LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1652, 8 March 1886, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

* We, were lnierror 'in reference 4b tfie' date of the annular eelipsTOf the bud. The p:henomenb^.;|qok^'p{ace.on!Saturday morning, but np;<ssaar?a!tio.nW appear to 4ia^e been taken, : - „'.-•' ■_■■ Th 6 date \ of-, Mr Green wood's ;.: next visit ;to. Palmerston is ■ fixed for next Thursday. , ,;.-,..... . >...,j' ; . r . ; .V. :'-.•■- --* The Victorian, elections i-pass^d off quietly- no s.igns^fidisorderlbeihg; visible at any of the poningVpih^Si^y **'PrjAgnew having beent unable to form 'a; Ministry m .Tasmania; has relink t'quished ; the task. Mr , Dodd3, the, Attorney-General, 'late | adininistratpr, is now attempting toform a Ministry; : Chfistchurch has been selected as the next jannual competition of the New Zealand Rioe Association. ' There wero 75 totes m favor' of Marlboroiigh, and 78 iin favor of Canterbury. >v > The S. S, and,, A Co's magnificent steamer Arawa, *i 32V6 tons, Gaptaih , Stuart, left Wellington on Saturday afternoon for London, via . Kioi de Janeiro. Her cargo space was fully taken up with frozen meat, wool, tallow, skins: flax, and other produce^ __.-; ..' The Papawai (Native;) Ilifl^ Volunteer Company has b"een accepted as a country corps. '. i' ;} Writes " Flaneur " m the jW auganni Herald:— Tho two dead heats m the Hack Hurdles^at Palmerston, on, W.ed* nesday, is-the 'o;hl^ case ?of the- kind I can cbll to mind as . happening m ftfew Zealand ; two dead cheats Were fun" m Melbourne between paladin and, Flying Dutchman for tlie Australian Cup. in 1872.! The : third and deciding heat was won by Saladin by. a neck after a:, hard struggle; ' :•■ ; ' ' ; >: ?. I The EJduoatlon Board warned all congjeraed that the dance advertised as to %c held m- the Ararnoho schoolroom . oq Saturlday evening, must not take place 1 m that bnilding and that anyone disre-: gardihg the Board's notice will be con--sidered trespassers, and prosecuted ac cordingly.^ It is quite illegal to put a Statelsch.tfpl bu.Ucjing to such a use, and the Arampho Oammittee must. 1 have overlooked the fact if they sanctioned the announcement th/at a dance would take place m thaAramohb schoolroom., — Heraldic \ " .., " . -:>._/•'' The Wanganui * piapers advise the police tp keep.a sharpslopk but during the next .week or- two, there ""Bre-:a r number of very; bad: characters, prowling about. •■••'•:.-..: >. •. -..i Arrangements have been madeitoi rfan; excurisioh'trains J fr*oni WSnganuf -aod" Foxton to Feilding on SiTrida'y^ the 14th inst, \ foixOthe dpening .'titi itheH^lwl Catholic Church. Bishop-Redwood and Father Kirk will asssist at' the opening ceremony. 1 \A}sernhpn,\vill be. preached* by thje Bishop, and the choir from Wan. ganuj will render full choral service. Mr! R. C. Hughes, who is representingNew Plymouth at the Teetotal Conferenbe now being held m , Welling-; ton, Was very «' rongh " on the i New Plymputh papers the other day; " He* 'commented," the N. Z. Times' relates,' " upon the great support given m Wellington to the movement by the'newspapers, and remarked that m New Elymputh— that miserable place, as far as newspapers' were concerrid—theywould have to pay for the insertion. of a report of the proceedings at a meeting likeithis." The New Plymouth papers will' probably have something to say to Mr Hughes when they get him k»me agaia. A iTew Plymouth Henry, James Hpn|y?iejdV loletki?^has_ BtfU\ hii discharge withheld for twelve months, m consequence- of his . conduct m I making preferential payment's ait 'a time when' he was insolvent. ; Messrs William Hammond, Alexander : MHne, and John M'Beth, Rangitikei ; andf'Jiohn^ K»bb>ll,^ W^ .W.JE!. 'Simcox." ManaWat'u,' Tiave been appointed Boards of Reviewers under 'the Property Assessment &Mi k n-\>'J& The Wanganui Herald sayß "the country wants political rest; and will %nffer if it does not get it ;" and suggests : a coalition between Sir Julius 1 Yogel and Major Atkinson. :'t • Aejthere'is no telling How soon a disr solution of the House of Representatives'may take place, those entitled to a voto should .ascertain if their names are on the electoral roll, or they may find, when too late, that their chance of practically giving effect fa th»jp opinions js not possessed by them., Enrol-" ment forms can be obtained at the Sta^pabd Office.