LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1459, 19 September 1885, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Sergeant- Major O'Grady; from Wreyr mouth ,?s to be removed, and 'stationed at Wellington. t ' A well known commercial traveller m \Vullin»toi) made £25 over the footI)!)]] match. • When he took the wager he offered two pounds to the fi«Bt Poneke man who scored. • . ■ Mr W. H. Langdown, the champion 'cyclist of the colony is at present, m Wellington, and intends . riding from there to Napier, thence back to Woodvillc up to Pahnerston, and from there to NewPlynouth. The price of meat has been raised by the butchers of Wanganui. The Auckland Star says : Waikato factory cheese is ordered from Auckland 'at the rate of a ton daily. Th«» snpjly can hardly keep pace with the growing demand. A 'silver lode has been discovered at Tui Creek, 1 To Aroha. . . ••• The Tuapoka Times advises farmers to grow linseed m consuijuence of the (•resent unreinuncrative priues obtainable for wheat and. oats. It states that 20 bushels is an average crop, but that 40 bush' Is is nothing unusual. The price obtainable is 5s 61 a bualu;!, nnd'af .'this price the Times Bays that .10 j>ußu<-ls to the acre wij! pay better than .40 bushels of oats to the" acre. The N"ew Z^ajaVi'l oil mills, it also states, can make use of far more than is f.t present grown m. Otago, and have to import lar^c qufin-j tilies, of linseed at present. Besides the handsome return-that; a crop of." $0. bushels would give, growers are guaranteed £2 a ton for the straw, an I as 2 tons per acre should cutne from .an average, cop, they have Here £6 per acre. In the face of the assertion mad<; lately by Mr .1 Shield, of. WlieiiuaVura, near Patua, that linseed was the best .paying crop he had ever grown, our farmers should take the matter into consideration, and try the experiment. ToMrW.J. Haybittle; Secretary of Mv ioa! and Dramatic Glub, is chiefly' due the ultitttatw success of la»t night's .entertainment m aid of th« Pul/hc Library. Mr Hnybittle, since the establishment of th« Club, has not ceased to take a practical interest m the successful issutiS of th« etitr-rtaitithduts given, and his assistance and painstaking endeavours to bring about the wishes for result s have been simply indefatigable. Messrs Mitchell and Stutter undertook the furnishing of the stage requirements m connection with the amateur entertainment given last evening m the Theatre, and they certainly deserve credit for the really admirable manner m which they carried out the arrangements. The furniture used was hand.some and displayed with ' great taste, giving tlio- stage the appearance of a genuine drawing. room. The Post' in correcting a statement by another newspaper re the Gorge Rail way vote, ohs«rves :— " There is not a single penny v'otcd for doing anything to the Gorge line, nor can anything now hit done till Parliament, some eleven or twelve mouths hence, reconsiders the matter. The vot« passed for the Woodville lin« is only sufficient to meet liabilities already incurred m connection with the line on the Napier side of Wood ville. The Gorge line is absolutely hung up." The subject for the address at the Lyceum to-morrow will be " Heretics and Heresies." Mr'McKcnnas' stage performance last evening was universally admired. It is now soin« 20 j'ears since wo first saw Mr MoKenna on the stage, when h« was far abo"e the average of ordinary amateurs. If anything he seemed to enter into his part with more spirit lart erening than when about 20yoars ngo he played the same part— if we r member rightly, m connection with the old Wangann? Garriek Club, of which he was the very l ; f*an 1 soul, being ably assisted by Mr John Pawson, also a veteran amateur, and Mr .T. W. Robinson, now deceased, and others who have since vanished from the stage of life. -We congratulate Mr McKenna on his entire sticcess on the boards last evening. Sijrnor Hug arrived by coach last evening, nn/l to-day was receiving patients at his consultation rooms at the Club ' Hotel. His stay m Palraerston cannot be delayed, after Monday. He will visit Foxton on Tuesday, Bulls, Wednesday and Thursday, and Marton, Friday. - . . * We remind our readers m the neigh • bonrhood of Bunnythorpe that a Service of Song entitled "Jessica's First Prayer,", will be held m connection with Hi* Bunnythorpe Sunday School on Monday erenina: at 7 o'clock. As the admission iB fixed at a very Jow rate, and the service will be a specially interesting one, a numero-js attendance may he expected should the weather prove favourable. The net financial return to be handed to the Public Library Committee', as the result of last night's entertainment, will it is expected, amount to "orer £15. The expenses m connection with the performance will not be vecy -heavy. Both of the local papers did the advertising gratis. The nse of the Hall will have to be paid for, also printing to Mr J. P. Leary, and a number of other small snndries. We think that both the nse of the Hall, *nd the printing of the profjrames, might have hoen supplied free of charge. The cost of both of these items put together would be about one fourth of what the advertising would have come to if charged for. Two men, Thompson and Ellis, charged with murdering a constable m New South Wales, wem found guilty of manslaughter only. Everyone but the jury thought it was a case of murder, and the Judea went as near hanging Thompson, the worst culprit, as he con'd. ' He sentenced him to pen*l servitude for life, th« first three years m irons. The other man got fifteen j'ears. The Rev. J. A. Dowi-», who has been imprisoned once, or twieo m Melbourne for parading the Rtraatß of Colllngwood, has been $riv<Mi an interesting special providence to boast of. A few minutes after le.nvinsr tho »wk room of his tabernacle— half an hour before his usual time — a charge of drnamife was exploded under his table. If he had sat his usual time, he would have gone, sure

