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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 122, 18 April 1884, Page 3

. ToH<Jay is the «reat op ceremony in' connection with the new Masonic JJall kt Wanganui. . i Revs. Jones of Feildioe. and Todor of, Wangauui, are to exchauge pulpits next Sunday. ' v -; " : ; . The Alexandra Cavalry returned;' by special train yesterday evening. The troop were. jn high spirits. , .' Scally's claim for £300, refund of; deposit, v. Wellington-Manawatu Railway Company, has b^en gained against the Company, together with £500 damage's. The sporting writer of the Feildingjgtar writes as follows : — ' Those of the public who. backed ' Gundagai ' (as I did) bfefore they found out whether he was the horse better known here as ' Jack Spratt * or not, were donkeys of the very first wafer.' Perhaps this will explain the cause of some peopled soreness about the result.. Why did they invest if they could' not put up with a possible loss, or if they could not afford it. People who risk their, "money should be prepared to lose as ; well as win. We remind our readers of the sale ,at .the People's Mart to-<morrow afterhodn, commencing at 2 p.m. AmoP-i? the articles catalogued are framed oleographs, clothing, merchandise and effects, besides various other lines not enumerated. A large attendance and successful sale, are j anticipated* f The Irish Times asserts that Mr Wentworth,,M. P., having recently at a temperance meeting believed himself .to be the oldest total abstainer m England, and offered £100 to any person who could beat the record, has received upwards- of a dozen claims to the money on the score of still longer abstinence. < We are very pleased to learn from our Feilding contemporary that Mr Chamberlain is now so far recovered from his long and severe illness, that, under his advice from his medical adviser, he will proceed to Sydney, N.S.W., where he will- spend the winter. We hope he will have a pleasant holiday, and return to his family and friends with renewed health and vigor. After a spell of fine dry weather, a change thjs afternoon appeared imminent, the indications beinjj threatening. , Those who are. given to writing 6bscemty on newspaper boards, had better ' be warned m time. Detection may follow when least expected. The Christchnroh correspondent of the Dunedin HeTald gives a dismal account of the state of trade m the City of the Plains. Shops which were rented before the New Zealand Exhibition at £2. 10a per week are now let at 16s. « Alone Victoriastreet and Papanui-road there are whole blocks of shopa and houses empty.' The writer eulogises Mr Kelsey, who has just come from London ' with the ' blessed news that he is m a position to borrow several millions for the construction of that long-neglected work, the West Coast Railway.' Mr G. E Buckle, who has become Mr 'Cheriery's successor as editor of The Lon» don Times, is the eldest son of the Rev. P. Buckle, of Weston-super-Mare. Be was for a long time .assistant of the late editor. The provisions of the Licensing Act were argued at the Wellington Magistrate's Court recently by three menobers of the Legislature — the Hon (t. M. Waterhdusei Mr W. Hutchison. M.8.R., and Air Edward Shaw, M.HJI. The particular portion of the Act discussed was that enabling publicans to supply liquor ad iib to lodgers who might troat anyone. The opinion was very generally expressed that the Act sadly needed amending. The buildins; of the Malrino Butter Factory is now practically finished, and .operations will, now commence almost immediately.