LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1575, 7 December 1885, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Messrs Nolan Tuuks, and Co. an- ; nouiices a very important sale to take place at lh« Hawera Sale Yards on > Thursday next. Fuller particulars will be found m advertisement, Our fanning friends will doubtless note with pleasure the important rise m i lbe price ot wheat, mentioned m our London cablegrams, and also that the wool market continues firm. It transpires that Sir Peter Lumsden was forced to ride from H«rat to Astrnhnd for forty days without once changing his clothing, which possibly accounts (remarks tho N.Z. World) fcr his nifoiving the Order of th<* Balh immediately on. his arrival m England. Homceopathisfß claim a new proof of correctness of their theories m the discovery that tlie famous free from the bark of which quinine is obtained, fur- | rushes no quinine unless grown m a malarial regiou. A glass company is being formed m Canterbury, with a capitftl of £20,000. One of the ai^ne of returning prosperity is the fact that thero are numbers of persons seeking to acquire land for settlement or building purposes. - Star. After consideration we have come to the conclusion Mint it would be better, for various reason*, not to insert letters H-nt to us for publication signed " Former Supporter," and " Indignant," dealing with soms animadversions by Or West at the last Borough Council meeting. We understand tlvet Cr West now admits that his charges were founded on erroneous assumptions, and however indiscreet wera bis remarks, thers is some allowance to be made for the fact that he may have believed he was m ih« right, though certainly the language used was wholly unjustifiable. He 9|>o'<e, no doubt, under considerable excitement and mental irritation, and possihlv w.lB 1.-8S guarded m his expressions of opinion than under other circumstance he might have been. Thw publication of the letters referred to might only stir up and perpetuate illfeeling, and this we wish to avoid doing. No donbt Cr West will keep & better guard over his tongue and temper m future, and refrain from making insinuation*) that are n»t only entirely iiroundlees, but are also calculated to inlnrfete with the harmony that should characterise Borough Council meetings, and oannot do otherwise than annoy Crs accused of charges that are altogether without foundation and m themselves are such as to cause offence and pioroko ill-feeling. Wellington is agitating to stop the erection of the central prison at Mount Cook, and the acquisition of the site by the City Council, The rain set m this morning as if it intended to continue, the fall being steady and continuous. In many parts of the country it is very much needed. The Feilding papT h'owails the. tact that as yet no candidate has offered himself for the seat m the Borough Council made vacant.by the retirement of Mr Goodbohere. Feilding wauts waking up surely. Mr Macdonald stated at the meeting on Saturday that he bejiewd at a previous meeting be had. bbnn called an old woman. He was above, however, taking any notice of that. Mr W: McDowell,, late Messrs McV Dowel] Bros., has, we. understand, been appointed manager of one of the numerous branches of the New Zealand Cloth ing Factory m Wellington. Messrs Bentley Bros., of Marlborongn House, are distributing some very artistic almanacs this season. One of the most handsome is a chromo entitled, " Our Old English Homes," which is a view of an ancestral mansion by moon • light. The effect is really charming, and shows to what a stage' of perfection this class of art has been .brought more especially of late years. We consider the picture referred to the handsomest and most attractive of its olase we have seen, the lights and shadows bain.? brought out most effectively. Among thfi other subjects selected are, " Gatherings of the Clans," " Christmas Visitors," "Wintry Weather," Det up Dumbo," " Home" Sweet Homo," " First Christmas Morn," " Nobodys' Doggie." Tn many dwellings these artistic picures will tend to enhance the appearance of the ' interior. We again remind onr readers of the meeting at Bank Chambers to-morrow evening for the purpose of forming a Choral Society. We understand that a number of ladies and gentlemen, possessed of musical taste and ability, have signified their intention of becoming members, and a very successful consummation is likely to be attained. The Wellington City Council has rejected the following motion : — " That the City Solicitor be empowered to frame a by-law, having for its object the prohibiting of the playing of all games and of music on the Sabbath m or upon the Basin Reserve anA the park known as the Newtown Park, and all other such reserves and parks that may be under the control of the Council." After discussion the matter was referred to the Public Works Committee. It is expected that Mr Stout will deliver a lecture m Woorlville early next year. He will probably visit Manawatu about that timo also. ,#- The township of Hastings, Hawke's Bay, has got a new fire ensrine. Palmerston North has not even got an old one. Mr William*, the new chemist, is busy with his preparations for opening business, which he hopes to be able to do within a week or ten days. The Napier Crown Lands Department have initiated a new order of things. When sending advertisements to the newspapers, they forward the coDy of a paragraph for insertion m the local columns at the-Bam& time. This will account for the paragraphs appearing m the Wellington Post and Times being facsimiles of each other. We might offer a suggestion — viz., to send differently worded paragraphs to different newspapers, and then the palpable deception practised on the public would not be | quite so apparent, and the desired effect might be satisfactorily attained. !