Local and General.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXXI, Issue 11356, 22 January 1889, Page 2

Local and General.

The meeting of the Foxton.Racing Club takes place to-day. Tenders are invited for the formation of a portion Of the Upokongaro road; 'S A letter addressed to " Practical " lies at this office, The members of the Young Women's Prayer Union are reminded that their naual meeting will not be held this week:! The Tuhua leaves Betts' wharf at 9 a in. this morning for a trip up-river to Raorikia, whioh promises to be well patronised. ' A Waimea farmer, who will have from 1000 to 1200 buahelß of barley to «ell this coming season, has been offered four .shillings per buahel for it, ' , . ' ' Mr Pyke's constituents (Dunedin) intend giving him a testimonial in recognition: of liia services on behalf of the Otago Central Railway. ' •• ' ' ■ ' " ' The local hairdressers, Messrs Crane, Qobb, Mcssiter, and Hooper,' will after Monday next close their shop3 at 6 p.m. on ' Mondays, Wednesdays, and Friday B.We regrot to hear of ; the loss sustained by Mr C. H. Borlase in the death of his Bister, Mrs Robertson, of Wellington,' and tender him onr sympathy, We understand that a telegram was yes- I tor day received from Mr , David Stractian, < w,ho is in Australia, resigning; his position as teacher of the Wanganui. Boys' School; ,' Besides kawhai there are at present a quantity of mullet in the river, and a certain local fishmonger did a big trade yesterday with them. They are as easily caught with a line as by a net, '- ' ; ■ The Borough sohools re-open to-morrow! (Wednesday) at 9 a.m , and parents aro requested to see that their children arrive in good time to resume worfri The Catholio schools aIBO re-open to-morrow morning. A notice appears in this, issue warning the public that the Naval Artillery will do shot and shell practice aoross the' river f rom Abott's to the Landgnard Bluff from 7 to 10 o'olook this morning: The Salvation Army appeared to gain a large number of recruits from among the Maoris last evening, who followed them in; large numbers, and seemed to be much attracted by a Maori chief, in costume, who headed ths procession. To-day the trains to the Heads will run' every hour to and from Castlecliff, and as the tides will be suitable both for fishing and' bathing,, no doubt .many will avail themselves of a trip to the seaside. The export of wool from Wanganui has been exceptionally large this season. Daring the last period (four weekly) >ome 4000 bales were shipped from .this port, ■and;we hear that in Wellington there are dome 12,000 bales on the wharf awaiting shipment, ,_. i : ■. • , The following are the Wanganui p'ayers against the Wellington bowling rinks tomorrow:—l: MoFarlane, Furnell, Ghavannes, Bennie (skip) ; 2 : Foster, Tawse, Paterson, Robs (skip) ; 3: Rodwell, Young, Notman,, Bush .(skip) ; 4 : Eeid, ; Stewart,' Culpan, Lairil (skip). A lamentable accident occurred on the Westport Goal Company's incline on Saturday. Charles Riley, manager in charge of the Company's machinery,,: was .walking down ah incline, when', by some mischance be was caught by a ..truok, and received such injuries that he is not expected to recover. The offioera and men' of ' the. Squadron seem to be having a good time in Welling ton. A ball waß given to the officers at Government House on Friday evening, whioh was a great, enceesß, and the officers also played a looal team of cricketers the same afternoon, defeating them by 60 runs. '.:.•. The Wellington Bowling team arrive this afternoon. The match commences tomorrow, on the local green, at 10 a.m., an adjournment for' lunch taking place at' 1 p.mi, play being resumed at 2.30. The publio are cordially invited to watch the matoh, and the presence of ladio3 is specially looked forward to. Some youths were playing golf at St. Mary's Barraoks, Chatham, the other day, when one of their number, Frank Bonnet, missed a stroke, and aooidentally hit a companion named William Chapman. The blow from the golf stick' fell behind Chapmau's ear, and he dropped down and expired almost immediately. A correspondent writes and complains of the custom which has lately grown into, practice, of young men bathing at all hours of the day from the river bank opposite Sedgebrook, We believe there are certain hoars only when bathing is allowed in the river, and then all bathers are supposed to wear bathing costume. Five tram-car