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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 13, 21 January 1885, Page 3

"Owing to -a 1 mishap when ascending: ythfrW, apgaJßhu, Hill last night (says the Chrpniclffr\tke train from the t south, whrclrusji&Uy rfeafchestownat 10 o'clock, did mot Arrive. '. till 26 ' minutes past 1A o'clock, causing some anxiety to those ; , wJio^expected; friends by that . train. In 1 ' coming i up, the incline to Fordell the valvie spmdle broke, a,nd the driver had • ;: t6 tifavel at a very low rate of speed for the rest of the journey. ' , ,Should the wea.kher prove at all favor■^able there should be a very large number, present from all parts of the district > ■ ;> at " tije Friendly • Societies sports] to be held to-morrow m Mr Linton's paddock. The .various societies will form m procession at the, Foresters' Hall at 10 a.m. and will march to the ground headed by the Volunteer Band. A ball will also be held m the evening which no doubt will ' prove as great a success as the one held l ' on Ne<v Year!a liight. .' „ ,- ...The steamer Tui is advertised to leave ' Fo^ton for Wellington to-night at. 11 o'clock; w , ■■■■■■/■, ■ - > ; ■.; : ••. The Jane Douglas Was expected to arrive at Foxton to-day and to leave for , Wellington to-morrow night at ll o'clock. .: Tine Boating Club committee meeting tp have been., held last evening at the '• Commercial Hotel stands adjourned. ; ... Some of the Fitzherbert settlers held 1 a meeting at the Commercial Hotel, last evening to discuss the matter of the distribution of the Government grant made by. r the Road Eoard fti ft i special meeting i! iljeld iaifcely. It : is rather unfortunate the Wardens lor; Fitzherbert; were ■not m attendance oii tl^at occasion as otherwise it would have proved moare satisfactory to all concerned. ; • • : •Mr Grt^nwood' pays his customary / (vis^t'to Palmerstoh to-morrow and may be consulted at- the Commercial Hotel. , ;.-,- -The Wanganui Jleruld says that Te Whiti has been persuaded to insure his life for iIOO. „ ;/ , The annual election of school com.mittees wall take 'place on Monday next, ' 2(ith inst. Places are specified man advertisement elsewhere. Tho altered .; advertisements of the Ready Money Store will be found m another column. Fresh, butter is purchased m any quantity. A conference of Volunteer officers has 'lately been held m Wellington and went through the Volunteer regulations*, which, needed modifying and revising; 5a many details, besides being added t^in. some places, and it is undersiood ilfttr] the results of their deliberation* will form the basis of a bill to be. fcnaught J down next session. \

The mare owned antt driven by M: Bennett, of Awahuri, has a profoum antipathy to bicycles (says the Star). I will be remenibei'ed that a few months .ago this gentleman had his trap upsei by this mare shying at one of these terrors to timid horses. The same thin*; occurred yesterday opposite Mr Henry's shop m Fergusson-street. The animal, when it saw its enemy again approachihg x shied violently and upset the vehicle throwing Mr Bennett and his son on. to the road, fortunately without inflicting any injury. Mr D. H. Macarthur, M.H.R. for Manawatu (says the Mai'ton paper) will address his constituents about the end of the currant month, or the beginning of next month. Mr Macarthur has delayed with the object of learning the views of the ministers m the matter of local government, and the incidence of taxation, which have been' promised to be expressed by the Premier any time during the last few weeks, but have not yet been delivered. . . ' v It is said that m the Wellington slander case, the actual slander is a statement to? the effect that Mr and Mrs Young were only recently married, and that their grown up children were not born m wedlock. ■ The Wansanui people are about to form a Small Farm Association. Attention is directed to the altered railway time table for to-morrow. Besides those advertised, the train will leave Foxton at 11.80 a.m. and 5.15 p.m. An obstinate property holder m Feilding (says the 'Star) would not pay his grocer. ° So a summons was issued and judgment obtained against him ; still he declined to pay. A further verdict trader a judgment summons was obtained, and a warrant issue sd for his arrest. The latter he avoided by planting himself up at Ashurst where he remained m comfort, while his wife and child m Feilding were suffering froni want of the conimon necessaries of life.. "However, bis , whereabouts was discovered, and yesterday he was arrested by Constable Gillespie and brought :down to -the lock-uiv where he slept last night. Ho was duly forwarded .to Wanganui gaol by train this morning, his deb'ghtetl creditor being on the railway platform to wish him bon voyage. By cable we learn that at a largely attended public meeting held last evening, &i Adelaide, resolutions were passed supporting the action of Victoria, witli regard to Pacific annexation and deploring the inaction of the Imperial Government thereon. Messrs Stevens and Gorton advertise fie entries for their stock sale at Feilding on the 27th inst. Tender^ are invited for fencing the contract on Foxton-New Pljmouth railway. ...... What is known m the wholesale trade iiß a very •' slow season" having just tenmnatedjWfi' have been able to buy up, (prior to Stocktaking) some Remarkably Cheap - liu.es, which together with our own Surplus Sutninei StocUwe are nowr offering at prices which cannot fail to tv command the attention of purchasers. We quote the following ns samples of what arc now obtainable nt The Bon Marche. New patterns, Cambrics, 3£il; new patterns, Pompadour, 4£d ; Zephyr Checks, 7£d ; Dress Stuffs, 3£d, 4|d, fi^d, 7£t l, these are worth from 6d to Is 3d. ; ; Over; ; Nuns' Cloths all : :tho new shades, Dress length of 2 yards for 10s 6d. Heavy Long Lace Curtains, 4s Gd, 6s, 7s 6d, 9s 6d, 12s 6d. 570 dozen Linen Buttonn, all makes and sizes, and first class quality to be cleared nt ono penny 'peV dozen. The Bon Marche; The People's Cash Drapery and Clothing Warehouse. C M. Ross and Oo.[advt.J .