LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 14, 15 June 1885, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

■ ♦ .. Persons writing lore poems will pious© make a note that ' stupid! is the only word m the English - language which rhymes with' .Oupid.' The Thames Star says :— v There is a report extant to tho effect that tho Queen of Beauty mine is to be floated into an English company, with a capital sufficient to provide machinery capable of materially aiding m prospecting the deep levela of the field." A woman charged at .New Plymouth lately with attempt to provoke a broach of the peaco, tried to get off by flattering the justices. She winked at them and alhnird to their pretty fact-8. Sho was very much antomshed wlivn she got a weeks imprisonment. The following curious announcement appears m tho (jazotto : — " Th« Treasury Wellington, 2nd Juno, 1885. The Colonial Treasurer directs me to acknowledge tho receipt of £140, the sender signing .himself ' Conscience.' James 01 Gavin, Secretary to the Treasury." ,< The Dunediu Evening Herald, m I auswer .to a correspondent, saya : — Tlie nationalities of the Stout-VogeT Ministry are as follows :— Two Scotchmen, three Irishmen, one Englishman, and oue Germau. They may be classi-. fied m a religious sunse thus : — Two 1 ' Freethinkers, two Roman Catholics, two ! '■ Anglicans, and one Jew. i : The Thames Advertiser haß a leading article on Colonel Pras r's late speech to his constituents, m which he emphatically condemned the proposals of Mr '-tfallaoce m regard to handing over questions of native land to native committees. Seent :— Guardians* Meeting. Workhouse boy, who had been apprenticed to a small farmer, brought up at he had i run away. Guardian : " Did they beat iyoa?" Boy: "No Sir." Guardian: |"Then why did yon run away?" 11 Please air, aoon after I not there, a pi? died, they salted it. and we had fur .to cat it ; then a calf died, and they silted it, and we had fur to eat that ; and then master's grandmother died, and I seod 'am taking some salt .upstairs, no Irun'd away!" A telegram has bean received that -Marshal Booth, son of General Booth, who has supreme control of the Salvatiou Army m tho Southern Hemisphere, has left Melbourne for New Zealand via Hobart. He will probably stay a week 'm the latter city, and may bo expected here abont the end of the present mouth. On his arrival a start will be made with the erection of the central barracks, opposite the Supreme Court, Christchurch, which are expected to cost £2000. The Gear Meat Company have jnst declared an interim dividend at the rate of 10 per cent, per annum on the paid up capital. The amount of business being carried on may bo seen by tho fact that about 4000 sheep and 180 bullocks are slaughtered by the company every week. : A po?t being at supper where the fere was very scanty, and not of firstrhte quality, said the following grace: 4-" O Thou who bless'd the loaves and fiiabes ; look down upon these two poor cashes ; apd though the 'tatoes be but sin a,' Lord make, them large enough for a' ; for if they do our stomach fill, 'twill bo a wondrous miracle ?'' j From the Pfctea Mail we learn that Messrs Iredale, tho proprietors of the Cheese Factory til recently m existence, , near Hawerahave offered the whole concern to a local company, if one can be fdrmed, with fifteen acres of land foi £(SSO, and will allow £500 to remain op mortgage. This seems on the face of it to be a very reasonable offer. •A great smash of telegraph poles took place along Hiistings-«treet, Napier, last week, A building on a trolly was bbing removed from th« roar of the Masonic Hotel to the roclaimed-ground, and while pasging down Edvvards-atroet thn building caught the telegraph wire the Btrain upon whioh brought down seven of the telegraph poles running along Hsstings street. — Telegraph. Through tho courtesey of the local agent of the N.Z.L. and M.A. Company ■wo|»m; enabled to inform our readers ' 'th fit (Account sal 08 are to hand giving a net return here for local salt butter of 10£ per lb, and for hides (cows) about 20s oach. Under prosent circumstances these prices may be considered highly satisfactory. — Patea Mail. The Manaia Dairy Faotory will shortly bo established. Anniversary meetings to celebrate the establishment of the Salvation Army m Wellington, two years ago, wero to begin the other evening. Amongst those taking part iv the ceremoniea will be Major and Mrs Pollard, accompanied by Staff-Captain Hawkins from London. Captain and Mrs Cooley, from Masterton, will also be present. We understand that Captain Hawkins it invested with thtt command of the Wellington district, Captain McMillan, however, still- retaining local charge. The anniversary services will extend over several eseningfi, on on« of which a " sandwich banquet" is to talce placo.— Wellington paper. _ . . .Att"* mneling of the Wellington Wa^to Lands Board on Thursday a disCHOfjion took Blaee m reference to the £reat wasto of valuable timber, and Mr BnnnJ" remarked that a lot of young totnra trees ware cut down, and 1 lie ■destruction eliould h* put a stop to. Mr -Beetham, M.H.R., stated that a contract had just been l<«t for croflotcd BleepTe, and totara would not be quite so valuable as it uSfid to ho. Thoro wero large forostfl of white pine, an-1 pino deepers I would bo as va'uuble. as totara aleepera ! when creosoted.

