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Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 28, 1 July 1885, Page 3

Th<\ BtdteiiiPtita of tho captain and liiatt* of thft Tonic show that, the vesßel, ■ when eha Btruck, heeled slightly to star--board,-bnt did , not lose any way. Thw mate looked astern from the hridge nnd saw the wafer Vftjy perceptibly discolonr<»(| as if sand or mud had been disturbed. A magisterial inquiry was to ho held to day. Tlio i'' criminal calender at thn WellingtoiKStipnune Conrt is to be held on July st.h. It comprises fonr caßes of larnrnv, one,hprßrßtoalii»v'i oho receiving stolen prpp'rtyi one jewel robbery, one false pret'ericf'S. 1 ' Large quantifies of totara piles of {Treat, k-nath, continue to In shipped . from Waiiganni for Wellington, where, we understand, they are used m connection with- the , rnclamation works ut present jroing- on. They are sent chiefly from Manawatu. Mr Robert GHlkb, M.H.R., has forwanled his resignation of the Bruce scat to the-Spealcer, owing to the state of his health. - • Mr Gladstone has been m the lilnglish ' House of Commons for fifty-three years, and yy&s first, elected, when 23 years old. His leadership ; virtually dates from 1845. when Ke became Colonial Secretary m the"Minist.ry of Sir Robort Peel.