drivers and buae-drivors were fined 2s 6d for obstructing the street in front of the Opera Bouse, Wellington.' Owing to the narrowness of the streets the cars create a great, obstruction when waiting for the conclusion of entertainments, and the police havo taken action to prevent it. Yesterday Thomas Brady was charged before Mr Ward, R.M., with being drunk, and was filled 5s or 24 hours. Thomas Hogan was dealt with similarly on the same oharge. The latter was also charged with being a vagrant and having no lawful means of support, and as- his record was bad, was sentenced to one month's hard labour; . Dr F. A. Monoton writes to the Feilding Star stating that, bdoause he visited the Wanganui Hospital and drew attention to its inadequacy, he has not become a convert to the proposal for the erection of a new Hospital at Wanganui. , Pending the result of certain .inquiries ho is making, Dr Monckton refuses to co'nmit himself to j any line of policy in the future. At the London Bankruptcy Court latoly Mr Registrar Brougham granted an immediate order of discharge to George Heath, the late Lord Mayor's coachman. From the report of the offioial'receiver it appears that he attributes his failure to losses incurred by him' at the' Midland Hotel, Woodleaford, near Leeds, in connection with which all his debts had been incurred. No offence was alleged. The debts were returned at £402 12s 9d and no assets.' The returns of the frozen meat exported from Otago for the year ending Dec, 31st show a total of 16,384, 1691b5. There were 255,639 carcases of mutton, 16,846 of lamb, and 3379 of beef." This shows an increase of nearly 100 per cent, in a little over two years. The nnmber u sheep from Port Chalmers wan 143,388 ; lambs, 3047 ; quarters of beef, 1100. From Oamaru — Sheep, 75,979 ; lambs, 9925 ; quarters of beef, 710. From the Bluff— Sheep, 36,255; lambs, 3874. . Miss MacNeill'a appointment as extra Woman of the Bedchamber to the Queen is an innovation on the old position oocu-> pied by the ladies who formerly filled these poat9. Their work was ' purely ' nominal, and entailed nothing more than the attendance at the Drawing Booms and State entertainments, and an occasional wait on the Queen or a foreign Sovereign, if necessary. But Miss MacNeill'a appointment ie to be made more of a personal one with regard to the Queen, and, if I may use a familiar expression, perhaps hardly in accordance with the language of the Court Circular, I might characterise the place she is to oocupy as that of extra "lady help," to assist. the Queen's ladies, who are none of them so young as they were, in the very wearisome work of copying and tabulating all the Queen's private correspondence, which is enormous. The Queen has a copy made of nearly every letter Bhe receives, and it is easy to understand how heavy and increasing the work is. Miss MacNeill ia also to be led rice to Her Majesty. — London Gossip.

An inquest was held yesterday at the Maßonic Hotel, into the death of Mrs Robertßoni and a verdiot retnrned of death from heart disease. Acoording to a cablegram dated Berlin 21st, Mr F. A. Krnll, of this town, German Consul .for Wellington, has been decorated with the German order of the' Red ffagle. We tender our congratulations to Mr Krull on the honour accorded him by the German Emperor, . A cowboy in Wyoming Territory is quite the hero of the hour in that section oh account of his having killed a noted desperado, ■of Cheyenne. After the shooting the cowboy fled ; but the coroner's verdiot—an echo of the public feelnig —did not criminate him, so he came out from his hiding-phce, and has been given a public reception by the grateful citizens of the town. A most successful rehearsal of tho music for to-night's Caledonian concert was gone through lasb night, and we aro sure the publio will find the entertainmont quite up to the standard of former years. There will be a treat in store for those who attend the. performance in the duet " Gentle Stranger," by Misses Newton and Leatham, soprana and contralto, who poBSGBa voices of more than ordinary power and sweetness. An unrehearsed incident is recorded by the; Feilding Star, which says that at Marton a lady vocslißt had a high compliment paid ber. She had just concluded a Scotch aong when an enthnsjastio Highlander, carried away by hia feeling < clasped her in his warm embrace and kissed her on the. lips' with a resonnding smaok. The indignant