Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20,1884. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 252, 20 September 1884, Page 2

Manawatu Standard ( PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1884. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

We are pleased to hear that Messts Bentley Bros hrfve had sufficient-induce-ments offered by the turning" over of a largo quantity of stock during their late cheap sale to reconsider their decision to leave Pahnerston, and have instead arranged for the erection of suitable premises m the Square on the vacant section adjoining Mr Franctzen's. The building to be erected thereonwill, we believe,compare favourably with any yet adorning the Square, both m exterior appearance and inside appointments. A detailed description will be published, m due course. By latest accounts from the Home markets, heavy sheep skins jyerein good demand. ' " The' residents of Wellington are taking steps with a view to the formation of a Society fbr the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. ' Messrs Stevens and Gorton's next sale at Awahuri will be held on the 23rd inst.. The entries at present received are published m m our advertising columns. They include mixed yearlings, store caws, two-year-old heifers, yearling steers, mixed cattle, weaners, etc. There was an unprecedented demand for the Sydney Evening News on Saturday night when Beach and Hanlan rowed. The machinery wag kept hard at work up to about 10 p.m. The newsboys " boycotteif the public m niany parts of the city, and refused to sell copies of the paper for less than 3d elachf About 80,000 copies of the News Wore sold altogether. , ■ f ;: .f s , A ponderous locomotive boiler, part of the first two engines htfpwted from Eugland by the Wellinc:ton-Manawatu Railway Company, was taken out of the s.s. Aorangi on Thursday afternoon and placed on a truck. It attracted considerable attention on its journey through the : city to the reclnimed land belonging to the Railway Company. Some difficulty was experienced m steering the huge mass of iron, which was drawn by four j heavy draught horses. i His Honor Judge Richmond stated yesterday morning that civil bupiuesß i could not possibly be reached before Wednesday; He had been asked that the case Adsett v. Manchester Cor- ;' poration, shbuld^efixed for Friday, and though he could not state exactly when it would come on, he believed it would be heard on Friday. Messrs J.H. Bethune and Co. held a sale of properties m Wellington on Thursday. There was a good attendance, but the bidding was not spirited. Six. suburban seotidns at Feilding were purchased by Mr E. W. Morrah for £230.; but a freehold farm of i)9O acres on the Manchester fJloolc was Mrilljdjawfi, the reserve price -being L 4 lQs per acre $0 also was a property of 2°-5 acres, situate m the Orona district, the reserve m this instance being L 3 per acre. From theiFoxton paper we learn that Mr S. M. Bslker is continuing his efforts to establish a first-class stud of horses at Foxton, and with the view of obtaining suitable mares to mate with Somnus, is keeping his 'eye? but for desirable purchaseß. On Tuesday Jagjt he ' arpnged with Mr John Stevens fof t'he pHfcJjagfi of that gentleman's game little mare Wairuareka, by The Painter, dam Mystery girl. The Grey town correspondent of a Wellington paper writes: — A young lady (Miss Quick) from , Wellington has been surprising some of the people m the Wairnrapa with her gift as a medical clairvoyant. Her mode of diagnosing casoa m similar to that of Signor Otto Hug. During her visit up this way, she had several opportunities for displaying her talents m this direction.

People who busy themselves about the religious leanings of politicnns have discovered that the present Cabinet is composed of gentlemen of widely differin? opinions. It is said there are two Roman Catholics (Messrs Buckley and Tole), one Jew (Sir Julius two Freethinkers (Messrs Stout and Ballance), one Presbyterian (Mr Reynolds), and one Episcopalian (Mr Richardson). Writes " Flaneur "m the Wanganui Herald :— *• The Palmerston North Racing Club have issued a very vice programme for Boxing Day (vide the advertisement m another column). The Palmerston folk thoroughly understand their business m arranging their annual programme, and have given racing on the coast a strong fillip. May they go on as they have begun. On Wednesday last it was reported at Foxton, says the local paper, by some natives, that the skeleton of a man was lying on the beach to the northward of the Manawatu River. In the absence of the constable, Mr Tansley, accompanied by two. or three others, went to look for the remains, but were unsuccessful m finding the body. Two other searches have been made, but with no success. I An accident occurred to the driver of the 10 o'clock tram to Port Chalmers on Wednesday morning. While passing the Stewart-street crossing, Win. Ames, the engine-driver, leaned over when his head struck against an old notice board close to the railway line, and he was knocked off the engine. When picked up he was insensible, and was brought, to the station on a shunting engine. He recovered consciousness iv a few minutes and it was found he had not sustained any serious injury. The train was going at the rate of fifteen miles an hour at the time,