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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 245, 12 September 1884, Page 3

: In -a. recent engagement between the rebels and Egyptian troops , the former were utterly routed with severe loss. In this issue' Mr D. Pringle, saddler, inserts an announcement m the wanted column. Mr Pringle we notice has opened a branch of his business m •Feildingji where we hope he will have the same succeps his enterprise has achieved for him m Palmerstbn. : . By cable to-day we learn that two others of the party of miners who were attacked by the blacks m the Northern Territory have died. The latter ate proving very troublesome. j Parleying is proceeding between England and Spain with a "view to the conclusion of a commercial treaty. Another seaport m Madagascar has been bombarded by the French, and the garrison fled m confusion. j We- hear the ladies of the Wesleyan Church, are about organising a fancy fair on. a large. scale, proceeds' to go tdwards clearing off the debt on the church. The minister's wife is Moving practically m this matter and wo have no doubt with the aid of this lady's wide experience and energetic action a very successful exhibition both finanl cially and otherwise will be the result, I ■ ■■•»••• • ■ ■ . . i At a sitting of the Supreme Court m Banco on Wednesday, his Honour Judge Richmond granted & mandamus to compel the Horowhenua v Licensing Committee to hear Mr Scott, Deputy Assignee and applicant for a transfer" of the license of tire Mannwatti E[otel ( Foxton, as to their decision to close, thq hotel. . It qpne^rs that the Bench closed the house, and refused io adjourn, the' case so that thVlicensee might' have an opportunity of showing cause why.: ijhej hotel Should be allowed to remain open. By a telegram m the Herald we loam that on Tuesday night a Scotchman and ah Irishman were fighting at Paikakariki. The Scotchman was the; better man, and another Irishman, Dan: Mahoney, rushed up and bit the Scotchman^ nose off. The 'piece was taken: the next moining at daylight to the ; pqlicei at Pahautanui. Mahoney is- not: yet arrested. He has recently Berveda! a sentence |fo,r brutally .kicking a man at Foxion. . , „ The purchaser; of the hull and cargo of tlie illfated ship Lastingham intends forming a Joint Stock Company with a bapitaF of £2000, m £10 shares. A repreßentativeof the proposed company has left for the scene of tho wreck. The Australians are playing the final matoh of their tour with a South of England eleven. The Home team were disposed of m their first innings for 56, runs. Mr C. Mitchell, was m Caloutta during the cholera epim,edic there, and says fy w.a§ a terrible experience. Messrs West and Co's inaugural sale will take place to-morrow. Mr C. Mitchell, ha& established a labour agency, m which he should be well supported. The first noon train torday comprised ;22 trucks m, all, laden with metal and timber. It is said that the accumulation of water on the railway at Jackeytown could have been got ot much more rapidly had a proper cutlet been made, which could be done without much difficulty or expensed i

Mr Wylds has disposed all of his cargo of coals, and could havefouud a market for 50 tons ;more. Ho has some thoughts of establishing a depot m Palmerston, which now consumes a large quantity every month. We hear that a family at Terrace End are m distressed circumstances, the bread winuer being incapacitated from work. Tho case is one deserving of the attention of the charitably disposed. Mr and Mrs Wordsworth and family were passengers by the Hui from Wanganui to Wellington. The new member for Rangitike, Mr Bruce, has made his first attempt at legislation, m the shape of a Seamen's Representation Bill. The Post coni demns the measure as unnecessary. The Wakatipu had left Sydney on Wednesday for Wellington with the two hotel absconders, Poppens and M'Grath, on board. They will probably arrive on Sunday next. The ill-fated Lastingham, the wreck pf- which was sold nt auction for £375, /was valued with her cargo at about £60,000. The New Zealand Shipping Company have received a cable message, reporting the launch of their steamer Kaikoura. The s.s. Victory left Plymouth for Port Chalmers on tho 7th instant. We believe a specially attractive entertainment will be given m the Wesleyan schoolhouse m about three week's time m aid ef the church fund. Due notice and particulars will appear m the S andAnD. ,