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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 192, 11 July 1884, Page 3

Mr B. Shaw is getting excellent support m his Wellington candidature. ' The Foxton paper recently gave its readers the following item of information :— " The Court sits at Palmerstonon the 33rd instant. 1 ' . Attention is directed to a business notice from Messrs B. and E.Tihgey, painters, paperhangefs, and decorators, appearing ; eWewbere. The Jane Duglas will leave Foxton -. for Wellington to-morrow at 10 p.m. Mr Donald Fraser will address the •lectors at the school-house, Harare, this evening at 7 o'clock. To-morrow will bo the anniversary known as Orangeman's Day, but it will probably be forgotten m the height of political strife now waging all over the colony. We remind our readers of Mr Snel•on's timber sale to-morrow at 12 o'clock. The timber is of useful measurements ; and will be sold m lots to suit purchasers. There will also, be a sale of general merchandise at the People s Mart at at the usual hour. The liquid glue swindle is being ex- . posed m Wanganui. It is being sold as Tenaxicum, and for adhesive purposes is absolutely worthless. The Tor will leave Foxton for Wel- • lington to-night at 10 p.m. The Post thus concisely places a political fact on record :— " Mr G. W. Russell has failed m an effort to get Mr Donald Fraser to retire m his favour for Manawatn." This is exactly the position of affairs. ' , The Secretary of the Dairy Factory Company is calling for tenders for the supply of milk vats, plans and specifications of which can be seen at Mr Lar- . comb's office. Boaz's five chief prizes were distri- • buted as follows :—£3oo to Wellington, £160 to Chrißtchnrch, £100 to Napier, £50 to Wanganui, £50 to Dunedin. We notice that Mr J. B. Hamilton has made provision m his new establishment m the Square for the possible contingency of stringent municipal regulations with reference to placing goodsoutsidethe shop front f or exhibition.The windows are so made as to allow sufficient space for the display of goods without encumbering the footpath, which by pedes- . trians will be considered a decided advantage. . The Victorian Land Act Amendment Bill has been issued. It provides for .' reserving ten million acres, to be leased for fourteen years m pastoral blocks of a hundred acres, and for creating agricultural blocks for a similar term, improvements reverting to the Crovrn. The stock sales of Messrs Halcombe & Bherwill at Ashurst are (says the Star) 'growing steadily into tavor. The attendance on Wednesday was very good, and although the bidding was not very spirited, yet on the whole the prices jeajised were very satiif actory ;

For the information of settlers m and around Aw&huri we may mention that copies of the electoral roll for the Manawatu district have been left at the residence of Mr Weightman, and also at Mr Bennett's store, where they may be consulted. Messrs P. and J. Bartholomew are shipping some splendid heart of totara spars, perhaps the largest ever sent from Manawatu. They are 14x 14 inches and nearly 50 feet loug. Three of the members of Mr Macarthur's election committee at Feilding visited Awahnri on Wednesday (says the Star), and made a house to houße canvas of the neighbourhood. The result was on the whole very satisfactory, as the large majority of the electors expressed their intention of voting for Mr Macarthur. By cable we learn that the Marquis of Norraanby was entertained at a banquet yesterday m London, which was attended by many promiuent guests, among others Lord Kimberley, the Marquis of Lome, aud Sir Michael Hicks Beach. Iv his speech the Marquis of Normanby defended the Victorians against a charge of lavish expenditure of borrowed money, and urged the Colonists to await with patience the action of the Imperial Government with regard to the Recidiviste Question. Mr Gladstone has convened a meeting j of the Liberal Party to consider the poai- ; tion of affairs m connection with the defeat of the Government on the Franchise Bill, and to decide what course to pursue. The steamer Victory left Wellintgon for London yesterday, with her frozen meat m good condition. The Coptic left Hobart for Port Chalmers yesterday. A station hand named Stokes was killed yesterday «t Awatere, m Marlborough, by a fall from his horse. He was subject to fits. The Governor of New Zealand inspected the protective works at Sydney yesterday, and leaves to-day for Melbourne. It is believed the Franchise Bill will be re-introduced iv the English Parliament at a Session to be held m Autumn. By latest news the cricket match Australian Eleven v. AH England has been temporarily postponed owing to heavy rain. The insolvency of Benjamin Manson is elsewhere notified. ! A gray horse, with a saddle tinder its belly, tore furiously down Fergusonstreet about 8 o'clock last night. Wo trust no accident has occurred.