LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1561, 20 November 1885, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

On Tuesday Ist. 'December, Messrs Snelson and Co. will offer by auction Mrs Dungan's residence m Main street with other building! on the ground. Some household furniture will also be offered. Mr J. H. Hankins will furnish | any required particulars to intending purchasers. The secretary of the Dramatic Society writes to the effect that the -expenses of the last entertainment were over £5 less than the first, and about the same as the second. It is a pity the expenses cannot be materially reduced, so as to iucreaso the amount of the net balance. On Wudnesday, Mr Freeman R. Jackson will hold his usual stock sale at St Hill Street Sale Yards. At a case heard m Wellington m which the charge was refusal to admit the police to an hotel when requested, the prosecuting eonatabla said tli« defendant licensed victualler told him that he had a lot of influence, that he had previously been very little interfered with, and that witness' predecessor hud received a purse of sovereigns for minding his own. business. Inspector Good* all said the case was only brought to establish thf rijfht.of the police to enter licensed premises ; they did not press for any vindictive sentence. For the defence the accused swore that the constable never demanded admittance to the room m question. The Bench considered the charge proved, and fined accused 10s and costs 7s. Ho considered that no room m a hotel was private from tho police, and that they ahould h»v« ttpo aoooßj to every room,

Mr Iloskius is about tv elect a piivato dwelling house m Fevgusou Street, plans fur which Mr Larcomh is now preparing. Tim eelubrated letter from W. H. Smilli. threatening the Standard with nummary annihilation by the Supreme Court if we continued tv puhlialt certain. Lodgj notices, has been artistically framed anil ghzcd, «nri is now ou view at tin: Imsinobs office of this paper. Strange to say wo still publish tho notices as hcrtofore, and aro yH alivo and kicking. Many a casual visitor has had v liu&rty laugh over'tho said letter, and one sug'Oßted that a cabinet photo of tho writer should be placed adjacent, so that tho author and his production might be admired at oiih and the same time. A gentleman with a talent for pen and ink sketch iug lias proffered—toexecute one which he guarantees will liv a " speaking likeness.' , \Ve understand he lias already made some pi-b---ureau on this work of art which will m due course be hung aide by md«J with the original letter. A copy of the " Sniironiu Court injunction " is now only wantintrtofoinpl.'te the serieH. I But we have not learnt that that terrible instrument lias been applied for or would stand any chance of being granted if it were. Donald Nicholson, the jockey killed at Caiiliield, had a diamond rinse taken off his finger while being conveyed to the I casualty-room. M'Grnth, auother of the injuredjockey, was robbed of a diamond rinjr win It; b< ing carried to the same room. Query : Do all jockeys m Australia wear diamond rings ? The Post has the following " We f notice that several our contemporaries are acknowledging receipt of copies of the Statutes of last session. We should bo t»lad to be m a position to do the name." This is really too rough I rent client, and for tho Government organ too! From the Western Star we learn that Mf-ssrs Calder and Clippies' grand Clydesdale entire Lord Beaconsfield met with an accident last week m a very simple manner that well nigh terminated faially. While travelling between Gropei's Bush and Riverton he accidentally trod upon hit; leading rein and at j the same moment raised his head with a jerk, suddenly tightening the curb chain, thereby nearly cutting his tongue through. Blood flowed at au Alarming rate, and it looked at one time as if the animal would bl«ed to death, but fortunately the remedies auphud were successful, and the bleeding was stopped, but his lordship was greatly weakened. He has since been unahlo to. take any. solid food, and at present depends entirely upon liquid food for support. Commenting: on a case before the Court, the Wellington R.M. said he was J very desirous of seeing a certain class of dealers jmt down. They offered a stroug incentive to theft m buying anything without enquiring too paticularly where it came from; ' The prices given were so low that there was a strong suspicion that dealers m many cases kuew the jjoods wer* stolen. We understand that the Governruent intend taking no action with reference to the objection made by several of the Nelson Justices of the Peace to the appointtneut of one of their number. If the Justices as a body should persist m refusing to appoint a rota for tho year the Governor will do so under the powers vested m him by the Act. — Press^ •' Were you a biillor a bear ?"asked an acquaintance of a speculator, who ,had been trying to rig the market and lout all his coin. " Neither," he replied, " 1 was an ass." A few days ago Detective Campbell brought into Wellington a curious structure of galvanised iron, discovered on tho ranges at Makara. It ia tho opinion* of the department that the instrument has formed part of a stilly and it has evidently seen considerable service, though apparently it is some time since it was . used. The machine has been made m the. first .instance, by. a tradesman, but it has been ''repaired and altered by soine to wlho the \-iise of solder is not very familiar, judgins; frotn the tnaittier m -which it is /laid onV <The detective department are carefully f pi-' , lowing out the clue, and will doubtless shortly connect tiie present discovery with some violation of the Excise Laws. — Wellington Evening Press. The engine of the first down train, from Napier broke down a few days ago a quarter of a mile after leaving <Te Aute. for want of instruments ai.d the wire not being connected at the station no commuuicntioii with (he other station* was possibleY The guard arid rhvn had to drag the engine, trucks, and carriages one by one back to get them out of ..the way of the up- train.—: Telegrqpfi. The Australasian m an article, m reference to New Zealand refusing to join the' Federal Council- Bays : — " New Zealand appears to be engaged m the curious financial experiment of living upon the interest that it has to pay tor its aVhts ; and it is just as well that she should carry out this interesting operation m strict solitude !" The Wairarapa inquiry closed yesterday. The decision was to. be given toda y« . ■ •.< ■ To th<» list of distinguished British officers on view at Madame sTnssaud's Exhibition, London, is now added an excellent model of the late dashing Col. Fred. Burnaby. The explorers m the Congo Valley are surprised by the crudity of life there. The natives have no domesticated beasts of any sort, nor do they raise, or catch any animals to eat, as they know nothing, of flesh as food. No semblance of clothing is worn, and diet is practically confined to spontaneous products of the soil. Letters from missionaries say, too, that the negroes there are so low m mentality that any'hope of Christianizing them must he based on a long and patient course of intellectual training. They are too densely ignorant to comprehend the simplest statements of doctrine. Mr Wardell made some pertinent remarks at the hearing of a case m the Wellington Police Court m reference to the conduct of some of those who keep second -hand shops, and it appears very desirable, judging from the statements made by the detectives as to the difficulty of obtaining information, that places of the kind should be subject to some restrictions like those Which control pawnbrokers' shops. The Wellington Racing Club have added an extra race to the programme of their Spring Meeting, m the shape of a cavalry race. This will be run after the hurdle race on the second day (the 28th November). . The prize is of the value of ten sovereigns, and the winner will have the option of taking either money or plate to the value of that amount. Mr Bennott, of Awahuri, is shortly about to erect a private residence of no small dimensions for his own occupation. The new building will contain a drawing room measuring 18 x 16, a ispaoious and lofty dining room 20 x 18, a handsome library apartment, and bed -rooms of sizes m 'keeping with the others. Bath rooms', linen closet, larder and scullery with hot and cold water laid on, and every possible convenience required m a modern private residence. The construction of the building will entail the use of about 40,000 feet of timber, and will be as handsome a private house as has yet been built m the district. Mr Larcomb has prepared the requisite plan*, and will shortly call for tender's m ti)e Standard, cpluinns,

