LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1458, 18 September 1885, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

On our tourth page to-day will be found :— Adroit Theft at a London Bank, Drunken Women of London, Drinkin? H >bits of thft American People, Hard Lines, and miscellaneous items. ...•■; The Otaki is to be the Newr Zealand Shipping Company's first wool ship this aoAaon for London. She will be followed by ihe Hurunui. The movement to alter the name of Waring Taylor Street m Wellington has collapsed owing to the fact that the byelaws only provide for an alteration \ where there, arc two streets bearing the ,same name. Notice appears elsewhere from the Deputy Official Assignee declaring a first dividend m the estate of Peter Pattison. A curious incident happened m the lobby of th<* Hoiis* of Commons recently. The Governor of Kii.Tnainhnm Gaol visited the House and was m the lohhy, where he was recognised by Mr Healy, who warmly shook hands with him. Other members of the Irish party who have at one tint* or oth»r boon under his f*nre, went up to greet him, and finally he was t kftn ii to the TToiiße and provided with a re it under the gallery of Ilis former charges. - . . The following se.nminwly '• tall " yarn (say 8 the Dnnedin Star) is vouched for by thftT«'legranhDi*pnrtm«nt: — " When the lineman on Wednesday last had reached Kekerangei, between Blenheim and Kaikoiira, he found that where the interruption had taken place, the gale Had blown with such tremendous force that a rabbit had bee.n blown on to the telegraph wires, and there it had stuck fast till it starved to <Jeath." A contest between operators m the Victorian Te'egranh Department will shortly tnke plicp for prizes offered by the Postmaste.r-General. Gold modals will he given for the best transmitters and receivers of messages and silver medals to the second best, while a spepial gp.ld medal — the bine ribbon of the sßrysce-^-will bo awarded to the most profiVient all round operator. Why not have ap interoqlQpial competition ? The writer of the Melbourne ernssip which appears m the 7}«inedm Herald after relating a banlf robbery by a jnnior cierk, who sleeps on the premises, romnrks: — "Tt is really notvery surprising that he should have been tempted by the money he was Riipposed to guard, considering tlie handsome s.iiary he was i p».id. He joined thoj; hank two years ago at the wnge of £30 a-year, and at the. timo of the niixhap was <?etting the biree nmonnt of £80. upon which he was expected to keep np the. appenranc* of a eentleman. Will employers never take -wflrriinir by th^ae enses? And thos n fond p->r»*nts who think a trade is not vi-sp r rtab'e enou»h for their sons, who ni'ist !«« clerks — especially m a bank — had better keep these circumstances m their mind's eye."

The San Fruicisco corre«poiid«iit of the Aucklaivl Herald says : — I have never Known this city to be m such a bankrupt condition as it is. Wo are^. all ladies and gentlemen of elegant leisure waiting for something to. ll turn up." Everything is cheap— labour, 'fruit and sugar at minimum prices. Everyone holds on to his or her half-dollar, and no one thinks of paying thotr billa, simply because they can't. It is funny actually. If a collector comes to the door, he says, " Here is a bill. 'Spose you're got no mouey? I can't collect a cent," and goes away away with a broad grin on his face. Scores of young men walk about town with their hands m their pockets, pitiful to see. -If a etttwtion appears m the advertising column of the paper, evou at the low rate of £s'. per mouth, a hundred applications are received from boys, and eren men of 30 years. . : .'

Lady Reidhaven recently invited a large number of Oauiaru boys to on entertainment which was provided for their delectation, aud the Oamaru fMazl commented rather unfavourably on thq unruliness of the children, aud expressed the opinion that most of them would have been better m their- beds This has drawn a somewhat spirited reply from Lady Reidhaveu,who sajs that from all sides she " heard a great deal regarding the larrikin classes of I Oamaru t " and she wished to teat for hcisclf if the "young vagadonds" were as bad as they were painted. 1 Her ladyship declares that though tho lads were noisy and unruly, still' during the eveniug she never heard one bad or disrespectful word. • -. ■ A few days ago a trial too'c place of Mr D'Anvera' patent shoep-shears, at jMr A. Amon's, Lower Rangitikoi. I Messrs Scott, Doughty, W. Amon, A. Ainon, Findlay. and J. Higgle tried them, and all spoke m terms of the highest praise of the new shears. One of the chief points m the patent is that j it is impossible to cut the sheep with ! them. This point was thoroughly tested, and the advantage of the shears over the ordinary ones m this respect was clearly demonstrated. ■ . *-"

The Lyttleton Times reports that on Saturday night, as the Hawera was moving away from the, wharf at Port L ttleton, Mr J. W. Dodge, manager of the Silver King Company who was standing o-i the edge of the wharf t»ayinggood-byo to friends, reached out his walking- stich to a gentleman on board. The' latter playfully gave it a jerk, and Mr Dodge, losing his balance fell forward. The vessel was then some 6ft from the wharf, and Mr Dodge seeing his impending danger, with much presence of mind jumped at the lower rail of the bulwarks, which he fortunately caught. Captain HansUy very promptly and kindly reversed the engines and backed the steamer along--Bde a/jam. Excepting a few slight' bruises, Mr Dodge escaped without hurt. A w ti-'e from the Commissioner of Crown Lnuds m reference to the sule of i (he township o£ Hunterville, will be j found elsewhere, to which special attention is' directed. A Service ol Song entitled ■" Jessica's first Prayer," will be held m connection with the Bunnythorpe Sunday Schooj,on. Monday evening, at 7 o'ciock. As* the admission is fixed at a very low rate, and the service will be a specially interesting one, a numerous attendance may be expected should the weather, prove favourable. As the moon will be" about full, persons living at a distance, or who havo to use the bush roads, will be enabled to retnrn with greater comfort and safety than were the date otherwise fixed. . It is now expected that Parliament will get through most of the session business by. to-day or . to-morrow, and tliat the prorogation will take place on Tuesday or Wedaesday. This is always Subject to the proviso!—'' If no. unfotes en obstacle should intervene." . Ministers can hardiy be congratulated on achieving- a very brilliant success, with their local government policy, (writes a Wellington paper) which was such a trump card m their programme.Their Local Bodies Finance and Powers Bill has been " amended " until it is no longer recognisable as the measure, originally introduced with such a trumpet flourish. Nevertheless, the Government last night undoubtedly scored one by carrying the clause m that Bill which repeals the Roads and Bridges Construction Act. .The result is,» however, to leave matters m a curiously anomalous and -chaotic position. .. Ada Mantua's' drawing m connection with the Hawkesb.iry Grand Handicap hns just been decided, and we note with satisfaction the fact of same having been carried through m the presence of a large and influential Committee, among whom were members of the Press, and gentlamen of good commercial and social standing. Mr J. Halversen has sold Jiis property . consisting of 40 acres, which is- situated opposite the Danevirke railway station, to Mr Jas. AHardice of that township. The price, we (VVaJpawa Mail) tieac, is £800. We understand that; it is Mr Al lard ice's intention to subdivide the property at an oarly date. ; -