The Manawatu Standard PUBLISHED DAILY.) Suivant la verite. MONDDAY. APRIL 16, 1883. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 109, 16 April 1883, Page 2

Manawatu Standard PUBLISHED DAILY.) Suivant la verite. MONDDAY. APRIL 16, 1883. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Private board at*d residence m a quiet family ia wanted by an advertiser. The proprietor of the Manawatu Hotel, Foxton, is m want of a man to look after korsea, and make himself useful m the stables. The opening services of the new Wes* leyan Church, dow approaching comple* tion will take place on Sunday May 6, and will be conducted by the Revß. Bavin, o? Wellington. There will be a tea and public meeting on the following Monday evening, and a sacred concert on the 10th inst, by the church choir assisted by the memUers of the other churches No doubt the whole affair will have a most successful consummation. Mr Gruthrie of Karere, has received the appointment of the Haloombe school rendered vacant by the dismissal of Mr Harris. Miss Johnston intimates that having opened the premises lately occupied by Professor Rowley, as a fruit shop, she will always have on hand all kinds of fruit of the best quality and at very reasonable prices. We are sorry to learn that Mr J. 0. Fowler has decided to remove to Napier, m which town lie has arranged to com* mence business. As one who has always taken an intelligent interest m the wel« fare of the town aud district, and has willingly lent his aid m the advancement of any project to promote the interests of the community, Mr Fowler's absence will be much missed, both m commercial and social circles. In his new locality we cordially wish him all the success he an» ticipates, . "We have received a " lawyer's letter" demanding the name of our correspondent , "Observer," whose letter appeared m Saturday's Standard, m reference to certain occurrences at the railway engine* shed on Friday evening. We were ] obliged to decline to comply with the request without the express permission of the writer, whom we will not be able to see for a day or two, as he is not a resident ot Palmerston. We are surprised sto learn that the person m charge of the hed is a lad not 19 years of age, quite too young we should imagine for such a res- i ponsible post. ' We have no doubt the publication of " Observer's" letter wil j prevent the recurrence of such conduct m future. Mr A. P. Stuart, of Wellington, is advertising some very valuable freehold properties for sale, situate at Bunny* thorpe and m Foxton. As illustrating the danger of allowing mere lads to act as engine*cleaners, the mother of one told us to-day of a poor little fellow m one of the Home enginesheds, who fell asleep over his toil, lay sunk m slumber across the rails, and was crushed into a mangled mass as the engine steamed out of the ehed next morning. .

The date and hour of meetings to be presided over by ministers of the Qunke r persuasion are elsewhere advertised. Tenders close for the additions to the Commercial Hotel next Wednesday. We remind the volunteers of the special parade this evening at 7. 30 o'clock to receive report and balance sheet. Tenders for sleepers for the .Railway Department close at noon to»morrow. Messrs Stevens & Gorton are advertising three important stock sales m our columns at Bulls to-morrow, at Killymoon on Thurp. lay, and at Awahuri on FridatSome valuable properties are advertised for sale by Messrs T. Kennedy Mac« donald & Co., at their mart m Wellington on Friday the 27th inst, to which the attention o£ speculators is invited. We hear that the formal inauguration of the Scotch Lodge of Freemasons will take place on Thursday the 26th inst, of which further particulars have yet to be announced. We hear that the establishment known as " Bridge's Brewery" has been pur* chasud by Messrs Huistie & Lough, whoare to commence operations forthwith. The compact little concern should prove a profitable under taking. An exciting bolt occurred to«day, a t horse m a trap belonging tv Mr T. W Stace, making tracks at a very rapid pace up Broad Street. In the trap were * female and child, whose position seemed one of considerable peril, as the anima was galloping furiously, and any moment the cart might be capsized. Constable Gillespie obtained the use of a horse, and riding hard after the runaway very pluckily stopped its career, the occupants being uninjured , though quite dazed with the alarm and the rapidity of the pace. Had it not been for Constable Gillespie'a pluck and presence of mind, it is more than probable that a very serious, or perhaps fatal accident would have taken place. Mr Watt M.H.R., addressed his cornstituments m Wanganui last week and received a vote of thanks. He was asked considering the many outrages Te Kooti had been guilty of, would he support a motion condemning Mr Bryce's action m connection with Te Kooti. — Mr Watt replied that he did not approve of Mr Bryce's conduct, but he would not give a vote to turn him out of office. (Cheers and uproar.) Philip Jenkins, the pilot, was brought up before Mr Ward, R.M., at Bulls, on Thursday last, charged with assaulting Thomas Scott, of the ferry, Mr Hutchison appearing on behalf of the defendant. Jenkins was committed for trial to the next sitting of the Supreme Court at Wanganui, bail being allowed. No intelligence has been gleaned respecting the whereabouts of Jeremiah Murphy, the ex-Episcopalian clergyman, who mysteriously disappeared from his lodgings on the morning of the 24th ult. The fact that he expressed a threat to drown himself has iuclined his friends to the opinion that he has adopted that mode of terminating his existence. The police have been instituting enquiries (says the Post) throughout the district dnring the past few days, but have been unable to obtain any information as to his fate. [Our private opinion is that Jeren uuah Murphy is still m the flesh. He had not the look of a man who would rashly do away with himself. We fancy he will turn up all ripht m some out of the way locality orjother.] Still another important canal is talked of m Europe. By it is contemplated nothing less than the separation of England and Scotland by a waterway from the Solway Firth to the River Tyne. An engineer is at present working on the surveyp, and estimates are promised for early publication. The canal would have a length of only 80 miles, or 20 miles less than the Suez. It would, of course, afford a very convenient short cut across the country for ocean steamers. Some 40 years , ago a scheme of the same kind was talked of. A gentleman visiting Napier (says the Telegraph) after a lengthy absence went into the country the other day, and on his return was asked whether he noticed much change. "Yes," he replied, " prass m the place of fern; it is all grass and sheep, sheep and grass. I had hoped to see some evidence of men taking the place of sheep, and corn taking the place of grass." New South Wales contractors state that they are prepared to employ at le»st 6000 workmen on existing contracts, and urge the Government to import 10,000 labourers. Good Friday was the thirty-fifth anniversary of the settlement of Otago, the first party of settlers having arrived at Port Chalmers by the ship John Wickliffe on the 23rd March, 1848. At Christchurch a lady has called upon Major Atkinson, to call his attention to the advantages af National Insurance from a woman's point of view, and to ask him to enlist th'e sympathies of women, as she considered this was especially a woman's question. A German arithmetician has beencalculating the aggregrate number of combinations m the game of dominoes, and has shown them to be 284,528,211,840. Two players, playing four games a minute, would only , exhaust these combinations m 118,000,000 years. To this we add that the numbar of different tunes, of four bars each, which may be played on a piano is represented by a row of thirty-five figures which we do not care to notate. According to a correspondent of the Hamilton Spectator, O'Farrel, who some time ago was committed to durance vile for shooting at Archbishop Goold, at Brighton, says he intends to write a pamphlet as soon as he gets out, and that he will startle the public with the revelations he intends to make m connection with prison management. '