LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 119, 15 April 1884, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Feildine Star is ghid to learn that Messrs Hiilcomhe and Sherwill's- inaugu* ral stock sale, held at Ashurst, was bo successful tbat the firm has determined to continue them at regular stated intervals. The Ringitikei Cricket team, it/ their match on Thursday with the JBCftwke'a Bay County Club, won by 120 run.9 m a single innings. In their match with Napier yesterday on the Hecreation Ground they won by 32 runs on the first innings.' The scores being Ranuitikei Ist innings 94, 2nd innings 86; Napier Ist innings 6?, 2nd mnings 66 (for seven wickets;. As we havenot been furnished with the scores (says the TelegraphJ we presume the locnl clubs 'have no deaire lo Bee them m print. : A Sydney paper says; -'What would the noble, high-spirited magistrates, the gHolers, turnkey*, and police, do if there were no gro^ 1 What would the Treasurer do «nd what the publicans}, It is not easy to find an answer m a moment ; but may we venture upon a question by way of excuse for a reply : What would the temperance advocates do f How . would they blow off steam and oase tho pressure of their fer»id imaginations ? r Would there not be much danger of many casee of spontaneoui combustion?' ; ••Horace Mnyhew ono« joined! a league for the suppression of ' tips' to waiter?. Lunching oue day, he began to feel nervous as the time for paying the bill arrived, but finally mustered courage, ! V\ ilHiuu, I am sorry for you; but I hare joined the No-tippers.' "' Well, Mr May* hew, nnswored William mildly, •• ad you are an old customer, I don't mind telling you that I have joined a: rum. lot, too. We're bound ourselves to upset hot.dithes by haccident over the legs of. atingy customers,' A picked eleven of lawyers from Liverpool played a cricket match witjh a picked eleven of lawyers from Manchester, The day wiik beautifully fin*, and a largo company had assembled to see which set of lawyers had the most practice; 7 Wiitiu, the first ball of the second over, however, a dispute arose, and the : twenty-two, lawyer.-* gatherd round the umpire to argua the point. Tlie argument continued with no aign of abntement till five o'cloc'j m the evening, ns which time the umpire died. Great astonishment is felt that' he held out so long as he did. The nt'Xt vessel to load frozen meat at Wellington is the British Kia<, sniling early m May, taking 9000 e>\rca«e« on. account of the Gnar Company. To en-" able this quantity to bo re idy m tim-» arrangements have been ramie with the Export <Ci>mpnny to freeze a portion. This shipment will bn followed towards the end of May by 4000 per the Northumberland, if the pricj— 7d per lb— is catiled a few days asjo, is maintained until th'j company's shipments are cleared, it must beneficially assist the next dividend, since the advance from ssd i& equivalent, on an average sheep, to 8j Hi. .;. : The latest idea m tho fashionable world of New York, that ia noticed m the newspapers is that <>f thistle costume. It' wns worn by a lady who,, at a recent; fancy dreas ball m Nn'w York, appetred m a costume re*etubiing a silver-lined cloud, With which she wore grey stock" ings embroidered with tiny silver thistles', iirer satin »andals, on which her modo- : gram appeared m steol beadwork, and grey Suede Saxo gloves, on which the. < device of thistles was again apparent m delicate hand'pninting. Silver thistles were worn m her dark hair, and bunches of the pugnacious plant, gone to seed, fastened back th«:i same of |h€r-< dresa, which was of silver-grey tul'e over silver satin. ; . It is believed tbat Mr Bunny will be the successful candidate for the Thorndon seat. i An. advertisement el^where invitei ap» plidatfon for the' leasß-;2of by the Bonrd of Governors. "-'- ■ '—■^ -"- A correspondent writes to the Wans;"a&ii iHerald as follows :— Some dissiitis-. faciinn havfe been shown by a section" W the shareholders' of the Mannwatu ißut* ter, Cheese, and Bacon Factory at| the late meeting; of shi»Teholde»s,Mf;A. Ferguson, chairman, with a view 'o? testing the feeling of the body of sbareholdera,, has resigned. He offers himself for reelection on Che 21st inst.j ; and,^t is understood that should he fail to 6e "elected (a most unlikely event), the directors ' will retire m a body. , " . ? At the late inquest m Opiinake, the ■foreman of the jury expressed strong disapproval when requested to sign a blank sheet. of piper, which the coroner stated would be afterwards filled up with particulars of the inquest and verdict, ; The coroner snid that,during a long experience! this was the first occasion on which he hnd met with a refusal. ; .;. Cure for Indigestion. — Baxter's Compound Quinine Pills, used according to j the direction? , have pro red a certain and speedy cure for indigestion, bilious and liver complaint*, wind m the stomach and bowels, nervous debility, &o. Their 6b- < ject is the removal of debility and derange- . ment by assisting nature, and imparting tone and power to the sywtem.— To be had of all chemists asd storekeepers jn boxes, la lgd and 2s 9d each, or post free j on receipt of 19 or 44 stamps. — J. Baxter, Pharmaceutical Chemist, 21, Viotoria* street, Chriatchurch.