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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 125, 3 May 1883, Page 2

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(tWITBD PBBSS ASSOCIATION.) Christohuroh, May 2. The Press says that belief m the genuineness of the stones discovered by Jacobsen ab Alfred Forest, is gradually gaining ground ;£5 premium is now ottered for shares m the Prospecting Company, but none are] obtainable at that figure. By yesterday's mail, the Secretary of the OtufflffivTDtfmSfiX Pioneer Company •:■ forwarded some specimens .of Alford Forest, gems" to Auckland, to show th? vast difference, . that exists between ' the supposed " verifcabe stones found there, and those obtained m this province. •*» ' The Salvation 4 rmy. hag Jea3ed>-the? iGaiety Theatre as • barracks for; two! years. . ' -iMoac,I A.uoKi/AND,i May 2. Henry Mills, stove-maker, has* taken preliminary steps to secure, a divorce from his wife on the grounds of adulterriiThe co-respondent is alleged to be aleading medical man. The petitioner.! who has bean married since.lßs3; alleges •( in£is affidavit, that he has:ilived withhis wife until the last few days.. On: X |15th February he became aware ofhia ! wife's bad conduct. She was 111, and fearing death, confessed to, a priest-that she,had for some time past been im« properly iatimate with j the ndoctiir.'. Petitioner claims £500 damages from the cp-respondenj;. r . : ;. r ,:| Sj ; ;• | The annual Meeting of the Northern Steamship ComDahy took plate tb^Uay. The balance-sheet showed a net profit for the year ending March 3 1st, of £11,063 ., 35;2.d, ,. oUnqluding^balaj^, from previou?; year,. £li^Xß-S^M: "'" The _jQana!9.;^ Manutaciucing Co/i machinery has arrived. . : '" ■''' WAvKRLET; ; May k !2t rr David Scott, ; late Bch6olmaster3iere,--died suddenly jast night, at the Waver* ley Hotel. ....... . PATEAjiMaya ■;, At yesterday's meeting of the County Council, it was decided ;%: aband on y th%! manaxe«nenb of thej Hospital aiitf irecqnf. mend the Government to appoint the 1 :t Borough Council to administer. 1 ; Wan^ >j of funds is alleged as therbason'of'thTe 1 -^ Coiinty CouncU's action, it being s.tated::that a' : large sninwas due frdmtße : Gb^ f;u Ternment on the Hospital acouut. &; ? portion of the money from the Gjvern^ \'~ meht came to hand to^dayy but-^he-Council will adhere to their- resolution v - WEii'tINCHON,. May 1, Jam?s Mackayj bddroonj stewkrd'im board the s s. Pe^uin, !r was' aVrested !i---this morning on a f cb'arge of 1 ' gold pin, silk handkerchief,; and^a pair £ of socks, valued at £>6s, the property ttf - J a passenger named Adams. He was remanded till Saturday. " - ?