LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1500, 6 November 1885, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

* is s ■ . * * ■<■■ ■■* * c # • -. ii.S V " Gji.-Ji.i. j£ *." > >..•.". i .i.i'. :« -\? The Napier Telegraph thus begins a lending article :. T - T * 4 , J A v«ry large proportion, of, this provinci»r district— hll {he topon country with l "t!he ! '«xcei>tu>n of a short harrow strip 1 along the' coast— is altering 'frJjVh'd^o'iigtU. ' ' Added f t 6* 'ToW prices for >wool JinaViiieatVthe ahsWce'of ram increases the gloomy prospects of all iiW!^ l #l T '-ftB r8l 4 i W\ Wo hv&fe %liadv Vo drought m Miuawatu, thnnks to the climatic eflects of our A curious case trauspired at the Wei. Ifcwfcjto ,M. rS^'^mmM issued a summons againsr a Mrs Elliott for t assaulting her eon by;, throwing B'tonVy'^t him, and 'proceeded to' dilate upon the alleged ! 'criihe 1 i&ntil she was ti red. Thsn the .wptiian m tfie dock wu atkedJfisheii'adLany/ questions to put to 1 the wituess. .. She ,did put oue. i( Am I the woman?" "^Nb^^aid-'the compkinaud, '--I- never saw you y before." It appears there are two women named Elliott both 1 lirifigtin thfePshfn'e^stfeetfiaudJhe summons was served, on the wrong one. This made no'diffefonce'to the complainant, who exidenUy thought that aa long as she had sameborfy m the dock it did not matter prl^o „it was, ( She,;, seemed miich~dißgunted that His Worship did iiot agre'ovwiih.her.— J'r-esig. *'' -^ Previous to the Melbourne Cup, War* wick was backed to win £30,000. Starling at 1000 to 15J»e was backed down to 100 to 5, ? He wycbnaidered'Sue-of the' best outsider*.' •-■«.,;•; ru,- Uiu The Directors of the: Wellington-Man-awaWß^irwayGonipany* have! AeSSfteS to erect large refreshment and accommodation rooms ai f Plimmerton itiirna- , dmtely.l The'buildih'g'wiilj m cas.j of rain or a sudden storm, be of such dimensions that 500 people can be sheltered without ,auy .difficulty.- J[t , , wijl , consist of a public room, capable of accdniraadatitig 150 persons : ; a refreshment «-oom at which 80 to 100 people can be seated at one , time ; a ladieß* : room , t kitchen . yard, and shed/ -The, roof wjll be lin«d with felt, aud the. building ; whicli prejseuts a Very, neat j appeararice '.on t the plan, will be m every way a cpinfortab je iVsiit'i iig' ground for eicursiouists, J whether m fine or Wet weather, 'as yer-j : andtths and seats are ■to !be placed at] either.side. >The biiildini;, wliich is tp> be erected by the iCompany's carpenters, ' will; be, finished m tljree or four ' weeksj It will be put jup, quito clpße. v to the| statiop. ' \ _ _ ! " . ' ' " ' : " ' ; V ' ■ ' "; I j The^pldest, manjin.t.h^ wor.ldjs. saidbyj a Continental jburnat to reside' a( Bagot;a j He is now 180 years of age, of si-mi-; Spanish .origin, and jiis name is Miguel . Loi id;' '■ The' signature of tTift aadano is affixed to a deed relating to] the foundation of a convent, and ia dated ?1712; ; /Pri oH.prnandipxy: who • had heard about this_Mig.uel Loiio, was debirons of making , bis acquaintance, and! found him busy gardening!