LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Patea Mail, Volume I, Issue 3, 31 October 1887, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

♦ Interesting reading will be found on our fourth page. The County Council meets on Thursday next at eleven n.m , and the Hospital Board in the afternoon. Mr Bryce’s petition against the election of Mr Hutchison, wvs lodged with the returning officer, Mr Litiiton, on Thursday last by Messrs Fitzherbcrt and Marshall. The general committee of the exhibition meets on Wednesday evening at Mr Horners office at half-past seven, when reports of subcommittees are expected to be in. A telegram Torn Wanganui Herald’s Ilawera correspondent says that Mr McGuire’s friends have asked him to petition against Major Atkinson’s election on the grounds of corrupt practices. Tho Manaia Road Bond, in response to advertisement, received thirty-three apphc-.i-t’ons for the position of Cleric and Engineer. Tuo present engineer was appointed. The salary is £225 per annum. Nominations for the triennial election of County Councillors, are notified elsewhere, to be in by Wednesday, the Dth piox. Nine councillors are wanted, live for the A'avedey side, and four for the Kakaramea side.

A notice calling for nominations for three Borough Councillors appears in our advertising columns to-day. It is to bo hoped omgesses will make their choice promptly so as to secure the nomination of candidates by the date named, 'iho Fire Brigade met for practice on Thursday evening last, but owing to the ibsence of several members of the Brigade, the \vcC practice was postponed. Several jf our townsmen joined the Brigade some months back, fur the purpose of assisting at she pumps, but their absence of late has been very conspicuous, For the first time since tho- Bank of New Zealand came into existence, no divide;’ was leclare.l at the annual meeting on Wednesday last, The bank’s “ usual ” has been fifteen ,jci* cent, so that the shareholders will scarcely relish coming down •• whop,” to nothing. It is a very nasty slap, and has a very nasty sound, about it-

Wc are informed that Mr Luesna has quite come round m the independent of site” fee.ing in regard lo the toning, works and on Friday last authorised Mr tins? to put his name down for a donation or £3t). That sounds like business, and as example is belter than piceept, it will doubtless have a very good effect. The s.s. Wave dey arrived from Wellington and del so a on Friday morning with a full general cargo, and left for Westport; on Friday .evening for a cargo of coai. and vrus expected to have re-.uruou by this morn Jig’s tide, bho has not, however, as yet pu: ijti an appearance, fcibc is to leave for Wellington ou Wednesday morning next at 'J o’eloc c. Through a curious oversight on the pari of our proof reader, quite a new clement, was introduced into our report of the Greeuw ood’s concert, Our critic was made to say tin a the conceit was totally •• devoid of the in crest. * souchong' of undue or unpalatable disp lay,’ It is scarcely necessary to say that co acerc goers would hardly exnect to find *• boa—chong” displayed on the st.»gc, and lha t the word should have been •• soupeon*’' Few process for electro-plating dc licatc organic things, such as liowers and inesects, and so preserving them, has heoa brought out in France. Copper, silver, and go/.d are the chief metals eteciro deposited on their fragile bodies,; but m order to do sotcis necessary to have a conducting skin or coating ou the body itsmt, to winch the metal tviil acthei-e tvlseu reduced from its saLL by rho electric current. This coating is, by the new process, produced as follows; —A quantity of snails or slugs are washed u ordinary water to free them from all eartny or catcareou* matter, and put in water until the albuminous matter they secrete is extracted. This solution makes the required c lating. The inaugurativc “ Bee” in connection with the Wesleyan Parsonage Fund, was held at Mr liuwf.cn s home on Friday last, and proved to be a remarkable success. Between seventy and eighty were present, assemoling from si’ll parts of the district. During the early evening, lawn tennis and other engrossing outdoor amusements were indulged in, and when the deepening twilight suggesteu the propriety of seeking the shelter of the hou-e. uulooi amusements of every description were brought into play,a and remarkably pleasant evening spent, mull the larger numbers being pointed to by the inexorable hand of time, the visitors began to think or getting homeward, though it was not easy to get up the necessary courage to leave such a scene of real enjoyment. The refreshments were of a most liberal and varied dost: Option, and testified very directly to the liberality of Mr and Mrs Hawken, and judging from results they certainly have no reason to fe ir that their kinduets was not fully appreciated.