LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 26, 29 June 1885, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Writes the WangAimi Chronicle :— There is certainly nothing like advertising m these dull times to awaken people's interest m the various wares of ihestorokeopors, and those of our business men who are shrewd and t'araeitiujj do imt believe iv their light being hiddeu under a. bushel. '■ "'■ t)uring the interview which the Wellington soft goods merchants had with Fir J ulius Yogel on Friday, he HUgtrcstcd that the retailers could pay the additional duties proposed without feelinsj it very much. He noticed that sums firing advertised 25 per cent discount tor cash. ''Mr' Thompson said it was m«ro" advertising claptrap,,' and Mr Clark said it was "trade clap-trap." " What are we to believe ?" asked Sir Julius Yogel, " What is solemnly stated .m the newspapers, or what is stated by the dcpiita- : lion ?" . The question was asked with a mock air of gravity which appeared to tickle the deputation. ' ; - .During the debate m the House on Friday evening, Sir '.Julius Vo»c>l ad vis-' «*d Major Atkinson to imitate the ancient Biit(iiiß, and clothe himselr m leaves.. Mr Wakefield, who followed Sir Julius, .pointed out that the ancitnii Britons Were not iv the h:ibit- of ai tiring theuis Ives m leaves, but th-'y w«re iii the habit of painting themselvos blue, and tl«e.Colonial Treasurer would :.ma-;e the inhabitants look very, very " bluo" before ho* had douo with .them. - - An.Americjin physician states that he has used, for forty years, with eminent success, an old woman's remedy" for diarrhoea and dysentery— viz., tahlespoonfill lioßcs of pure cidar vinegar, with addition of sufficient salt to be noticeable. Statistics show that m Great Britain 10,000 landlords receive from the soil an amount equal to the total wages paid to 1,720,000 labourers for working twelve' .hours through the seven days of tho week; • . . - A favourite young lady of Wesley ville Pa., U.S., who had died m a f,-r ■ hours from typho, was -burnt? interred with great ceremony recently. Four young ladies were hearing, the coffin into' iiu> I'luirch when two of rfcjw m coffin waß -Smashed; -'1 li.V W}Vno bf'iu&c thrown out on oiw of the fair p ill bc-nrers who thereupon became' insensible from fright. The body was replaced un-i this service proceeded. As the t .,.flin w:is being conveyed to tho cemetery ndjoininy the church, the handles broke, and the jar resulted m exposure. As the coffin was being h,wi-ie<l into th<grave, the cord slipped and the casket was dashed t» pieces at the bottom of the pit. The grave, digger,.- losing his balance, was precipitated upon the corpse and was drawu out palsied with frig-lit. Another coffin was procured and the remains enclosed m clean garments and interred withont further accident. It is not generally known that after his defeat by MrOruiond at the general election the late Mr.Sheohan was offered and refused a seat m the Legislative Council. Iv <i notice of Messrs Mitchell and Richards' meat preserving works at Wangnnui, the Herald says :— -In the first place; : 150. head of cattle are put through m a week, and if this rate iV kept up long, graziert need have.no; fear of a Jmarket for their stock. The number could easily be increased to 300 head if tho .firm were pushed with orders which required immediate execution. The firm do very little m the way of preserving mutton, beef being tho article for which they have most demand. From New Plymouth we hear that all Arrangements are completed m connection with the direct steamer from New Plymouth to Sydney, and that she will commence running as soon as tho railway to the port is completed. A prini old maid positively declined to attend a regatta after hearing that Borne of the competitors " hugged the shore," and that there were buoys m the water. . . : At Feilding on Wednesday Thomas Dudson, saddler (late of Wanganui), was charged with assulting Robert Parr, coach-builder. Dudson's story was that he saw Parr unmercifully beating his (Parr's) child, and interferred. In a civil ease Dudson claimed £20 as damages from Parr. His Worship considered Dudson had no right to interfere and he dismissed both cases In " Jacob Faithful's" drawing on the Napier SteepJech.iso, Macc*roni was drawn by a Napier Government official, ami the secotKi horse by a huslurinu. Pastime comen fo Wanganni. " Jacob " closed with 4050 subscribers, or 50 orer the numht-r announced. A. Wnirarapa exchange states that £130 has been subscribed m Mnsterr.on towardsthe formation of a new Pastoral and Agricultural Society.

A Wellington paper underaUmls lha fivo officers m liie Colonial Treasury' liavp received notice that their serviceg a.Tfi to ho dispensed with, owinij to reductions m (ho "' service/ Two of thes*» olHrvrs — Mr Bnst, tlie woll-kuown and popular prtynvnsti'fy .ami Mr A. Boughton, now of the Treasury, lui't forniL'rly a i .valued iifficar of the I) fVnco Dopart-■lri.-nt — .tie to' ivfir^ 'on Wfil-eWrti'vl penkloiis. Tlki olhiM" will receive roinpena:iti«»jf ai:r<ir(liii{j to length of service. Several furthcM* reductiouH m this and other dajjrvrtnieuts are rumoured an proliaiilf. ' ' " Danevirke is going wonderfu ly ahead. Mr S. Baddeley has erected a commodious and comfortable hotel close to the railway station, and Mr Allardice is making immense additions to his house. Roth hotels are so crowded with boarders that it is not uncommon for travellers to buy a bed at a premium from one of the lodgers. All of this due to the fact that Danevirke is the first place in the forest where good accommodation can be had. Norsewood, Ormondville, and Makotuku having shut up their public houses, travellers, business men and visitors to the bush pass on to where they can get comfortable quarters.— Napier Telegraph.