LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 78, 24 February 1883, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

; , -The strike of the Melboujriie tailote?sds\ ' fs'now virtually ended. The majority Have resumed work, and the remainder are not expected to bold out much longer. A' lodge of the Manchester Unity of Odd Fellows will shortly be opened at Feilding, under the title of the Loyal Manchester Lodge. The district secretary has already written to the head centre m England for the usual dispensation. A curious verdict was given m the Dietrict Court, Napier. A groom was charged with cutting;' up his livery, find} doing other damage. He was seen to do it, and admitted it to the police, And m Court the counsel admitted itonly pleading'drunken* ness as an excuse ': yet the fury returned a the verdict of not guilty, evidently ranch to surprise of the prise ner. • ! The Palmeraton North Rifle Volunteers are summoned to parade on Monday the 26th inst., at' 7. p.m., sharp, to attend to business of importance. A reward is offered for a lost horse. A committee' meeting of the Manawatu Racing dab is convened for 8. p.m.', Tuesday evening next at the Commercial Hoteli . ■'» ■ We hear that a Mr Galloway, of Picton, is to commence business iri Feilding soon. Last night there was a meeting of the Free Masons S.C; : ; ' Mr David Nathan is now supervising the management of the various branches of the firm's business m the district. He has lately been on a trip so far as New Plymouth. The fine ships Lady Jocelyn and St. Leonards, sailed for London on Thursday. The former takes a cargo valued at £71,398, of which £12,166 represents frozen meat. The St. Leonards' cargo is valued at £57,715. I ' ' Common jurors who have been summoned to attend at the sittings of the District at Palmerston North on Monday next, are officially notified that their attendance will not be required. The bankruptcy of Mr Sewell of Sewell and Donaldson, flaxmillers, of Foxton is else k where officially notified. It is confidently affirmed that Mr George Fisher will have ago for a seat m the House at next general election. The Hansard staff will then lose a reporter, and the representatives of democracy will gain a champion. As John Chinaman says, "Change for choppee." So the world goes round. Hop picking is now m full swing m Nelson, and the crop is an excellent one. We have learnt further particulars- m reference to the ferryman at the Lower Gorge, whichwe shall publish m Mon« days's issue. The matter must receive the fullest inquiry at the hands of the County Council. The N.Z. Times is m the hanging mood, and proposes not only to dispose of the assassins who murdered Lord Cavendish and Mr Burke, but it would make short work even of Mr ParneU, on whom the Times would "award the 1 penalty of scourgidg. But why stop at Mr ParneU, and not scourge the three-foarths;of the people of Ireland who are with him. Not long ago it demanded; that somebody "must" be hung for Miss Dobie's murder. There are journalists, and there are "idiots." Yes, verily. We hear that. a A sand bank haa. been formed m mid~channeLof ':' the river. at£thd Lower Gorge, which to some extent interferes with the punt being worked asusunl. The Home solicitor of the E. & C. Aid Corporation has^corae put unawares to the Manchester Block, and is- wanting to know, you know, about various matters. His unexpected arrival has caused some little commotion among- 'the Corporation officials. I . The 'f Great Lord Johnny Martin," as Tom Bracken styled him, was a passenger by coach yesterday via Masterton, en loute for Wellington. He was accom* panied by his two daughters. Mr Marchant, chief surveyor, was also a passenger. The weekly auction sales to-day (Messrs Croskery's and Snelson's) attracted very considerable audiences, the country districts being well represented. We hear that a considerable portion of Mr Luxford's property is under water to* day, through a fresh m the Mangaone stream, though there is no flood m the Manawatu.