LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1562, 21 November 1885, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

,!Tho interior of tha Heady Money Stores retail premises have been materially improved In appearance by the erection a commodious counting hound, measuring about 10 feet - square, at the extreme end of the building. The office was erected .by Mr Oakley. •By th« Stella on Wednesday the Hon Captain Morris, wan romqled from Wel - lington to Tauranga. Captain Morris vnct with an accidant while playing < cricket the session before last.- This was followed by a stroke of paralysis, and ha sejejns destined never to racoyer. When removed ori board the Stella be was hardly conscious. .' The notification that the services of Sub -Inspector S. A. B. Capel, of the Armed Constabulary, were to be dispensed with has been canoelled.

Particulars have arrived by mail of thr wreck of tlio sUatner Tuna, bound to N'npi.r via the Suez Canal. It appears thb Tuna met with a monsoon, and was compelled to run for tWuoarest shelter, which was Aden. Bofom alie reached port shu struck ov a sunken ~<»jk Not long after striking several pirate boats came off to the vessel, and the crew deemed it advisable to take to their own boats. A chase then took place,and m the sea way the Tuna's were the best men, and were picked up by a steamer and taken to Aden, where an inquiry was held, and the inastar exonerated from blame. Nothing was saved. "What aie the proabectß m this town for a circus ?" asked the advance agent of a Kentucky citizen— " Think we'd draw a crowd ?" Tho citizen shook his head dubiously. " I'm 'fraid. not, Htranger," he said ; thar's a man tor be hung hero m September, and everybody will be saving up for that." . A correspondent of the Monthly Magazine of Pharmacy,- writing from i Messina, says :— " A bottle of bromine | left m a closed routn alt -night' with the stopper out destroys all infection and insect life. I have cleared places which were infected with vermin many times. It is r'ar mora effectual than the vapour of burning sulphur." The novelty of having one of the decks of a steamer fitted upas a skating rink is to be introduced m New York this summer. Tho vessel, is to make tripu up to the Hudson m the daytime and is to ba moored at her wharf at nitfht, when roller skating will be indulged m. The Chairman of the London Tramway Company remarked at a meeting of the shareholders that tho result of adopting cheap fa res lud been , satisfactory. The Company carry passengers ont' and a half miles for -a' I penny, and threequarters of a mile for a half penny. | The British Dead Lettor Office receives annually an average of 28,000 letters without addresses, 478,000 newspapers, nearly 600.00Q poit-cunla, and 5,000,000 cirdttlars and book packets, The latest fad at home is the 'revival of the use of sealing wax. Many of us are old enough to remember the timjo when seals were absolutely a necessity, instead of being now a superfluity and poady useless. But the fcOnnectiouf m which the revival has taken place lies rather m the direction of the tender passion than m BtiainessV Ther^i is, m fact, a language of , wax as of flowers. Thus — red means business, black mount* ing, blue m all its various shades indicates the-varyiug intensitjr of love. Pink m used for congratulations, and white for invitations to weddings, &c. Moreover, many kinds of , wax ar* seethed .with most agreeable odors' which' hang round the paper on winch it is used for hours, and when lighted' "fill, an apartment with delightful fragrance. The m<ifit delrcate ntih tempting sorts of wax come from Paris. „ : i • A very important step was taken by the New Plymouth* [Land Board Monday m reducing the price of land m what was up to Vary recently known" as Hid West Coast Land District. The fl|iange effects £aa\'B ! the ;Ta(-)tnaki Ileiald) noalrly tew thousand : acres; and it is expected, that it will greatly pro. mote settlement. The reduction, has not been made on a regular basis, bot more m respect of