LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 213, 13 August 1883, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr Graff is canvassing vigorotnlv for subscribers for the Fiee Thought Review, shortly to be published m Wanganui, and I has alre&dy obtained a large number of I subscribers. The enterprising individual who passed off on a Wellington saddler a lump of beeswax which were two large bricks concealed inside, to make weight, has had to refund the sum of 10* for beeswax short delivered, and. also, a further sum of, lis for certain legal transactions that ; took place over the matter." •••■ The momentous question "Is there-a Heaven or a Hell?" was to be debated at a meeting of the Wellington > Freethought Association, last. Jiyening.^^rhe^ proceed-, ihgs were to be "enlivened by vocal and instrumental music. In this connection \y» may add that we hear itf probableja branch association will be I established m Palmerston. \ , The; Napier: Herald of August 2 saye:4--llt was commonly reported m town yes- ; J:eyd^yth^tKe'Hop.jJ[. N. Wilson had married m Wellington Mrs Rhodes.widow t .oltho late Mr B. Rhodes. \ . .JL special meeting*- of, -the Wanganui Education Board t^as <|been called tor Thursday' n j xt to consider certain irregn.^ larities attending the scholarrbips examination, and if necessary, to appoint fresh 'examiners and hold 7 a fresh examination. ' Pearse's Mammoth r Panorama is an- ; ; nounced to open jto-night in' the Foresters' MHalir .-; Tlie Waipawa 1 Mail Speaking of .the _ .ent.ertainment / ,,rSaya*.it.ißva».genuine oue. The views, the whole collection of "whicli is 'entitled "from ocean to ocean,*!* are^very well painjed. indeed, and com? ?are favorably with'*anyt:h'ing of the kind ravelling. *' Some of them, indeed, are far superior to v ithejayerige jrun of- stage -paintings, 'iirid 'are ''really works of merit,The company wouldjhave performed -for a longer season, but that the Hall was engaged for •the4Preßb v yterian ! Church gathering tb-morro w . * ' The football' match,, Manawatu County v. Wanganui reßulted4ih ji the J victory of , the latter by 11 points^d'nii^Tbere was not mnch demonstration when the cbnquer-j ing heroes returnedtoPiiirneratbn'. 0 *'** | I Bo^ng maihine^at^ . jthe.P^tea^swanjpj | brbu^hi- uplax 'leaves from ■ 'tne' depth i or | 92 feet." , r v, j .. n ciuiivu \ ,\ The Egyptian Government has decided at Lord Dufferin's^uggejstmnj'Stofl Widen the entrance of Alexandra Harbour, at an estimated cost of £270,CK)Q. .k^,l'vl-m<.\ ' 4 There nave b'eeti at least three remarkable Jbnh B'rowns'.who&elnameaw'will'go down to history with more or less of re» nown clinging lo jjbhemsir"- >John : ißrOWni offfiaddington, the distinguished theologian VJohmßrown;,;tha.h:df<i "hft Harper's Ferry j and John Brown, Queen Victoria* recently deceased .personal attendant; [ And what about John Brown, whose knapsack is No. 95.?]; <;.ji <> r T r^j:'*/'-;- " ; The Aberctombiej Arma^Hotel,! jiWopdr •vilie,. was opened, last. weeki though the inferior iurniahing. ia.,not,. : yet ;q.uite' com* pleted,..,' The hotel is .a credit to; the diß« *trict, to j Its i enterprising ahdigenialpror prietor.i Mri M.ur^pfili^Eßnziev-andito .tKe-cpntract'or, )iir3 l i nt er. t r;The hotel is atruction'of, ' whi<sh ; considerable |l^B .bfien jupurrc^cl, >: so ysp. to.iettßure'3to travellers every possible convenience and comfort. ' With the Club and the Aberr crombie Arms, Woodville has two hotehi of which; it need; not belashaaiecir ■ ".") \ ' "It Tahoraite. on the Napier railway line, the elevation causes a very low tern* peratore, so much so that pumpkins; will not ripen except m 'the bttsh. r| ' '_' J . . I ' There are how about 100 men e'mjjfpjed on Messrs Jay $' Ha : yh^' railv^ay^con tract many having gone' f iforn." ' the ' district 8 adjjacent to Palmerston ., . ., . , . , •f^'S'har'ehoTder" wishes toknow, "When is^thevVest 'Gdaat I '^Railway Scrip to be -issued?" j, \ ACpul)licfmeeV?ng^y/]s|p))yn oftocenf « sure^W'eipehQ^u^^i^he Borougi AvWijii} : i iJT , j > - —By advertisement it will be seen that i :6hei-griindh6rsV'' J M : uf^i^is"4to -^antf* this Reason m the® Rftngltikei 1 ;ahd M*Bfna«ratu iidi^Hcts. 