LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 284, 28 October 1884, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

'r ' The Ma&awatu Bwdrßqaicl^will^prpjbably.be. called again before, the next ordinary meeting to , consider the, ai-ra'nging; of'rnattera, ' m connection.' 'Stfitli thelwahun Bridge: ' :; !; ; | \' l _\ ' ( " ' Messrs Sunniqnd^ and. Pe^eii haying 'reiuqyed 'the scaffolding frohVthe front' of i their boW ; '^^rcliotise, . the 1 beautifully Ijexecuteq' orriameniaT'wbrk displayed can >be seen to advantage. Most people affirm' ' that'ithere'iß'not. as prettier, exterior m ;th& Square I,'1 ,' aqd { thef.firn> deqerye every 1 praise for the very creditable iw,anaer; m. ? which they, hp;ve .completed -' their undertaking.;'-. _'_/, <i'''j, l -p!.'\:i '[ „,/]."■ . r ( : The mode of; repairing .the Awahuri' c Bridge jS)inton4ed : tp.be do,ne,,j«nth. thp, money; about tp 0 l\e o received , ■ £ rbmSGpver,uiu#nt .under the Roads Fridges'Ooti--1 sti-uctionAct^ and It hiaS "been decicjdd ' to'adir a couple 'm'bre' iipans 'Gttto' thei- ■ structure; 'brihgifig'tHebridge i right i .in* to''thie main. land. /i'he; Board; Imve also, decided* to ; plant willows on the bauka of, the. s,treain abpv.ejjtbft /bridge , so , aß;tq' strengthen banks and thereby makes' a Natural protection. ' l . ''*'<"■ -■■■"- '-■ 1 • The! suggestion .of Mr, 1 Sly at. the, Road Board, to djistrjbute qyer. ; thu, war,ds. J the sum required by the GovWnment namely,' oiierfpurth of tlie total required for "the;construction of fh"e'~workßis'tt> sKvebtitfr time and expense tlie takiug of a poll would entail, iidvertising for. soine : fqur Weeks'/befo'rchandj'a^d then 'if the pott iwas unsatisfactory Jt|.furth^r>delay of a ! couple more' weeks iJe'sicUsi which the pos'sihflity' ©frfclie VatopayfemJ rejecting; We prpjjQsai.jiaUogotJj^r,,,.^^ tlie, ;B^oard wouldhfi.vetp full, badjcon'tlje plan a'dppt!;«cT now. w ' Tlie, Mer' iVAyiif^ bfefen Me^ • euled:; pi)', : Wjjlj^tif 'course, 1 tfiihihish.Hb'e--f u^s' to'-crodit m! aa'chcVard fc* the time* beiug'b'ntifbr &■ WorkOf .this kirtfi^fisuch; vital i;. importance , to'; all : residentsiu, : the districts.; it.. is noi.dwbt the n>qst desireable procedure on thu ? part of the Board, and is, certainly the qujekestinode of getting! uie.'wbrk taken' up; )l! ; J " ii> '"' ■ i.Weidoinot think (the p^ctjee^oiper- ; sons; ;lejrying,th!sir. ; bo.rß.es ,ji,n attended, : on, tbe| grass-waiks sufrpuqding th'ja , §4 u , a re », |S)i o u1 d ' |L>o _ e ri go'u rag^e d - * 'I* lie pTJicticeis pr.e.a-fiiaitt with'.dari'ge'r." We nb'tifciea ! tecerifi'y sdVeral yotin^cbifdren' playing round about a csuple of horses' a*ttdidi;ays • spileit. :.lt isi manifeab thatja very iseri- ;- quß:acoid,en.t {night e t asjly ; Hoccuriin. tlje '■■ i circunipijancQß^ '.,...,/,,_ /M ____ .. }"j"^ ( ; '••> Maori XsiviMzatfonjj'iisMi.marchitigi.rqn ) apaoe^o; l?qtjyith.Btanding,th,i? large, nqm,- ! ; ber. p$ paljtjehfls .present afj Mr, , Snej.s^n's ; j^qptiqn; Marjt'io.n f Saturday and that [ gentl eman's"pefsuasive reCominetidatign of^tl'M n^gie'nic'^s'e'^of 'soino 1 excellent \ tooth brushes which were offered -f or- stil'g, i a 'Mttort present appeared the only \ per-! ■aqnv'de^trousVof* b,eboiaing;' m iegaL. jlanr ; guage, seized and possessed of the afor§.sa^d useful adjunct to the toilet.table. : v'• &&lu6t longv.ago rem'arkedtvthat . all; 'animals' were prone^o the;, sumach n> ,Qn! Saturday last a vagrant Newfqundlanifl' ,dqg • , to female | .upon theipastry delicacies seenthroujSfh: the. window of Mr Jackson s ct>nfe'e-i tiqnery'shcipy 'BH'Vel-iljr there'is many! (W'slip. between the cqp arjd ; l^e > il,ip, sandj vtiiie shadow is often taken for the sub-i instance. The window-pane 'which inter.posed between the pastry atidj the, 4.