LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume VIII, Issue 136, 19 November 1884, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

' Messrs Stevens and Gorton elsowhere announce the date and catalogue of their next Feilding sale. Owing to a gale the Jane Douglas could not leave Wellington on Monday night. Her hour of departure from Foxton is altered till 10 o'clock to-ni^ht. We are glad to see by the Post that Bishop Hadfiold seems to have improved m health since his departure from Wellington, and that he has returned to his diocese with apparently lenewed strength.- \ , The Shaw, Savill, and Albion Com- ! pany's chartered steamer Coptic, via Southern ports, from Plymouth (October 11) brings a number of cabin passengers for various ports, ami has also 200 steerage passengers ou board, Baker Pasha (Colonel Baker of scandal notoriety) has not succeeded m gaining an entree to the English army. The Queen was very wroth at his friends' request. One well-known coach driver m the Western district of Victoria has been driving the coach from Hamilton to Harrow and back for fifteen years. In sunshine and m rain ; duringtenipests and calms, he has occupied the box seat, and a few weeks ago, on reckoning up, found he had driven 300,000 miles. During all that time ho had only mot with two accidents, and neither of theße resulted m injury to life or limb. The Earl of Chichester, tho father of the House of Lords, is now 80 ; -has sat m the House for 50 years. On the Czar's return journey home the Sappers cleared away the earth 3ft deep from the supports of the viaducts, through fears of the too kind attention of his Nihilist subjects ; they looked for dynamite ! * The Feilding Hotel is now undergoing extensive alterations, many additions and improvements being made which will add greatly to tho comfort and convenience of visitors. The anniversary dinner and ball m connection with the Feilding Lodge of Odd Fellows will be held m the Public Hall on Friday next. The following weather telegram was posted after we went to press yesterday: — Bad weather approaching after 12 hours from now. Heavy gales between north-east and north and west and after 10 hours heavy fall of rain. Glass further fall. Indications are bad. The Feilding Star has received from Mr Corpe a sample of tho butter, made at the Makino Cheese and Butter Factory. We have great pleasure m stating that the article is first-class, having a sound flavour, and good color. It is already salted and ready for packing. We congratulate the Makino folks on the establishment of this company, which is certain to do so much good to the settlers there. The demand for bricks is so great m Melbourne that they are carted away fj'om the kiln so hot that they have to be soaked with water on the dray to prevent them from setting it on fire. Mr Stout says ho looks upon gambling as on.c of the very worst vices of this colony — as almost as great a vice as drunkenness. . . Many cases of embezzlement came before tho Courts caiisod solely by gambling, and the same with bankruptcies. It is not generally known that mottled kauri and other New Zealand woods are occasionally exported from Auckland to the Continent of Europe for the purpose of making pianos, and other ornamental articles. The Dunedin police are troubled with a customer who is constantly getting drunk and lying about the streets. Ho weighs 19 stone, and it takes three or four constables to convey him when inebriated to the lock-up. He is so stout that he will not go m an ordinary cab, and the entrance of the. prisoner's dock m the B.M. Court is too small to allow him to enter. Fortunately he w very quiet and inoffensive when drunk,

At Sydney, recently, a mail was sentenced to live, years' imprisonment for stealing a Bible. Ilcretnia, the groat chief at Mokau, is dead. Maoris have gone up the river to a tnngi. It is understood the Government intend stationing a body of Armed Constabulary at Mokau. Great damage is being done by grasshoppers m the northern districts of South Australia. Timewell, a Sydney bicyclist, has performed a journey of 1300 miles (Sydney to Rockhampton) on a bicyle. A wealthy pauper, a woman, died recently m London from the injuries leceived through an accidental fall. Sho had received for years past two shillings a week, as well as bread, tea aud sugar from the parish, and seemed to be very poor. In overhauling her effects it was found, however, that she had accumulated the snug sum of £700. Tenders for the supply of coal for the New Zealand railways for 1885 were scut m on the 10th, and we understand that the following have been accepted :— W. K. Williams, for Wanganui, Foxton, and Oamaru railways ; Kennedy