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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 47, 28 January 1885, Page 3

It is believed that the floods at Greymouth have washed to sea tho wreck of the steamer Star oftho South which | lately got driven on the bank and settled down. • >---■■ . . I Atteritiori is directed to several advertisements from tha Mariawatu Bdad B6ard appearing m another column. j Mr: IS. J. Gamman notifies that his Saw and ; planing mills are no open and' ;that b. 3is prepared to supply timber at lowest current irates. •-,-■.• .. ;. Messrs J. & B. Menzies' contractors,, Feilding,, are inviting tenders ' for metal; ;linjj £ miles of road near Feilding. ' The ', [work; is. to be lei m twoi contracts j full particulars can. be obtained at the works.. •: - .:;■.,;-. • , '■■ ..: ' „ "... ; Ada Melmore notifies a consultation on ithfc Donedin cup. . Attention is., directed to an addition made to Messrs Walker & Hatrick's inotice. ■ . •, „• •. .■: ...v :' ■. .: •. , . ' Messrs Stevens & Gorton's next stock 'sale 'at 'Awalmri will take place on Tueajd'ay,' February '3. The catalogue is elsoj where advertised. i TCho D'strict Court was / opened this morning at }1 p'clock, and .adjourned.immediately tUI 2 o'clotSc as this., was the ihpur forwhieh parties concemedin cases to be heard were summoned. ! ■: v, ' An enquiry into diurimyisni 'is now taking' place at' Duncdih. ' It is alleged that . duininyisin : hasl; been donp m the interest of /James "Smith &, ! ; Soil's, of thei Greenfield. Estate. „Two of ■the sons are anionggib .the holders .sum-' \ jinpned,. : , ; , ; ,;;, . :,.; ■. „: .. :..-.., --iT/jrc,:,,] • The-'Eire Brigade competition atpune- j Idin takes place this evening if ithe wea- ! ither will permit. " . i , • The train cbllidecl with a baker's cart m iWtin^ariui yesterdayi at- the- race-course : crossing. The. result was ' that 'the, vehicle was run into, and the shafts' bi ; oke'n, t.lMi 'harness destroyed' anclthe horse thiwn into the ditch with a^i-eot 'gash m its shoulder, and its head much ■bruised.,. Strange to say, the boy,escap- , ed without any injury. . n ; A destructive fire occurred at Ormond, ; a small town near Gisborae yesterday ; morning, by. which the Chandos Hotel J and two other houses, and a number of i outbuildings were destroyed. i A Moore, grain . merchant, late .of > Christchurch, has been .arrested m Loni don at the suit of the National Bank, for '.£12,000. He has been adjudicated a j bankrupt. i A -fire broke' out m the East SchoolI house, New Plymouth, this mornihg,'"and j with -the -teacher's residence, was. totally ; destrpypd.^ incendiarism is suspectgdv j A man named Gilbert, an Irish- Amer- • jican, who Was Arrested on Saturdoy last, |m connection with the explosion at the I Tower has been p examined at the Bowi street police court, and remanded for a I we'dk'; ' "■■ ■" ■• -\- ' ' •' ' ' ' ; ; " The Arabs report that Colonel Sir EL . Stewa^rih^s arrived at El Metemneh, . ' j - Thft; Jcricket. match between Shaw's ! eleven and the New South. Wales team is concluded, -and resulted- in a victory i for the visitors by an innings, and 34 runs. : The Napier Horticultural Society is expected to collapse.' ' ' , I At a sale of racing stock m.