LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 104, 28 March 1884, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

■i'l ' ■ ) f J ' i » i Thf Roman wills were sealed with three sea!s,->pplied after they had pierced th!e deeds, and' had passed ttoaHineri bnetvelopfe j three times through holes made, for ..thatt purpose, a method established m the .time of NBrp " tigainstjforgeryf', .Oqitsjd'e the'wills were written the name's of'tLjse whd'had anlxdd their seals.' X^bii'll^.. firstf" page,' I *, or left-hand tkbMi 1 Werie .written ithej.names of those iwtoo werje nominated the principal heirs' J 00. thp second, nr right-hand ; tablet were." mitten the. names of the legatees. > .. ( 'i ; [ , The; British Museutn^coriiiftins^the oldest specimen of pure glass, w.hujh .iiear^.any date. Thtif is a lil^|e Jion's .heii^, hj^ing on it; the name of ah Egyptian^king of. thb bleVerith dynasty. Th*fi3 : ft 'i^showf h '. ttwjt at a period at least two B tliorisW'd !t !y<sars before Ghrist, glass was wad«-.with a skill that indicates the art was ,not.newi;o /. ] :We f are'glad to see that- tenflefis are bein(7< called for additions to; the>igobdis shed alt . Palme rston, wh\cjj.arei(Vlepy9aiuch wanted. .Tenders closg on, 16th April, and full particulars -will be found m advertisement. '• \' ".'' . ' '.','. : , ':. ■-.. : y. ■ :■:, >; •,> .;i ;; o .' An Arabian woman, when lefta wid,ow, mourns her husband devoutly, 4 but .not Hnfreq'uently marries ngain.^ The t'iijhi; before her j second marriage she pajrs a a visit to her first husband's j?rave. Therb she .kneels and pi-ava hinil not! to. 'be offended^, jAs, however, she fe.elsjbe^i 1 ! be offended, the widow brings with her^a , donkey ? , Jaden; wivh^two^pAV.Bkins filled with water. "■ Th'e grayer 'eniietl,' she proceeds to pour the water on the gr we, to keep her first Imsbnndliobl under" the circumstances about to take place ; and halting well saturated him, she then de* parls. j Juding by the numher of app-icationi for. the erection of new schools made by fiefttlers m the Wairarapa to the VVellington Education boaid r it"; r A. I Wvideh.l x its population^ ia everywhere growing vet fast. .'The bo^rd has had applications frbm. the. follpwina; districts, viz., The Oaiiap,- Whakalaki, Te Whiti, Dalefield^ Puhiatuß, and Belvedere, and m varioub other directions •' there are'^evidctices thujb „yieiy soon, several new e so|]jbols must be opened. Part of this demand arises from .the natural increase, but a considerable -portion' fa dae to t tWibflux of people, and the-openiufcc up of new districts. . It appears that among the qualifications of t.lit\ Inspector of )ls, b knowledge! of tK^viiiU W^nis ta'oV r^q\ilfed. Some! disuu>.«i<in took plflce at the meeting ofi Uitt Education Board as to 1 the-Inspector possessed such a qualification. The Rev. J. Pateraon— - We c»n.al^ judp:e of elementary sewjuigj ItlV' i ffufchis6n--ldi Idn'1 dn't I WVw te you could. Her. J. Patersor — Ob, yes; I alway§ carry a needle and thread, and many a button I've sewn on. (Laugh* ter.) ; ;istijWArllrep\orsedi(JWofeUth9i Penguin left Fiji that a quarts reef had been dis! covered. The two discoverers came on 1 to Auckland to obtain the necessary ap-j pliarices for working the same. j ■7 ■ '.'ft iO ?r ;:rTi: i1 ) According to evidence given m the W anuan vi H.M. jOpjurt" a man named In j gram, who was sen teheed to seven days? impfi¥Onment"witn f 'hard -iaboar ior-lar-j ctsny, received £30 from Home by the h-<t. English mail a fortnight ago, and up to date ;he> haU ; 'succeeded m knocking dow\i £20' of it Yoi Mnk 1 . j . At tbe last meeting of the Hutt .County 1 Council,! ithe* sew-etauk^^the coj>v of ft letter he'liad addressed to the Colonial -Secretary, notifying the resolu-i tion of the council passed at a former, meeting, to Uli<<continiie(i thfi'diatriJiutioq of charitable aid owing to want of funds; and requesting the Government to take up the matter. It was pqint§d ont that m consequence of the" cessation df chari-j table relief, , several of the destitute 014 peisons ctependent on the council werej now m very reduced circumstances indeed| As nd'answW 1 hdd' : been received, it was agreed to let the matter stand over until the next meeting, m the hops of receiv4 ing an answer. j „- If is rumoured that the loss of the Loch Fyne is the. subject of a telegram from Lord Der'by'^to his Excellency th« Governor, and that the New Zealand Government' baa^ been^ aske&| Jo anarch End«rby Island, vritUjft view to asgertaiu! if. any of tbe have reached the jsjrtna fi , .-, I Mr Greenwood may be consulted at Prbsser's Hotel, Martoo, on Tuesday, §th' April J ; Donbigh Hotel ; Feilding, Wednes*day, Qth April', Walltley's Hotel, Palmer* ston IJiur^fay, Apiil JL9.— [Adyt.] j i

Tin s. valu-'ibltt UuneJt.i ' -properly kn..\vn as " Wise'o Corner " which was ott'j.id for s<ile by hhc i-Vti a few day ; s «k° l> ; i the highest bid. A-few yeara %»j>o . £'45)000 wa-i o^ered for the. same property an I the offer was declfp^t • T|i« life of a country teacher is not aUayi a^apj)y one. Thy master of ihe Gladstone^clioo}- complained to the \V.ellington Education BoaTd of th'a'e'ntrus&m of Maori dogs, Mxqri pigs/,' and ojrher "livestock." ■-- " • ' Ttt,??'ll ba seen from nur telegraphic report of -the Nelson races that /tjtyu VVan- ! ganui "horses were successful m securing the first and second places m th» big -money. Mr^ Wratt's Hinemoa" was f&st, 1 and Mr Fiiggia'a Dusk second.