Bros., for Wellington, Lyttelton, and Timaru railways ; and the Westport Company, for the Bluff and Napier railways. The yacht Girola was purchased on Saturday by Mr Nicholas Feruandos, fish merchant, of Wellington, for £75, and was sold again the same afternoon to Mr Rawson for £140. Owing to the cablo lines breaking down a little north of Peake on the Port Darwin section, we are unable to publish our usual European intelligence. The Post's London correspondent, writing on September 26th, says : — The Hon. Cecilia Clifford, niece of Sir Charles Clifford (who is so well known m New Zealand), was married on Wednesday to Viscount Feilding, eldest son of the Earl of Denbigh. Bishop Hadfield has returned to Wellington. He may be expected to visit , this part ot his diocese at the conclusion of the Synod now sitting. We have received No. 6 of the AngloNew Zealander and Australian Times which is improving with each successive number. Nominations for the office of Mayor must be lodged with the Town Clerk tomorrow at noon. . About five months ago- a man was seen to throw himself off the Taradale bridge, Napier, and the body was never discovered. At the same time a person named Robert Thompson disappeared, and it is generally thought there was a connection between the suicide and the dipappearance. Yesterday, the body of a man partially submerged m sand was discovered at low tide, on a mud bank m the lagoon. The body had evidently been m the water a long time, and, from the state of decomposition, it is impossible to recognise it, but from the dress it is supposed to be Thompson. A verdict of " Found drowned " has been returned. i A large haka was proceeding at Parihaka on Monday. About 860 maoris took part, and Titokowaru acted as M.C. The Hawera Stur says that Mr Koch, of the Public Works Department, who was under instructions to proceed to j Manawatu with Mr Gillies, has now re- | ceived intimation that his services are required by the Department at Te Awamutu where he is'to be engaged m connection with the North Trunk line. Mr Rochfort, who surveyed the Central line, will pass through Hawera to-day or tomorrow on his way to Te Awamutu, and Mr Koch will accompany him. The death is announced at Paiea, of John Flink, who at one time kept a i boarding house m Feilding. A correspondent of the Opotiki Herald says the young men of that place are devoted only to billiards, beer, bad language, and cruelty to horses. The public will be delighted to hear that Mr Sims Reeves, the great English singer, is making arrangements to visit these colonies m the coming year. The anticipation of hearing the beautiful songs of our country sung by our national sweet singer is indeed delightful. The Germans have long been famous for their proficiency m the use of paper ; but it will probably surprise many of our readers to learn that now even the finest and most delicate wheels of watches are made from paper-pulp. A forest tree m Georgia was recently cut down at 6 o'clock m the morning, . made into pulp at a factory, and into paper at 6 o'clock m the evening, and at 6 o'clock the next morning was distributed as a printed newspaper. A tremendous fire occurred at 1 a.m. on October 28, m the workshops of Messrs Hudson Bros:, carriage-bnilders, at Wiokham, near Newcastle, N.S.W. The flame's first canght the carriage-shed, and spread with alarming rapidity, and m less than an hour the whole of the extensive premises, covering an acre of ground, was one mass of seething flames, illuminating the country for miles around. Three thousand pounds' worth of railway carriages and some trucks, valued at £1,200, were utterly consumed. The priucipal machinery was saved, the engine-shed being detached from the main building. The total loss is estimated at between £5,000 and £60,000, and was uninsured, negotiations for - insurance on the property being incomplete. Over a hundred men are thrown out of employment. There is no present clue to the origin of the fire. At the American Bankers' convention held at Saratoga m A ugust, Mr Cotnegy's of Philadelphia, spoke some retn arkable words. He counselled his fellow-bankers to be men of clean hands. No temptation to enrich themselves by the use of other people's money ought to be listened to for a moment. • No speculation m stocks, even with their own money ought to be entered into. If they must operate m stocks let them get out of the position of bank officers and go on the street as private capitalists. The naming of certain roads by the Kiwitea Road Board yesterday (says the Feilding paper) m compliance with' a letter from the District Surveyor caused considerable amusement. One road, from the fact of its leading to the site