LOCAL AND ENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 189, 8 July 1884, Page 2

LOCAL AND ENERAL.

A boy eight years of age, whose parents reside at Taita, and who of late has developed an extraordinary liking for snails, rats, &c, which he greedily devours, has been sent to the Wellington Lunatic Asylum. The story of a child on Brancepeth Station, Wairarapa, having been killed by the bite of a ferret is, on enquiry, found to be entirely unfounded. No child has died at all on the station named. Donald Dinnic, the Scotch athlete, has been fined £4 (m default 14 days' im- .' pri.spuinent), for insulting behaviour to the police at MpwJopua, Victoria.

Messrs. A. Warburton & rjo. informed the Post that there was intense excitement m tho matter of tlio New Priuce Imperial Goldmiuining claim at the Thames, and that telegrams had been received on {Saturday every live minutes announcing each lime a ride. The late«t telegram (at 12.15) received by tho above firm announced that the shares had risen to 275. It appears that the workmen have struck into a very rich vein. , -«"^SS As snowing the rapid progress of the Trade' and Labor Council m Wellington, if may be rnetioned th.it at the last meeting delegates representing over 500 members of the various trade organisations m the city wore represented. During his answer to questions after his address to tho electors at Timaru, Mr Turnbull is reported by the Herald to have said he had almost forgotten the honorarium question, which ho was surprised nobody had referred to. It was whispered everywhere that he had not voted against the honorarium. Well, all he could say about it was that he had earned it, an he wanted it badly, his creditors^ wanted it (applause), and further, it gave him the opportunity to bring £200 to Timaru to Bpeud, and Timaru needed that badly. There was one pbaso of proceeding m the preliminary examination of the. bankrupt of Waring Taylor that emphatically commonds itself to our sense of the fitness of things. We mean the emphatic refusal of the Official Assignee to, carry on tho business m conjunction with the iribolvent acd his staff, becauao of the .uncertainty as to the form ulterior proceedings might take. Mr Graham displayed shrewd acumen m tho course he thus took. Messrs Stevens and Gorton sold by auction last week, at Bulls, under instructions from the official assignee m baukrnptcy m the estate of C. L. Mac lean, the goodwill of tho leaje of the lawyer's chambers recently occupied by him, four years to run. The lot was secured by Mr DahsieU,on behalf of Messrs Cash and Esain, for £15. Mr Dalziell also secured for the same firm the off ce furniture, material, stationery, etc., for £19 10s. A large iron safe was purchased by Mr Bakor for £21, and the library of: law books was bought by Mr C. W. Maclean for £32. Mr W. Dixon has completed his Dane- . virke contract, and returned to Pahnerston. Orders for painting, paperhanging, &c, left at his residence, Fitzherbertsireet,will be promptly attended to. Mr Dixon is about removing to more centrally situated premises, and will shortly notify by advertisement to the public of Palmerston 'and adjacent, districts' his future business intentions. Some time back we mentioned that the Gear Meat Freezing and Preserving Company were tho successful tenders for the supply of preserved meat to the Admiralty at Sydney. Recently thoy obtained a second contract,aud no less than 46 tons of tiuned meat were shipped to Sydney by the Wakatipu on Friday evening. There appears to have been a little more stir at the. late auction sales of stock (saxs tho Mart on 1 paper). Messrs Halcombe aud SherwuTs sale held at Feilding ou Thursday was well attended and cattle had an upward tendency. Messrs Stevens aud Gorton's sale held &t Sanson the other day was also well attended,and excellent prices were realized for sheep and cattle. At a lecture m Woodville Mr Thomas Tanner said he accounted for tho depression as being due to the enormous amount of money being drained out of the conntry for interest on loans and the purchase of drink— a total of £5,000,000 altogetker. He strongly urged on them to assist their fellow-men m eschewing the intoxicating cop. . Beferring to the honorarium question on Saturday night Colonel McDonnell said. at Wanganui he considered £100 quite sufficient for a session, and m cases where, as this year, two sessions were held, he did not see why members should receive 400 guineas for one session's work. Taking a local instance, ho said, " suppposiug Mr W. EL Watt were returned, though not at all likely (laughter), he would thus receive 400 guineas for doing no more than a ." stuffed bird" could do" (roars of laughter). • Mr Morgan has withdrawn from contesting the Waitotara district. This means that Mr Bryce's return is assured. ■