LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Issue 1508, 17 November 1885, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

In order to make room for 'Frisco Mail news oiir leader is held over. <4 The" Sandon-Carnarvon tramway was to be opened yesterday af ternoon, and a regular gala day was looked forward to. The Wanganui butchers have lowered the price of meat. ' Mr Sala proceeds to the Hot Lakes on Wednesday. He has beoii invited by Sir George Grey tjo Kawan. We have been requested to inform Fitzherbert settlers who may be expecting Mr Hoe to visit them on property tax business that that gentleman is at_ present laid up with a severe attack of rheuinatie gout. The work of clearing the navigation of the upper Wanganui River is progressing satisfactorily. The Chronicle learns from Mr M'Gonauie, who is m charge of the Biiagging punts, that the party are now as far up as Atene (Athens), and that they expect to be at Iruharama (Jerusalem) by Christmas. The new Catholic Church at this place is to be opened during- the Christmas season, and shouldthe Up-river Navigation Company be ready with their steamer by that time they, may reckon upon a considerable amount of passenger traffic. Mr M'Gonagle stutes that as far as the snagging party have cleared the rapids they' have obtained an average depth of< five feet ot water. . It was recently stated that the Foxtori* Shipping agents were strenuously endeavourine 1 to; divert the trade ; yf abortion of the Rangitikei district from the Wan-, ganui-Greatford line to the Sanson-Fox-ton. tramway, and we may. n.ow,acld that tKny haveiso far tolerably well gucfcft^ried m their efforts. During the past few days Mr D. Coughlin, of Bulls, has carted upwards df 70 bales •of wool,' from the farms of Messrs Hammond Bros., to the Sanson station, for consignment to Wei. lington; and we hear, that Mr Wilson and Mr J. Bull intend sending their wool by the' same route. Doubtless other wool-growers m the" district, when f hey become aware of the great inequality m charges between the two routes, will not hesitate to avail themselves, of the San. don-Foxton railway route.— Ajhocate, Writing of the Feildihg J.P.s who resigned, and the filling up of the five vacancies now existing, the Marlborough Express says : — "The duty of the Government is plain. If they restore any one of those four to the Commission, they will cause the Colony to endorse a piece of contemptible social snobbery with which we should hope no member of the present Ministry can have any sympathy. In England a Conservative Government has appointed several bona fide working men to the Commission of the Peace ; and. considering the lamentably inefficient manner m which New Zealand Justices, as a rule, perform their duties, it is high time that alterations were made both m the class of. men appointed and m the mode of appointing them." The management of the Victorian railway appears to be a pronounced success. Comparing, the results of the year just closed with the year before the Commissioners took office, we .find 'that the increase: m the revenue has been £283,600, and the increase m expenditure £8500. The worifirig of the raiU\ways at one time involved a loss of £3000 per week, which the - Commissioners have reduced to £750. The employe's on the Victorian' railways numbered 9000. — Mataura Ensign. . Mr J. P. Morris* schoolmaster a£ St. Batharis, was bound over to Keep * the peace m his own -recognisance of £10 for three,- months, for pinching the ear of a small boy who was carrying on '' high jinks" under the post-office yeN • andahat that place. Mr J;.N^ Woodj before whom the case was heard, considered the assault a very paltry one to come before the Court, but defendant should learn to keep his hands, to himself. We live m a highly civilised age, and soon the irrepressible small boy will be free to exercise -the cfcprices of his. own sweet will unchecked , by his lawabiding adult victims,— Lyttelton Times. The Anglo ■NewZealander states that \ the crew of the Salvation Army steam yacht lole, which is lying m Poole Har hour repairing damageß sustained m the recent gale, on turning out ona morning recently found that the yacht had, during tho night, been* christened the Eliza Armstrong, which. name was painted on both bows and .stern, The skipper has offered a reward for the detection of the offenders' The Russian Prince Alexander Pagarine has cammittad