LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1490, 26 October 1885, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Messrs Collier and Co., of Wanganui, j ; request us to state/that Mr Cpker, pjano j tunier Will 'visit' Palmerston andsnrro|in|l-: ing districts' as ■ heretofore/ ' The fir m are naturally considerably: indignant' on j account pf a statement unade by a news' paper to i the effect that Mr (Joker has; discontinued his, visits to this district, ; j aucii a 'thing never haying been thought! of. . :"'■"'■ ■■' ' •■" "'" ':', '*' ' From the Examiner we<learn that the j land 'fever jri both' Woodville and Tfchia- . tua shown signs' of 'abating for the"' pre- ■ sent at all events. 5 The inevitable ' -rel ij action may soon- be (looked forr? r J ' The 'verdict* which i 'was passed ' at <I It" h e . inquesVbn tthe ' body • of » Mrs Seddon,: namely, " Suicide whilst m a state of unsound mind by jumping into a boiling | apjcjng^V has excited much .copimeut Rotorun. The bole m, which the body |of the unfortunate woman was found | was covered. wjth, fern, and she ,is ,supi posed' to' have fallen m while wahdermg about m the dark.--— We (Exdmiher) iinder'starfd that a Wood vi He man lias sold but his interests m the. Ruahine. Mining Company (Ashurst.> ; -; ; './ ;.' •" '^._ . There is a pretty tow on at qpntral Makaretu (Hawke's Bay) about; 'the Bcho'olmaßtert? &ie t committed -.miV on Monday'j^iavei^^te.it.^tfr^^f^iieating a girl, with the result ihat ihey prohibited, tlief teacher by resolution ,^from tnTasfiihg any itiore chiidren.*-*^ oeihg informed of -this, I believe, he wrote to the chairman 'stating that lie' had closed t^eschool, until th,« matter r hadnbeen dealt *Wi|fl w/th© Bducatipa? Rjcjijiid; 1 ffpj if he perseveres m this course the school will continue «cloßed,>fot^ month !— Napier rrfe^ajJ^ correspondent. The JKcammer -regrets to le&rn that on was the victim of an .unfortunate accident. When ridio'g'ovet the Oringi station on his way td~Eu~meroa 4 his horse stumbled and fell on hiln^bfeaking 7 one 6£ihifl;legß at theanlcle. ! fHe^maoage^d tq(refnpuqft and, reach! Kumeroa/ w/her<t he rema^ned^ill; inextrjdayj^whp^iiMfi wentfo Waipawa.by.team.^ J|ujj A boy .has. been fined ; sa In. Napier foi thiowing^a^rbtten^egg kt^'a' Vi(thyay carriagei full of people returning f rom; tne r ; ftcfs<;rh. ■■-';.; \\]r;.oj, , v foi 1 .-./ ." T ,x<j\<r i«ighor :Mng'leffr"'Wellin / gt6n : 'oa ii Fifii- ! day for Sydney by-the: Wakatipu. ' S! Thß c Pd^ays it'is current 'f^ep^rte^ m Wellington that Mr Fisher does not intend to contest the~mayoralty again >thiß ; yearc <r -^ „\T t .;.U Letters , i reoeiyed Tin > . f Wanganui { 1 Iby some friends of Mr..W..Ahlfeld, at one tiix^e manager, m Wanganuijfpr the New Zeiiiahd:C]ot)btD^ ; Factpr^, state tliat at latest dates he was m Paris, and .expect-^ ed to reach LxJndo'ti^n'tiihe to'catchfth^' lonic, which will he due m New Zealand about the'fijs'tof .months , v\\. [ The provisions of -the Arms Act are jsqsp,endfidlßo';f ar; as > fc'hey r^elite— ttf , «he ji tnportation by perepus j\oit ofiithfl.natiy.e ■ jr«ce, ptaiiniSj; ainmuniMon^ gunp;^der iV \ a ?o,ft^ r^,^ l Pf.f l^,.R».\n?nK < -„!'R.9rtißg», jor other useful, or harmless purppse.s ;!• , j \r\ conaequ^nceipf -the jatate^of Lady Jefvoi's* health, his ExcyßHency. .th^G-o-fvemor will notbd able to go to Can'terpury for twq,Qt three, weeks., , r 1 Theßtf amer Wakatipu, on her liisi trip to Sydney had oir board 40 horses,' 45 head of cnttle,2aiidi Jibjoufc. 1000 tons of produce, shipped tfom the South. She jilso took^a. quantity^ of produce-, from WeH^|tiorf. >i .t\ V m J f\ \J "sJ A correspondent of the Auckland Star ;;ells the following storvrr^His Lordi jhip the Bishop,' "ifr urging on certain Laodicean churchmen the neceHsity for yepairinsr their pkce~of worship, deblared that for his part, he would neyer^ prefchTirtltb.eirVf damp opia (dhurch| again.'V This' the local' reporter,* with the very bust intentions, rendered : j 1 Would it£ their d-^d old phmch again." In the next issue appeared. ( the Y( Bishop's indignant disy clflimer '*ti : n^|'c9r!rac|t,ipn 1 ...