbe'Wairarapa Daily says that one of Mastorlon's ancient landmarks has just been removed. A large whits pine tree standing on Mr Renall's town acre has juat been felled by Mr J.jThompson, to make room for a building he is erecting for his cordial manufactory. The! tree measures at its base 24ft m circumference : it is 95ft m length, and Jwas the last of its race left standing on the main street of the borough. In Port Chalmers, during the last two years, 224 persons were arrested for drunkenness, but there was not a single ratepayer of the towu amongst them. Most of them were soamen from ships m the port; . " A Wellington paper reporta that the departure of the steamers Tarawa™ for Southern ports, Hobart and Melbourne, Tui for Foxton, Omapere for Greymouth, Stormb'ird. f or Wanghimi. Hauraki tor Opunake and Waitara;' had been postponed until yesterday, ou account of the \7eather, which put a clop to all work on the wharf. The s.s. Huiamade two more starts' for Wangauui on Monday — one m the morning and the other m the afternoon, but hnd to return to the wharf for the night. The Go -Ahead also started again, but had to put back m the evening. The tobacco grown by Mr Fuller on his farm about a mile from Greytown, m the Wairarapa, is really of a mo3t superior character, and has been declared by competent judges to be the best they have seen of New Zealand grown leaf and worth from 6d to Is per ib. Mr Fuller last November planted two acres. The soil is a rich loam, with a slight mixtuie of sand. The ground was trenched to a depth or fonr feet before being planted. The crop was cut m February and March, SOOOIbs of leaf beiug obtained from the two acres. It was cured, m a 3hed m which a store Was used, and the , temperature duly Mr Fuller estimates that his crop has left a profit equal to £50 per acre. He has also some suitable laud near Palraerston North which he intends to plant m tobacco. It is a pity that while first-clasa leaf can be grown m Wellington, it has to be sent away to ba manufactured. — Wellington paper. The Coroner remarked, at the inquest .held at, Wellington en the body of .?*r Goorgo Mabey, who diopped deed m Wellington a few days ago, that ft wag a curious coincidence that two young men, both natives of New Zealand, should suddenly meet with thoir death wattria tfne hundred yards -of *ach other, and within twelve hours. The medicti evidence wae also curiously similar m botk caaoa. Dr Johnston remarked that hie had known both families over aincs he bad been m Wellington. At the sitting of the Weilingtbri Bankruptcy Court, Oliver W. Clayton oame up for examination. Tha Ofiicip-! Assignee stated thr>.t Shere wer« no resets. Mr.Siißv/ explained that there had been assets,' but they had gone to the secured creditors. The Official Assignee stated that the debtor had kapt nobooka. The debtor eaid that m future he would fcocp books. Es was not a scholar, and through not keeping books ho had lost i^iOW. His Honor granted & discharge, but m order to mark th ; 3 Court's ssnea of the, debtor's condtict m not keeping books, it wac ordared that tho diccharge Ghpukhbe' nnspended for sis niontho. ..$ At the laaj meeting of the Manavratu County Council it Trao proposed by Cr Stewart, seconded, and carried, that th» Engineer be requestad to inspect thcA portion of Feilding-Kalcomba Bond lying m the Oroua Biding and call tenders for -.finch portion of oame r.o ho thinks requires doing. Same to be ploughed a certain width m centre. Cost not to ezceed£ls.

At last the meeting of th« Manar?ain County Council. Cr Sanson proposed that the Chairman be authorised to aTanga with settlers to convey milk to be used m a factory at not more than 4d per 16 gnllon can, empties to be returned free from or to any station on the tramway. In moving the resolution Cr Sanson said that it was proposed to establish a choose factory at Sanson. The freight for milk ns psr authorised scale of charges was fd per gallon which lie thought was considerably too high ; m fact tho settlers could not afford to pay more than £d per gallon. It was not & qucstioa ao to whether the Council could get yiqre, . but one of accepting that or, ijotlbin^. By agreeing to the resolution tho return to the tramway from IMb sonrco would, be 13s 4d por dny, as ho 'estimated that at least 40 gallons would be sent along the tramway to- Sanson by settlers m the Douglas Block. The reiolution was seconded by Mr M'Lennan and carried.

Tlje Jane Douglas wao to lop.ye Foxton for Wellington to-d.-.y at 6 p.m. The nov/ Salvation Army barrrcks nt Feildiug are about to be commenced at once, on a aiio presented by Mr J. C. Thompson, it: Manchester-street. Messrs Steveuß and Gorton's nest sale at Bulls will be held on Juno 16. To'ail who are desirous of obtaining the best possible value for llitsir money m. draopiy and clothing, and who may be finding a difficulty m deciding where to buy at the preseut time (m the face of so inucli conflicting advertisements), we respectfully reeoramend them to procure patterns and prices for comparison from aa many places as they may think fit, including Tije Bon MiRCHK, they ' will then be able to decide for themselves where they can buy to beat .; advantage. We hold a very heavy stop V.of. of new and choice Winter , drapery, ev«ry" line of' which has been : bought to the best advantage, and is being sold 2,t prices v/hich will compare advantageously with anything offered for sale under any circumstances we respectfully solicit the inspection of all m wane of drapery and clothing of every class. — jj. M. Soss & Co., The Bon March's. ' ■ ■