suicide at Monaco, after losing large sums at the gaining tables. This is the twenty-ninth case of suicide at Monaco sinaei the opening of the season. "The weather — but I cannot trust my temper to deal with this deplorable subject." Thus writes the Waikaia correspondent of a Southern exchange who adds :— " Something is wrong somewhere, otherwise we could hardly have winter m tho middle of spring.; The loss of lambs has been most piteous, and on most of our stations a low percentage is inevitable. The only advantage has b6eu the destruction of thousands of young rabbits and ' this is. all the more necessary as only one of our riinholders (Mr Gillanders) is taking measures to prevent bunny from recovering m summer his losses during the winter." Rabbit skins nr» at present so low m price that it hardly pays to send them to market. At the beginning of this month a parcel of some 3000 were sold m Ghristchurch for lOd per dozen. Rabbits are getting very scarce m some parts of Otago. Where hundreds might have been seen last year it isvow difficult to find one, . If time permits, Professor Black will yisit the Pohangina reefs, on his return from the North. If not,. h« will make an assay of the quartz at his laboratory. Mr Macarthur, the member for Manawatu, has promised to send some of the quartz to the Hon Mr Larnach for analysis. As about half a ton of the stone is to be sent to the Thames, to be treated by the Latnonte procens, Professor Black may have an opportunity of judging as to its quality during his yisit to that mining district. The owner of " Sheet Anchor " the winner of the last Melbourne Cup, used to drive a baker's cart m one of the upcountry towns m Victoria some 20 years ago. Messrs Pollard and Simes of Wanganui aro indefatigable m their endeavours to push their business. Their latest proposal is one made to the Public Library dipeotors, m which they undertake to establish an agenoy for the dis-, tribution of books to country members, the firm receiving half the subscription money for their trouhle, They engage I to catalogue, deliver, and see to the return of the books.

The seizure of unwholesome fruit and rotten fish m New. York' 'was morjnons for the fortnight ending September .19. On one day there was a seizure, '?oi 12,000 pounds of unwholesome fruit 4pd. 2000 pounds of rotten " fijjh Two^fcys later the Health Officer carried away about 4000 pounds of rotten or ujuriDe fruit and 500 pound* of rotten fish. And still later the inspector* and police seized and destroyed about2o,ooo pounds of rotten fruit, and about 1000 pounds of decayed fish. We (Napier Telegraph) hear that Mr Moody, assistant-engineer in^the Wo6dville district, has been notified that hfo services will' - bedißpense3"wi£ir"irfferoi^ mouth. Is tin's another instance of the reign of terrorism m the departments? Mr Moody will make the sixth or seventh official whose services have been dispaused, with for political .reasons.' To say>that such officers are tiding p4rtetij with ou the score of economy is iiiis-' leading, seeing the moment their positions are vacated sumo hanirer-on ■of the. dominant party is immediately pflv vided fur. . . • . The writer of letter signed tor and Rutepayer" lias sent iiis name and address as, a guaranteeof good -faith. Wo -think it would be priunature to puV lish the letter just now, as it is not certain that the perdori alluded to will contest tlie Mayoral chair. If; he allows himself to be nominated, then his candidature will be y subject for - public 'criticising lii ouropinion, now that it is known Mr Ferguson is coining forward, it is more thnn probable the person referred to will not come forward. In any case we should feel bound to eliminate certain portions of the letter m question, which are., too personal and likely unnecessarily to cause offence. We remind our readers of Messrs Snalson and Co's coutiuuation^of ,sale;toinbrrow at 2 p.m. The lines comprise drapery, clothing, carpets etc.' There was a heavy gale last night, add to-day the weather was very unseasonable. United Manaw.atu Lodge No472;E;c,, will. lueet oh Friday uextat.,7j>.iSife '.* .. Nominations of candidates ( for the office of Ma.vor will be received; at^he Town Clerics office up to N noon on Friday next. ' . Mr P? Sheerin notifies ' thai | his thoroughbred Ahnanias, and IClydeSdale Pride of Sh-mm will be at the service of brooders this season at the farm, Boundary Road !