LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 49, 25 July 1885, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

. The now hotels^ are a startling feature of t(i.9 modern Babylon. I iiearrtheji are well patrpnised, !h.n.d are ! a financial succeWsV 'A f no rid d£ ihrfie gai dq\rr| :jto pinner with a* little' party o£' 600 the" oth^r nigfirt^at dn'e' 6t ;them, and' oar pnpers thia^mprnin^ tell ns rofv a.'^fand^ party, of over n thousand at the •' opening; dif another with the übiquitous Prince of VValVsSflß the chief guest. — London cor'reißpondent. .- ' . ;: \ : : Mr Mackelvie • whos* death' was announcpd iii onr telesffaina yestnrd^y.has ;'e.ft £40,000 to the Aticklarxl ' ty nßeuui, and has -given several valu»hl« pictures .and works of art to the same ioetitittipn,

Our WoodvilU correspondent writes as, follows : — " We aro till glad to see iby the Daily ,Telegraph',th*t Captain Ruaserll has cut up hie surburba.u sectiotk|lo. :$5 into allotments for Bale.\^h;sV&ectKm stood right m the way of £liks extension, of the township, towards >the intended railway station, being about half-way^ between that site^aud Murphy'l The land has been cut up into^birty"six subdivisions and suitable thoroughfares, and should command v« ry . Jjjigh prices, when i Messrs Hoadley and Co., submit them to auction on August 5. '£!fie same firm will offer on that date alseHan town allotments belonging to Mr J.Ti.Carr,the. situation of which "makes them of great v& Telegraph. The Hon, the Minister for Education, m his -statement on Education m the _Houß»^on Tu^sjay eveniiug, iurni§hed_ soiha inte^resling.statjstics, with a view to show the fondness of the youth ot the colony^for reading: Mr Stout stated that the yalqo of books imported last yejr wjU-,£115;246, wjif. h wasexqlusive of * magazines," . newspapers, ;&c.y and books" crftnitig'by post:' The nri'mber of newspapers published m the colony was 49 daily, and 61 weekly, by- weekly, and tri-wtekly, htsides 32 others, making a total of 1 172. or one newspaper to' every. 3281 of tke population. Mr Stout addled -that m England and Wales the number of newspapers waa 1062, or, l : <jto every 14,828 ; m Ireland 15!& .newspapers; or l ■to e\-ery 32,585 j^iti Scotland' l,B4 nows•papers, Of V to every 21,013 j:aiid m; tjje Biiited States, 10,771 newspajiers/ort-'td every 4656 of the population. .V ':..: -.. : /-We take tlie'f6jl6wing from >Ye4n«s- : day%^o«fe:^Rumours wertt: ourreqt the lobby today of another vote of want of confidence being '■ brought downs at an ( eafly.date,, The Mimstry^si Teceut .proposals 'haying"^excited a very general feeling of oppbaitiony and a majorily of; 15 to 20 is confidently reckoned upon againstlthe East andOWest'. Coast Kailyray .subsidy .proposal. "If [ a vote of watit ,of ;C():rifi(jlence was rmo.ved ;by? any lnainber who would be at all Hkely to.be aVtle.tp form a Ministry, there is good reason to believe that it would now be oarried; /.;/ 'y.? : •; ..Ruffcrring to thja •Ngawapurua Bridge . the Wairarapa i^ai^says ;~-A.fter some, 1 f urtljejTtrpdblejy MyKeuiie^aikd' sSons'wore permitted to follow, their. -own noti6ns"bn s the*" subject, with'the^fesul't : thit afte.r abouteighteen months of bungj iing under Government supervision, they [completed- th'e!bridge itr twelve;' mouths, i How "much they havo lost through r the', juriwarrrtnted i*nterfe]rences of the Public , Works Dcspartinenfcj^'we'ai'er'nTofind position to say; .