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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 11, 11 December 1883, Page 3

We draw attentin to Messrs Stevens! and Gorton's advertised catalogue for the next stock sale at Bull?, to take place on Tuesday the 18th inst This sale will probably attract a large attendance of buyers. The regular monthly meeting of the Fire Brigade will be held at Walkley's Commercial Hotel on Wednesday next. Business important. The Gazette contains the following notification; — Sittings for the trial of criminal and civil case?, and of causes under ' The Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act, 1867/ will be held at the Courthouse, Wansganui, to commence at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, 18th March, and Tuesday, 16th September. The larrikins caused a nuisance last evening by assembling hear where the Town Band were practicing and making the night hideous with their bowlings and ribaldry. Kris a pity an example could not be made of one or. two of them. Eggt are at present a scarce commodity m Palmerstou, there being none to be had for love of money. We hear they are both cheap and plentiful m the adjacent townships. At the District Court yesterday, discharges were granted to William Lingard, Fred Hunt (Bulls,) F.. W. Evans, and 'G. H. Brooking, Feilding. Our local letter-carrier appeared m full uniform to-day, the envy of his chums, and the admired of all the nurse girls. Lucky youth. The truth must be told. He well become it, though we trust he will'not become vaio m coqaequence. The total receipts from the old English Fa^yre held last week m Wellington were a little over £1300, and it is anticipated that the building fund of St. Peter's Church will be increased by between £1000 and £1100 when all expenses have been paid. • 'Dough' writes:-— 'l think it is the other paper that is not supported by the local bakers. Does the clerical 'Can* vasser ' remember how hard he tried for an advertisement from a local baker, and how the baker auubbed him, and gave him a bit 61 his 1 mind. And then how the • ■ Can?aaser 'waxed wrath, and spoke profanely, while the man of dough poked t borax at him raercileisly. And those] m the shop how they laughed at the canr j vasser'a discomfiture. 1 ' ' Anti- Bunkum ' writes :— ' The other paper need not be trying it on vrith the Good Template They know him too well. They will have nothing to do with him. He id hot their sort at all. They don't care for those who run with the har* and hunt with the hounds.; He need not -seek to farther any of his own or the Buai» ness Man's letters on the Grood Templars. Perhaps he would like to chum" m with the Good Templars, as he tries to with the oburobes, and give them all a turn. But it won't wash. Father Henneberry was the one to bowl him out and make him skip to quick musio.' The preliminary portion of the work m connection. with the projected Square al« terations for railway purposes wasj started tq*day, the grass being mown up to the line of intended operations. ■•*■•-■■ We learn that the new plant for; the fire brigade .has been received from Mr Stratford, and is found to be first class. Now that it is ready for use no doubt practice meetings will be frequent until a thorough , state of efficiency is attained. A poor Irishman offered an old sane >pan ' for sale. Hia children gathered: around him, ( * and^enquired why he parted with it, , Ah, myjhoneys,* answered he, ' 1 wctnld not be ' for parting with it b t for a little money to buy something to put m it.'