LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1721, 31 May 1886, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr J. Mikkelten tenders a publio acknowledgement to tfae ekiifal treatment of Rcr. C. Gauitad, who on two occasions tared hit daughter's life when attacked by diptberia, In oar advertiiing column* will be found particular* of auction tale of lenses fa Paraehretn Block by Meiiri Beokett, Hammond and Pick, tQ tnfte nl«oe at ftajr rqatpi, Broad,' jra Mm*, p QnfffUVrfA Awgutf, *

Messrs l^lan, 'Yonks k Go's noxt stock sale at the l£f!k;iraiiiea Sale Yards will be held ou Thu.-sjfay. Jtrts a Donueed that owinj to unavoidable de'ays m the preliminary ni-ruugemcuts for the issue Oi tbe Pahialua Star the publication of the ficst issue is postponed. Applications for shares m the Petcne aod Hult Building and luvestmcat Company (Limited)., may be made to the Secretary at Wellington and Petone, either directly, or through the Brokers of the Company, or any A^vnta. Every application must be accom I panied by the required deposit, or by a receipt from any branch of ihu Colonial Bank for the atnouut of such deposit. Application forms may be obtained from the Secretary aud Brokers, their agents, or at any Branch of the Colonial Bunk of New Zealand, or at the office of the Manawatu Daily Standard. Applications for shares will be leceived meantime by the brokers of the Company.. Williamson and Co., Siar Chambers, 41, Lambton-quay, Wellington. The late Rev. James Wat kin had been very fee'ile for soms time, and after dinner ou] the diy ou which hft died he went to sleep m his armchair. On bis wife calling him about 4 o'clock, to tbe iibunl afternoon cup of tea, she found death's hand gia ping him; he was removed to tin couch, where he lay ge itly breathing, with no signs of retarding con--Bciousoe<!'> until htilf-past 1 o'clock, when with only a slight twichiug of the mouth, he passed away. The funer.nl was very largely attended. is rather peculiar that whereas the consumption of spirits at the Wellington Hospital for the month of April. 1885, was 241£ pints, and malt liquors 124' pints, for the corresponding period this year the position was reversed, the qjfdutity cf spirits being 70J- pints, and the malt liquors 16 pints, A contemporary states that four members of the crews m the last Oxford aud Cambridge boat race hailed from the; antipodes. Messrs H. M. Maclean and D. H. Maclean, who rowed m the Oxford boat are Queenslanders. Mr W. St. L. Robertson, a durk blue, is a Victorian, as is also Mr S. tfairbairn, who pulled m the Cambridge crew. Mr Abraham Honore has been appointed a member of the Eoxton Licenaiug Committee, vice J. Piucell, deceased. Mr T. R. Chamberlain has started a corn crusher at his flour mill oa Kimbolton-ioad, Feilding. He will crush oats at 3d per bushel, or sell crushed oats at 2s 6d per bushel. Mr Chamberlain has made other improvements to the flour mill, and among them it may be noted that he is now using much finer silk dressing than heretofore. He will therefore be able to turn out flour of a quality not to be surpassed by any other mill m the colony. The officers of the Russian man-of-war were to have becu taken along the Wellington . and Manawatu railway line as far as Pukeiua on Saturday. We direct attention to a notice inserted by the Young Meu's Mutual Improvement Society of the entertainment to be given this evening. We understand Mr R. Leary will recite an original composition, and the Rev. A. M. Wright will read " The Baptisement of the Bairn." Reedings, recitations, and singing will also be -supplied. MUses Mowlem and Ltary presiding at th « i jiano kindly lent for the occasion. Altogether a very enjoyable evening may be looked forward to. The price of. admission is fixed at an exceptionally low rate, which should induce a large attendance. It is worthy of note, says 'the New Zealand Times, that as the Russian war-vessel, Vestnik, was brought up the harbor by Pilot Holme?, tbe officers made numerous inquiries as to the locality of the batteries, &c, and did not appear to express any admiration whatever of the Wellington fortifications. In the Show Room at the Bon March6---•will be found a most Magnificent assort , lncnt.of the Latest Novelties m Mantle 3, Ulsters, Fur Capes, Woollen Shawls Skirts, Fancy Woollen Goods, Costumes ' Fancy Aprons, Scarfs, Squares, Gloves, and a variety of novelties m Fancy Goods, admittedly the most Complete Stock m the District. C. M, Ross & Co. T c Bon Marche.