They must have an advertising-, medium over m Natal something likeone we occasionally hear about m these parts, judging from the tollowing incident :— A family m Natal lost their little ten year-old boy, and advertised for him m the local paper. That very afternoon an alligator crawled up out of the swamp, and died on the fiont doorstep. In the stomach was found : — A handful of fed hair, a pair of boob heels, a pair of pants, a glass alloy, and a paper collar. The advertisement did it. The new railway time-table will come i into operation on Monday. The water supply m Wanganui is to be cut off daily at 6 p.m. We hope our Piilmerston supply will be mote reliable and abundant. In the South Island a.giantcauliflawer, lias been shewn. Dressed for the pot it measures 4ft m circumference, and weighs I7ilbs. With the leaves uncut, it turned the scale at 211bs. Methylated spirit is drunk to,a considerable extent m Glasgow. r'A v chemist I was recently fined £10 with the alternaI tive of 30 days' imprisonment for selling this stuff as a liquor to be drunk by the purchaser. "'Methylated spirit iS ajcohol with a certain quantity, of wood spirit mixed with it and is allowed to be sold without a license tor trade purposes'.' *Jt is so horribly nauseous that noianiinal but a human being who has been demoralised by the liquor sold under the cognisance of the law could be induced to taste it. The very smell would.'disgust a hog.