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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 180, 27 June 1884, Page 3

A' lost wicker basket is advertised : !f6r/ A correspondent complains of the railway Water tttnks beih'g allowed *to overflow during all last night to the injury of ; the roadway^. , ■ : . . / ■..<, i: „ ; The steamer Aorangi arrived' at Kid de Janeiro from Wellington on Saturday. The.rpfrigeratqr was worfcing*well^ andt ■ the meat was m good condition. . ■„■■■ ' The Wanganui agent of a : Manawatu ' firm of sawinillers advertises m. the local ■ paper, that m consequence of the break? i up of the tariff lie is prepared to.. supply . sawn timber, of all sizes, at' greatly, re- ; duced rates i ' i\ '• '''""''' '" : '' i! "•■-'••'' ■••'■■■■• : As' an indication of the keen* interest which is being manifested m the coming .election, we may state that oVer ;i 7OO new Dames have been added to the rolls for the district of Waitotara' and Wanga■nui;.,.: ..,_;;.. ;7 ..■..> f : -.' I An English mail closes at the Palmerston post office this evening. All let- ' ters intended to be forwarded must be specially marked " per Doric." 1 1 J^rJohn Stevens) .urriyed" .-frpin Wellington on \Vetdhesday: .nighiti ,He T is about to ,enter ' into !the .election c,am--pai^n (says the Feilding Star) with ';' all • . the : 'energy^' -and determination. ! of ' Xii character. His popularity, which' was .considerable before -his return to the House, has.muclvincreheed by the ia : t-*V tention he gave to his, duties,; as a memter, and by his invariable and courteous attention to any communication. ( or ;^ f repi emahatirigfroin'the hunibiest of ' his constituents; ' ;1 ' '■'■ ; An advertiser wishes i to lease or purchase a' f^arto- of f rbin ;loo,to 150 acr6sl \ I Benjamin Tonks, ex-Mayor and formerly M.H.RIj ' 'o£ Auckland died last night. .•;;.. ■ The cholera panic at Toulon has subsided,' arfd the fuiHlier prbgresV of the . epidemic has been stopped. , t ,~, _ ■ ,T£iß^u%jma9 Qur^ie^.: a'cjusedTdf^ foifgery arQiieensland7"hi.sit)een remanded for another seven days. ; He will; bo' defended by counsel. : : Carr, who was acquitted on a charge . of embezzlement at Wanganui, has, been re-arrested at •' Turakina 1 m connection with the same charge/ - ! Edwards, the Ormondville^niurderer, j 'is tid-be hung. •■• ; ' « s ! - :r ' . •! news from Cairo is that the rebels are retiring f rom the ; vicihty "of Berber, and the desert route between that town and Korisko is Bflfe. ■: ■ ': . Sir Geo"rge,Grey:haß declined to stand for Ghristchurch North. His reply was characteristic of the old man, to the ef- '. feet that he was getting old, and, this would he his last election. ,He could^nqt , desert Auckland, and similar'bosh. ; The formal opening/, 0f.;, 5t.: P.eters's; Mission 'Church wilNake 'place on Sunday ; next (St. Peter's Day) at 7 p.m. The ! RevrMr Copinger will officiate, and ; the subject of the sermon' will -be-The Ghurchi The Qffe.rtory will r ,be ■> fgrth'e fjttiugs of the church. . i The Btearaear Lusitania arrived to-day at Adelaide from Plymouth, May 16. • The resolutions of r the Sydney' Coh- : vention are still under discussion m the Legislative Assembly. • ■■■'- j We* ate 1 informed by' lit 'iikcarthur 1 the County Chairman, that the suspension . . of the . Counties Act >. m : the Qroua County, will be gazetted; to-day, so there was., no meeting of the County 'C>riaha J after to-day the Roads , Beards' and Town Boards of - the Oroua Qounty swill .assu'ihe the powejs of County Councils m addition to those al-ready-vested ' iri them.' The ! Orbua ; County Council (says the Star} has existed for just a year. Oroua was constituted a Gountyion Julyvlßt:l^B3. , m The appeal m the case Richter Nannestad and Co., v. McLeod has been dismissed with .costs. In this.. case :judgri raent (had been given.! for the plaintiffs, and the defendant (McLeod) appealed. Mr Baker argued the case for the ap- ; pellanr. , '; , ( _ .-;..,;." ..,'.;" 1 -Mr. ; Whjteheadj wants 12; pairs of young roosters; ',. :,,. ; ; " . Whooping-cough is dangerously: prevalent among the Fijians, and is causing mortality such as to attract attention. Natives; call i|,thej>a,&oZ* (dpg.cough;) # ! Applications under.; the ; Roards arid Bridges Construction Apt ; fpr works under the Manawatu Road Board will be fclr'wHrHedthis eveniug. ••• J 'j u '' '.', Doric left Wellingtotf'f^iy'iiel-, ton tills afternoon: • ■ • ' r '' : '' ! ' ; ! iWe are'gkd to* welcome back to FeiWing'Mr W:'E, ChamberlaJtf wild returned ' fiiom hre Australiah trin last evening. /We are.' pleased to hear that he is much better m hea^thjtJian-wMn herleft, and the ■foundation has been laid of a permanent^ retpvery from theillness Whicji lias^pro-;; Btrated him so long. J | ' - * ,;- ; J;; ; •Payment of accounts due to the r'firm ,' of Rr Henderson and Go;, is requested before the 14th prox. t!>'u '; iS -; -