°g' a "nose pi-evented 'its reaiigaiiicW'b'f 1 a' dainty •gastronomic treat, So after having a 1 l :go6d long lingering lick at, the glass the 1 •log reluctantly withdrew, #0 doubt the doleful, reflections passing 1 through tho cpuinorriind, best expressed . by the .words, , " TJiou art" so near and ! yet ; sb'fk*'"^ f;M; "■ ""i'it-is rtL- .]; ' ''Al'cgnb.rpppra l^' tfells Mtrio feflqwing, "gooiJ'stqiy'r " ! It was for aii Ohio 'debtbh to fully ! unf6W ! all [ th& > ■■ polsibrlities ; 6J: 'gettiiag ri'dibft!a!dtfn,'ij[ind iinithiarjCasovit ■' ivas a wonian. Sl^eioMred!horr,hired, jnsani- ; serviint tb^eQ; Ijun/Jrejcl; and, i ,t\yenty dpi- ! lars, and being unablei.tp pay',theajj "as she found t ( h£ man getting troublesome,: she wooed : theßmiple. fellow* and induced' him ta marry bet,, squaring fall-ad-i countß between them effectually. ,Jn a ; lea* if asfpured janp^ thcr^ would have been .an espdof the njatter, but -iti Ohio ' a c|ivbrce,oniy costs iwfo 'ddllWrp. .'This little fbruialit^ she promptly went' ' tli'roiigli j /clearing two buiidred and: sixty l 'dbHare'on the Avholo transaction. . i '. "Cati ybti tell me' what sbrt of •'wbathef' /v w"6 may Expect next month ?" wrote a fanner to the editor,, , -and the editor: replied as'fdllowsr-r-" It i^my belief t th»t the weather next month will be very Hke yonr subscription bill." The farmer wondered for' an^hour' what' the editor was driving at, when he happened to think of the word "unsettled." Ho sent a post-office order.

While a cabman was sitting on the box of his cab a t'osv ovenings ago m Mjkrkct-street, OJowark, liis liorses suddenly disappeared. They had dropped into thc'Be\vetyvyhicli had. caved m under them. While prepnrationsfwore being made to get them out, th'o horses became frightened and ran different "\vny,s along the conneqliug sew^r., -One. • wns fdiAnd a,fe<sr bandied ..y.artUi .frotri tlie break, and backed to that place ,audvl»flißted,Piii. , Tjie.ptlier hadruiijialf . a m He" along the so\vcr;ffad was Tcturnnd ;\6 ,tlia pl^e/ofs accideut with considerable difficulty. It also was extricated filially without "•serious injury-. " ........ . Australian . .'jYi^es are making their. , wayj into favour. An English texeban^e ''wriCes:—^Doctors a?e beginning to recommend them to tbeir .patien^ and that fact? alone 'spiealcs vohimes -for them. •■'■■'■'■■"■ . f "jEngineer full ; boiler empty," is the-i >vvay; a ' Weste'ftt ; paper accounts for an accident.' .•":, ■ :% '--[ ;'-'- : • ;.- : . ; '" ■ Tjlie' only fre'fereflbe to«>tKe Gorge.Line '■ -. m? tjhe Public- VVo'r^s ■ Statement . is. Jhe; following : — Napier , . to : • , VV oqdyillo. ; Buijinvthqrpe. ,'i l his, litie :we propose to •". coa^pjet^ throughout j ( as vapid fy as possible.j.^auclitlie .vote proposed .for" this ' ■yea;r 'is auffictertt' tb cpver as ; much -of -ifc ! as cau conveniently '■ beC let by contract . before I " f lie -riekt riio'eting of Parliament.' . •/, In reply to' Mr Macrirfilunywhb asked the' Govornment ' whether .. taey, wpuldf next senior) ibr|ng m ,a bill to reform the coustitu tioh of the Legislative Council m such a^nftuper as,.tq v lirait the time for which a member of'-that House shall TjoJClii^ s.eat',; :Mr , S|outj .said that !,the GovermQntSfiw.tho necessity '$6f some reforn^'fn' tne'"bbhstitu Iti6n:"(dl1 ti6n : "(dl the CoUiicil,'and".wouldj consider the;rnatter ; during'tihe ' retces's. '■•, .,' .' -.;.-. .,; ; -' > . ' ' A candidate if at; Auditor of Public A,Cr 'counts; was 'jsudgerdy... called... jipon -for a speech. On rising he, cpmmencea ': : " $ellow-citizetis.— You Lave* ca^icti' otf : me, for a few remarks. I have none to indite. I have no prepared speech. • ludeed, I'.iirnino speaker .; Ij do not to ;be a speaker. I only want to be ah audito^^^o ■..^.,: L ./^.