LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XII, Issue 1732, 12 June 1886, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

, Further graphic detnuY of the recent terrible, disaster at Rocoraa will be found on our fourth. P«g«. . " ' '. ■ ;■-; ... ;.:', .... Miss Ada Campbell will deliver her second lecture m Palmerston North, at the Lyceum Hail, Bank Chambers, to-morrow (Sunday) e?ening« taking for "her subject, "The march of the. Gods (the origin- and progress of the God-idea m humanity ;) or Gods of the past, Gods of the present, the God of the future." This hcture deals with Gods of savages, Gods of India, Gods of .Egypt, Gods of China, Gods of Greece and Gods of modern "nations ; and indicates the God of the future. The Wellington preis speak very highly of this lecture aa .a masterly, historical and scientific .production. There are a million children m England who do not ai'end school on account of the poverty of their pareaia. In half of these cases drink is the cause of the poverty.. , The members of the' ■> Women's Christain Temperance, Union are becoming sticklers , fb r '* order and procedme*' -At "Thursday's Meeting a protest was entered against the. recent Wectlon of officers,: on the gronodithat ihe • ballot & as 'in formal- ' as the candidates ' i: fejr ' election had not been nominated. The objection w,as allowed to stand, and tLe° elections are to he held over again' at the next meeting. —Chronicle. It is stated that one of the Foxton butchers haß determined to sell beef at ooe penny per pound should the proposed co-operative butohery company be inaugurated. There was again no nomination received at the time appointed by the Returning officer for the vacancy on the Foxlon Town B iard. This makes the fourth request, and the fifth i 8 now advertised. The ueglect of the ratepayers ' m this matter (says a local paper) is really shameful, and for the credit of the town we hope some person will ba found public-spirited enough to come forward and fill the vacancy. [And yet Foxton would fain become a municipality I Ed. M.D.S.[ : A divorce suit came before the tribunal of Frankfort-on- the-Maiu recently, m which the parties craved for a disolution of marriage on the ground of incompatibility of temper. The judge decreed a temporary separation of the couple for two years, after which they are to recommence their married; life; and if after a few months' experience they find their reunion, a failure, the Court will be prepared to reconsider their decision. ' ; A Wai m ate Plains -settler, who has just returned from Auckland, reports things to be very quiet at present,, the change being a murked one front the. activity orevailiug two years ago. The Government Insurance buildings, in Queen-etreet are a magnificent block, only a few finishing touches being' now required. The uew railway station, also is now m use, and is a marked improvement upon the ramshackle old building which formerly did duty for that purpose, J A Napier paper vouches for/- the absolute correctness of the following : — A lady advertised m our columus for a general servant, and was replied to, and the applicant made a personal call. In reply to what she could do, she said, " I don't know that I can do anything, lam very hard to please. I must tell you one thing. I am. learning the piano, and I sh all require two hours a week to jjo but to ractice." - ' "