LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1662, 19 March 1886, Page 2

LO CAL AND GENER AL.

''^Tfcrideri arc 1 d'o'wVeing called by the ereotipn/of m prison Joseph ■ Jes'sop 1 was' ejected 'neck atid crop by. the Constable. Jesaop woHld keep talking and wound up by inform* . ingithcßench ,tbat ; as,,, the/; sun's rays seemed to .interfer« with . his .-tWorabia's comfort : the bl ind| ' had' betteV • "Be drawn; ;/ . = :■. ,■-. ■!■:-« !■■.;»; . j : '- ; ''MesW'-Buckley^ : ''Sta'fford^and' v BM^Jb bayinjffvinforpecl ,Sir „^y|lliani Pox ofi thoir intention to issuej^writ |or£iOQoJ xlainlgSß^orliKerar'tne Buif' o onSSr a S.i S. Downee, of the. Pier^ Hotel, Sir vVil-* Ham Fox has-authorised Messrs Qllivier, and Brown tqaccfept service.. The writ will probably be servedidurTng the pre-| sent Week.— Bctei.y\i'"' r l^' > - j A private cable message hos^bfteß re-i ceived-iri. Wellington from Mf Bryce/ ■tatin'g' that :b% I^vjes I^d&i>-by the 1 Tainui Tlirthtf^Sth^nstant." *fhe vessel! is due m Wellington on May 8. Th«re was .another, lengthy meeting! been definitely decided that Parliament! shall meetf§p%p #nj^t6h|of busineis! the second week m May. p \ „.; The news that the. promoter of , the^ Nbman Electric Ligiit do'tnpany^sWfaSie: has been arrested, and is likely to meet' the retribution he so justly merits, will! be heard with, pleasure by v eyeryonej The rascal's advertisement" was/ ient |o I tit tHia'^pip'er.'-wiih^a 'Special rioW tothe^Fect that its immed--1 iate'inßertioti"was o^ the greatest-im-portance, and that -the : cost would be= forwarded on receipt of accout. Ihe' over-doge urgency of the business, emit-| ted such a fißhy odour that bur suspicions! were aroused, and the order was not! »x«cutedWortuhately tfbrour^lves.i A; great many Bapers^h. m this colony and. Australia fell into tlie trap.— Post Here is a caution . to boys who are' ambitious; of becoming etnokers., .An' eigljt year pld, son of " Mr Wiiiig's^Bfdj rather a bad time of it oh Sunda'^ last' It appears thatj he ( ba.d picked "Tip tbej butt end of a cig^ir, iricPwas pretending torsmoke it though, it • was : not .ignited. In doing so he mUst 1 have' abci^erfily swallpwed a pieocjof the weed, as he; was subsequently "found" Tying down mi Christ Church achool g^ounda evidently m great pain. ;At first it was tbouelit by the teachers that he was only: sham> miug, nnd the opinion wa* expressed that it served him right; At ]a.stone>d£ the teachers volunteered' to go for a 1 cab, and the bpy was sent home, yhare proper remedies i bfiing applied, he wa'si »qpn brought round. Had, he, l^o.wey.er,' been- unattended tq far a |itj;li longfe^'it! is questionable whether he would not; soonhaT© been beyond recovery, as the Qicotine contained m the tobacco is very* D owerful,— Chronicle, ■:.;■■• ■ : ... i