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Manawatu Standard, Volume VIII, Issue 135, 18 November 1884, Page 3

i The P{ilnietaton Borough Council will, meet to-morrow evening at' 7.30 o'clock.' '■ Tendere for the purchase and stock m trade m the, epfcaio of George Marsh will be received by Mr Scott, Deputy Official till Saturday next. j Tenders for formation and metalling jjfl Randolph' and Walker's Road, Longburn, and for culvert m the Kairanga JBlbbfci^iflse ai 10; ; aijn;;: next Monday' Specification's 'cad be seen' at 'the Road The Jane Douglas will leave Foxton tor this evening,, at 10 p.m. I Tenders for Harper's estate must be m the hands of the Official Assignee, Wellington,on Wednesday the I.9th inst. — toiriorrow. ( v j An entertainment consisting of songs and recitations*,'' -reading's, &c:| wiU be given m St. Peter's Mission Room this evening, m aid 'of the funds of the cricfcgl; (<Jlab\^ Ajlmi^fflqn iis/l 1-he^n-tertainment will commence at 8 p.m. , ty invites tenVJersfelse- J ; whereof or the erection" of 'a wdßlsheii and j jother buildings m. Specifications and' plan's SaVW- seen on apj plication to Mp,Gr. M. Sn^lson. Tenders jto be posted iri'Pfeltrieriatbri'iiot later than j !noqnip».,Wednesday, the lOtKiinsti ; ' ■ Invthe cricket match between the Eng•lWll team and' an Eleven of Victoria the 'first innings of the local team' closed for il46.^'At the close of 'yesterday's play 1 {the visitors had lost $? wickets for 130 jruns. Tfie wicket Was much' cut up m Icdnsequetiiie of- ba(J; weather. ' ; ; ; j At the Petane Races yesterday, Yen- { ! bigh won the : Handicap Hurdles, and! | Forerunner the Club Cup.* .A. jockey ■Ke.rse.. was badly injured' by his horse 'falling kxM tolling over him^ -two other 'horses falling over the prostrate pair. ! A Wellington telegram states that Mt JRochefort is m change of the surveyors 'engaged on ttte "North Island S^ain'Truink .Railway, and hisstaff cbiiiprises heariy : jail fhosa who' made the- flying surveys' lof the. various routes. The ; Contracts iwiirbe out'and fiie 'first' sod turned l>y !Febraary. ;: [ - ->'•-" ; : { '' VJ " ••- ■'' ! The inaii 4 tit :Engf arid, ' per Ru^pehu , twill,not>clo^e atjtbe Pfllmeretbny;Post i lOffice. till Friday, «>t 7,45 p.m, Lettert jmust be'speciaily^addressed. . : The steamer Ganges. with the English 'mtitilb' dated Ldridbn' 1 October {l7 arrived 'at Albany to-day. .■ , . .i". >: , i ■.The Blenheim agentjof the Pr.ess Association sent, a long ; rigmarole to-day iaboutift lad (named ' Rose who was going ; to .curry death and destruction into' the' jland by means of an old shot gun. Wo (fancy the sun is p ratty hot just now over ißlenheim way j/- "';■';■. : . ;. ' The Dunedin Gcjld Dredging Co;npany (on the River Ghitha;has obtained 2240z ifor.four weeks' work, . •■ .. ,^ ! ' The weather m • Dunediri is now i delighful.// ■•.;-..:■.:••' : ..';:: - . '; , ■.-= ,-■.■;■' i • MrNathan, one of the Directortof th 6 West Coast -Railway Company; : aad Mri James Wallace, ' secretary, ure "now. m Pahnerston, on business connected with the affairs of. the '■ Company, | • vfb pre- ! snme. •• '■ ".'"' : " ■'■>''■■'•■■•■*•■•-'■■ .■!■!!..■/.- i ; Nominatipnß for the Mayoralty must | ;be m tlie hands of the , To w;n Clerk, $yi jnoon ohThuraday, '..' , ' •■.'