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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 37, 11 January 1884, Page 3

A meeting of the School Committee is being held as we go to press. Our report will appear m to-morrow'.s issue.' Mr Ji W. Stint hcomlx^TormerTy pronriefor of tlia Waito^vo ""V s1 '""" 1 nmrp recently mine host or the Hal-i-ombe Hotel has again determined to run the Waitotara hostelrys The Kennedy family (Scotch vocalists) appear at Waiigan'ii duririgjthe race week m March next. Last evening "quite a crowd gathered round, the shop of . Mr Macro/>yhere, there was on exhibition the spanking new . uniform of! our gallant arid brave defenders, the Palmerston Volunteers. regimentals are certainly brilliant. W4»at with —scarlet sa>hes, silver mounted , helmet^ and gold and silver luce suriuV)un<iilg ; all, #Ut*' Volunteer Officers, naVd,non-qon) missioned officers and privates will, undergo such a transmogrification, we shall n<jt be able, to realise that they are the same warriors who did duty ! ohce at Paribaka. The clothing is of good material and well njade. * ! i Through a blunder on the part of <me bur imps yesterday, Thomas Symonds was stated to have been only fined 11s for disorderly behaviour at the Rqy'al. Hotel. The sum he was called on to contribute was 40s. l ' ! The Ready Money- Store adertjaesf the arrival of' a second parcel of drapery'ar.d clothing which they are' offering nt con* ■idernbly reduced priced. The firm has also* consignment of Canterbury oat* and * qatan chaff to dispose of; '■-'•■ •' v " 1 A meeting of the creditors! m the, estate of, Messrs Smith and Marsh; was held to«day. There were: present, . Messrs A.akett,'TiPgey, and the debtor's solicitor, Mr •Warburton-.' l The" assets were set down at about' £ll and the liabilities over £200. Mr Vena wao appointed tiruetee.; »j :.-!.- ■;;,. .. ■> - ' ; 'V , According 'to the Fiji correspondent of t^e Argus the jncreaae m the production of lUßtir m that, colony is causinfif.the Governor coneiderabljs anxiety. His Ex* coll?ncy believes that Fiji requires a curb rftther th«n a spur m this direction, flisthebry is that' as Australia and New Zealand dnly 1 donsume abdut 11^,000 tons annually* and as 1 Q leensland raises 40,000 t6ns, there is a fear that Fiji; if greatly increaaing her preseni pr9duetiob^ .will overstock tjie market, 'and., commercial dißßßtei will ensue. He refuses tp believe that Fiji will be able 'tp compete with o^her great markets of the world. 4, man' Bametf Henry Sykes w.as this n^drnnig' introd'ice'd by Constable Gillespie to Alr-Waldegrave, J.P. Sykes it appeared, sampled' too many liquors at the various hotels yesterday. The Magistrate gave him hjs choice of contributing 20s to make up the deficit m the Colonial revenue t or become an inmate for 48 hours m the studio, situated at the back of the Court house. % ' iWhen the train from Foxton was ap* proaohing Palmerpton this morning, the engine-driver, fpund^ before biq|, no lees than 10 head of cattle quietly grazing on the line. He blew his steam whistle for some lime but m vain. The cattle appeared to 6e determined to be converted inj;6 beef- -A'travaller drove them but of danger. iThe*engine»driver believes 1 th'e'" animal* : were on the lookrdut for.ihe ranger,] as the;; ranger was not apparently ori the jopk i -o^ut;for them. „ Constable Gilleapie yesterday Tisiled a house m Burke- street where an unfof" tunate yiom&n named. Julia, McGanagle dwells. ' Hia txp'eiience he will "not readily forget. "Talk" said the constable afterwards, "of the houses m the back sldms of London, they cannot be com" pared to the misery and squalor 1 saw there.** 1 l*h« woman is " etacieh'te "and had not even a bag, to laj upon. She wak brought before Mr Wufdegrave, J.P. to-day, charged witli vagrancy , and sentenced to threp months /impi-iponment without haad labour. A meeting of vHb creditors itn the estate of Mr Langley was convened for to-day. The only person present being the solicitor (Mr G. F. Hawkins) the meeting was adjourned until to-morrow, at the same place and hour.