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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 194, 14 July 1884, Page 2

•The Napier. coach now leaves the Royal Hetel every morning, at 6.20, o'clock. The Mastertoo coach leaves, pn Holidays, Wednesdays, "and Fridays, at • I.3o, o'clock p.m. • , " " ••.•"*•*.' Macartljur t^eejeqtoii^ $tqi^ey Qreelc echool-h.ouae on " \^e^« ne?da> at ? p.ni., an4 at sohooU on Pnda.y, a^; the same 1 hour. ' Mr Donald Fr/jser will address the electors at the school-house Stoney Creek this evening at 7 o'clock. ' ' •'■•• v * Mr J. G. "Wilson addressed about 100 electors at Johnsonville, on Wednesday evening, and received a vote of confidence,

In the match Australia v. All England the first innings of the Australians closed for 182, being 87 ahead of their opponents. The i #l! England team iu their second innings had scored 180 with 9 crickets doWn when time was called; the match thus being a draw for the Home team. On Thursday, Constable T. Price was busily engaged moving his* furniture into the police station at Bulls. This would seem to indicate that he is to be. permanently located there. The dafes'of Mr John Stevens' addresses to the electors have been altered to read as follows :— Beaconsfield, July 17th ; Makino, July 18th. Nominations for the Foxton election will t ake place at Foxton, next Tuesday, at noon. Mr John Stevens will address the electors at Marton this evening and at Bulls to-morrow; in each case «t 7.30 p.m. ... . ■■ The Rer. Mrßunn yesterday preached m sermon specially applicable tothe Orange anniversary. He chose his text from the 22nd chapter of the 2nd Book of Samuel, and part of the 31st verse :— " The vrord of the Lord-is tried." There was a fair sprinkling of Orangemen among the congregation. The Lyttelton Tims considers that recent events, point distinctly to the probability of an alliance between the Premier and Sir George Grey. The steamer Victory- which left Wellington on the 9th of June, has reached Bio de Janiero, and left there again for London last Thursday. ' The refrigerating machinery-Was fwofking well, and the meat was in a good condition; ■"The 8.8. Jane Douglas leaves for Wellington on Wednesday at 2 p.m. The following mysterious advertisement appeared in a recent issue of the Pott:— ."The Mysteries of Paris: a special wrapper, in brown paper, Tina-karoi-road and Cricket Ground. Meet you on Sunday uight at 7 at Te Aro House. "No, not me, Molly Flanders." Mr Srielson's sale of goods under distraint will take place at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, so as not to interfere with the nominations, which take place at 12. The direct steamer Coptic from London, arrived.at Port Chalmers to-day. By latest accounts cholera is spreading ;n Marseilles 1 with alarming rapidity and the mortality is increasing. The disease has now appeared at Lyons. It is probable that the Lords will pass the Franchise Bill, and the Government will subsequently introduce, a Bill for the re-distribution of seats. This compromise will probably be arranged between the_r two Houses. -. ;.'r. '. A man named John McCorroick was killed at the Korauui Coal Company's incline this morning. Latest from Soudan is to the effect that Osman Dignah'has seized the town of Bas Asseasi, on the Red Sea, near Trinkatat. The Egyptian Governor of Dongola has joined the rebels and threatens ta march on Wady Haifa. The Chicago Convention has nominated Cleveland as the democraticcandidate for the Pfesidency, and fiendricks for the vice-Presidency. The ship Turakina arrived at London on Saturday. The Chronicle understands that the School Inspector intends to recommend that the annual examination of teachers be held in future before, instead of after the summer vacation. This, ,we think, will be better every, way. The Feild.ing Star Jearns that several Kiwitea settlers and Feilding tradesmen have been making anxious inquiries as to the whereabouts of &n ex-clerical gentleman who recently took up some land in the former .place. He took a sudden departure a few days ago, accelerated, it is believed, by a knowledge that he was "wanted" somewhere else. Can this refer to a party by the name of Wilson, we wonder ?, ' ' The Beady Money Store altered advertisement willl appear ttf-morrow.