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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 19, 20 December 1883, Page 2

News; lxaZ ; a pj^tieil;- r f ... — :oo:-r— " ! ~ 'xy ,',. ; - ■*- Ihereare said to be nearly ltX) empty f houses mPa tea' just no vi*. ' ' ' • .-• ; Miss Jennie Nye is engaged for the'" Melbourne Bijou OHristttias season: ■ 'iT>. > ; ' The, salary of the Chief 'Cdmcniasibher f ' 5r of the Victoriah 'Ttoilway*' ft £3000 •'§•*' year. ■ ■ '« x. .v,A ..• -y ... .„. ;, . (IJ|^ Lord Rosebery and Baron Hubner hare i been travelling toffether m Queensland. „ A plague of gratehoppersiandilocustr; has made it appearance at Wagga Wagga, Captain Armit haa been lecturing , ; o_a; New Guinea to.appreeiatire aud,ieuces m Brisbane.-* _ .'.',.".,« • •.'. The steamer Caledonian, from . les, landedher passengers m .Melbourne ~ m thirtyceigHt days. \ J"X ■'■■■ Until the receipt, .conference^ Mr Sera-, viee/althoiigh'-'a resident m MeHwdrtfe ! for thirty years, had never been to S*_Be y» .... . ' ! - : "' i ,: * T A wholesale case df horse ■stealing oc« curredat NarrabrijANew Soutft Wales, when fifteen of . Aahton'a circus horses wex;e. stolen... ... . Tr j An Australian paper speaks bf **#oK&l tnan whoTretired' from' the " fo6rce, a after?seven years' servicepfcifcl.' £6000 to his credit; L CLA '.} --AXX UY)y <l)i X) The Victorian; :;Chambeis /.of .^t-jufed-i tures; ja ; described to.be, rapidly degeneja.k-'A ing into an association of, twaddlers and selJfseeker?, . '..'/'. .. The Bishojp of Slallarat has called uppti ' one of his clergy to Vesign, the said clergyman haviDg sounded his : * 'giierancoV through the Pres*. a - . -a ■.-., ■ It will take £3000 to repair' »_ar_s#*li caused by recent floods to the main roati at Waikouaiti, and. a. similar surut for other county roads. y.-Yol/lb) •,-- ri.Ao ■: L •■■ » A : Sydney, girty whougol married laft week, received as a wedding present a bar of soap, a packet of blue, and a washing* board. Useful,. i£ not ornamental. ■ At Melbourne, one Sunday, :! H,M<S. Nelson was Visited "by 3775 pewbb's. Tne crowd was so disorderly tlbafc the had to be temporarily cleared- of visitors^ i The bpdtiki We-rali^ay-i ;— If- the _^o# ceasful pubH-shinglof hewSpapler- ik adfitrict is to be taken as a sign of prosperity, Taurabga must now be m a most flourishing condition, j ;, , A.X „ , ;T yyyyy- ji'j The iupreftse m^the number of solicitors m Sydney ia alarming. ZZZyZ 'nYx The experimenc of aceUmatiiing XEng* Hah perch has proved successful iv ' Syd« [ney. ' _' ;. ■ ;;*__ ... ..'.'^L X\ Z> The Rev. Chariea Strong, on leaving Melbourne, was presented with ii pttfta of •£3,000. ■■• -^y { x-k •-.: -uy -.*. ti>7\X Applications for the post of Collector jof the dog tax for the Oroua County ; must be : sent, m by 10, a.m. on Friday |neit. ;, „,., ! The number of. illegitimate .children born m New Zealand during last year was '546. Otago heads the. list with 162. _ A diver named Haddock has aunounced his intention of next week wilting from. Auckland to. theft-birth Shore on LthS bot» torn of the harbor under water L " Where practicable, 'a fcvel site for * homestead has" been thrown into eaoh see* tion/' Vidaeale;o£ :pastaral. licenses jat Government^Gazatte^.q?. Is<iv. r 2$:Z The; laud lies between Gisborne^ r