LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1443, 1 September 1885, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The following items of general interpat will be found on our fourth page to-day :—Cabls News, Lnte Cable News, The Soudan, Extenaire Frauds in Glasgow, and A Trip to the Pohangina Reefs. *" A proclamation in the Gazette declares the following to be Ihe places at which sheep miy be crossed over the boundaries of the sheep districts named :—Napier and Wellington Sheep Districts — On the boundary between the Wellington and Napier sheep districts, near the mourh of the Waimata Stream. Near Woodville, where the main road from Napier to Masterton crosses at the ferry on the Manawatn River. Napier and Rangitilcei Sheep Districts — Near Woodville, where the main road from Napier to Palmerßton North crosses the bridge over the Manawatw Rfvor, on tho east side of the Mannwatu Gorge.. Welling ton and Rangitilcei Sheep Districts — On the boundary between the Wellington and Rangitikei Sheep districts, near the mouth of the Waikanae River. Rangitilcei and Wanganui Sheep Districts— At the milway bridge across the Wan gaehu River, on the main road from Marton to Wanganni ; at the cart bridge across the Wangaehn River, at Kuanga roa. Wnnganui and New Plymouth Sheep Districts — At the bridge across the Maungatara Kiver, on the main road I to Opunake. Considerable amusement was caused at the. opening of the entertainment at St. Matthew's School Room the other evening (says the Wairarapa Daily') Il3' the Rev W, E. Paigo announcing that after tho last concert, several shillings had been piek'-d up in a corner of the room, and that, if the owner would call on Mr Sellar, the. Secretary of the Vestry tho amount would be refunded. Meantiire, however, it had been invested in iinoroving tho Church grounds. The calculation was, no doubt, a good ono, for so far the claimant has not announced himself. Another roniftt is said to bo visible Writing to the Sydney Morning Herald on August 12th, "Mr H. C. Russell, Go rernment Astronomer of Ne.w South Wales, says : — Mr Ellery sends another telegram from Kiel as follows : ' Madras, comet was observed at Nice, August 9-612 (i.c, 2h. 41m. a.m., August 10), Us R. A. is 7h. 23--U. 43-«. ; declination. 28 1' north.' No olher particulars are given, so it is impossible to sav whore it is now until it is observed again. For using obscene language in a billiard room at the Elbow Hotel the other day (says the Bruce Herald), ono John I Paterson was sent to gaol for 14 days with hard labor. In offences of this kind the Magistrate has no option of fining accused persons. It is to be hoped that a few score of such sentences as these will reduce within decent limits the reprehensible habit of using bias phein.ms and filth v >inguage so prevalent among all Masses and all ages in this country. Between August 5 and August 17 of this year there will be held in Innsbruck the second Austrian " Union Shooting Meeting." Thousands of riflemen of Aits' ria-Hungary, Germany, and Switzerland will take part in these festivities. Archer has tor the first time succeeded in riding the winner of tho Derby anl the Oaks in the snrne year, thus. emulating the feats of Tom Cannon on Shotover and CMieimnis in 1882, and of Daley on Hermit and Hippia in 18G7. At the end of Mare'i there were 107 registerel newspapers ; for our population a larger number than any country in the worM.

