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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1589, 23 December 1885, Page 2

i Mr H. A. B. Williams has commenced business m the Exchange Buildings, the Square, as chemist and druggust with very encouraging prospects of ultimate success. He has had a considerable experience as dispensing and family chemist, having been for some years with Mr Fitzgerald of Wellington. He ia the manufacturer and patentee of a. number of excellent specifics, which should come into extensive use, as their qualities become known Mr Williams is also an experienced dentist. Complaints have been made by owners of impounded horses that when they go to release them, no one can be found, and the half-crown for a " feed " of musty hay is the inevitable consequence. At Mr F. E. Jackson's sale to-day at St. Hill-street Sale Yards, Wanganui, there were offered no less than 650 head of cattle of various classes, besides fat sheep and other stock. The work m connection with the es- ; tablishment of th© Wanganui telephone i exchange, is about to be proceeded with immediately. The launching of the Tuhua steamer, built by Murray & Sons to the order of the Wanganui Steam Navigation Company, took place this forenoon. The naming of the vessel was performed by Mrs Geo. Howe. A few appropriate speeches were made on the occasion, which web one of the most important m the history of Waneranui. There wag a large attendance of the pnblic. . The Wanganui Herald says :—Pohangina seems to be quietly fizzling out, little having been heard of it latterly. This is not correct, There are a number of influential people who have firm faith m Pohangina, and who are determined to persevere m seeking to develop its resources. It is probable that the escaped nun, Miss Edith O' Gorman, will shortly appear before a Palmerston audience. The amended regulations for the form ation of special settlements are published m the Gazette of the 17th inst. According to the local paper the juveniles of Forton suffer severely from worms, which is alleged to be a consequence of ns'mg impure water, being the sweeping of rooffi. It may not be known that Mr John Purcell, of Foxton, claims to be the per son who turned out the first pairof rabbita m the South Island. This was when, many years ago, Mr Purcell was con nected with the Otago Police Force. The rabbits were liberated by the instructions o± Dt Menzies, when superintendent of Otago, Inspector Weldon being at the time m charge of the torce. The rodents were turned adrift at a place called Mokomoko, near Invercargill. Mr Borlase states that he has no intention of standing as a candidate fqr the Education Board,