LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1670, 29 March 1886, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Thi gentleman who is harried ; as 'the probable smcttesor of. Sir Win. Jervoiß is Sir Win, Robinson, brother of a former Governor, Sir Hercules Robinson. ..... A summoned meeting of Court Manjiwatu, A.0.F., No 5655, Will be. held m t lie Court- room, to-morrow evening, at 7.30. Business— Payment of cohtribu-j tions ; payment for 2 quarters to Benev-' olent Fund, and general. 1 One of the Gisborne Maoris, who recently ffot a new bu^gy, a piano, and; other valuable goods, haa since filedfhis; schedule m bankruptcy, f ..-'■ ,jPGhe Herald ?&y9 that an eel twelve feet m length has belßticaWght m the Waikato River by a boy. All the sawmills m the Wairarapa are busy just now. A gantletnan ' whoi lately wanted ,a small order of 10,000 ft' or 12,000 ft ciecute'd- had 1 considerabln difficulty : ifi getting thetitnljer at short, notice. " ' ' ' " It is estimated that' -the combined revenues of the hotels and churches m Feilding make a total of £12,000 per . annum. There Is no sign of 'depression' m thaV— Star. The Napier Telegraph says that th« building trade m that town will be very brisk m the course of a month or two. In the Wellington papers art published particulars of the newly-formed Hutt and Petone Gas Company (Limited). Tho capital is 20,000, m 10,000 shares of £2 each. „,. A butcher m London was invited to attend a coucsrt, but positively declined, -. even when, a free ticket was offered him. Pressed for his reason, he replied,: " If I weiit lisbould.see ,sq many people who owe im for meat Chat it would spoil my fun."

Messrs Kr^eraan B. Jackson and Oo make «everal^additionß to the catalogue: of their St Uiil- street stock sale for next Wednesday. The sale promises to be an exceptionally, important one. v Messrs P.arnt, and Hij^ie held a very ;Bucceßs'ful|iaie of stock at Tarakin* op;. Friday. Although there were not many buyers present the whole of tho stock yarded were disposed of uuder the hammer and After..- the sale. We.giVjO, the following ;Ml*i, "i 1 *? ¥.. half-year steers, -i*3 9s" ; (mixed sexes), £2 35. ; heifers, £2 2s. ; "yearHngß, £1 ""-ltH po^fe^iling^eweg^ 68^] Id.; forward wethers, 7s 9d. to Bs. ; two ! four, and full mouthed ewes, (good) 7s 9d. ; lambs from 3s to ss. There- were a few pigß sold, at satiafactory rates. . ,„ M"r Cljarlel Pahljfprin^rly jot Oampr,. bclltown, wh«re be was m business as a general storekeeper, has taken those dreinises m Main Street, formerly ocoupied by Mr Mitchell, and m now pro-, pared tpfi|p|>iys feo^se; • cart, . and ri6k ' covers, tarpaulins, tents, oilskin coats, leggings, BOUrWesters, and all lines .eon . nected with the trade. To his other articles of manufacture he adds nets of all 1 descriptions, flags, tents, etc., sews and lays carpets, keeps flags .for hire, , and does all lands of repairs to covers, tarpaulins, etc. These ore lines for which there should be a lntge demand, and wit?uW MV^ahl ; will |have\ %\iry rLnion to. congratulate Inihself on his ventnre m getting together an extensive -and • remunerative connection.- '

: Somebody; has sent us a marked copy of the Napier 'Evening . News arid Hawkes Bay Advocate with the following paragraph', '* Pirncy; <-i- We have known B'ome pretty bad cases of plagiarism m newspapers m New Z«sand);b/ut the effort of - the "Manawaiu" Standard is the' "boss" bno. That pap'»r deliberately Ttakeg no lesß than three paragraphs from this ! journal m its issue of March 19th, without the Bljgb{e»t . aokuowledgeinent , If that editor wants us to fill his paper for him, he might surely have the common Honesty to acknowledge his indebted* ness." Really, it was very wicked of our sub-editor to be guiltr of such a flagrant act of piracy. He has been; ordered 'for immediate execution, aud\ will be blown from the mouth of a gun on whatever day the editor of the Napier News may choose to appoint, so as to . enable him' to be .. present and \ witness the final. scene. At the same time the accused pleads not guilty, and shows us copies of the Napier News .by. scores,' lying' ''unopened" on- his^om^ce^iflobT. i They are to' be used for the wad for the* gon,jand.so assist m the merited sretr}-.5 retr}-. button. J To prevent' the 'possibility' di his successor meeting a'/ similar fate,'/ strict orders have been given for all copies of the Napier ,News, as they arrive, to be used for lighting the ' furnace of the steam 'engine, as even the bulchert'wbn't buy them at 2d a -pound]* 1 so unappreciative of the transcendent iiterary> merits of the News are our local knights of ths cleaver. 