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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 89, 18 March 1885, Page 3

.. "An .old .a-rmer," writing, to the Waikato Times cautions the farmers against thrashing their wheat m the fi,es without stacking; as he says, the grain will' not ' suit millers and will only be it for fjbwls' feed. -•■'>■ ■'■ '■ ' 'It is expected that there will be railWay communication between Otaki • aad P^lmerdton within 12 months jfrpm nowV .■'.■ '■:•>■:■ >■■„■■■. . • ■ '.'I ;-'■'■ At the Wangariui Supreme Court yestewlay* Bpbert Lawlor pleaded guilty to breaking into Mr ; . McDowell's dwelling house and stealing goods from it. He was to be sentenced this morning. John Russell 'was found guilty arid sentenced . to two 'years for stealing money from the MaxweHfcown Hotel. R. M. L. : Cole pleaded guilty to the theft of a horse j :and saddle at Otaki on Jau. 1 20. } Sentence., deferred. H. B. Fowles, on 'a . charge ; pf embezzlement of moneys; from j , the* government Insurance Department, \vras found guilty. Sentence deferred. The Borough .Council meets this evening. _' '",'...•'"'■•'''.. „. .., .'. ' ' , ■•' ■■■ .The new railway time-table for North of Wanganui comes into' operation on and after Mbnilay heit. '■•■'* ; „, Mesrrs Stevens .& Gorton's stocjc sale at Bulls will take place to-morrow. The .published catalogue is an extensive and,, important one. ' ■ ' - . ; . : . We; have iio thank the Feilding Jockey pliib'.'for receipt of a complimentary .member's ticket.' " ' .. , The Handicap Hurdles at the Waver,-; ly-Waitotara Racing Club's meeting yes- ; terday paid a dividend m the totalizator ofiig2B ss. : ■'■■'- ■■■ -...-■ "■• ■ ■ ; '_;'■; Several grand jitfors were, yesterday, ■fine'd^S each for noh- attendance at the ! Wanganni Supreme Court sittings.,- r ;, , ' Mv Siielsoii ahnburices" a' special sale-at-Kiff raaVfc oh Saturday next, to yhieh the attention of oUr readers is directed. „ Official notice re the striking of the atinuftl ratbin the Maiiphester 'Road Boartl district is published 1 m our advertising columns. ! '- \ The Shaw, Savill, and Albion Com : parry's new 1 steamer Tainuii which left Plymoath onthe Ist February, arrived otfc Hobart oh Saturday forenoon^ all weell. She left at 8 p.m. same day for Port Chalmers,and should reach there td- '#?•'•:■'.,'...•'."".'■'..'■"■■■.;;',,>. I ■■■■.■■: „ Mjuls for England, per the Doric 1 , for - /specially addressed correspondence j close 'sit the Martpn post office on Friday next at 4.45 p.m. Tn^ Done leaves Welling- ■■• " ton' on Saturday at 2 p.m. ' ] „;..,;; The Awapuni lagoon was visited yesterday by a good number of the hbhday. making community; . One < picnic [party 'numbering upwards of 80 ladies and gentlemen ; spent a. very pleasant Sjfc, Patrick's; Day on the banks of the lake and. . also on the , water itself, several ladies proving themselves excellent hands m pulling an -oar. : At- this party the the following sat down to an exception- ' ally well arranged arid exceedingly tempV ing repast' at about 12.80 ; Mesflames McDowell, Hawkins, Hoe, Leigh, Hamilton,;, Abrahams (2), Beck, and Misses Robert (2), Mowlem, Tingey, Hawkins, Donkin, . Dixon, Gatto.n, also Messrs Hawkins, Hoe, Leigh, Robert (2)j •Pririglej Watchorn, Haybittle (2), ;Beck, Tingey, Ravens, and Healy.' j MrClaude Pascal returned to the colony from his visit to France last week, and was warmly welcomed by his friends. Mr Pascal was accompanied by a younger brotber. i j . i We are gre glad to see that tlie Go-, verntnent is advertising for 15 ,Qoocreo-" sote,d railway sleepers as an experiment. , ..The B.M.S; Rimutaka, which left Lyt.telton pq Saturday afternoon for London, took away 176 passengers and 14 ibox«B .of goldj.shipped by tho Bank of New 'Zealand., ; ; r : ' ; •;;'' ''" {'■ : ; f ' sThe5 The Emperor of Germany has advised the Czar to coino to a peaceful settle— tiaeift England in' the dispute bepweeri the ivfo countries with reference to the Russian advance on the Afghan frontier.