LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 52, 30 July 1885, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

On our fourth paye to-day will be found items with reference to the New South Wales Contingent, Telegrams, The .Wool Market, and a report of the meeting of the Wellington Waste Lands Board. Messrs CM. Ross and Co., of the Bon Marclie announces elsewhere that their premises will bo closed to-morrow,, foi the purpose of re-inarking thpir stock for jfheir annual stock-taking sale, which commences on Saturday. A.Temarkable fre*k of nature lias occurred at Boughton, m East Kent, a ewe having given birth to a lamb with three distinct mouths. The monstrosity was sent to the Natural History Museum. Thero is about to be launched from the shipbuilding docks of Pen Ho»l, near St Nazaire, the largest wssel aver built m Frauco. She is 155 metres long, of 7000 tons burden, and her engines are of 8000 horsepower. If is expected she will do the voyage to America m eight days, carrying 300 passengers. Elm* speed, it is thought, will be about 18 knots per hour. ..A travelling car, larger and moro .cpmp'K-te than even the Pulinan car, is m use on the Groat Northern Riilway , from -Manchester to London, It is 60ft 'm length} ami carried on two Hix- ; wheeled bogie trucks. The Hamilton correspondent . of the ' *{e\y Zealand Herald suvh thai, thp protf!nl6tVrß of the sugar beet industry are 'iis'activu as ever/ It is eojiaiderrd that tff ion? last season's root ß 20 pt-r cent; of sugar vvill'beobt.uii(Vil. To induce the fftjiucrs to ( grow beef is Ih* next truuble, fiiwl .for this, purpose a smnll company iaVb<ifn foriiied to rent a small piece of land and plant it wit !i beet: A rtrord js to liv Icupfof the method of culu'va- ! Hion and its cost, and the result of the/ experiment will doubtless determine the matter m the winds of the {tenners, '

Cardinal Newman has just celebrated his 84th birthday at the Bi mingh.im Oratory. The London World saya: — ".Ilia Imminence, who is enjoy.injs a second youth' rather than a Beuoud. childhood, shows an amount 1 of vitality i]iiit« surprising to those wjho some time M4O we're anxious about his h'-altlf, . He .s:ii(l Mass at sewn o'clock' on the itioriiiiig of his birthday, and" ■ -later, received visits' from a uiiirtber-tif ' his friends. With ohe.of thesi>, Mr. Wilfred Ward, a son of his old friend, the Cardinal was able to talk for au hour and a lialf, although a few months ago .hfrvdoctors told him that half-an-hour , was to lie the extent of his conversation." , . . .... . Not a: bad joke was played on our (Napier Telegraph) football reporter on Saturday afternoon. He wrote pat the telegram of the match between the trleretaunga .second and the High School Boys, and to one of the latter the telegram was eutiusted for conveyance to Vh(- telegraph office- The report which mentioned the good play of two of the lioy.s, 'apparently did not altogether pli-sse the conveyer of the message, his name we presume was not included, and so three fresh 'names w«re inserted,, bo when pnblished five players were mentioned as conspicuous m . the field, to the no little astonishment of the reporter but to the groat satisfaction of the conveyor of our news;. ' , , 4 ,' Poor Charlie sighed and said.: favorite flower, tr-y dear, is tho forget-me-not." "And niine," she-said,: '• is marigold." - And " then p«or Charlie knew the game was vp — aud got. [' , Cliff jrd, the sculler, is said to have received such injuries that it is probable he will never row again. At the annu.nl sales.of stud sheep' m; Sydney, the highest pribe obtained was 140 guineas. Mr George Gill, of Now Zealand, was a large purchaser. A ram from the "Ay rev Warranorba stud brought 195 guineas ; Carrie's ten rams averaged the best prices, £38 10s. - . The catch of codfish- of the ; Newfoundland banks during 1884 was the largest on record; ' The French take annually 360,000 quintals of cod,, worth 1,440,000d015. Americans take a large quantity,, but no returns are; kept. The whole amount taken during the year was 1,830,417 'quintals, showing Newfoundland to be the largest and ino&t valuable cod fishery 111 the worlds Next .to it comes that of Norway j with an annualo-itch of 700 800. auiiitals. Ssiya (tie Auckland. Jieraul :—;\y.ii.nn- . derstaiid that there is likely to be spine iinpleasantuesd-iovef the - Purotaru tun • riel contract business, Whidi has been - hung up. since tho tenders closed a fortnight ago. The deposits of competing tenderers have* been returned, and, so far as is known here, ho tender has been - accepted. Contractors - are somewhat indignant, as may be imagined, at being befooled into