- Sydney ■ Y^esterday fiye • yearlings realised 1680 | gumeasV "The "highest jjrice r was given ! for Onyx colt, 608 guineas. i The Albury correspondent' of the Ar\gitß telegraphs that the/ railway catasItrophe at Coolamundra has left 30 per|son§ unaccounted for. .'' ' . . Johnston,' the American blbndih, was precipitated '25 feet m Auckland last night,; through:; the .breakage of the Iwire rope.. He was not. much hurt. i ■*■....' . . . . ' ' ■ . _. ■ , Lord Wolseley telegraphs tKat there is mb cause for aftxie'ty as to the ; posiibibn,bf j General Stewart and his column. ■' i In the cases of adoption 6t McEwen's | childi*Bn.)ieard at the. pistvict Courttojday. Mr JKeeling appeared on behalf of ■the borough, council, , he i f informed the j coiir't |the' cases were .pauper :; bnos and Ithat he Kad u l)eeri instructed to 'appear. ,|The bench took exception' to this- proiceedirig stating that' the 'matter Bhpuld 'be looked to by the proper person, viz., •a solictor as it was the papers were got up m a very slovenly manner. Mr Hawkins here addressed the bench, ;stating ihe was one of the cpuncit and knew the •cases to be as stated by. Mr Keeling. , The order's Were .ultimately made. :■ ( ' i telegrams, frpm. Greymouth.Hokitikji, ; and Timaru report' flooded „r ivers;.a nd; jbad' weathei? generally, i Fears are eenter"r r " tained for the, .crops.,;, .„, . ' ; ■■!.:■■/, ' A meeting of creditors mE; jMarsh's estate was to take place this afternoon. ; ; Tenders for the purchase of Topping' s ; iestatejClose tp-morrbw at 4 p.m.. ,;. . „ ' 1 i ;The -first meeting the Government In* : surance Board was held yesterday after-: noon Only routine businesswas transacted . The^ appointment of Commissioner has" jbeen deferred until the return of Sir j Julius Vogehi : ; : , | thp piee,ting, of householders held iat'.Karere , on Monday evening there was, ia good attendance. T^e.. following candiidates, were pominatcd for election with ithe following result :— Wihgate 11,, Keeble 9, Chamberlain 9, Walker 9, JBowp 9, G;' ColhV 8, H,'ColHi.B, H. ■Sly 6, Sorenson 6, Peterson 4. The re- ! tiring chainnany !Mr Wirigate.was elect!ed chairman of householders meeting, after which the new committee met and Mr Wingate was re-elected chairman for ;ensnmg year. . Mr Sly, Sorenson, and i Peterson were not returned. Doctor Davy, of Mahnesbury, Victoria, inventor of the, telegraphic relay ; system de dead. ' Bush fires are still' raging at CoroimandiilV, The Bismark )h oold /Mining : Company's battery ha^'b^on bnrnt flown . and tnere has : been other serious destruction of property. /: ' The cargo of .7,000 carcases of trozen mutjkbn,, from New Scajand ex steamship Victory' was landed m good bder. ". ' Feilding: school committee :— Messrs : Fosterj Rutherford, Eade, Watts, Worafbld, Nicholas; arid' Cottrell: 1 : Halcombe school Committee : — Messrs JH. ,Crs|b,- W>-iBeU, F. (Beanng, jE. ' Harrison, J. Quarrie, J. Purkiss, and J. A. Tompkins. Mr Bealing was elected chairman and Mr Purkiss treasurer. Barrington (late Mustard) has been scratHud for the first day's hurdles at the Wefltngton Jockey Club's Meeting.

It is expected some 30 volunteers uill f?o from Prtlmorston to atteii'j the Easter Encampment at Nelson. A parade will l;e held on tho 6th February if wet 28th. A gcod muster is looked forward to and names of those intending to attend the review will be veceived. Mrs Harbott we are glad to hear is iim proving, though, slowly, three of the children arc unfortunately now laid up though not seriously. Mr F. T. Collins invites tenders for purchase bf sheepskins. Volunteer district orders are elsewhere announced. ■';'./ „ At the Jnekej'town school meeting Mr H. McKvvan was rc-clccted chairman.' Only half a dozen shareholders attended, who proceeded to elect each' other, 1 together with" n person. ; who : wr»B riot pro-i] sent m order to make up the -required . coinplcraent. , ;'i : ;,../; '"••': Thoyoung woman Fanny Bbnningtoh^ who was Homo timb hack charged; at Blenheim wi|;h infanticide, has, been re* 'leased. She has lately been m a lunatic asylum. ; No confirmation has yet been received «f the report that an Anglo-German ,cbnferenco is to take place on the Pacific annexation question.