LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1505, 13 November 1885, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Government have not received any information of the daring nntivti outrage 'at To Wairoa on Lake Tarawera. The Rev. Mr Bunu lectured at.Triuitv Church schoolroom, Wauganui, last night on '' Life m the backwoods of America." The lecture wan of a very euterUiuing character, 1 and the interest was greatly .heightened by. the racy manner m which it was delivered.' Chronicle. Another small test of Pohangina ;Btonu wan made at Mr Forbe's yesterday. Mr Henry Hurley and .Mr Richards.who '■. visited the . Pohangina district a few. weeksftffa, brought back with them a few pieces of stone picked up m the I creek m frout of the prospectors claim. t One of these pieces was taken to Mr iFo.bes yesterday. The stone was broken with a hammer, and adherrng to ■one of the fragments was seen what appeared to bo a small nugget of gold about the size of an ordinary pin's hand. The acuid test was successfully applied, all present being perfectly satiafied with both teßt and result. Among those present, were Messrs Bassett, Beard, Beavun, Carson, Gifliord, Hurluy. and Richards.— Chronicle. A trial of the Hayward hand grenade was made m WanjMnui yesterday. The test was a perfect success, as indeed was that of th« Harden grenade a short time ago. The Hayward, however, seemed to break much more easily — at any rate their were ho failures. The Moßgiel Woollen Factory Company's annual report states that th« nut r? unit doea not show as large a profit as fust year. The account shows an available balance of £589. It is proposed to pay a dividend of 10 per ceut. for the half year, and ndd £2000 to the reserve and £1000 to the suspeuse fund, and parry forward the rest. • Major Jervois succeeds Mr Ponnefatlier as private secretary to the Goyeruor. ;Mr James Taylor, a gentleman of high scientific attainments, recently arrived from London, is now on a visit tp Wellington. He takes a great m terest m mining operations, and will probably visit all the mining centres wjith <i view of rioting gold and other mining operations m the colony. . The Star says the General Manager of Railways has consented to issue ru;ir-ki-i ticketa.to Feilding on the second and last Thursday of each month.; IMr F. Y. Lethbridgehasaccsptod the requisition to staud as a candidate for the Mayoralty of Feilding ;An inebriate Scot, on his way to the police station m charge of the : man m blbe, suddenly collapsed and fell at the fopt of a lamp post. With a, sweet smile he said, " I'm a' rioht now Jean, blt>w out the candle." At the Feilding R. M. Court Mr Esam rn.;ide an application under the 167 th section of the Licensing Act for k prohibition order affecting Mr W.S, Stralte. The order was granted to apply to Feilding, Palmerstoc, Bulls, Sandon, Awahnn', Halcotube, and Cheltonhaiq, We have to acknowledge with thanks receipt from the Government printer ot hound copy of Statutes passed during 1885 session. The Berlin butchers have a special periodical, which has recently taken pains to expose the secret trade m horse flesh. It has been proved that at Hasenhaide, a suburbun resortof Berliners, ] 0001 b of sausageß were sold m one week consisting of lard and horseflesh. A Wellington butcher gave a man iv charge for stealing from his shop a black pudding, which the proßecutor alleged the; accused seized and devoured m a very cool manuer before his eyes. It is singular how many towns claimed to Have as a resident the lucky drawer of the principal prize m Robin Hoods Melbourne Cup sweep. Feilding thought they had the man »Bd now 'we s«e by Wellington Evening Press that it was ruujonred there that the principal ppze m Robin Hood's Melbourne Cup sweep has been won by an employee m one of the shops m Willis-st. If the report be correct, the capital of the city will be increased by some £3000. A| the Wellington baby show Maud Burborough, a little Maori girl, aged 4 months, was awarded the prize of £1 for the darkest-eyed baby. . . . ' - If a proof were needed that long-dis-tance .races m England were fast becoming tilings of the past, one would I be. ready to hand from the fact that the Goodwood Stakes has actually become void ; this year from .lf»ck of support. One of the conditions of the race was that there must bu 1q acceptances. Bat there were only nine. The Canterbury Times has the following ;— Now if the man deserves well who doubles grass, and the man who establishes a factoiy on the face o.f thu earth' deserves better, what dueß the m.an deserve w^o gropes down a thousand feet towards the earth's heart and briugs up riches ? That question will be answered whon there is such a thiug as Pacific petroleum m New Zealand, At present the energetic manager at Poverty Bay is sanguine, though his bore is 900 ft down. Let us cultivate the biggest bore m the country. Let us wish him every Biiccess for public reaßonfl. If he gets it, the name of the district will have to be altered. We shall than begiu to decry our old friend Captain Cook as a gentleman a little apt to judge exclusively by appearance. i