LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXV, Issue 13059, 29 April 1910, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A Sydney cable says Hie Manuka replaces the Maitai on the Canadiau-Anslra-liau lino. A man wlio was taken in I o custody at Christchurch- on Saturday night on a charge of drunkenness, had 'iHB2 16s 3d iu his possession. After extensive trials of two lots of Paparoa coal of 251' ami (JO!I tons respectively in 11.M.5. Challenger, the naval authorities have accepted a tender for the supplies of Ibis coal to lI.M. ships in New Zealand waters. The secretary of the Wanganui Scenery .Preservation and Beautifying Society has despatched letters to Hie Prime Minister and the lion. T. Mackenzie asking that legislation be immediately proceeded with to prevent the liii'tlier deforestation of the banks of the Wanganui Diver. Correspondence and information relating to the matter lias also been forwarded. The .sea has-sufficiently moderated to allow of vessels berthing at tho Napier breakwater, and the steamers Monowai ami Flora. were working at the (Jlasgow Wharf yesterday. The steamer Fifcshiro arrived in the roadstead yesterday. The vessel left for Auckland early on Saturday morning for Napier, and stood out to sea, owing to the heavy weather on the coast. A resident of Mi If on, who is in England, says: “The.frozen meal I rade is not what it ought to be. When Igoto a- shop tho appearance of the mutton is almost so bad as to debar people from purchasing. In the season loepl lam b sells at Is 2<i per lb, but we can buy New Zealand lamb at (i.Vd per lb. Tho latter will never bo a success until they remedy the evil of its Mirny appearance.”