LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 199, 30 July 1883, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

» < Alexander Croakery, of Wellinglbn. auctioneer, lately of Palmerston NoHb, h*s been adjudicated a bankrupt. iTae first meeting of creditors to behelltomorrow forenoon at the Supreme Court House, Wellington, f Am*nDim.d William JohnEikon, formerly of Fedding.but now of "Auckland, clerk, Applied recently to tbe Oocrt m perijpnjasking the Bench ! to issue!? pro* hibition order directing hotcNkeepers not to sUpplyihim with liqaor. The 9 ordtr wasgranted. The Property Tat Billand Leaseholder Qualification Bill ware read a first t'me on Friday. The second reiding of tie former Hill is to be to-morrow, wfenthe; mover, the Colonial Treasurer wlldeal exhaustively, with the question of the Property Tax policy. < HThe Government ' does not intend to bring m a Bill to repeat the Tieunial Parliament Bill tbii sesiion. -No^dgder'Ancltfana 1 is prosperous. It is giving its attention seriously hi local Jndnatriea. A tannery Km been'aWted at Onehunga, which ia turninr oat nrstclass leather for which there is a good demand. There ia also a malt vinegar manufactory m full woAinf,<wdeft School Inspectors should wnto thsar reports legibly; One came before tie Wegington Education Board whksh neither the Secretary, Mr Bonny, nor Mr Mason could decipher, and the Boar* hid to guest what meaning the hieroglyphioa were intended to convey. MrHankins' has left for Nelson on professional buaiueaa, and will probably be absent for a week or ten day*. His partner Mr Baker will undertake the professional business df the firm during Mr Hankins* abaoehee, and will probably appear m court on Thursday on behalf of Mr St. John m a civil case m which he ia plaintiff. . ■ There seema to be general regret tiiat Mr T.King should hare declined toaocept the position of Captain of the Palmerston Fire Brigade, for which he is specially wall adapted. We trust he may at some future time be induced to reconsider bia decision, and allow himself to be nominated, when his election would be a fore* gone coaoluiion. i -, The next monthly meeting of thePalmerston Borough Council will take place on Wednesday evening. Mr D. Murray } of the Wanganui Foundry, has almost completed an order for a large iron girder bridge for Te Aroha, at the Thames, which is a pretty extensive undertaking, Messrs Stevens & Gorton's next Feilding aalo will take place to-morrow, when Mr Leigh will officiate for tbe first time m this diatriot. Mr Leigh is no novice as a knight of the hammer, having been for years m the business down South. It was intended to have laid on a couple of coaches to convey intending purchasers, but the A«ahuri Bridge being down the train will have to be bad recourse too. It is probable there will be a large attendance on the occasion of Mr Leigh's maiden sale, which we trust will be m all respects a success. Ooathurst Farm, Wellington, has besn sold for £6000. Ou£ of fivetiokets m a Dunedin!oonaul» tation which were purchased m Waoganui two have drawn hones; The New Zealand Copyiug and Portrait Company at Auokland, of which Mr Huff is agent, is doing some splendid work m the way of reproducing photographs: More life-like pictores, or more artistioaU ly finished, we have never seen. It is rumoured that, an effort is to be made to increase members- Parliamentary honorarium from £200 to £800. This will add an additional burden of L 14,300 to the cost of Parliament. i - A breach of privilege is likely to be brought before the House before long. An M.H.R. was sued by a Wairarapa Doctor m the Diatrict Court, and of course pleaded exemption and forwarded the Speaker's certificate- Judge Hardcaatle ignored the document and the case went on. Had it been a dainty note from a pretty young lady it would probably have carried more weight, as the Judge is believed to be highly susceptible to female influence* Mr Pharazyn's proposal iv the Upper House that the payment of honorarium to its members should cease after the present sesaiqn, was last by 25 to 6. He instansed the bap e of Nef South' Wales where membera were not paid." He eon* aidered the payment of members had the effect of creating pensioner politicians, and that if it ceased the objection to the Upper Chamber would net exist. In the fogistatmi Council on Friday, Colonel Brett mov* d, " That all the peti* tions prayin* the Qoupoil te, deTJiaauoh measures as will seoare to the B^oman Catholios of New justice and equitable treatment m the matter of eduo* ■ ation now before the Public Petitions Committee, he referred to the Seleot Com. inittee specially appointed, on the 24th inatant, to) inquire into this subject." After several amendments the matter was agreed to. " Carriages and other conveyances, m« eluding a firat^olasa hearse n are among the attractions offered at a Scotch hotel. A duel, attended with a fatal result, was fought at Vienna 7 on May 21/ m the cavalry barrack, between the editor of the .Vedette, a military journal, and Lieuten* anUJolonel Sohlayer,; commander of the Railway Eegiment Tha editor of the vedette was wounded m the leg, and LeiutenanuColonel Schlayer was killed.' The cause of the duel is unknown* Bentlby Bbos.' new adver^iaemeot now S>peara on the first page of the Standard. oney*oomb towels are priced atfid; Turkishtowels atrong bine serge Ild; cotton •hirting4^d. man's tweed trousers 7a lid, children's box 4a, afrltf sfookings 9i, ladies' hose 6d. fait skirts 8a 9d, 'straw jiats (Jd, kid gloves; Is lid, meo'a Wbrsted sox Is 3d, men* lambS'Wobl sox 10d, men's flannel shirts 3s lid and 4s lid, men's cotton shirts Is6d, tweed hata2a 6d and 3s, boys' tweed kniokerhooker auits 7s 6d white flinnel Bd, lOd and Is, twill aheeting 9Jd, lid, and Is 3d, Scotch , cwead la lid, 2a 3d and 2s 6d. strong brown holland 4Jd, table deitaj't Is 6d, men's trousers and vests 13s 6d, For quality and prioe the aboye are unaurpaased,— £advtJ