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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 266, 7 October 1884, Page 4

Among the Estimates agreed to by the House last uight were Public schools, L 286.243 ; Native schools, LU,spp ; Industrial schools, L 15.92 1. It is rumoured that the senior pro-/ prjetpr ojj-lhe Feilding/Stor is about to tnm Benedict. We cordially congratu-' late him on the happy event about to take place,. . . : . \ ' A resident of Wanganui, advertises m the local papers, that he has lost a large sum of money,- consisting; of a LIOO note, 'the 'balance m L2o'b, LlO's, ■ and miscellaneous notes. The finder will be haudsomely rewarded on return-: ing same. He must surely have been the successful litigant m a libel suit, to have been possessed of -such fabulous .wealth. A steady turn-over is required at the Standabd. pflßcer : In Jacob Faithful's Consultation on i the Napier races, one prize fell to Pallnerston North. ' , The Mayor left for Wellington by last night's train to give evidence before the | Petitions Committee ; The following is the passenger list per Jane* Douglas, which arrived m Wellington on Saturday from Foxton :— Messrs Harris,- Spiuks, Burton, and Master Enwright. Per Tui from fiangitikei, Misses Watson and Saunders, Messis Harpor, Dahl, and Baker. By cable to-day we learn that 'Sir G. Woleley has arrived at WadyrHalfa on his way to Assouan. Trout have been successfully acclimatized m the Wainui-o-mata, near Wellington, m which some splendid fish have been caught. . Plausible. is now quoted at 14 to 1 for the Melbourne Cup, for which Maurino and Paganiui have been scratched. ; Mir Lynch, of Domain-street, inserted a ■" Lost" m the Standard on Saturday. The "' dbg advertised for was returned next day by a subscriber to the paper. florae quarts : reefs m Wairarapa have .just been discovered ' to 1 have been "Balted,"and two prospectors have been arrested. The shareholders are sad and wrathful. • By cable to-day we learn that the French have been completely successful m their operations against the Chinese on the. island of . Formosa, Kelmig also having been occupied, and the Chinese batteries captured and dismantled. The following appears m the Auckland Observer : —Why does. M ., the solicitor's clerks of Wanganui, so frequently take a trip to the Club Hotel, Palmerston North — I mean the west side of the building? \ Additions have been made to Stevens and Gorton's catalogue for their next sale at the Borough Yards. , Theracer,Krupp,\vhichieceived fatal m juries during shipment by steamer, was insured to cover all risks for £500,

A youth named Ran kin, of Wellington, has been awarded honours m rccog* nition of rescuing a little boy named Pearce from drowning. The sum of £260 was taken from the Orari Hotel, near Timaru, on Saturday. The suspected guilty party has boen ar- < rested. • ■ • A public subscription is to be raised to erect a memorial stone over the grave of the late Father Forest of Napier. The steamer Triumph comes out of the Auckland dock on Wednesday, and will make an excursion trip outside the harbour next weok. A negro was sentenced m the Dunediu Supreme Court for stealing a £5 note. When arrested by the police, ho tried to swollow the note, which stuck m his throat for fivo hours, but was then disgorged. There was an exceptionally heavy rainfall last night and to-day, Captain Edwin's forecast provina: wonderfully correct, as indeed they generally do. The continuation of the report of the libel case has, through some unexplained ca»iße, miscarried, but may probably turn ap by to-night's mail, m which case publication will be resumed m to-morrow's issue. There was a sharp shock of earthquake m Wangauui this morning. A meeting m connection with the proposed A. and P. Association will be held m the Town Hall oh Thursday evening at 7 p.m. „.--■. The Tui and Jane Douglas will leave Foxton to-night for Wellington at 10 p.m..