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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 37, 14 January 1885, Page 3

—■'■We learn that Mi- C.E. Sherlock^for- | nierly well known m this district, is. j flqrDgjvery; >y^Uj in^Sqxtthbri^e-, Cantor- , j DUijy, where he has for some , tifne past. 1 edited and managed the ■ Ellesrnere- j JGilflrdian. He recently -married "the- ; liwijjlow of the late Mr"E k -Jerninshani j Wakefield, and is, very comfortable .inbis- . i social rfelati'dnsTiipsi '' The newspaper WilL- 1 probably shortly become "his own 'pro- ' P^ty'. . ■ ■-• | ■ Mr 1 T. D: euriitiiiiis, 'b'f Wanganuivis'ai. 1 j buyer of prime salt batter. • . > ' ■ .Bishop Hadfield was a visitor to Pal- S merston to-day.' '■'■■'' ' : •- •■'■■•.•. '";• v u ' . Messrs.Jlilland I^ople's cqinmissip-ns, ) •&c., at the. Rangitikei race meeting- j amounted. to nearly. ji2oo. Not sa. • "dtisty" for two da'ys"-vv'brk.' i '.•":''; '.':'; __ .i:[The Feilding Star is continually jjo&ng- j 'fan at Palmerstpn, by. referring toifc,a& j f'jthat gay ciity.'"' ; ' ; Our' contempbraiy: s should be more cbnfeidierate., ' '>•! i> .m| • ' : Xprivatel^ter v -tp ; .a frie ! nd in'F.eildirig^' conveys' the >! pleaisnig 'iitelliijeri'ce/ tMfc • : ; Mr- G; Metairil, noV of Paris, 'has 1 into hymeneal bonds, !:.!;' c. ■: ■■.:rj. y\ '■ : ; Members of the ! Pslmorji'ton'EifleW who intend 'to ; take part- m the Eastern En'campmenfr. .at. .Nelson,.: should serid;in .< their narnes,#t an.. early. date. ...Captain . -Carroll will be glad to gc. if a sufficient jnfcmber of the. corps decide totake part. ' ;The Committee , of „tha • palmer ston. Boating Club visited the Foxton Club's " ibpat-shed yesterday, and. inspected the ; bpats offered for sale. Two batswings (a ( : pair and four-oar) were purchased on :,v£ry favorable terms, and will be at once ;igrwarded to the Pahnerston Club. Be;;s|des those already purchased, and one riew boat being made, the Club have now ; ! five- boats to~start with* >The Committee L -are to be commended for their prompt ■ action m- the interests of the Club siruSe" their appointment. .. . '--' "' ■' \ To-xaorrow'the R.M. Qou'rt -will sit- at Palmersto.ni' f J .*, . Mr Park has received a consignment of French box organs, size about 18 m. •«Bquai».-*- The-instrumente' ai'a-onade.jiq^ „ play by turning a handle at" the side (on rjthejbarrej-organ principle), and certainly the music is' remarkably sweet and corj rect. , Some of the tunes, too, are quite new, and* include Dream" Faces 1 ; Waltz, •> . Ah che la Mprte, JRpb^, Adair, and other popular airs.' The ; 'nx&truinients should, haye a ready sale. ,„-..-. : "^ ' It wliibe seen that Vj on ; ttnd after Monday•ne^t the morning, train, from! Foxton ' Villleave'at 8.30, edict-will run to Pafcf merston~only, except an Saturdays, when, it will run, to Feilding as at present. *'■'•■' . v The s.s.Tui will. arrive at Rangitikei, ; tb-hjorfow and leave, for Wellington the follo,wing, day. .f , ! The IVlarton papier thus refers \,o a case of distress' at . B ixUs. . The Wealleans I *, case is, from every point of view, a most pitiable Prie' ; : Mir Wealleans •is 'now on his death-bedy and'carinbt last but a fewdays.;. Mrs J\^"ealleahs : , is insane ; the eldest . daughter- . has : just died,;' after a protracted -illness ; and there are nine children le% six of. whom are very young. . ■;■.; :! ' !',v ' '-.];■■;'. , ,-jAi : aj>ublMmeeting;in Feilding &\ few nights ago a local orator h : ad a horsecollar .chucked at. him, and then a very dirty door mat struck hiiii'bix the head, covering him with showers of dust, which no doubt choked his utterance, forhe sat down, and the meeting adjourned gine die..,. ,; ■■•y-,'. 