LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 211, 11 August 1883, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Some of the local bakers iare very indignant at the action of one of their number having reduced -the. price of Jbread without having consulted all in' the trade. They consider Buch aotion >not commend* able, and they maintain that at the present prices there if next to no m their business. sM 1 ---' ■* -*•••> We hear tbatDr Wiljrin'a, performed some very skilful operations on various patients m Palmerston -and Jits adjoining district. Mr Johnß.'Gottgh, who is expected to. visit New Zealand, is m his sixty»fifth . .year; and has travelled 448,000 miles, and' 'delivered ;8480_ lectures Oto no less than 8,600,000 persona. A shooting accident' occurred at a file grinding works at Whifflet, near Ooatbridges' One of the workmen, j named •William Hutton, 45 years of «ge:w_s enhatred grinding files at a massive grindstone whioh was driven by steam. The stone suddenly -flew m pieces, a portion striking Hutton with great violence, lifting him of his seat, 'and hurling him through the roof of the workshop. He, was found lying quite dead m.: : the yard, his face and body being horribly disfigured.- ; - ! "^M A. man, named James fKilminster, m Wellington, 'has'irorie insane through bis attendance . at the Salvation Army, and Mrs IB&mpson'- 1 sensational sermons m Melbourne had the effect of rnakingayoung ,/iian idr-#ii J himself in'a>_t of religious mania. The Ellesmere Guardian says :— From what we have so -far seen, and heard, we can only say that ire' are afraid tho «• Canterbury sroldfield " is destined to j prove a bitter sdiskopointment to mßny: j It transpired m connection with a recent | suicide at j Mjanutahi /that a coffin could ( not b» made at that township; a« there j was nothnber.' = A e6ffln.wai accordingly | mnde m Patea; «nd*t*keh' on to Msntitshi by the police before the body of the suicide could be interred. We wonder if th« inhabitants of that timberless town can roll a log. ' - : '"' *■ -■- -'*-'-' - " - ■•-' - # •'■ A writer in.Harper's Bazaar says if folk who are snbiaot'to cold m the head wire to hold the face m clear cold water every mornineand dckwiup' the water through the nostrils ■ several times, -the liability would m a serious measure decrease. The formula is so simple, it is at all events worth a trial, especially at this s»aaa- — ■■'"''•' \ Over £I,OOOSOO '■ wbrfcfi~oF ostrich feathers were exported trom the Cape last year. A l". ■ r "" ~' ' ■■ i i 1 The Auckland footballers leave oh -the 16th ; play Canterbury on the 25th ; Dunedin, m September Ist ; and Wellington, September. Bth. According to the Evening Post, .Mr Shaw, at the Resident Magistrate's Court, quoted a case where fifteen judges had held m England that biting a joint off a policemen's finger did not come ander the head of wounding.as the biting of the teeth could not be held to be using an . instrument tT so wound. ' - One of the. passengers on board the Eothmahsina 'at the time she struck -. is said to have arrayed himself m two life* belts, and when remonstrated with urged iv extenuatiori* "' that h_ bad a wife and 'family.'' This gentleman retained Jboth Kis safeguards until the vessel >as again m deep water, when he relinquished one, jput prudently continued te wear the other Ipntil she was safely moored alongside the pier at the Bluff. It may not be generally known, that m the Lyfctelton Gaol there-ire complete workshops of every description and that prisoners there are taught any trade for which they seem particularly adapted.' When m, £yttel.ton lately- a, • member t of .our (Star's) staff was i shown over the gaol; and found prisoners fully employed.. as tailors; bootmakers, and- corn nosi tors! "In the tailoring department X uapoi cloth was beinz made up into uniforms for the warders m various parti \t the^Colopy. The workmanship m each department was excellent. ,•• ?'. .-{?-_?• The Saturday evening concerts m Auckland are proving most attractive and ad* vantages to the masses. „ - It is expected that the new lighthouse at Waipapapa point will be finished for useia Wo months' time. ,/«- "? T,he football match Manawatu v. srahui is being played as we go to press^ and as:a great many of the team are, still m Palmerston, we suppose that there will be a lively reception for the represericivea on v their return. With a view of soiSe; united action, the members will meet at Mr Haultains office at 7. p.m. evening. ; ■■ ' X i ' ■■* -i Rainers American War Panorama will onen foTaWofeveasoii ni the Foresters' Hall commencing 18th August. Besides the Panoramic views a '- large variety pf I trifts will be distributed. The Hawkers Bay Herald speaking of this entertainment says," It is undoubtedly the best ; panorama that has been established and. has been spoken m hi_h commendation wherever it has been shown. hr; year 1861-62 it never loses it. interest. 1 and the various scenes can be witnessed again,- and again with almost as much gratification as on the ? first view, principally, no 'dbubrv because they aW rendered on canvas with remarkable fidelity. A full orchestra travels with the exhibition, »nd the' moving diorama of over 1000 figures makes one of the most interesting exhibitions, and will draw crowded audiences as thVchitffas are rerw moderate."