LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 186, 13 July 1883, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

We again remind our readers that the outward 'Frisco Mail will close this evening. .. . — Wo learn thatr- Mr A. Southey Baker of Christchurcn, barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court has joined Mr J. Hankin'a m a professional and business partnership, the firm to be Baker and Hankins. A branch office is to be opened at Woodville at once. The telephone nas Decome rapidly popular m Paris, where on J-vn. I, 1883, there were 2392 subscribers. One hundred and three young women are employed m the day-time at the central offices, providing nearly twenty thousand communications. At night their place is taken by thirty-five men, the average number of communications between 7 o.m. and 8 a.in . being one thousand. There are eleven stations and 2187 miles of wires.Jthe latter being run m the sowers under ground, m the form of cable? covered with lead. The Bishop of Melbourne sees m the young of Australia a great deal of good feeling and of intellectual brightness, and a readiness to learn; atthe same time a certain superficiality of feeling, a eertaiu ciaEty sharpness, a certain irreverence — both want of reverence for elders , and the American tendency to turn the deepest feelings and the loftiest thoughts of our nature into burlesaue. : An amazon died aecently at Buenos Ayres at the age of 100 years, whose eventful career deserves mention. Prom her twentieth year ! she has been a regularly enrolled member of the Second Begiment of Cavalry, wearing the dashing uniform, with euormous spurs. Froua its rank* she selected the seven husbansd whom fate has torn successively from her arms, leaving her to die alone. At the Police Court, Nelson, a firm of undertakers has been mulcted to the tune of £25 for giving false statements as to cargo from Australia to the Customs authorities. - During to the quarter ended Jane 30 the Gear Meat Company. Wellington slaughtered the following stock : — 915 beasts, 115 calves, 20,582 sheep, 516 lambs, and 230 pigs. The Wanganui Herald thus announces a fashionable marriage :- (< Mr Ed. Moorhouse. has married £300,000— and Miss Rhodes. The Auckland HeraM has been hoaxed by a matrimonial advertisement. The Somersetshire police at Wincanton have m custody a shoemaker named Wad« man, who stands charged on his own confession with having murdered his son, aged seven years, by cutting his throat with a razor. George Timothy Stevenson, who ha« become notorious m connection with the Dunedin tragedy, is well known m Wellington, having passed his early years here, and there are hundreds of his old schoolmates who regret the sad termination of his' career, His father, Timothy Stevenson, was m business m Wellington. Thomas Dwan and Co. now occupy the premises formerlr Stevenson's store. Mr Stevenson, sen . has been many years a commercial traveller m the colony, bnt has now settled m Sydney, where he went some time last year with his family. A press Association telegram informs us that tho Dunedin Gaol inquiry was resumed on Tuesday at Lyttelton Gaol, when a number of witnesses were examined whose testimony generally showed dissatisfaction with the officers. Wairarapa :s moving vigorously m the matter of the ettablishment of dairy and cheese factories &c, and m time will reap the benefit of its enterprise. Palmersfcon still slumbers. Following the example of Mr, Costley, Mr. John Linay, of Melbourne, has died and bequeathed his substance tn the charities. Thf Sidney Morning Horald thinks he should have left his money to his po^r relations. His Excellency the Govornor-in-Council ha* approved af the dismissal of Private John William Chambers, of the Wellington City "Rifles, ' for absenting himself without leave from his commanding officer, and quitting the colony without having returned to the proper authorities the arms and accoutrements issued to him as a member of the above corps." We have jut 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 Blankets, Flannels, Tweeiis, and Wool. All these Goods we can Confidently Recommend to our Customers. A Special line m Trousers and Vests, m oross sizes for stout men to be seen at Jenfcley BroSi Marlborougb. House,— [Advt.l