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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 132, 11 May 1883, Page 2

A. very important sale .of jewellery is to take place at Mr Snelson's auction mart to -morrow afternoon. The items comprise some genuine stock, among them keyless watches contructed so that by the aid of guide books, which are given with each, the owner can repair .his own watch. The sale should attract a large number of buyers as the stock is really of a first-clasa description. ' *' The B termer Fenstantoa which, cleared at Dunedin for London yesterday V todk as portion of her cargo 2392 bales of wool, and 7840 carcases of frozen mutton. These immense shipments should tend to keep up the price of sheep m the colony, As showing the extensive area over which some of our local mauufacturea are appreciated, (says the post) ;;it. may be mentioned that Mr. George Dixonf of I Cuba*Btraet, has just.' received a heavy order from Sydney for his ginger ale. That a large metropolis like the capital of New South Wales should find it advisable to import manufactured products from Wellington is a fact worthy of favourable attention*