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Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1482, 16 October 1885, Page 4

„ \Oii dit tha^ife^w^t I*^^eat ;" muss " shortly over a 'statement which, has been circulated by a committee-many to the. effect that Mr;. ; Verefcer-ißindon, m his recent eja.minfttio.ns, jused different •;se ( ts,of ,piH)ers ; .for, schools .for the ; (same class.^ an^.ihat tnjs^counted. f or tlie.re;. markaible Vlfßerepancieß ; in thejpasseg ofetame'd*' at the 1 various sdhooisin^qifes^iQn'. We' heed fiardly sky 'that we feorisider thestatements a> foul slander on 1 the'repiitation of ; a gentleman i whose character' as an inspector is, abovefreproach.— Advocate.* * .The annual meeting ' of thfe ; New Zealand' Prejss A^Sabiation washed yesterday ;in Auckland, ithe'iHon. Mr Reeves, chairman of directors, presiding. The, report apd,Jbalance ; sheet; presented. werel ef ja'satisTactbry^.character^ Measra Hor-. ton and Blundell, the retiing airectors, were'r^electea, . ; ;i ': ; ( " u);^' ,;; ';'":" JA, le.tter, was l re,ceiye(j yesterday from the jßanjk ' ' of 'A^sfealasia' in ; Melbourne acknowlede^ng the receipt oi the bill of fading- Of 'Poha'ngina quartz forwarded ■ jif or crushing. The • letter was dated the '■ i7ik instant^ at swhichcdate-'the 'Btone/;had ! nojt bee^ delivered,: from <the. iyessel^ but/ it waa^tated that it jWo^jjd asisoon as received by the bank. ' As.w.e> hajye before remarked, tlie result of the crushing will be wired to Wanganui. — Chronicle) - V{i \ " . ?; h; ;"■'"' '" te&. i Wnltef'Johmnn^lalwWiinß; ter for Public Work«), who arrived' »ifi^ the It M.S. Aoraogi on" Rnfnrdny, w»s pi4pent"«titJie>liinolH?onv jrivfin ; jll We|-> f linjßton on WcdjioHflny .hy Mjhejf local/ riii'eelnrß t>f s tl > c? „ , -Mu t/i« 1, Jiife r f AgßKnntionjn.r^Ail^trciia. „,T|)e .^filing." ■, ton Times'snyf tfi'nt Jufl,:t'rin ITomo poirH to liavV-ifigfced with filui',' ftix/iiiat, , he ;lookß< nViidlv 'fit ro'iigfiV. ] v ' {■frWraV 'gp» i ' tlefnen. who hurt 'riot p'rehfjrtnfcly Bp«ri Mr' JrilinHtnn, vyarnily. congratulated him on hisireturflrtojlhe/cqjony^ ',' |i , ; , -.- , .-, - >-

G iahoriiei. possesses the-., eahucsfei. and "\ best xiAtftf'rdrti tiiftber-nn-ivliaiil m.« Ah* : t coiou^ j* jy «igl hk. ' r° : i .' . !i| L ■',' y^yispy w t that appears hi tin.; 'fforaid'of \ lint tow il Thta gentleman ivquesli paymr-tit pt his omsjiandjjVg accounts, as, " having for, several iilpiitlis to stilt tin- times, allowed these malteis to stand over, and reeling tlie most huiiri felt disHapoiiitinttit at rot having his consideration fojr-^others ,re-' ciprocat^d; coupled tVith tha.crtofness^ofi his ibnnk'|r, he is tieceHaitatHL to atinouncfe that he cati only make onunppji!cJ»tibh'i er^, he seeks the i^sisvauc-fe pt ihetr mutiial and respectetl friend J|lr. •te." Sirch a polite appeal should hnvt| a visible effect, or the heartßM>f the ; G|sborne people must be made of stonel , -An eutertainment is announced nt*the Tliea^re^to-night. Tluj ptjucipril !n«uiber\oi the coinu'auy js Miss Amy Johns, wlio is f lvorably . !ku>yn? to! F^lnievston pmy-go6rs. Some specimens of stone brought m from Pohatigiiia by Messrs Hoiuan and Gifford on Tuesd.^y'pAMjning-' were, jested by "Mr Forheß ' (late Kohu an'rf Co) yes terday. Mr Forbes informs tia that the assay r^sul,ted,in, producing; a. quantity of gold equal "Wtliree ounces 'to the ton. The stone waH procured from the original dlaihr C-A-naersoii's), from which the specimens seem to v varyv\very much, at one time eohtaininiVg, as m the present case,' gold louiy^ without '-a trace of silver m other caßeß silver only, and again silver aftd golci it/forhVixe'd. "Mr • Forbes has a specimen from a claim for which he haß,inade application, uiiwWch whatapV pearsto'be gold is-jVei'y plainly to be / seen ; but v - he^'has not % tested 5 it yet.— • Chronicle. H v -; \ l /; • ■'■-';, ''• There is now f urtbe^r fuss about the Band conteßt,\at the Exhibition. Tlie InvercajgiU v Garrißon ; Band no.W v .\claim first piize.. h -.', ,;.\, l ,'.- >, . mThere is further dissatisfaction m Sontbland iiilrtftireuce. to railWayi rates. The poßjtiq,u.is soinethiuK^siinilAr t^u this tiiaf fedHsiShbfsV say ! rrom Wanganrii \o Feilding, would find it cheaper to book right through to Boston, and re-book backiagaih* io Fv.ildin£. What absind'ity will Mr Maxwell :iK-xt perpetrate? An adveit'Ber wanta a quaiter acre section ploughed. --•■■-■