Local and General.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 253, 6 October 1884, Page 2

Local and General.

Exported.—About 250 sheep were exported by the Wairarapa yesterday. Sergeant Bullen.—We are sorry to hear that Sergeant Bullen is still laid up, and unable to attend to his duties. Band.—The members of the J Battery Band added much to the enjoyment of the excursionists on Saturday afternoon by playing a selection of music during the afternoon. Court.—John Bpgley was fined ten shillings in default twenty-four hours imprisonment, this morning, for drunkenness on the 4th of October. Wi Pere’s Bill.—We this morning received Wi Pere’s Native Land Bill, printed in English and Maori. It is already in type, but is crowded out of this issue. Bunting.—There was a great display of bunting on Saturday, Capt. Hollander, (of the Russell), Ra Mackay (Rusina, flag ship), the Good Templar, and others being decked out in their best bibs and tuckers. Agricultural and Pastoral Society.—A general meeting of the Agricultural and Pastoral Society was held on Saturday afternoon last, at the Masonic Hotel. The alteration of the rules Nos. 1 and 2 to be observed by exhibitors were considered and approved, and it was decided to sell the privileges by public auction. £lo,ooo.—The Australian Mutual Provident Society has resolved to increase.the limit of risk taken on any single life from £5,000 to £lO,OOO, and is now prepared to issue polices to that extent on first-class lines. This change is warranted by the magnitude of the society’s business and the large amount of its funds which exceed £5,000,000 sterling. The Fleet.—One of the prettiest sights connected with the proceedings on Saturday was a fleet of nnnature yachts under the command of Commodore Warren. The little fleet created quite a sensation as it beat about the river in close order, each vessels following the I motions of the one proceeding it with the greatest exactness. Fire.—The recent fire at Messrs. Gooch and Cousens’ warehouse at Wapping, which ended in the destruction of about £lBO,OOO wor'h of Australian wool, is one of those fortuitous occurrences which appear to hurt, no one but the insurances companies, who, in accordance with some strangely conceived notion, are never worthy of the slightest popular sympathy. The following are the details of the wool consumed :—New South 1529 bales; Queensland, 231 bales; Victoria, 1369 bales ; Tasmania, 4 bales; South Australia, 600 bales; New Zealand, 3445 bales 1 sack; Cape, 951 bales; Falkland Island, 889 bales 5 sacks; Persian, 133 bales. Total, 9154 bales and 6 sacks.

Holy Trinity.—At Holy Trinity Church last night, the Rev. Fox announced from the pulpit that the confirmation of a number of young people would take place on Sunday morning next before the Bishop of the Diocese, when an unusual sight would be witnessed. It had been stated that those young people only went up for confirmation in order to create a show, but he asked that they now make it a reality, and throw aside all hypocrisy, either conscious or unconscious, so that they might in all seriousness delegate themselves to the service of the Lord their God, and seek His holy spirit by confirmation.

Trout.—By the Wairarapa yesterday, there arrived from Christchurch several cases containing trout imported by the Acclamatization Society. On opening the cases the little fish were found to be in splendid condition, and appeared none the worse for their trip. A party proceeded up the Waimata directly after’ the arrival of the fish and lodged about three hundred in the fresh water of that river, two only dying in the conveyance. Another party proceed out to Mr. John Clarke’s with the balance for the same purpose. It is difficult to say whether they will thrive or not. We trust they will and that the venture will prove so successful as to encourage the society in the importation of a further supply.

For the Ladies. —An interesting lecture on “ Women’s place in nature,” was recently delivered by Mr. Arthur Nicol at St. George’s Hall, London, has evoked much comment from the Press. The vigorous utterances of the lecturer met with loud applause. When we treat our women as mere figures on which to hang fine clothes, and encourage them to dawdle their lives away in frivolous occupations or like so many Dresden china ornaments to sit still and look pretty, we fail to recognize their proper place in modern civilization. Such a remark certainly does not apply to many women in New Zealand. They are generally far too busy to be able merely to sit still and look pretty.

Thanks.—The members of the Rowing Club have requested us, (and we have much pleasure in acceding) to tender (heir hearty thanks to Mr. Lambie, agent for the Union Company, for placing the launch at the disposal of the Club on Saturday afternoon, and also to include Captain Neal and his officers in the compliment. Wo are sure all who were present will join heartily in according their very best thanks for the urbanity and kindness extended to them, as wc ourselves do also.

Too Liberal.—Tn the supplementary t&iimates ijs. d lately there is an item of £2725 for the ’ a Duke of Albany’s funeral expenses, a».a it is monstrous that the taxpayer sh mid be called upon to pay the amount. iI.R.H left, the by no means small fortune of £45,000, and one would have thought that the expenses of his funeral might have been paid out of this sum. and more especially as his wife is amply provided for to the tunc of £6OOO a year. If this could not have been done, surely’ her Majesty, with an income of £430,000, and a private fortune to a large amount, might have prevented such a stigma being put upon her dead sonjof being buried at the expense of the public.