LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume VIII, Issue 143, 27 November 1884, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

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Thciiollowiiiij notice appears m the Waipawn Mail : — Personal. We take the earliest opportunity <»f informing our friends,.'that the proprietors of the Mail have ehterfid iuto an agreement this day to dispose of their interests thereiiV to the " Independent Newspaper and Print;:|nfe Ooirip'atty (Limited)," for afaircon.sfjdortltipn.^oft and from the 31 st qfDe--chnber nexi t t\\\ which date the Waipawa Mail will bo conducted on the sarad lines and by the same hand as hithertov Be- . f or^jes^giu'affj^js posijtioft. we jßhall take Jca;r6 to-^aV>\f ew par'tirlg- woy^aA Jtohn'sbn &t)oi November ' 22, 1884. ' r „. . A very disagreeable accident occurred, to Sir G. S. Whitmore when landing from tjip o*mapjere atr^iis station, Tupa-: roa.._. There was a heavy surf, says the • Gisbdrne 'TbUpfMle? on* the beach at^the 1 time of binding, and the boat, a very gpod-ong, was swamped several times, 'dud the goods damaged. .Sir (ieorge _endejafyjQsu'red to land, when two or three a9y?seas struo'k the boat, and the oc- ; cupautß were precipitated^into^tJw* ,rag^' fitfg'su'rf.^ , Sir George managed, to get ashore after some difficulty, jihd without serious injury, suffereid rather s^rTO^'injury, th©:steers-; man getting hi|^finger|] bro|eri,' and others some nastjifpruisej^ias^e.ll as 'a-' drenching. We ate? informed. , the. . boat was broken to"pifec ; e^r : -.KlTi»ijß^a the r-se-cond accitient pi Xo^nA tKaibAppeae^L to Sir George, ; as a fe'w^imonths r -ago lie narrowly jescaped frowning-. A There iB fo.be 1 a^iurther extension of sy&tein/sov as tp^. include Inland Bay ;and! ;portioft' of ; the EilbirniejDistrict. There ik much sp'eculatibh m'■ Woodi .yille, as tq the date when Government intend opfening the railway to Tahbraite. line is^omß^etetJjQ that place,, and Sthere appears' uo ; ry4jid^ re?j3Qn for delay. , The Spring iMeetingfor.the WeUingr, ton Racing Club takes place on, £rid#y and Saturday next. 'MdpyopE our readers will not be aware that Pearfae, one of the two survivors of tl^ill-fatled loch/ AVd went home m tlte ;Bbmi something or. other, and was wrecked tie^ his 'destination, ■ Bavirig himself jniraouloualy for. the second time. Miss, Gepmijchael ; ;also. i returned) home, \vhere,sh.e, went mad,, and,is,nqw , ' probablir hn'.inmate,o^,Go)nev Hatch., or . fcime o'fchdr asylum. Who can ddiib't .that truth.' is stiauger than notion ? ! Irl'G^qber^lS?^ a.hrol^p-.doWiafolu, citbr.n'amed James ,Pit^ dieij |n tiiej'-Im-j SgrantVHJome, and' it was aftefwards discovered (says the Argus) that he wag the missing heir of the property .m the Ola I ' Country yielding ah annual income. 1 ' of about £2ooo. '■' The' 6rst race meeting evei) held on thef'Burnljaim Water Race 1 Course 1 . Wel'lingtoti,:c3in'menced on Wednesday, 2nd .. JFebruaryi 1848fi,!.TheiJ5rst Riddles w,oxth. Cup, pres en|ted; b,y was run. for on th( i same course "on 'Mon^ay^ 29th January, 1849, and was won '(in 'two •heatß) b^Mr St. HiU's Pastile (Mr. Bromley) 1 , beatiug, Hdn. Wi JfL Fetre^ ( <3;ajlad (iwner)y ,an,d, Jenkins 1 Jinny, Lind (H. Wi'ntenngliam.^ .I:', Writes.'the WQodyille^corresppndent; of ( an exejhange :— llurabers of persons are knocking about here; waiting ;£e* the coming Government lftnd sale, atid when that e«eqt;tates} T place}snme keen 90mpefition ibay be looked forward to for, Mangahop sections m particular. The 'deferred-payment. system appears to be the most (popular 'of the thVee offered ; and I veiiture -to "day that most; of the j Ridding will bejundeitithat systenvin preference to, p,et|>^us} leasing, although: : the lattei is a good .pne.^ T: ,. 