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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 277, 20 October 1884, Page 3

;W;H. Warren, Esq;, secretary and troaSriror of 'Education Reserves, was m Paliherston on official business to-day. Our .readers will be pleased to see by special to' the Standard , elsewhere that the Eiiglisi\ butchers are' now giving a highei: pricfe for New Zealand than for English mutton,. The genuine quality of the colonial) article seems to have overcome prejudice at last.. ■ ¥iH the hour of going to prsss no further particulars have came to fraiid conce«ir ing the fate of the missinfe settler, Mr 'FitZßiih'monds and the lad \v\hp waR with him, but all < th© ciicuinstauces point to ■their untimely 'death by drowning, of which so many have occurred at the treacherous fords on the Manawatu BiTer. „; ! , Messrs Stevens and Gorton's stock sale at Bulls ( takes place tomorrow, commencing atjl p.m. \' W| again remind our readers of the Poiillry aud Prdduce Show to take place, at Bulls to-morrow, which promises to be a success m all respects. '• ; ■ ' ' i ' ' ■ The anniversary ball of, the Loyal Manawatu Lodge /will be ijeld m the Forester's Hall on Friday next, dancing to coramence at 8.30 p.m. We l,eara that Miss Louise Crawford has'su£ceefled m organizing a very good company With chioh stie will soon travel the colony: The company is to be on theJWe^'Goaat of the South Island during the Christnias'week, and m the interval will make a. tour of * the West Coast of the North Island from New JUyuicutl) tOvßaluiorston, ..possibly . also travelling to the East Coast via Woodville. ; iThel^dll for thWnew Martonf Bo rough Loan for water works was carried by a large majority,, j ; ' ; An advertiser wants tenders for felling 2(Xacrea (Bfibushii •?:,' We understand the building erected .by Jorgenspn , close, to Mr Hoe's new (BtPucuire:was put up -without the land being properly surveyed, and it now appears is'-lO inches oh the -adjoining section jbelongiug t^pjMr, Maqarthiir. ; rThe 'proprietor! Vlx Niithan, we understand is about to Shift tho/buiidihg'the required distance, which will cost a considerable .outlay,, : _ , ._ , '.^ .^ „ i\ \ The Premier of New Zealand desires further information in' reference to the protest against the annexation convention. „ ....,., , . Mr Gatton, bootmaker, has taken the shop m front of the Standard office for another, term, where he .will continue to carry on 1 his' present business. ' "' Several Chinamen wended their way tow the place . of their 7 lately deceased countryman yesterday each carrying parcels and carpet bags, with them. , We belie re the amateur concert and Pick-Wick Entertainment, which was such a success, is about to be repeated m the Foresters' Hall m the course of a week. TheTjerrace End members of the Wesleyanj^urch were alluded to by the Miuistef at last evening's service as having unanimously responded to the call for assistanclß m defraying the' debt on the Church.