The Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) Suivant la Verite. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1883. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 268, 16 October 1883, Page 2

Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) Suivant la Verite. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1883. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

1 The . Rukuhia Cheese and Bacon factory m Waikato, is rapidly approaching completion. The old grandrstand has been found to be well adapted to the purposes of a factory. The engine and plant, which Messrs Ingram and Co. have contracted >rb supply,. will|be pnthe ground m about a fortnight, and cheese.-«'makiDg will no doubt commence shortly afterwards. The directors held a meeting on Saturday, but tbe business was entirely of a formal nature.

Sometimes horsemen are at a loss to know just what feed is good for a horse soon after he has been driven on the road rather briskly. Let a quart uf oatmeal be stir rtd m a pail of water and give that. It will refresh him and prepare the stomach for more solid food. The failure of the Albion Company's crushing is a very serious blow* to the immediate of Terawhiti (says "a WelliugtoA paper.) So much depended upon it, the'gmine itself being the touchstone of the value of Terawhiti as a gold* field. _ The cost; of the New Plymouth water works was about £24,000 or £6000 more than; the borough had to- spend, Con* .seqnently they will A have to raise an additional loan of £6000; . Lord . and .Lady ROaebery may be expected m New Zealand shortly.. j , , The Mark Lane Express, m acknow« lodging the receipt of samples of New ! Zealflnd wheat, remarks:—' It is dangerous to sow wheat from New Zealand or Australia m this climate. It may ido remarkably well m a genial season, but, as a role, wheat from a warm climate does ; badly m this country.' The Emigration Department of the New Zealand; Agent-General's office is just hew 1 very bnsy indeed. In the last week of July and the first week of August no fewer than 1300 emigrants were despatched m four vessel", and, judging by all appearances, the colony will. gain thereby ■ some -very desirable accessions fo directly productive sections of the community. '• ■__ ; ■■ '"-'- ja " :i