LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 254, 23 September 1884, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Wellington Borough Council propose to borrow £75,000 for the To Aro reclamation, and a meeting of citizens will be held shortly to considor the proposal. A bibulous party , who has recently been converted to the blue-ribbon creed, and gives audience daily to a worthy apostle of temperance, finds it uncommonly sultry for brick-laying this weather. The other day he stopped in his work and said most pathetically, as he sat down to rest himself for a moment, " ain't it hot, Bill ? My word it is hard to keep from it." In reference to the map of the town of Napier being prepared by Mr Rochfort, which has been heard of so often fur Ihe last few months, that gentleinan wrote to the Council the other day that, as it was an important work, it should not be hurriedly done. What the idea of hurry may be inferred from the statement made by Mr Rochfort that a similar map of Ballarut had taken five years to complete. Auckland is developing a large trade ! with Sydney by sending frozen fish. Messrs Cole and Co, have contracted for five tons of space in the refrigerator of the Wairarapa, having found the business so remunerative. A Home paper received by last mail says that during the early days of July there were symptoms of great .disturbonce at Northwich. Great cracks appeared in house walls, and doors and windows would not shut. Early on Monday a large portion of Mr Jones's manufactory violently vibrated, then slowly sank, and was at last completely eneugulfed. •• An old fellow went to dine at a chophousu, and after waiting some minutes gruffly asked the waiter — "How long will tny chop be ?" "About five inches, sir!" was the reply. By the use of a preparation to darken her eye-lashes a well-known young married lady has become nearly blind, and now sits all day long in a darkened room, wondering why she was so foolish. At a recent lueetting of the Mart on Borough Council Cr Skerman pointed out that the council constituted a board of health, and he thought they should give orders to roadmen to clear, out the surface drains, as the stagnant water was detrimental to the health of the borough. Aleady two cases of typhoid had occurred and more might be expected unless the drainage was atreuded to. It 'was agreed that the inspector of works be authorised to get Cr Skenuan's suggestion carried out, and, if necessary, to employ an extra man for the purpose. In consequence of complaints, and of an accident by a fall from a startled horse, the Blenheim Borough County Council has given the Salvation Army notice to discontinue their nocturnal perambulation through the streets. Torchlight processions have, been frequent of late there. We (Martori paper) regrot to hear j Mr M[. 11. Lash, of Halcombe, is still dangerously ill. Mr Lash is so well and I favourably known throughout the disdistrict that we have no hesitation in calling the attention of a sympathising public to tins distressing case. Mr Lash lost his all in the destruction of his sawmills Homo months ago, and a severe illness coming upon him rendered him incapable of providing for his family, who are now in need of assistance. Subscription lists, with this object in view, hav,e been opened at Halcombe, Sandon, and Bulls. - The Napier Telegraph ia glad to hear that the Government intend making certain proposals with regard to dealings iu native lands within ten miles on either side of a railway. In view of a central railway through this Island, which will pass almost entirely through native land., some check should certainly be imposed on the operations of specula-, tors. Mr Tyson, the Queensland millionaire, we hear, contemplates another visit to New Zealand in November, with the object, it is reported, of " mopping up" the whole of the interior of the Island if it pleases his fancy. , The Marquis Leuville, who is to marry a well-known New York lady, wears carsets, women's boots,and women's gloves, . and his shoulders are padded out by his , tailor to a grotesque width. His breast is also padded, and his hair and beard oiled and curled. On the top of his, bushy hair he wears a shining and dainty little Persian hat. He carries an ebony B*ick with a little gold head, which is as delicate aa a lady's parasol, and he is constantly accompanied by a tiny black-and-tan terrier, which he fondles as a woman would a baby. One of the sights to be witnessed at the Parliamentary buildings in Wellington, says the special correspondent of the Ormaru Mail, is to see Sir Julius Vogel arrive and depart.. He has only been down