LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 261, 8 October 1883, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

On ' ■ Wednesday next there will W a special sieeting. pi the Manawatu Road Board, when the chairman will be elected. We are informed that shares to the amount of £30,000 have already been applied for m the Wellington Meat Pre« -serving andßefrigerating Company, and it is intended to register the undertaking m a few days. The • Woodville people are very well pleased with their local paper, and affirm that it bears very favourable comparison with some of tbe newspapers published m the larger centres. They are also giving it a right loyal support both m advertising and subscription. I a fact the! success of the Woodville Examiner is now assured ; beyond doubt.;.---y-\ A Wellington, paper boasts of prm'ting' io one issue between four hundred and fiv-» hundred pounds weight'" of ; paper.'' 1 Wellington will soon be up to Palmerston m this respect. '■■'' At a certain court theatre on thp Con*; tinent, the leading comic acter entered into a wagor with the leader ,of the orchestra that he would undertake to 'put out* the musicians m the middle, of their,, ..performance. The actor, while the musicians were .scraping and blowing, advanced to the footlights, and, drawing a lemon from bis pocket, he bit into it. . The performers oa the' brass and reed instruments began pulling wry faces,, and their mouths filled with water, so that they were compelled to put down their instruments, >nd 'were unable to prd» duce a clear note for the r next five minutes. ■' •' ' : ' v -''..',; : '\7 There is something to be said m favor of a hot-tempered woman. . She always makes the spiciest dishes., Top never knew a aild-tempered woman make a rich spicy pie. . Her tea ia always , .mild -y har ; . chicken is as tame on the table as it was on the coop. But a aharp»witted |woman, with a tongue like a buzz-saw, will dress a cutlet to aturn.T "' : .y\ "i. 7 / A traveller, relating his adventures, told the company that he and his' servant had made-ntfcy wild Arabs ruirt which startling them, ihe- observed : matter "initi^for'we'iani and'they ran" after v*' ; • •;' ;;!'.'; '' ; ;.;''..; ,, : y. t y[.y The__total ' number of deaths from cholera m Egypt »up:tp c jAuguat 9 was Ify-dS, of "which 6366, 0c0urre,& m Cairo. Great complaints are make of the inefficiency of the pative doctors and<the neglect of sanitary; precautions. ■) \'\ \j The Patea Mail asserts that Palmerston North is going ih for a loan of £25,000. -The Mail is e-idently behind^the^ scenes. • The pupils attSnditfg the &6kitika ( State^ School are to receive a week's holiday in' commemoration of :^separation f rp'ia Greymouth.: , ; J r 7 **. At one of the New Plymouth churches 'the paster commented on the illiberality y of th* congregation. ; He. intimated that on the occasion of a rev. gentleman preaching m the ., church w ho : attracted: a large ... number to hlm v only £1 13s 3d was collected m the plate, or at the rate, he said, of about one pepny a-head,. : ; „ s; > In the New Zealand Postal and : Tele- ' j?r»ph Guide for the current quarter, it is notified that the fee on late letters within the colony, is now one penny, and that j, ordinary telegrams addressed ' Post Office,' with the intention of being posted at the office of address^ are now delivered free, but when posted at one post office for delivery at another." then' letter postage is charged. „.., , •