LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1616, 23 January 1886, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The subject of discourse at the Lyceum* will be "an address to Christians "by Mr T. R. Walton. ' : - X ■■".' ■""■■' ??■' '■■:■'" ■-f ;Tne Foxton paper pays/ that Miss Gibbs' letter to the School,; Committeej notify that she had resigned her poqitiofr was so fay as the inspector was concerned, ayery ** wsarm " one." ' 3? The Hawke's Bay^ 'Herald \lleges that the Press, Association reports of thjß recent, native meeting m Hawke's Bay were compiled- by the Minister's private secretary. . The Auckland Herald haß the following :— The question of a water supply is now impressing itself upon the minds of the residents of -the North Shore. Water is said to be now sold to some householders at the rate of £1 per tank of 400 gallons. ; ; >.j . } , , Mr James Laird, of Wanganui, has on view a -sample of tall meadow fescue, measuring nine feet, the ordinary height being from three to ( four feet. The sample m question was grown m the Hawera district. A mannamed Joseph rWebb charged with appropriating to his own use' the' sum of £10, the property of Reuben Bason, on the Bth instant has been committed for trial m Wanganui. The Marton paper has the following : '— " Herr Norberg, professorlof music, after a residence m Marton of several years, has deemed it advisable, to make bis headquarters at Palmerstoh; "' Herr Norberg; during his residence m our midst, has ever been willing to assist at any concerts given, for whatever purpose.",. „, .;. . . ... „ .. t v Le Seur, a bookmaker, is being prosed outed by the police on a charge of having used threatening and indecent' ldn-^ guage toMr (Goldsmith, formerly secretary; of the Isfand Bay Racing Club. . ; The charge against Mr King, bandmaster, Wanganui was yasterd ay dismissed. His Worship said the question turned on the meaning of the term " obstruct *' ,He was inclined io thf nk that an obstruction was caused -within the meaning of the letter of the Act. He would dismiss the case with a caution, *ud advise Mr King to take the baud elsewhere.