Wh (Evening Prcs*) are happy ti> say hat Councillor A, W. Brown is slightly >ett-r. A month's leav« of absence, rom his municipal business wan' rranteil him by the Council on Thurslay night. Tha'Post is informed that the Sncccss jold Milling Company are thinking; of resuming work in their claim at Tonwhiti in consequence of the promising appearance of the lode recently opened up iu the Golden Crown mines, which is making steadily in the direction of the Success groun I. A meeting of the 1 shareholders will bo held in a few- days I to decide upon what measures to adopt. I The Herald says that' the^ wines of Messrs iSoler Bros.; of •WangJinui are being well advertised at the Exhibition in Wellington. are the only wines allowed at the refreshment stalls and in consequence are tasted by many persons who would not othi«rwis'» have a chance of knowing of them. .With the quality of them thu.pu he appear to be well satisfied, and we should not be surprised to learn that one of the results of the trial given there was a large increase iii the demand for these wines. The Wanganui Herald is informed that the sureties for the Hunterville contract (Messrs- P. Bell and G. Howe) having been culled on to name bondsmen who would guarantee that they (the sureties) could carry on the work).' have done so, and they now expect to receive notice from tin* Government instmeting them to proceed . at , f once, When the necessary bond is signed', a large number of men will be employed, a good foreman chosen, and every step possible taken to bring the job to au early completion. Out of 615,000,000 Btitish subjects, those more or less under England's political control, only 46 000.000 profess Chrisli.tnky, while 188,000,000 profess Hindooism. There are 60,000,000 of Mohammed.uis under the flag of the Empire, a number greater than in any of Ihe Mohammedan States ; it is actual , ly the half of the Mohammedan world.' Tho aboriginal tribes are classed chiefly as nqgnii, and those amount to about 7,000,000. . ■■ - . The first shipment of frozen meat by the s. s. Staffa from Waitara (says the Mawera Stw\) was sent ou Thursday by' ( tho New Zealand Frozen Meat Company. The steamer has 'lan insulated chamber specially fitted and lined with 14 inches of charcoal, rendering the chamber quite air-tight. On arriving at tliu.Ouehunga wharf the meat will be transferred to railway cars specially r-oustructed for the conveyance Of frozen meat to the company's cool chambers in Auckland. The quantity of meat thrown into the Atlantic every year is greater than most people imagine. Of the 122,549 hoad sent over from Canada to Great Britain last year, 1856 had to bo thrown overboard ; and of the 168,996 head sent away from the United States, 2427 went the same way. The n suit of the recent examination of Volunteer and Militia Officers at Wellington by the School of Instruction] was made known on Friday, (says the N. Z. Times.) The following are the names of those who have passed and the number of matks. obtained by each : —Lieutenant Collins, City Rifles, 731 ; Licutenaut laard, Light Horse, 674 ; Lieutenant Connelly. Newtown Rifles, 668; Captain Marshall, Militia, 650"; Captain Cole, Newtown Rifles, 635 ; Lieutenant Tait, Wellington Rifles, 630 ; Lieutenant Large. Wairoa, 6lo ; Captain Scalps, Light Horse, 604. The highest possible number of marks, was 750. All the abov j were awarded captain's certificates, :\nd will be distinguished on th- Army list from those who have not passed the School of instruction by the prefix P.S before their names. Travellers in the West Coast coaches ('says the Post.) will regret to hear of* (he death of Mrs Blackey, the wife of the landlord of the well-known Horokiwi Hotel. Mr and Mrs Blackey emigrated from England to Melbourne in 1853, and two years later came ou to Wellington. Twenty-five years, ago they built the Horokiwi Hotel, at the suggestion of Mr E. J. WakeSeld, and have remained ever since its esteemed proprietors, conducting it in a manner which offered a good example to other hotel- keepers, Th- numerous friends of the worthy couple, who have been married 56 years, will hear with regrot of Mrs Blaokey's death. Friday's Post says Mr J. Bailie, saw-miH'-r, of Grej'town, has made arrangements to bring 21 of his men into Wellington to see the Exhibition to-morrow, Mr Baillie franking their travelling expenses, entrance to the Exhibition, and a dinner. No doubt many other employers of labour will follow the kindly example shown by Mr Bailie. A Russian traveller predicts that Thibet will prove to be a second California, as during a recent visit there, he found the natives gold-washing in the crudest way, but with the richest results. The juice of the curious ink-plant of New Granada requires no preparation before b<-ing used for writing. The colour is reddish when first applied to tho paper but soon becomes a deep black, which is very durable. The ink is now used for public records and documents. Persons passing along the Kimbnlton road during the last few days(savs the Star) will have noticed an absence of the lively and busy scene usual at the Feilding Steam Flour Mills. The reason of the stoppage of the work is that a part of the machinery b^ing 1 out of repair, has had to be sent to Wnnganui to be put right. Work will be resumed in a day or two, however, and in the meantime Mr Chamberlain has an ample stock of flour on hand for supplying all his customers. The Hawera Star says that a gentleman in town, who leceived a leg of frozen mutton from the Waitara Company's works last Saturday, had it cooked • on Wednesday, and reports on it as follows ; — " Very juicy, tender, and nice ; equal, if not superior, to the beat I hf.ve tasted within the last 25 years ; color, the same as usual." Beef sent to and tried by another gentleman is said to have been equally good. Tho Oam a ru "Mail is rpsponsihle for the following : — lt has been anticipated that, through the depreciation in the value of property, the property tax would, if based upon a new valuation, l fall short of expectations. It now appears, however, that the new valuations will not bo ready, and that tlie tax will be levied on the old ones. Tims the tax will amount to something like \\ in the £ on the present value of property.