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Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 24, 26 June 1885, Page 3

At the Feilding R.M. Ceurt on Wednesday. E. H. Wright, Esq., took the usual oath of a Justice of the Peace for the colony, and afterwards sat on the bench with Mr Ward, R.M., during the hearing of the cases. Judgment waR given at the Feilding R.M. Court on Wednesday, against Mr C. Roe, of the Denbigh Hotel, Feilding, for commission on the sale of the pi*o perty, which lie refused to ratify. Mr John Bell intimates that tenders for bnxhfnliing will be received for the whole or part of the work. "Found Out," a tale of thrilling interest by Helen. Mathers the popular authoress, can be obtained from Mtssrs Welch and Co., Stationers, Pahnereton North. The Wanganui Education Board meets next Thursday for a two days' sitting.

We understand that a rather sudden death occurred lust night m a small house m the vicinity of Wilson-street. The deceased was a woman said to be very respectably connected m the Old Country. SShe hail been drinking very aauvily souio time past.' Relc'iiiice to Her c.me was casually m;ido al the List meeting of the liceusiug committee, m Cu.uiocUon with the Heel Lion Hotel. From what we could gather last night, .the death is attributable to alcoholic poisoning, and we should say that an inquest is highly desirable. — Chronicle. The branch of the New Zealand Clothing Factory, under the management of Mr Edward Johnston, is one of the most popular places of business m the risinsr township of Pahnerston. The large and varied stock, with ihe courtesy of the. . employes, will always maintain the reputation of this institution.— Star. The arrangements for shipping stock by the Gairloch from Waitara must be very good as we see it stated that she has made 30 trips and never lost a single beast. The enquiry mto the affa : r on the Wangaehu Hill was held yesterday before Messrs Hankey and Beatly, but as the press were not invited *o be present, we presume that the enquiry was a departmental affair, the evidence iv which will be transmitted to Wellington for consideration at head quarters. — Herald. , We understand that a summons has hsen issued against an individual named Alfred Wallis for damages done to a lil« n£ newspapers belonging- to the Wang.iuui Public Library by alleged clipping and pilfering of paragraphs. Wallis was at one time a 1 censee of the .Branch Hotel m Wellington, and was of late an hotelkeeper m Hiwera, where ho was adjudicated a bankrupt. As the case is subjiidice we must retrain from coiniuj!it. The ca*e cnnis bj'o.e Mi\Ward, H.M., on Monday next. — Chronicle. In reply to a telegram sent by a member of the House, asking Messrs B. and P* Duncan, the well-known implement manufacturing linn at Cliristcliurcli, ' whether the protection extended by the new tariff was beneficial. to their business the following answer has been received : — r"N6. We know the requireDunts of the country, and the public use c donial m preference to imported' implements or iniiciiinery.