LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1674, 2 April 1886, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr Greenwood notifies that he will next visit Palmerston on Thursday, April 15, on which date hs can be consulted at Walkley'a Hotel. . Nolan Tonks & Co.'s catalogue for their Kakaramea sale on Thursday next appears elsewhere. .. . '. • • . ' F.*B. Jaokson & Co. announce special entries for their Saturday Hale at the St. Hill-street Yards to take place to-mor-row. An Invercafgill telegram states that extremely bad weathei is playing havoc with the harvest, most of which is m the field. The barques May from China, and Vallejo from Liverpool arrived at Wellington on Wednesday. Mr Stratford, Resident Magistrate for the Wairarapa, now presides at the Wellington R.M. Court, having taken Mr Wardell's place during that gentleman's illness. On more than one occasion on the first day he gave some members of the legal profession to understand, m a quiet way, that he was determined to preserve the dignity of the Court. In one case two legal gentlemen were discussing a point across the table m a familiar* way, and his Worship quietly asked : " Are you going to settle the case, or am I?" ". From the Tost we learn that . li'sara McLean & Sons are making such satisfactory progress with the contract for the additions to the outer T of the Queen's Wharf, as to justify the belief that the work will be completed m three months' time. The work is being oarried out m a most credittblo manner, nnd when finished the T will be capable of accommodating more vessels than any other structure of -the kind m tht colony, y I (

From the Post we learn that thpolice m Otago have effected the arrest of Thomas Gibson, ex-clerk of the Po-torn Town Board, who lug been,' wanted.f or a bbhßiderablo v timu,on several 'charges of forgery, with intent to defraud that corporation. The accused was taken into custody while working on Mr Pollock's Btation, near Balclutha, where it appears ht has been employed tor a number of months, and where he was known as Thomas Courteuay. . He ib charged with having, on the 16th F«brusry, 1884, forced the namo of F. M'Leod to an order for £27 : l7a JL<1, with I intent to defraud the Fetone Board, and with having forged an acceptance receipt for £10 is ' oti "the 15th May, with intent to defraud the Board. He disappeared from Wellington about 18 months ago, and was only recently discovered on Mr. Pollock's, station. Hit wife and -family remained behind until two or three weeks ago, when they rejoined him. He is to be brought up to Wellington at the end of the week.