LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 167, 20 June 1883, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

a ■ Th^ harbpni^naster at Waaganni, has "just succeeded m raising, and safely de» ip. psjting on ajp t unt, a huge totara snag ■which wae lying m the bed of the new channel hdw being cut with the dredger. arhlS^-briaifer'^bsiEriiotM 1 W&j feet v lbng •nja^fek'tb^u^atheßpifi^d how libif^ieii^^eft-'i^tfid^e^^ofti^xlTer'u'-: tobvflst .a' 1 matter : to conjecture. The ifnsfb e'r, ; hoVeVerV ' ; is m perfect preaer'Vjatidtfi' J i* ll ,';;' >;i -^ > : \'-\ ''-[ : :'':';: v ; 1j the Plains , for support ..to the dairy factory nioveni6nt' t (sayß the Hawera a in' s6Jjfr'6Bsi y 'So > f a* '4s'''it'basl gAie'U'tb.e'iresrilt ?s 'sati'sfaotbry,' " ana; many promises have been made bbthof ; c6waand some capital. Settlers generally are anxious to see the movement a success, and appear wiling to lend .. it as much,- -support asjhey reasonably can. !/ t-K,.J -..*■' ■' v..-^.-It has f l|een,sngfirested (says., the Hawera Star)' ttot;theNew, .Plymouth temperanije i folk made 'a taftstake m presenting a silyer ifc stiould bayebeen | a.wateHng.'iThe Wdrth^kiiifeHt'iß generally' i believed to abandon temperance principles'' when be weildspen ?6r; wags tongue m the political world. It has beeni9ajcal#edi.by ohtf m Ihe fe«det says a Mataurapaßarjfthat.no. tlesß than 180 draught horses have been disposed of by auction m Gore and ; (Gordon within -the last two monthsj'at f jftr^ablei aWrage; price iof £25 per heaflVof *4S0 c d m "airfor 'horse flesh during that time. .UJH; /a '...\:1 i Mr Atkins, of the firm of Atkins and Olere, V^aßgana| r is engaged m Jiaking the levels ''for" Monday was Waterloo Day, beinsr tde.6Btb anniversary of that every memorable battle. We are surprised 4o hear tbro'tfgh a ratter remarkable similarily io names and initials, Mr T. H. Parsons the well-known railway contractor hagibeea believed' to/ be identjoal with a man orxhe iftnreTiame wE-> wiia last week arrested ,for alleged^fire-raiging? PmaMi^qWß'<»T^sfc^tiely ; unders'fand;^ a rumour getting about, ag^a' "ta&i'e 'unlikeV 4h|ng,jqsu l_d,warofelylbe cbnoef^ecl: '■ Itfr^arg§Pft W.iUj?6JliPi»si'Jß>^.Piilirierston^ early next week, having been absent m the South on business. .rjuis •'■ 0 w ; ''' ■ rii '■'• ■'■. ','- : - Men are niakin.«n£9 Ja week 'bV car ting rabbits to Camperdown (Tie.) from the-aur-roanding stations. They, ,deolare. rthat thp introducition of-iJaWita iWihe'ddlbny'is th^e finest thine that ever happened m the interests of the worl^ng map, „,....- .....^p. We leajiii) tHat ..Mrg. Harvey is about removing her day school to a more,c,entral, commodiaosArid odttVehfehtbuildiA^:' : A trial of the Auckland ,hjdraulic lime oement l^rsfo'otpath^^rioWbeinp made m the Square, being laid down by the Wangnnui agents, .ftfegsra ;»iHolcrn£tnah'd' Eichards. ' _. o , v j, ri; , It is rumored that an action for damages against the Borough Council -is pending ■ m connection with a-recent pagg^ acci- : dent m Main-.Blirliel. \fj •* Lkt~ * r *■- - ; J^jf^;t)tat t tbe lAmericnnliady Doctor purposes paying a vieit and delivering a lecture m Palmerßton, as she goes through to-tfapier: Mr W. J. Batt to-day showed us a miniature copy of the Glasgow Evening,' Citizen, said to be the largest paper pf its class m the world. Though th|£ iniiinense sheet is reduced by photographioi art to about 4 inches m length.^ubh'^oi the reading matter is perfectlyVregible.^b unaided tyAVO^Vlk Jf^ -;^' • Where ia the " Wellington-loxtb&L ". railway 1 We see an ad^rtteejiaenftin'the: Wellington papers inntingv teyLer>'fpr gates nnd cattle»stops contract^n the" " TV ellington and Foxton railway." Now, can anyone infprnr usfinf what Dart 0^ £he colony this pr|jectefl| undertaking 1 19 situated. - - •■