LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11951, 28 March 1894, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The brigantino St. Kilda 13 expected daily from Newcastle with a cargo of coal. We are sorry to hear that Judge Ward, though bettor, is still very far from well onoucrh to resume his duties, Tho cricket match between Hawke's Bay and Utago resulted in an easy win for Otago. ! The monthly meetings of the Purua ' and Kaitoke lioad Boards take place today. The Wairere makes a special trip to ■Pipiriki and the up-river settlements tomorrow (Thursday) at noon, returning on Friday evening. T!ie charges against the Wheelers for sly grog-selling- at Karioi were heard at Marlon yesterday by H. W. Brabant, Esq. After evidence had been heard the case was adjourned till next week. We have received a letter from an "Ex-patient" of the Wanganui Hospifcal, reflecting severely upon certain features in the management of that institution. The respect, howover, that we entertain for the law of libel must be our excase for declining to give the letter publicity.

The Sydney Bulletin says : —Australians are now divided into two classes, those who have seen better days, and those who never will." Owing to the prevalence of typhoid fever at Hastings, the Borough Council has resolved, among other things, to make a thorough inspection of all dairies in the district. The funds at the disposal of the Hokitika Savings Bank amount to .613,947 Us Bd, of which £ 10,737 3s Gd is due to 501 depositors. 'I'here is an incroase ofjissats over liabilities of .£3210 83 2d. ■ , The Tuapeka (Otago) times states that now tho :rops are coming in the ravages caused by the Hessian fly aro beginning to be realised. In the Tuapeka West district fully half of the wheat crop is said to have been destroyed. Tho stipendiary magistrate afcKangiora had a written application made to him to allow a lady interested in the Waimaka-riri-Ashley water supply appeals against claaiffcation, to hare a seat on the Bench. Mr Bishop was understood to raise no objection. A remarkable feat is reported to have been accomplished by a horse in South Australia. He weighed I,loolb, and drew a load weighing over 7| tons— the exact weight being given as 17,0251 b. The horse not only started the load from a standstill, but stopped once or twice to ' blow out, 1 and then started again. An important land sale in the HaweraTaranaki District is announced, particulars of which will be found in our advertising columns. Slossrs Nolan, Touts, and 00., in conjunction with Mr A. A. Pantham, have received instructions to sell the well-known landed properties in the estate of the late Mr George Glenn. The sale will take place on April 14, On Saturday, the 12th inst., at Rangiora, Ken Lewis lowered the J mile bicycle record io 85 l-55., and the to lm. 103., while Jack Boyd succeeded in making an Australasian record for 2 mile?, doing the distance in 4m. 54 2-55., beating McCoombe's time made on an asphalt track. Boyd also rode the 5 miles in 12m. 475., and a few days later the 10 miles in 26m. Both Boyd and Lewis rode Atlanta bicycles, manufactured by T. Boyd and Son, Christchurch. The Committee cf the Wangaiiui Trotting Club m9t last night in order to consider the protests against Dandy Dick and Ba-maid, the first and second herses in the Post States lost Monday. After the consideration of evidence, the Committee decided that the said horEes had not been eligible to start, having been previously nominated at anothsr meeting. In consequence of this decision Mr Walker's Polly, that camo in third, gets tho stake 3, Fan Tan being awarded second money. The lucky holder of the one ticket on Polly will be able to rejoice in a nice little dividend ot £52 is. In respact to rumours which have been circulated to the effect that a largo number of settlers who have taken up land nt Cheviot are throwing it up, inquiries proye (says the Lyttelton Times), that they have no foundation in fact. Only two cases of forfeiture are known of, but j in neither case is the reason assigned connected with the value of the land, la one case this action ia being taken on account of loss sustained by the settler, 60 that he has not sufficient funds to work the land ; and in the other the area secured is too small to satisfy the person wiio drew it at the ballot. About five weeks ago a man named W, Clarke, when sawing timber for a Maori at Moawhango, h\id his leg broken in two places. The poor fellow's leg was set by some medicine-man who is living at that pkce. As the leg was very badly set and was not healing so fast as it ought to do, Dr. Smith, of Hunterville, was called there on Wednesday to attend to him. He found that the leg was quite three inches shorter than the other, and was not healing satisfactorily. He advised his friends to send him to the Wangauui Hospital, where he could receive proper attention. His mates brought him through to Ohingaiti on Friday, and on Saturday jie was sent through by train to Wanganui. The Dunedin Evening Star says:—, The Wellington Post, in its editorial columns on tho 10th inst.t committed itself to the following extraordinary statement :— " In the Borough of Roslyn, near Dunedin, when all licenses were refused, sly grog-selling at once became rife. The remedy proved worse than the disease. Such has been the result in every place where the remedy of Prohibition or undue limitation of legitimate trade bas been applied, and such would inevitably be the result in Wellington if unhappily either remedy should be tried here." The people of Roslyn, who ought to know, have no knowledge of the alleged "fact," The Gazette hes republished for general information a digest of "The Animals Protection Act Amendment Act, 1889," which is now in force. Section 4 states that no person shall kill, destroy, or slioofc at aoy game or native game with anything but a shoulder gun, and no gun shall exceed siza No 10 at muzzle, or be fitted with barrels more than 36in in length. No gun shall execeed 101 bin weight. The penalty for offending against this provision is £10. By section 5, any person exposing any native game for the purpose of sale without previously taking out the required