LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 178, 25 June 1884, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Pa)raerßton School Corairiittee will;, meet on /Friday evening; next m the) schooli-house at Z.3o plm. , ; rr-, i Oodnte fun has been caused m Wellington by) the fact of "Mr;'"J. \p. /Harris, "of tl|e 'morning journal, having to corrcot tne ifepo.rt :of , his lecture oii Spifitifalisbn which iappieated. m his own 'paper. Would i not the unfortunate reporter catch it ? St. I Medard, thef horse which ran second, for the Two Thousand tins year, is a gijaiidson of the New Zealand sire Musket. 1^ ' : :ir ■"' ' : / ' «..-... - TheiShaw, Savil), arid' 'Albion Company's ship Hnlcione .sailed from 7 Welr : lington for London yesterday. She' takes a few passengers -^and a large general cargo: • -i i ; Thesßdsth&s the following:— Althongh our telegrams state' that Sir . Julius Vogel's! candidature, for Christchurch Northjis confirmed,; we have reason to doubt !the ..accuracy oi the statement. Sir Julius' V.bgel' l» As 'not yet decided to stand ifor any constituency^ and we believe tlhat if the electors of Te Aro desired his services, he: would prefer to ' reprcßJerit them rather than any. other constituency. It would ,be : something new for any Wellington constituency to have jany really leading man m the House as a representative. The New Zealand Shipping Company's, chartered' : steamer Doricj arrived at Wellingtbn on. Monday jfrom Loudon,- ! 'Via' Auckland.; She: has a* quantity, of kauri gum, !pr 4 eßeryed;,ra:eatß i ) fiQ^uShipped; at , Auckland, . oUjUoanljt andr '^"U ta.Hejt be- M sides 'other produce, 20^0, carpasef ;.pf . ■ frozen J inut&n f r^n 1 Wellington and 7oo? ' from Lyttel ton. She is advertised to sail for London front Lyttelton ,at the end o£ thf:iiioi|th(J j ! I^A. Ic\ >

Constable SehullsS succeeded (cays tho Waipawa Mail) m settling the mysteri? ons disappearance of moneys ntTakapau oti Tuesday. Having reason to suspect a man named Douglas, who has been charged with similar offences on fottr previous occasions, he nsceuded a hill, whence with an opera-glass her was able to watch the man's movements. Oii;, seeing that lie paid particular attention 'to a certain flax-bush, constuble Schultz ptimccd upon him suddenly, aud found him m possession oE the missing money. A philantrophist. wishes to* benetit*the poor by teaching them to cat their bread and butter with the butter side down. He says that the sense of taste is Biost acute on the tongue, and that" a %^bry small amount of butter will satisfy if put on the obviously right spot. The discovery of ensilage was, we learn, made by a French gentleman who noticed the loss m bulk and nutriment m the ordinary process of converting green -fodder into hay. This should be borne m mind by farmers. It it is not only that by this process green moist -food can be preserved all the year roundjs but a largo quantity of nutriment which is lost by evaporation when the hay is sun-dried is retained. ' It is well known that the French have nearly>,tvro. millions of trained and partially trained soldiers as their peace . establish hient. Kot content with this great 'army, which is a standing menace to all Europ«an Powers, andespecially to @er- ' many,: if the Bill proposed by the Mihis^' ,ter ofiWar, JJeneraLCampenony becar- ; ried, every Frenchman will be a soldier. The Republic ,, is preparing: a ; dragpn'a| crop of armed men which/will Borne day be let loose on- Europe. •• ■'•-••■-■• A young man, whose name we (Marton paper) have not been able to ascertain, broke hisleg while bush-felling m, Kiwitea last week, and, while his fattier waft carrying him out of the bush, he also 'met, With an accident by a limb of " a tree falling, a .branch from. which put; a nasty gash m his face.