Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) Suivant la verite. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 1884. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 82, 5 March 1884, Page 2

Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) Suivant la verite. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 1884. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

In the passenger list per Tarawera,for Melbourne which left Wellington, on Monday afternoon, are thejnameß of Mr and Mrs Macquarie, and Miss Freer. During his tour m the Nprth, his Excellency will visit . the Hob Lake district and possibly ascend Ruapehu. His visit will extend- till just before the opening Of Parliament; which wUI be .m the end of May. " J ' " . ..L The question as to whether n majority m the number of votes at a meeting of creditors would carry tho day against a minority representing the greater part of the liabilities, cropoed up at a meeting of Phillip Moellers's creditors, held m Weilington. At the Erst it seemed that the plurality of votes wouM carry a motion, but, on reference to the Bankruptcy Act, it was found that the greater amount 6f debt 3 repreaentad by one.side.wpuld carry the day. An Ashburton telegram states' that the weather is keeping fine lor harvesting operations. Threshing ism full, swing, and the yields are turning out beyond expectations* '■■:■'' According to the London Times ' a new railway js now projected by private capitalists to connect the East and West Goasta of the, Middle Islanfl of New Zeav: a.-._JTi»V.«\i»u ; »jci<Jot. r Xtpj .Cilt)ltailSt3 COll* cerning themselves m this project are al--90, intimately associated with the develop* merit of the district serve! by the Nejw Zealand Shipping. Company.' ; A bank .clerk m Melbourne lost £760 at the races. Most of the money was embeziled. Ho is now committed for trial; , r 1 '_> ; ; . The following is from a Wellington paper : — " Chronic impecuniosity, or some kindred complaint, is evidently one of the evils that the Wellington- Woodrille railway laborers are heir to. Under the original contractors they worked for some time without money, and now it 'is stated that under the Government these unfortunate navvies have received ho wages for six weeks, although they were to have been paid , fortnightly. Very naturally objecting to a practical solution of the problem how to exist upon nothing, the men , are seriously considering the advisability of striking." The Hon. Mr and Mrs Ivo Bligh sus rived at the Bluff on Monday by the steamer Waihora. A fortnight since the bridegroom, who is a son of tbeEirlicf Darnley, espoused a Miss Morphy, niece of Su-J. W. Clarke, Sunbury. Mr Bligh became enamoured of the young lady ■during his visit to Australia as captain; of a cricketing team two years since. ! A south Australian Bank is applying for a charter to trade m New Zealand, ' The Waihora, which arrived at the. Bluff on Monday brought a very heavy..mail, 200 bags being delivered m Inrer* c-irgill. It m supposed to be the San' ' Francisco mail., short-shipped last trip. The mails are for all parts of the colony except Auckland and Taranaki. j It is notified that Mr Greenwood, dentist, will be at Walkley'a Hotel, at Palmerston, on Thursday next, the 13th' March, ■ '•■ ! f • ; - Mrs Gillies, wife of Judge Gillies, died at Auckland on Monday. She was one of the founders of the Auckland Benevolent Society, and treasurer for 20 years. , • Ah accident .happened to the gbods -train from 1 Waikato neja^ Pan^toitbi on Saturday afternoon. Seven trucks m the train ran off the lme, and were bjadly damaged before the engine could be stopped. The acoident blocked the] line and damaged the rails to such an extent that traffic was suspended for some hiurs^ ; The engine and passenger carriages jwere not injured.'' -The cause of the og'quVijence is unknown, but an investigation will be made. < By cable we learn that the Franchise Bill was read a first time m the House of Oommona on Tuesday night. By a cable message {received by, the New Zealand Shipping Company, and forwarded from the head office, Christ-; church, it will be seen that the s-s.jTon^ K'ariro left Plymouth on Sunday last for Port Chalmers direct. Amongst the! passengers were' Sir Julius and Lady Vogel.' Mr Greenwood, dentist, will visit Palmerston on Thursday, 13th March, (Painless cx f rnction under Nitrous Oxid^ gas. Walkley's Hotel, private entraace.' ■*-> Adtt.) ■ ;:; Cure for Indigestion. — Baxter's |Compound Quinine Pills, used according to the directions, have pro red a certain and speedy cure for indigestion, bilious and liver complaint?, wind m the stomaotf and bowels, nervous debility, &c Their object is the removal of debility and derangement by assisting nature, and imparting tone jind power to the syjtem.-Tb be had of all chemists aad scorekeeptefs, m., boxes; lal^dand 2a 9d each, or pest free' pp receipt of 19 or 44 stamps.— J. Itaxter Pharmaceutical Chemist, 21, Vi Horigfcj street, Christohurch, [