Notes and Events.

Manawatu Herald, 1 June 1893, Page 3

Notes and Events.

The ghost of ex-councillor Startup has been raised in Palmerston, as the Standard reports that the Borough Councillors spent about an hour and a half on Tuesday evening 'discussing whether lamps should be be placed opposite their own doors, the only successful competitor being Cr Park, who is to have his gate illuminated at the expense of the ratepayers. Good old Mary Ann. The two Palmerston papers are indulging in a little difference of opinion as to who are likely to be candidates for the local seat in the House of Representatives. As usual they are expressing their appreciation of each other with that refreshing candour which is one of their leading characteristics. One man did not give married life a long trial as in a divorce which was granted in Sydney last week, it was stated the husband, after two days of married life, had abandoned his wife at a hotel, promising to come back in half-an-liour, and, worse still, left her to pay the hotel bill. " Desert Born," an Arab stallion, which recently arrived at Napier from India, is described by " Buff and Black " as oue of the prettiest specimens of horse flesh he has ever seen. The animal has been imported by Mr Ernest Tanner with the object of producing a breed of polo ponies. "Dessert Born " is a West India Derby winner.