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Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1494, 30 October 1885, Page 4

Th 9 Wellington Hospital has never' beeii so full as it 13 at present.. Out :of " the 103 beds for patients of all kinds (including those m the fever ward) 102 , are occupied. No room can therefore be found for any except urgent cases.j '■':-■/ Tls'tramway f rom Fdxton to Sarisbn which is now complete will be opened ~with'ajpubHc demonstration m a fe(w > days. ; > Active preparations are being made m Foxton and Saosbn to celebrate , this l important event with great eclat. ■ • ■;•. i:.u i., ...*■■■ ... ■ : . !: ■ :. ;. , ■ '•••■•-■{ A Melbourne telegram published m the Sydney Daily Telegraph of the 15th inst., reads as fpljows :-^The- American ship Ivy,' which arrived last night from , liew.Xork, reports that rafter, .i;oundibg ( the Cape she came accross wreckage m the shape of the fore-part^ of a large • = ■ ' sailing -veissel,' apparently a clipper. Owing lo the ■'severity of the weathpr no accurate observation could , be. mad,e, ' but it was evident that the wreck "had not Ions: occurred,. and that the . vessel ?.?< was. built very much after Hh£*style- of the missing ship Ndrth; America. ; , V The Bank Uhatnbers dancing assembly ... brought their season; to a closei last evening with a ball varied with musical selections by members and others. Ttje entertainment was,* without exception, 'as enjqyable a one as any-^ that have 'takeii; place m Valroerstou pfevibusly, and the Committee of maria'gment deserve great credit for the excellent manner; itt. which all the arrangement^ were so successfully carried out. About 4Q couples were present; arid all .appeared to be highly -pleased, with the,.ey,etiing's;'.. enjoytnent; , An exceptionally welt arranged 'supper table, laden with 1 thefchoicest delicacies of the' season, m ' almost every eonc'eivablefpruS, reflepte'd -: itheihighest praise; onthe ladies who undertook the no small responsibilities c6nnected with this part of the entertain(ment. A .most^r pleasurable ■ gathering was brought to a closft about the wnall weehourß with the rendering. of .• t ,Aul(l ;"' ; ;' " " c „''"'" _„. j The drawings of Ada Mantua's and Bobin<Hdod?sicohßultationß were expecljed take place this evening, bujt possibly < ?ftifght'be postponed until to'morroWi The results, so far as Man a-; watn ticket-holders are concerned, will be notified m due course m our columns,. Bishop Redwood will. soon be on the move again. His Lordship 'leaves New Zealand ma few daysin order to attend thh Episcopal > Oouhcil; iriT Sydney!. Archbishop Mor.jinw.iil preside. Bishop ' Red wood, has. been, selected to preach the inaugural senribn at^ "the ,^Council. The Council is the first of the kind to? be held m Australia, and jt will be attend^ ver>< large number; of bishops and priests from the different: .colonifiß; Bishop Red weod' will: <be ; absent f rod Wellington for several weelis. The sit-j. ting of the Couricil commences on the 14th proximo. '-. ;..v-^ .. - The water was turned on into, the • mains m >cpnnecti6n.-;-'^th" v:!tho..^Marton!---water suppTy on Tuesday- Though the depth of water m the principal reservoir^ was only seVen feet, there was a capital . pregsurer--pressure enough, indeed; to deal with the extinguishing of a fire m a one-storey building m any- part > of. the. town. .The waterworks contract will be • finished' by next Monday. The scheme of Mr Marchant provides for a depth of' 20ft. m the main reservoir. The contractor will have to maintain the works m good order for two months after the 3rd ot November. — Advocate. ; From cork ch.ippihgs,once thrown away, : thousands of yards of linoleum are now; made at Deltnenhorst, Germany, where; the industry is now becQming; quite important.