^-p > w.hioh* the' leditorliasl^cked, by way of foot note": — '• We insert his Lordship's' explanation aa.ft simple act, of, courtesy to, hi.m;i hut we wish it to be understood that our confidence m our reporter's accuracy remains unshaken.";* : tMesßjs Stevens & Gorton's next stock 8«1e at Sanson will be held on October 29th. r'JFhejtttell a good story oh a South Oeorgina statesman whawenttb Charleston m the old days and stopped at a hotel. A waiter ; brought out some j shrimps, which the Georgian stowed away as best he could. In a moment the waiter reappeared with a stand of rolery,. "No," said the Georgian,' shak*^ ing h is head solemnly, ■■' I have tried' 1 ypurJ.iugß, and.T • don ? t like them; 'and'; ypu;ftan bet cer life I don f want ''none eryourgra6sr

The Inspector of Nuisances at Mastej^pj ton has served all tradesmen withjjipticQ :o remove all old paukiiig ?.caßßß;: ; ffoift their premises, as being jhflau?ra.ahi|. material within the itfea^iug of. tiW> borough by-laws. yj< >. ;?|j \ The last carejo of wheat^gpipped fro^ Oauiaru to Hobart gave^the g||ate«t satisfaction to the millers, who stated that the bakers who purchased it were of opinion that it was quite equal to Adelaide wheat. Prom a Wellington paper we leara ii&g^^Jlrj^Jajt, Jojir^httX^JooyA. "uataea~Harb"stt"Were, at the request of the father, sent to the Burnham Indus- 1 trial JPchool. - . „ . „„.. „—..._- By advertisement i» another column Mr J. W. A^Marchant, chief Surveyor of the Wellington Provincial District, invites tenders, up to noon on November 7th, for the Pt^iniakapua roads contracts NoVil 5 aud tel%gj a"nd " > btidle^rsick. Fifrthet will be found m the. advertjseoient. { In the burning climate of the Sahara, the/; waterifikins^ wHtcli at"] % ,^cloc)c hSve occasionally a teiiiperattjre exceed,- .. ing 100 degrees^. Will/ by the' exceßsiv.e radiation during th«r night; be 1 - frtfeeii l»»ffjp.re niorning. , In I^ezzan, wlier^ y:hijß December sun has been jcn^jWn , ( to, raise tiie mercury at midday, to the 'terrible height' of 130 degree^, Gerh ar!i Rolpha teliß d&' Jthat' ■' jiist r bt»fore :i dft3rbrealc f? i|t will fall 7 dep.- ;es below the treeising I point. -— -— ! ■ -Ffmn ihe'Fost we learn that EK^tli Harb'qtt,' wife of Henry Horftotj fainter, who ' -for some -time past has been a pa^enfe.an^hft^Qiflat •MJ§w^tLpttfttic Asylum, die^ m J; that r institution last week;'" 1 "' ! " " - r ' J - 1 ---'?^*- 'V j „, T,ake ajsllpiof tpaper and^glace.r there \ pn^'in figures, your age an ■ r ,y J earß, fj?ss ping months, weeks .and 'days. Multi">piy"' the su m 1 by ' itwoi ' then.' add ' to iue srßsult>'Ulfta i rtf<sa th# f figUres'/3^6B^f^ili two and then divide by two. * 'ISuMfabtj from the^TUßiilt-ot«tain<tfi r the -uumbef^ 1 your years on earth, and see if you do not pbtdiu figures youiwiltt not bftrlikely / fwget v .;.^| ; A > Mp| . v^.^^% ! tM^oBi r th%i :^omni o;i^Hbllard:.rßroßj^ajnf^n^nttf«^^^B.i' Rrtdne, expect torprp^ery©; 10Q^t4p'^f| froit^dUn^jfithjß comipg ßeaßonj*c^r > fath%c: more than three^iuieS* the amount they! canned last year. „ r {r ,, , „ |Another of jthe oldbs.t^ofoyK iold^s^-j tiers Has passed away m tlie 'person of j . Mrs JolinAMoQre, wljq nuccuuibed to an ; attack of inflamlnation vt thn boweln. r Mrs Moore, who was m her J3rd year, arrived [n? WellingtOn,iin the |hip Sl»ins Castle, oVtlie "of 1841, .(tWeJHh£tp,n'sifirs*<-AnnivewaVy^^^ and, it is sinjipl.ari to . remark ;,that/< ali though ttfat Rhip brought ajlnrge^pjiiujjer of irmnigrunts. and ps • <engers r ' 'w X\\\* colony, Mrs ' Moore up id the 'time of her death and Mr John Fuller (her eldestson) We^e'the —only survivors!— Poat.- : ' '< ••' j ', Tho J repbrt of 'Dr Newrdhq and ! 'M'r| Heriry Buh'nyV whd receiitly iv cbnf^'aily I \viths Mr Powlea, the Secretary of; tbei Board of College Governors, visited the| Board's endowments m; ,tlip F!()r,ty-Mile; Buah,; tVlanawatu, and .elsewhere, ; wjllj be piesented at the next meeting of that! bodir.' "■;'..'"" ''. ! "' i: '''.. '■"■' '"' Vl1 " "'".,' Mi |