going a week's journey, m . the dead -of winter, to view the tunnel site, camping out the. most part of the tune. .It is presumed that <the tendering has been too high for. the Government, but this has been caused by the tunnel iVeiug 45 .miles beyond Te A'wamntu^ . and across country, whore 400 to 500 tons of cement must be taken ou ; pa<jkhbrsos, together with supplies. But surely all this ought to have boen known to the Government eugineers, and cowsideicd. It might have been foreseen from the outset that under present conditions the work would be too costly, till the North Island trunk line has been made froinTe Awaniutu pretty close up to. the tunnel. It would, have been bet 7 ter.tp have let contracts beyond the first fifteen-mile section, now under construe-: tion by Mr Coates, say two sections more of 15 miles each, and when finished the tuiinel could be made cheaply and expeditiously. At any ratej some eight. or -ten contractors fool - that they have a substantial grievance against the Public Works department m. calling for tenders for such a work, if they did. not intend to accept the lowest tender for it. The loss of money to contractors m examining the ground m order to tender, as well as loss of time incurred, is both annoying and serioiirf. The Opunake correspondent of the Wanganui Herald- wired as follows yesterday :— At a special meeting of the Lighter Company Jast : night it wasliiesolved that the workirig plant boliandtid over to the old crew again.— The pit lice are how m pursuit of a Miibri f or psifssing Valueless cheques on Brown, of Bahotn. The' Maori lifts been traced to Wnitara, and it is supposed he is making his way to: Auckland. , *' The J list ices of the Peace Act Amendment Bill, introduced by the Minister of Justic, provides that two Justices or a Resident Magistrate shall : be required to Arf indicate upon indictable offences, and it gives power to Justices; to doal summarily with cases of -obtaining money under false pretences when .the property involvpd does not exceed the. value of £5. The maximum term of iinpri.sonjn ntin snnifijary proceedings for larceny is increased from three to six mouths, and where the value of the articles stolen does not exceed 40s, summary jurisdiction is : given to Justices whether the prisoner consents or not, The clause of the,.. present Act giving snmmnry powers of conviction on confession of larceny not exceeding £10 m the value of the articles stolon is tp, be repealed (saysfan exchange)j as also the power given to Justices to order males convicted of larceny to be whipped if not over 14 ! years of age. Elaborate new provisions as to appeals are proposed, and it is enacted " that Justices shall not act as jurors m cases where they have committed. The remainder of the bill deals with the rota of Justices. ■ •■'■■. The contributors to the Okoia Dairy Factory met on Monday evening to consider the question as to the price to be taken for milk during- the present season. It was resolved that 4d per gallon of 11 lbs should be ; the price, but that only 3£d should bs paid, the balande to be taken out m shares at the endof the season. Tho directors, we (Wangarihi Herald) believe, anticipate doing better next seaßon than they did last. The expenses have boen reduced generally, and arrangements have been made with. regard to letting the. piggeries. The Wanganui Herald'Bap 1:— The Msoris at Wuitotara are of opinion that the leg found on the beach there belonged to a native. The leg was a left leg, but all the flesh had gone. with the exception of part of the foot, which was covered with a military sock. We learn that tho fisherman " Scotty" had lost his"; right log when found so. that this cari-^ not be his, but it-may be that of "Toby? the native drowned at' {lie same tiiriel " Scottie's left log. too was only missing from the knoo, while- the member fcind is complete from the hip joint. An Auckland j'oungster of thirteen years of age got five years m a tmiuiug school for stealing loaves. He won't loaf much for the next fire years. The Municipal deadlock is not all over yet at Ni-.w Plymouth, as some of the Councillors will not agree to the withdrawal of the re.sh r iintji<ins s«nt m. This is looked upon hs a piece' of petty spito ami sharp pnieti.ee by the 'burgesses tlttir'e. ami thn s'-iarp ones may find they have nut- thoir own fing.-r before it is all iDvei.'— Wanganui Herald. Two darkies \vnr<) vaunting -tlir>ir couiMgr. " I : isn't f'-aivd o'nolliing', I 'isn't said one. " D.m, Sain, I reckon you isn't 'fearod to loin mo a dollar?'* " Niri, Julius, I isn't 'feared to loan "you a dollar, but I does hate to part wid an 010 fron' forebber."

