LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 173, 27 June 1883, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

By the steamer lonic, a fine fresh salmon .was brought on to. Wellington ; from London In the refrigerating chamber. The correct Rross measurement of the fiteamerlonicis4763 tons. The next direct steamer due m Wellington, the Galatonia, is 4841 tons. We are requested to state thafctbe services of the Anglican Church at Palmerston on next Sunday, July lsb, will be conducted by the Rer. J, Joneß of Feilding. •" ( ' The financial Statement is to 'be delivered" this evening. . ' ;" ; . . Last month 35.000 tons of stufltwere dredged out of Lyttelton Harbor. Forty thonsaad aorejrof/Waikato lands. are being cat up m small blo'oks to bo sold to intending English settlers. . ■ Had an Englishman (new chum) been resident m Greyßbwn (%rites tHe local corrsspon-. dent of a Wellington .paper), j during the last ten days, he would hare witnessed" physical phenomena familiar and common, to' the old country m the months^of October, November, March, ApriT;ahd May, We have had mist, fog, rain, sleet, snow, frost, ice, wind, rain, calms, brilliant sunshine, really hot noontide, and bitterly freezing cold nights. A million and a half of kangaroos, 178 000 rabbits, besides wallaroos, wallabies, paddy melons, and native dogs were destroyed during the past twelve months m New South Wales. Dnring last week the receipts of the Wellington Municipality were £3297 15s 6d for rates,; &o., and-£2510 for hotel licenses, total £5807 15s 6d. The following advertisement appears m the Wellington papers : — "Longhurst. — A public meeting of the whole population of Wellington will be held at the Athenseum, on Friday, 29th June, at 8 o'clock, for the purpose of deciding on the course to be taken with regard to the immediate liberation of this unfortunate convict, the Government having refused to release him. Members of Parliament are inti ted fo tttond^W, McKeorer, Bon, Sec," '

Mr Hawkins, sen., is to-day professionally engaged at the Wellington Supreme Court, m banco, io con nee ion with certain matters the outcome of the Jones-Palmer case, which it appears is a long way from ended yet. ' Although Mr Linton bad a slight relapse laat night, and did not -feel so well, we are glad to hear that to»day he is decidedly better, and is able to' be up. This will be good news to Mr Linton's many friends m . the distriot. The mid-day train was detained from some canse or other, and did not arrive till 2 p.m. I. We hare since learnt that the cause of the delay was the engine getting o2 the rails at Halcombe, while shunting.] . It may not be generally known that Jnly is the month fixed by the new Volunteer Regulations during which tne various corps •throughout the colony can recruit their ranks. | An enormous hapnka, weighing 92lbs, was caught at Island Bay, Wellington, the other day. Strange to relate, on being cut open two whole crawfish, a baby's boot, and an onion were found m the inside. Further correspondence on the Direct Steam Seavice has been printed. The Go - ernment, m reply to the New Zealand Shipping Company, stated that 5000 immigrants annually and 14 ,000 tons of Government cargo may be expected, but this will not be guaranteed. Sir Dillon Bell, writing on the subject, expresses the opinion that the losses which he supposes to have accrued on. the New Zealand Steamship Company's enterprise, m.-iy yet lead the company to tender for the Government contract. Following up his opinion expressed m the House the other day regarding Hansard, Mr. Macandrewbas given notice to move, that m the opinion of this Honse, a angle copy of Hansard should be sent iree by post, on application, to every householder (who is a registered elector) throughout the colony : and that it be an instruction to the PrintingDebates Committee to make the necessary arrangements accordingly. A Wellington paper learns with satisfaction that the Gear Meat Company's operations during the half-year show a substantial profit, enabling the Directors to recommend a dividend at me rate of 124 per cent, per annum. A meeting of shareholders is to be held on the 16th July to confirm alterations m the ai tides of association. Sir Moses Montefiore is the oldest English baronet. If he lives six months longer his age will exceed 100 years. A Scotch baronet, Sir Henry Preston, is m his 100 th year. The vexed question of what constitutes a gentleman is now settled, A witness who was being examined m the City Court m" Melbourne recently said a certain individual was a gentlemen, and gave as his reason fur the definition that he wore a belltopper and was drunk. This definition has been long looked for, and now, having been given on oath, must be held to be binding. The worst case of selfishness that has ever been presented to the public emanated from a youth who complained because his mother put a bigger>mustard plaster on his younger brother than she did on him. ° . Mr Archibald Forbes says that Brisbane is the nastiest city be has ever visited. " There is not a street m the Queensland capital that by day as by night does not swarm with the wretchedest of fallen womanhood. The loosest oity on the Continent cannot approach., it m this disgraceful characteristic." Truth says of John Brown, the Queen's attendant, that Major Fendennis from living so much with dukes came at lass to feel like one, so 'J.B/ bad quite the air and sentiments of a royal personage of, say, a hundred j ears ago. In his love for strong lan- j guage he greatly resembled the late revered George 11. One of his ' fads ' was a violent hatred of the press." In the beginning of this century there were but 50 languages into which the Bible bad made its way m 3300 years. Since 1880 it has enriched, m all, 300, with 15,0U0,0U0 copies. An old lady from the country said she never could imagine where all the Smiths came from until she saw a large sign, " Smith Manufacturing Company." : Mary Ulrich. who was sent to the Berks County almshouse a year ago, conceived an intense affection for a much younger woman, Laura Ulrich, who had been there twenty years. They only knew each other by their first names. They discovered they were mother and daughter, and the mother who had spent many years, when m better circumstances, m searching for her child, fell dead m the latter 's arms. A giavedigger who had buried aMr Button, sent the following curious bill to his Widow: — To making a Button-hole 2s. The na?al pwoer of England m ironclad ships on the 'seas nearly equals the combined powers of France, Italy, and Germany ; this, however, without taking into account the projected warships of France. A Salvation Army convert was narrating his sins at a meeting m London, when he was grabbed by a with the remark, " Come along, Bill, I thought you had a hand m that." Bill had told about a burglary m which hie had been concerned. The editor of a sanitary periodical propounds the stern inquiry — "Does woman fill the lower.half of her lungs with air? '* He evidently never heard the voice of a healthy mother-in-law. We have just received a Parcel of Clothing from the Kaiapoi Wollen mills. These Goods are of a Superior Quality and should be m Great Demand. We have also m stock, Roslyn and Kaiapoi Blanket 9, Flannels, Tweeds, and Wool. All these Goods we can Confidently Recommend to our Customers. A Special line m Trousers and Vests, m cross sizes for stout men to be seen at Bentley Bros. Marlboroneh Honse. — [DVf.]A