LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 286, 6 November 1883, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The, London Moraing Advertiser is of opinion that the Salvation craze is collapsing at a rate which beats anticipa* tion. " The Colonies and India " adrises farmers from Southern Europe to cmi« gnifce to the North of New Zealand, where the editor considers there is a good opening for those experienced m the culture of sub-tropical fruits. The Waipapa lighthouse is now vapidly approaching completion. The tower i? already erected, and the workmen are busily engaged m arranging and erectiug the lighting apparatus. The Government by announcement m the Gazette intimate that the light will be available on or about the New Tear. The reproach whioh fay on us for a long uiuoe for neglecting the la3fc home of those who perished m the wreck of the T&rarna 13 now almost removed. A re* cent visitor to -Otara says that the " Tararua Acre "jfis now neatly fenced, and that.the graves are all properly tended and numbered, indent ideation as to names m most cases being impossible: What is Riill wanted, however, is a coating of paint. It ia gratifying to learn that the colony is so far advanced m the manufacture of glassware as to be able to supply the Railway Department with carriage lamps and lamp chimneys. Messrs Cook and Sons, of the Freeman's Bay Glassworks, Auckland, have jnst completed en order to supply the Wellington railway lines with both carriage lamps and chimneys. The conscience money received by the English Chancellor of the Exchequer during the last financial year represents and acknowledged income of £317,472. The Auckland Star states that the Hon. Mr Johnston resigns his portfolio at once, though he does not leave for England till the following May. It is understood that great reductions are to b% made m the department, and the first work the new Minister, (Mr Mitchelson) will have to perform will be the not very agreeable one of carrying our sweeping measures of retrenchment. His Excellency the Governor and suite left by the >teatneß ' Hinemoa on Friday afternoon for LytVellon. It is uncertain how long Sir William Jervois will be absent from Wellington. Hia private car* riage an horses went by the same steamer. A piracy o£. telegrams .protected under the recent Act came before the Wellington Resident Magistrate's Court on Friday. The proprietor of an evening journal m South Canterbury had been publishing telegrams obtained from Europe by the United' Press - Association, without' his contributing co. the cost, and informations m fourteen cases were laid against him by Mr E. T. Gillon, manager of the Association. When the . cases were called on on 'Friday m the Resident Magistrate's Court, neither prosecutor nor defendant appeared. It is understood that the defendant had - consented to pay the amount' demanded, and the cases were therefore not pressed; ; Further supplies of Goods have been re* ceived at the Bon Marche during the week, which are now ready for selection m the various departments. Purchasers' of drapery and clothing are invited by ad* veriiaement elsewhere to inspect the goods.;— [Advt.3 _ ( "... y '