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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 75, 2 March 1885, Page 3

Wo are informed that if tho town clerk had carried out the instructions given him, viz., to supply each newspaper with a copy of the Mayor's ad- ■ dress, we should have had no .cause for complaint as. to his breach of faith with •Us. It was the more necessary that he should do so, when it is remembered ! that by the decision of the R. M. the ■larger portion of our mechanical staff was not available after 2 p.m., by which • hour the bulk ot the paper requires to be set up We hope there will be no cause for a similar complaint on any iu'ture occasion. . Messrs Richter,' Nannestad, and Co., are advertising for sheep shearers. .Mr Snelson's next stock sale at the Fitzherbert-street sale yards will take place on Saturday at 12 noon. ; ; Messrs Stevens and "Gorton's next stock sale at the Borough Yards will take place on Tuesday the 10th instant; at. lp.m. We are requested to announce that, Mr and Mrs Hart (Happy Hours), and "Mr Fred Millis will appear m Pahnerston m a combined entertainment next Friday evening. We remind the burgesses of the public meeting to consider the whole question -o£J3orough loan proposals to take place •afci.B o'clock this evening m the Town ,Hall. . , : . . The School committee will meet this _eyenirig. The normal quiet, of the early Sabbath morning was rather harshly disturbed by the reports of firearms fiom too-ardent sportsmen who, m taking advantage of the first liburs of the shooting season, appeared to forget that they were outraging'public feeling with regard to Sunday observatiQe by civilised people. A fresh during Friday night has damaged the Awahuri bridge at the Palmetsron end to such an extent as to necessitate suspension of traffic for a few days pending repairs. - The : Post severely censures the Wellington County Council for having passed a, bogus resolution m order the hoax one of their number,. . Our contemporary says the whole proceeding seems to have been m the worst possible taste, and of a very questionable character.