LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 19, 20 June 1885, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

1 - We. -fara/rfeqvtofed-'ft*''«t^*tii& the Kadeliff-Rita CdniDany will appear- at . Pahner-stoii ; on- TlJtrrsifciy :and Friday* July 2nd and 3rd. The advance W"At* MjvU. Alexander, ? will bejir fyihnersjtQii next .w«ek-tojinakß al) necessary arrangements. MadanVe Pauline Rita is spoken of aB "The. sweetest ot sweet sirfee're™ 'tftuTMr John RadcHff M " TKe world's • greatest fl autist.'* A' most enjoyable pro--granmie will be Bubmittedy:«*hit-h has been thoroughly appreciated .whereveg " the Company has ibeen.n .The pniss no-" ticos of th# entertainment a»-e exceptionally favourable, and some extracla from the Melbourne' papers, with which we have boon furnished, testify ' to the special ability, each m thdir particular line, of each individual member ;of the Company. : A black horse braridsd H on the off shoulder is now m the Feilding Bdr^figlf > pound, and will be sold if : not cfaim^ij before the dftte.;gi^en m advertisement. ' -"Ut Alexander Laird, of WWjranui passed '_t|frongb' ! % nii&ftay 5 train.. cm,,\ Wbdnes^ay, accompanied by a siaff of workmen^ and having with him 5000 trees, ; being ;,th 9: , first instalment of .1 10..00Q, which lie. is unde^-feontract wit.h the Government tdplnfnt on tho .. snnW^ embankments. of 11v,q rinilway ij^aii Fox- ' ton. The work will be under Mr Laird's [ personal supervision, and is expected to jpqeupy ten days. Thiß^ia, however, otily one of a series of similar contracts between him and the Governmeut.-—jSfar. ! A sale .of stock will.be held at 'Messrs' < Stevens and Gorton's sal* yards, Foilding, next Tuesday. *oie en'friis ■-; ar* > nntnerdug-and are detWillad iri f 'a'dvertise'liient. ••-■.': vi i' , ( '-■■-! Attention is, "directed id" 1 jajMHith.' rioli/icadon fr,ornthe Ma'nc*)i^t«r; HiKhw«y B6'afd;iri reference ; to : prociediHfig to bfe ta^h tor.==r«cov6ry -ol' arrears' "of" v "The, fronrof ■ Werviewflt^tlie -Cjitheran • Church to-morrow isi-p.m?; Paster Sass : Will -conduct theaerviceji - ; tlt -j K j j i twitl^ c^, ld ,J ct _• fJ vicWtit tha'fttitirati.'XjJathoiSos^lujrch uTi tn«rr4*«w^.iif,jj A. aA* 1o :ri'd)n I /i )V:S>Mp PJ.lijj^d "to ;;tJ t'6'n^enßJi within i .uve;rti»(«ncßHinfrfs a largo [iorfi<|uittsf tiA*U Roroiiali Council report. The inerAii\j*^] diil not closh iintil'PonsijleTrt'ily flfter. jl ! o'clock, thtijc : ; bp.intf veii-y long ditfcus-* eions on several sni.j-etfl/ Fnlli-n-ffpr-encp to spv/Tal of the matters dealt with will be made m Monday's issue.

