LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1470, 2 October 1885, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Governor leaves Wellington for Marton on Monday by special train to Paremaia. He comes to Wanganui on the 10th inst. An Auckland paper bolieves that Sir William Fox will take up his residence m Auckland, on his return to the colony. In New South Wales the approaching general elections are already agitating the public mind m many parts of the colony, and public meetings to consider the policy of the Piu-liarnent are being held m the different electorates. Pro-tec tion, payment of members, • tho land net, and the' Soudan expedition form the chief topics of discussion. At the sitting of the B.M. Court at "Haleoin.be on Wednesday, ~W. T. L-irsen, hotelkeeper, was charged with allowing a raffle to take place on his premises. The accused pleaded guilty, and this being the first offjneo, he got oi? with a tine o£ £1 and 10a costs. - E. Child was charged wit l i having 'raffled on organette at the llalcornbo Hotel. He pleaded guilty, and. was lined 5s and costii The jurors required for the District Court at Palmev.'ton North on Wednesday, 23th October, will ba drawn by the Sheriff un Monday noon,

Attention is directed to a i tt«r appear ngelsewhere from Messrs K d and <Jv;ty, mpleinent manufacturers, Dunedin, addressed to the editor of the Dv edia Star. No wonder Messrs Travers and Buckley are sued fire-eaters, if whab.the Evening Press says is t.ue. It says Mr Travers was once a c qjtain ,m .he Spanish Lancers, and that the Hon. P. A. Buckley fought against Garibaldi m the Pope's brigade. Sarah. Keep, the younger of the two women who were tried and sentenced to death for the murder of William Henry Keep, m the celebrated Maitland poisoning case m April last, died m Darlinghurst Gaol on the 20th hist., after being prematurely confined. The death sentences, it will be remembered, were atterwards commuted to penal servitude for life. The murdered man was the husband of Sarah Ke p, and the other prisoner Mary Anne Burton, who is m the same gaol, a tew days ago acknowledged having committed the crime herself, and exonerated her companion from any coin- ! plicity. m it. [ As stated m our telegrams a few days ago, the barmaid prohibition clause m the new Victorian Licensing Act was thrown out by a single vote, and this result is Siiid to be m some measure due to Mr G. A. Sala's eloquent and able defence of the barmaids, m a letter written by him on the subject while m Melbourne. The Cromwell paper ■jecord.s the death of Mrs M'Kinley, who, as Mrs Notunin, was tho first white woman to set font m the Otago Central district, having settled at Wanaka m 1860. A Wauganui paper has the following : — It is not improbable that the police may sue some of the horse iownera who took part m the parade yesterday for breach of the Borough bye-laws. It is not generally known that the bye laws distinctly state that lending: horses m the streets for show or sale shall not be allowed. Mr Bruce, of Rangitikei, is beginning to see that his vote m favour of Captain Russell's motion has been an error. His constituents want to know why the Huntor ville contract was not to be gone on with. Of course he has to explain his action the beot way he caa, but m the meantime to satisfy his constituents he wired to the Minister for Public Works— " Is the Hunterville contract to be gone on with ?" and he got the following answer— 51 In reply cannot let any further contracts on Martoa-Te Awamutu line this year. The amount taken ofl: the vote leave 3 only barely sufficient to cover existing liabilities.— Edward. Richardson." Mr Bruce's day of reckoning will come more speedily than he had anticipated. Further additions are made to Messrs Stevens & Gorton's catalogue for their stock sa'e at Awxhuri on the 6th inst. next Tuesday. • We are given to understand that a contest between telegraph operators, somewhat similar to that shortly to be held .m Victoria, will take place soon m New Zealand. Mr Ballance, it is said, intends to visit Opunake and the West Coast on business connected with the Lands and Native Department as soon as possible after Mr Stout's return. The latter is expected back on Sunday. The Mayor of Wanganui has received a telcgfaui from the Governor's private secretary, which reads as follows.: — *' His Excellency arrives m Wansanui on Saturday, October 10th, about noou, and leaves m the afternoon. Will let you know the exact time later on." In London's population of four millions there were thirty- seven deaths from starvation last year. In most cases intemperance was the cause, and m nearly all disease caused the starvation. v _ : "..' ' A commencement was recently made with the work connected with the repair and preservation of Holy Trinity Church. Stratford-on-Avon, which has most interesting historical associations, and, as the burial-place of Shakespeare, is the object of universal interest. The estimated cost of the work is £12.000. It is understood that the cost of the Soudan Contingeit to New South Wales will be about £15,000, A receiving and forwarding agency tor the delivery of parcels is is to be opened m Wanganiri by Mr H. Pollard, who has taken the offices formerly occupied by Mr C. S. Cross, It is the intention of the proprietor to collect the numbers of small parcels which now cost so much to send by steamer, and forward them m bulk to>his agents m Wellington, Ohmtchnrcli, Dunedin, and Auckland, for delivery or transmission to the localities fnr which they. are. intended. Thes^ parcels will be conveyed to their, destination at something 1 less than half the present cost. It addition to this Mr Pollard will undertake the delivery of parcnls from merchants to consignees m this district, forwarding by rail such as may be consigned to places situated on the line of railway between Parea and Foxton. Custom House work, such as passing entries, will be undertaken for those who may not be up m intricacies of this sort. The ajroncy should prove a very success ful business, and we doubt not but that, as the public become acquainted with the .usefulness of the system, it will develop into a large concern. The advertisement appears elsewhere. Some amusement was caused m the Court yesterday whpn the ranger was inforniinsr the bpnch of his appointment to office being recorded m the Borough minut" book. The Bench naively inquired if the book could Jbe produced, but of course was told the municipal volume was non est,ior the present;