of a Government bogus township was at first named " Swindle road," and was so marked on the plan, but was afterwards given a more euphoneous name, while one road was unanimously called Ballance, m honor of the member of Wanganui and Native Minister. We regret to learn "that Mr Sinclair George has been laid up for several days with a severe attack of gout. We were pleased to see Mr John ManBon about again yesterday after his recent accident. He still lias bis arm m a sling. The Spring Horticultural Show held at Bulls yesterday was notable for the exhibition of pot plants, also bouquets. It «vas a grand success. The exhibits of vegetables were very creditable. For seventy-four years the present orgauist of St. Michael's church, Coventry, England, has held that position! longer, perhaps than any person has ever held a similar position before. An eminent politician declares that m five years there will be no House of Lords. This is "peering" into the future ■ with a vengeance,

At the sale of Crown lands at Napier on Monday, the following prices were realised : — Woodville, section 117a, 23 acres, £43, 11. S. Ruddick ; section 187, 83 acres, £301, W. G. Motley ; Tahoraite, section 1, 16 acres Or 16, £32 4s, J. Smith ; deferred payment, block 9, Woodville, section 5, 153 acres L 165, . ; Bush Mills Settlement, section 20, 88 acres, £121, W. Beagley ; Norsewood, section 7, 47£ acres, £59 7s 6d, Mr Siintnondß. r Tenders for formation and metalling on Randolph and Walker's Road, Longburu, and for culvert m the Kairanga Block, close .at 10 a.m. next Monday. Specifications can bo soon at the Road Board Office. Two persons were talking about the future state of existence, and one of them expressed it as his opinion that those who have departed this life still continue to take an interest m the affairs of this work. " I say," interupted his son and heir, a promising youth o£ eight, " 1 say, paj how jolly glad Moses must have been that we licked the Egyptians'." At the Wanganui County Council yesterday morning, the chairman said that he intended to move a resolution m the direction of refusing to contribute to the Hospital.. The connty he said could not afford to continue paying toward the Hospital, he balieved that the Government should support, the Hospital. The rates at present levied were hardly sufficient to make both ends meet, and they could not afford to strike a special rate for the Hospital. . The Taranaki Herald recently received the following advertisement for insertion : — "On the 15th October, 1884, — of a sun, Auckland pappers pleas coppey. " Managers of public libraries who desire to participate m the Government grant should send m their claims at once. There are about 1000 cheese factories m Canada, turning out an annual product of 58,000,0001b5. A correspondent writes (says the Ballart Star) : — *' An amusing incident occurred m a bar not a hundred miles from J Alleudale. A number of Scotchmen were discussing the Burns'. statue, when an Irishman, sitting quietly m the corner, jumped up quite excitedly, and said : — ' Bad cess to ye, one would think no one ever had a poet but ye. Have we not Tom Moore, and we can put up a statue for him ; and if ye don't look sharp we will bo up before ye. Here's my halfcrown towards it, and. Martin Loughlin will give the rest.'" Martin Loughlin it may be mentioned is a wealthy mine ovrner. ■■..-'■ From the Auckland Herald we notice that there has been a considerable importation of building timber into Opotnki. The Staffa has just discharged 30,000 ft, from Mercury Bay, the Leo 25,000 from Tairua and the Venus is expected to arrive with a full load m a few days, from Tairua also. The mystery which has so long enveloped that mysterious creature, the Australian Bunyip, has been solved at last, Mr W. H. Cornish having shot one as it was crossing the road about 3J miles from Parhara, m South Australia. His attention was attracted by the creature's peculiar mode of locomotion, and not recognising it, he procured a gun and srot it. Dv Haake, of tuo Adelaide Museum, has recognised it as belonging to the species Arctocephalus lobatus, or cowled seal. It was about two feet long and of a dark- grey colour. . The Wellington Woollen Manufacturing Company has had under consideration for some time past the question of the immediate erection of the mill at Petone. At a meeting of the directors held on Thursday, -it was decided to entrust to Mr Moses Scott, of Christchurch, the task of preparing all the necessary plans and specifications, The loss of life during the bombardment of Foo Chow has been greatly exagerated, and many men supposed to have been killed are now returning to their native villages.