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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 83, 11 March 1885, Page 3

; new. turn-out draw.n.by ajp'air' of yrpllyniatcfied, cjeain ponies, was much ' admired to day. The hari<eßs; sujiplied hy Mr ?riji^l6.'iii6iiipiyted, tji^'style of the equipage; 1 which W'a^ " ! equ*l to- any yet iseen in^Palmerston.' . ; Thdsd-lhtehdifag tb ''tender /'for :j th^' nuakiiig of ifcwo;miles : of drain for Mr Wi^ L. Hirst J ard: informed thatspecifications ; df. the.^jw.ork, cart, be inspected, ftt Mr-E. i (xla^stone^L^u^burn,Bo^d v , li , : i i ;, ,, ; ThdtnftalFarrah, weljr^oown m Wailganci, as a partner of thejfoi:a)tfr ; f}rio t of ■. Henderson and; Farrah, bre^ei;?, ..vyas" \ roceritly chareedr m Auoklaud wlt^ the , larceny of T f fern th^tlHin.tfrejbaf "of an hotel m the .occupation of fliieh M^ Ilhdnei 1 • He. was'-arrestfld, ;•' bui afterwards admitted to bail. He was defend-/ edby C. El Madden, also known fin the district. Accused ,Bajd, he, took. the tnoney gut of a lark. He was fined' 20s )n and , Costs or ia default ,7 days', imprisonment with hard labour. 1 ■Tntsshourd'^eales-, son to jokist^'^f this ty pel ; ! .' <'; j ' j It may not be generally the preserving of whitebait is carried on " attlie West ' Coast, of the : Island. The whitebait' are 'placed iri a tin of the ; same size as salmon 1 ' are usaally paoked ■ m, and are very excellent eating. .' ', L ; Colonel Richardson, who will take thargeof th' 6 New' South Wales contingentj Ber-v*d^vith the 72nd A .SSjicMo'nderß at ithersiege, <?f Sebastepol. ()Jn NewfZea land, with the 12th Regiment, he went through the Maori wars of 1860 61 and |lßg3 64, during which period,; he was (adjutant of the regiment. BTe ,ha.!B Crihican,' Now Zealari'di' aiid* Turkish medals. In February, 1864/ lie- - ; waß\ appointed to the command » of the Nb w : South Wales forceß.u \\- •■».! ■.<> "\-.< jj, X ! The bttsiness^ card of Mr ii. I).' Bicker:| itonj who 'is now ' ttie proprietpr! of th« Abercorn i Arms Hotels Woodville, will ;be,found over. the leader., ; The; hotel lian^ i excellent aoepmj^odatiQp, , r and. -a- ,m,pre; Ujrbane.hq^t! than Mr Bickerjfcon, it wan]d. j be ;'j hard wj find.' ]/.'/;."." .,, ; „,4 man n^med James Smith, for using, .oospe^e language near#tjbie courthouse Wahganliij Was yesterday "sentenced 'tcv, ; s'e'vto 'days' ' impri§J3riment ; witli %kv<i ;WB6br: -■..•■»■»■■■ _;t ■'•; - 1 '• -./-A .-.: ' j ' 'The 1 ' cHiliera has ef^c^ally' ; frightenedi | tfte^ 'Neapolitans. ;v Th^y arb sp'eikmi^ ) over jeiOOjOOO J'a* one^ 1 ' on saMtory | works. r Mr Bunny and party were m,Feflding ; dn Mbnfday, ' whence 1 they proceeded to I- the block of land 'selected by the 'Feild--1 ing Small Farm Association tor the puri pose, of the : samei.. .. .• '. ':..'. : - :The : wife of a 1 railway 'offieiai iri ;Feild- ' ing invested a pound ih fotir tickets m a ! Weejp. , -She .was, Jijckjf enough to xlraw | three horses. ;y>AL-. hinV>^ ! Special attention is directed* to two new advertisements fcom the Clothing Factory, whiehi appear in-, our wanted column.

