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Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1464, 25 September 1885, Page 3

We learn that' Messrs Welch and Co. have been appointed agents for the; Mariawatu; district for the Mignon piano, one of which instruments will be on view m their premises within a few days. 'This .instrument is very popular, and no doubt the easy terms of payment will, further recommend it to the public. There have been a number of inquiries for the instrument since theadvertisemont has been; apnearing m the Standabd, and we; have no doubt Messrs Welch and Coi will be able to dispose of ■ a good niany, as the Mignon is universally admitted to be the best and cheapest piano m tho market. We understand that Colonel GOl ton has had a siiccessfiil interview with Sir" ,J. Yogel regarding the desirability of having telephone stations at each end of tho Manawatu Gorge, m order, to do away with the nuisance at present ex 'iating. through the narrowness of . t lie roadway when flocks of sheep or. cattle aie beiiig : driven through m opposite directions.' Tlie stations will 'be at the -Gorge Bridge and ; the Gorge Hotel, Ashurst. The defence made by the Times lust 'night to our reply to its attack on ourselves is still of the " contemplihle " order so peculiarly characteristic of that paper. In fact, it is so essentially contemptible as to be beneath contempt. We need pursue the subject no further. The paper stands selfconvicted of having on three different occasions tried its best, by malicious misstatement and wilful misrepresentation, to embroil us m a personal quarrel with Mr Leary, with whom we have been on terms of friendship for years, with whom we have had many and most satisfactory business transactions, and whom we have always held m the highest esteem. It Itas miserably failed three times, though "perhaps it will try again. This reckless allround hitting is surely significant of something else than '' immense success." We do not envy our friend'his inward reflections. At times ho must be a very unhappy creature. . :'■' '■■ ; . .- "i ' '> ' \ \ We are glad to learn that Mr Haultain is better to day^ the pain m his knee having somewhat subsided. The weather to-day and y'estfirdhy has been simply delightful, as if summer had burst-upon us all at once. : An advertisement abont tlijei sire Somnu's appears elsewhere. -„ , : The date and place of Borough electionß areieleewhero nbtifiedV Tenders are invited for cleaning Terrace End School. ■ : : W« are sorry to learn that whooping i cough has proved fatal m two cases m this district. . • ■ : The unfortunate ■•female whose mind became unhinged was taken to Wanganiii. by. train last nighrj Sho wns ,very difficult to manage when on the journey. : Messrs Woolcock and Hoskinghad on 1 view to day outside their premises one of their special make, of kitchen rangps, which was admired by n number of people. The excellence of the principle and manufacture is apparent even on cursory examination.- Tlin workmanship' is highly err ditablo to the mnlcerp, and the range is onn that should hnvo a r«*a«iysale, as it is ninde to burn either wood or Coal, and the price i»;by no m.«»anß hijih. The former resiilenre of the late Dr Feathersteni, m Wfllington, was roinplf tely gutted by firo yx'sttrday afternoon.