LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 27, 30 June 1885, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr W. M'Keevor, foremly vvnll kuown m Wellington, is about to loavo Christclinroh for Edglaii'lj and as a specimen of what the-New Zealand soil can produce takes with .him a- .'..swede turnip weighing 24!bs, Tho Chriatdwch Frcss says tho. export is to be ;p'ack'«d m S.xwdust, nndis for ftxhibitioijjn .Ifiij^land .. /Tho newspaper squabble between the CartcVton Observer and .. tiie / .Grr»yt.pA\:n ' Stawlafd is. likely to 'tjiriT-;'qut';. ; .a- : ti4£userious, Aiv action for fcrimrial libol is (6 bo takon out against Mr E.,.H. CJ-rig^ nditor of the Observer.—N apier nap«i. 'The Wellington corrcsppiident of a Taranaki, paper aays ;■— 6uV of the largest man ufaeliireraaud importers -m thu colony tolls mo. that; a lady buying a pair of goud boots, for which sho pays 245, will get off wilh 11-id "diityj , acid; a •worKHig-iha'n'a'swife, who buys 'timae or four pairs of 'cheap/ boots, which will only wear as long as, one pair, of the . others, will pay four tiiiies the amount m duty. , i ' In Jacob Faithful's: consultations on tho Ilawke'a Buy Steeplechase Macaroni £450 net, went to a clprk m a lawyer's oliicuiti Napier jvllomefo, £225 net, full to a billiard-marker at Taradalo ; aiid Dtuibijj;h,£ll2 10s net^yeiit t<> an official of the iDunodin jpckuy CIuU. The' balance of the prizes wetv pretty evenly -'--distribiitlid dyer the, Colony. ' Jacob ■Faithful announces anbther consultation on the Wellington steeple. ■:*. One of the latest phaaas qfe lob b.y ! gossip •on Saturday :'w.aß.ac/c viva) of tho old. rumour that Mr StoufVnight not iiriprd-' -iTObly-bccornu-Ohiisf-Jtißtioo nt Tjo^diataut date, m liou of Sir i James. Prendergaat, whp wa^sajd:*tQ be dekirous of resigni.ug that postih coußeqiience of ill health. This : report was ru n n ift gf m cou ploa " wi th a vague story- about |a Vogel-.Atkinson _allia»o'e;.b(^ng\ v ihr-tdntoniplii'tioii;-;/-\Ye,"' give, the above for what it may be. worth, - simply as lobby gossip;— Welliugtou '■p;ip : er. •"'',•■ ' r -[-^~+ ■/■■:;' "■/ '" ;' : \'/'"\ Auionj^ the estates set down m the r<jtiirn of inttßtato. estatcfi iti thu hands of the Public .Trußtee kid before the house are thoac of a;cbi)BiderabJe mnubbr of Chinamen . :..,Thp."hig.«Bt- value of-any o.f.the estates of th su Ceieatials is while -.the Values I m the ; pthera range from 2s 3d' to £19. Oug Chinaman known m this mortal life by the sweet-sounding oameof Ah Muck, departed this life leaymg to the trustees to hand over to his h«ira and assigns, the rwinains of 4s after expensfis h;id been deductou theiefrom. 1 The return does not say whothor aiiy claim has been put m for the estate. : . ■ : We arp glad to hear from numerous sources general satisfaction with tho Standard Paturd ay's Supplement, which is : 'Ujiiyerßal{y t \app / pci4t9d)' > b3r'ia}lvci^BVc IsV'1 sV' of readeri. We are only sorry that the nutiibei' available'is sojfar short of actual -requirements;- ; .rt i 'Wili Ije. weelcij. ■ yet bbfpre' :thfe-o?fifll ! number brdei'pd cornea to hand, when we v/ill hope to be able to supply; /all regular subscribers and possibly town and country agents as-wu.ll ; though jtlie latter we cannot at present guarantee. Meantima we aro innking as fair a distribution as possible of the nuinbiT sent.- • The engrossing interest of the serial t'ald -is..' /bap'i tally sustained; and all read.ei^ exprusa them-: selves delighted with the story and the manner in' which it is told.' * Tlie Nelson Mail says :-±" We ' tinder- \ stand that one of the effects of tho low prices ruling for hops has beon to induce Mr T. Harley to. .curtail his operations m that paticular indostrw... Ono of his gardens, consisting of four and fire acres, has been let to a party of Clnnamcu who are hitsily engagi'd m converting it into a market garden." ./; The unprecedented " experience of a/ heavy fpg ; hanging' over Woodville for two days without jif ting was experienced last week. v . The r * weather was bitterlj' cold m consequence.-, Ciiripusly e,nongh the sun was Hluning briglitly oi) Both days within a few miles of the town. i During a very interesting lecture on the sun delivered at Wellingion by Dr Hector, on Saturday, hestated, m reference to the sun spots, that tht-8e spots reach a maximum about every 11 years. At such a period hundreds could be observod, and . were photographed, because it. was now part of the duty/of every well-appointed observatory to .take daily photographs of the surface of the sun; The sun^has just now at appears, passed through a maximum Buch as occurred ialßßl and 1882,, and - is now half way towards a minimum. The . appearance of these Bpots m large numpors.overyil years has a most remarkable influence upon tho production of all things on the earth, no doubt through the influence of the weather, upon tha growtiiof grain, and the oxisterice of. bligjhtfl and destructive diseases among : plants a.udj ■ .ani^a,!?, , Dr Heceor ;: ' re-marked.*-tHat lie'had.geen trees cut down on -the, West Coast', n^arJGreyraouth, m the rings of groivtlr of which tho 11 years' oycle appeared as distinct as possible m the 'Taryihg thickness' : of those rings. Mr Jshn Thompson, barrister and solicitor, who has boen with Mr Edward Shaw for some time, has counnenced bnainess on Ijia own nccouht m the Siar Chntnhors. MrThompsoQ is well known 'm Wellington.

