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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 58, 7 February 1884, Page 3

-Mr Vareker iJindor , the newly appoint ted School Inspector for thp Wansanui Educational District, has sustained a- relapse, and is again confined to bed, through walking about too 'soon and ati< tending to h'is.busibebs ab as to [get away td Wansanui. 1 The recently published memoirs of the 'Princess 'Alice' 'of B.eeie, ' 'daughter of Qafeen Victoria, show that she held Very advanced opinions. She Was most intimate with Strauss, the 'author of the .heterodox Life of Jesus. At one timV the Princess was an nthiest, br.t her \iews modified after the loss of her cliildren. To make room for the J f ul^M^orOugh' Oouncil report, a pardon of tne Oroua, County Council apd X..M. Court are bem v b< oi . A full report of the BjyckCulemi'n cube wi'li ! appear 6b» morrow..'' It is rnmoured m Bulls thit some lively proceedings will take plnce4u jcon" nection with the election of the new, Licensing' Committee for the .tiaagitikei district^ ■ | Mr Or. 3. Scott, of Bulls, has 'Jjfcen' ap ; pointed deputy for Mr C(J. Graham, ilie^ Official Assigneeior that district under the bankruptcy , Act.: The official office will be at the courthouse at^aiaevston. ; The force that Baker Pasha took for the r»lief:of Ji Jßltiartpuai : ,co ; inp^iaed. 2,301) fendarmfis,;l^p,of, whom are horsemen : ,'spO"bJacl?uo^p8 t '" l 'aQd4iOpO Beioains,witti tbiree mitraiileuies. Colonel Sartorius commands th' 4 gentlaroierie, aad Tpb>er: Pasha the black troops. -;,i | It is understood 1 the Government intends opening the ensuing session in] the of May next. ' ' )_ t 3 The Waka Maori has beefi resuscitated; aad is a neatly got up fortnightly joiiiDal printed m Maori, aud is pubiishdd m (iisborne. v - „ „ . .. ! ! ' As gentleman- riding into Wanganui, from the No. 3 Line, a few days back, observed, a large number, of sparrows (he reckous there were iuily three hundred); buaily engaged m picking up something from the ground. On making an inspec,tiori, his surprise was g'ireat (says i the Herald) to find that the birds were engaged m picking, up green caterpillars, of which :there were vast ..numbers crossing the road. , : The "Wflriganui Herald considers, the only objection to Mr Russell's Candida* tnre is that he either has no principles! or is afraid to declare them. It also : reminds the Candida U that m the Fox ton elejctioo. "he prnfesaea himself opposed toi the policy of the GoVßrnmeht,- anct yet wa-< going m to sup'poVt the 1 in.'* Just so. | The same old policy of ' " turning and tWiat? ing;" ' ::: • • ' ;■■ '. ■' There, is to be a general meeting of the PalinerstoD Fire Brigade next week. We remind our readers of the meeting this evening at the Oommeicial of nil per. sons interested m the forthcoming Queen'a Birthday Race Meeting. „ • Cable communication istiow open he*. tween Suez and Souakih.; tariff; thirteen shillings and sdvenpence per word* Secret language telegrams are inadmissible. Some of our Terrace. End subscribers haye, complained to us that their paper is .often not delivered till After 8 o'fclock. there is no causejfor .such irregularity ,[and ! we shall be glad if complaints are made if such occurs m future. :i :