LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 100, 24 March 1884, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

L. .--- - ~ • The Minister of Public Vv^rksJsJopay,, Wdodville a visit to nigrif,' and '"will De waited upon by a deputation of the re«. cently formed Settlers' AiiSociatidn^'.on various local .ma'terr. ;;: - :^a>\ yr' ya^ < : Speculation i w J&iready fife i'' ; , ; fltf to stn©, election foriiThorridon ttK\fill -the ya'cancy,, paused by [Mr Lievin.Vrasiefb'atiW kmpng ' tli^robahlftioindidates, -'ru-übifr Detentions Dr. Buller* J>n JSewwan, au(l ! Mr E,. 'Shaw. lt.'iß freely stated that Dr.Ne'vr-' ( m^n has. , already - (commenced' : convasaing ejectors^ i The hanfti' ofl.thfl, M^ybr was,,alßo -mentioned' W ; a likely candidate, but w;e believe without foundation. The history p£ Nelsoq's^anioGgfs^ar -*t Tcafalfear.-iai-teat^he tfrderfd*' 1 Nelapa expects, every iaaa .to do hisbduVfi'^jif a ; xopn'j[ li-ateoant BUgge3tedjtli9t iff^^lson " would require six s&ts Lofv.tflagsiUt 1 would b 6 betite^ to sjibatitutß " 1 * as they had a'cq^e signal .fop, that^word. Nelson accepted- th.c.hint gladly.- hence the form that' the' now 'celebrated signal took. . . ■ ; ;•:.•; '. {] / ;■- ■■■■'■ ■■* - "•-■■ • One hnbdred thousand; Jawrareijaid to have' became converted to Christianity since 1809 through the-\ Kgfl<cs $4t the [.oudyn Society, ; (for of Ghvisfi auit'y among' the people, and 2000 tfjewieh Oh Hsliioasiafe: reported to be now living m the English capital. ,-.,,•,. The London M ; edrcal t News report* th.&s suicide of a leading ag.i tutor: jn.'England'. .'Lkatsutrime'r the s:nall>pox broke out m hisjfapiily and cufried off his wife and three children. The jidka preyed upon his mind, and be completed the extinction of his f^uiily'.by. s^lf-desty.«dtion. i '■ A. remarkably audacious case of fraudu*. lent bankruptcy was- investigated l at'th% Birmingham . Sessions ' last October. A . tdaper'opßnedsi^ Bhops m tar ibus parts ofthe town, , aud^ having stocked 1 thfira n with"goods obtained' on credit, 1 he proceeded forthwith to sell off, "below cost priceu for readj. money.'' ; In Jh'fy he wentintq liquidation, and not only was £l',"8nO worth, of ;Btock> aliasing, ibnt he Ifailed to account for" £400 which he had received. He wa9 Rewarded for his enterprise with a sentopeb. of . 'fifteen •moja^hs' bard labour, V •' !>v - ' ; J ' , Oa Thur^sday^njgh.t; ft : carrier:'ih OHTlatebu'reh'attempted to poison himself (saya a Timaru pa,pgr. ) . , JFle w*9 . hot rwatMiScf ' with one poison, but took dosea obf-ttvo}' suKar.of lead and sulphate of zino. Either of them alone would : been fatal, but. each happened to . be :an antidbte'to tlie' "other, so he onLy succeeded . m giyinij himself a very bad/stomftch-ac^e^ '- *We hear that all the employe's of the Palmerston Brewery Company have re« ceived notice of dismissal. Says the Taiera Advocate of a recent date : — W» are informed that on last Sunday evening, a dog was locked m the East Taieri Church, and was not released until Tuesday morning. The animal became hungry m the interval, and m order to appeaßeitß appetite indulged m a few hearty Jmeals- off San key's hymd»bdoks^ bibles, and book- marks. Our informant states that the 'church presented quite % scene of destruction, on Tuesday morning, a large number of .bibles neing destroyed. A piece of land handy to town is wanted by an advertiser. Application is to be made to Mi Snelaon. v - i «, v2 # ■■■ -■ v« • • « -- It is a welUknown fact among bore logists that no watoh will keep the same tiftre with two people. The'crtuse'has not yet been de6nitely ascertained, but it would- aeeoi tbat m some mysterious way a watch is nffectei by the temperament 'of the weufer. .The mecaiphysical tCiffe'rv; ences m jralt and -movement between different people is not .st^fficient to account jfor\»U,.yt|;,e variujtionsi th4| ; - have been oboerved "