LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 276, 18 October 1884, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ah honest Hibernian, m recommend;ing a cow, said slie would give milk year after ye&r withodt havhig calves, : " because, 1 ' said he, "it ran ihtlie' breed, ( for she came from a cow that never had , ■a calf." -< • ' "' • •■'-''■ Several consultation and other advertisements are unavoidably held over. ' The weather remains extraordinarily cold and wiHiiy, Captain Edwin's " Bad ' weather approaching" being the too 1 familiar- tale.- -.1 "- ' „ All thei property of the . Foxtan Rowing Club is to be put to. the hammer on' Saturday Nov. 1. . It is officially nbtjfied.that there being no criminal business at the District: Court, the attendance' of common jurors , will not be required. • j ' Dr Newman was to ask 'the Minister of Lands yesterday, If' the Government will reserve liuap* hu, Ngaruahohe, Totr gafiro, lioloairaj Tokaho, • and the hot springs m the district as a national . park? j ' • :* j John Henry Leo Mclntire, Esq.; M.tt.UJS.K, has-been appointed an ad*. ditioual puhlic vauciuator, under the . Pabiic Health .Act,, 18.76, for the Pahujerston North district. , „ .' A, proclamation appears m the Gazette prohibiting the importation of apples ami pears m any way infected with the insect Carpouapsa pomqnella, commonly, known as " the codliunioth,"or iv which the said insect is or' has been present iii any form or stage of : development, to^U th«r with the boxes, cases, barrels, or other receptacles m which apples, and pears so iul'ected are or have beeniconi tamed, ..., ..." The Foxton paper regrets to ; learn that during tl»e past few days both Messrs Larkworthy and M'Lenuan have lost .some of their prize cattle. The present is proving n very bad season for the cattib producers of the district. ! ' ''■We learn 'that Mr /Robert Cobb p| Mootoa, is meeting with 1 very fair sue;- ! cess m his effoKs to obtain members fo? the proposed Manawatii Pastoral Society iu^h,e.Koxtou, district.. .'.-■■;, „. The news of tliA> change of Govern i merit hi New Zealand followed so quickly by the cablegram aiinouncjpg, your Assembly's vote of. want of confidence,. , m the Ministry (writes the London correspondent of the D'uuedin Evening Star) > that people know not'what to" think. Sir J. Yogel was not popular hi London,aud such robservatibns aB have appeared m the papers: about this coup d'etat have „ beeu t^ie reverse of complimentary. The Daily Neios openly expresses profound distrust of the policy; of " this stocky jobbing knight," and considers, New Zealand folk must be delightfully simple to rally on the guidance of such a notorious speculator. ""' . ■; i Over one millron tips have been sent to the Otago Witness Office for the £100 prizo offered by " Ada Mantua" for the fa'rst.person who succeeds m correctly, placing the horses for the New Zealand C.up this y.ear. ; The fiearn-Har,riogton match will be rowed at.Riverton onthe 2nd of January instead of the 27th December. ••:''• It is whispered . (writes the . Parliar. nientary cpri'espondeut.of the YVauganu j 'Herald) that a Legislative Councillor hailing from the liuulof inists.a'nd fog^ away {South is tndigtiarit befcause' hi£ liquor supply' at BeTlamyV 'has. 'been 1 stopped by order of the' House Gortijiu.i^to6j,and he -''wants to knowi you knovy"''' by, what aright" . this : lias, been done. [Perhaps that was, the pecassiori : when " strangers m the flouse" „.were I cleared out.]' ''" .;' "", '' '' J "' "''.."'' , ] It appears that ','^lr. Thomas } .Luther" i She.pUcrd wa? not found m t|ie street ak stated 5 , but was seized by paralysis just as he was leaving the Occidental Hotel, . where he hati been tft enquire for hewb from Wellington, as an application Jhaa : been made to the Gr-overuuient for somt employment' |or him. . • A telegram , .hai 3 . been received from the Premier by. Mr Drivettliat uight'granting the applies tion. Mr Shepherd is still m the hospital and it willbe along 'time before he gets about again. ! • ! '" A tease of great inhumanity is repbrted from Auckland. • A sitigle jrirJ, living io service at Piaruell, gave birth to a .child. An hour; after the accouchmentj she was bundled put of the house, and after some difficulty quarters >ve\re, found for her at ifaVOl'd People's Home.j Both the mother 'and child were scantily cladi. f Emerson, after losing his memory, one day wanted' an utribrellaj and tried to describe it to his daughter by 'making a circle iii the air over his liead,but