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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1617, 25 January 1886, Page 4

The case of Grubb v. Napier Evening News, an action for libel, which was to have been tried on Monday, has been settled by defendants, paying £'200 damages. ■ ■ / . ■' >, MrA.J. Willis, J. P., formerly of the Property Tax department, has beeu appointed private secretary to the •Premier and the Cabinet, vice Mr Ebenezer Fox, deceased. '■ .A 1 Napier meeting of insurers m the Gbveriiiiient has passed a resolution: Btrotijjjly cuddemning the appointment of Mr Driver, and expressing alarm and regret that the association is apparently i being made use of for political purposes.| . -■,■••'■ Among those whose names are mentioned as probable candidates for the Waitotara seat are Messrs G. Hutchison, J. W. Baker, D. Peat, R. .§ommerville, H. Sargeant, and G. Bridge. The Wanganui Education Board will hold .their usual monthly meeting tomorrow. ;, : : ; „.■ . '■' ) ) From Ashurst, to Feilding bush ,' fifes are raging continuously, and volumes of dense smoke reach for miles round. Writes a correspondent : — " Would it not be a good idea. to test the volume of the Tirumea stream, which is to be our future water supply, during this exceptional seaßon, with a view to ascertain ita capabilities ?" We think the idea is an excellent one and might be acted upon advantageously.