1() .....,,, t r(yThe fo lowing information will be of •use to he pgarow.er,B,, , $he , tqtal produq-; tion last m all tho colonies was . v J.4oo_tpnS, of which Victoria olaimed 720, Tasiivania 3JO, New, Zealand 280, and South J Ai&t&tf'a W tMisi ' The AtV-' Dual cposuihption- •of the colonies amounts jto 1350 tons, the imports to 400 tons.) that if growers wish to k«epTh"e Ilome"price'at a payable Ague, 500 tons have to be annually imported. ■ '"Grumpy" writes from Manaia as follows to jthe HuwefaStoPr^-'lW ait .till the clouds rollx^by^'.is a- popular song ! ih 'Ji6nai!a jist now/: The first' two' lines :may *<be heard at. least sixteen .Htindred; , times,, ; ; eVery .' daylj xYoq/'cau haVeVtoq .m,uch,of !a good, tivjng.- .' ' ; , A?' Melbourne Insurance CfOjnpany injured; sportsmen" if o"?'; thef four djiiyjß racing fhv 6d ea^h. If kiltqq £s|oo, fl if iinjured &B 10s p6r week iwere 'the fndutenients tb v insure." We have received from the publisher, George Jeffery, of"i £iawre,rice, .- Otago* a, cfOpi' of ihe Colo&iai. National Anthem, '.' God pjefend New Zealand, " the words are by Mr Thomas Bracken, a,nd thej music by Mr. J. L.ffWx)ods; 'Tlie illustrations on the cover, stanch in--Icind«j''"t^e portraits of the autho^and 'coibpoßeji-. are m the highest /Btyi«>:;,of; ar.t.ian^ jthe general get-up is V;ery"cr|idto) the publisher and others :cc>p):. cerned iji the publication. We caniipt ; say much for the wdrds of the'ajithem,; .Which to our mind are somewhat vapid. '. Uh'i „ "W^.h i^tfia noti^patio^ f^qm the Re-, gistrar ( reneral's office to the effect that by 'an Jet passed last session all person'B or >arents of persons whose births ' ' have .no|b been registered m accordance with thb ; At3to<ilß76,>raay> during tv» t.welvo ipontli 8 ensuing. from Oct. 18th^ repair the omission by supplying all the 1 necessaijy parricujlars, to the Registrar^ General'and on^paymeni; of a foe oi £1; :^ A Bdstou girl was married lately "under aj canopy of apple.b.lfissprns n wh^^e, : her; bridesmaids were decked out with buttercqpSk - The effect was very, pleasing^M, j , . is! not an uncommon -thing for Turics tb smoke from sixty to eighty o1 ! tobagco 3ail^. "^ ; * An old m^ai|terjin Ohio seetniid rather p ( pp9sed to a'a-edtfeated ministry. , Said he,; ""EVery man who is going to preach thinks he must be off to some college or ytiidy^aj lot of Greek and a: liatinf. • : ' All " nonsense ! All w,r,oog.l T Wh^t did . I^eter Paul know abpat Greet ?- Whyy i'-ilbt a" word, my br^eren. NoJ Peter and Pajil, preached the' ptaih old finglish, ' and •ao*li-i."| ; '-'- w*''^>^'io* „5,;-. 'U Tii&deer which some years ago w6rV iet loos^ on the Mangakawa range, Waikato, aH now thriving and ' dan ''very irrequeiitly bele'eetalroyingiboßt in' large; lierds, ! It is likely that as, soon &b the Cambridge Lake reserve is ' irl" a'^uffic"!-' eutly forward; state Iftie domain board Will take steps to jiutroduce <a^ , few into > tbegrojunds. The idea is a very com- , iuendable one*. '"" ■- The | l missing friends" cohipansin the papers [teem with " i^ids." for, sweep.hpldeVs/ who made scarce alter the race for the CupV : : . , Tho iWoodville correspondent of an exchange ftßi'rina th'^t'ja speculative: man .with £pOO*wbulcl 'speedily make a fortune, here by building cottages for hire ipr sale! . "<~ • ; ■■:'.' •The tent m which Chiarini's Circus ;haß,been held f^r'thV. past few ' dayß jml Wellington, came to grief on Tuesday afternoon, the wind splitting the top portion of it, considerably. ■'Afc.'the, .last .meeting, of; the Wanganui EdiVcation Board Mr Bates Said tli'at there was' grea,t hardship 'm causibg pupil teachers from a distance to com« : to Wangttnui'fbr examination as pupilteachers'br for soholarahips. He gavenotice to :mo vie^ ''That the examiua- ! 'tions besheld at three di^Eerent. centres — Wahgapm,, JPalm^rstoh, and Ha- ' \yei;a-;" .■ ' / . ' " ' - . '''.