Wej»JVB e-UtJW^inre'' tlie chief alterations m Customs Tariff as embodied m tlieiFman(Jtttf:£tntpui£iU .Pr^jpusala delivered last uiglit. By telegraph we ■ .Uayoyuciayedi somu. $000,,.worUa of.jth« Stntei^eij^" which* 'v/e' nr«i iiifdrijieil is ■ iniusiialiy. iL'iiyth'y, beiutf vftrioiißly' esl£iiVi^teiV'tb i boii > ta»u from 16,000. to 19,000 *yorUß. f 'i 'W-toit^J'.h'astj ibeeu. 1 sent-. ia: very ■'wonVyy rtiid bri«iljleslivithJii>sW,Eeßi-^.^ui:ur -.sal vt'jWhijjU. >tt9"M J*vt l«o reljsjtojj 1)| our readers Wo, .^^'a jiwVijiji^rjr .}of^ha i( l.ejiojiiiji<. | featurea' iv ouriuui't 1 ;i3ativ, as tliu .deiu;inds b.ri our space kte to%y'vitt&i'hfeaVy:; 4 - '" ••'••^. ■:..:.»; ... : , » Durinjf tlio * last year tlie Salyajion Apnycollet-tedjiiid speat about £^300 'Iti^heit'i*«ttgi6'ris raboiii-s' ifi NeW'Zua■;'F»»W. :Trft<?r Jtradtng; • tr«insactiidinß. to-. Halted- £3o49fcfK»m-. whicli .a .profit" of £454 was derived. ...'_..; ' . A uurnber of -Manitobaa settlers, -'tfiHcoutei'itbtst williatheiv ; lpt- aro : talking of emigration to Now. Zealand. The South Canterbury Agricultural arid JiasJ^fril. Society have. a liirge; bauk overdraft, and, a can vans for subscriptions to it off has raised £4500 m promises. - ■ : The Hon. Charles Johnson Pharazyn, who has iust resigned his neat m the LcyislatiEve' GpnneilJ lias buen % member of the Upper House since 1869. 'i It is aifiCUrioiia CDitipjUeiice that the ;irtgt : ,\«jgao',eyie.iit vyliich tlio late Lord ,^i^'or { ?jf J^i^on /inide . was to provide^ • a^hejauuiial ineetTh'g"6£ ltte"Olrarufr : ofj £iu'glannii'ducral and Mouriiihg Reform Association. . ■'■'■ ~: ' '-.:■.•■-* . = k " Few'ptfople are aware^oFitb'ut it"i^i a ; fiict that Greece owos to Greut liritaiit: a debt of £5,0^000, on which it pays' only one ppr.^!|f"£rjp£: interest. Russia and Francdife^vi/pW^itors ol Greece ou. the same |gnij|i^":'-L.': •

n Tlio sons of the Earl of Essex are ,*gaitV 4ip«a a tpi|r : . tb rough VV.iles. They travel in' a large van, an<l. live iv tlfoiough gipsy fashion, sle-piiig 4on tlie. -ground .at night under canvas, |4tid Aaokfng their own food. The method by which stumps are rc~ ''irioveH : by petroleum or kerosene consists 'hV'aJldwihg flic attiVnps to : becoifto eiitire^Siaiiirated with kerosene- ' and • then ,sbt : !'^itj)p.!-ph' fire. /Tfife method of rtaiug | ; < Qa|ip^|ye > c l out)|Bjtß^pl'&6 ; r ) iug h<>les in' thehead of the "ttuihp and putting into ench one ounce of saltpetre, and after' leiving' it to.;Ut(cuinß.:>v^.t and.penetrate thu siibf,. stance of the stuiup the latter is set oil' jfi.rft* v^heti it will bq copiplotely pt»»6uined f jjA^ory iinpprtaut stajje m the couv.; stfuctiou'ijf tiie ■VVeliiiigton' mill Maiiaivatu^Rsiiilxvay w-a§ reached on Wedu<-8-'clay '(writes A' wVllinfeßttii'^pape'r); When the la^»g*tjf-tb'e,v;i'a!lg. t was completed-: to'' 1 _11ig over Porirua Hkrb^^iiJ'ffusf^int.BCiviiicJC'in 0 I|fu^ will Bliort|)vl»Qj WCjifiU . for publTc*tra{Hu,^ and the inaugural official train uouvitytng -tbe-Directors of tbe...Uojnpany passed over the line with a view toits form U inspection. . It must be recollected that *tius-W feaily »-the first iroir chain that, at no— distant dale, \*t hope, ■m £oiuiiit» c ;.\yellington with Auc^la/id. iGoJ).s.'q))pu% yesterday's event is of co•kioia|>;iti|piirtance,' and not only the^euterpripri?^ Cointfanjr which lia'B- entered pii : t(ifa*vaSt undertaking, and ; the people'or] VV«llingtoW- y Who'.'Wtll enjoy its 'ltfost'^ihinediate 1 benefit, -.brit a|so the New Zealand .colonists^ : at ll large I .ip.ay bo ! Congratulated on the satisfactory progress which is being made with a grea t .aod Xaliiable colonial work.