Aiiiiiii : ihii mimci'n'iß imposts m '.ho iiow tariff winch li-tv> given grant Mis satisfaction one is Ihe duly oF twoppiica per Ib. on fruit— pulp imported for j unmaking. We 8.3a by lute Dunodiu pipe ra lh-.it the proprietors of the two i'un manufactories m that city have puhlicly declared they will bn compelled to close their works it" tho twopenny duty is on forced. This would throw about 100 hnn<lß out of employment. It was | pointud out that tho Colony lia.il to im- j port nearly £70,000 .worth of green fruit last year, which proves Hut the Colony cannot yo! prodnui* frnit enough to (supply the requirements of the fruiterers alone. A question of importance to the Colonj generally, as well as to tho industry it directly refers to, was to bt asked bj Mr Johnston to-day. It is whether tho G> vprnmuut will, through tho A^ent- : General, endeavour to 30 »rr»ri|?ii' that nil Imperial applications for the supply of linnnd and -froiscn tneatß.be cabled to N«w Zealand and advertised, care being tak«u tliat ample timo is srivon for New i 'Zealand Companies to deliver. '-.'An important table of estimates has been prepared by the Q-ovornmetit showing tha approximate sums to which each local liody m New Zealand , would he entitled under the now Local' Bodies Powers and Financo Bill. Those m this District would receives, the -.followingatuiiial subsidifs :—Borotitrlis—=Pali»»irs- ■ ton, £750 ; Feildinir, £vJ99 ; Marton, £421 • AVantfaiirii, iilOll ; Town Districts— Foiton,. £ 136 1 ■': Halcombe, £86 ; Bulln, ' '£226.' Counties — RaugUtkei, £2349|; Mauawatu. £2824; Oroua, '£2000 ; Wangaiiui, £1828. In a recent iTvoather- -report the Wairarapa Daily made t-he.followiiifr. ainuoingand .BUggeßtivo orror. V■" Glass will fall, but riso aftor twelve year*." . . The fuofball match Feilding v. Mnrt«n f>layed on' Saturday at Feilding was altogether a yt-ry one-sided affair, the Feildirig .men ..winning by 41 "points,' or 4 goals 11 tries to nil. ' ■ * The Wanganui Education Board ait .to-day, and will hold a two days' moetIn his speech during the Financial d«-' bateon Friday night,- Mr Wakefiulil asserted that oats could be purchased for sixpence* pur. bushel m Otago. That is a most deplorable state . of things, and argues a griovouijly depressed condition ..of agricultural Jiffairs. But it would scarcely be materially hctlcrnrl (writes a Wellington papol;) by provoking New South \Vale^' to impose a retaliatory protuctive duty; on o.nr produce, yet this would almost certainly be the result of the' proposed 'increase m the duties ou AuslrsUiau wineß, • -Things .must be looking up m Palmerstoiir Two entertainments held at the ,eame.hpi|r last evening were both largely "■attehcled; ■'4 '.','- '] .v ' . Professor and Mrs Baldwin are sure to have a .bumper house at the Thoatro Royal tnis evening. .The Wellington papers have had so, much to say about the • marvels . of the entertainment that great curotiity is manifested to see, the talented people. As there is sure to be a. crowd it/would be to procure reserved seats and make sure of getting a good seat. Seats can be secured a tMeasra Welch and Co.'s, and at Mr W. Pai-k's; ■ The Palmerston portion of the San : Francisco mail should arrive this evening .f rom Wauganui. , ■