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Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1502, 10 November 1885, Page 4

■ ' ■ • ■ ','-.:.■{ The public are reminded that thje third performance of our highly success- ■ sul local amateurs takes place on Friday next, when we believe the gentlemen who have before distinguished themselves will once more appear for the benefit of the club's wardrobe. The entertainment will also be more than usually attractive as. we notice: some lady amateurs will take part m the performance. A capital evening's enjoyment may be anticipated. . ; : The notice of next Sunday's subject it the Lyceum is published m our advertising columns. / •', I The friends of Mrs Roborfc Henderson will be glad to . learn that she is now - considered out of danger, and with careful nursinf and attention it is hoped will eventually bo restored to former health. The dangerous , symptoms which appeared yesterday, considerably alarmed the invalid's friends, and- Mr Henderson who is engaged, on the Manawatu Railways' contract, was telephoned for by Mr Fulton, and arrived home early this morning. Says the Napier News of a recent date : — Last night being wet there wfcre no drunks absut the streets: .. Wo learn from the Napier Telegraph that special prayers have been offered m Napier for rain. A correspondent of that journal asks whether or not the wholesale destruction of the bush m the southern portiou of* the province is m some degree accountable for the droughts m aud around Napier ? A meeting of the directors of the Wanganui Cheese Factory was held on Saturday, the principal business being the consideration of matters of finance. These have been satisfactorily arranged and things are going on smoothly. Milk -is received jin good quantities, and cheese of excellent quality is being turned out by the new manager. Owing to the demand which now exists for Okoia cheese the directors have raised the price to'6d per lb. We understand that they conld sell all (he stock left from * last season at that fitrure f.o.b. for Sydney. They prefer rather to. keep it for .the supply of the local market and consequently while declining the offer made have increased the price to that offered them by a Sydney firm.-— Herald. , The Wood ville paper deplores the , fact that the timber trade m, the Seventy Mile Bush shows signs of flagging, owing to an overproduction. Napier ' formerly afforded a first class market ■ but this market is overstocked by the large export from the bush and it becomes necessary to look around for a market. , : ..'...•;.. We have received from the Oriental Tea Company a pamphlet on ; their teas, and narrating the history of the Com- . pany. , The Company shows a steady increasing business,. and its blends, have ' received a large number of Exhibition awards of the highest merit. A. somewhat curious practice is followed, by the Maoris engaged on the railway works on Te Awamutu, says the correspondent of the Auckland Herald.. Every Sunday a, horse auction is held m one of the cuttingis on the line. A Maori acts as auctioneer, sells on commission, and puts a good many horses under the hammer ' sometimes. . The horses are chiefly bonght by natives, but many Europeans send their horses for sale at these Sunday auctions. Ada Mantua has successfully carried through her Melbourne and N. Z. Cups programmes and we can say with truth from the inducement offered to investors the result is thoroughly deserved. Ada's Committees are always selected with a yiow to giving general .satisfaction and we feel sure this has been the case on this fiventreaiilt of which is now to hand. The Press were well to the fore again and tin's fact, renders any attempt at unfair dealing*, ■.. if the desire existed, quite abortive. Principal: prize; inkers nre given below. First net £512, Railway lineman, Wan^anni ; Second £15%\ wife oh a lahonii-r. AncUlnnd ; Third £102 8s A.Z., P. 0., WMlinrfbn. ■:-■♦ For a plnuo worth 1:100 a year m -Wellington there wire 46 Jipplicauts. . The corporation ot Wellington owes '/"460.000 or £20 per head of the whole \ opulatiou of the city J