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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 24, 29 December 1884, Page 3

There was a good attendance at Mr; Snelson's iaM' : ■fft" lJ TatteTsall > B Yards on Saturday. The demand, how-' >ever ; was limited, none of. the ! blood jhorpea being sold and only a few of the hacks. . ..:-.-;. r.--; m ■'- o^ /' ; - ; ■• The Palmerston P.ost and Telegraph offices, will be cjosed. on New. Year's A slight shock of earthquake was felt at Wanganui last night. *■.•'• V Professor' Norberg^,frpm Martonj £rofesßional violinist and vocaKst, who is to take p" art' in' the ! 'Oratorio " Paradise," arrived m Palmerston to-day for the fi-; nal rehearsal which is> to take place at! . the Wesleyan, Hall- this evening, :j '. Mr Snelson announces .elsewhere his catalogue for his next Eitzherbert-street Sale Yards, to take place on Saturday at Boon. Messrs Stevens & Gorton's next stock ' sale Hi Feilding will take place io-inor- 1 row, commencing at 1 p.m. ; All claims against' the Racing Club are! t to ! be forwarded to* : the Honorary Secretary, not later than Wednesday next. There, was ig237s L in'the totalizators at! the Auckland Meeting on the Cup, the dividend-being £J ss. „ , Dr Diver, of Wellington, has considerably improved in^heaiSi during his voyage to Australia. The poll for the Lower Gorge Bridge, under the Roads and Bridges Construction Act, is being taken injAshurst today. Nominations were received to-day for the vacancy m the Borough Council, caused by the resignation of Cr W. T. Wood. In our report of the race meeting an "terror /dcdurreiT 'm ' the" 'account of the (Maiden Plate. ' Mr Stevens' Aotearoa was not 'on the ground, riot having 7 ac 4 r cepted for the event. It was Lady Leah; only which fell with her jockey. ' ! A lad M&ed' r ße'azer?' iirhose parents reside at Bunnythorpe, was brought to the Terrance End station, to-day, by train suffering trom a tractured arm, caused by an accident from a log rolling over him which occured on Saturday. The poor boy appeared to be suffering great pain, his injuries not having been Been to so soon as they ought. j