LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 199, 19 July 1884, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

.-., Mr John , Sjteyens . will, ,addr,es,s .the, , Selectors ' at " Kiwitea ih\k ' evening «$' 7.30 pan. ' ..I Mr Macarthur will meet the electors at Tasn;u{ school-house, on the railway line .to Feilding^on Monday evening at 6.30 O'clock, „£;... .- :•• .' V.'. ; ';:' 'I ' ""Mr $tevenijrwill address the electors at Upper ;T.utae'hui f oir Monday, July 21stj,/ at7.30jp<m. ;., ~". :v ■.■,,■•-, '"• - ._". . ';■' Theibesj^hingtb^'^an^dnai Chronicle " "can sa^ m a long leader 'irf suppoi:t/ of Mr v^Vatt,ris, '\of the three who atenoisr? -seeking ttyffau'Sirtfgcii q| %\\&i eleeto'rs jjh/e '> has our prof 6reuce,"W the pSrinoipPe that ~" It vs 'better to b.e ; Safe . than ; SpbbY;";; Poor ojd Willie j He lias legislated for - -the Jast time m his life, we fear. rvjA batch of larri.kariß wet* fitld by the Court m amounts varying fi^m 12s to £2, 78 ; iordi8oi*deHy-behavi ir oxjb ijj th«> sti-«ef. , The.'Oburtstated'that ) three days would be allowed foiUpayr:. ment, and m default a>distress -m. .e.aqll" case would be issued, and m default of there beinff anything to, distrain, thedef cndarits Vo'tiia have to 'be sent 'to' gaol. " In consequence, of , the election taking place Qn;,Tues,day, .tljQ.. , date ,pf our, -cqj- . leotor's ;visit jLq, , AsJiq^'St^wil/ .bs..peyt; Mondajy'^'i'.the 7^H't mst. ..This 'date will urob^Oly'siii't o ! ur'sub4brib|erß" better' than Tu'dsdaj^'Wefyquest'prbinpJ'settle- ' ments'in all case's. lj ■'' '• ■ l ■'' ■' '• -•• ThelYlctoHa'n'reveriue diil'ing the past ; fiuuncial' yfeau "aWoqtjjie'd' tQ ' nearly si!x million sterling, and the expenditure' to : nearlylfive million. The totnl railway ( reyenife.^npuiitcd to:ove'p two milHoua y ; ' and the income from that sourco together with \yater supply cent, of the totaj iiidebtne^pf the colony. The reyenue andHßXppn^iture for tbe,cu.r-f rent year are l^spfectWely ' at) a half miUion.; ; ; Thei .Qiiejital Sank owe the Victorian Treasury £438,000, though it.is-not thought. .the Oolouy will lose anything. The Victorian nation kl debtyjuow aniounts to 274 mil.lidns.' j Th^; r l^Bi^inlatfei^Yen ( ue for the current yefafejv jjfe |si^ni^^4 '^^ '£573,000 , and th^s ■expr^sve^^O|;o||%' i .., „i The j Wejffe^on^eit' f^oV^ido® f; pany aie. bu|yjnsfi:ee^ ing "a parqei;oif ■ 5500 sheep .• for' transiijia- 1' sion fdr tne^Btoiiie v uiiarltet ; per s.s.-liua-J pehu. ' -•-*•-•- ,. Complaints have reached the Waip&wa jitqif of many names, b,ejnQ: Jeff off {lie electp.rjalj |flljg \ f}\\<#\ .' o\\g)}t tq ~se~\oni faqd jq sbM^ cases > rjamfea havfiLbPßK' taken which were already on v while the pefson had not re»joy~edvfrpntf,the place sjnee voting' a^ last' election, "rror have they been called on, -according to law, to ;8how; cause; why their names ; should s not be removed. Clearly a complaint of this sort needs some attention, as the inattor is serious., , „ following characteristic telegram . f||)U> tljo'Jlbji.VCr Qrae'e: to the 'QlVajr- ' ntsan v^)'f Sir Julius Vogel's Committee for ChVistc;huicli' 1 3sr6v'th '' ' is ! piibl'ishbd In Christdlruifeh- ' papers ( j— •» ''Sir "Julius ' Vogcl rd^uiroß *he interval ibetween this and the .sespion; to^iriake' • him really».fit , for the active , work of ; th.<V'' nest, session,... I am 'tjj9fe|pj|e. .pf^|b|jinff. hjrfy U?W> going .flQvyq at present. Y°4 vo^^ work at that end, and I shall haye n\f . rpa| in' iinW^tje.'' ;. "■■'■•_■' _••'■■ ! S*iftberi 'Chinese were among the p'assenjiers by the Tanistii, ! which ha^ arrived at Wellington froniFoochow, Messrs I^evJo -and' Qo. *have r-ecelVe'^a oable message from London announcing the arrival ••. of; th&iiLady Jooelyn witti.her ca^go^pf. ,fros|eß( meat in.jSret-sJaBS, oonditior». j; . ' . ] ' ■ : . .• .:',: Three :legal . .gentlemen: • ; (says (the: Hawke's Bay Jlerald).; .have given an opinio^tp tfie^eftGCt thaf; )ie^ting;on f the Wsult of an election is sufficient to invalidate flje vofes of tljose wlio ' bet. Those ;who wish \q \)we a.tjy iu|uer|c^ . at, the ballot-bdx- should therefore qarev fully abstain from betting, and if they .have done so they should now, before .the election, repudiate the wager. The Government are trivititig. teh'd.fers I .' i for tb4 supbly" and ; delivery of -3000 tele--1 grnphjpoies and 1000 poles- "butts, to be deli ve|[etf oat -the telegrapti^ storeSjAVel--liogton. „: ;B peqi^pßtioM may he se,on at ,lhe Telegraph , Officea at ; Fp^toti, and. F, eildlng, Tefl^ers close oa Tueeday next, V . .

Rabert Rdcce, tt Brtlvlllonlut, lian bactt arrested at Auckland for stenlitig a deposit receipt for LIBO and other property belonging to a fellow>lodger. The huge building m the/'Oreecent, ' Invercargill, erected by thet^inpe'rance ! asa coffee palace, has fallen N into? thja'i hands of the enemy, having beeu f pur'*>j by a company and converted 'intoi an hot'ei. " ,