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Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 66, 17 August 1885, Page 3

The inventor of barbs on fence wire receives £2000 royalty a month, or £24,000 a year. Mr Gardes in this issue draws attention to the removal of his business to premises adjoining the Bee-hive Store. The proprietor will have a stock of smoked schnapper and mullet always on hand; besides fresh oysters and fruit of all kinds; Mr Garde's business connection we are pleased to notice is steadily increasing. Queen Victoria is 65. King Christian of Denmark is 66. and his wife the Queen m a year older. The; Emperor of Austrifi-is 54, and bis wife is 46 '•";. while ! King Leopold of Belgium, 49 years old, ! ban a wife ared 50. The Sultan of Tnr. ktyiß42, King Oscar of Sweden 55, Ljouis of Portugal 49, Humbert of Italy 40. And President Grevy of France 7L The wif« of the Riisßfan rnler,, ia tliree y«arß youngor thnu btr husband, tliewifeof the German five, and the Queen of Italy seven.' ' Messrs \Velch and Co. notify the arrival of the celebrated „" See Saw " waltz, and also, |he "Sweet Violas." the fjrme^^hoiild [be sought after, as it is generally we^ipoiceiCot, The mystery which surrounded the finding of a hat and a sum of money at the Aramoho railway bridge has now been cleared up. We understand that Mr D. Connor, of the Brunswick Line, is the person to whom the articles which were found belong. It appears he slipped on the bridge and cut his head, losing his money and his hat in the dark at the same time. This happened a week ago, on Sunday the 9th.~Chronicle. Messrs Johnson and Co,, of W^lington, have received cahle advice tha| the Cliina N*vigaUon steamer Whampna, sailed fntru Fonchow, for Dun fdin ! direct on the 12th instant, with 900 tbna of tea for Dunedin, 240 ' Lyit«lton, 475, Wellington, 50 Nelson, 20 Grejinoiitb, and J6O Auckland.

They have a grand opera m Paris m which 1,207 girls wear ballet dremu. Kven a Frenchman m bewildered trying to look at all of them. A very impressive ceremony took place on Saturday afternoon in connection with the reception of the sub missioners at All Saints Church. A procession of the choir boys and minister proceeded to the main entrance door of the Church, when they were met by the four sub-missioners ; the Rev's Dodwell, Towgood, Parkes, and another whose name we did not ascertain. A spiritual welcome was accorded these workers, to which they responded in unison, and kneeling down they then received the blessing of the chief missioner, the Rev W. E. Copinger. The entire party then proceeded to the chancel singing the opening hymn, at the conclusion of which the evensong was celebrated