1 :' '■ ':■' i3)o-morrow. afternoon at '.2.30 an im■portarit Masonic ceremony takes place at ■ : Martpn,;when it ,-jis. expected 1 that there I ■ wi,lJ, ,be . a, large, , att^d.aiice ,of Masons I from neigHbouririg : t'p\yn^V 'Feilding, Bulls, anlf : Palmerstoh.aie!to send contingents,'and Wariganui it is j expected i 'will'^end- out a large number, i ""Cricket seems ; to be. a favorite game 'With the up-river ; 'nativey, !! 'and during 'Iris trip to 'RananAjiMr Willis took orders for four setsiof material for the young j!feliow!B at tbajt pah.. It is stated that the I Parcikino: iwl,ive^ ,ore anxious to try conj elusions' on the cj-iclcet field' with the Wanganui teainV and are likely to visit the town ' for that ' purpose at an . early date. . ; - : ' 'We learn ! that : W. Ablfeld, th c managed ' eff'the Wblnga'nuf branch oft' je* N. Z. Clothing Factory, ■' has receiver / a sik' months' leavs of absence mon Jer thati he. may visit Qennapy. It is Mr Ahlfeld!B; intention; to travel thro agh France and Italy while in^E.utope. /-We trupt that the trip may prove athoro 1 agh ly enjoyable one. ' '• Mr Bentley^ \vho is well ' with boating resorts iii Trfclbqurne.^ says it, can boast of no sheet of water lilco the Awapuni Lake for general suitability for aquatic contests. ! The man Webb who was repo 1 :!,^ as ■ misfiihg last week at Wanganui; lias turned up at Palmerston, lie having walked up from the Heads and \iaken the train for this place next day.

The Commissioner of Crown Lands has been Written to m order to ensure the prevention of amisunderstandingwith regard to the legal title to the Awapuui Lalcc. The annual meeting of the Racing Cl ah takes place to-morrow evening at 7.30 o'clock at the Commercial Hotel. Business is to receive the balance sheet and appoint a new committee. On Monday a man named Graham, a subcontractor on the' railway, works, sustained severe contusions to his foot, ankle, and thigh, caused by a culvert falling m on him. Under Dr Macimire's care he is progressing favourably. We remind our readers of Messrs Stevens and Gorton's stock sale at Woodville to take place to-morrow, commencing at 1 o'clock. Oti the following day tfiey will sell m the estate of J. T. Davis, , besides. general. merchandise. & dairy factory is about to be started at Parihaka. The proposal has been taken, up energetically, and. a strong coin'mittee has been v appointed. Messrs Stevens 'and Gorton's sheep fair at Bulls will take place about tho 17th February. It is not unlikely the ontries will amount to ten thousand sheep. The iiingarooma arrived at Sydney from Auclrland, yesterday. The last monthly gold escort brought to Dunedin was of 'the* total value of i' 30,000. The New ZeaJand Insurance Company will pay a dividend of 3s per. share, and leave £7089 to be carried to next half year. ■ y A substantial two- storey shop is being erected next to iDayyick's* "restaurant for Mr, Jo^stp i n,laiiorj"'who will move into tfie new premises "w.hen they are com/■pleted.yM.vi"-,. -. -y .■. ; ; „, „, Judgment has-been given m chambers .m the Wellington^ fcrupreme Court m favour ,oiL the . Kiwirea Road Board W^nganui Harbor Board for the' amount 6f rates c '.aimed, thus establishing the light of the former to recover from the latter. There is now no .established religion m Japan, arid missionaries are regarded as harmless (curiosities. . ;