LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1673, 1 April 1886, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

There are now 60 subscribers to the Wanganui telephone exchange. We h?»r 'that* some sh?ep-worrying dogs havo been caught m flagrante de- \ lido and this morning was shot by the ! ranger. The rehearsal of the Choral Society will take place this evening at 8 p.m. m Bank Chambers. Messrs Sian and McGrath, auctioneers of Woodrille, announce that the sale of beer, brandy, guns, saddles, furniture, drapery, and general goods, advertised for list Saturday j will be held on Saturday next, at 1.30 p.m. Six good hacks will 1)0 advertised for sale at the j same time.; Messrs fio)»n Tonks and Co., of Hawera, advertise a property for sale by auction, on Wednesday, 21st April. For particulars see advertisement. It will be seen by advertisement m another column that Messrs Halcorabe and Sherwell will sell the privilege m connection with the Feilding Easter Monday races at their room?, Feilding, ou the 3rd April. ' i Tha many friends of Mr Joseph P. Hammond, of Bulls, will learn with regret of his sudden death on Tuesday. The deceased gentleman had not been m his usual health for some time . past, and had recently taken a trip, down South with the view of recuperating it. The deceased gentleman was- a member of the Masonic brotherhood, and held the position of sergeant m the Rangitikei Mounted Rifles. ' ' ' ■ Miss Phillips, assistant teacher at the Sanson school, has sent m her resignation, as it is her in|ention, we hear,'to shortly leave for Canterbury, to study for a higher certificate. ' . :, An ordinary meeting of the Manawatu County Council was to be held to day. According to a Wellington paper the latest rumor as to Wellington election affairs m that Mr J. S. M. Thompson will contest the Thorndon scat with Dr Newman, and that Mr Jellico will try conclusions with Mr Fisher m South Wellington. The Caswell Sound Marble Company is to be wound up. A Carterton bankrupt had seven lawyers among his creditors. A man who could get the blind side of the law m that manner, deserves his certificate at the earliest possible moment. — Exchange. . - ..-•-■ At Mr Locke's meeting at Gißborne, a Mr Mullnoly asked amid uproar — ' Would Mr Locice be m favor of placing a charge of dynamite under tho Native Department and blow the, whole concern to ?"/ ' c ■■■':■ ..-.:•.: '■/"■'' By cable we learn that the proposed amalgamation of the Commercial Bank ofPoatli Australia with- another bank, has been abandoned. When tho Cheap Jack;: recently m Pal mere ton got to : Woodville; he was awfully- disgusted by the serges at of | police going to him, and asking him for hii" permit." j The Wairarapa Daily has the follow* ing absurd paragraph : — " The scarcity of totara m the Manawatu district has necessitated the sleepers being -fetched from the Hawko's Bay province, the carriage of which f about 5s per 100 ft) will increase the expense considerably of tho formation of the .Central Railway, and also cause; some delay m the work through the long distance they have to ibe carted." Has the Daily been^hbaxed, or is it making & wilful mis-statement with malice aforethought. . . The Napier Telegraph has the following ..:—'« Saturday's N.Z: Times tells the story of Mr Grenville-s encounter with Foster, the spiritualistic medium. The story is. good, and appeared m our columns Home three months ago. The Hawke's Bay Eefdld tells the tals today*." ' [If we remember rightly it is about four months ago since the story appeared m the Manawatu Standard. Thus, do paragrnphs go tha rounds of the neweppapers, En. M.S. J ' <---.. ;._- --: In one of the surburban, churches m Wellington on Sunday last the clergyman broadly intimated to the congre gation that if they would not pay the minister's stipend, they might, at all even ts, contribute enough money to pay the insurance on the church. A writer m the Auckland Star denys the statement that the Now Zealand Stud Company have purchased Dan Godfrey as a successor to Musket. Speaking of revenue from totalisatort the Woodville Examiner has the following:—Ten per cent, on thY whole amount passed through the totalisators m the colony during tho year would mean a very nice sum. Surely it would be quite legitimate for the Government to levy a tax on totalisator transactions, either by compelling proprietors to take out a license, or taxing the tickets or the gross amount passed through the machine. Twoand a-half per cent at least of the 10 per cent deduction should :go* the Government coffers. Why, it would '■ pay the interest, on a million loan, or) at any rate produce a useful amount to the revenue. From a Wellington paper we learn that Mr Saunders, who has the contract for the extension of the inner T of the wharr, has made a start driving m piles, the engine having been got on to the stage made for that purpose. The wharf when completed, will join the Customhouse quay just at the corner oi Brandon street, and this will give a berthing room of 300 ft, instead of 90ft, as at present. The present width of the wharf will be increased from 50ft to 66ft. The corner made by this extension will be vied as a harbour for small boats. The time for the completion of this work is fixed m the contract for the end of ths present year It is understood that only a few Gorerament Bills are as yet m the printers' lands for the coming session, but these nclude several very heavy consolidation neasureo, their subjects including De 'ence and Constabulary, Municipal Cor>orations, Mines, the Criminal Code, fee. '