/ His skin! is like parchment, and his hair is white as mow. -C | Goverpment hare receiye y d no] information re the cablegram f rtfrn .Syd-j neytothe effect that Atiatxalia and Z|a!andidtare to -p^ direct to San Franciscb.icaliintr; at :Hdnoi **>mm Nelson « Colonist teUtiat -some length a furious story about the Salval tion Array; 'In brief, it' li's thffct the Array for Jefjt-off clothing, •Wftna^a/young7woniAii;>^^brthor Wx : se-fge 'dress a^d pffke' 'Borfnet/ was strolling onthe seaphore^Dot far from Nolsou, |s >^i|^ certain piles of left- off wiring apparel lying on the beach. The garments had been left-off by iindl^idualg T whp. PyrexffA disßprtjpg themselTes m the .water, but either regardless or iguovant of this fact, this female, lost nq tfmeTn. possessing heiself ■■of''ll»4'-'Aldttf^ ? iiiiiJ"- I WW^ l 'W|- 1 1i4ti; therewith" t6^'hea'dqujirters', • Where me)r advent and the spoils of her 'raid werb hailed ' With shouts of applause^ ; What ; the bathers said and did is not .reoorded. Glass drinking «up Sihave bp.eu ; found' m Anglo-Saxon, gray«B,. and, are all round bottomed.. , Such cups "could r not be 'made to; stand' upright, and it' 'Has. be«n'BuppoHed that they were ko design*' t'd'in; order to. cause the drinker to empty them at -once. This feature is said to havejgiyeu rise to^thie word tumhl«T. which. , has been,, applied to our ' drinkin/?' ve«8cl8, though these do not possess the curious shapes of the ancient Sups.-'-" ■ r ' : " ! ■[S^XiMSX J The last voyage home of the Ligutja was marked ,by two incidents .of la sdrrpwf u^ haiure; : jJTust ■• i UtUr' f shfe had passed through the Indian ( Ocean ones of the firemen came up if rora'thel stokehole slipped his shoesoff and jumped overboardA^ wit^ nessed the occurrence, and The vessel which ,was steaming" at the rate of four. Weil'- Knots 5 5 an»^hoiir[ p'r^mptly €topfi«d, and' bootsiowered, but thai jpp6r ffllovf'had sublet almo>fc.iimihß*dia^ly< i»ud nothing of hinJr:Waßjß8 4 e%j, q Th t e heat: posed thatthis had affectedrhis ■ inlrid'i aufinduced Hint' to; 1!J cou»«rt>t HWi^iHe; Anothei fireman was settodtfhis^ work, and the followin^day this man fell b4tween/ithe f agiP, although hje struggled hard to get out, he' was litetally roasted ajiye^. . His remains were recovered and' buriefl 'at sea the next dar^. j Weilingfod '/on Wednfekiy^ aijd Thursday seriously interfered with the shipping trade.! (ori! Wednesday the departures of seven steamers bad to* be postponed, including the Union Company's steamer Koranui for the South. T Th.e Bfljme,Company> steamer Southern■Crosvwaa also-detained.^Ot her- steatii- • ersfhad to seek shelter m Worser's Bay. On'jAl^ast'iltTM teft^rcests wefe' made m Rome of members of a criminal society which had been operating m :tiy 'city^ ln'Npes; arid & %h\ht Hfe transpired that the society! had *c|rribd on correßpon'deiioe with agents m 'N^w York for the. sale to Americans,of Italian girlsYWllo h^d^Beeii' bought v f6r <small sums m the southern provinces. 'Che prices asked ranged from £4(i to £80l b, : ;ln Great Britain ..there, are 15,0,00 temperance; pr^an ßations, and it is esti^mated that 5,000,000 persons are total „,^ Ul . v Kr>!l(-i) ., i ., j - The .Steamer 'TekapQ.^hich left Wei-* lington for Sydney on \Vediiesday, had 1900 tons df cargo on board, ,s|iipDe(l< from the South. She also took a quan^ tity of produce frotu Wellington. I The Australia will htave Sydney Ifor Auckland and Honolulu on DebViMbtn 3rd, when she will he m the service j of the Union Coinp'tVny. l The contract . X time" to Satr Fraudisco from' Auckland * is twenty days. < j