LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1718, 27 May 1886, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

. The "Wanganui Education Board -jjivei final notice that m all cases-* where no c 0 meetings of hotisehoiders took- place, at I the date appointed by the Act* the- data 0 \ for the; adjourned meeting is fixed for Te Pridaj| 11th June. •' cc In connection with the granting: of ti Licences for public buildings m this L .town it will Do remembered that the Council at a meeting 'held some couple '■ of months ago, passed a resolution, to the ri effect that until certain improvehients n and. necessary requirements for the g purpose of guarding against accident* in n case of fire' were made by the owners of h pubjic, buifdiAgS; the required recom- » .inendatiou by the Conii'bil Would not be- a granted. lii compliance with the' sU'g- tl gtfsiioHS "-"'natfu* •by' $he : committee- api? •-- -! .pointed to inspect the Theatre and Bank f< OhambfiFs, the proprietor of the latter ... c •h-liding has h/id ;.ei;ect«}d " ! .» ..flight' of • t( steps M tho rear of the. premises m 1 eyery way suitable for safe aud hasty ,!* egress from thb-'uppef's'torjv No'attei„i*t ; ■ '* '"as yet to alter the Theatre Royal, as ' * , ; r«^iilred, has been made. '*■'• - 7 ifil_e t Gascp^n'e, [the ..new .steamer, ef ." &_a"e : r Fren'cjj, Jt;ine,^.JBj ;aimpst' uQaiplet <?d. ' !:Th«' papers' are full of "graphic "clescrip- c *tions of her."- She can accommodate I^oo. fl passengers ano) her cost is £320,00.0." , t ."Her tonnage is 6800, aud her engines^ 'are 8100 horse power. After that we. j liear of the; wonders ,-of, herjwater-.tight/ t ..compartments. If a dozen, schooners j , bumped, iota her she wpuld still -.float...- .^ If B:rivsr*t^anier cut jier eg v are m two \ the captain would take the foi ward end-. - .and.Jthe mate tbe other part, and sail u them , "separately and safely .to shore. ( strange to say,"" - the 'public aro a , -jay.HO sceptical; about the yalue of water- - j .'tig.ht compirttnenta than! they werr*- ] several yeats ago. '"'" a 7 Tbe Star of the Mersey which was. 1 -rede itly l o^'ljiew ii^lyinonth,' '1 '.was a brig of 255 tons, "built m Sunder- 1 land Jin 1863. This, is the second mis- ' i.faap that has occurred to ber. * About ; ' came* years agoehe was caught m a heavy j tgale m Cook, Straits, and being , driven .1 by.tbe.tor.ee. of. the . «ale into; Guard's . ' ( Bay, bad to be abandoned. Captain '' 1 ' Rbxton, of the schooner. Spray* a. ..vessel 1 which was in* the same ' gate*, reported * the cirfeumstaqc^s on hia arrival, m,, Wel- : .i lington. andf trie's Government -steamer: - 1 "Luna w*nt-t<r her «B«tstflnci*,Va;nd:''Lto^e3 . 'J hpr into Wellington harbor. \":Shß was ■ ueh rep%ifeti,' : atotf4%^ " ; many irjj^g&i-^|^ . .',: several long -intervals at Port i- Chalmers. .- .Once • she : waa: 'thjiie 1 *aboiii|;'. •igW'«,e»!: months together^ " Three or fanr\y6u»g.imen eaiplv»y«d -at Port ,Cl«aliUfefB ; *nad« use. of het for sotno'inouths of .thatj'Uihe ■', \ as a dwelling: hbiise} pulling' backwards and f forwards, moru ing V and" 'evening. ; * One night % great southerly! gale. came. . on, and the -brig' broke from /'her r Ttrtqor- ... ' ing's to the great a!arra..of'heroccupants,-. .. > >^ho expected to bo carried -out- past, Otago Headjs:;'td;V : Ya^.V' > ..ti4X!kilyl she' brought .up oh a bank, -aud neither Bhis nor thos* on board' were niilch the worse. \ ■ The young men, however, changed" their, lodgings* sext morning;^-Wellitogton '•" paper. - The Agent of.the Ne^Zeal and Bible, Tract, and. Book Society i*r at present - m Palmerston, (m the shop next the Ready ' , Money Store) with a large collection of Evangelic*" Literature, 'Church: and Sunday School Material &c.;''an<r. will- • remain until Saturday, May 29th. Early inspection of the large' and varied stock is invited. J. Mathers. I Advt.l i - ; ■ .\ ■■'■ \ According to the Examiner, town sections at Pahiatna seeth" fo'be rising rapidly m value. A front section m .the centre of the towa cannot be bought for less than £150 -; or ;£t7^r lf "is* not " improbable. t^at^ a. LL.n'ew. post and tek- , graph office will soon he established at Pahiatua, • , and two.', sections are now | . under-free offer to the Government. It j -is understood tbat a constable will beap- < pointed and that he will have charge of l the office. ,'.".._ 17 77. „\--.. A poor woman m- an' English town -has just been sentenced to twelvemonths 'm jail at hard labor for atealing four- ' pence worth of turnips.' .'','.. The bazaar m aid ;of.;the.Women'd.flospital at Melbourne ia.to.raise. $5000 . ..to /complete the work begun by Miss GeqflKieve Ward, when, she played. _-.*- Antigone, " at a pound a seat, and by ' the ; performance cleared well Oa. Jou ' £S0d0; i ' • y:""-""xx-a"-'- - .••.••-•<■ , „v . *=•,... .i- ,■..-. B- A. ;i7

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