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Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1499, 5 November 1885, Page 4

, la. reference to the death of ft!i Lambert, who wps accidentally killed >y f f ailing over a cliff 96ft. high at the Kowai, Canterbury; a few days ago, it niay be' I stated that his dog remained with.tUe body on guard for about 105 hoars; from the time .of the : accident tiirthftbody vvas found. The sagacious: animal appeared to have chased a sheep. over, the cliff abpnt the. same spot, and ifatfWiDt itself supplied, with t rations. .The estancias of the River Plate reso-; liitely'coiitinue their combetition'in the frozen 'mutton trade. Messrs NelsonandSons, of 'Liverpool, who have chartered a fleet of steamers; have this week; brought Unto their own. warehouses 7000 caroases. I £Londpn ; eorrepppndent of Star), hear from Liverpool tliat, inhere are, two new companies about to^embark jln this trade, one of them beicfg cjomposed [chiefly of sheep-fanners titid eathnciard*. It , is expected that frozen beef will goon Be: largely: dealt, the breed of the Biye? Plate cattle hay- . ing been .lately; much' improved by an importation of Engiish bulls, r: r ,' The 9th November being the : iPrinJco of gales' Birthday, and a public holiday, the meeting of Juntices to form a roll will be held ou the following day at 12 o'clock noon.