The Kaipoi, Mos*i<sl, aul M«asrd Uu.sW: and Gleiitliiiiiins'tf woolton mills will have very fine displays of their mamjv factures at the Exhibition ; but as tf judge from some of th<y dlher Gplpnie^ has not been appointed they '■ "'"do %p% m? . terid to compete against <>ach other. * Tho expenditure for defence piii poses m Victoria during Ihe war scare was |:.4'i30,000. , ' < The first underground telegraph m iftotdria has been laid at Sanduist. • ...... Tho commemoration festival- m celebration of the centenary of the institution of Sund.iy Schools wns held m the Piece -Hall; HalifaxvErisland, on Whit Tuesday. About 40,000 persons took part m the proceedings, which were exceedingly enthusiastic..-.;/ 'The gathering was entirely, a NoncQinforinist one, m which respectitdiflE rdtj froru the first jubilee m which the, Church of England schools took* part. Another ; difference m tha two celebrations'was that whereas m the earlier one ' ahs coiislitueed a leading' 'feature of the* rufresHuVents provided, on the latter occasion nothing stronger than coffee was provided, The number of children present was 27,000 ; oE teachers, 37,15 ; »f vocalists, 600 ; and of instrumentalists, ,500. - . : ' • - Prominent amongst the; exhibits to be sent to the WellingtoirExhibitipn by the iMositfel Factory Company are two. very handsomH cards of Mosgiel yarn. The cards .are. about forty -four inches square,, and arc^ furnished o with a handsome and massive black-and-gold moulded frame. The u 'coloured yams are beautifnlly , b,lended;aii:d arranged . m k-. most < tasty design. One card .has 'some dark yarns designed to represent an outline of-Sad-dle Hill. Above this there is a rainbow, gorgeous; with celor.XThe rose, thistle, and' Shamrock are nealty; designed, and tyro parroquets are represented m a most life like manner.. ,Along the top of the card appears the legend, worked iv yarn, "Ye muy gan far and fare waur." and m the corners we find the following ' statement: " It's a' aeoo," which will not require translation to our readers. The Becqnd^cara' lias the yarns arranged m geometrical ■patteirhsv and; has a tine appearance..- The exhibits reflect" grifat credit pu : thfijast© and ingenuity: of the factory' operatives who designed' thorn.— Taieri Advocate. Adamant who wonthe Duriedin Cup, m iSßf,waß sold the other day iv Dun : ' edit) for £50. He is to be shipped to Sydney;' -■...',■■-.•■- --; Here is.,a / d i 'a;dyertisemeiit. : froin,a. recent copy" pf the.. Hamburg Fremdenblatt :— Marriage* — -A y ouiig. respectable Christian German .gentleman', of noble character, who ' was • for short days, m ilomburg, desires to meet on this no. more unusual way -with an intelligent, respectably, and good hearted. you ng i lady of refined manners, who would like, to enter serious relations-' with him. Please reply- .with Photo's, which shall be returned, to" Delta, 30," Haaseristein and Volger, Frankfurt, O.M. : The prize of forty thousand francs pfferred by the French Academy for some certain jtest of death, to prevent people from being buried alive, was given to a physician who' announced that on holding -the hand o.f the-siipposed dead son i'tq a strong light, if living a s(jarlet. tinge" is fieen where the fingers touch, slid wing a continuous circulation of "the blood — no scarlet being seen if r dead. '' ■