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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 43, 18 January 1884, Page 3

The Druids have arranged to hold a fete at Wellington upon a large scale on Tuesday next. "The gale" of Tuesday night did very great dtiinaire m and aroand Wellington harbour. At the Petone. Rowing Club's shed the whele of the boars were completely destroyed, one or two of them being smashed to atoms, the damage exceeding £50. : Mr Maxwell, the General Manager of Railways, is on his official inspection of the North Island lines, and is expected to arrive m Wanganui to-day from New Plymouth. Some cases of whisky were being weighed a few days ago at the Customs shed, Wanganui, when ib was noticed that two of the cases were unusually heavy, far above their fellows. They were opened and it was found that from each case two bottles had been taken out and their places filled by marling spikes spikes, the latter being carefully packud m the straw envelopes m quite the orthodox fashion. The sailors who no doubt b'Toached the cargo adopted this aingulai way of escaping detection. At the Auckland Police Court, a fine of £5 whs imposed on a man, charged with behaving to the annoyance ot persons, travelling on the railway between EUersliej and Auckland. ..,._ . „,... _..._:• 7=w c learn that Mr Rutherford,' derk with Messrs Hankins and Baker, purposeß leaving the colony for Home (Glasgow) > next week, and hopes to catch the steamer Aorangi, at LytteHon. We wish Mr Rutherford a-pleas'snt and safe voyage. He, hns not very long been n resident of PaX mer'stoD', but durine th"at time Jj6 has made many friends who will ba glad to: h.9ar of his prosperity wherever his lot' may m future be cast. : Anotfcewill.be found elsewhere fro m ; Mr J. H. Topping, oMhe Bee Hive Store,! enumerating some of the specialties on; Bale at that establishment.