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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 73, 27 February 1885, Page 3

• The School Committee will meet on Monday 2nd March, m the School, at 7.30 p.m. The tender of Messrs France and Stubbs was to-day accepted by Messrs Riohtor, Nanncstad aud Co., for labour m connection \Wth the- repairs to the Awahuri Bridge. . We learn that Mr Thomas King is Bljortly ahont to remove to Caihpbelltown , there tp engage m a sawmilling enterprise, m" which venture he has our best wishes for his success. Mr T.King, secretary of i the Racing Club, iufonns us there was a mooting of committee last night, and he xiarer heard a word about members resigning their connection with the Club as stated m : the Feilding Star. Stevens and Gorton's next sale will be at Awahuri on Tuesday next. • We* publish to-day several additions to .the' list of entries. . „ The JTaue Douglas will leave Foxton for Wellington to-morrow at 7 p;m. A iwellrkho wn and rather obsire^pfous u&tftenn.ft'inc.d Wi Pata was Wat-god af Police Crturt by''CJpi'ißjtable r M6eh'in 'n^ithjasing obscene iauguagn ma; pu ! bli£ place ,pn sthe 11th instant. ftjtcKjefma^tation, Master at Halcombe, deposed as to the offence being commit-: led m his,, hearing oil: the. platform of' Halcombe railway station on the day- m question,,. Dpfendant,*vas found giiiltyJ ami was aenteuped.to/T days m Wa'ngaM nui gaol with'; hard labour/ {?ervo'Mhte right. - - ■' "■•-;•' •"•'••■>) -.'■■' r--i-' > The next English and Eu^opo'^n (n>il, j via ■' Frjsbo, will dicse' at 4 tlie Pali'oetsfccm ! Office .tliisqyeuing^t,? .4s, , ..,,' .[]■"' I Soine natives m the neighbourhood of ! Kaupokouui (Waimato Plains) received' th& other day upwards' of £400 for grass-soed obtained this s'eas&u. Messrs Stevens & Gorton h a, vo some uoticcs m ourwauted cojun>». ■ ; A first and final dividend of 20s m the 'poiimJ is •'announced ■m an Ashbnrton estate. ' The Bishop of Nelson has adopted the 24 o'clock .. principle., m advertising Church services. The Auckland 'Education Board has an overdraft of £5400. The Dunedin papers speak well of the volunteer badges made by Mr Robert, ; of Palmerston North. The New Zealand Shipping Company's ' R.M.S. Tongariro, which arrived at Ply- ; mouth on Tuesday, made the passage j i from Lytteltou m 38 days, beiug four • days under contract time. i The Union Company do not intend to allow the Ringarooma, which has been ! released from quarantine at Sydney to resume running for a fortnight, so that j extraordinary precautions may, be taken > to prevent lier carrying infection," The Feilding. Star understands ihat several prominent supporters of the Paljmcrston Jockey Club are so disgusted with' the action of that club m running opposition to the Feilding Club on Easter Monday, that they have withdrawn their names altogether froth tho list of members. fWe think our contemporary's statement ;as above! i 8 not m acrcordanoe with facts. Ed. M. 8.1 We (Marton paper) are informed on reliable authority that Mr Rochefort's ■report as to the navigation of the Wanganui river will be very f avonrablf. It is understood that a steamer of eighteen inches draught, might be taken up the river for a distance of 180 miles. The cost of improving ,the river would be trifling, and at 180 miles distance the Central railway al most touches the river —a very iniDoitant consideration. Attention is directed to the advertisement of the Australasion Mutual Livo Stock Insurance' Society, appearing elsewhere. " Messrs Williamson and Co., of Wellington, aro tho accredited brokers. Mr J. B. Hamilton wishes us to intimate that ho will kold another great clearing sale to-morrow, at which the stock will be offered under wholesale price. The advertisement contains fuller particulars. / • , The will be.no services at St Patrick's Church on Sunday next as Father Macmanus wilF be absent at Otaki, where there will be confession, mass, and evening devotions. • - i We had «. letter by last night's mail froin.Signor Hug, the medical clairypyaut,'who" is now m Wellington. He is anxiobs to know how his patients are yetting on j he hopes well. Signor Hug is kept very busy m Wellington, and has to go to the ' Wairarapa, and also to the South Island. He hopes to be m Palmerston about tke month »f April. Tho Wanganui Borough bye-law prohibiting riding or driving round a streets corner at a faster pace than • a walk is now to be stringently enforced. An exchange suggests that those m debt ordifficulties can now gracefully do the ." Soudan slope." On a second charge of alleged embezzlement of proceeds of cattle sold belonging to Dr Curl, the accused, Thomas Watson, has been committed for trial. The Tokomaru f Wanganui) gold bubble has burst, and the Herald says : — " Once more have the golden visions of the too confiding portion of the people of this place been rudely dispelled, and the nakednoss of the land* displayed. With respect to the pieces of quartz sent 'to us, and the remaining portions of the same stone given to Mr Beard, all we can say is, as on a former occasion, that they look : suspiciously .like quartz from Reef ton district, and strongly incline us to the belief that Macdonald . has been hoaxed by some mischief-loving friend or passer by. TherTui will leave Foxton for Wellington to-morrow night at 7 o'clock. The following weather telegram was received after we went to press last evening :— lndication : Glass falling within ten hours acd strong winds between north-east and north and west after 16 hours from now. Wo (Feilding Sttir) understand that our local licensed bill sticker will apply to the Borough Council at an early date to take steps to prevent the railway authorities " exe'rdiaing the calling of bill stickers within the Borough "without taking out a license m terms of Borough Bye- law 107. We understand that the case is a good . one, and refers to certain. bills which, have lately been distributed by tho railway authorities. We learn from the Feilding paper that Mr C. Bull has purchased a section of land near Cheltenham, on which he will at orfee erect a sawmill. Tho machinery is all ready, and as soon as a BUitahlo situ for tho mill is selected, it will he shifted on to the ground. The timber standing on this section, and others surrounding it, is of the best quality, and there is enough to keep the mill m full work for many years.

I The Jane Douglas leaves Wellington I for Foxton at 3 o'clock this aftornooii,and will leave Foxton for Wellington tomorrow, at 2 p.m. We have received from Messrs T. Kennedy MacDotiahl & Co., tho land auctioneers, of Wellington, a copy of their February number oE the Wellington Landed Property GuidV, containing m a complete nnrl concise form full dolails of the various properties m their hands for sale or luase throughout New Zealand, which should prove a boon to their numerous clients. The publishers announce that full details of properties for sale are inserted m the Guide free of charge. They thus conßdently expect to make it the recognised medium for bringingthe bulk of the properties for sale btiforo the public. We understand that the little publication has met with great success, and that applications for copies from various parts of the colony aro daily being received. Tho Guide, which has a large circulation, being distributed all over the colony will be supplied free on application. T. Kennedy Macdonald& Co, Panama-street, Weilington.