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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 67, 18 February 1884, Page 3

The "Britwii Qu«e'n brfiijJf about '300 GoTernment Immigrants* ■ -■■■•■• ■ The Innnejahua Times of the 6th inst. says th»t the Rev Fat'lier Carew, who has just bean, appointed to the spiritual care of the ; important parish of Gfreymqiijth,. paid a visit to Reeftoo on MoncUy last,' 1 and was warmly welcomed by his former parishioners th'er*. He returned to Greymouth during the week. There will be a special meeting of the School Committee this evening m the school-house^ 7 o'clock. The framework for the new Weisleyan parsonage is now m positiop. It will be a substantial two storey building. The case of an elderly man named John Jones'; must. ..fee dealt with m, some form before long by the local authorities. The poor man will, soon be. stone blind, and through that cause will be quite unable, to earn his livelihood. His age is: 64,, but he still is willing to work, had be. his, eyesight. IJriLedical opinion is that nor operation or treatment can, afford him any' relief, and that total blindness must soon emue. ;;:.•..■ . .-■-.■. A Mrs Moore was to deliver an 'address to the Waniranui Freethought Association yesterday on - 1 the subject of "Spiritualism." ' ' ' v '" The Hawera Star having heard t^at Colonel McDonnell will contest Waitptara with Mr Bryce at the next general election states that it is a guinea to a gooseberry on John Bryce. The New Zealand Shipping Company's barque Waimea, which arrived «t Wellington on Thursday,. broqght' two head qf Dutch prize cattle — a bull and a cow — for Mr Larkworthy 's Carnarvon estate; { < < The late Thomas Holloway was 84 years of Bge at the time of his death: He left; a fortune of £5,000,000, most of which was bequeathed to charitable inst^ tations,' : Mr Bbfwronj' Government ''lnspector of Dair«es;af rived m Wnnganui by trainffoiri the North oaFriday. Mr Bowrbn will prob ably extend his stay to a week, during which time he will' inspect the OkoiA Pairy factory. He will also visit Makino m coniiectiori'yith mattars relating to, .tile newly formed 'cfdmpa'nyV after which' ls' visUs^the Ha^e'ra^istrict.; ; ( ' ' ; uf ; I "'[ Thefiteamer Wakatipu^wiiip^l^t.WVUf 'lingtori last weejk^or Sydney, took with : her 8j?, hqrs.es and seven head , of , cattle from'the South. , ..,' :i . j In Wauganui one shilling per head is offered for hawks') m .Napier a reward of £5 is offered^for cpn.yJQtion hf any person destroying a hawk. ; *houid., strongly: advise the Wanganui hawks to emigrate to Hawke'aJßay,, whose very, name seems to indicate that is the proper locality for m ' ■-:,,•■ ■ ■ • ; «,:v >. VLO Mr E. Tl'Gillori, the manager of the_ United Press Association, haa been returned at the top of the poll .m the election for the Lambtou Licensiug Committee, Wellington. , : .;-■ ;•-.,; When the Queen, then Princess Victoria was staying at Ranisgato with her mother m 1834, they were much annoyed m iheir walk 3 , and tried to hire a private, garden for IB'eir" strolls, when Sir Mdses Moritefidfe offered his grounds at East Cliff -LodfcV,/ and sent'^he Princ'eas a iroldeb pass*key. It w«s the beginning of Her Mt. jesty's kindly feeling to * all : IJebrews. '.' ' ; '"; ' ',''/■ „".,..',''' •' 3^ ''writes to the Post as. follow-*:-^ (t There, is much talk about local indu's* tries but small performance. How comes it that for agricultuiHl implements none but the most common can be procured m Wellington and that persons wanting newly invented machines or implements must pend to Dunedin or Christchurch fdr thorn?" ; .. A. man, who first refused- his name and ftddresp, was at Leamington, on 28th December, sentenced—to- three months' imprisonment for a series of frauds upon medicaL&Yen. 'He afterwards represented that, his -name wasOohn Murray Gibbßj brother/of Dr-Heneage Gibbs,' with' whom he wua on unfriendly terms, and that he

l.ad returned, weakened by rheum. tic fever and with fivo motherless -children, from New Zealand, where he had lost both wife and practice. The distribution of prizes at the Wanganui Catholic' schools will take placfe on Friday evening n^xt, the ceremony baring been delayed over the Christmas holidays m consequence of the Jumented, death of FatherVMoreau. ' V .';•?' j ' The Huia and Tui have obtained the contract for the conveyance of 650 ton» of railway material to Foxton from >V.fi|lin<for the WeUiDgtou-Manaw^tu.rail-way. , . .„. . We (Chronicle) are indebted to a Bulls correspondent for the following result of the polling which took place on Saturday last for five members of tho Ranjripkei Licensing Committee. The following Were returned:— J. G Wilson, Dr Krood, A. E. Remington, T. Flower. B. H«nimpnd, Th6se whom ; the Marton paper correspondence (?) columna asaailetl «ver6 all returned. What a commentary ! ' Catholics of W.iDg<inui and other places! on this coast will be interested to know ; that the tender ot ;M,essrs Miyd-qch. ; anjd Rose for £12,275 has been accepted for the erection of St. Patrick* College m Tory«atreet, Wellington. The :b'tifldini! is 10 be completed within 18 months. • Intimation hns been given that the Crown Prosecutor m the case against Margaret' Frances Coleman for al!?ged perjury, which was to hare been heard m the District Court at its sitting next Mond«y, has signified that it is not his intention to prosecute. .• _ ' .