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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 82, 10 March 1885, Page 3

We are m receipt from the Government Printer of a bulky package of Parliamentary papers, &c. Mi- 3. L. fiirst' is calling for tenders for making over two miles of drain m the Kairaranga, jfroin the Karere to the tjongburn roads. Further particulars will be found m advertisement. " Mr Snelson announces an important -sale of building timber at Bunnythorpe station 0a, .. Wednesday 18th inst. at 12.30 p.m. . As the sale will be almost without reserve, and the place of sale is easily accessible, there should be & large attendance of buyers to take advantage of the. opportunity thus offered. Special attention is directed to Mr Peter Bell's altered advertisement on ; fourth page announcing a great surplus : sale nbw going on. „, < Five cords of good sound matai, free from cap, 1 m four feet lengths, are wanted for the Standard steam engine. ' Mr J..8; Hamilton requests us to direct special attention to bis new advert.tisement appearing elsewhere, m which a number of special lines are announced /at sale prices. ,„. MrjWiT. Wood, having, resumed pos-; of liis former promisee and business J notifies the same m an advertise- ! ment : appearing elsewhere. "'." Vanguard "has furnished us with the names of the gentlemen who acted' 'a's : a : committee m superintending his late drawing. The three principal prize- • winners were— first horse (Speculation), a fireman on- one of the steamers trading \\yith; Wanganui ; second horse (Bayard), a local botelkeeper ; third horse a resident of Grcymouthr Sir Julius Yogel is, to address a public meeting, m Dunedin shortly. The Premier will not be able to do so. Mr Stratford has just completed to the' order ;of Mr.Wnlkley a very handsome large open, phaeton similar to the one V supplied to IVIr Fenton som'i ti'no ago. The vehicle is built 1 and finished m a i manner equal and possibly superior , to N city manufacture. ...... *Mr W. Ti 1 Wood has je-taken his ! old blhckßmithing ' business iv Rangitikeistreeti'aHd will m futuro personally superintend all work; entrusted to him. The proprietor's old established name find' reputation as a first-class tradesman is. sufficient guarantee to the public and we liavo no doubtchat business will 'steadily increase under Mr Wood's good 1 management* By the maill steamer we learn that a Chinese c'olohy m Eureka. Humboldt County,, numbering several hundred,: were evicted by a committee : of cifc.'zens on Feb. 7th, and sent to San Francisco. They had engaged m a desperate battle m the streets, during which A white man citizen was accidentally Bhot and killed. From the .M,arton paper we see that • 'Messrs i Stevens & Gorton held a very-' successful 'sale at their Mar ton yards yesterday. The sale was principally: for Bheep;'there being only one pen of cattle offered and sold. The sheep sold at excellent pripejs, The Marton Small Farm Association is going ahead rapidly. 62 names have been received for the first list, this being enough to cover the application for 10,000 acres. ... A number of other names have been handed m to the secretary, and he has made application to have the area increased to 15,000 acres. In the event of this not being acceded to, a second association will be started, .