LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 239, 5 September 1884, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Says the Wellington Post : — We regret that m our " Notes from the Gallery" we misrepresented Mr Mncarthur'a views on the subject of coalition, a« oxpresaedeby him m Friday night's debate, lie spoke m favour of a coalition, and against it. ■ The Parliamentary correspondent of the Napier Telegraph says that " Mr Macarthur will prove an acceptable addition ;Jto the House." aYi Mra Buddie, relict of the j RevG jijr Buddie, Wesleyari minister, died -^n Mohrfay morning last at Auckland. Mrs Buddie has only survived her husband by about twelve months. •; A corduroy road has recently been dis- . covered m ; Lincolnshire ' England, under six feet of clay and a layer of ! which is crossed by a Bomau road. The hideous relics of Marwood, the .famous hangman, were destroyed m the 'East. London Aquorium fire on June 4, "and the world is not the worse for their ..loss. '.._... * It is stated that Sir George Grey intends to introduce a Bill to abolish the postage on newspapers. ■ : The/following is a warning to those of the fair sex who are contemplating ■ matrimony : The Supreme Court of lowa m. America lately refused a divorce to a woman who knew of her husband's intemperate habits before marriage, on the ground that voluntarily choosing a drunkard for her husband, she must dis- . charge the duties of a : drunkard's wife. Says the Foxton paper.— -On Saturday last, when Crossing the bar, the Jane iDoHfJlas struck* and damaged her 'keel. She is now undergoing repairs at Wtllington. The extent of the damage sustained is not yet known at Foxton. By some it is surmised that the Jane Dong- , las may have possibly struck the stem- j post and propeller lost from tlio Tui a few weeks ago, but of course that is mere conjecture. Wo are informed that the owners of that vessel have received formal notice from the authorities to remove the submerged mass from the track of 'navigation. Mrs Tom Thumb, who is now fortyfive years of age, stopped growing only a few years ago, and says, as hers is a case of suppressed development, she should not be surprised if she should begin to grow again. ' An extra match between the Australian cricketers and a team representing All England has been arranged for Thursday, the 11th inst., and following .days, at Kensington Oval. A match for :the benefit of the Cricketers' -Fond will take place at Lord's ground on Monday., tlie 15th inst.between elevens of smokers and: non-smokers.. . Each side will be partially formed of 'meihbersof Wml-Aus^ r tralnrir team. -,-- . . " . 'I ' :r ;,, "You are very late sending your evening mail out," said the editor to his. Mftugter when he came home at 2 o'clock m the morning, and met a timid, shrinking young man between the front door and the gate. " Not at all," answered the thoughtful girl, "Charles Henry is vow a morning edition." ■ An effort was made to secure a confession from the womaji who was tjrrested at Eberfeld on suspicion of being- ' concerned m a plot against the Emperor's life by placing m her cell another woman as a spy, and who was supposed to be arrested for the same offence. The spy had brandy hidden on her person with which she plied her companion jbut ithe more the latter drank the more silent she remained, while the spy got gloriously drunk and gave away the /whole plot. . ,v The Napier Telegraph has the foVfmving:—A well-known Nanier resident, travelling from here to Wellington via Palmerston, partook of a meal at Otaki., A! neat hand-maid waited at the table, and m reply to a question whether there was any milk, said tho cows were' m a paddock a long way off, and it was too Michtroubte to milk them. « What fttfont tho babies' feed bottles?" asked the traveller. "We don't have any ; we just go without thero,'Vsaid the youngj woman. Some yeari ago there used to ; •be>a lot of babies and plenty of cows m Otaki, but the place does not appear , so prosperous now-a-days. , _ ■ The Little Wonder" of the Salvation Arjfoy, who eloped with Captain Bedingfiela has returned with Major Pollard freim Melbourne. , MfT.W: Glover's Blue Ribbon Mission^ closed 'on Wednesday night at Christchurch. The mission has been very: successful, and all the meetings were crowded. Four hundred and sixtynine persons have taken the pledge during Mr Glover's sojourn. The Wellington Pigeon, Caere-bird, Rabbit, and Cat Show held on Wednesday was a great; success. ~ The annual, report of Lieut.-Col. Reader on tho .volunteer force, presented , to F^rtjameni, gives the strength on the iJlflt December last as cavalry, 379; naval artillervjv 530 ; artillery, 634;. garrison rifles 1621; country corps, ll6B ; giving atotal;of 4332, of whom 3394. were efficient/ The new regulations, after upwards of a year's trial, are reported to be working m a generally satisfactory manner. The wheat harvest throughout Europe 18 paid tb be bountiful. ' The death of Livesay, the founder of teetotalism, is announced. Forty-eipht students have entered for the half-yearly examination of candidates for admission as barristers and solicitors on September 15. Five are from Ghrisjchurch, eight from' Wellington, ste frpjn (3-isb.ornej- three from Invercafgill-, twelve from Auckland, and fourteen from Dunedin. In addition to the above, nine barristers and solicitors are, applying for admission to the New Zealand courts. Mr A deock, the custodian of the Wanganui Hospital, has been laid up with a peculiar case of blood-poisoning. It. appears that after the . last, weekly visit of : Aie- public ' vacoinatOr ' sonic of the tubes were left lying on the table y'Mr Adcock swept these off into his hand and threw them m the fire. Some of the vaccine matter, however, must have remained on his hand and this he had touched the' side of his nose with. In a couple of days his nose swelled out, and broke into an open sore, while ho had pains all over; his : body, and was competed to take to bed. He is now able to gej; aboutagajn, but it will be some time before he gets over his involuntary vaccination. When the small-pox domes round Mr Adcock will not require to be re-vaccinated.

Over two thousand females have petitioned Parliament that they may be allowed to exercise the franchise on the Licensing laws. A division of the French army is now ready to proceed to China.