■•';:,: '..' ! I ? Mt>B.N. Keeling is .Bending Home; per steamer Ruapebu a frozen lamb as a; (present to his friends there.. The steam- i er iwill arrive .between • <CHristnias and j ■New, Tea*;-' at; which ' seasdn at Home; •lamb will bea«pecial'tfeat. ; He ihinks,) •and -we. quite/ agree 1 with.) him, thatthis ; : token of remembrance from the antipb-' ' des will be better appr€/oiated : than ai | telegram wishing happy returns, arid the! i cost, of each wouloV be . abpnt the same.! -No doubt,' Ws time goes on, and"theho,, r j !of arrival ; of th^ direct, , steamers can be^ ! depended upon ulm'ost to an' Hour, manyi f presents betwo'en the colonies" and the! ;<^v m^ .? o?ant r/ wilj- be, interghanged ati [ seasbneof'fyjstiyegathermgs." \ The Salv ation Army- Captain took his departure., this- afternoon by the Foxtoni t^j* 4 nnnieroujj.assei'nb-'! lage qr'f the rank and* file and Hallelujah Jasspjr,, pp bid him farewell ; at the 3ail-i way, station. , . : . • '.'.,.,'... 1, ",.,- 'j ■ | •:,' ; An; 'Aui&lanji, telegram, j .of, yester,^ of. jthe'Rinj .^arpom^, jhailed the mail steamer off j'Rangifqt^lteef with- the Gfisborne and ■Napier'm'ails,' but bdtb captains' declined to loweV^thei'r 4>oatß) * consequently tliej mails were left behind. v . .. .-. .-, \ 1 ■ Yesierday was the ordinary day for the monthly jnecting , at Parihaka. About 300, 0r ,400 natives belonging to alien, tribes weie ptesent, principaHy frbin the Plains. Everything .passed offquietlyi Sanitary measures are being organised to eradicate disease. • . " ' ' i The Cfironicte, hea/B'that Mr H. Ml Brewer has' been promoted to the office of Land! Ptjrvchase Commissioner, to the 'PuDiio'W'QrKß Department for the: whole of tho North Island except the Prbvin-, dial district of Ajuokland. This" will in-. ■ elude the-' fbllowing lines :-^-Napier to Woodville, iWoodyillQ .to Wellington, via Mastertpn-, Woodville to Palmerston, Foxton. to New Plymouth, and , Waitara and Te Awamutu to Marton.

, The steamer Coptic, which left Londan for Port Chalmers last week, has 98 Government immigrants (single women) for airports. > The Union Steamship Company have bought the steamer Ca£e Clear, of 1500 tons register, m Glasgow, and intend | changing hername to the Tekapo. j ,fPakfng f tne whole of the imprisoned portion of the criminal population of New South.Wales; one half of them are found to have fallen into crime through J druakenness. > -.*,'■- ""'■ i The' 'Victory sailed for London, via PortiChnlmevs, from Wellington yesterday., She takes 10,000 carcases of frozen mutton altogether. The Wellington aquatic champion, Hearn, has gone into active training for . his match^ with Harrington for the. championship of New Zealand. He leaves for Riverton about the middle of next irnonth. • "■-'■'■■ '■ ■<*"■■ The feather looked somewhat better this 'afternoon, 'thdbgh we are almost afraid to hope foe a'permanent improve- ' ment, having been so' often disappointed Of late.^'v ::;:■■•.■*!;•■"': ./.■ ' '.. ;.'■.-. :•■■ A ! special-coach at 4 plm. to-day took through the Napier mails, 14 bags, which should .have • come through with the Palrner'Bt6nj portion last night, but somehow or other, missed — probably at Aramoho. Some railway official, is at fault, W^presmne. ; : ,' ■■ ■ , '-.;,\ :■...:::