LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1637, 17 February 1886, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

It is notified by advetiseraent that M r E. W. : Seckei is the ' Palmerato a Agent for Meßsrs Gainman Bros., sawmillers. ' - An unfortunate m Foxton has lost his set of false teeth and advertises the same m the local' paper. The contractor for the railway works atrM'artoD complains that he cannot get a supply of men as navvies. ■ We understand that the Wellington 1 -/ Manawatu Railway will be through to Otaki next month. It is now an open secret (says •• Argonus "m the News) that the late curate at Bulls intends to bring an action against the bishop of the diocese m the Wellington Supreme Court, for ; revoking his license;. . ' Ejuabian Mercury, published at Stuttgart, the/ oldest < newspaper how existing m Germany, has just .celebrated its centennial by issuing an exact facsmile ©f its first number, published 100 years ago. It has remained m the possession pf the' same family during the entire century. It is rumouied m Palmerston that, an Auction Mart— being a branch of -a Syndicate for the whole coast — will shortly be opened there.-— Star. We should hardly' imagine that it can be possible to buy coal for much less thau sevenpence por ton, which- is. stated to be the prioa m China at the pit mouth. ! ..■■■'. „■ : .■ „ v ' ' For thirteen years' the Putch have had compulsory registration of infected disease. ] At. their;beßt'Bchqols \thpjf6~;is{ always, beside'sthe teacher, an attendant who sees to the personal condition of each jchild upon enfer jpg : the school each day. \ ■^ * .j-;';;.--. ■'; /. The State forests are .. taken great care of ;in all parts of Germany. In Ifrusjaia alone £100,000 a year is spent m replanting, yet the imports exceed the exports by 2,000,000 tons'. A quaint old gentleman, m speaking of the different allotments of men, by which some, become. useful citizens, and others worthless vagrants, by way of illustration remarks : "Bo one slab of marble ; becomes a useful doorstep, yrhilst indther becomes an untruthful tombstone." . ■■ TheTichbortie Claimant appears to hare disappeared from sight. His threat of standing for one of the constituencies at the recent general election was not carried into effect, and for a long time past we have heard nothing of Ijinj. His wife, however, remains en evidence. The guardians of the Stoneham Union, where she has been maintained for some time, summoned tho Claimant before ? t he Southampton County Bench a few days ago; to show cause why he should jnot contribute towards the support of his wife and •ejiildren.. The Claimant's wife under examination admitted that the two children she had with her, as well as one that was dead, were uot 'those of- her husband. The Claiinanldid 'not appear m person, but was represented by a solicitor, and the Bench havi'ug heard the arguments and evidence, dismissed the oase with costs, against tho guardians. It is; noticed (says the Hawera Star) as a peculiar circumstance that this month the natives instead of travelling towards Parihaka for the 17th, aro travelling southward. A band of roughs m Auckland were pretty 'severely dealt witn by the bench recently. Thoy were Ordered to find securities for their good behaviour for twelve months, and as this was beyond their power they -were sent to gaol, where! they will remain for twelve months unless they find the security. Miss Mary Goodison, late of Wobdville the successor to Miss Pirani, arrived by the b.B. Wairoa (says tho tfuardian) to commence her duties as assistant mistress m the Wairoa District School. Miss Goodison is highly recommended by the Mr Foulis, late Inspector of the Wangknui Education District, by the chairman of the Feilding District School, and by the head master of the Wpodville school. The following appears m the Marton paper :— Left, without Jeaye,in Mr Arkwright's woolshed, Overton, Martou.part of a keg of dynamite, with fuse tor earns.: If not removed within ten days, it will be handed over to the police. Surely this is not part of a Fenian or Socialist plot abaut to develop into some «Jire tragedy. In Cuba, two hours before a paper is distributed, a copy must be sent* to the Government and one to the Censor. When 5 returned with the Censor's endorsement, the paper may go to press. : It would appear that orchard robbing is rife m Marton, as well as around Palmerston, judging by the following notification m the local paper :—Warning td parents. Any boy, or boys,found stealing fruit from my garden, will be prosecuted. Pome of the offenders are already known. Young ladies wfto aspire Jq become barmaids should, it seems, lose no time m being made free of the trade, for at a recent temperance meeting at Ashburton Mrs O. D B. Ward stated that it was intended to move m the barmaid question at the next session of Parliament > Lasiyear the.y had. (shejhought unwisely) tried to entirely abolish the systeTQ, by which means a number of young women would hare been thrown out of employmeut. A petition would, however, be presented next session praying Parliament to forbid the future employmentof barmaids, those already m such situations not being : interferes with. Mrs Ward said she had the authority ol; one, member ofr ttie House for saying that, m his opinion, this petition would be favourably entertained by a large majority of the, House. What a fine thiug it would be f»r the barmaids if such a law were passed. They would be protected with a vengeance, and their calling would be th« very closest of all close professions. They could dictate their own terms to their employers, for go n«w girls could be employed. But m time barmaids would die out, no doubt, as the aborigines of have done, and the last few survivors of the once gay band would become subjects of as much public interest as the last of the soldiers or sailors present at Waterloo or Trafalgar, until at length some journalist nroujd have to write the obituary notice of tho last of the barmaids.