LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1563, 23 November 1885, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Feilding Gold Mining Aagocit-: tion at its last meeting, renolTed to* letj inatteri remain m abuyance till Profoa-i sor Black's report was made public. All hope .of the Bafety of Mr F. A. Gower, the aeronaut, who ha« been missing since July last, 1)88 now beemabnndoned. Mr Gower had made four'or five balloon trips across the Channel* the last being m July, when he crossed from ;Hythe to Cherbourg m General Brine's balloon, " The Colonel." Subsequently, on the 18th of the month, Mr Gower made an ascent from Cherbourg, and he has not been Beet) since, butthe balloon, without, the car attached, was found about thirty miles from the place troin which he set out. Mr Gower had attained opulence by scientific inventions, the most important of which was the telephone. At a horse sale m 1881, Blink Bonny, then two years old, brought £85, Ringwood, same ago, 35gs. f Malua, a year- . linjr, 40u8. It was at a sale the previ ous year that Stockwell, then a yearling, was sold for £51, Sheet Anchor £40, and Tnsmnn j>3s. The aix horses only brought, therefore, .-£290, while they hare won over £20,000 m stakes. Among the new patents applied for is a,l>alent medicine, to. bo , called, " WilHams' Mixture for Corns,' -Fistulas, Pilesj &c.,'*;by Henry Gill WHHarh*, of Auok-*; land, cook and ship's purveyor. :■'. Miss Teseie B. Chapman waf to lecture m Wellington last eveni agon "Hall Purgatory,- and *]fo into.", : '-I The Napier Harbour ■ Bo«rd must (the Herald thinks) feel q» ; * JJ^mbarrass^d by their flush times. They have £290, 000 on fixed deposit, and a credit balance of £9742 ss. ;i <? Too thin,- my boy," was the reply oEa^esidemin the Square to a request to guarantee certain expenses m connection with >*n intending candidate for Mayoral honours, which warn promptly to be reimbursed without, fail after the election. He added effect to his r«piy by lifting .his eyelash with one finger and inquiring was- there any green vlsi-: ble? % , ' ' A tetagraphic'deßpatoh has been received by the Sultan from Prince Alexander of Bulgaria.'; 'ThelPrince tentiora, his com' plcto submission to the Porte, announces that the evacuation of Roumnlia by the Bulgarian forces has commenced, and requests the Sultan to send him assistance to repel the Servian invaders. Bishop Novill has offered to give £2000 towards' paying off the debt on All Saints Church, (Thinedin,) provided the Church is devoted to Cathedral purposes. In one district m Italy during a recent terrifio stormythirteen pereont w»r» killed by lightning and twenty-two others injured. Here is the final phase, qf.tho TuiDouglas collision. Chas. Pope,' 'master marinei*, has jaied a petition (to be ad? judged a bankrupt. When Sir James Phornhill wag paintina: the.cupola of St. Paujjs, Cathedral,- a gentleman of his acquaintance ,was one day with hin» on' the scaffolding, whicbj though wide, was not railed. He had just finished the head of one. of fcb,B apostles,' and running biiok,. as is usual with painters, to observe the effect, hadalmost. reached the extremity. The gentleman, seeing his danger, and not haying time for words, snatched up a laree brush and smeared the face. Sir James ran hastily 'forward, crying out-r- --" Bless my soul, what have you done ?" ♦• Only saved your life I " replied his f rid .id.

The Wiuigamii Public Library has now two hundred subscribHS. A woman m Wanganui who had been m receipt of charitable aid m that Borough for some liiuu went to the circus. | acoompn tiled by her largn family wlitthoroiiglily enjoyed themselves. This m another sign of •' depression." — Sta7\ The Feildiug Star speaking of llie Mumiuatu ..candidature, says : — " Mr Alexander Ferguson has bm-u nominated as a candidate for the Mayoralty of Pal.merston. We presume that Mr West will now withdraw from the contest." The Minister of Milieu has received a telegram from the Thames from Mr W. Frase'r, Mayor, anil J. Brodio, -Chairman uf the County Council, to the effect that the mining lectures by Profusaor. Black have benri received with great enthusiasm, and were very successful. Profesuor BUclc wires to the aamu effect, and states that he is holding classes all day, and that his pupils are a very intelligent class. In some insuuevs thoy went ahead of him m the knowledge of i assorting and tuting. H» looks on the | Thames as a strong place m which to | eutxbl it h mining schools. News was received m Wangauui on Saturday of the vary sudden death of Mrs Allan Campbwll of the Brunswick district. The deceased lady whs at thu Brunswiok Church tea-meeting on Thursday evening m, apparently, her usual health and spirits. By some means she caught cold while thete and on Friday felt rath'tr ill, though m no wise dungerouwly so. Dr Muusen was.aeut for that evening but before he could arrive Mrs Campbell was dead. She was tivkeu with a pain m ihe h^art at about 8 o'clock aud flung herself on thu bed dying almost at once. The deceased lady had many friends m this district, as well as the Rangitikei from, which she originally came, and hor death will be regretted by a large circle of acquaintances and relatives.