failing to make her understand he added, "That thing which strangers take away f rdm \ you," and he got it. ' '■'1 We extract the following important item from the Wellington' Post o£ ; October 14th •— ln the House yesterday evening, the Premier said that so far as the North island Trunk Railway was concerned, he might Rtate for the Minister of Public Works seeing that; whatever route was ultimately abopted there would be a considerable distance from Te Awarautu southwards common to both routes, >.iv qrdei' that'f he work ; might de : pro* ceede'd with iinmediately,stepsi would be taken to have prepared plans specifics . tions, etc., so that the conliracts might be advertised m a few weeks. These re-, marks were received with applause. . A curious' fact is disclosed m a late issue of the Liverpool Courier, viz., that; bread ie 'selling at a lower rate m Liverpool than m Melbourne. "As showing the low price to which wheat has fallen (remarks the journal named ou :the :12th of Julyj, we may mention that thetprice of .bread iq some, parts, of Liverpool yesterday was lower than; it, has been for, abou.t twenty years',' being as low as one ■ peuny per £duud. M"essra Wvand T. Huntington ason prev ions fec'casßidns have been the first to give th« public the benefit, .their fo.ijr pouilds loaf being now quoted as low as 4d." Melbourne papers make Hiach of tl^at, b\it , it is nothing. New. Zeqland flour is worth £3 or £4 a ton . less iii Liverpool than hore. , Says the Wairarapa , "Daily :— .Mr Girdwopd, \ylio. has had considerable experience with cheese factories, is about tot visit Pahiiitua with ii vie^wpf eatablishihg a factory m that fertile di - U'iot. .■;•-).■) ■ ' ; '; r ' ■' . ••; .Mr Smith- was to aaki the Gov«rnmertt on Thurday if they)- viriU .\ give effect to the recomijaendation luade. by Mr W. Bowron. £he (Inspector of Dairies, by setting a.Bide a grant of land on. which to erect an agricultural training school to he used as a cheese^arid' butter f Actpry. : ■■' •''■•■• ■• ■•■

A terrible tragedy has occurred inline town of Griiiich m Moravia.- A' madman killed liis son, 27 year's old,; with 'An axe and then cut tho body to pieces declaring that he intended to eui'attte remains jfor food. The crime was committed m the. presence of the young intm's/'uibth^f, : who was crippled with gout and power- ; less to interfere. The murderejn then locked the door of the cottage, wiiicii m m an isolated position. On the second /flay after the occurrence of the crime the unfortunate woman succeeded m communicating with a passing neighbour i -who informed the police.- Otrthp-arrival-of the gendarmes the madman defended, himself vigorously with his axe bat wad ! eventually captured _. 'The ' Examiner' \s informed" that m thY case of a consignment of wool whicjh left Woodvijle for Condon market last season, the^cUirges between Woodville and Wellington ■amounted to 2s 6d p<r bale, more tbao.jthe whole, cost o£, freight to,4nd " delivery at 'London. A more . convincing proof of .the manner ipl which Woodv)|lleSett;lier|ajrehandicappe!d m the matter of 'transport of produce could hardly be- adduced. I '•■'■•' WooHViUe'is;abbut r ! to, be 'nocJdVcJ viithi •bbotmalcere, : as threW- more 1 ' boot' and shoe ..•ghpps.iare.aboutito Jye'optmod ! tbere»ijfj > The 'Army • n'A's" opened fire, .MLN;»piwr and iheir. .services -attracted |a crpwde.d, coqgr^gqtjoii ? , Jp.flucerd. to ajL teod, apparcuti^, r for the mosjt ( ,,part ' rather from curiosity than 'from religious feelings; ! ' Some of tho ! se bVerlbdketi'thJß fact tliati the ■♦« Army : " 'had engdged'the hall for themselves, and not for the diih. ;;plajrof. r l«^ilfipjßra;.pn the Rart^fthfe audieiijce'. puri^g^ /the .service! one p- : dividual Was yifiry properly /ejected ; x he had'befen 'making himself * particularly cbnspicuoap . throughout . ° the evening,' when w at length' ■"!Gaptain/!.:,Wilftinßo|i i - ■as^,., "i.WhaJ,'s, : that -man's name,?". The person indicated replied, "My name's ; Mahon?' ! ' Thbri' Sard the " tf Ca'^ki : p,i" " Turn that man out." And it; wa^sbj " Messrs McNeH an,d Dunn „ have sold 'theif ■eight-acre s'ditltibn m Mclluan-s'treßJ;, J Woud villa, to : M% ' Horace . Bak^r. ; "The price p/tid was £60 per acre,' and. the transaction. was affected through; Messrs Campbell and Siau. " > -: . '.'"':' The Foxtou paper v& A pleased to 7 lear^i ( that as the result.pf Mr C.. H..Macleah'|B l b'i!fo > rtß- ! fa ! it»iußnlerftble. >: nura''jj[er' of cqopp of poultry will be sent; to the Bulls show on Tuesday next. I '