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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 93, 23 March 1885, Page 3

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(v;MTBI)bP*PBS! ASSOCIATION,} />> W o) i: w;hir> tfsLsON.This^Day^ •■■•.■ A narrow 1 escape 1 from a serious fire , occurred as 2 o'clock, yesterday morning. JEhje^finsfcable. ;pn , dusy pbservgd ; fire the;,roo.f at the; rear pf>Eeewes and-Go.-te 1 Auction Boom, but wsLthtthe -'aid: of the watchman and otheri&the fire* was leitinguished before much'^tfniage^waa 'dotiS. - \ ' .' ; -. V !( 'f*fci-:.WOPP.I?!iI«GB,:;™hIf:I)H7. :V ;-i In lh« Course of bis reply to a deputa* tion, tfi^^he^yblanteep' "corps, -whichwaited" : 6W- him <! oii"- Saturday, the Eton. Mr B&usfti'ce s'atdheinteiitied Qn his return 0^ ]atiori^Miri^ l i.ri% i 'cqrgs m the colony to we^ I ' tna'.^'a^e' iiiufbfni,, He vaa,of bpinioai ,iiiia^ ,ejigh /corps' should .decide, on- its own uniform. He also depreciated the practice of sending-home for uniforms., s^jfcborighj, they should, be. made, m thedGolOny/froril colonially manufactured tweedsj eveh I though costing v,' little niore? 1 '"-' 0 ' 011 ' ■' ' ■■'.!' • '•■ '■; ■' : " ' ' 1 1,-^f'l'!,, /Bj^bnhbim^, March 21. , .' At * meeting < of the ; shareholders of the Marlborotigh Meat Freezing > Company J '&-%f, J resolutions were almost unaniinbu^ p'assfeff centring the directors; and calling on -fliera' td iake' steps to stop att fujr(^ej; y erpfind,iture,.and wind up, the cbn^pwiy jt^fh^ut .dplay.'^ . ;''' :-i.\i'.i '■:f,.-a Auckland;' March; 2LFo^e^^pr ','ya^sclatched for all engagement^ ,J||r' the'! Auckland Autumn meeting '■■ .• ; The, Auckland Society's Show was held to-day^ Fifteen, hundred persons visited it. The entries were 150 more than, last' year. The display of fruit^as 1 magnificent) and: of apples is saidt^be^tme^ualled in^the colony.. • ■ . rlL'tiu '.'■ '■^i.'^APiEft,.JM«r,cJi'. 2,l,., : . Wflliatn : i?dtttledge, : major commanding t^'3is^ct, : died last night from cerebal cßngfiltion': ' ; ; : . ' ,/ „; " ' ' ' ,' . JO Xi»i< eS'i' •■ •'{ * .;. - ■■ ||j ' .-.-.t> ■■■• . . &;>•.:^EiiiCJKGToir, March 21 . .Tn^'fc^er^diaehWa't'-ttte quarantine, statioW^i'fe rid^; cpnvalfescent, and;: ( have been^a^. ; ;;V Z'-^i w.' '\ "'". : < An inforinaiion .tor perjury has been laid %%m4. {P3- : %. .Taylor, bpa^ build- ., er,C^eiQuay, . \ v . , ;; , -j ■.,,. -, ; ,: ..■ • Th«4>?pse«it month has-been an exception*Hfpiiwefci: one, : .in - WelUngton so far. Bam'liafefi&Uen^ri ten days out >6f 21, and •4h^ yi faiflfoli ; 'already teaches' 239 inchfes',* .as '^onjpartfd >with 284 1 for the who^ r df s M?a I rch'la§y: : ye'ar. ; M¥ J 'tMrile < c ! , fishniphjier here, is making several experiments' ill curing and preserying ,fish, .Mr liairdet is using almqat;ey4y. l yar;'ejjr .",o£ sail wajair fish, and Hs has fprwarl^a jriiii,Bhipmenji; to- Sydney,,.and by the IloEic Jie sends Home a larifceiqnantiiy 6$ fresh, salt -water fish. A >sHght outbreafc^bt firei was discovered jri< ; the> refrigerating chamber of the Doric this'^brning. It is- understood the cause-4-wasr.the accidental .upsetting of one^f/tljevJights, aiid it is fortunate the fi^waadiscQv.e};ed m time., otherwise the result would have been very serious. :J ; ll n CriBis*CHtJKOH, This Day. ' A Jsause and s^op, occupied by H. Mcdown last night.. Inforance on store is JE2OO. -; : > ■■>- .