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Manawatu Standard, Volume VIII, Issue 145, 29 November 1884, Page 3

'"The Jan© Dbugjlas arriyea at Fbxton I early this motnibg, and leaves again for j Wellington this afternoon. ■ :> A' writer m the; Winjganui 'Ckr&kicie\ alluding to recent robberies which have; taken place m Palmeraton, expresses the' opinion thM another constable is irequir- i ed.'.jßL©; Bays:—" Our. town since the; removal of our late constable, Mr Gillea-| pie, has been" lively with larrikins, and"! can safely say, with many more respec-f table people.here/ is every day gettingworse." I ••'-■' i Subscribers resident m town and suburbs will, be called on next Monday, Dec. 1, for their four-week)y payments,: (due last Monday) and also arrears of ac-; counts previously rendered, a prompt sejtlemdmV of which is particularly requested. | Mr Patten delivers his lecture on "Alcohol" afctke Wesleyah Hall on; Mouday next, to be illustrate with -dis- ; solving vie ws. ; ',' ; f \ \ ' A. 1 fourteen, column supplement id pub; liehed witn i to-day's issue' wtiich will be fburid of interest to our readers bbtlji ; iii"t6wn and 'country. • " '■'•.." "•'- W^^ria'brstandMr Hawkins; jiiri.- is about starting a phonetic class m Palmeiston, and has already received some ap4plibations f6r membership. ,■■■■• 1 ■ The weather td-day was perfect ; Bumr mer, all the more pleasant and delightful after the recent unsettled season. j < A late'oable message states that acourfcjmartial had been held on the loss of the H.H. gunboat' Wasp, when it was decided that the vessel was.lpst m conseeuence of. the want of due. care and attention m navigating her ; but the sur r vivors were exonerated. . , ; . , . > D. H. Macarthur, Esq., M.&8., wais m Palmerston to-day. ; J • Mr T. Nelson was .the. .purchaser of the estate of Geo. Marsh, storekeeper, and will now. amalgamate the business withHfsdwn. ! At Mr Snelson's" sale ., to-day at Tatf tersall's Stableß/tlie'deihand for saddlery &c, was fairly good_and''t> I ne lots realized satesfactory prices. * Thfere was a large attendance at th a horse saie; but there was no' demand, and all offered were passed