LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 269, 17 October 1883, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

W« observe that Mr O. S. Ga.tton has taken the shop underneath the Stand Abp Office ia )Whjch he will oarry on the business, as a boot and shoemaker. _ The premises being roomy and capitally ■ituated, Mr Gatton should soon secure a satisfactory ; business. Being an old, resident his friends end acquaintance will no doubt give him an extensive share of patronage. _ ; - The estate of the late William J Olarke, . who committed suicide at Opunake, and valued at over £6009 kai been left to tbe Public Trustee for administration. j The Premier, the Hon. Major Atkin> von, was a through passenger by the Wan* ganui train last evening, on his way to the seat of government, ■ The hon. gentleman appeared much careworn as if the cares of atatewore heavy upon him. He gave a sigh of relief, when he Razed on t>e Palmereton platformJind perceived rio'Mavor, or ajock of deputatipns to interview him. Happy Palmerston, being represented by a Minister of the Crown, has no wauti, no grievancei,

Mr E, Humphries, of New Plymouth, lately purchased on behalf of his firm all the fungus which the Parihaka natiees had collected since the return of To Whiti and Tohu fro a captivity. The price paid was 3d per lb. £426 m notes, gold, and silver was paid to the natives at tbePungirehu Hotel- The various amounts were caref ally wrapped up, and not a shilling of it was spent m liquor. The Whili'a influence.muat bo very great indeed.. He is a teetotaller, and most of his followers may yet imitate his example. A Wellington paper says the following is a true but «wreported dialogue which took place between a candidate for Municipal honors and a ratepayer at a meeting held the other night at New* town. Batepayer (& Scotchman) y Vfeud . ye, if elected, bee m feeror oV erecting . aeata m the Cambridge Terrace reserve, Meester W ulson? Candidate (also a-North Britisher) : I wud and not only so, but I wud also hayve books tae'em, for the use of envaleeds. (Applause') Same interV locutor; Wud ye hayve, posts pleeced round the town bait, the same as there are on the Duke of Airgile's estate P Candi date : Weel, I dinna ken. I'm no fameelia wit he Duke's state, For vat . purpose wad the posts be required, pray. Bate, payer : For scratching purposes, Meester Wulsori. (Great applause). * - Who shall say that the tide of civilisa« tion is not still advancing? The following appeared m the Taranaki Herald .— *' Te Rerenga.— On the sth October, at Makau, the wife <- of ■ Wetere Te Berenga, of a daughter." A recent opinion given by the Bankers, Magazine, published m Londnn, is that cheques written with the new copying«inkr pencil should not be paid' by bankers.' The Taranaki Herald asserts that the money squandered m dress and amuse*/ ments would relieve^ the prevailing "dullness ,a hundred times over. Very likely; but men rill squander and women will dress r in spite of all the newspapers can Say. ■■,:-, :■ ; ■■■ : ": : ; _ ", ..■ During the twelve months' ending lastJune, the increase m bank advances m the colonies was no, leas than, £9,426,341. A company has beon formed at Albany, W. A., for, the purpose of inwring asuffic'ieht supply of coals for steamers calling there. ; > . .',- .'..'.. /. •' ' There is some probability of a contest taking place pver the election of :the Mayor of Melbourne for the year t>eginning on November 9. '« Farming is declining m Tasmania, one. of the alleged reasons being the superior attractions of mining pursuits, to which : greater attention is being paid there; JL company . has been projected witn a capital of £200,000, for the purpose of stocking j with fish 4000 miles of the dTictoriaorßarccoßiver; Queensland, ' In Sardinia phylloxera is ravaging the vineyards to an extent that the inhabitants are beginning to despair of being able to overcome the plague. ...