The. r<vi >\v:ioa and redoubtable Profosror Tim Hearii, who ma:le a brief stay m Pnhnor.iLon, has been sont to gaol for a month at Waugaimi under the Vagrancy Act. Tho annual meet.in? of tho Rangitikei ! and Afanawatu Poultry and Produce Society will 1)0 held m Mr Bray's Office, Feilding, this evening, at 8 p.m. All who are interested m the auoocsa of the society are invited to attend. The Raiv,'itikei Mounted Rifles now numbering 42 inemben. The funeral of tho lata Mr Jamas A. Touipking, at Sanson, on Friday, was attended by about 500 persons, who oaino from all parts ot &f anawatu and Rangtiik«i to give a laat testimony of thair reapeet for the deceased. The funeral Droceßsion was the largest evar Bean m aaneon, and showed unmiitukeably the high respect that deceased hail gained from his fellow-settlers. The burial service was impressively read by the Rev. Mr Siramonds. Two beautiful wreaths were placed on the coffin. It is expected that tenders for the Gorge Railway will be out m the oourae ot the month. Tenders are invited m our advertising columns for the erection of station buildings at Hunterville, on the Cantral Railway, and also for the Woodville station buildings, contract No. 1. Particulars will be found m the advertisements. The Woodville paper has an acount of the extensive additions to Murphy's Club Hotel. The building now contains fifty rooms m all, including three suites of private sitting rooms and '61 bedrooms. Tho design was prepared and carried out by Mr Rountree, a Palmerston firm being the contractors. The painting and glazing was done by Messrs R. and E. Tingey of Palmerston North. Have you 'visited Marlborough House recently if not then go at once, when Goods are sold Cheap for Cash. Bentley Bros, have justly made a noise over their Great Sale. The Goods are without doubt exceedingly Cheap and of Sterling Quality as certified to by the many who have hud the good fortune to find their way to Marlborough House. The Winter has set m and Ladies wanting warm Clothing shond, come and see our value m Ulsters, Jacketls Dress Fabrics, and Flannels, which we can thoroughly recommend. Men's Clothing we can do well, and would advise all those who have not seen our Tweed Suits at 27s 6d to call, at the same time our overcoats can be seen at 1 6s 6d. Do not lose this chance as it may never occur again. [Advt.] Messrs Gbeenwood & Son, Dentists, Wanganui; Registered under the Imperial Colonial Acts. Dentistry m all ita branches. Mr Greenwood brings with him all the requisite apparatus for administrating Nitrious Oxide Gas .for the painless extraction of teeth. Mr Greenwood may be consulted at Palmerston on — -at Walkley's Hotel.— [A.DVT.] "FOR TUB BTiOOD IS THE LIFE.*— CLARKB'S WORL-FJLMED BLOOD MIXTURE is warranted to cleanse the blood from all impurities from whatever cju3c nri3ing. For Scrofula',' Scurry, Skin and Blood Diseases, md Sores of all kinds, its effects are marvellous. Thousands of testimonials. Sold m bottles, 9.« fid and Us oach by Chemists and Patont Kedicin* Vendors every whore. Sole Proprietors,- Tub'LijicoiiX A.* D MibiiAKb Ooustties Druo Co., Lincoln England ■ «~— »— — — — ''■