According u> ilm Wuirarapa Daily there was a christening or a '' HalKilu jVih naming," In- funs a very large attendance at the Silvution Barracks, Master ton, on Sunday afternoon. Throughout the day. the attendance was unusually goodj the advent of Captain and Mrs Bates having evidently produced a revival m the rank and file of the army. Throughout this week special s-rvices will lie held. Since the arrival of Captain Bat*>B, the debt left by his predecessor has been r-duceri by £30, leaving a ballancu of £15, which it is expected [ will be wiped out m a -week. A dairy factory is likely to be established at' St. Andrews, South Canterbury. A correspondent of the Timaru Herald states that m connection with the proposed factoiy it is understood that the N. S. and A. Land Company are prepared to offer special inducements to locate themselves on, a portion of the Company's laud m close proximity to the factory. Ada Mantua, m keeping- with her invariable rule, has furnished us with the names of her principal urixe-takers m the HawKesbury Graud Handicap, and also of the committee who were present ou this occasion, comprising first-class men of business m Dunedin, and Press representatives. The • principal .prize--takers were as follows :— lst, £159 17s 9:1, to a Thames miner; 2nd, £95 17s 9d, to Auckland servant girl ; 3rd, £63 18s 7d, to a Dunedin gentleman. Gonstiltations on the . Melboumo and Nuw" Zealand "Oupsaru now open* '"'.;' Proceedings have been commenced by one of the organists m an Anglican Church m Dunediti against one of the choir for libel. Damages to the amount of £200 are claimed for defamation to his professional character. A tramway condnctor's life, like a policeman's, is not a happy one. The otln-r day (says the Auckland Herald); a lady m passing out of a tramoar with tin; delivery of her ticket allowed her hand to rest musingly m that, of the conductor, while she incidentally mentioned where she resided.'. On Saturday night another conductor got a lady's hand, but it, was somewhat differently applied. The frisky • damsel skipped into a tramcar m Hobsou-street, and the .conductor whose attention was absorbed m trying to extract an exusperatiug loot from tho new whistle supplied to the conductors, did not- give much heed to h Jr at first. At last an incident occurred whidi led him to believe that she had been drinking, ami he requested her respectfully but firmly to gut out of the car. She did so, but managed m leav ing the .tailboard to give him one straight from the' shoulder m the face, the balance of her sentiments being expressed' from the side, pavement. The 'adolescent conductor now has doubts as 'to whether : !oyely. woman is as angelic as lie had deemed her to be. ... The Napier Evening News says that you can tell a merciful farmer as soon as lie stops "his team at a pub. He takes the rug off his wife's lap and spreads it py,« r .the poor hon>es. .■•■•• m View of the recent prosecutions at .Wanganui against municipal councillors for fiilfiUin^couiyaip^:w^%the-:C|oiincil.! for cert^i^Sdppiies, steps are being-;?! taken m to ascertain the real ' ne 1 ring Con tieil Uir.^ta^^^i{J[^': pii|] : £'^iSfc : 6f questions to the "city '"Simcitor'-^eaHhe subject. S.evrral years ago he referred the same point? to Ajfr *J. B<Bi)Bsell^auiti; that gentleinati "gave it asAhis-VpiUfon* that while the law prohibited' councillors from tendering* for Corporation work's/ it did not disqualify them from supply- 1 ing auy goods that -it- was deeuxd expedient to obtain' ; f rom them on behalf of tlie Council. AH requirements, how- | ever, beyond an liniQunl specified m th> ' Municipal Corporations Act - must be subjected to public tender. This {say's the Star) is the principle upon which the Auckland City Council has always acted, and . the strong presumption m j common sense is that it is the right one. Councillor Mnsefield's questions, however, should elicit a decisive answer on the point. • The Commissioner of Crown' Lands notifies the manner m which the township of HunterviUe will be desposed of. Applications for sections wtfl be received at the Wellington Land Office and the Temperance Hall, Marton, on the fif h October. We (Chronicle) are sorry to hear from a private and reliable source that the much needed amendment m the Sheep Act will not be made this session. The Colonial Secretary, the I 1 Hoik Mr Buckley, promised to look after the m tiler, but he has not done so. This is a very great pity, as * the most objectionable conditions as to the crossing of sheep from the Rangitikei to the Wanganui district will thus continue m force. • Last Tuesday's Evening Press had tho following:— A 'lady was walking along Lambton Quay yesterday evening, when considerable consternation was caused by flames suddenly springing up around the back of her mantle. One of the assistants employed m Mr Clark's shop fortunately had f nfficient presence of mind to extinguish the flames before they had done more damage than 'burning a large hole m her cloak and dress. Though, of course, much frightened, the lady was not hurt. It is supposed that the fire originated from some criminally careless smoker throwing down a lighted match, which caught on the lady's cloak. At the Wanganui R. M. Court yesterday Mr D. Murray confessed jiidg.uent m (he eight cases against htm amounting to £800, for breaches of the Municipal Corporations Act m doing work for the Borough Council.