Parliament Btnnds adjourned till tomorrow, when the date of prorogation will be definitely fixed. . / A promenade volunteer ball will take place m the Drill Hall next Tuesday, commencing at 8 o'clock . Volunteers are requested to attend an-uniform. *'■ Tenders are invited for pipe driving and fencing at the Butter Factory .Longburn. Plans and specifications can be seen at the manager's house. Tenders close on the 25th inst. The ratepayers of Ward No. 6'are requested to meet at the Ashurst; schoolroom on tho 25th intt.— this day .week, at 7 p.m., for the purpose of. discussing tl>e best means of getting the bridge at tho Lower Ferry erected. So far as is known at present, Messrs Watt (ihe present member), Ballance, and Hutchison will be candidates for the town of Wahganui at the general election. . It is rumoured that Sir Julius Yogel has telegraphed to a friend m Wellington that m the event of a dissolution he iuteudß to stand for the Empire City. By a fire last night Sutton's Tobacco Factory m Sydney was totally destroyed: The stock is valued at £10,000. The New Zealand Company is interested m the insurances. ■ ! The first lambs o£ the season on Mr Manson's estate, are from sheep lately imported, and are doing well, so Mr Smith, ,the manager, informs us.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 172, 18 June 1884, Page 3
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