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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 57, 9 February 1885, Page 3

The City of Sydney arrived at Auckland with the English mail, via San Francisco, at 10 o'clock yesterday morning; and the Hawea, with .the southern •portion of the mail, left Onehungft for New Plymouth at 5 m the atternoon. The Palmerston portion should reach town by this evening's train. A quarterly general meeting of the Manawatu Club will he hold, to-morrow evening «*t 8 o'clock., .! The steamship Qoptic.trom Wellington, December 20, arrived m London on Saturday. . .; We .learn that Mr G. A. Macqnarie, fbrinerly of the Union. Bank, has; ' x*eturned to New Zealand. He will not return to Palmerston,. but will probably be appointed to Oamaru. ; i The adjourned annual imeting of the shareholders of the Dairy Factory Company wa& held this afternoon. A report of thu proceedings, will appear toI morrow.

Mrs McMinn was yesterday so far recovered r as to .bo able to leave her sick room, after a very protracted and severe illness, her recovery having been quite despaired, of first by Dr Macintire and subsequently by Dr Conolly, of Wangamn, m. consultation with Dr Harvey. On no. less than eight^different occasions she was believed to be on the point of closing her eyes m death, but on j each occasion rallied again m a truly remarkable manner. She is now regaining strength day by clay. The period of her illness has been a most trying one to her husband and family, who consider her eventual recovery such a truly marvollous restoration as almost to approach tho miraculous. A chimney m the Bank of New Zealand was on fire this during forenoon, eliciting an alarm from the firebell. Constadle McAnulty's verdict would havo; *be 6h r .that the saii chimney "was " properly on fire." Several bush fires, were, raging m the Fitzherbert direction this afternoon, and the weather should be very favorable to good burns. Mr Bayley Hawkins inserts a business notice elsewnore'to which he wishes us to direct the attention of our readers. Information has been received ' that four Portugese war vessels have occupied the mouth of the Congo River. Messrs T. E. Mac Donald and Co., announce that they will sell on Friday next, atvtheir great land safe m Wellington, a valuable cottage property m Palxnerston, more fully 1 , described m the advertisement. ' From the local papers we learn that diphtheria is raging m Blenheim. .Forty severe . cases, two of which have proved fatal are reported, and the public schools have been closed.- Diphtheria m New York is a more fatal scourge than cholera is likely to be. * Oije week recently Jixty per cent, of the reported cases proved fatal. ,' = ■ ■ : - ; • We are sorry jto learn that Pastor Gaustad is . not so well to -day, having again to take [to hisljed, and, being; exceedingly weak. * *'■•■"'■■' w On Monday the 16th inst., Mr Snelson's monthly stock sale at, the Karere Sale Yards will take placo. The catalogue , -appears elsewhere. . ; sorry to learn that yqyug Dawiuk expired last evening. His recovery had been despaired of for. r qome time previously, . and it was »ppaiei»t tliat he was passing, <i way. His Biiflcor-' ings at tiiuos were "vei'yjgreat, and he was .frequently delirious. Mrs Snelson, withili«r« characteristic sympftthy- a m! goodness of heart, nursed the poor lad day after day', till sliu ' waa herself hc-aVly worn out, though she remained with him almost till his dying iiwih'euts, 'You tig t Dawiclc was a prdmisiti^ young manj 'whoso d'eaih will' be inucli felt by his friends and family. ' Tlio funural will; lake place to : nioi iow afternoon. ' Says the Napier' Evi-ning News of Wcdfiesday. :— Mr Jeremiah Murphy was brought m from yesterday suffering from an attack of violent mania. Mr Murphy was a short time ago a member of the Episcopalian Ministry', and for a brief period had charge of the cure at Palmerston North.