LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 23, 25 June 1885, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

. ■«' i. ') ■;!)..» '-' -° ; \ . .:.. Stap}eycHuntley. the brilliant humorist i wJrose,.*" S,poo»'e'hßyke '.' papers- hive given him a national reputation, is lying at the point of death. . His malady' is Bright's disease. ; Sir Geoig'e Grey's Law Practitioners bill enacts that any person of full ago may bo' admitted- to the practice . of either barrister or solicitor on the examination of a judge of the Supremu Court. The only qualifications necessary arc— FulJ age of 21 years, passing an examination m law, and good moral character. It also provides that persons not lawyers may conduct cases m Court. It is stated" that one large firm m the city nettod a considerable sum by the changes m tho Cusloius tariff, having made largo withdrawlsfrom bond bwforn the Fiiiancial Statement was delivered. Mr Booth's advice to young women : — First, sifh the pledge, next "join a church, third get married. Before' tUwy embarked on the sea of matrimony young women should see that their sweethearts were the right sort of men. They should assure themselves that the habits and principled of young men were quite good. Above all, they should see that they did not drink. JSden built the houses, but women made the homes. He advised evety young woman to learn to Wash and iron a' "shirt and cook a dinner, because it had been proved that more hush nds were driven to the publichouses on account of their inability m that direction than from any other caiise. Speaking of the departure of . a female taniperance orator for Sydney, the Napier Telegraph says : — Mrs Leivitt leaves for Sydney shortly via Auckland, she will have a splendid fit-Id for" her talents m the New South Wai- s capital, which is about tho hardest drinking and most immoraj place m the colonies. The directors of tho Woodville Cheese Factory find their largo ohees.-s unsaleable* m the colony and have decided on sending 2^ tons Home by the lonic. A quantity is also being sent to Melbourne. A newspaper m Madrid called this Correspondence, is peculiar m ita way. It has the largest circulation of any paper m the capital, reaching 200,000 to 300,000 a day. It has no editor, but a dozen wideawake reporters, who scour the town for' every kind of information: Thay.'couie to the office and drop their manuscript into a h-tg, and there it renu.ins until the foreman wants \ copy. Everything is then thro .vn into the forms without Regard to order or anything else :\i)d 'ti/e V>:ip«r is'read from end to end m spit*/ uT tho-fact. The. Ashhurton Racing Club's balancesheet for the past year showed the ibeeipttf'tahfivi?. been £1 ,379 and the expenditure £1,704 showing a credit balance of i'3s. iil,lßi had been paid away m scakes. At the Timaru Supreme Court, two special juniors were fined £5 for nonattendance. The adoption of Children Amendment Bill, which m Mr 'Pole's charge, proposes to cjonfer on Resident Magistrates the jurisdiction vested m District Judges '-y "The 'adoption of Childrens Act, 1881." The powers under the Act of District Judges are still saved to thorn. When the divorce case of Fordham v Fordham and Boyd was called on Tiv-s---day at tho Wellington Supreme Court, it was announced that a settlement had been arrived at between the counsel---en-gaged , (Messrs JVUicoe and Travers.) The cais'e'was accordingly struck out. At an inquest on a boy named Prank ■ : li-elanH,Vit Stratford- last week, it w^as elicirelifffhat the cause of dnath was ■vrarmfc'>i 1 he doctor who conducted the post mortem said he never m the course oE his experience saw such a case. It seems that the Intestines of the child were quite blocked with round worms, hundreds of them, some as much as 18 inches m length and almost as thick as a load pencil. In reference to this casa the Hawera Star says : — We understand that a great many people m this district snffer from, worms, and Dr Lightbourne attributes their presence to tho fact of the settlers having to drink surface water, which is impure and contains a quantity of vegetable matter, He recommends that a" little lime or charcoal be used in' the water, which will kill all the netarious vegetable matter. The Wanganui Chronicle has the following : — A somewhat amusing incident is reported to us as baring taken place onrSunday night last. A lady and gentleman were holding a very animated, even angry discussion, on the cattle f w'h'artj when our informant passed by. Struck by the tones of the diacussion '^lie' latter short when- the following 1 , 'delivered m the most pathetic tones, struck hispai:s: "IfyoudonM; kiss me pt ■sp.ufie Davyjl'll throw myself into the river." We are happy to say that the 'threat was not carried 'out, and that wo , ! arl no inquest to'chrohicle on the Mon--1 day morning, for Davy, did his duty like ■: man, and gave way before tbe fair damsel m distress. Sundry sounds sgnifying the oscillatory process, fol1< wed, and the would-be suicide walked offjseeraingly quite happy.

