LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 210, 10 August 1883, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Koapena, a New Guinea chief, of the Aroma tribe, and ruler over 6000 people, has been visiting Queensland. He is 6ft 2^in m height, and one of the handsomest mon ever seen m Oooktown. A claim is about to be made before the world that Miss Wordsworth wrote many of Mr V^ ordsworth's poems. Wordsworth himself gave the| credit for helping him out with the " Daffodils." An offer of 12$ 6d m the m the estate of A. Croskery has been made and accepted. : A meeting of CarlJorgenson's creditor's was held this afternoon m the Court Bouse. Mr Chamberlin, M. L.C., has given notice of his intention to move the following to day m the Legislative Council ; — That m the. opinion of -this Council, no necessity being imposed yon any member of it to receive any honorarium, any dis» cussion on the subjcetis very undesirable. General Robert 0. Schenck, formerly American Minister to England is reported to have been cured from Bright's desease, of which be was dying, by living for a whole twelvemonth on nothing else but milk and tomatoes. Despite the inclement weather (says an | exchange) a favorable wheat crop is expected, and the prospect of the hop crop is excellent. The British harvest is den layed by cold weather and frequent rains. An average yield is expected. On the Continent the prospects aie also generally good. American spring sown crops will give an average yield, and winter sown one-tifth below the average. Amongst the effects of the man Jeffs, who waß found dead m Wellington, waß a pocketbook, containing the following entry :— " If anything should happen to me, my sickness is heart disease, from fretting of mind." Jefts, who was 6L years of age, possesses no relatives m the colony, had bean suffering from heart dis» ease for years past. According to the Wanganui Herald i — An interesting event happened m Marton the other day, when eight gentlemen, either bandmasters or having held the office, 'met m the Drill Hall, and, under the leadership of Mr Norberg, spent over two hours m the rehearsal of selections on their favorite instruments. Those who happened to have the pleasure of witnessing the performance aver that this musical repast was the most enjoyable they have ever experienced. Among the per« formers were Messrs Federsen, Slade, and Harbott, of Palmeraton, and Kendrick, Smith, Lound, and Norberg, of Marton. The retreat of vegetation from the polar regions is attributed by M. M. Ray de Moraddo to the gradual decrease of tbe diameter of the sun. He thinks that the greater centre of our system -was once large enoueb to send its rays at the same time over both poles. 1 The greatest pa wnbroking shop m the world is the Mont de Pie*te\ of Paris. It does a business of over thirty millions of fracc3 per annum, and its charge of interest is one and a quarter per cent and no more. The New Zealand Shipping Company has received information that the lonic arrived at Bio de Janeiro on the sth instant, with her refrigerating machinery working well and the meat m good con* dition. The Doric X for Auckland, had reached St. Vincent also on the sth instant. We learn from the Sydney Telegraph that^at a recent conversazione of the Engineering Association of that city the Messrs Cook exhibited samples of packing cases and boxes made of New Zealand timber, conspicuous by absence ot knots, &c, and general healthy look of the tim» ber. At the Wanganui Resident Magistrate's Court oa Tuesday, Mr John Notman, a well-known and greatly respected financial agent, and an old resident of this town, was charged by Mrß Clara Eenkin with stealing a five«pouncNnote and a gold locket. from her dwelling-house on the previous night. Evidence and surrounding _ circumstances pointed to the case having been trumped upon a pre-ar« ranged plan, and to be utterly unfounded. Mr Ward, R.M., dismissed the m forma* tion without calling on the defence, on tne ground that no jury would ba satis* fied with the credibility of the prosecutrix. The Oaniaru Mail heads the return of the salaries of tbe Government Assurance Department, " The Leeches of the Go* vernment Assurance Department." la the Victorian Council lately the electric lights suddenly went out, and left the members m total darkness, completely extinguishing a speaker who was on his legs at the timp. .London is (says the Suffolk Chronicle of June 9) the richest city it the world and yet men and wowen mit die of starvation, Last year's tale of euch deaths is 58 that is of deaths caused or acceler. ated by starvation. There recently arrived' at Liverpool, consigned to a local naturalist, an elenhan^which is perhaps the largest captive animal m the world, for, though not c^ite'so high as Jumbo, it is more bulky, weighing nearly. 5 tons. Its trunk at the thickest part has' a circumference of 3£ .feet. Mr Donald Ross, of Wanganui, is seriously ill from blood poisoning on the arm. Latest news from the alleged diamond discoveries m Canterbury is not of a very reassuring character. ■' Four further informations for fraudulent bankruptcy have been sworn against y7. Lingard, by Nelson Creditors. We agriin remind our readers that the ostward Frisco mail closes at a quarter to 8 o'clock this evening. iiENTLET Bros, new advertisement now appears on the first page of the Standard. Honey-comb towels are priced atsd, Turkish towels lOd, strong blue serge lia, cothnn shirting 4£d, men's tweed trousers 7s lid, children's sox Id, girls' stockings Gd, ladies' hose 6d, felt skirts 3s 9d, straw hats 6d, kid gloves Is lid. men's worsted sox Is M. men' Iwubs-wool aox lud, men's flannel shirts ris lld and 4s lid. men's cotton shirts Is 6d, tweed bats 2a 6d and 3s, boys' tweed kniekerbooker suits 7s 6d white flannel Bd,lodand Is, twill sheeting 9£d, lid, and Is 3d, Scotch tweed Is lid, 2s 3d and 2s 6d, strons brown hoiland 4£d, table demask Is 6d, men's trousers ant rests 12a 6d. For quality and jirifle the norwa are iinsirnass^ti — FABVT.I