apecial conditions as r°gards quality and convenience ' of access. For iusta'tice, 'several blocks m the Parihaka district have been reduced froH»i£7 iOsand i& respaetivfely to £3 V Most of the other- reductions represent nearly as groat a reduction." i Sir W. Armstrong, speaking at Elswick lately, referred to the recent strike and 6«id it had cost the workpeople , £2Q;000 m wages,'; and a contract represerftjng £30,000 m. wages had.been lost, :andhad gone to "a cprap*Bting foreipu PJnlStockljc-hn; lately ■rJMkfj ame^Nilsson sang,, m f ulfilhnejjt. of a .:prchn|«ft, from balcony of the GHrand ; H'ot'el.^ The crowd benoath , became so. dense that eighteen persons, 'mostly women, were crushed to death and many othera injured^-;; j - v : ;_: ■■;:\J','■ [ ; ; : ' The United States has more than three times as many miles of telegraph line, double the, number of ' telegraph offices, and forwards twice, as many telegrams annually as any other country on the globe, Rtißßi a comes next, ' A pon iulkeeper_ not a hundred miles frotn Bulls was rather had the other day by a Maiiri. who, after inspecting a nnm-, her of horses tliat were impounded, pointed' out One that he wanted, adding that he had no shillings wherewith to 'pay. The ; pound keeper, with his u«ual good nature, allowed the horse to be! released "on the long time." The Native on getting possession of the horse, quiet' ly produced an advertisement offering a reward of two pounds for the identical animal— exclaiming.'.' rlapai the pound !' A Wellington paper appears surprised to hear of a silent sausage machine. We were shewn one nearly two years ago m the Gear Company's shop on Lambton \ Quay. ■ Perhaps onr Wellington contemporary might like to have a look at I It.' •'" ■■■ - : ••' - : " - : :'*■'>''■■ We hear that Mr Nicholas, postmaster of Bulls,. at present m .Wellington, is fcndeavotiring to ' induce' the ' head department to sttudth* W«llington-Bull8!mail8 by way of the Sandon tramway, instead of the Wanganui- Great tord^ line. The mails by the former route, it is B»id, woald reach Bulls an hour and a quarter earlier. ' But could ,'tne transmission be inva'riablydep'erided upbni ' " ; '--■■'■ i. Eossiter,,^e jockey, who rode Robert the Devil m Bend Of a Derby, anji at one time was m the first r'a,nk ofjockeys, was found early on October 1 m the round coppice on the Warren Hill, Ne.w.mafket, with his throat-badly cut. Kossiter has been m adGsporiding 1 condition for some tiine^ through domestic trouble. Recently he procured a divorce from his wife, and 1 has never been right m his mind since. He now lies at the NewmarketiCottage Hospital, and isexp«bted to recover front his injuries; but his mental condition is, it is feared, hopeless. A correspondent writes as follows to the Napier News : — " Sir, — You will perhaps remember that several months ago tenders were called for the erection; ,of Police biddings and lock-ups>at Wai-' pukurau, Waipawa and' Danevirke.^ Several tenders were sent m, accompanied with deposits of cash, and month after month passes away but no decision is come to about the work, while the poor coutractors' money is locked.up and yielding no produce,. Perhaps if you would print these few lines ii might serve as a reminder, or at least set the ' money at liberty." <( Is Mrs Samuelson m?" asked Mrs Durant of the servant at the house of the former, on Austin Avenue". "No, mum ; she tola me herself to tole you that she wasn't m," v That's very kind of her 1 Please tell Mrs Samuelson that I didn't call this afternoon." " Mother, here is a grammatical error, m the Bible." " Kill it 1 kUI it ! It's the very thing that has been eating the bookmarks!" : According to a Sydney pager, salt from the lakes m South^ Australia is finding favor with the New Zealand meat ptirera. One of t"he pWners of : 'W large inbatV ham,' J an'd b'acon-during) establishment m one of the Islands, having experimented with sixty three tons, is so satisfied with the quality of the salt that he is making arrangements for a regular supply.

