LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1655, 11 March 1886, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Herald has the following :.-la, telegram from Mr 'George fThdrne, jof relative t^ thoXm|nit| of an Jytouigriye %mp£ny|he^jep&sents, h*as ; been received, hut as Mr Thorne lids' not forwarded the required sum to ; secure ■ insertion df Advertisement, |re' must decline to do more at present than Jmeroly, Acknowledge tb^l^egerpt of the message. '"'"" j The Auckland brewversj are r .eViiden£ly , aware of the responsibly" whic'li' the late elections for licensing committees have, placed upon, them, and Mesbrs Hancock' and Co. have issued the following circular ; ■: to, those m;employ :-r-" Owing to ( the late electionshaving placed m power the moderate, ticket, we beg to call your. particular^aP teution to your strict obeyance of the law on the following points : — l. Punctual closing 'at ten 6'clock:'"2H3tricfe: Sunday closing. 3. Under no conditiinns^ or circuiiißtahces whateyer at any time to serve any person. already the worse ofi drink. And w« beg .to' intimate tjhat the npn-obseryance of thej above rules will entail penalties." '7 j \ 5 ■■%; he wife of George Foster, of.Llanelly a wOTking^jav wcinji^ted ,m gVeat agohv throHgh^biood/poisoninr, which resulted f rom ; the so^atoh of a cat. (The poor woman received the scratch m! the ipahn pf theihandlthMe weiSlcsNago. land the^ wound became nlle'd- 'With' washing blue while ; performing her household duties: jJ **- •--^1 ? A notable" circumstance m the ibet* ting ring at the recent iVictorian! meeting was the appearance of * blind bookmaker, accompanied" by a deaf 'and dumb clerk. The modus operandi of these two individuals was very -singular. Tlie blind man called. out the wagers, 1 and wheti one wau^ccepted he sppker to' his deaf and dumb clerk by means of j the manual Bystem ? and the latter j immediately entered tho wager m his book.. )yif l M»mm^\ Ja?ked- Harry,-. 'lis Satin an* angel? 1 ' 'VHeJisone of the fallen angels, , my son.! 1 " Well, what j was k\ii t tfoublW ; with -the .fallen i'angels ? Wouldn't their wings work ?" \

f. The. -1 FigmSi; mlfltegt^hp^fptyowing which is goinglhe rounds of Lenddh studios : :! .Mr, ,.Jsa.rks,.rn«}; t an .old* iWder who had: retired . f rofn the profession and s was engaged m "soufe inferior capacity, . al , the, Zoological Gardens. Mr Marks stripped to'speak to himj ..and inquired how; the. ftetiitadi naodel 'yrtp] finding life among the 'animals/ 11 What, ahll: a.dojn' of?" responded the model m a. hurt and irate' way* x ', Why, I'm a sweeptn'- out 'helepliantB Idens ; « pr*tty sort of occupation, ain't it, for a man as has sat for the; twelve apostles?" . . We call the attention .of our musicloving readers to the new. advertisement tof Messrs H Collier & ■> Oa., the w.e11 . : known import ers ef music and -musical inetruraents,. Victoria A vwnuij s WanganuiV. The firm are now offering Mi sale a class of pianos specially made to their order, whioh they have named, "The Victoria ; Model Piauoforte." These pianos should meet, with a ready; sal?, as they are offered at a prioe which cannot fail to give satisfaction— viz., 34 guineas. These pianos, and 1 ' all other pianop m stock are offered on the time-payment system.