LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 203, 24 July 1884, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

According to the Post tho projected rowing match, Haitian rtgainsV^Efearn, which was m everybody's .mtrath three or four wee kß ago, seeing to have_becn, qu ietly T <&elv.ed., ~ and f| romf- wfiSFwihid w -hßaVthißre^s"li'ttJe-''prpßp"ect of it coining T,hfe.\^.ening?pn?;j3(tj-oounc.ii now^ocf .cuF>ii||itne eM^iabfey pbsiiidn / -of^|JA'ving » ;;^Q}|aemberß ;^!PaTliatnenMtiwpn^Bt its -raeinbers— Dr^Newman 'and Mr: j&isher. No pthe/ pity .Cojdncil cahisay.asmiuch ! : :;:V^he;-B^ara'eV.-:)PlQpid|i|^|iicli left Ply«noui%fpr^rt^hi^m^Dti ;30th June, has oriboaVci^ ' ih'addftiett'to other passengf.rs, about 50 single women, Goveniuent immigrants. iT „.- -^ •• g.pis 'Excclfencyl SiriW.' Jerv^is,'^B rfltutniugfroi^Melbourrie by fhe^Waitfor^, winch is due\t the Blliff tearly oS tak morning of the 28th. He thence proceeds overland to Ohristphurc t h, an 4 jz, i expected to read/ WeUin^fbti k>n Wetl-'---nesday^ the 30th inst. „ ,<■,»-? ' 'An inquest" was held at'Kakataii.(saysl the' 'Wairarapa Star), before 1 DrSpratt, 1^ Ciirdner/'oh Saturday, the!, 1 19 th' 'Instant, dn'the 'body of -the son, two'^hd 1 ' 'a-half ! year oldj ofiMr.Snell,.at KoWatauj whowas dro. wjjed :in a, 6reek,at. theibacte 'jof. Mr Sneil's residence on Friday. Mr H. -R.-~Bunny was chosen foreman of the jury, ( ,Np,pa4ic,ular blame was attached to any-one, arid ['ttie^jury Jbrooght' m a verdict of accidentally drowned. The steamers Aurania, Arizona, and Au&ialtay t^hiOh T lef*:.;Qiieenßtown,i;dn May. lß, aU arrjyed m; New J^rk w^ifl, a' l fe,.w'hourß / pf I .e.aeh ; ;Othe ! r : qn, ; The Auraniajmade {he ; pii}j^agein,7 days 1$ hours 'a'n'd,' 17'iniiiu'tes ; ' the 1 " Xri2sna" Jn.X.days 14 hoiirs 54 minutes ; and the Auslrafia m 7 days 16 hours and 20 f A iniwutes, !»Tliane was ,in*uoli. beitia^ nfti ; New.Xork as. to the. result, ;T\ie ea,pta.in( , f>i ,J,fj,e 'Auraiiia,; ,by , takjng the 'j fane.'^ route ciaiifts to hayfi travelled 2QO' njiiles further 1 than tKe : ottiei's. ' j " : '' ' : ' '. ! | '' ; ".' ' The Ute.st and.^npst! poyel^ cjevicej j.p, ,save life, at tires has been put into praQ'tice at ' pi! Louis,' • 'Where the. ' QeritjaU' Turh'evs'haVdbrganiiiea a'corp^'bf' atli- : leteß who will undertake to form a living : pyramid -bdfore ia: burning . building aud liand down t;he children and women $tfe.ly;:i<)3 .:•"■" I wk'i obsiu •ViVid —^M-i u D'Arcy Irvino, who has been ap!poin.tjeniitb ; ; the; office, oJE- luspectotc i'of v Ag«»nti p - the ©oyemment Ip,g|ui(a99e( juii6Bion), has been T in, ' tlie Go^'erp ( rqicuf ■ sereice donie' .twelvii yeai's, ten of f Wliich . HaVd 'Bbefr m 'the Insui'aiice ©epartnien'ts -Diiring the last few years he has been JlesideiitiAgenl f or,? the i --.ddpartmtat ; ib Auckland. The position he holds, flow,, .is totttlli' dissimilar to that recently held , by. Mr TGjeorgerTjiorne!, ; jyn. f jfy fs not (.says the. Post) 'to f\\{, U^t^at ihtendeel; appb'inttue'nt. '■ ' •- ' • ' ' ", ' ' ; " ," f Since the s.s. Hauroto has been m the trntte'she' ha^*during-the^period-j of some 19 months, taken upwards of 2000 horses fQpjn^eyv 'Zealand to South Wales. On h^r la%t^r^ she had 146 horses and ,35"Tiead. of .piize cattle^ou board. / \ £ ■.