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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 237, 8 September 1883, Page 3

It is expected that the narrative and reports of the Challenger expedition, m thirty volumes, certainly the greatest undertaking of the kind, will be com* pleted m tour years time. Seven volumes are. already printed, and as many mors may be looked for by next year. The Christchurch Industrial exhibition Committee have applications for 4950 square feet f br exhibits, and promises of pictures and works of art are most en« couraging. Mr Stanley contradicts a statement which has appeared m a Liverpool news* paper to the effect that he contemplates joining a religious community, and is at present residing as a lay brother at. the Passionate Monastery, Sutton. By the laws of Denuiaric a drunken person unable to walk is taken to the station or to his home m a close carriage, at the expense of .the house who sold him his liquor.

< NOTICE. AS the Editor of the Standard will be absent during next week on a trip to Napier and the East Coast, persons calling to see him will please state their business to Mr Heuly, the manager, by whom. any instructions will be attended to and promptly carried into effect. '••' ■ ■ >■ By Special Jgffi__j_j_ifE Appointment. GEORGE DIXON, Manufacturer of DOUBLE __3RATED WATERS AND CORDIALS, Cuba-street, Wellington. Awarded Prize Medal, Sydney Exhibition. MRS GEORGE DIXON wishes to intimate to her friends and tbe publio generally that the business will be carried on as usual, under her own supervision, and that no effort will be spared on her part to merit a continuance bf the patronage so freely accorded to her late husband. All orders will meet with prompt and earefui attention.