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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 226, 21 August 1884, Page 3

j Sir Julius Yogel m his place m Parliament propped up is m his seat and 'carefully cushioned and rugged. ; The following advertisement is apjpearing m the Martpn paper : — " Left ihis home at Marton; a boy aged about 14. Dressed m a brown knickerbocker ;ouit, rough grey stockings, and light tweed hat. Any person sending: information of his whereabouts to the office of this paper will greatly oblige his friends;" . . The Kiwitea Road Board -have resolved to make a quarterly subscription pi £5 5b towards the Wanganui Hospital. : . • The Wellington Post has published extracts If rom leaders appearing m fourteen of the "principal newspapers of the colony regarding the Stout Government., I Only three out of the fourteen journals^ have a word to say m favour of the Ministry. . The rest are strongly hostile. \ A largely attended and very successful meeting was held at Bulls on Tuesday'afternoon, of settlers interested' in the formation of a. poultry and produce showi It was resolved to form an. association to be called "The BangitikeiManawatu Poultry and Produce Society," to include the district from me Wangaehu river to the Manawatu river, the first show to be held on tbe 21st Octobor. The subscription for members was fixed at 55., and about £14 was promised' m the room .towards prizes. Mr J. Bull was m the chair. News is to hand from Mexico that a conspiracy against the President General Manuel Gonzales, has been discovered, and two generals of the army who were implicated have been tried and shot. 1 Latest accounts to hand from Toulbn state that cholera is increasing there daily. The disease is rapidly spreading throughout Italy, and several deaths from the disease have occurred m various towns. ; Clifford, the New South Wales oarsman, has issued a challenge to allcomers to row a sculling match for any sum up to £500 aside. Sir Modred has been scratched for the Hawkesbury Handicap. Great dissatisr faction is expressed by the public with whom the horse was a strong favourite. A 27 feet frontage to Qaoen-street, Anckland,,has been sold, at the rate .. of £437 per foot. . . „ 1 I The cricket match at Cheltenham^. ■Australians v. Gloucestershire— was resumed on Tuesday. The Australians, with two wickets down for 176,' con- 1 ' tinued their innings and scored 402 before they were all disposed of. The Home team, who had only scored 183 m their first innings, then went m for the second time. The score stood at the end of t^e day's play at 7 wickets for 63 rdns. The remaining three players require to make 182 runs to avert a one inning's dejEeat. , \ An advertiser wishes to purchase a few fowls and ducks. The card of Mr W. Dixon, painter, paperhanget and decorator, will be f ound 'over the leader. Mr Dixon's address is Fitzherbert-Btreet, next to Beck's cordial factory. iviessrs Stevens and Gorton's next sale ati Feilding will be held on the 26th. inst. The entries at present received are published m our advertising columns. They include — half-bred Hereford heifers and stejers, 2^-year-old steers, mixed sheep, mixed yearlings, horses, etc. The tone of the wool-market continues firm. ihe Homeward mail,per Orient steamship Garonne, from Melbourne, July 10,, were delivered m London via Brindiej on Friday. Special attention is directed to the advertisement of tke Dairy Factory Company appearing elsewhere. An interesting contributed article on "Cteam Raising by the Centrifugal Process" will appear to-morrow. Mr Snelsori was duly sworn m to-day before the B.M. as Coroner. A sharp shock of earthquake occurred at Invercargill yesterday at 12.48 p.nu To-morrow is the day of Dr Curl's weekly visit to Palmertton. We publish : with to-day's issue an eighjt-column supplement of advertisements and reading matter. ;.,., . . Early yesterday mornipg, before daybreak, two sheep trains proceeding from Dunedin, northwards, overtook another sheep train at Seacliffe, and ran into it. A guard's van and two trucks were smashed, and several chains of permanant way were injured. Fortunately there is a loop line at the place, and the' ordinary traffic was not interfered with. We were sorry to see Mr G.« Si Lockie to-day m a very feeble state, and looking as if 4 he needed care and nursing. . KingTawhiao had a farewell interview; yesterday with the Lerd Mayor of London/ We wonder if they rubbed noses at parting. There are likely to be complications over the act of a German gunboat m pulling down the English flag at a trading station on the West Coast of Africa, and hoisting the German Standard m its place. ,'■■..• By cable to-day we learn that negotiations France and China have been abandone J'and that Foo-chow is to be occupied forthwith. We should not be surprised if this intelligence was not contradicted to-morrow. Messrs - Stevens - I^aihd^ Gorton*' had a splendid stock sale at Bulls on Tuesday, everything: being .soldi ..under : the hammer.* !