LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1671, 30 March 1886, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Messrs Nolan, T^nks/ and Oo.'s Hawera Stock sale will-take place on Thursday. _'; : ■'. ■ ; "'} >••;.•'■ ;.' /, i. . ; ■" The Ppiewa .School Commifctee have decided to vote for Messrs Eo3s, Oarspn, and Fry at the ensuing elections for tho, Education Board. j 'A number ©f aclditibria have been made ' to the advertisem^si. of Messrs F.jR. Jackson's and Co.'s. nexT~sale at the St. Hill^strcet yards," to take place to-mpr-row Jiessrs'Reid & Gray, the fa&fanied manufacturers : of agricultural itnjila merits, publish m our advertising columns an announcement which every farnier' m the dißtriot should read. Tim enterpris-v ing. firm have-won golden opinious fromj .all .sorts,,ot people for..their excellenc work. ' Wetma'y state that'any dublickte parts of Eeid &TG'ray's niachinerv canlbe $Hc(ire*^ln-oagh 'Mr^A'^MgSißorfj ihe firm's agent for Manawatu. ' • v i l Aritorj; is told : pfr.two pld Scotch "draught players l,'whV met' orib da>jr. |ln the coursa-oTf c'onverßation one mentioned that the local doctor, a well-known placer, was; dead; .>; v His - cpmpanion; appeared so shocked at the_ news that his informant inquired - .the reason of rhis « Wh^/mbn, 1 ' wkisi ib;e reply,. ci lfs It the tnbcßt of Him bein' awa' a gauie ahead. : o i:me:r;" ':'*\ -'' '■■■:■■■■■■■■ -■ ;-; The fbliowmg ,is'an ci trifat from a xe-. cent speeebby Mr Hobbsif" MIH.R., :-^' "¥ouknoWutbat .1 acknowledge Atkin-; son as my cfiiof,:and I 'hove every confidence m fighting under him us my leajier for.l regard hi m as Ah able and honest politician, and^no,t.a pqlitipal adventurer,, one who is a/'pona'ficU settler, who "knows' and' feels ' i6t the hardships toils which country settlers have to fight against, and wh6se:poli6yis m thedirec-; tion/of assisting thetn.\ Take for instance the Roads and Bridges Construction' Act. I venture to say that if a poll was taken that 9Q per. cent of the local, bodies m j the N^rfch IsiinS would ' ybte foriis'becom iiig law again,- and' rib 1 greater blow was ever struebfttt the North Island thatr fwhen this Acb wns yeDealfid. I hope and believe thai it will not be very long, be-' tore you, see him. dgain.' aft the head of affairs.^ „-.,..:«.... _^;-. . .„■ :.. ,^....ir " : In sinking the artesian well m Napierthe rod struck and..brp"ught up a piece of,, hard wood, which* looks like manuka, at a depth 0f;225-feet:froin the surface. ; Thus the' Wairarapa Observer presses its 6pinib|p>f a contemporary, the Greytown-^SifSWar^ : —"But what; -can be expected when it has'parted with r iits-^oliticalTentityj oj^f §econle f as 'de,; funct as] a p'hosphorised rlbbit ? What is this jpurnlalsbu|-a«,thing of shreds and; patches .—, a beggarly, door-mat made from Waste clipgin'fifs; on which eyery 'advertises can .Wipe the; mud off his feet,-and nobody', will be -the :wiper!l.;.This|is the)stale} drys! hash" that is. seryjed; up. to ,tfte. people of Qre|t6wn weekly, at a penny,. a. dose."?. We "wonder' how .many of the Ohserver's readers will appreciate or approve of this style'ofwriting., -^ ■ ■ ..,•:..... '-•si;:.'s([ ;-!'. .;•■!■.• . ;■•.■.■.'•■■:■;-::•:;■'""' In the course of an eloquent address at Jhe Wellington ,day,the"Rev F: Is^,'#Ghristchurch, dfew i;a vivid picture ot Vtheevils of intemper^ ance. In Great Britain^|ab:'remarked, the annual amount-eipenKed on liquor $p£?^£140^000,000^ BPNew; Zealandiat'■t'ainea tfte| r »same;y nopiilation ,as Great Britain, ancl the foonsumption of liquor sameratioi and with jthe * drink, the; :public*house and tfie gin opalace c we^shoiild: then haye-vdne lun"brokep chain of public-houses reaching frorpL '■ Inve'rcargill ; t^ v Ddnedin, fionß I)unedin to Christchurch, from, Christchur!chitD;^6kitika, and. frbn^Holutika to Nelson. Arid on the opposite side we.shoulcj^iaye another, unbroken %chaiii: d&ga^ls^lu'tfatic'asylums, hospital^ and"! graves, filled with criminals, imbeciles!. and wasted-lives; all resulting from Ithe,' ■> evils, incidental to. the accursed! trjimc" m strong drink^ ; ;. " i j-: Sunday, being the last on which the Revfe* Worker- and Lawry, '• -Wesle^h: ministers, would-be iv Rangitikei, they took the opportunity of beiii^ both; to,; gether at the Marion church a.t the 4yen-. ing service, as was previously announced, to bid farewell to the ~ people: l The church was filled,, aud there . w«r4>i• of people present belokiging- to other congregations. .-.] ;,•■'-. i' W« hopnthat m future the ' manager of the Press Association wfllj-wheu sending"telegrams anent the conferring of the New Zealand cross, or any other, cross, bear m miud that the asaocialidn^ m a purely .non-political one. ' Wo have no/objection'-to his championing the interests of the claimants, but let him do £oiirbirown name anil At his- own exp'ortafll Plwk* liad .senfTtho telegrams on'thiß matter as rumours or given the Government as his. authority for hia' statements, the telegrams might have passed with a mild grumble, but when the manager makes thoPress Association' responsible) for political statements, then tbTe subjj^ryjing; n^spapera^ffa^tt afright' to' enter-an indignant protest and to believe that the ex-sub editor of the Lyttleto.n::»Z#mes^: a rabid? Ministerial ' organ, has not beep able- to shake 'off .the prejudices of the Lyttleton;, -Times: bffice.-~Martori paper. \ \f-/ ! The Maoris are levying heavy charges on people who have to cross the Turnkinairiyer during the repairs which are now being executed to the bridge. It appears that persons who have to travel that way have to go through" lands beJouging to two Maorieß, so that two fees of a;shilling each: are demanded. . .. - '.' 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