LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XII, Issue 1739, 21 June 1886, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

„ jtettaiß of naturalisation has been issued to Alfred "Peterson, »torekeeper, Palcaeraton North. •-- ....' '. -. ' ■ -Messrs Budg» and McCutqhan't •tock sale afthe Otb Sale Yards, Waimate Plains, will .'t»k<s Dlace to-morrow. •■• - •» J W<f' remind intending tenderers for the ! job of cutting rashes and ploughing about 200 } acre* ireiir'-I'eiiditigr, that tender* close to-mor-j _row. Mr D Xi. Smith, Edinkillie Firm,' for Mr John Manson^wiU farniih^aU -rf^ired -.information., .... -. ■- -■■■ ■■■ -• — Measn Freeman R. Jackson and Co.'» twle tttbe Sfc Hill-stfeet Sale YarJi, will be held on Friday- at 1.30 p.m. Mr Charles • Sian, auctioneer, of "Voodville, annou Bices two sales ia our present ißtue. On Thursday he will sell ait MrMeMillaa't yards; r Kumeroa, Hawke* Bay, SO head mixed cattle, and 300 cross-bred ewes m lamb. He will also sell at >n early date, (not yet announced) a choice selection of ornameutal and forest trees, •hrubi, &c-, . selected from one of the best nurseries m the.Colony.' • '• ; On the memorable night of the. outbreak of Tarawera, the reverberations frotn which awakened and terrified the inhabitant* of many towus.in the North Island and of several m tbe South, it will be remembered that the sounds were very distinctly iftnrd m Palmerstou, and ascribed to varioas cutuii'. such, as a maritime engagement m 'the Strait, .the' 'bombardment of Foxton or Wellington;- &c., &c. Not the least amusing surmise. was the one entertained by certain residents of Pitt and Charch-streets, who lay and listened a while to the strange sounds, and then with the remark, " Bother that Borough horse, he'll have his stable flagon, fhe ground m the morning," turned on their pillo\v« dnd went off to sleep again. They maintain that the' noise the agimal is In the habit o^makinjr, wbeu practising with his heels ob the fence, was frequently loader, or appeared so, than the sound of the explosion. ; ,/ % A London writer «ay« :— Mr Gladstone seems to enjoy excellent health, and to 'have loss none of bis activity. He attended the memorial service for Mr Fofster m Westminster Abbey, aitriking scene taking place when* the Premier passed the pew m which the-widow of his old, colleague was .seated with her adopted family. Mr Gladstone grasped Mrs Foster by the hand without speaking, Mrs Gladstone subsequently stopping to kiss the bereaved lady. There can be no doubt that had the ex- Irish secretary lived he would have been the .most potent Joe of the new policy. A Mr D. H. Eraser/ of Te Aroha, who has visited the Kimberley district, writes to the New Zealand. Herald giving an account of his experiences. He alto gether discredits .Sir George < Grey's account af the' climate, and says : — " I can safely affirm .that if there is a rush from New Zealand to Kimberley j .very few'indeed will return to their homes and fami lies again. It-is no climate for a white man to work in;' v New Zealanders would die-like, sheep " ( '{here." Further on he says thtfir of " every ten merrwho go and ijtaj : there for.: any length of time, five will stay there until the Day of Judg merit, and one'of the other five nfay return with plenty of the needful,-, but; they will .he; poor ; specimens *o£ the! : healthy son's, of New Zealand they once wera " • -Says the ■ Napier Telegraph :— ln Har* ding's Napier Almanac for 1886 i* a paragraph referring to a French sciflntist, M. Deliaoncey, who predicted that this year would be noted for its volcanic disturbances. The satoe rgentlaman 'prognosticated on - previous "occasions that earthquakes of a destructive nature would ;occur, and which undoubtedly did take place. In the present instance his predictions m this portion of the globe have indeed been sadly verified.. . Mark Twain has conferred another ton mot on his generation.' " At a recent dinner party the subject of eternal life and future punishment came tip for a lengthy discussion inf Which i -Twain took no part. ' A Lady near him. turned- suddenly towards him and exclaimed : " Why dp - you ..not say, anything ? _," If want your opinion. I Twain replied gravely, ' "Madame you must excuse me. lam silent, of necessity. I have friends m both places." A crematory is to be erected m Chicago at a cost of $100,000. The deepest gold mine m; the world is said .to be the' Eureka, m California, which goes down Borne 2;290ft. ? > : At. Gisborne a few days us;o' a aniad|ertisement ttpjjeared m qne^of the Igcal papers, inviting .young men who wished to be assisted to the goldfields to meet at the Wesleyan : Clmrch. At the ..lime appointed about forty— several ,of whom had r scarcely^ ever: beeni/in a Churoli before — put m an appearance } but they . found, on the Chairman (Rev Mr Wills)' opening the meeting, that instead of Kimberley, which most of them took for granted was the fi«ld|to. which they were 'to be. assisted;, the. reverend gentleman j had taken this method of attracting their; "atfedtiion; to the r " goldfFeid in' the -The greater number ot thos^' who were i present exhibited undisguised disgust at being thus '«. sold,", and so much piublict indignation wa9 evinced on the v subject that Mr Willis published a half explanation and half -apology m last Thursday 'i issUse of the Poverty. Bay Herald. ]

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