LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1690, 21 April 1886, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The outward 'Frisco mail closes on Friday at 7.45 o'clock. The coach missed the train last night and the mails did not reach till this forenoon. When the railway is open there will be an end to these interruptions of mail communication. We have to thank the courteous hon. sec. of the Feilding Jockey Club for a complimentary press pass for the ensuing meeting on Easter Monday, of which invitation we Bhall avail ourselves with pleasure. From all accounts we learn there* is a probability of there being a most successful meeting. The Easter holidays will give the periodical relaxation to the '" Bank employes, which no doubt will be as welcome as needed. >; The Tui will leave Foxton for Wellington to-morrow at 10 p.m. On this day week Messrs F. R. Jack»on & Co., will hold their stock sale at St Hill-street Yards. The Taiaroa inquiry stands adjourned for a fortnight. We tire requested to state that owing to Mr Stratford being unable to give a recitation to uight, at the Wilson be.neflt entertainment, Mr George ftichaVdson^ the well-known elocatipuist, has con^; sented to give a recitation. , ' ■ ' ty On account of the Buccess of "Trial by Jury," as played- at Feilding last; week, it has been decided, at the request*; of a large number ot people^, to repeat it early next month. " On Thursday the v^r^ous c cobtingje.nts for the Easter Encampment at . Wanganui will go through by train..-. There will be a special meeting o^, the school committee at the central echoolhoiise this evening. A country correspondent to the Australian, writes as follows :— A truck load of cats, 400 in number, arrived this morniug, going out to Tongil Station, on the Paroo River, where they are to be tried as a means of extirpating the rabbits. They are sent by the , Government. , A new trouble in connection with the. contingent from Napier of volunteers for ,tho Wanganui encampment has arisen, a difficulty|being experienced in getting sufficient coach accommodation. A man has been sent on to Wood vi lie to see what arrangements can be made. '-Telegraph. , . Frank Rowley, 19, hawker, who was convicted at Nottingham Assizes of attempting to murder his sweetheart by cHtting her throat with a razor, was on February 9, sentenced to fifteen years' penal servitude. - We are informed that a number ef i people who get injured iu any way by an accident, think that they can be taken freo by train to Wanganui. The railway officials have no authority to give tickets to anyone . unless paid for. Several Feilding, residents who left some months ago to try their fortunes in thefPatetere settlement, have returned to their old homes. Oue head of a family informed us " there is mora to eat about this part of tho country, aud it is easier to earn it."— - Star. It Is said that Mr Gladstone has been warned by his medical adviser that if he makes it a habit to remain late, in the Houie of Commom during the present session the most serious consequences may ensue. Mr Gladstone has promised to retire early, save lii exceptional cases; but, with a great Irish Bill before the Houpe, it is hardly likely that he will do so. Even with Lord Hartington at his side he was always loth to leave ; and Lord Hartiugtou is no longer available. — Echo. '•' How does it happen that there are so many old maids * among- school teachers? asked a reporter of a school superintendent the othei day. " Because school teachers are, as a rule, women of sense, and no sensible woman, will give up a £60 position for a £10 man," was the reply. . It is understood that a somewhat prominent member of the House of Representatives, sitting for a Canterbury constituency, will figure as petitioner in a divorce suit at the next sittings of the Christchurch Snpreme Court. It is stated that the co-respondent is a banker. It appears that the small arm ammunition which thd Agent-General lias sent out to the 'colony is for Martini-Henri rifles. The whole shipment has* been sold-to the Victorian Government at a price said to be a slight advance on cost price. ": . • : -The following are the names of. those who voted against the resolution for handing over the control of the Government Insurance Association to the Government. Sir J Vogel,' Mr G. S. Graham (elected member), and Mr G. V. Shannon (nominated member). A Gisborne paper has the following somewhat equivocally- worded paragraph — " Many will regret to hear that an accident which did not prove fatal happened to one of the local lawyers yesterday. He was driving past the Hapara when the horse suffered from staggeiß and suddenly fell. The occupant of the buggy escaped unhurt." An exchange says that when the census papers are made up the total European population of New Zealand will.be found to be over 600,000. . The Tuapeka Times states that an enterprising Lawrence resident proposes to organise and train a team of Chinese footballers, and travel with them through the colony. Writes the Wooflvillfl correspondent of the Napier Telegraph : — •' The Lower Gorge Bridge is prdgressiha", Jtliat is to say, I heard a gentleman remark that as he passed it there were two men at work, one driving nails and the other looking at him. If that is the rate it is going on at it is a pity, as it is a very serious matter to have communication cut off as it was the other day, not to speak of the burden of toils at ordinary times.