LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 56, 5 February 1884, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

. — r •-r A meeting pf creditors fa the estate of W. Si Langley is convened to consider his application for disoharge. "A meeting of the creditors of J. A . Heatoti is elsewhere convened by the trustee, Mr Hoe. Mr Topping has a special advertise* ment m ourjwanted column. Mr* James Rowlins, the purchaser of Messrs Lound asd Pederaen's business, has a notice to the public appearing m our advertising column?, to which attention is directed. A notice of transfer of business from Messrs Lound and Pedersen to Mr J. Rowlins is announced m our advertising columns. Vast numbers of sheep are being brought into town -£>y rail juit now. About 1800 vere oonveyed to Wellington on Friday, and 2000 more were on their w&y next day by a sp^oial cattle- train. This affords some idea of the demand created by the frozen-meat trade. Mr Milner Stephen, " the healer," ac« companied by Mrs Stephen, is again on a risit to, New Zealand. The work on Mackay's line,that is from Makino towards Eiwitea, is being rapidly -psshed on with, and, if the present fine, weather continues, the contractors' (Messrs Nathan and McCarthy) will Boon have it out of hand. This road has been the cause of ssrious inoonvenienoe to tbe Kiwitea settlers for Borne time, as it has been a matter of some difficulty to travel along it, even on horseback. No fewer than 3000 persons travelled on the Wellington»Maßterton railway on Friday. Tho evening trains from Lower Hutt to Wellington were very heavy, one consisting of as many as 35 vehicles, drawn by one Jsingle-Fairlie en" girie. ' Mr Gill and Dr. Buller were to arrive' m Marton yasterday evening with the purchase money for the Otamakapua Block. Sir James McCulloch, the l«»ding"memf ber of the firm of James McOulloch and Co., Melbourne, i% now on a visit to New Zealand. Sir James McCulloch has been premier of the Victorian Government m several Ministries. Sir James is accompanied by Lady McOullooh. : The first prize iv Vulcan's sweep went to Wellington, the second to Wanganui, and the third to Wellington. The residents iv and around the Square were last evening treated to music of a rather novel natur*. Mr Donald McGregor, an Aberdeen man, just fresh from the old coantry; a bag-pipe musician, one who, it is said has played on the. instrument before the Queen at Balmoral, and carried off prizes ia various parts of Scotland for his profioiency, at the re' quest of several settlers played for an hour a number of Scottish national airs on the balcony of tbe Koyal Hotel, The sound of the pipes soon attracted' a 'terowd from all quarters, and had an electric effect upon those who hail from the far north. Highland and Lowland dances Boon commenced^ and even the good landlady of the hotel was almost induced to think she, was on the brown heather once more. On the other hand, the colonials considered 'distance Unt enchantment to the sounds," and failed to appreciate the music wailed forth from .the ancient pipes. Mr McGregor left Palmerston this morning for Opunake, where he intends settling m business ns a biackimith. , The new proprietors of tbe Wellington tramway are sending to Englnnd' and America orders for a new plant and suffi« dent rails to relay the whole of the permanent way and provide for extensions.

The sum of £3960 passed through the two tot'iliaatora on the Hutt racecourse at the recent meeting. "Of this amount £1369 wa9 deposited on the great eyent of the meeting — the Wellington Cup.' At the last meeting of the Rangi^ikei County Council, Cr. Maclean lfioved, " That a bar be placed across the Council Chambers, that seats be provided, and that deputations, etc, be introduced into tbe Council chamber by the side entrance door." The motion was seconded and carried. ...We are .requested to. intimate, that the Manawatu Chosen Few, iT.O.L. fiolcl their asuai monthly meeting on Wednes* day. On Friday evening last a lad named John Rose, a patient m the mount View Lunatic Asylum, eluded the vigilance of the attendants and made his way to town, where he was subsequently found on the Queen's Wharf by the keepers of the institution. This is the lad who carried on such antics some short time ago m Wanganui. Apow'zing Neuralgic Pains.— Baxter's Anti-^euralcic Pills have been named by the public " Magic Pills " on account of their marvellous action m curing Neuralgic, Toothache, Sciatica, Lumbago, and other Neuralgic pains. — To be had of all chemists and storekeepers, or post free on receipt of 19 or 44 postage stamps. -yJ. Baxter, Chemist, Victoria-street, Christ, church. A Boon to Mankind.— Baxter's Luna: Preserver, by virtue of its balsamic and soothing properties, cannot be excelled as a soother of Pulmonic irritation. Many whose recovery had been despaired of by medical advisers and friends, have been spared to proclaim the astounding virtues of the Lung Preserver. It has been employed m the mansion as well as m the cottage, and has convinced the aristocrat as wall as the peasant that it i«,'indeed, a boon to mankind. It is pleasant to the palate and may safely be taken m all cases. Persons suffering from Bronchial affections, wbo take the JLiing Preserver will find the speedy effect to be diminution of pain and expectoration — first, be» cause the mucous membranes are stimulated to throw tho phlegm up, and second because the medicine is adapted to thin the discharge before it leaves the bronchial tubes and luugs. This specific is i highly extolled by membdrs of the {medical and clerical professions and others. — To be bad of all chemists and storekeepers. • Tic-Doloureux, Toothache, or any other neuralgic pain speedily yieldß to Baxter's Anti-Neuralgic Pills. Cough?, Colds), and Bronchitis, <&c, are quickly cured by using Baxter's " Lung Preserver." /This old-established medicine is pleasant to the palate, and highly extolled by member;) of the medical and clerical profession. Read advertisement. Indigestion and Liver Complaints. — For these complaints Baxter's Compound Quinine Pills have proved a specific, act* ing powerfully on the liver and mildly on the etomaob. Sold everywhere, or post free from J. Baxter, Christchurch, for 19 or 44 stamps. Painless Dentistry — Mr Greenwood, Burgeon Dentist, will visit Palmerston on Thursday,. 15th of February. Mr Greenwood will bring his nitrous oxide gas apparatus with him for painless extraction.— CA,dvt,)