DISTRICT & GENERAL.

Bush Advocate, Volume VII, Issue 649, 14 July 1892, Page 2

DISTRICT & GENERAL.

» A meeting of Norsewood settlers is called for Saturday evening at 7 p.m. at Thystrup's Hall. Milk suppliers are requested to attend and sign the agreement. Mr Bierre will sell on Saturday at the Mart a consignment of trees and plants, also furniture and sundries. We remind those of our readers who purpose attending Mr il. Lascelles' drapery sale that it will commence to-morrow, and be continued on Saturday and Monday. An inset relating to the sale is published with this issue. The gymnasium will be open this evening. A peculiar error crept into pur re* marks in last issue concerning the new mill in Queen street. It was there stated that the breaking-down was done by vertical saws ; twin saws were, of course, what were meant. The Kumeroa Road Board has let the contract for the Mangatoro Valley Road to Mr Millet at 14s 9d per chain. 1 Prosperity to Tiew Zealand—country and town ' was the toast given by the Earl of Glasgow at the luncheon to the Mayors attending the Municipal Conference. The Danevirke Gospel Temperance Mission held their ordinary meeting at the Band Hall on Tuesday evening, 40 members attending. A programme of songs, readings, and recitations was given by lady and gentleman members. An Auckland telegram states that at Otorouanga on Tuesday the Waipa river overflowed, and tho water rose so high as to enter several houses and extinguish the fires. According to the new volunteer regulations every company will comprise batches of six ; these are comrades, and never part ; a private or non-commissioned-officer, is captain of this six, and so on. London cable messages to Australian papers, dated the Ist inst., state that on the previous day a battle took place at San Francisco between two heavy-weight fighting men— J 08 Goddard, the Australian, and Joe M' Auliffe, the American— for a purse of 5000 dollars. Goddard knocked out his opponent in the fifteenth round. A a meeting at Christchurch on Tuesday at the Oddfellows Hall a motion expressing sympathy with the Ulster men and Protestants of Ireland in tho struggle against Home Ri;le was passed unanimously, At the Baptist Church the chairman, Mr J. T. Smith, asked those who were against Home Rule to stand up, and about half did so. Someone expressed anoppositeopinionandforatimethere was a tendency to disorder, but the proceedings soon became orderly, and a resolution was passed to the same effort as at the Oddfellows' Hall. There was a steady increase in the deposits in the National Bank of New Zealand for the year, and the profits were A postman at Tattenhall, Cheshire named Adanu. has just completed a seivitude of twenty-one years, during which period he has walked on an ayerajja 20 miles a day, save on Sundays. Adams estimates that his walking tour has extended to a little over 131,000 miles. A criminal information for libel has been laid against Mr Haggen, as publisher of the Examiner, by Mr W. Syms, J.P. The case is to be heard today before the R.M. About six o'clock on Tuesday evening a heavy landslip occurred in the Gorge on this side of the second tunnel coining from Palraerstou. The 7.30 p.m. train had to pull up halfway out of the tunnel, Mr Meredith, the guard in charge, went back to the first telephone station, and informed the traffic manager of the occurrence. A train was ordered from Danevirke to bring the passengers on, and arrived here about 12.30 a.m., the delayed train reaching here at 5 o'clock on Wednesday morning. The passengers had to spend six hours in ths carriages, and, as the night was freezing cold, it was rather an unpleasant experience. It has been decided by the pro prietors of the Maharahara copper mine to place tho property in the hands of a prospecting company. A person suffering from an exalted opinion of his own powers in the ' noble art' is at present honoring Danevirke with his presence. This miniature J. L. Sullivan has already caused trouble here, so enraging one peaceable person as to bring about a knock out ' the pugilist offering to back himself for £1 to 10s, and subsequently increasing the odds to .£1 to Ob, He also challenged another resident to fight for .£2O a-side. We commend this person to the watchful eye of our worthy constable, with a view to repressing his pugilistic proclivities. A decree issued by the French Minister of the Interior on May 4 provides that no engine-driver shall be employed on the French railways. who is not a Frenchman, born or naturalised. Iceland has no prisoners, no police, no thieves, no enormously rich, and no miserably poor. Iceland enjoys women's suffrage.

At the Eangitikei election one person voted twice, and is to be proof whom it ia said, made a false declaration, will be prosecuted for illegal voting. The American Brewers' Journal gives the present aggregate amount of British capital invested in American breweries at £18,311, 698 sterling. America produces about one-half of the annual production of silver of the world, and since 1878 has coined a larger quantity than has any other country. The ratio of suicides among the stokers employed in the mercantilemarine is stated by the RegistrarGeneral of Shipping to be 1 in 900, while among the general population it is 1 in 10,000. Remember I Our big sale of surplus Winter Drapery and Clothing commencing on Friday, July Ist, at Tk Aro House, Wellington. Remember I If you want to secure wonderful bargains you should visit or send to the big sale at Tv Ano House, Wellington. Remember ! There are wonderful bargains in every department, such as will make a trip to our big sale very remunerative. You will save far more than your expenses by visiting tlio bi» salu at Tv Alto House, Wellington, Remember I Sulo price lists will, on application, be forwarded, post free. Sale lasts 15 dft}'s only. If a vsit is impossible send your orders, enclosing cash, so that you may share in the good things going at the big salo. Tk Ano Housk, Wellington. , Special. — Mrs Hodder having received instructions to clear out the whole of the present stock at the Bon Marche previous to tho annual balance of the firm, the whole is now offered at greatly reduced prices for a short time only. Customers and the public generally are invited to inspect the bargains obtainable in trimmed millinery, ulsters, dress goods, calicoes, sheetings, shirtings, lace curtains, flannels, and blankets, and a variety of other lines, which are being cleared out cheap. — L. A. Hodueb, Manager, The Bon Marche, Danevirke