'Perhaps it. ja, ow ng to the change of editorship which haß recently taken place. , , ' : Messrs Snelson ;& C« announce a,y,«rr important sale of household furniture, garden and carpenters' .too'-s, milch' cows, saddle horses, saddles, etc., purebred poultry, langstrohth hives of bees, colley doe, &c. The sale will take place at 'Hazeldene, College street on Wednesday, April 14th. The furniture; is,; pf a. jvery superior description, ;comp/ising, 'that now m use m Bitting room, dining, room, six bedrooms, hall, kitchen, and bathroom, also contents of dairy, wash; house, laundry, 'stable,; together with garden, and carpenter's ' requires, "etc, etc. The sale will begin at 11 o'clock, and -we bel ie ye will be,f or the most part, entirely unreserved.. ._ It is stated that ?• Tom Long" the exhangman, is hanging .pat at present among the Te Ore Ore natives. • Referring to a, sermon 'delivered by Bishop Moorhduae soopfafter his arrival : m Mtlbourne with.-r.efe^rence to the poorness of the offertories' in Victoria, Melbourne Pwnc7i published ?a woodcut of a threepenny piece, and subscribed it 11 The Bishop's only Enemy . " ... „ TbynnS, of FpxJfoo, isf^equently finding mares' nests of on* kind and another^ : \He at a meeting of the Wanganiii, Hospital Board that a female patient' had died id the hespital, diiritig the • night, unattended! ' This turns out to be quite incorrect. From the, Herald we Slid that only one fitnal* patient, a Mrs Robinspn,, had died Fn that institution during, the. night, she, was certainly not alone, at The]! time of her death, ana Mrs Green', was engaged W 'ait op 1 with'the patient and did so: Oa 1 theVtiight'she died -the matroii was called- to her bedside by the nurse, ' 'Mrs Green, and remained there until the end. Mr s Thynne should really be more careful jbefore making promiscuous charges m this haphazard kind of ftfsh'ionpwithout&iaking proper inquiries as to their authenticity.:-' . „%.■ Three"creara«nes m Madsison County, la., pay to" the farmer* f rom £25,000 'to £30,000 a^nuallyjf or milk. and cream;: . 'iJThe Wftjpt ';of v €fchglaii<t JSsqm&fs of • Jauuary 28th has a ahort'out instructive l paragraph. It is as follows :44'* In New': Zealand the correct method of eating . strawberries IB,\vith peppe^*': -;,; ;::. : -?y* A tradesman ajtjQplchesteV closed his! doors, and affixed outride -the. follow.iug no-tieVr-^Gtone to'^MersijP 'regStfc ; open again at 7 o'clock." t The hour having passed, and the engagement to oi>e'n v at'-7 having been -broken, some cruel wag appended* to the above notice m large characters : — " Drunk and can't; get home." ) : ■•■■.',.■> i A curious theory -has been put forward j that' Tarariaki will not be connected with Auckland by the North- Island • Trunk! railway because 1 it lies off' the direct'line of route; ! y According "to that theory,! Greytown is not connected byrail with; Masterton,' But most people, Will con ••' aider thig"contention rather a childish; . quibble,.-— -Exchange. The Colonial .Mutual Life Assurance; Society are about to erect new;buildings m Wellington. -. • ; The N.Z. Times, . m referring to the; engines recently imported by the Wei-? lington-ManaWatu Coinpany,sa.yß: — Anyj •f these engines will be able easily to; runexpresßtraina. between/; Wellington) and- Pal me rgton >i n(th refthourn, . . or,,o'rdi - ; nary stopping trams m a little over tour' hours. . . . , ... . ; j It was amusing, says the £feraid,at the] Aramoho meeting, to watch the natives! endeavouring to keep order. When their; own language failed, " silence " rang out in] the stentorian tones we alljaiiniirenn x a Court of tastice^ and generally with; the desired effect. The native ushers objected to -'aWhk^n people sbeiini? inside,' and "too much adrunk-you" was once or twice applied daring the day. .- ,-„ , The Wanganui Hospital report fo£ lasti week stands thus:— Admitted two— R. Cameron;* Foxton, and Mary Collinson. Discharged, phe— Andre Van Stein, P, merston North., Died, one— -'Gottlieb [ Gbmtnwold. Remaining m hospital, twe'nty-ene. ' ! ,