LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1635, 15 February 1886, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The kdy from Ofcaki who is advertis- j ing for a girl, wishes «s to state that the wages will be 12s a week, and if the girl remains m her situation for three , months and gives satisfaction her fare from Palmerston to Otuki will be refunded her. The Napier Evening News Company are advertising for a editor for their journal m the place of Mr Sawkins. It is popularly supposed that Mr E. H. Hag- J gen, of the Woodville Examiner will be the new editor. In fact the strong probability of his appointment to that position,'has been considered almost m the light ot a foregone conclujngn far some time puss, .wore especially as ''jt ja.wellknown^ tnivt shine of? "6he 'directors 'are favourably disposed to the proposed change: But "jinutn's the word." Tn due time we shall see what we shall see. The Government are calling for ten dci's" for the supply of cast-iron pipes, sluice valves,- and other castings; H'or a water supply for the town of -Rotorua. The bnrqiieiitihe Stella, arrived m Wellington on Friday night. s?he left New York on the 10th Ovtobt-r, and therefore made a passage of 125 days. , Thb.S-S. and A. Co's steamer Doric, left Wellington on Friday afternoon for London, via Rio de Janeiro. Her cargo space , was fully taken up, and she had a full complement of passengers. The N.Z.S. Co's ship Opawa, arrived m Wellington harbor, on Friday. She left on tiie 7th November, arid consequently inadu a passage of 97 days. At a special meeting of the Waiiganui E.L.B. and I. Society, the directars recommended that m view of the prest-nit depression, and"" "the large amount of money m the market available, all business m .the future should be so arrangt'd that the society may ter minate m 1888, unless things should improve considerably. We are at length m a position to state definitely that . Aramolio will be the site for the New Zealand Rifle Association .'.' shooting. It was very questionable- until quite recently whetiiei Newtonlees would not be. decided on: after all, out eventually the Executive^ agreed to stick to the former, and there it will now be held. Tendeis ar» called for catering,\&c.— lZeraZtf. ; The Wellington correspondent of the Lyttelton Times states that it is whispered ;in "well-formed circles'' tliat something like will be found to be on tire wrong side- of the ledger m connection with the' recent Exhibition at Wellington. Mr Matthew Burnstt, ths ." Yorkshire Evangelist '* and temperance lecturer who has recently been recruiting his healtji m Tasmania, is expected to re turn to New Zealand next month. He will conduct temperance mission services m Christchurch for some little time, and will then proceed to the West Coast, and may be expected to arrive "m Wellington about May next; Thej following is an interesting example of quaint book titles :—" Ebrietatis Encomium, or the Praise of Drunkenness, wherein is. Authentically and, most Evidently Proved the Necessity of frequently getting Drunk, and that the Practice of getting Drunk is most Ancient, Primitive, and Catholic, Confirmed: by the Example of Heathens Saints, Popes, Bishops, Doctors, Philt osopliers, Poets, Freemasons, and other < Men of Learning m all Ages,') Among items of .news by. late mail is an account of the unfrocking of a clergyman by the Bishop of Carlisle for immoral practices— a charge of adultry having been proved against him. He was the Rev. W. W. Wodehonse, rector! of Distiagton, Cnmberlaud. Wolves m Bheep's clothing QUght to he exposed. — Aamodeus \n New Zealand 'Mail.]' -' ' A banquet will be given to Cardinnl Mo ran, at St Patrick's College, Wellington on Monday, the 22nd instant. A srtiall boy, a pupil of a "London " Board school found the following qncrry on his arithmetical examination paper: " How can eleven pence be represented m silver pieces of money?" His reply was : " By to forpenibits, and won fripmebit." The R.M.S Kaikoura, which left Wellington for London via Rio de Janeiro on Thursday evening took 43 bags of mails, containing 10,1)77 letters, 1399 book packets, and 7286 newspapers, The resignation of, Mr. Jjacob.. Joseph, of Wellington, of his appointment as Justice of the Peace, has been accepted. Nominations for tlie three vacancies m the Wanganui Education Board must be sent to the board's secretary on orbefore the 20th instant. The committees should not fail to attend to this, which; is one of their most important fuuetions. Cocaine, the new . außesthetic, which, has a cure for hay-fever;; "arid similar, troubles, promises to become a familiar antidote, carries with it evils as great as opium or alcohol when the habit 6f its use becomes fixed.