'i>Mdf4i'ik a^deifcen'dan^doi^rand ' old Traducer, and his list- should rapidly fill' up. n x J '" kl 41 [ Professor Sample is trow lecturing very successfully -iu, the .Middle .Island, where his system''is s h^nlflpoKenVf. Town and Oouutry journal speaks thus 1 'of WmV^f 5 t'hes 'Thditas 'PricievM.L.A. for, Wide Bay (Q.) has' been Showing 5 si^b& of dcn're dyspepsia i 'again; • Hegbt dreadfully' drunk WMary4 borough the oth'er'^day, and'assauitett^Mr E. T. Aide'n/the father' of the town, who J 'seiit the MlfiiA-. <f fiymi?' : idt6 the gutter^; Subsequently Price became quite tooj precious to be allowed : at large, and was- j locked up by the police for disorderly! conduct.^. ,< t £. s , )h ..j .y | ' > 4To»^iay>wa3 tfie first , day of the postal l delivery m Palmereton upon which f or« : ward; step j we v > congratulate^ >the com- . ' muhity at large.' t .; '.(JtJßNjrjiSlY: BBoS..idieWiii-aavertlsement now appears on tne first . page of the. Standabd. r Honey rcomb, towels are. priped at 6d,' Turkish • towels i'Od; strong ' nine serge lid, cotton . shir.liipg 4Jd, mens r tweed .trpusfcrs) 7s,^ld, children's box 4d, girls' stockings 6d, ladies' straw hats 6d, kid |;ic%s|ls l»l4^njep'i worsted sox Is 3d, men' lambs-wool box lOd, men's flannel shirts 3s lid and 4s lid, men's cotton shirts Is 6d, tweed' hats 2s 6d and 3s, boys' tweed knicker- . jbocker suits 7s 6d white flannel Bd, lOd and i Is j=t will sheeting 9^d, lid, and Is 3d, Scotch tweed la^lidj 2s 3d and 2s 6d. strong brown table demask Is 6d, men's itronsers and Vesis 12s 6d. - For quality and -price the aDnvo are unsu'nassed — rADVTI.

The position o)f4 justice of the peacle (says the Hawera*Star) has its advantages no doubt, but it can scarcely be called a profitable one, jmffi^ffljJkf&y gqiug/ ; the rounds here. It is said that af ter being Ifiued for worshipping too fondly atj;he_ [shine of Bacchus, two offenders politely | asked thejußWoes tolenj^hein. the mone,/ f to pay tM ntie— ind what' is more,' they ■ got it I | ■ A writer m a Wellingtoir^Mp;er| thanks jheaven that the species of pakeha-Maori j is nearly extinct. ■ Mr Py]fe,.M.H.JR. f i* amusing, butrinjaccdratei i*3He4a|;ely tpli the House that !'* it was stated m Bo}y Writ that the tsins of the children should be visited on [the fathers of the third generation. 1 ' ! Last year there were nineteen Maoris jhaving deposityin tjhe ; paving's Banks m iNew Zealand, the total amount standing to their credit at the end of the year being j£42o. A Christchurck j l? cpnteinnDrary -asks if anybody has read*' Rusden's history of New Zealand or has got >.Jk.„o£care 8 ..a, fairimnrafoutltT''-*-It if expec^ed ; ther session will terminate WitfiTrie present month. ' A 'duebJiaf I *4^^ w i*P w '*y ßlß,l * ,BBd » iust been fought in_JParis because one writer accused another of "cribbing", f rCm >'a«?iSir i -Charles . . Dickens'/' 'LordGladstone and the Earl- of Dilkes were not>t>reseh£ or the French reporters wojjld; have been sure to^ment^mthe foot. N<H bcdy was hurt, but fche'shade of the novelist must have been somewhat tickled by hetit^^"* t ! lffJ '■•'« 1 « Ji) - l ■'''- fA. napPf was rea^ * e * ore *^ c Academic def" Science February^iri^-th^re.. -hits ofa l&W series of experiments on hW esKL showing thatnjars and shocks SucelLmalfP^tionj m the embrjo. X ttie atighfe-w of a railroad train wa .hmciefit^w'prevent incubation m many £ es ; while eggs placed upon a machine h,it «aye tbem a constant shaking or sudien Shocks were sure to produce monstrolities.