LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 61, 5 February 1883, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

: We hear ort the authority of a local print that thert will shortly be published a work entitled " Rsminiebencfea of a County^ Chairman, m ferae;" ; -i Might we suggest; .f &>an - apuendixj ,'f and how he tamed the valiant journalist with" a stout I stick." .*■■>>':;" ■ ,'j .' We -learn that owing to a variety of dauses^is not probable that the prop fled Masonic Lodge under the Scotch Constitution ) will now be established. It appears that the idea originally emanated from the arilbitioua desire of one or two persons to become, omce-bearara,, and thereby obtain a certain amount of influence, A resident of Terrace End is much exercised m spirit ,&b to what amount of pecuniary responsibility he inours (if any) iwhW a newspaper inserts an advertise* 'tnent for. him, against his express orders, and after 'repeated refusals, to the import tunaje entreaties and aolicitaticns of the "proprietor." It isn't when ads abound and business thrives, -That "needs must, .when the ievil • •■{''■■' : ; drives." ,.-•,- ; . ;.,.., „ ■ >■ ■ .'■-..• o • c , ; ? :: • , ..; ;-, . • ■ •■ : ; (Copyright;.) • Tenders are invited elsewhere for the erfcti6li'of l ab6ut 95 chains of fencing on the , propwtyjy of 0. .' , Pharazyii,: Esq., Makino. Full particulars will be, found m" advertisement, and the specification! canWiieen at'this offitie. \ih The Anglican Bishop of Wellington w a s a pa^senjger- by : coach .on Saturday, .en route for Napier. Mr "H."Biundell and tfre^KevV 1 ' Mr foetfiburjlWe 1 through passenger's f roW Misßterton^ The Bishop shortly". A contemporary referring to the i death of another of the Six Hundred, remarks ; — '• We w6n^« :r^Wei the' last f of this terrible ' Six BLnh&red '' will be i defunfo To our own certain --knowledze ..we have totalled up.sdniettiin'g likei 200,000i00d since the Crimean war, and the question natural by arises, where do ,they all conic from. jj iU .. »: . ; ... i ;;,•, 1.,</l „</ - , ;--,.. A change m the weather set m this morning, a steady rain falling, ;which will do an immense deal of good. Attention is directed to Messrs Vivian & Co.'s new advertisements before the leaded, and? at 'the end of the paragraph column. . i. „ jiiiW 6 4^4 .^ip tyr* Mcljsnnan on Saturday evening, m which no mention is made of , the receipt by him of the missing- letter.' ' We trust it • has not miscarried, as that might lead to further complications,' .' • : . ' ; The thdfou^hly worn-out song "The Wolf " is being again revived, and has now repfehed thtf 'Pyramids' of Egypt, several of the British aoldieis having taken out barrel-organs specially made to play this brilliant production! The Egyptians understand it to be a British hymn. Whether it is the song or the instruments which have become popular is not yet known,- but a |(aige Wfiort is now going on with the organs to the land of the Pharosh. A dry dock has been begun at Sebastopol, which, it is estimated, will cost the enormous sum of £4,000,000. Mi Yo?o<. deem, of St. Petersburg, is Ihe contractor. It f reg^uentty^ happens Tin 4 Court o? Justice that^ the presiding'^ magistrate i is called upon to decide %he rate 'of wagesto be paid to a laborer, the^alue jot ajticles of consumption, &o. A? "Gote in^Otago, the presiding Magistrate^ commented upon the absordity pf thWiafmr ny cases,: and pointed out how*"ridiculouß itjtvas for people to expect him to decide whether a German sausage was worth two shillings or half-a«crown! Ada Mantua's principal prize m the Melbourne Champion Oansultation fell to a young lady who was just on the eve of ratting married.- .The amount.'LiOO, was •a-nic^pmm' feVfthe iuctkyimah. / J ' I An old man named Patrick White, who has reached the extraordinary s age ;<>f 104 years, is at present an inmate of the Eynetou hospital, suffering from a broken arm. Some months jago, ;he was released ; from the Bendigo hospital, and on leaving that institution he Btarted for Riddell's Creek with,a, swag on his. back. When nearing his destination the old fellpw, who is blind m one eye, fell over an embankment and broke his arm. The Kyne« ton Quardian reports^jiat he is progress* ing favourably, and it Beams probable that he wilVlivesome time longer. , •.;; , During one fortnight quite recently no . leas.jfchan.a thijA O.f . the male. population of the township of Midhirat got married. This comprised the local storekeeper and another resident. Some idea of the magnitude of the of -raising sweet'scented .flowers for tHeV perfume ftlone' may be gathered jEtipjft^e /that Europe and British India alone i^pnsume, about one hundred and fifty thouaia.nd gallons of handker« chief perfume- yearly, .that the English revenue from French Eau de Cologne of itself is LB,OOO annually, and the total revenue or England from other important perfumes- is estimated atLIO,OOO each year. Some* setilers near . Inglewood have planted m amongst the charred and cow decaying bush quite a large lot of pmus imignuß 'and other; ever-grepn troes, which already give a pleasing appearance to these otheTtyice ' drdary-lboking holdings, It is a pity but that tree-planting was more general and earlier attended to than is usual m bush dealings. .