An order m Couueil appears m the Gazette bringing into force new regula'I tious for the. inspection of schools awl atanijLa'rdscif education, Inspections and -eyftinmatioqa are , to. be heid'iti every -jP ; iU)lje.«Bchop i l once a j v ear, .atydrfull di. r reetip'ua afe given aßto the scope" of each, tne $ualificatioria i m pupils iit>ees)j;'iry to ; en" able : theii:'4o pass, ■ al»d . tha d uties of -littpodtors generally. />. ; !l!he :j^ standard^ -aladfate minutely defi;ied.. : o ( .'-'•/ Her Majesty,. Uh6ug4i/.abr.oad; is kept supplied with despatches ■?£%%s,"*• '*?^ I .".Ql"?.?"' 8 ,; messengers are constantly • going " bVbk' wards and wards between Aix-les-Bains and London. Her Majeity t 8 Continental holiday ia a good thing for these gentlemen. They rectHVe^QO^ year regular salary,and an allowanab of £1 per day. togetlr- •; ftC/With travelling- expenses.while.eugagijed'jaUroAd. . . *.., . , „ '" ' i : 4p advertiser wiahss. to' rent 100 to. ,300^pcre8-of grass laud "Witli house aft •possible,. -- ' ;■;.■; - v/ Mr-;Jahn Be)l invites tenders' for felliu^^lioiU 300, ucres of Imsliiu'i FltzhVrt.ert.,. SpebinX-atioiiß cari Ue seen at. Mr "•Jrill^rfck's boiise neaV : the land. 1 TcuTuesttay", the 30thiust. • ■; ' '' V^. ti ' vii i! e rslii liHt thatkhe total amounts m reference to Mi* Walton's Gitiivass, m connection with reduced larifiE represent £63,500. "Mr Bradshaw, M.H.R., is bringing m a Bill to prohibit the employ ineni of f»WJ^i | XK 0 Ji n | l - l f, a .?.;» a l QB W9». | *j!P -after, . Hours, Rjifi to^lrinttrtlfeTr ages And \xo\xn of ei-n-i ployiirio.ut.'-. J ''■■•"> '■-'>.■!.: ?'..'■ juXifotyzffl*fi& <ft^l«/rjmis- let--dressed to places beyond fti^Odl&jy are 4 Mbe pai<F'rf 1 t c V Bliibw«»^j)8 liibw«»^j )( fers 0.l tlftf 'tpl^rjuns^idVißtataps.KepreseutrngHW amount of such tharjje^flre.iui; eauh in* -4hO.fc».t9 b.e.ftffixed iv the relative \ mes-: §&efim?+>y •; Uio pfficers of .tue !Tele,gjfaph Pc'partmeht."'"" ! ••-•-••.■■•. ; ; • , ituA-' n&l" ber o^ajeyk; are fi§l" I % na T.? i^*^ly''J!^'^ r^yfi I !-'*""'.W(i will i»(lpavo.Ujrto !uakb''room ;: iFor J; tlie«n on. atouday of^Tuesdayi, ' : - : . |,^4 .inaujiias', invented* a chair tli'at can to. BoO ; different positions. It jabifeajgned fof a^Woy to sit m when he "gofet to church. " Humph !" said a young man at a play with a young lady. " I could play the lover better than that myself." "I : wouldn't ttitrnl seeing you try it," was JAnfiwvfi reply. I ?. .. / ; We remind our readers of the adjourued inhering 1 of insurers at Mowlniu's Rooms on Moudiy, at 730 p.m. Business 1 Fnrt'Fftfr" consideration "re red uction of -ttffi^'y .•■■•>■ •»'.•*!..-' . - • I " '%etf*Jß of ■ naturnl'aation hav^ bean granted JftMa^s^Mikkelson, of Stoa,«y H3re«* f "Pa-hrierston North., . ; , ' ■ The Qniota, jt has transpired, was so {(Tjveh.cpneernr'd.at the possibility of a waV wfth Russia; that she wrote private*4y.'toJtho Emperor of Gonnany begging him to exert his influence with the Czar m hope of averting war. - The WeHi i^fton To wn Clerk, produced a copy '»f the Municipal Corporation Consolidation; Act at the lapt meeting? of the City Council th«re, and explained ,thp principal am end merits whiolt 'had f>een' intro'd'ticed. He- stated that one • item of expenditure would be done %Wny wiih, -as m-fubate it would be un--iWceßsnry.to advertise by-law In. full ; 'font Couapnior-iA.. W. Brown "sngg-eßted ih»tctU?. : lit fhi Lower House; vrpuld alter jfliat clause,,.