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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 29, 6 January 1885, Page 3

■J J! .' t _• ■ — ' " ■ A concert is to take place this evening m the Public Hall, fuller particulars of which are elsewhere announced. TJie Longbum Road proposals were carried' yesterday without opposition. Thc'/trig Robin 3s9pd, hound from Raipora'tb Adelaide, struck on a rock on Flinders Island, Bass Strait, andjbecame a total wreck. Part ot her cargo of timber has been landed. 48 horses have entered for the AustraUanCupi ..„ ; ; . ":' Ta ' ./. The Napier Telegraph understands m all prp^abiUty, that more will be heard of the extraordinary proceedings, which led to the inquest at Ormondville the other-day. ;; ; ; ' ' fc Says'thVFeiidirigt)a'per :— " The only police event during the holidays was a case where a gentleman of color pounded the head of his host with an em^ty beer keg, ; for wnich indulgence two justices, who 'considered the case, directed him to pay 10s towards the revenue. Says a Wellington paper;— " The af-. fectation of mystery assumed by the G6venunent dunng the last few days with regard to Cabjnetmoyements, and the attitude taken by Ministers' m connection with Mr Service's cable circular re the annexation question, -is -■ the subject of much amusement amongst all classes of the community, and the fact that we have to obtain from outside sources news, affecting ourselves is the subject of general remark." The Wanganui Dairy Factory Company Directors have resolyetl \o open a deppt for the salq of cheese m Wanganui^ '■'„.■'"'., '""• ■■-. •.,:.■•• . Ame©ibAs of Mr Topping's creditors Vfaa.^4ttu& afternoon. i ; <. Lettera 1 of naturalisation have been issued to Ole Peiasoh Dahlstrom, settler, of Stoney Creek. The Jane Douglas arrived at Foxton. to-day, and leaves again to-night fw Wellington, weather permitting*