The Rev H. Stoker m a . letter to' Southland Times remarks, "A child does not learn the truth of religion by reading the Bible any more than he learns gram mar by reading a grammar. The truth of religion need be taught. A correspondent desires to know what tbe title, " A perpetual commissioner for taking the acknowledgments of married women," signifies. "We haven't tne..le&»t'* idea, though the formidable display of .big . words has often caused a puzzled feeling m our mind, not unmixed with respectful .awe. We must confess- non-ability to ar.swer the interrogation, but presume it means — something or other. We see thatProfessor. Hugo's critic, who .got so Be verely handled by that gentleman m various letters to the "Wanganui Herald, otill smarts under the cas'tigation. He now finds relief m writing of him as, , " Hugo." Ooulli not he term him an j obtuse angled "triangle. That would be more dignifi>d and equally crushing. Or has the vocabulary run out • • . .. . - ■. . .-. From the Commercial Hotel to the Union Bank corner, the I*1 '* grass and' weeds m the gutter beside the footpath are growing luxuriantly, tner'eby 'stopping the current of the water, and rendering flooding inevitable. Other sides of the Square obtain the attention of the person who receives payment for this Work from the Borough Oouncil, ( l)ut the Bide,, alluded to is being,, allowed to choke through neglect. The residents naturally enquire} "Why is this thus 1" . . ;,_ The Lake County Press says :-;"When any peoble laugh at Sir George Grey's indignation about the land sharking of the Canterbury "swell mob/ remember this fact ; 'Ninety pepple own more than daissixth of the Province of Canterbury,' " The. a. a. Austral, was insured for L 199.009, and her freezing machinery for 14,000; total L2O3;CDO. : -i «';""■■; Up Atj ckland 'way vhey are, beginning to agitate for prayers to, ba ofierf d up in 1 Churches for rain. ; '• •<> v>''s It is Tdtoofed'that I wfieri Minister's take the i "oaths 'of office' before Sir Wm. 1 Jervois, there will be a re«arrangement of portfolios. '■'^ What theY chahf es will be has not transpired, .although it> is under* atood- that Mt^Dick. will be,re)jeve|ljof dutiea i :w,bich will ( be, transferred: ■ to;' Mr >■ Connolly,, the i Minister oJE Justice. ■> '■■■'■ ~ r - •■•■'':'■'•■ :'■''_■; •■» ; 'it is estimated thai; 1500 emigrants for New Zea'aad. left jEneland during lasi ■month, : - „- ";■;. •;•-. ., .r=i; ; ;. ; Americans beat us hollow m the matter of drink;] i-Ke^': fifori '• 'is j^edited with tO^^Opr, drinking "saloons^ which are said to have taken over the counters last year LB,o3o,ooo— more than ; Lff.p^riheacl. • ! , JThb ruah at Humphrty *B Terrac^ near Stafford (the West Coast Times state?) is assuming larger proportions. There are now about thirty parties either putting m tunnels or making. ; preparations to do s\). The length of driving will be from 40 to 100 feet. There is yefc no authentic information, as to the prospectors.' returns. .Delegates from; .the Victorias' Bibierin* State Schools League, has declared before - the Victorian Education Commission 'that there are at least 160,000 children m th,e colony who never enter Sunday schools. Where 'do they obtain their religion training P <; > •; The Queen's journey from Balmoral toLondon and return costs, it la estimated, J82500. A cheap trip! f : •' .. In, Melbourne ih.9 hottest day that has been known for "a period ot. twenty -five years, the ithefmometer did j not 'reach higher tban'lll decrees m the shade. 1 The Australian mine at Oreswick, Victoria, was yielding two hundred ounces of gold weekly before the recant disaster; A teamster m Western Australia re* ,eent!y came upon a party «f blacks as they' were", eating the arms and legs of a woman. ; An important salt m distraint for rent is4els«where;motified« -, -,- ; ?iVt', ■■'.*•■■' :■■ '■'.*,■ ■ \,' \ i\ -