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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 98, 3 April 1883, Page 2

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PRESS ASSOCIATION. ) Auckland, April 2. Immediately on arnval of the" Sorrento m London 250 carcases of frozen meat sold at 7d and ?f 1 per lb. Large sales have since taken place at from 6d to 7d per lb. The people of Ceylon are delighted, at Sir Arthur Gordon's appointment to the Governorship. The Bishop of Nelson, before leaving England, ordered a stained glass windows for the Picfcon and Greymouth Churches. Kennedy, the Scotch vocalist, was to leave for the colonies at the end of March. The steamer Westcceath sailed from London for Auckland and Otago on Feb. 12th. Arrived : Mission schooner Southern Cross from Norfolk Island. Bishop iSelwyn is a passenger. By the mail arrived the news of the| death of W. P. Snow, Philanthropic American, who established the mission at Eotoraa. Dunedin, April 2. ! All the stacks on the farm of Mr Jackson, of St. Bathan, near Dunedin, i were burned to-day. They were valued at £600, and were uninsured. Naeieb, April 2. Mr Ramsey Sims, manager of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency here, broke a bloodvessel and dropped down dead m the streets to-day. It has been ascertained that the unfottunate man died almost instantly. _,The deceased was very much liked, and the sad occurrence caused great regret when it became known.