— Herald. Payment of th« first instalment of oroperty tax must be tuado next Thursday. The second instalment is due on the 10th of February. To correct any misapprehension which may exist as to the office' at which the tax should he ' paid, the attention of taxpayers is dirpc ted to the fact that., payment can be made at the Chief Btfst Offic*. Sir William and Lady Fox were expected by the ' Rin^arooma m Wellington yesterday morning:, ; ; . i.-.. -....- The Wellington City Council are exercised; r^tHes protracted , absence of.their Mayor i>i Australia, and consider a lack of proper courtesy has been shewn. & hew departure' is 4 DOU * take, place m our local railway management. The < Wellington Woollen Company, having arrangvd that. th«> foundation ■tone of thk-ir mill should he laid on Saturday, 28th instant,- bythe Hon. the Premier, 1 were anxious' to securn' a special train for th« convenience of the I gueßttf alul shareholders. On applica--tibn they discovered that the whole of the Government rolling, stock was required on that day .'for the Expected | passorigo'ra to' the Hu it rices.' On hearing of thin dilomma, MrJames Wallace, ! the General Manager of' the 'Wellington | and Slana watu Railway,*, kindly ajt'eed Ijto.. find! the ni-crimry,,; carriage* . and engine jf tlio, Government would allow th«;n to run on th«ir line to Petbne. This? Arrangement was promptly accept-' *«d by the Government railway authorities,! and the hove! spectacle will be seen, of .i private railway company's engines, and carriages running over the Government's railway !lines. It is gratifying to have a railway company m our midst ablej to do this, and to find such a harmonious desire on the part, of both parties fo serve the public convenience: —Wellington paper. ' We regret to hear of the doafcb of Mr Roderick Frasar, a member of the firm of Eraser Bros., 'ot Awahuri. The deceased* was 'at ' Mr J2. J : H. "Wright's f unterjil, Rppiirently . strong and hearty,huti shoVtly. afterwards m attack of dia?. betes occurred, which terminated fatally.' He -xv ill receive ia maspnic funeral; notice; of which appears elsewhere.- • '-;'. ; • " A^ Vjfellingtdn paper has the following : — "'Councillor A. W.*Brown%hen- referring to the "personal .abuse" which he had been subjected ' to," said,' at his meeting last ni»ht,- that;he didi not mind that much '/he? had :bjien m Jttie =Cjty, Council for some time, and had got used to that sort of "things/In fact, -anyone ■who had been m- the '(jo'uhcil as long as Ho had, and had not got used to it, would bo very thjck skinned indeed. Complimentary to the Cbuncii." The newspaper press of the colony is likely soon to receive ah' addition m the shape of a second morning paper m Nelson. The prospectus is about to be.isaued of the Nelson Morning Herald, intended to be " a first-class morning paper,which will be a rtflex' of public. sentiment,; and sound, with no uncertain tone, the ihany; wants, grievances and wrongs which have for many years been mainly; the causes of the want o£ prosperity and ad-, vahce., in Nelson." vThe, new journal is to be established by a large and influe'n- ; j tial local proprietary, arid the firet num- i I ber is expected to appear on.the-litFeb. next.' ' ' '. ' '" ' ; '.' : ' : -•'*■ Several of the unfortunate members of -the New South Wales Geographical Expedition to{ New .Guinea: ;were, .-well-;, known ;in .Now, .Zealand., Dr JV"^ Haa'cke,.'the"cKief scientist of the expedi^' ! tio'n, not. many years ago was working ' f ox Profesiior Parker < at' thY: .; Otago: LMiiseum, t)unedin,- and f or Dr Haast ,*t, fie Canterbury Museum. He w.as ,only 30; years of age. Mr R._ Gethen Creagh, a?ed 30. the sub-leadar on land, was a fine powerful man; 6ft"3m tit- height, with th« constitution of a horsa. He had 'litany, years experience taking . ; up; an.d>itocking new ciuntryin Queensland, S«ubh Australia, and New . Zealand . Arfchurr J. ( Yogan, aged 26,, who joined th» expedition 'at the last moment 'as ai volunteeir, belonging. to this colony. He j had many useful accomplishments, beiusj an artist and an adept at photography, taxidermy, building huta,^and bushwork generally.HrWSllirtgton paper., :> iSome -time ago a man In Wellington lo'it his wife— that is, she disappeared — atjd ho went to the police with a request tl^at they yronld make . enquiries as to her whereabontsi They did so. and/ih . due courie they iiiformed' the disconsolate husband that the wife of his bosom had gone to Wanganui or some other provincial town, it was not exactly known which. "Oh, never mind," said the forlorn one, with more philosophy than is usually -displayed under suoh circumstances.; don't trouble any more, about my wife; I'll get another one," and then he left the police depot, but whether to go m search of a new love before being off with the old is not yet quite clear.