LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 203, 3 August 1883, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr Peter Bell, of Victoria HoU9e, Wanennui, the leading -and perhaps most extensive and enterprising draper m that tawn, is taking advantage of the very ex* tensive- circulation of the M ana wat a Standard m town and country, to distribute by its means a prominent announcement of his special clearing sale now taking place, and which is already attracting customers from far and near. His system of periodical cheap clearing sales is now a recognized institution m Wargnnui, and the sales fire looked forward to all over ; the district by frugal housewiv s and economically! disposed heads of families. In fact, it is tins genuine character of these sales as mucji as any» thing else that has established the reputation of Victoria ' House all along the West Coast. The bills accompanying this | issue will be found worthy of perusal by I our numerous readers,, -to -whose careful attention we oommend the information contained. Mr Perkins was counsel for the defendin the case heard yesterday, St. John v. Carlson. We remind our readers m town and country that Mr Snelson's Fuzherbert c-tock Sale will take place at noon to« morrow. Immediately after the stock sale there will be a sale of fruit trees, which will probably be the last of the season. The public are reminded' by advertisement elsewhere, that' the Bon, MarcbS transfer sale, is to\close ' m fourteen days'; and that further 1 liud final reductions have been made on all winter gouds so as to effect a, complete clearance within that pariod. Thuae m want, of drapery and c'othiujj will do well to 'bear this factiu mind. We are so r/ 0 hear th t Mr Beck is seriously inditpoßed, so : rnuch bo that he is; unable to attend to business, hi 3 brother-in-law having been,.setrt for from Wellington to manage during Mr Book's illness. We trutt to hear d£ Uis early restoration 10 .VeUUu. ''; Besides the.fru t trees to be sold after tlia sto'clf' sale; Mr Snelion wi 1 mUo offer \he bckadebtsand steok ia trade of >i r TUoin :s Jordan, lately iv business m" J?a tuera^ou. A company of men, all of wh m are six feec or o/m- ia height, have founded a town- hv Montana, whioft they have niined tyiantvilfe. JL,ots m this town will be sold only to six feet ur .more m height, who have wiv«s five feet and eight inches at least m stature. - Ia Adelaiue a great impetus has been given to hunting, as Lady Robinson and several other ladies rode to hounds the other day. The country was decidedly stiff, and the ladies performed splendidly. From the feeling-displayed m the House when the Juries Amendment Act wa* under consideration, it is evident that the days of the grand "jury are numbered. A- return just issued shows that the total area of Crown lands nseryedfor the growth and preservation ot umber is 7541 acres. The. Agent«<Greneral has replied to the vote of thanks passed to him by the Dunedin Cham bar of Commerce, for his exertions io connection with the raising of the million loan, etc., stating that be believed the causej)i.au2ceß3 was the good _e^wJit-of rcß'elcbTohyi. ! ■ J . According to a London city missionary m Westminster, the Duke of Westminster has closed no fewer than 24 publichouees on his GrosVanor 5 Square estate, within the last five' years. 'His Grace had closed .13 others previously; Of the 'the 24 others still remaimng.Beveralg.re already doomed, as the Duke will hot the lease for their continuation as' publichouses. The fame of, the Bcu,nner.coal is spread • •ins;: to v -foreign 1 markets. The Brunner Coal Company received a letter. by the last mail from the > San Francisco Gisiight Company, expressing a wish for, a quantity m order td'test its valtie by,a practi* experiment. Asatnple is to.be forward* ed,- .*■■■'■ : -'\ "•} ■ i ' > '' J - "''"' ■ t ' p AV ! Y6rkshi re iarhier, writing to the •Leeds Mercury of May 19, 'sava . — What* ever may be said about consuming homegrown lamb, no one can feel a twinge of c ihßcience m eating the very excellent lamb now arriving frpm New, Zealand and Austr.alia. It was my go.od; fortune to purchase, the other day, a saddle of New Zealand lamb at lJ'd per Ib.and a better joint I never had botore me. Quarter^ could be had on. the same day at lOdper In the House yestei'day, TVFajor Atkinson moved 'a resolution foV the appointment of a Committee to. cohsid,ei'. application 3 un^er the Roads and Bridges Construe* tibn Act, as to itnain roads. It was agreed 'to.; :. ?.' ..':.. k -"■ -\ In the Legislative Council the Hon. Mr Buckley on Wednesday presented a petition from 800 inhabitants of Wellington m favor of lncal oprion. Air Gibbs, advance agent for R.iiym r's Artierican War Panorami, passed throu;h toidrty en route. for Napier. Thepauoraun is to .exhibit m :Palraerston. We must congratulata Mr 5 -Sakor, (of Messrs Hankins & Baker) on thesucceswhich attended his first appearance m the li.M. Court yesterclay, he having wun each c^se m which he wa employed. Un the case Kin^' v. Engles h-ani y «s---terday, for priea. of., iron alletrtd by the defeidautto be* &&mn%ei > i \h& pi tin tiff was nonsuited. Mr Baksr •■appeared for defendant. The Captain of the Salvation A. rmy m Dunedin paid the fine (£10) of one <>f the Urrikin^ lately innpns me \ m default of payment for as'sualting its officers. There will be two services n St. Pat riok's Church on Sunday next. : Some remarkably fine oranges have been shown to the Wellington Post whi^h were grown at the Bay of Islands by Mr. T. W. V» illiam3. A leading London daily theorherday printed m la,rge type the.annpunc^ment-^ m connection with the New Guinea ques tion — of the rather striking fact, r'nat Vioc f'.a had annexed New Lealand ! • iVlrj-J. E. Evrins, sac Viler, of Lambtonquay, Welliugton, has been the victim of a somewhat peculiar, transaction. ... He informs the Post that he Durohasert a cqli» of beeswax, weighing between 17 and 18 pounds, at 1 d per no nl He split open the cake v and he showed it to us as ib then appeared. It cotlsisted mainly of two bricks, over whioli a mere shell of jvax was moulded into tbre U3ual shape of bees-wax-cakea. Mr. Evans haa placed the matter m the hands of his legal adviser, and it will* probably form the subject of a cri minal prosecut ov. . . ; ■ : •