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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 152, 5 June 1883, Page 2

! We are glad to hear that under Dr jHarvey's skilful treatment and unremitting attention Mr Heation sen. is rapidly recovering health after ilia recent severe 'accident. ".'"" . - .. . . „; > •>;. -Tenders for sleepers' 1 for' the "SandonCarnarvon railway close at noon on Saturday next. •--•; : A fancy dress bail m connection with the Football Oliib is announced elsewhere, it is expected will prove a most enjoyable affair. ' Messrs Lound and Pedersen fare ■m want of a good boy to learn the trade; ' The recent frosts and fine dry weather have considerably improved the condition of the roads and streets m and around Palmerston,; many of which were getting well nigh impassable. < MrOrosse, surgeon-dentist, will pay his next professional visit to Fielding on the 12th mat., and to Palmerston on the 13th. ; By the last Gazette to hand we observe that the receipts for, the Wanganui,section of railway for the four weeks ending 31s*. May last amount to £4139 8s o"d> a conI sidorable increase on the amount rceived I for the same period of last year, £3842 3s I 2d. The Opunake corresponlent of theTaranaki Herald says:—" As Te Whiti now allows the natives to buy from and sell to Europeans, it will make a great deal of .difference.' It is said, there are about 160 bags of fungus collected at Parihaka await* ing a rise m price. The natives at VVireWu Kingi'a settlement supply flax to the mill aad bring firewood into this township. The old policy of isolation appears to be corn* pletely knocked on the head. All that is wanted now is to have the lands leased, and ths rents paid quarterly, or half-yearly. It is most unlikely there will be eyerany far* ther trouble 1 on thVcoist, Tohu's andTe Wbiti's trip around the colony has made a TMt* difference."