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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 27, 31 December 1883, Page 3

"We were pleased to see Mr Walker, veterinary' snrgeon, about again to-day. The old man has bad a severe shaking, and will require to be very careful for Home time. During Saturday afternoon, sjiowing the variable nature of the temperature, the wind came from all points of the compass within the space of three hours. The venerable Lady Hil!yar, of Torre House, Tor Point, Cornwall, attained on September Bth the great age of 95 year?, haying been born on September Bth, 1788. As an historic fact of some interest it may be mentioned that m 181)5 LadyJHillyar entertained Lord Oollingwood at Gibraltar just after the battle of Trafalgar; Two large plate glass windows at Mr Joseph Paul's shop were broken about a q darter to 10 o'clock on Saturday night, apparently by stones discharged from a catapult. One of the. windows faces the Ayenue, and the other is at the corner facing the bridge. Although the streets were tolerably busy at the time, no clue could be discovered to the offender or offenders m this wanton and disgraceful Rctcf Mischief. Mr Paul estimates that it will cost Lls to replace the two windows. The bankruptcy cf Ellis James is elsen where gazetted* , . ■'■ ; To-morrow being New. Tear's Day, the Sxandabd will not be published. The new Bankruptcy Act comes into force" to-morrow, and people have m con* sequence been filing I heir schedules m a great hurry all over the colony. In the Presbyterian Church last evening, the Rev. Mr Wright announced that on next Sabbath evening he would preach a sermon, giving a retrospective view of the past year and the prospect of the New Tear, We intended to have issued the StanD4.AD sheet calendar for 1881 with tonight's issue, but unfortunately are unablo to do so. We hope to hare it ready m a day or two, The lad, young Tnnes, who has lately been doing duty as telegraph messenger leaves that department to«d«y, being about to become an articled clerk m Messrs Hankins and Baker's office. Wb trust his successor, whoever he may be, will be as civil and punctual as we have found young Inues to be. [We learn that a lad named Laurensen is to be the next messenger.! At tba time of writing, the weather does not look very promising for a tint* day to-morrow. The Rangitikei race meeting and Matarawa fete will probably be the great attractions. For the latter visitors will have to leave by the quarter to seven train, but for the former they can go by the five miuutes to 9 train. Both promise to be successful gatherings, Railway fares have been reduced to