siuger resented the liberty with a still more resounding smaok over the head of tho offender with her fiddle, to the injury of the latter; However, a good laugh an! a frank apology settled the matter, Colonel Hume inspected the Tarauaki Rifles on Monday evening, when, out of a corps of rearly 100 strong, only 24 rolled up. The funds of the corps should be handsomely augumented through this parade, for. a fine of £1 for non-Attendance was to .be strictly enforced. This will mean involuntary subscriptions to the extent of £76—not a bad evening's work. The News says, "we hope the crirpa will get it, but we wouldn't give more than 30s for their ahauce. Taking the large muster of Monday evening ss a criterion, Colonel Hume will doubtless speak very flatteringly of our volunteers, who deserve well (and a deep one, too) of their country." — Hawera Star. At a dinner given at the St. George's Olub on the 2nd Dec. last, Sir W. J. KayShuttleworth complimented LordJGranville on his past achievement as Colonial Secretary. He declared that Earl Granville's decision in 1869 to withdraw the British troops (the 18th Regiment), from New Zealand while a hot warfare was proceeding in the North Island between the settlers—then comparatively few—and the Maoris, was' largely responsible for' the great happiness' nowprevailing in the colony, because it had brought about instantly anew native policy, with the results that there had been no more serious troubles with the Maories, Lord Granville replied,' in those suave accents with which all Europe used to be familiar, that it was ' no light matter ' to adhere to a policy whioh at the same time some of his own colleagnes, were dubious about, and which was widely condemend as "likely to lead £to the massaore of the European settlers, and to the loss of New Zealand itself. Thati these predictions' were not verified was oVring to the courage and vigor of the settlers themselves. A meetipg of members of the .Choral Society who took part in the opening concert on 20th January, 1861, was held last evening. Present —Mr Field. (in tho' chair), Mr and Mrs Allen, Mr and ,Mrs Beaven, and Messrs Harding and Burnett. It was unanimously resolved, That tho commemoration concert be a publio one, and the charge 2a shillings to all parta of the house ;,That a supper be given to the performers after the concert, and that any proceeds, after paying expenses,be given to the funds of the Harmonic Society. It was deoided to have the concert during the' Easter week, if possible, and that tEe first practice meeting be held at Mr Harding's room on Thursday, 7th March next, at 8 p.m. The question of the attendance of friends at the supper was discussed, when the opinion was expressed that as many friends might like to bo present at so memorable a reunion, that some arrangpmentß Bhall be made by which invitations could be given on payment of a price to bo arranged by the Finance Committed., A vote of thanks to the chair terminated the meeting. , Lady Onalow is a maesjyA.bjunette, with a good figure and^^ltgnifpa^p^enoe, and will be ouft^atffiomi dß^^be honours of GoywnJnpM^HoTiSff, l-~sats)/ jifto 1 London oorres^oudenjrof theDunedinvjStarY.His Lordshipfpng^ynat Monsieur calls /'.la ocean "aro antipalib/etic to one another -VW much so, this (tfW former never willingly trusts hims^H onlthe bosom of the latter,-. Whether theuotfg sea voyage out will wpt-k. any change liiXLDjra. Onslow's feelings in; this respects 'to!ni£fa&\£o be seon,^rjrj Onslow naturalty^^ptjs"lihe-j«djue.fjojksgfr the Viooroy's sani^iß &eA equivalent to a declaY&tjg^tha^jbewill not be .expected to entertain evtravagantly, or even on the same scale as his predecessors. lie is' a business man, and will do what is right, no doubt; but you had better at once get it out of your heads that because he's a lord and lives fairly smartly in London, ergo Goyerment House will be gayer and the vice-regal manage grander than in Jervois' time. For one thing the Earls of Onslow are not "the descendants of a hundred earls," with a pedigree dating back to the Conquest, nor [ aTe there landed estates galore attached to the title. The first Earl, the Right Hon. Arthur! Onslow, got his peerage through being Speaker for a short time, and the present jb only the fourth holder. The Onslows have several children beside Lord Cranley, who will bu sent Home to Eton after living a year in New Zealand, < 1 : i ' t f f f i i i i