"We refer our readers to an alteration I m the advertisement of the Jane Donglas.. . .... The Taranaki Herald is informed that ;Wahahui' has sent a - message to the Native Minister telling him that the natives . m; Waikato are quite prepared /and ready to have the. first sod of the railway , turned; whenever the Gqyernmeht tln'nk propel. ;'.■' ; ■On Monday night- the Wauganui town mains were flushed out, and -no fewer than fourteen eels— all over three feet m length— were taken out. The Feilding Licensing Committee refused ah application from the Denbigh Hotel, for extension of license iq 11 o'clock.. .The police opposed the apgliV cation. . ...-. ■: „; : , . , ., ■ „ ' ■ ' _ ..- .'."' \ This barque Akaroa arrived in-'Wel-lrngton; from London (Oct. 27) yesterday. ■„ , ..■■•■>.•> --J, . s y. " '•■■ -..-... '•''■ •*, ■>.- :<i . .i..-, \ .• ;;;...■ ... Among the news .received by the San Frimcisco mail is an item to the eftect : 'thij,t -Lady :Bell, the wife<of the . Agent(EWnei'al; has been seriously ill; ' i - '^ Mr ; $tto Berkefeld,, formerly the'p.ro-, prletdr of the Manawatu Hotel, Foxfoi}, now ; travelling m the Life and: Accident Insurance business... . ;t . „ . „, ':v Mr R. Th'acker in 1 our> wanted; cbiuattr that he is selling off at greater "reduc'tibrft ttiati ever. ; "' ' Boine specially cheap lines are also quoted.' ! i 'Mr- Bunny left by. the Masterton, cpapft; thja.afternoon. t , ir^u-:-.-. „.; >, )f , ni) ', l - !The outward Eiigiish ' itiiaij' per 'Biiiia' ' taka doses at the Palmerston office- this : ! evening 'atj 7.4s .p-m. . „ \'/ t ' \"\ '/'' ( '", ' [Messrs Stevens & Gorton's next Btpck i: sale at Bullp will be held on March 19tb. The entries 'at'present received com prisd> ]26 lots,- of Which particulars will by found m «ur advertising, columns. - <- i'l'fiu^ Adelaide. i^flresfcV estiiuates th*at\' tlic present season's. crop of wheat m the . colouy. o£ South Australia will be equal to nine bushels . niue pounds per acre. Thiss is a smalt average yield. compared with, the 24 to 28 bushels per acrd m New^Zealand. : ■ : ' -<'!■!.,;:, j At, the'" Adelaide Wil Jiain Jamesj' : Lo£t .. was; sontejiced ip ten .years' iinpr jsonmenjt , 'for asjaaulting ' ,C T..H. Joy, "an English barvJeter; \vith ; . private means,. who had lodged witfi .IjoU : in.ilßß2i,i.Lott brutally ill-treated-lilin, making him a olose prisoner, and jWiipplifd large quadtities «ff liquor *to Joy, whb wasM veiy dissipated liabitß-, and who died' in Lott's house. : r;; ■ '•'■' ! Owing t£> tiie recent Heavy , rains the Vush fires m Kiwitea have been put wii, '■'■ and burtis are, not veryngood again this seaßotMn>.tbat locality.v n ;; , 'n ■* ..;!.)' .-. ! A new w^eekly^pu^aij 1 $oj ; ,,^e'^[ed,., The Wellingtbii Figaro, is to M ' be'iopujjri; Wished alipqt the ; 2B^ of Marcli.,, , ; , . lu'^v 10 be^jdevotejdrto satire, wity.'andihuiniour iiniprose:and, ? rclrse, .!ou polifcicftl, Social, and general subjocts.*^ - I-"1 '- " 'if"! ' j A fire took" place at Afaniobo ' (hear Wanganui) yesterday, afternoon about 4 o'clock, V^lieu. Mr staples we,re I)uint,dd,wn.: , "!phe jhorseß Natator ' and ;<ptawft were m the loose boxes adjacent ' bnt \^efr proitiptly removed: "If ; is tse^ lievedthofi/ejWas^caused thipugh rats gnawing riiatclles. " ,^-j*- j | Tlie Doric too^. the;., fpllgwing cargo ft'oni Port Chalmers for_ London :— 9OO llales wool, 12 do nkius," 5- do flock, 51.---<|o l leatlfer/ 22 casfev i v t.}llow; v 20 v ' v iio yp^iU\--2775 sacks flpuiy 2 pkgs ; total Ynluc, £25.f 25. The ship Tiirakiua took 2626 bales wool, sdo "rabhitskiiis, r daslfs tSildw, 1 tank, 2 cases' ;;C fd¥a, ;"'s2" v (Juartere beef, 12,000 Bn'eep';' totol value, £71,327. • j The Manawatu-Hawera railway con. teacts are nearly complete.; ; The present \ intention /is; to.. ope,n the, line, for traffic) <^n the : 2Brdinst,,<,so: that; trains will be f run ovex.the line a day or two before the' Htt wera races. • . ;i ; T)|eHaicomb;e Small Far'flii Assopiqr-,, tioii apply.ibrsoolO th6Jptaniak|ipua ; Blojck, Snd will tafe 7250 acres, if tljey 4an get them. Martpn applies for 10,000 Acres m the same block. ! The Canterbury Times^ Bays that Mr J3allance'B refusal to take off the i restrictions on the sale of native' lands is' greatly to the credit of his Gdvernmeril?. It is called " locking up " the land.. This/is locked "up against speculation^-to ,' be kept ' for st»na- ''fide] ' settlem^ut. JSyen for \x& speculators ttiis is betteV. .Neithei: they nor anybcjdy else,.will;be..demoralised. '<■■<[•'".-'..,■ '. -.■•.'.;>.. ;■:■ •••• :: » •