A 33 feet frontage to Collins-street, Melbourne, next to the Age office, has been sold privately to Messrs Al'Umrd, Valentine, aud Co. for £41,030, beiii* equal to £1742 per foot. This is the highest price ever obtained for laud m Melbourne. The barque Helen Denny arrived at Wellington after a passage |of 95 days. While anchored two miles from the Heads on Thursday she experienced a very heavy N.W. gale, during which she broke from her anchor and 70 fathoms of chain. The pilot and crew of the pilot boat were on board at the time, and when the cable parted attempted to get their boat which was alongside on board. While so engaged & heavy, sea struck the boat, completely smashing it. The loss is esYiinated at;£100. ' : .; ;. ,;: ) \ The miners at. the Thaipeg seem to think very highly of Professor Black, and that gentleman" thinks highly of the prospecis of the district. On, Tuesday Professor Black wired to Mr Lurnach as follows :— " Splendid' prospects ; grand mineral country. Commence classeslftomorrow." On Wednesday the Professor wired $o.the Minister of Mines that he' had. arranged tp lecjiures and'fprni classes at Ohinemuri next week." Ha adds that the Thames 1 is an "astonishing mineral country." He has arranged to work the Thames,- Ohinemuri, and Te Aroha conjointly' with' 'his' staffU^Mr Larnach has given the Warden, at the ! Thames instructions to do all m his power to facilitate the .movements of Professor Black and .his staff in 'ordei that the inhabitants of every mining centre may have the benefit of the lectures. Mr Keririck on Thursday wired to the Minister that the. Professor's opening lecture last night was a grand success. The hall was crowded and a large number ot persons have entered for the classes. — Wellington paper. New Zealand stands lowest on the list for marriages of all the Australian Colonies, ithe figure* buing for eyery ldiOoQ of population— Queensland! *,B9 Mnarriages ; New South Wale«, 84 : South Australia, 83 r ; Tasmania, 78 •';' Victeriiy 76 ; and New Zealand 69. '.•'JB&eft'.&&&land has 81 . -Why is this thus?' " ' ' , The Tvnruiaki Herald saya ;— ?•' .*he Taranaki Piou* er Butter Export ComI pany which has hecu formeil privately m New .Plyinoiith for the,, purpose of currying on butter tinning on a large scalr, will shirt operations shortly. The machinery to be.» used wait obtained from Englactl, and is of thY pattern m use iv , Deuinprk aud , other . countries wlit* re buttiir tinning on a largo scale is owriedoii." t :; ;i^: if:; n The Governor has appointed the following gentlemen among others to be .censug eiiuinerators and snperinUndcHt coliectors of agricultural statistics J at tue .coming census :— Garland W. ! Woon, ' Waitotira,- • > Wangaoui. Patea, ; : and . Hawera; Francis M. Deighton, Bangilik«i f M Him watu, Orou«. and Horowhbuua; George. A.. Pcieace, . Wairoi, •Hawkes Bay, VV«tpawa,,«tid Patangata : Heiiry Bunny, Wairarapa East anjd Wairar»pa West. • • ■ ;> - j A London correspondent .writing, to tha AuckUmi Star says:-- -t hear Mr Michael Davitt mar dho'nly 7alecturing tour to .your part of he world. 1 Ho Is- a ; inbst eloquent speaka^r, and quite ' the pleasantest aud mout cultured of the extrbme Irish rJarty. ;^»j «i|^gg ! The "experts "who are to make the firit triil of N«w Zealand s,t^ne m the La Monte furnace, .at. Auckland con>-, tnenced this week to saniple the stove awaiting treatment. A careful^assay :, will be in,ade of >a ? few : t'pns atone 'h as lieeu broken and' mix^dl -^The mtuers m that locality, au.iiyleud. almqst all ovef Itta «jfelony\ are Rnx!onsly!awa|ting the result of; the Bmelting^perations! which were to commence this w«ek'/ j*' A kitod of green beetle iar-playing havoc amongst the fruit trees m the Piarewanni. district this season. Theio in--8«ct8 have previously made their appii^r- 1 ance there, but never io such numbers at at the present time. V ' Those who are interested m rainiig' at Terawhiti will be pleased to learn that a contract has been let for the construction of a sft road f roui the M'aKara^ , Junction' to. the Maori gardens at Tefawhiti. The work will bo commenced next week,, and is to be eompWted withiu two months, „. ■/ j*^: Four hundred gallons of mill? aro n6«rbeing 'supplied daily to the Opunake I Dairy Factory.: , ' f i