•'. The; contract wasorigiujally- let for nbout £14,000. • This was in* ■creased. .tp^gboW £17iPQ0 ,wjie,n the plans jwefe a;itered the 'fijat -time, and uow 1 we jlearii..J ! that v th9'^tota]^'cosfr^^was';a|^pu{r^ v F6r^ iniscalcuUitipnß : io'-'ati> al - most incredible r extent; and propo'rtiou■ate, .waste of public mohey, ; the Ngawa-, puma Bridge stands unrivalled m the ariuala of the iPubl 10 Works Department.' I At the settling on the Wellington Steeplechase iiieeting the following net amounts- \v<ie paid to the owners -of winning and second horses :— N.,;Y; Detmet, £104 Isa ; D Pulton, £85 10a; J. Prosseij'^O'; Colonel Fraser, "^3B • &.. M'Goll, £14 ss ; T.^ff. Hi11,.£14,.5s ; j; DriscoH, £9> 10« ;iHv Pjper £9 10^ IT. G-fykeSiM iCs^^r6tai^£4^s^ ! ./^il!a;,Auck]an({-X}i(y:Gainucil gre reilufi^ing^.theij officers^' wag'fes by . 15? jper cent i fiiiiter sent f rotu Cyme'dia taf Sydn«y ; has >ea)iß*dUß 6d p«r lb. • _ >-^>~— ; The tender of ?H. McKensne '-MGp" n Woo&vflle iiks\ been accepted* tfbrf the: •Moiint- r^omeis; contract,;, •forniation," ' brf(fge^ and 'fencing. . The amount is" JES74L „/; ; . „.,,.: .",,■,--■ A Feitding rough, of the name of ; John- Andersoni hjis.-been Qned 20s and costs for interfering,' wiih the local brauth . of • the* Salvation Army, f A charge against Robert fielfit for. seizing : John Condoii captain m the. Ariiiy, anil dragging hi?h into: a puddle of water resulted m the accused being .fined 40s .«udcOßtß.v^We are I 'glad .to :see that Mr Ward ""is dealing firmly with this turbulent class of the coihmunity. j :/ ..■■..;■■■■■. ;-;:- : C:\.r ■ ' ■': :A ■' i Willii'dtt, the theatrical manager, , so" well kfciown here, ifai l>6'en ! -sued : 'm. W^stpo^t rof { the B[oiLel Bifla r^of ; his; Company. : : Thegenial •Willmott tried to b^fk : ! out of it, but the Resident; Magistrate told him. that if he did npt pay.,the, jne!nbers;of .company :he : must p.ay their hotel bills'. . " \ , ft is stated that Mr ' J. G. William's tlie Daily ,Chronicltfs..vf&r correspondent who, recently returnedifrpfli the. Soudan^ has now c6Wpiyt.e^;VJs ninth, jcflirtpai^n ; apd seen his forty-second battle. Jf . Ho \hfts receive^nodce to ' Hjijiself h { m readiness to leave, for Afguaniistaa Jin a fortnight's Jtime. . .: ;,•/.'.) <= 1' : ' An, inHuential , syndicate of • English steel man ii factyirer'B have just made an agioetnent td.pav the owners of the in'veriliw d j;py*l.ty'.of I^6sjper ton on all • sledV whjclt t^e^/may '. pljo'duce."', by-.^ths p.rod|Bß devised vy^l. .Louis d« Soulages. This?f act is siifficie'iit ih itself io^iudicate the importance of an- invention which the promoters declare' will" revolutionize tlie entire metallurgical industry, by the production of "pure steel at a cost of Idols instead, of 24do^s pen JtcTp, tho; current r pVica ' ot' Bessemer steel, fey -fcl>o ">8a l ihei^ apparatus - copper for : tfie v maniifactrire of-bronaes is producfed ;at' t a 'cost of lOdols; as coinpired with 160 ;■ : dolß,' aiid m a single operation, instead of seven, or eight. . . . .; ■■ ; :t .'■■■ ..■?;».■■■...■!■> ■ .- .tv'i,