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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 33, 9 January 1885, Page 3

" The licensee of the PaikakariH Hotel was fined 20s and costs for. supplying a flask- of brandy : on Christinas Day on the understanding that -the man was a traveller. ' ' ■>;;: :">: 1 W. Wsiring Taylor's trial will com- . mence to-morrow. .-■■•'■ On the petition of the Bank of New Zealand and Messrs Turnbull and Co., the Supreme Court haa granted an order i for the' winding up of the New Zealand Leather Ma&u&cturing. Company. '" The date of Mr ; Greenwood's next visits to Palmerston is published m our advertising columns. It is stated that there is a great amount of sickness m the Sandon district at the present tin^e.. , ;■.-. : Considerable stir is being caused relative to to the new. Impounding Act, says ;ttie, Feeding paper. Seyeral poundkeepers ifrqin other townships have been .here during the last few.dWys making. 1 enquiries'and-coiiip'aririg note^s, &c, res- '■ pecting'theirdtitiesand certain preUmin- ', ary«requirements of the Act.: ■The ; iaainuai horse fair of Messrs 1 Stevens and Gorton was to be held at Bulls to-day, i ;As this isioneof the most .fuiiporfcant: sales, of, the Coast during the , year, th,ere, .should be a large ; attendance. Messrs Barnp and Higgie will hold a stock sale at.Turakina shortly, due notice of which will be given. The reason they have not held a,, sale there lately is on account of tne*; settlers being busy shearing. ' Messrs Halcoinbe and Sherwill's stock sale at Feilding yesterday was well attended. A large' quantity of cattle and sheep were yarded aiid nearly all the lots passed off at fairly remunerative rates. At the Christchurch Supreme Court John *Gilmore was sentenced to six months', . hard labor for concealing a reaning. machine and other property from the Official Assignee m Bankruptcy. The case against Alfred Buckley, charged with assaulting and resisting' a bailiff, which has occupied many hours has concluded. He was found guilty, but ad- . mittedtobail to. come up for sentence pending decision of Court of Appeal on law points raised. A party, consisting of the members of the Boating Club, went down to the Awapuni Lake this afternoon. The lake is now becoming a favorite resort for th^se desiring a couple of hours' outing.

Several farmers m the Sandon district who were quite ready to begin shearing at the- commencement of November still have the wool on tho backs of their sheep owing to the wet weather. Tho Marton paper regrets to have to -aunourice the death of Air H. Humphrey, bookseller and stationer, which took place yesterday. He leaves a wife and fifteen children, several of the latter being grown up. Cr Hutcheson asks us to correct a mistake m our report of the Borough Council meeting. Ho did not move t?io proposition m connection with the apj plication for refund of fees for Town Hall, although he was m favor of the motion. ■ Dr Lemon was a visitor to Palmerston to-day. ; ■ The coach failed ■to catch the train yesterday, t and the mails, were sent on by train this morning* :..-.. : Mr Harbott's benefit concert will be given m about a month's time. There will be full orchestral accompaniments, and the concerted and chorus music will be of a = high-class and popular composition, rendered by well-lcnown local talent. We anticipate a most enjoyable, entertainment. vWe are pleased to hear that Mrs. Harbott, who has been seriously ill for: some time past, is improving under BrMacintire's medical treatment. It was Mr J. H. HanMns wholappeared tor the defendant m the assault case heard yesterday. . • „ : A smart shower cooled the air this afternoon, which • previously , 'had" fabeh very oppressive. Oh Saturday last. Captain" 'leathers, of the ship Opavya, jumped overboard $nd was drowned. He was 'the captain' of the ship m which Mr and Mrs Hoe came to the Colony and had been several times m Palmerston. His body was picked up, but all efforts at restoration failed. The Jan Douglas .arrived at Foxton to-day and leaves again to-morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. . ' i