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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 179, 26 June 1884, Page 3

We tain that Father Kirk, of Wanganui, received some £16 odd from Maofcwatu towards the fond for erecting a monument; to the late, Father Moreau. .-. . '\_-.; : ._ : ;. X ■..-. ■■,:-. ■;■ TheFeilding Variety Cdrapany did not attract a Very good house last night, bnt Jierformapce was fairly meritorious'. 1 ■ Somhbt the character songs were Very cteditably rendered; TKeXuStVaiiahliwon the inatch~againßt Liverpool by one wicket. . , . , The date of Mr Cottle's next visit to Palmerstoh is elsewhere announced. We remind, our readers of Mr Snelson's horse sale at TatteraaH's Yards, next Saturday at 1.30 p.m. An announcement from the ( well-known and popular Ship Hotel, Wanganui, will be found elsewhere.

The tender of ihe ManawatO; Standard has been accepted for printing" the Supplementary Electoral Roll for the Manawatu District. A barmaid m Wellington got a verdict of £50 and costs against her late employer as compensation for charges of alleged dishonesty. The skeleton found at Three Kings is believed to have been that of a Native, and had been m the ground probabty a quarter of a century ago. There is one remarkable thing m connection with this discovery, namely, that the large bone of one of the fore-arms appears to have at one time been fractured, but the setttngjof the fracture appear?, by its neatness, to have been the result of considerable surgical skill. : Those who were getting up a requsition to Sir Julius yogel for Dunedin Central have decided not to proceed further, as he. is announced for Christchurch North. , ;i .:. The body of a woman of dissolute habitswas found m > main drain m Melbourne the othe week. The verdict given -in the case was, "accidentally drowned." "Marks of violence were poticeable on various parts of the body. The ; farmers m this district will, no doubt, be pleased to hear (says the Marton paper) tliat buyers from the West Coast of .the South Island arc paying; us ■ a.visit, for. the purpose of doing business the -supply from Canterbury having fallen "off. ' The freezing business is beginning to. tell. 6 farmer t informs us that he will" iibt' sell a single' fat whether under ■ i4s. ■ <■• : ; ■ According to the Herald, the^ now School Inspector appears to keep an eye pa all : the manners and habits of school teachers, for yesterday m reading his reptrt, he spoke severely of the teacher now at Wangaehu, whose residence was m au uncleanly state. The Etonrd passed, a resolution, oh the mc/tion 'of. Mir Bridge to the effect that the state of his residence should be improved; and that he was liable to loso his appointment if his registers where not kept - according to the instructious on the back. , : : Sir Julius Yogel has been nominated for Ashburtpn and a poll has been demanded by the other candidate. This is purely folly when he has. definiteiy. stated that lie will not stand. .. Mr Macarthur elsewhere announces, the dates and places when he i will, address the eloctors. , ; It is expected the Victorian Legislative' Assembly will pass unanimously a ratification of resolutions of the Sydney Convention. The Wellington correspondent of the' Australasian says: —^"Experienced pressmen m this colony from time to time havoJiad their hair prematurely whitJBned by tryhigto '.condense 1 ;the, Knight bf,'Kaw,aw." „ The;latte.r is bad enough but nothing to Major Atkinson's Flnan cial Statement.- --; Hero are a few _f acts about rabbits, gathered from the Marlborongh paper./ During May rib less . than 18,500 skins 'were brought -ira ! from : the Dumgree station alone, for transmission to England, there to: be inanufaGture'dinto hats.A firm at Blenheim: have tinned no less than 29,890 rabbits since Ist of April. So great is the demand for their production, that theyare. asking for 1000 a month of increased supply. i A good demand is springing up for ihe locally manufactured cheese, says 'the Wanganui; Herald, . and there jis a ! danger of the supply being exhausted .before the factory re-opens m Septem^ ber-ci Ampngsi otheiv late sales wasjone; bf Iwo tons to : Meßsrr Walker" and HatriQk f The firm intends shipping the .lot. to Rockhainpton '■> with 'some other''projduoe, and it is to be hoped that they will find the venture a profitable one. I The. Manawatu .Road ;/Bpard had; a special meeting to-day, to deal with and despatch applications under the' Roads and Bridges aria Construction; /Acjt for roWs within the Highway District., There were present the •Ohafrriiari, with •Wakens Sly, Akers, and Pratt,' the -enV gineer also being m attendance. There will, be. another meeting torinorrbw to deal renewals of ;applications for grants under" the same Act made by the proua'Cpuntv Council^ the suspension of which is to : be ; gazetted to morrow. ' r*' "A" matt .is under arrest m connection ,with the attempted 'burning of the Presbyterian School room m Auckland. '' | Moore' andl'ownsend,' spirit mercliant's of Auckland, are to be prosecuted for reckless squandering of their estate and giving fraudulent preference to their ftrieqds. -\ „,^-.,«; •.. - N ... ;> ;.. ;: :;;; .•" i A letter has been received from Sir iTulius jVogel stating that' he withdraws i from all districts -except Christchurch North, -. -: iiit \i . „:■ ,; „,.- -;•• -.-