LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 220, 20 August 1883, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

o»A good story come* iroui tbe Napier hospital. One of the servants was dis- | charged by the matron, and entertaining a feeling of irritation at' her dismissal, she interviewed the secretary, and, on being told that it was no part of his basineas, she said, •' Oh well! I ahull go and speak tp Dr. Spencer, and then you will 'see some 1 letters m the papers 1" The skating rink is now open, and this healthful and popular amusement .will doubtless be-largely r indulged m by the general: public. ..._-.- At a meeting of the Timaru Chamber of Commerce a resolution was oarried expressin an adverse opinion of thenewlusuranceg Companies Bill, except as regard clause 34 and related clauses. The members for the district.will be communicated with, and asked to oppose the Bill. The R.M. Court case Warne and Beard v. Grammar should have read A. Warm v. Grammar. The claim was for splitting sleepers, which were subsequently con. damned.. , ' ; , i • • Ay advertisement it will be seen that Mr IN. M. Person now undertakes chira* ney sweeping, for which he has parohased all the requisite appliances. ; , We notice some charming Verses ap» eearing m the.Waneanui Herald over the signature df "F.R./' The writer is an authoress of very considerable talent, who resides near Wanganui. She has already published>aome volumes of verses, and has also contributed to newspapers. /There is a oriip freshness and beauty m '*he\ljbaej!by*"*F.»Bi " that the public will always appreciate, and that betray poetic talent of a high orderJ The same lady wrote same touchingly beautiful lines on the foundering of the Avalanche. " P. R ." has also occasionally contributed special poems to the. Standard. We may say :£ bafc .'i IV &" is one of the readiest : of band writers of charming verse we have oome across, though her style and conception very wonderfully at times,' though always; d full of beauty and merit. ■^Between'taidnight and dawn this morning the force of the gale was very severely felt, and its fury m the Strait must have been terrific. - .~A-.Chttstcb.urch paper says :— There is by no means universal joy m connection .with the diamond mania. Two trades-, men were discussing the position on Tuesday, land one of them, fired with real or imaginary wrong, waxed forcibly elo* quent. Ho unburdened himself m this way ;J." 1 always thought the confounded building societies were the very worst things, tradespeople bad to contend against; but, lor' bless (ye, these diamond companies heat building societies all to nothing. What d'ye think ! Look here : 'a as true's I'm standing here „a woman "6qme;infc{n^r sbop ?smoming— owes mci a big account — 'n she says, » Ob, Mr. -,'. she says 'my husband's bought a diamond share for £24, so of course >we, shan't be able to pay your little bill; 'just yet' What dfye think o' that. Blarikthe diamond companies, I say.'* : Eigbtiiifermatiohs have been laid against William Lingnrd, of Wanganni, and will come on for hearing m the Police Court, WaugahuU on Monday, the 27th instant. The prosecution will be coii« ducted by Mr jHutohisoa. ] - M*w ! Geergff I Cooper^' cordial maker, .Wellington,, died somewhat suddenly on Wednesday afternoon. Mr Cooper had been m business m WdJlincrfcon: for some fifteen' , or sixteen, years. He leaves no family, though he has many relations and friends m the place.' ' > •;• • . JtiHo henchmen and fijuishers employed m the boot-making department of the New Zealand Leather Manufacturing Company wfere on strike, bht have returned to work.' At the Wellington Divorce Gourt on Friday the case of Neill v. Neill was dispooed of. This was' a suit instituted by Miria Neill for dissolution of her marriage .with George i James j Neill, on J the ground of ' cruelty j and adultery. There was.no appearance of the 1 respondent, jipf was he represented by counsel. His Honor held ( that the , charges of cruelty, and a'daltbry had been established, and I pronounced, a decree nisi. | '.',' 'Pp'eratipns-in^eonneotioh with the WeK lington Meat' Freezing Company were commenced on • JFriday,- the carcases of 300 sheep being placed i chambers. The Doric,, which is -expected next month, will take '3ooo carcasss of cheep „arid 10 bullocks. ...... ,V , • ' 'One iof : the : 'immigrant passengers per Graf ton/ ex Oxford (bound for Weisfcland), has, developed symptoms of typhoid if«yfr.j ] / ;.| ; . j ■ : -j \ 1 L lt wafi statfeann^hfe House that m 1880 the Public Works Department oftered to buy 100 tons colonially manufactured 'cement from any local maker. Two offers ware received— one from New Plymouth, and trie department agreed to take 100 tpnS^om each. The cement had not yet been Supplied. The offer would now be "renewed^ , . ~,. „ '' A "?^ife«d>uoyf > bearing the name Mary Ogilvlej'h^s 'been picked up at Palliser JBayiiJEt will-be^ remembered that the •schooher^Mary -Ogilvie lost a man overboard on" the 3lst ultimo while on a voyage from Greymouth to Port Chalmers, ?anct running forTsheltep before a S.W. 2alWfrom Keikpuf a Peninsula to Point Underwood. It ia su posed tfiat the buoy was thrown to hhn, and drifted to Palliser A dynamiter writing from Colorado to the-Timea to give warning of a plot to blow up London, says :— " Thousands, perhaps million of .your innocent; citizens, before another Ist April comes round, will b* no more. You will unloubtedly think „very str>oge of me volunteering this information, but I am prompted m doing it .byjfili«l affection more than anything else. My parents are living m London, but I am ignorant of their address, iOtherwise I should never send these lines to yon/""- ■* S The practice of *' frightening" children either to quiet them or simply as a diver- j sion is inhuman m the extreme. Many cases of epilepsy have had this sort or agency for their exciting cause. It is a cruel and heartless pastime, In which too many otherwise kindly iutentioned per*, suns are wont to,indttlge« The Auckland Star, referring to the Irish- approvers, suggests that "m the inheres 8 of the Erupi c thfeyjshould have taken care to send such dangerous eh; r o» te s to some place where a sultry and unholesome climate would speedily execute the jast work which the hangman has failed m performing." _ Caroline Berriheirner, a widow, fell /through a skylight, on February 26, directly upon a rapidly running rip-saw m the Blair ;Paoking-box Factory, New "Stork api was immediately cut m two. !A Mrs Brown has been getting into trouble while on heir travel* hi Sydney. It ! appears that she effered a tran? guard 2d | m lieu of 3d, the proper fare ; 'and, put* ting the cop era on the seat, desired the I conductor to jtake them or go away. An altercation ensued, and Mr Brown was in- ' du : ced,taVgofotf' that " owdashs" guard. | jjrg B. was' subsequently fined 40s and ■ costs, and Brown— he had to. gotyq gjjtol | for one month for the assault. *