The Manawatu Standard PUBLISHED DAILY.) Suivant la verite. TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 1883. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 98, 3 April 1883, Page 2

Manawatu Standard PUBLISHED DAILY.) Suivant la verite. TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 1883. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

To make room for Frisco Mail Summary, and other news, our leader is held over. . There are further complaints of the most incompetent manner m which the niphtman discharges his duties. It is really time the Borough Council saw to to this matter. The cnmpl«int is one that is of very frequent occurence. Mrs Perkinß is m want of a good gene* rnl servant. Mr Fowler's altered advertisement will be found elsewhere. Mr J. F- Heaton is announcing both his businesses for sale. Sucn excellent investments should not be long m tbe market. Messrs Bentley Brop. are greatly impro* vinsr their new premises by the addition of dwelling apartments and tin excellent showroom. We have received; a communication m reference to the caße of distress m the Manchester Block, but the writer does not wish us to " use his signature publicly," and as no anonymous signature has been appended, w« are debarred from publishing the letter m question which we should otherwise have been glad to do. ■' The catalogues of Messrs Stevens & GOl ton's and G. M. Sneleon's itock sales will be found elsewhere to which farther reference will be made to«morrow. ■„ Mr Fowler has had a very roomy show-room added to his business premises the benefit of which customers will duly appreciate. The hour of Mr Snelson's Fitzherbert Stock Sale on Saturday is 12 o'clock noon. A number of new advertisements from Wanganui and other places appear m our present issue. Others have still to appear. Mr Poole, m the New South Wales Parliament, recently regretted that the House had no power of impeaching Ministers who made unauthorised payments. Mr Murray Smith asserts m his pamphlet addressed to English investors that Victoria could .sell, her public work^ withoat difficulty for the amount of her public debt, Mr Whitworth Russell,having been appointed agent for the New Zealand Trust and Loan Cpmpany(Limited),is now visiting the district. The company has a capital of a million and a half, and is prepared to advance money m sums not less than €600. A letter is lying at this office for Mr J. Wirk. An inquiry from a resident of Makino, m reference to the house and land adverfor sale m our columns, is at this office. Will the owner please call and receive it. Tbe -Melbourne Total Abstinence Society are demanding the stricter enforcement of tbe clauses of the Licensing Act, prohibiting Sunday trading. Ballarat is indignant that; its Bishop should be collecting money m England, and conveying the .impression that the diocese of Balhrat is m a state of heathenism and poverty. The total increase m the advances made by all the Australasian banks m the third quarter of 1882, over the corresponding quarter of 1881, was no less than £16,217,779, or a rise of 24 per cenfo Coolie immigration from Ceylon to Queensland has proved nearly a complete failure. The majority of the importations seem to be unfit for the work for which they were engaged — sugar cultivation — and are now roaming about the country doing nothing. Mr Snelson announces that he will offer after his cattle sale, on Saturday, produce and furnitare, and building allotments m good positions on easy terms. Additions are made to Messrs Stevens and Gortons' Sandon Stock Sale on Thursday, next. . l :.l . . . .. .• < -J The auspicious event of declaring the Wanganui bridge formally free from tolls, took place yesterday afternoon m the presence of a good number of citizens and others. The arrangements were very complete, and everything passed off most successfully. The County Council held its usual monthly meeting at Fozton te-day. The Borough Council will hold its usual monthly meeting to-morrow evening. Young Bryant, the Newcastle cricketer, is described by the Melbourne Age as the best wicket»kepper that has been brought to light aince Blackman was discovered. He is neat, easy, and remarkably quick, and, unlike most youngsters, stands up to his work with perfect confidence. The Dunedin Morning Herald has received a very Eensational telegram from 1 a correspondent" up North." According to his advices, tbe Ministry have determined to get rid of Messrs Dick and Rolleaton ; Mr Wbitaker talks of resigning ; Mrßryceis meddling m the Waikato at Jackson's instigation ; and the Ministry are generally all at sixes and sevens, con* sequent upon a big row m the Cabinet.^,