The Manawatu Standard PUBLISHED DAILY.) Suivant la verites THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1883. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 71, 16 February 1883, Page 2

Manawatu Standard PUBLISHED DAILY.) Suivant la verites THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1883. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Pressure on oar advertising space neces* sitates holding over a number ■ of advertisements, -abbreviating reading matter, leaving out leader, &c. Additional entries are made to Meßsra Stevens and Gorton's catalogue for their great ram fair at Bulls, on Tuesday next. The firm announces that as the entry of rams for this sale is unusually large, they are, therefore, Unable to receive any entries of horses. , Settlers are reminded of Mr Snelson's usual Saturday's sale at the people's mart, whiqh will take place to-morrow. We regret to record the death of Mrs Nolan, wife of Mr R. B. Nolan, of Bnlls, which took place a few days,ago after two weeks' illness, A special notice to volunteers published elsewhere should receive the attention of those-for whom'itla partioularly'intended. Letter from " Traveller," is held over t besides other letters to the editor. V ■ Mr Walkloy is inviting tenders for the enlargement of the Commercial Hotel Stables. The remainder of the report of the report of the Dramatic Club meeting last night, after having resolved into com- j mitfcee, is held over. Letter from; "j Patrick Cayanagh" will appear to-morrow. . The .article which appears elsewhere referring to the Weßt Coast Railway is taken from the Tauranga Guardian, which reprints it from a Southern exchange. Among the gosfrip circulating m sporting circles (says theJMelbourne World j ia that during the present year a party of English footballer! will visit Australia, •and play a series of matches with the leading clubs here. Such a game, doubt* lobs, would excite a great deal of attention, and would not only have a profitable tour, but exercise a beneficial ioflnence upon the game m the colonies. The dairymen of New South Wales have started a cooperative store inJSyd-; ney for tbe sale* of their produce', amd the salesmen of the city are up m arms m consequence. The salesmen are said to have imported no less than 1500 tons of Vict6,rian^prpdii|ce, injorder jto checkmate the' busiriess'bf ■ the co-operative association. , One painful incident (say a writer tq a 4 London pap'or) f- witnessed; wiieh iliusV trated the dark side of glorious war, especially at .conducted m these scientific times, A lady was driven rapidly past me m Victoria, weeping bitterly, poor soul, with a crumbled newspaper m her lap. The Egyptian bullet which had found its billet only a few hours before ins some dear heart, had Btruck her too. So much for the brutal frankness of the tele, graph wire, with its almost instantaneous news. 'In the old days, friends might have served to break the terrible mtasage of death. . Considerable interest was excited m Christchurch last week by a 40-gallon cask of crude petroleum from the Southern Cross Company's well ;at> Gis« borne being exhibited in 1 front of Mr W. Wilson's shop m Ob'shel street. A large number of pertons inspected the oil dur* ing the day, and many took away samples of it for closer examination. It is of a dark brown color, has a strong smell, and, on being, slightly; warmed; burns with a clear, bright flame, emitting a little smoke. In consequence of the rise m hops* and all brewing material, the Horn.3 brewer's have advanced the price of all kinds of beer 15 per by cent. QaJa^J'yerrs's quotations.

A curious canoe adventure is reported from Lyttleton. Some members of the boat club m the borough resolred to row to Summer by night. They started at twelve o'clock, and paddled awry vigorously all night, enjoying the trip exceed* inply. At sunrise it was discovered to their great chargin that the painter had not been cast off, and that they had re. mained at the same spot where they had trken leave of their friends, by whom they are known as " the exylorers."