At a meeting of insurance agents held m Wellington on Tuesday, a resolution was passed respecting the Bill now before Pailiament affecting the Insurance inti rest. The motion carried was adverse to tho Bill, except tl»e provision I relating to limiting the liability of shareholders m local companies. The other portions <>f the measures wore declared to ho nni.ecessary, and tho guarantees provided too sin«ll to protect insurers. There was reason to believe that many English arid fjfoi,i>n insurance companies were unable from their constitution to comply witii tho Bill, and, if it passed, must K-ave the Colony. A deputation was appointed to wail ou the Colonial Treasurer m the matter. , Major Steward's School Committees Election Bill piovides that annual meetings of householders shall be held m April ; repeals the cumulaii/e vote ; and .disqualifies nay member of a committee who is absent from his duties for three months. Some farmers m the Oroua county are turning their attention to linseedgrowiug. They say they must do some- . thing besides growing grain. We are informed that the growing of linseed pays very well, but thu excessive railway charges, and warfage dues, m sending the product to the mills at Dunedin, tak.vs the " gilt off, tho gingerbread." — Martoii paper. ,A cockney inquired at the General Post office the other day for a letter for '• Enery Hogden." .He was told there was none. " Look'efe," he replied, a little augrity ;■ " you,ve hexaruined a hodd letter for my name. It don't commence with a haitch ! It begins with a ho 1 Look hin the 'ble that's got the lio'b 1" The Scandinavian Wesleyans will have a tea-iuceling to-morrow* evening at the Wesleyah Hall. Tea will commence at 6.80 p.m. Tickets are fixed at the low price of Is 6d. The Manchester Road Board notify to defaulting ratepayers, through our advertising columns that " after the 6th July a drawing will be made of all defaulting ratepayers, and a portion of the defaulters will be sued each court day until the list is exhausted." Messrs Stevens and Gorton held a very successful stock sale at Feilding on Tuesday. There was a larger number present. The bidding was somewhat brisk, and the stock fetched very good prices. The date of Mr Greenwood's next visit to Palmerston is published m our advertising columns. A meeting is to be held at Woodville to-night to take steps to form a demonstration to celebrate the opening .of the Upper. Manawatu Bridge. A meeting lias been n'e'ld at Pahiatna to co-operate with Wood vi lie m the matter. On Friday Mrs Carver, mother of Mr li. W. L. Carver, died at her son's residence, Awapuma, at the ripe old ag:e of, 84 years. The deceased lady has been 31 years m the colony, and had been a teacher m the iirst Church of England Suiklay-seho;>l established m Wellington. She was also for soms time a teacher iv tho native school at Putiki, Wanganui. A writer m the Argus tells the following story of M. Remenyi, the violinist : — An acquaintance of his had promised that a musicial friend wou d be at the next performance, but had to apologise for his absence, stating that he was a hundred miles up-country, and had not been able to come. Replied the maestro, " Not kom ! Von hundred m!le3 ! Vy, I vould go 500 miles to hear me play !" Mr J. W. Davison, for many years musical critic of i/ie Times, died on March 24. The deceased was born m London, October 5, 1813. He was an .organist, a facile pianist, and composer of several songs and other works. He wrote m tho Musical Examinei, and later m the Musical World. He' subsequently became musical critic of tlie Times, which post he held at least for 30 years. He was also for some years musical critic of the . Graphic. In 1860 he married the celebrated pianist Madame Abrabella Goddard. ,

The attention of purchasers ot Drapery, Mantles, and Millinery is directed to a Special Price List to be found m this issue from C. M. R033 & Co., The Bon Marche. It is estimated that we hold stock enough m these departments to supply the wants of the eatire district. The greater part of the lines specified we have quite recently purchased at otjb own prices, and, as usual, we mean to give our customers the benefit. We have only to add, Come early and secure some of them. — C. M. Ross & Co., The Bon Marche. . .