LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XII, Issue 1726, 5 June 1886, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Wellington and Manawatu Railway Com] aiy havu mad another call of one shilling per same, which is payable on or before Wednesday next. The R. M.S. Kailcoura is advertised to sail for Londou, via Rio de Janeiro, from Wellington on Thursday, July 1. Mr Sim'th is to question , the Minister of Public "Works as to whether, the plans and specifications for the Manawatn Gorge line will be prepared, so as to be ready for commgiiciug the work as soon as the- money is voted. Foxton is to have a daily delivery of letters and Hastings has just been granted the same privilege. Surely Feildiag should be similarly favoured. Additions to the catalogue for Messrs' Stevens and Gorton 'a neit Bulls sale on Bth inst appear m another part of this issue. Dr JW.ksirnw l" r k Fotton for Wellington yesleiiclay to attend tt« next sittiug of the Supume Court, when o.u case m which he is defeiiuuuL n.u uv . i.c.iiU. It is understood Mr A. S. Baker will appear for the defence. An offer to suply, under certaiu condilionß ( the Borough of Mastcrtou with a high pressure water supply has been made by Messrs J. £. Haves and A. J. Hunt, of Wellington. . ■ According to the Lyttelton Times, rumours are current m Christchurch that gold has beeu discovered m the Maiveru Hills, but no satisfactory proof of the discovery had beeu received up to Tuesday night. Messrs Pollard, Simes, and Co., announce sales of produce, fancy goods etc., at their auction rooms, Victoria Avenue, Waoejauui, every Wednesday and Saturday at 1 30 p.m. Messrs Freeman R. Jackson aud Co.'s next stock sale at the St HjlUtreet Sale Yards, Wanganui, will take place on Wednesday at noon. Messrs Budge and McCutchan announce additions to their sale at Waimate Sale Yards, . Manaia, to take place on Tuesday, Bth inst, at 1 p.m. Mr T. R. Walton's letter, m reply to Mr James Liuton, will appear m Monday's issue, which will conclude the correspondence, Mr Linton having written the first aud Mr Walton the concluding letter. "• Mei.; have.; been requested to direct attention to the altered date of the inaugural meeting of the Munawatu and West Coast Agricultural and Pastoral Society, viz, Monday, 14th inst. Miss Ada Campbell will lecture m the Lyceum to-morrow evening, when there will probably be a crowded audience. The larger portion of the bushfalling, advertised m the Daily Standard, by Mr MPrendergast, has been taken by Kitchen, Larsen getting the smaller portion. Foitoa has decided to go m for a municipality, and, we presume? m course of time for the inevitable Borough Loan. All its fun is ahead.

A Wellington cabman has been fined 40s and costs 7s for jnot returning an umbrella which had been left m his vehicle, the owner of which he knew. It appears that a section of the Wellington Hackney Carriage Bye-laws provides ,the owner or driver ot a vehicle finding property m his conveyance shall restore the same m the condition m which it. is found to the owner, and if the owner cannot be found, shall deposit it at the Town Clerk's office. If not claimed within one year the property may be, sold, and the proceeds giyen to the City Treasurer, Messrs Barnes and Higgie announce that they will hold a stock sale at the Ben Nevis Sale Yards, Turakina, on Friday next, the 11th inst. Full particulars will be published m our next issue. . . •• ■ Wo take the following items from the Estimates :— Clerk at Feilding, £120; clerk at Palmerston North, £175 ('also registrar of electors £15) ; cleik and m terpreter, Foxton, £175 falso registrar of births, etc., fees, and registrar of electors, £15. Constable Price, who has recently transferred from Bulls to Foxton, is now lying seriously ill m l<'eilding. A constable from Wangarrai has been sent m temporary charge. The first full steamer which left Melboure and Sydney for the Kimberley goldfields was the Khandalla, on« of the fleet of the British-India Steam Navigation Company. From Adelaide, Sydney, and Melbourne she' bad 80 passengers, 80 horses, 200 rains, and 15 cows. Some of the horses and all the cows and sheep are for the Kihg ; Sound ; Pastoral Company. There are already 120jQ00 sheep m the Kimberley country, so that there ...will be plenty of food for the pioneers of ; .the.jjgoldfields, no matter what may happen. Flour "has been quoted at Derby at 10$ d per pound. The Bulls people have caught the Kimherley . gold, fever. A meeting is convened to be held at the Efngitikei Hotel to-night, to discuss matters m connection with the proposed formation of a party to go thither. • The stir about Kimberley has at last reached Foxton, and the names of two or three -residents of the district are mentioned as being probably Starters for the Australian El Dorado. We are much afraid' (writes the local paperj that many who start m haste for Kimberley will make a bitter repentance at leisure.

An examination of Volunteer officers holding provisional commissions took place recent]}", the Board of Examiners including Colonel Butts (president), Major Boddam, and Captains Humo, Coleman, and McCredie. The following candidates among others, presented themselves to : qualify for commissions : — Captaiu Thomas Moo, re, Lieutenants Hewßon -i'and. ftftJintreo (Woodville Riflf'B). The 'examination papers will be forwarded to the Defence Department iv the course dfa day or two.