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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 91, 12 March 1884, Page 2

It is not oUten (says the Wanganui Herald) that wo have to complain or" <healric.il companies leaving Waug'iiiui without settling their printing bills, but an exception has lately taken place, and the ll fancy lightning rifl-i shot " has | taken his departure m a v lightning »' sort of manner without interviewing us. Should P/ofessor Payne visit other towns m the Colony, it is to be hoped that nowspaperproprieturs will got their cash before' hrfud, or there is every probability of their lamenting their leniency when too late. A service of song will take place at the Ashurst schoclhouse on Friday evouing. Farther additions are nude to Messrs Stevens and Gorton's Awahuri salt ■ fdr next FricUy. An attempt was t>t be made to«day to gat the Fusileer afloat. A steamer has been eogtigad to render assistance. ; Free.railway passes for. newspaper reporters are to be abolishe J on tbe 31st instanf. Season .tickets' at half the usual fares will be iasuad instead . ! We learn that ten-Jers have been called for privately for certainalteratiohs.to th* Club hotel. We give the matter publicity for tho beuifit. of «ny carpenters who, may not have been given an Opportunity tdtitiider. '. ■ •■- " •_•'" The statement m ,' : the Wanganui Chronicle that the Palmerstoh horticultural Show pro^r'imme.had been n oici,yertiaed and afterwards' witlidrawii,' we m*y observe is not correct. No ahow w,.ia, advertised, nor was any schedule of prizes issuad. So much for the verasity of the Wanganui paper. We notion M. J. H, Hankin:!, solicitor, has returned from his Auckland tour look ing till the better for his trip.; . Latest news st;tte3 that parleying is now taking place betweeu the English ami Russian '^overaments with a view to definitely fix the lines of the MussoAfghan frontier. The Tarawera arrived at Melbourne last evening from New Zealand. The grain yield for Victoria for. the present season is estimated, at 15 million bushels. . i , Mr Snelson'd sale at th» People's Mart this afternoon was very fair indeed there being a good attendance, and bidding satisfactory;