LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 23, 7 September 1883, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

!■'<' ; ' - '.'»:' J We learn that the Wellington! miiu coach capsized m the Ohau river yesterday?, which' (w£u^^ cause of the and also of itS'damaged.v condition, both letters- and papers being m a very pulpy condition. : X It:wj^ibe.qe€ia'thj»t,the faKprttfeAteamer ' ;Tni is advejrtieedT to; leayej.Foxton fdr^ Wellington tprmorrow..! iWe: i .n,nderstafid' that this packet steamer is to be' a regular trader, arid-will dqubtless secure a (large Bhare of the passengers and freight ! from Palmerstou. Mr Otto Berkefeld, of Fox- , jtohj Ib agenfL for jthe c Th> I TheN.Z. Clothing Factory openis for business to-morr'owfii Their, announce- 1 menfc will appear m our next issue. | ''''•'' According ' to: this ? in[6'fnidgs Chronicle, ■the' es^te .of 'E^ fly 'fi^rit,' 'nurtfefymanV ' Bulls , and ' Palmerston',' ' has just"' p&id a dividend of 5s irTtbe pound. j $&w\ J - The outward ''Frisco mail will close this evening at the usual honr. j 1 Ajforty^ candidates ioi legal examinationhave been recommended for parses. How; oh! earth are they .all" going to make a living. F. Among tbenv is the name of j Mr Piraui, but we don't see Mr Haul-itain'sJvi.'.-.;--l y/..'.' : f'M \ It seems to us, (says the . Herald) jthat the ° (kWr^releasing jthe young woman Theraßae,' are* 'acting very shabbilyin trying to ruin her character, j purely the fact, if.it be,, a, faot, XlJ t^at lahe belonged to thVdemi ' mohae hi 9no ning 'whatever to do withuhe evidence and 'the iaotion,' 'ofjtue Bench. Even the demi monde are entitled to justice and a patient hearing. , j Our Wanganui evening contemporary complains that the settlers have been very remiss m not coming forward to support thelDairy Factory m a more liberal mjan-. per than thjsy have done up to the presdnt^ In other parts of the colony there ha? been no difficulty m subscribing the; riec- s pessary capital. The'f actory is established,!, but it will - Sot be able to do the beat pos-v sible, m conse'|uence of the smallness of fits capital;' j During his remarks at the Foresters' dinner at Wanganui on Monday evening, j^r Cross refjrnng to the wool growing 'iaduatry, stated that*iti J was absolutely necessary to change the breed by introducing a" finer; class/ of sheep. The present, wool through 1 'this want was becoming coarser and coarser, aud if this state of affairs"c6n tinned we could not expect this staple to ( rise. This was having a great ' effect 'on the 'price of Iwool m the Home market j , .The Tablet, states that Messrs W. Red. tM^'MtPf, and J. W. Walsh leave Melbourne for Auckland on September "6th, and that Mr J. E. Redmond, M.P., will follow, in due course., < t j a r I They are 'cute people m Dunedin (says:. the Batea Mail). The Jam Factory there label their goods Taimantan jams, and give fictitious names of makers m Hobatt.i That looks bad for a local industry. j The receipt* from the' W-ahganui section! of railway for the four weeks ended July '21st show a considerable advance on thpse for the same period of last year. For the month theireoeipts were £2729 9a 6d, those for the similar period last year amounting only to £2298 15s 6d.« .The goodg receipt have ■ increased from £778 io^"ltd7 'to" £i 456 6s 10. " .i. j At the'-Duhedih Oity Qounoil; eleptions" this" year* the seats for all, the , warfll are uncofa tested, the (.retiring .counoillorsTjeiiig re-elected m each case. , ,' "' 1 ,' %i i There is a good joke about Mr Biggai going 'rouhfll.tbe 'douse of , Commode, After the verdict against him for £400, ani admiring friend sent him a cheque^ for the amount. He .accepted the gift m t|ie generous spirit m which it was^made,' and Wrote the dbhor a handsomer letter lot thanks. Innocent youth I the donor hfid hot 400 'farthings;. there. were- no asset*' to meetthe jcheflue. It was simply an. artifice, to; get .hisj autograph to' j>ut after a l ' ridiculous r. picture, '. It was q'ultd^drtays of almia'rojoicibg in/the Dante of Blwop. • :;w '< ,r '% !i i|

I The sister of Lady Florence Dixie - 1 Lady Gertrude Douglas — who married a 1 baker last year and set him m business, li as found that there are drawbacks to a Marquis selling bread. She had plenty of business, but the customers failed to settle their bills, apparently thinking that a peer's daughter cahoot want payment for. her loaves. As a consequence the 'business is to be given/ up, and the aristocratic bride of 40 will iretire to the country and live quietly with her plebeian husbaud of 19. Shareholders m the Gear Meat Company will regret to learn that .Mr Beale, one of the Managing Directors o? the Company, has been compelled ., to resign his position on account of ilUhealth. The vacancy will be filled by Mr Woods, well, known as a partner m the firm of Woods, •Orosbierand-00. ■■«■■-• ——•««—« Messra Dalgety and Co., of Dunedin, haveOreoeived cable advices-' from America stating that the growing toba'ccb* crop has* been seriously damaged, and that,- owing to the bad prospects of the crbp'and' the 9hort supply of last season, prices of leaf had advanced 6 'cents pet ; 1B: m 'tihe 1 States. ,: .- ,:,•:.;-. - ; i -/ • For some weeks past .a .prominent ( fear ture i m Alsop'a Waxworks Exhibition. Liverpool, has been life size, wax figures, of Lord Predrick : Cavendish h ahd tl Mr Barte being attacked m the Phoenix Park/> by tne Invincibles. On Saturday night four young Irishmen, apparently sober, .enter k .d T the, .room set r apart for ,these; Jiigufres. j One jnmpedjoverithe br&ssrails: 'ahdf deliberately "knocked down the bgure of Lord Fredrick Cavendish, trampling it under., JEoo.t,. -whilst the, other„three«demolished the wax figures of ' ( the Ijivin-. cibles and jumped on the'^debriSj '_ The four were secured and handed, to , the police. (\[ I ,''/.) \'/ 1 I -*- v »"j \ Marlßorougb House waßcrowded"with buyers on Saturday .the opening day of the sale. ICustoineri expressed surprise at.the) wonderful bargains offered by Bentley Bros., and large sales were the order of the day. i Intending purchasers are;, reminded Of sthe., f&ct, that the sale will last for one month only, andfifc; would ,be well^to, pay an early visit to this^theimoat^gepuine" of sales. Ar a guide for t*4 public- we have- ereoted a 'large* signT with the word sale m white letters on a red igroundi i Bentley ; .Broß.',i /TheiSquare,i naffr o Stewart and Co., City Butchery.— JADVT. J