■v-i^«;:^A^./ ' > Durii/g the^glttinp of tha^(nkr«p^ Court, liis Hpn^Judge] RiGhm&qd, expressed \surprise at -the amount pwfe^^tp storekeepers alone v by /an applicdnt v for an order of disdharge:' Counsel i'or tbtf' debtor referred" To, "explained" ~th"aT fee'rt whooare m the liatyit «fr -taking sim# c'ouliactsfljnd, m the ejeiyWof their b» comfng^ndolvent, thatf'thw greater para of.t!eir?deb..tß arrowing t^storeke^perai There is a good deal of truth m the ar.guitoent, fprit is a wellrUno>vn|fa6t that ißtorekeßp^i,lbylco6n^ing Mia slnill contractors, m many oales loao a large ..amoftst of money . According to Labour, a well-informed ."fHSndy wriUßg^f rom Wellington, says •.'tfeat Major Atkiusob has signified his i willingness to Sir ; Julius Yogel to take ■ office under i;him should he be called pppn tplilforin^.va., Goyerument. Another porreßppnden.t 'frotn^he same place con-trius-the^ame Statement, aqd declares ithat'iit Jl>ai boeh sgt^led that nothing is tp-be offered Mr BvVce. Both statements cavryih them^trong elements of belief. Miiior Atkinson would Jake any col- . leagues artoVany p'oticylgiVing)th!idxi»lace] and pay ; and Mr Bryce has made hiin■'self'Btt offensire: to his colleagues that his presence was only tolerated m the hope -of the "Rusden case demanding his absence i from, New Zealand, .„ . . ,'..A.n..ai|ußio 1 n to the generaf eTeiifiohs' was made m the course of prayer offered -jun,ia,Wellington Wealnyau Church last Sunday night by the Rev. W. C. Oliver. ::Tlie Reverend/ gefcfcleiuan lie^p.i^ssedj^, ihope,ithat the men who would boreturned to Parliament might be honest -and-upcight persons and attending to their duties. He prayed that those .-with impuqe piindß ; wights ft? prevented from' occupying positions where harm could be done, and coucluded by asking . -that .noaaJwt . J^9.se JKllfi, JiadJjieJiest. interests of society at' heart should b"e rewarded with the confidence of the people. No doubt this prayer waß much wanted m the-Gase^pf-^fellington itself. Tlje BrewaVfina Express relates an incident that njigh't have terminated fatally on Mole|p,u il .;slains. left the camp of ftqeifiofltractqiviSSfi^h the obiect of proce^iing^to^Chiati^ another, about a mileJAnft* a halrxlfstanj. However, they disagreed abotit the track, and -iflrconsequfince^Bep%Eated. *It is evideujgt|at me tjftly .cojiJd! be i|ght,and upog "agri\^}g a^ tjisi^eEjtlHaljjjm, \ar^ HMn» ljjg t&le. Jpg > no^ turning up, it \vaß, consiaereaadvisable to innk.e. a^earch,. A J^lack jracker was isb^fiiilß' (isß Station}, >%^i^4sf/fl a M _^litl experience m, qn^l} craft was despatphed .by th e contractor, , and ultimately supceefljed in,.tvaoking and fitfuihg'theimssins man", !who waa oom' pletely exliausted and speechless.