LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 172, 26 June 1883, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr Hutchison is to move m tbe House on Wednesday, "That it is necessary, m the interests of humanity and good government, that legal and definite provision should be made for the support of hospitals, aud the care of indigent aged persona and orphans ?" The Financial Statement is to be delivered to-morrow. Wellington appears to.have its " Balaam's Asa"also. A letter to the Post is beaded, •'Balaam's Acs" and the Salvation Army. The ice trade of New York is an important industry, giviDg employment to several thousand m midwinter, and yielding a good return for the outlay. Lasc season about 10,000 men were employed m cutting and storing the ice of the Hudson River, and more than two millions and a half tons were honsed. The Wanganui Herald referring to the fact of the Constabulary having to prohibit the NafciFes assembling especially on tbe IBth of each mouth, remarks that the reason is not very clear. There can be no object of harm m these meetings, and it seems a piece of petty tyranny on the part of the Government thut they ehould endeavor to prevent these people visiting one another when they please, The Melbourne Daily Telegraph says the " climate of Western Australia is one of the finest and most salubrious m the wurld, 1 per cent, only having been the average mortality of the colony since its occupation. Prince Leopold, of Hoheazollern, brother pf the Puchess of Connaught, baa been apprenticed to learn the trade of a loofesmitfr, m accordance with the custom ol the Bojal , family of frussia.

Yesterday the aecummulation of water m various parts of the town, owing to the heavy rains, caused considerable inconvenience, m many cases amounting almost to a suspension of traffic. By present appearances does not look as if the"litne pavement experiment will prove a success, but perhaps it is too early to form an accurate opinion. Mr Trickle bunk js a heavy sufferer by the flooding of his brick yard, which he attributes to the drainage operations oE the Borough Council, It is possible litigation may ensue. We learn that fhe widow of the late Captain Murphy, who was drowned off ihe Huia, and the unfortunate wife of the Khv. J. Murphy, are sisters, and though married to husbands of the same name no relation existed between them prior to marriage. The assistance rendered m Wellington has been as liberal as spontaneous. The prospectus has been issued of a new weekly newspaper, " The Egmont Courier and Waimate Plains Advocate," which will ehyrtly be issued by Mr P.Galvin.of 'punake. The new venture is to published every Satur- : day moruing. - The Manawatu was m high flood to-day, tha current rising very rapidly and running with great turbulence. •We are gal to hear that Mr Linton has improved m mm! in since yesterday. . ; | Owtngtoabs.irdly insufficient culverts, and proper levels n t having been taken, Wollerman's corner was flooded last evening to a considerable depth. High , water mark is very cleaily defined to-day. ; I A project is afloat among Chinese (iays a Wellington paper) to start a company with a capital of £10 000 to plantjan&at the Hutt and on the Peninsula with hops, and to employ Chinese labor only for its cultivation. We uuderstand that a considerable area of suitable land at the Lower Hutt is at present undey offer, and that it is proposed to cultivate as much as 500 acres. Mr J. McColl. informs us that he has the assistance of a number of capitalists m Wellington to carry out the project. • ■■'"•■ - • ; The Bishop of Peterborough says thai '' Sunday libraries do good. He could go to hia library on Sunday and read, and why, m the name of common Bense, should it be wicked and monstrous for a poor man to do m his library or public room what was harmless m a private room ?" There are enough beer shops m London, if their fronts were placed sipe by side, to reach from Cnaring Cross to Portsmouth, a distance of 73 miles. There were 99,686 paupers rel'evedin London during one week of February last. There are nearly a million- officislly knoKn paupers m England alone, not reokouing Scotland, Ireland, and Wales, and. it coats £8,000,000 yearly to relieve their wantsSir George Grey is three-score and eleven years old, He was born afc Lisbon, on the 14th April, 1812, two days before hia father, Lieutenant-Colonel Grey, of the 30th loot was.killed atjthe siege of Badajoz. We have jU9t received a Parcel of Clothing from the Kaiapoi . Wollen mills. These Goods are of a Superior Quality and should be m Great Demand. We have also m stock, Roslyh and Kaiapoi Blankets, Flannels, Tweeds, and Wool. All these Goods we can Confidently Recommend to our Customers. A Special line m Trousers and Vests, m oross sizes for stout men to be seen at Bentley Bros. Marlborough House. — [DVJ\]A