Monday next having beon set aside for the observance of the holiday known as.St. Audrew's Day, all. the banks, will be closed on that day. • : ; We understand thatfjfty of the Armed : .Constabulary, are expected to arrive m Wellington fn a ;day or! two from Opu-1 . nake oh their way to. the Taupo district, via Napier, where they are v to be em- v ployed, with an "equal number from Northed districts m road-waking, &c, m connection with the main trunk line, some six sections which are shortly to.be, let between Marton and TV Awfamutaij ThVconstabulary -will "probably be ' sta : ' tioned m the first instance at Tokano. " The forged Bant of New Zealand" £1" notes, detected at Ghristchui'ch are tvbouV a quaVter inch shorter than the genuine notes, are printed on , hand-made paper not so soft as the good notes, and the printing is fainter. The words " one pound" are printed m green oq J;jje' : back, but the appearance of the printing is • very different.,^^The^-^Jxs^r^- -^ -Y.erjfc. washed tmt' appeiir^ude^hd: 'purport to be issued At-'Ohrißtchurch on Ist April, 1884, and! are signed' "J Harry Barclays manager." . \v ; ■■:':•;; I- . ArcKbishop^ilbran i "feak . summpnediall tHe'fibtnfiip Catholic Bishop's m Australia^ : jN[few Zealand and Tasmania, to a national council, which will t^i&Wcl m Sydney^ on ttie>^tlj?Septemb^r, 1885. ; M ■>;; ; ' The Watigariui Borough '6ooncil hav'e* redeived'frOm' Mr ' iT/'"fl. Jetis"en7 a lawyers letter, claiming compensation to the amortrit of (some:»£so «r £60 fo* damage done to his prfy of potatoes by. the overflowing of jthe cemetery drain. ■«:■ j\ • The following members of the Educa.tiop Board -retire- by,, rotation; after the'next monthly meeting; Messrs Sa'us'on, Baker and Taplin. The formor, is one of the members of the Board, and has serred his full term. :Mr ißaker- t'odk th'e place ofoSir ; William Fo^atid. Mr , Taplin. of Mr: D. Cofttts,, botaof ;;wh ; 9ai r were ejected three, years a^p,.,^ Vi y( \, u More ".Osprey." The Chiistchurch Press .agent, wires.: A piece of evideuce confirmatory bf the supposition that the f ship Osprey did cjnce trade to; the colonies has turned up here. Stephen ißrpoker, ; cab < .proprietor,, who came to: Auckland, in ,the barque Louisa Campbell m 1840 states that about that, time a vessel named Qsprey 1 came to tl>e Manukau with sawyers and plant for sawmills eteeted there by Hill and Sinclair. He does not remember the' captain's. namfej nor what became of the Osprey after she Jeft. : ,,-. y.-r^r.' . ■.-.'»' ■-:■:! .i:-. -„ , The settlers , m Hay district, Quesns- : Jand, have cleared. :more than half their stock, so that m the event of a bad season, which seems, certain, there will be no' such losses as last year: 'There- has been a large mortality already, and dead sheer) abound on thb plains. People are looking forward with terror to i!he summer. The. reports received; from Hug-t. henden; in i jthe; a&ne . ,cplopy, „are ,very, : distressing, ,The" heat is , terrific. ...The,, thermometer registered 1.10 m the shade. There is no sign of" rain. The country is getfi.'ng into a r fearful state. fclutubers of men 'are out of work - ' ?:..'] '/'..;*' {l Hermann -Cprdes; 17- years t)f -age, was working.a .mowing machine uear Concordia^ South Australia, when he fell on the,, J kriives,' and was terribly "cut about'tne v thighs. He got up and caught the horses and walked 150 yards;' but he died tw6 hours afterwards. „•. f: . .- - At an auction of intestate property at Newcastle, 5 an old trunk, containing some tools; were knocked down for a few shillurgsi 'and 1 'resold (for XX The second purchaser, opened the; ;bpx. and > found a number ,6f old papers, Among which, was a tract, entitled;!' Seek and you shall ifind." Inside of the tract jvere three sovereigns^' ' ::i !l ' ! :; ' The stupid oath, business cropped up J 'ih V! the ' MagistratftV Court yeßterdiiy, m the " butter " case (says a Napier paper).- -Mr "Moore who appeared for ;the accused, cbairerigfed an inteHigehfc: laci nearly 14, ; years of age, ran, simportantsimportant witness for .the prosecution, „a,s, to his knowledge of the responsibility attached to an oath; The Bench- cut the challenge short by asking the boy if he knew the Lord's Prayer V ;|in4^ttpon receiving an affirmative- repljbiw^nce de- j cided to receive the boy's evidence. Then Affirmation Actxnas been passed by: both Houses of Parliament and it is<fuU't:inie\ it came into fcirce." ; / ; -"-.:■• --•- :^