at the House two or three times, arriving there in a carnage. He is, I think, a confirmed invalid, having no use whatever of his lower limbs. He hap to be carried in, and out of the House in a chair made for the purpose, and then carefully deposited in a chair on wheels which he moves about the lobbies at pleasure. He has apparently lost a great proportion of his bulk and is a perfect wreck of his former self, but mentally he seems to be as vigorous as ever. It is very problematical if he wil I ever regain tho use of his lower limbs, and how he is going to get through thesession is a mystery to mo. Mr W. C. Smith has given notice of his intention to ask the Government to take into consideration the case of Mrs Ben Smith, whoße husband was killed on the Waipawa railway bridge. Mr J. H. Horo, of Wanganui, has received intimation of the death of Mr Thomas Burt, of tho firm of A. and T. Burt, founders, Dunedin. Tho deceased who was well known in Wanganui, died at his residence, near Dunedin, on the 15th inst. The cargo of cattle shipped from the Wattara on Wednesday, says the Taranaki Herald, arrived, and were sold in Auckland on Thursday, and the money transmitted to the seller the same evening by telegraph. This ia one of tho smartest business transactions we have heard of for some time. A number of properties in the estate of W. W. Taylor were sold by auction last week. The Manama rup was sold to Mr G. Dixon for £ 23,500, and tho private residence of his son was sold for £150Q, apd'a number of other properties in the estate, realising a tptaf of about 429,000, ' " ; '■•-.•• Writes a Wellington paper;— Ser T geant-Major Goodall yesterday conducted the criminal business in the Resident Magistrate's Court for the first time. He formerly Jield the position of inspector in the police, but on tho reduction of the force, was, through the exigences of of the service, deprived of his rank. He comes here with excellent credentials both from his ofljeers and fhe public generally. % . ' •

Says a WeiilMoti cXciialigfe i— The. Local Courts feill, which has been introduced by the Premier, proposes to do away with both Resident Magistrates' Courts and District Courts, and to substitute for them Local Courts, having more or less extended jurisdiction. Th"se courts are to bo presided over by stipendiary magistrates, and those who are entrusted with extended jurisdiction must be barristers or solicitors. The Ruknltin Cheese Factory Company have succeeded in making a pound of cheese from a gallon of milk, a success i which it is stated no other company can boast of having achieved. It is attributed not somuci to the excellence ef the milk as to the carefulness in the making. A gallon of milk weighs iOlbs., and the usual minimum quantity for a pound of cheese is 11 lbs. Although this at first sight may seem a small matter, it is of tho utmost importance. The company above alluded to gained no less a sum than £144 3s 5d by the economical operation. Inspector James has received k telegram (says the Wanganui Herald) from Constable McAnulty, at Bulls, stating that he bad found a skeleton on the sea beach near the pilot station. T|ie remains, those of a tall man, were passed identifinaton. A pair of light lace-up boots were the only articles of fipparel on or near the skeleton, which- had evidently been in the water for over twelve months. This is the " body " mentioned some time back as having been found, there, and then being missed again. : ' Mr Seddon has given notice to ask the Government to-day, if they. will introduce this session . a measure making it compulsory on all vendors of patent medicines to take out a license, and that the fees charged for such licenses shall become the revenues of the local governing bodies of the districts in which such licenses may be granted and exercised ? If they will introduce this session a Bill to amend the existing law, with the view of empowering local governing bodies to grant licenses and charge fees to all persons selling tobacco and cigars? * " "Vulcan" publishes his eighth discussion. This one is on the New Zealand Cup, and for particulars of it we refer investors to the advertisement in another column. "Vulcan," says a Wellington paper, has proved himself a a careful, honest treasurer in these events, and as a consequence his discussions fill up very rapidly. Any person who wishes may be present at thedrawing, at which there are generally, we are informed, over 100 persons. The three principal prizes in the last consultation were distributed as follows : — Ist, Wanganui ; 2nd, Cuba-street, Weilington ; 3rd, a -well-known hotelkeeper j in this city. .