license, to be obtained from the Secretary of the local Acclimatisation Society for £1, is liable to a fine of £20. The New Zealand Times states that by the Tarawera on Thursday a large consignment of New Zealand bred slieep was shipped to Messrs. Pitt, Sons, and Badgery, Limited, stock and station agents, Sydney, by their representative, Mr, 11. J, Davies. The consignment includes Lincolns from the (locks of Messrs. J. B and Fred Sutton (Southland), the New Zealand aud Australian Land Association, Mr. Donald Grant (Palmerston), and Messrs. Andrew Brothers and others ; also Eomueys from the New Zealand and Australian Land Association, Border Leicesters from Mr. McKerrow, and English Leicesters from Mr. XV. B. Andrews. The majority of thesheeD have beenpurclmsed by the Sydney firm for various clients. The remainder are sent on consignment for sale. Sir. Davies, the company's representative, is now making a tour of the North Island, and expects to despatch further large consignments of sheep shortly. An interesting point is agitating the medical authorities (says an English paper). Certnin chemists and druggists have been offering a remedy for throat complaints which it is declared has been made up from a prescription of Sir Morell M&cKewAe, this having been permitted, ao it is declared, by the executors of the dead physician. This conduct is described by indignant medical men as extraordinary and unprofessional, and as unworthy of the fame of Sir Morell. Perhaps the lay mind will not be able to quite comprehend this Be that as it may, the medical organisations are asked not to allow the matter to go unchallenged. It is difficult to see what these organisations can do. Medical etiquette is, of co:irse, adverse to advertisement, hut against whom could penalties be enforced ? Probably the executors— who are explicitly declared to have authorised this " formula"—would not be seriously disturbed If someone would collect all the curious stories that aro tod of how Sir George Grey got rid of enibarassin? situations (says '' Mercutio " in the Auckland Herald) it would indeed be a tunny book. Ono of these occurs to me now, and I make a present of it to the collector and the world. All my readers will remember tho circumstances of tho •' rattinir," when four Auckland momberb left; the Grey parl.y and so secured in office the Atkin. con-Whitiiko" Administration. Ono of those was Mr A. McJlinn, the representative of Waipa. Tho staunch Greyitos in that district were vnry angry, and it waa determined that when Sir Georgo Groy came up they should get hip opinion of what he thought of Mr McMitin's conduct, Immediately on Sir George's arrival at Te Awamutu a deputation of electors, headed by Mr Sloane, Chairman of the Liberal Committoo, went up to him. "Well, Sir George," said Mr Sloane, " what do you think of Mr McMinn ?" "I am delighted to hear you are well. But, I mean, Sloivne, tell ms what do you think of Mr McMinn ?" " I think," was the frank reply of Mr Sloane, " that he is " (I leave out. the epithets, because I am not quite sure if I could repeat them accurately), ' Ah, well now, Sloane, that is culrous— very curious indeed. Do you know, that is just what I thought you would think." And to thia day the oettlers of Waipa have not got thsir oueation answered.

The fruit trees around Masterton are almost breaking down with a second crop just now Speaking at the annual meeting of the Women's Union and Shelter, in Liverpool, the Bishop of Liverpool said he grieved to say that the reports came from all quarters that intemperance among women was on the increasn, and was not confined to the lowest or to the working population. There was a vast amount of iutomperance among the women of the land of all classes, and it was tho duty of that society to cope with the evil. Ono of the most unwiße measures ever passed by the Legislature was the authorising grocers' licenses. He waa afraid, however, that Parliament would not take that power back. He did aot accuse grocers of being worse than other people, but it wasan unfortunate thing that they got these licenses, which were the cause of gruat temptation to intemperance among women. He thought, also, there should be an absolute prohibition of the Rale of drink to little children. The Bishop of London said one cause of the increase jf intemperance among women waa, he thought, the great facilities for obtaining drink w'thout publicity. The women's Union had a great work before it to induce people to give up intoxicating drink, and he asked them in God's name to continue this noble wort. Women having now burst the chains of an ancient conventionalism are rapidly acquiring distinction in various fields of 1 human activity, notably on the public platform. Prominent among the feminine orators of the day are Lady Henry Somorset, the Countesß of Aberdeen, the Countees of Carlisle, and Mrs E. L. Massingberd. The former is said to be the most fascinating speaker, winning all hearers by htr supreme charm of manner and her exquisite delivery. She is perfectly fluent, and maintains au easy, almost conversational, style, while her English is co accurate and her power of grammatical construction so completely under command that hor speeches, if taken down word for word, would probably require very little correction. Her power is religious pathos, and some of hei speeches, professedly upon temperance, really shape themselves into eloquent essays upon " the lore of humanity." Mrs Massinberd is a speaker of an entirely different type— electric, passionate, exciting. Her gift of what one must ca'i electricity, of rousing and startling an audience, is remarkable, and places her quite alone among women platform speakers. The Countess of Carlisle is an exceedingly lucid and pleasant speaker, whilst the Countess of Aberdeen makes an admirable chairwoman. In addition to these, there are others who stand in the very first rank of platform orators Mrs Fawcett is one of the best women speakers of the present day, while Mrs Wynford Phillipps and Mrs Eva McLaren are also distinguished in the same way. All these ladies, while enthusiastic advocates of female suffrage, are also indefatigable temperance workers.