Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on tne West Coast. TUESDAY, JULY 14, 1884. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 195, 15 July 1884, Page 2

Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on tne West Coast. TUESDAY, JULY 14, 1884. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

•Messrs Wollorraan aud- Hutcheson have been appointed agonts in Palinereton for the great firm of W. and A. Qilbey, wine grocers and distillers,wh6Be establishments in. London, France, Dublin, and Edinburgh are ainbng^the most extensive in the world. We Have been shewn a series of panoramic views of the firm's cellars, warehouses, vineyards, distilleries, &c, which couvey a fairly accurate idea of the immense; way of business in which they are engaged. | A Wellington paper, notifies an irii- | portant and gratifying announcement from tho Bank of New South Wales, stating a great reduction has been made in the rate of discount, viz, :— Under three months, 6 per cent. ; uuder four months, 7 per cent.; and over four months, 8 per cent. ; I There seems to be a plethora of men in Auckland at present willing to givo their services as night-watchmen. The I Harbour advertised' for the services of such an official, and between §0 and 70 applications have been received. • The unread applications were referred to a committee to deal with, and mak^ the | appointment. : Referring to the meeting held at'Aehurst with a view to the construction of the Ashurst'Bridgo, the Wood vi lie Examiner writes :—To Mr Macarthur is due the credit of devising and carrying through, so far, a method by which it can bo done without burthening anyone. An inquest was held at the Tauwu on Thursday last on the death of the child supposed to have belonged to a girl named Annie Anderson. The jury returned the following verdict :— The jury are of opinion that the girl Annie Anderson was the mother of the child, and ifom tfoo evidence they are further of opinion that the phild died froirj exposure. There is no eyjdonoe to show how the wound on tfrefaca Va#in£lipted," By advertisement in the Wanganni papers the public are cautioned against a man named John Wilmott, who is now selling a cement under the/name of " Tenaxicum," representing it lo ba the original " Tenaxicum." : Mr Snelson's sale of goods under distraint will take; placa at 11 a.m. tomorrow, so as not to interfere with the nominations, which take place at 12. The «j3. Jane D,oug]as leaves for Wellington tpmorrpw at^ p.m, Mr John Stevens will addresg Jthe eieetore at BuHa fofe evening at 7.3P p.m. It is understood that certain charges haveboen preferred against Dr (/aviuge, medical suporiutoudent of the Lunatic Asylum, and that Dr Johnston, District Coroner, Mr H. S. Wardell, R.M., and Mr Joseph Mackay, of the College, have been appointed a commission to enquire iuto the matter.

Mr Macarthur will meet the electors at tho Stoney Cieek sihoollioitse tomorrow at 7 p.m., and at Karere sciicolbouse on Friday, at the same hour. Mr Donald Fniser will address the electors at the school-house Taonui this evening at 7 o'clock. Tho Ready Money Store altered advertisement appears elsewhere. Mr Greenwood, dentist, will be at Pahnerßton on Thursday, 24th inat. Platelaying on the Johnsonvillo section of tho Wellingtou-Matiawatu railway will be commenced next week, (sayß tho Post) and it is expectod >that tho line will be open to Jobusonville in about two months. The teuder for conveying some 150 tous of railway material to Foxton, for the Manawatu Railway Company hat been let to the owuers of the steamer Toi. Major Noake, formerly Resident Magistrate in tho Hawera district, has been lying dangerously ill for some time past. He is uow on the way to rocoveiy. Mr Robert Pharazyn has been obliged to decline the presidency of the new Wangauui Industrial Association, in consequence of being about to start on a trip to England. The shipment of hops from Nelson during the month of Juno amounted to 365 bales, making a total of 725 bales since the beginning of the season. Fully half this quantity (if not more) has heeu sent to Eugland, 200 bales going Home in one ship, the Doric, which left Wellington last week. According to an exchange, the stock market is improving. At Auckland last week sheep advanced in value nearly 100 per cent., at a jump. This is good news for farmers. , The Woodville Examiner strongly complains of certain very gross irregularities in the compilation of the Waipawa roll, chargiug the Registrar of' Electors with dropping qualified electors. If the Examiner is right in its facts, an enquiry before the Supreme Court is inevitable. Speaking of the reduction of the rates of discount by the Bank of Now South Wales the Post observes :— Probably the other banks will follow, the lead now Set by the Bank of New South Wales. It is also whispered that a general reduction in the interest allowed on fixed deposits is not unlikely to take place ere long. There is a clever and versatile young man somewhere in the United States who in the columns of. the Post seeks employment in North Island of New Zealand, either as editor, lecturer, ad'rbitiser, Ttjpouler,- compositor, printer, or anything connected with a printing office, before Christmas. Such an accomplished gentleman should find his services in requisition.