LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1507, 16 November 1885, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The funeral of the lad Jeffries who was killed while bushfalling on Friday at Bunnythorpe, took place yesterday afternoon, and was largely attended. The Oroua Lodge U.A.O.D., and Court Manawatu A.O.F, meet to-morrow evening. A misprint occurred in Saturday's issue which escaped correction in the hurry of going to press. In referring to the receipts at the Sacred Heart Convent Wanganui, that institution incor rectly appeared as All Saints Convent. A bolt of a horse and trap belonging to a Fitzherbert settler named Lancaster, took place round the Square on Saturday last, winding up opposite Messrs Welch and Co's stationery warehouse. The trap was overturned at the Bank corner, and was there dragged along the road by the horse till brought to a standstill by Mr Brodie. The two shafts of the trap were broken, but no further damage appeared to have been effected. A committee and general meeting of the Dramatic Club will be held on Wednesday evening at the Club Hotel, commencing at 7.30 and 8 o'clock respectively. We regret to learn that Mr Las Larsen, of Stoney Creek, has been prostrated with a serious attack of rheumatic fever. We hope to soon hear of his restoration to health. Mr Thomas King, Secretary of the Racing Club, informs us that the committee have considered the question of, throwing open the training ground for the use of local horses. They have come to the decision that it would be inadvisable to do so, as the improvements recently effected would probably sustain considerable injury thereby. They regret not being in a position to meet the wishes of local trainers in this respect, but they hope by autumn to be in a position to declare the ground open for the use of trainers of horses entered for the next ensuing meeting. A considerable expense has been incurred in improving the ground, and throwing it open now would probably necessitate further expenditure which otherwise would not be required. We are requested to correct an error in the advertisement of the Oroua Lodge meeting, as it appears in the other local paper. The date should be the 17th inst, (to-mprrow), not the 10th inst. as advertised in Saturday's Times. Sir William and Lady Fox arrived in Auckland on Saturday by the mail steamer Australia. "We are requested to remind members that the date of the meeting of the Orient Lodge of Oddfellows has been altered to Wednesday next. The trial of the La Monte process of quartz crushing takes place at the Thames to-morrow, and the result is looked forward to with interest by all concerned in mining operations. An officer of the Mines Department has been instructed to watch the process and report fully to the Government. An out-of-town parson was taking leave recently of a congregation with whom he had not lived on the best of terms, "'I do regret our separation, dear brethren, for three good and valid reasons. The first is that you don't love me, the second that you don't love one another, and the third that God does not love you. You don't love me — my salary is several months in arrear ; you don't love one another — or there would not be such a dearth of marriages amongst you ; and God doesn't seem to love you as you ought to be loved, because there have been but few funerals amongst you lately.

Some little time ago a man, who ha been sentenced to a term of imprison merit in Wellington, was found to have about £50 with him when he went into gaol, and the money was only deposited with the gaol authorities for safe keep ing. A day or two ago he was liberated on completion of his sentence, and about a score of his old friends and companions were observed outside the gaol. They were waiting to congratulate their friend,and to help him to spend his money. Fortunately for the owner, the governor of the gaol suspected the true object of the visitors, and took precautions to save, temporarily at least, the money to its owner. A curious and dangerous spider found its way one evening last week into a bath in the house of Mr J. C. Harris, of Wellington. A young person, who assists in the house, was about to fill the bath, and putting her hand into it was severely bitten or stung. Considerable inflammation followed almost at once, and it was found necessary to have medical advice. The spider is a very large one, with body and legs which appear as if incased in a dark brown velvety coat. There are four large spots, resembling eyes, on the body. The actual eyes are very large and prominent. Altogether the creature has an exceedingly formidable appearance. One cause of the trade depression is said to be the "appreciation " or increase in the value, of gold, which has become scare r than it was in proportion to the use of it. The demand has greatly increased while the production has fallen off.— Now, Pohangina go in and save the world. — Napier News. A Derby Salvationist was recently sentenced to pay a fine of 10s, or suffer seven clays' imprisonment, for playing an instrument in the market place on a recent Sunday. He had incidentally prayed for the police and magistrates, but this was not accepted in mitigation of the original offence. Eight Anstralian teams have entered for the Intercolonial Hose Reel Contest to be held at Napier in January 1886. The following are the teams:— Ballarat City, Ballarat East, Kew; Yarraberry, Carlton Brewery, Chiltern, Korowa and Essendon. The Auckland Herald cooly remarks : Things in the South are very depressed : fires are frequent. James W. Marshall, the discoverer of gold in California in 1848, died on Aug. 13th, at his home in Kelsey. He was 74 yearsold, and died a poverty-stricken dissapointed man. The great State of California, with its millionairs whose li htest folly costs more than would have pensioned Marshall for life, abandoned the discoverer of California's wealth to poverty and wretchedness, and stood ignobly by and left to starve the man whose discovery was the origin of their wealth. A mob of sixty head of cattle were impounded in the Feilding pound on Thursday. They were driven down from the Kiwitea by Mr Corry, and were, we understand, the property of Mr Kidd. It was a good haul for the poundkeeper, who, no doubt, thought "it was an ill wind that blew no one any good," although the owner would not consider it so good a joke, as he had to pay £10 7s 6d to release the animals.— We understand that the impounder and owner of the cattle stand in relative relationship to each other, of son-in-law and father-in-law. Mr Henry George (says an English paper) has just ready a new volume of economic revelations. Its aim is to teach working men that a protective tariff is a rotten staff for them to lean on, and, further, that the tariff question from Mr George's point, of view must be disposed of before any genuine reforms can be begun. Land is falling in value at Home, with a vengeance A 300 acre farm in Lin colnshire for which £17,000 was refused a few years ago, was recently sold by auction for £6000, only £20 an acre. The following is said to be the copy of a letter by a member of the legal profession to a person who was indebted to one of his clients :— "Sir, I am desired to apply to you for £75 due to my client, Mr Jones. If you send me the money by this day week, you will oblige me ; if not I will oblige you." „We omitted to mention in our report of the Dramatic entertainment the very masterly and eloquent rendering of " The Charge of the Light Brigade" by Mr Pascoe. On Tuesday last Mr J. T. Stewart officially inspected that portion of the tramway recently constructed between Sanson and Campbelltown, and on Friday the County Chairman received a wire from the Under-Secretary of Public Works intimating that the line had been reported safe for tramway traffic, and that the usual formal notice of approval would be posted.