LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 43, 18 July 1885, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

t We loam that the state, of Mr McMinns* health has sornewhifc iin-r proved within the! last, few days, though j his med!cal'advißerabaoliite]y prohibits' him froirt atteuipjting. mental I ion for some time to !coine, as. he-fears' spribus- consequences would supervene. Mr McMinn purposes returning to^ Pal- % merst on. within a day or- it wo; but not to' remain, : or engage m journalistic duties 7 until his health is more fully: restored. ' The B <nk of Australasia's premises at; Sanson were put up for : sale by . auction > at that place, yesterday, bnt were passed m. at £250. The cottage advertised for , sale by auction on the same day, was sold for ..the. Isqm," oE- £72 lAs., Mr J. Bowwa.ter being the purchaser. .Mr Snolaoq, of the firm i of G- M. . Snelson and Go,, niiotionoep, Faltnerston, wielded the hammer.— Advocate. On Wednesday 74 h«ad of cattle and 890 sheep were shipped at Waitara for Auckland' At that busy little port they use considerable expedition m putting: stock on board. The Rowena put 25 head of cattle into her hold within the short space of 1 5 mmq tes, ; aijd[ Al\e Hanraki shipped 49 h«*ad of . oattle and 240 sheep within the space, of an hour. The Gairlo.ch.to6t : orer 500 sheep. All three Rteamers arrivod nnd left' at the k satno tido. : - • : .. At the R. M. Court, W. llington, on Thursday last, Michael O'Donjaell,. for breaking a pane of glass m ai sky-light on the top of a house m Taranaki-street, was fined 5s and 409 damages, or seven day's imßrisomont. . . Wo (Martorcpaper) hear that Mr H. HaJcombe who has benn m the Batik of Australasia, FVN<tin£, for about 4 years, has received notic* to .at .once prpcai'd to Hftwora. ; FJis fcnioval wifLoaiise \ ff>gret to his in^ny fripiids, but thny, heartily congratulate litm on his promotion. . We believe Mr Tato, who was ridden over on tive Fitziierbert road oh Thursday evening last had one' iff ! his rib's broken besides sustaining severe injuries to the head, and facej '

Says "Puff" m the Wellington Pfes» : — Wliy did the Ministry drop the reduced duty on preserved banana's.? Their sapportcrs suiely didn't make a point of that, did they? Oh, no, they didn't make a point of il, but tho Ministers, had to drop it all the same ! Why ?— f don't see that ! Oh it was so jolly personal, you knuw ! : Everybody was chaffing them about it! What for? [ dont see whero. the chaff comes m ! Well you must bo a duffer ! DoiU you understand ? No, I'm jiggered if Ido, so there ! Why when th« Ministers had pulled through by swallowing everything the felloes, called then the " preserved bananas," — I thick skins and no backbone! -Do you see now, or ;must I knock it into you ! with a club? NTc*, ftqV I sei*, I see ! ; Splendid! Lbreiy:!>' W-h'pse is that- ' Mantell's? J;l)u(m6j:v sonny ! Nobody knows! What, can no man tell ? Thoy'U go down on the? roll of Fame an jtheBanana Ministry I No doubt anouiVtuat, bos. The Wellington Harbor Board notify m the Gaz-tte that the Board are about to exe*rid the outer T of 'the Queen's ) Wharf 135 ft to the southward. 45ft to ! the northward,and to widen it 50ft to- ' wards the eastward, and that during the time occupied m the extension We works wilj be- danxerous to vessels approaching or leaving the wharf. A singular affair is reported, says the Wairarapa Star, to have occurred m a central part of Master ton on Friday night. A well-known tradesman acting the part of a. good ; Samaritan to a stranger, who. had a difficulty m finding lodgings, introduced him to his houso, and provided him' with accommodation f<>r the night t . The belated one who had forti-' fi «d hi "usel f wi th a bottl e of spirits, and under the stimulus of this, as the night vwor» on ho turned his' landlord an 3 his. wife neck and crop, out into tha street, locking the /door after them. It waV ;.6uly with tlie assistance- of ■ the police "that the disagreeably astonished couple were at. le to , take possession of their dwelling. „./•■ ; . Wednesday' 8 Wxp\efTelegraphh&d the fplloWiingtr-^Aslitof earth on the . rwlway linej^betw'eaniMatamau and.liangatara prevented the trains yesterday gouig biyorid MatamaUi The mails would bo trollied to; the latter place, and brought on to Napier by the first train to-day. The coach from Palriieraton to-day will be advised to bring oii mails and passengers to Matamau.^ A movement is on foot, m Marton to establisH a Co : oDerative Eaihvay Works ■Company .ihe object m forming this company is-to a certain extent to, protect the working cla s, and to give them an dp•poFtunity of combining together to tender for the next section of the Central RaiU \vay. Many of the men who came down here with a few pounds m their pockets from :the Tangahoe and Manawapou contracts, could hot get work to do, and after waiting about two or three weeks, spent : most of tfieir money, and had to go" elsewhere for employment. ' All workmen taking shares m the company will be privileged to work on the contract m pi eference to outsiders. The company would : be able- to undertake a greater risk than a private individual, an each man having a share jiistber- profits .ot the contract • r would"do far more work than for a.contractor.: The .principle of co-operatibrir is an admirable one; and we commend the project to the hearty support of the workingrmen. The tradespeople of Marton might also find it to their advantage- to .support it, for/, if the. scheme w*V carried -out, the money earned on the contract i the company's tender here accepted would be principally spent m- Marton. We understand that 131 £5 shares have already been taken up.— fWanganui Herald.'? - ;■ ■ -.- ? --