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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 281, 31 October 1883, Page 2

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tUKITBD PBBSB ; A88O0WlO^)i% Si Duneoin, potobe$ 1 29. *«t The South Dsredin larrikins took possession of the Ocean Beach tram oar - yesteroay, and threw out the guard, Jfarrel, who had one of his feet injured by » wheel passing over it. - -At Portfolio .yesterday, .a Jb.oJLa.tr , tacked a hoy named Francis. Toe lad's mother very courageously came to -his assistance, an6Lsaccaeded.ia.db. verting the animal's attention from i him towards^berself. The result was that > two of her ribs were broken and two, teethlknocfeediout by; the, brute. ? It has been arranged to celebrate; : Luther^\ fpurth(jcentenary m J)unedin.! The barque Jasper," on her passage jf from the Mauritius, * passed through! largeN^uantities of ice, and sighted one' iceberg, 100 feet high on July 22ndj when m latitude 47.30 ; longitude, 27; Oaptain Stannard reports s*"5 *" that h^ signted a complete field of ice, and as he had twice fomer'ly ran' into the' 1 same field, he is of opinion that it is land covered with ice and snow, and this has : also~been seen by the barque Elizabeth and the brig Kip Logo, . both vessels being owned by Mr Turner, the owner of the Jasper. ' v lutjißCAßGrLii, Octobe* 29; Maloriey, the bankrupt who foiled his creditors' attempts to get information from him by antwerirg m Irishj was examined before the [Court, and his opening statement was that he could not Bpeak Ejoglish at all (this was -given .in^Engi^j, jantf <■ Hs "• Honor oharacterasedliim as^a, deoTdH'lfirihman. Nothing; of importance waV* elicited, ' ' | : r ; ■•'-} °? n ?i A S B > Octobftr29. j ■ .". Mr McKay, Beserves Trustee, accompanied by Captain, Wilson, arrived' here on , Saturday 'evening. I They ) expect- 't& put 8000 to 10,000 acres of, iand between Optmake and Rahotu m ', tHe market by the end of the year, or early m January. Moat of land is of good qualty, and would' : make' splendid sheep country^ ''"' '' ■ K> \ "•'' : Christchurch,^ October r 29. . -Edwards has been challenged -by O'Connor of Timaru, Jo walfe 1 from^ one 'to twenty-five miles for £50.' , « : , } The four hundredth anniyersary 1 of Martin- Luther's birthday isip be commemorated by a tea. and public meet-, ing on November the Ist, under' 1 the auspices of the Protestant Alliance Friendly Society of Austrklasia. ; An old man was ' arrested by the^ police on Saturday helplessly drunk, and on being searohed was found to have £109 m bank nojtes, '*': ;; V . i -i ,;;;...- ; Auoklak^ October 291 7 ■ Tho. Helensville Timber ' Company has declared a dividend of lOper ceat., and carried a good balance forward; . The first two cases brought by the ddciety for the Prevention of Crhelity to - r Animals were dismissed without costs.' c .. The ; first prosecution here under jtlie •;Prisons; Act, 1833, resulted m ;f James Qaffney, for r«tu«og to work, b'ing -sentenced to seven days' imprisonment \ and tOvforfeit levon^n days 1 nxarl^g . '' ly The medieval collection of bid armour ' procure^ , from the Tower of London Dy ;i MriJ^./T. Mocfcelv-eV fbi? £Ke ? Auok)aod Museum, is m tho Grannjmede, 92 days