LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 148, 31 May 1883, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

We have to acknowledge a gift of strawberries, grown by Mr' Bergers Dn; which for the time of the year, and the recent, inclement season, are wonderfully forward being sweet and luscious. We learn tl. t last year Mr Behrgersen had rife Btr.t wberries sr> late aa the : 22nd of June, or the middle of winter, which is a wonderful testimony m favour of the mildness : bf New Zealand seaaoua. - ; Turakina is advancing. Tenders are being called for m the Wanganui papers for additions, to the railway station, m the shape of ladies' waiting roomj and post and telegraph rooms. „....;..■ ; A rabbit-tinning factory has recently been started near Blenheim, the plant being sufficient to deal with 2000 per week, and tenora dozen rabbiters keep the works supplied. The process, as described m the Maryborough. Express, appears to ba exactly the same as that m use at, the Washdyke Meat Preserving Works near Tlmaru. The rabbits are divested of their intestines when shot. Arrived alt the fac* tory, they are skinned, and their heads and feet are chopped off. They are then washed it two waters, and next placed for five or six minutes, .m boiling waterto "shrink" the flesh, and are then ready for tinning. The tins . required aie made at the factory, machinery .being used to cut and shape the.sheets cf metal. , : Attention is directed to Messrs Bullock 7 9 advertisement of an art union of choice pictures; which is a genuine affair,'some of the prizes being valuable articles, and the principle^ being adhered- to of all prizes and no blanks.'- ■""- "•"- '••- ; . Some surprise is expressed that there has been no meeting of the .Horticultural Society since the. recent show to wind up | matters m connection therewith. We fear it.is.laxity m matters of detail like this that has militated; to some extent against the success of the association m the past, and continued neglect m which direction will asaurely'■'.] not, .tend to its rapid advancement or satisfactory progress m future. . „ ..,..,.„.,,,.., ; "...Scarcely a Iweek * pa'saea " says the Northern Gazette, " but what we have intending settlers from other parts of the colonies, viewing the beauties of our land.--.--Last neck an early settler m the Waikato was up the Northern Wairoa m search of lend. He states that from his experience of fifteen years he is con--, vincud that the land he 1 saw up here m I various; parts far excels the Waikato soil, and his regret is that he did not settle tip here years ago instead of wasting his substance m the unremunerative Waikato." . . The Auckland , correspondent of the Bay of Plenty Times .writes^There: was an amusing scene at a marriasre m Newmarket several days .ago.-: At the last moment, the prospective bride wanted !to gain some point from her future hubby, I and be would not consent. At the altar the bride point blank refused to allow the knot to. be.tied, amd the ceremony was posponed sine die... Seeing there was no other means of conciliating his , loved one, the poor fellow gave way,- ab& the • marriage took place on the 'following day..:- -■■.[-_,':■■■. i The cTiarpe aginsfc L. L. Levy; of-Wan* panui, of fraudulent bankruptcy domes on ■ for hearing to-day at Wanganui, having been adjourned' from yesterday m con so « quence of the illness of defendant's solicitor. i The last 'Frisco mail was delivered m Wellingtor on the 39th day from London. This expeditious delivery caanot reasonably be complained of. ■ The Wanganui papers still complain of , the delay m the receipt of the 'Frisco mail. They actuallyr epeiyed their{itews papers by steamer before the letters came" to hand byoverland route. - . The tablet referring to the visit of Mr. Redmond to New Zealand, strongly urges that a hearty welcome should be given to him. :It says ■:-r? Letus prepare then, to give our valiant young fellow-countryman, who has braved the anger of a whole new world, and laughed m the face of its prejudices, the reception he, and the cause be advocates, deserves ; and (et us send him on his. way rejoicing with; a cheery message to those at Home, and ; a substantial aid for them m his pocket — j for that will be the crown of the whole affair." „ . . .. An instance of an abuse of the homin* ated immigration system (stys the Hawke's Bay. Herald) has been brought under our , notice. The wife of a Hawke'a Bay resU dent went to England t>ome months ago to receive a small legacy to wbich she was. entitled. Her husband "nominated" tier, and she came bat as an assistant immigrant m the ship Rangitikei. ; The increase of banking advances during 1882in Victoria, New South Wales, and New Zealand, amounted to ten millions sterling. : The New Plymouth breakwater is not going on satisfactorily. .The Taranaki Herald says : —" The new crane broke down again this morning, and the damage is of a more serious character.-than-, any that has hitherto occurred." The Taranaki News sta tea that "the jnaoafrement at the harbor works is disgraceful." j The New South Wales police hay« arreatedjßoberts, the former owner of the horse Terminus, and a man natned Stewart on suspicion of having maliciously wounded Terminus after he was purchased by Mr. Dillon, of Hay. The .evidence went to know that the buggy which carried the scoundrels who did the dastardly deed waß:tracte'd to the spot, thence to were the knife and steel were buried, and thence to Roberts' yard. A. pick used for bursting open the stable door,corresponds with the marks thereon, and altogether the eyi» denca is rather strong against the accused. Stewart has turned Queen's evidence, and states that Roberts offered him £10 to cut the horses "throat.