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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 278, 21 October 1884, Page 3

The District Railway Bill was j th'rbwh out m the Upper House last night by 21 to 9. v ' - The Middle Island Railways Bill wan read a third time and passed m the House of Representatives last nighi. ; A Norwegian sailor has been; aenrericed to. a month's imprisonment at AuckV land for attempting .to kiss a young woman against her will. ' ' MrW. Reeve of Cliristchurch hasj been called, to the- Legislative Council. We remind Ashurat subscribers to the Standard thatoor collector will call on them for subscriptions due to-morrow, Wednesday. . :. , . ■ Mr Jordan, saddler, received a telegram yesterday evening from James McKeuzie. of Opunake, and, formerly doing business here, as shoemaker, asking for information of his soniCharles supposed to be drowned with Mr FiUsimmonds. Mr Hoe, secretary to the Masonic Lodge, B.C. inserts a notice calling the attention of* Brethren to an error made m the summons notices ' already sent out.' The installation* ceremony takes place on Thursday, Oct. 23, at 8 p.m. andnot on Friday as stated m said notices. The Dougks arrived this morning and leaves again at 10 o'clock to-night. The Wairarapa papers ep'eak veryfavour ably of the Girola Yacht, entertajmont to be given to-.night, the various characters, our contemporaries say, are exceedingly well sustained. „ . .. '. Mr Hartley, sen.; returned W, Pftlmeraton, to-day having completed a buei- ; ness trip to the north of this island &bout '200 miles beyond A uckJand . M r Hartley tells ub the weather was wintry and rough all the time he was travelling. Mr Snelson notifies his next horse sale at Tattersalls Stables to take place on Saturday riext; at I.3op.nTi' ; We believe some really good hacks are already entered; and fresh entries are being re-; ceiyed|(Jai]y. A capital sals is looked forward to. . • i ..' '. j ' It: is notified by advertisement elsewhere that Mr Walton is authorised on behalf of Messrs Hankins and Bniker to cpllect oustanding costs due to the late firm. ! Up to the present nothing has be«ffl> further' discovered m connection with the disappearanceof Mi'Fitzsimiuonsand lad. ■ : Search parties were out yesterday up to 5 o'clock m the evening, but up to that time were unsuccessful m their endeavours to find traces of the missing nien. Mrs Fitzsimons is nearly! heartbroken with grief. She bfeliev^s that;, her husband is drowned as she days ho could not possibly get lost m the bush knowing it as well as he did. ! Hori, a native, laid an information to,day against the incorrigible Kea for intimidating with a loaded gun and using threatening language, praying that he' bo bound over to keep the peace. By ;a special cable we learn ; that the Tiichborne Claimant was released from prison yesterday. „ , « '