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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1623, 1 February 1886, Page 2

.. TherP.ungarehu' HotelT between ;Qbu- t nake'and New Plymouth was burnt down* on Thursday afternoon.' ' The fire' is sup- 1 posed toj have been caused by an ember from the kitchen fire place .falling out. .Insured-Mhe building, JH3QO in I the Startdard (£iso reinsured m Northern) ; furniture, £150 Equitable: „ ; J A New Plymou'mtelegram' sfca'teS trials ' it has been raining . heavily during the lastv few days, /and. all the bush fires'are extinguished. " ''v|The Auckland Anniversary holiday Ibjpf riday was spoilt by the rain. ! 200 aYtilians and ' labourers marched m pro■cession jto ' celebrate the eight, hours - movement, but the sports were postponed.: ' The races are ' also - postponed. The iegatta was' proceeded' with. ' ; C]A^ Constable named Ryan has disappeared' mysteriously from' the White Hills, near 'Sandhurst (Victoria). Qh the 11th inst. search parties, numbering fully 500 persons, made a thorough search of the neighbourhood of the Chinese' p^mprwithout discovering any trace of the missing man. An impression has gained ground m the locality that By an has been the' victim 'of foul play, as he had several pounds m his possession whenlhe went to the Chinese camp. ■'. 'Ballakting was^ started on the Porewa ■ contract of the Central railway on Thursday. •; , ; ••• . . : .;-; ■-.•" i : The Christchurjbh City : Council has been content to hold their 'ineetings andtransact their business in^^heb'jfiildWgfo'i: a quiii^r of a century^ T^ey *: have at last decided to erect new offices, and the old buildings 'havefjust been spld for the handsome sum of < kbl 12s 6d. Such long cbntp^ie,d!Qqionojiiy; : Qn ithe, part of & public corporation merits being placed on racord, While the ratepayers vrill , sujrely not begrudge them the luxury of anew, municipal establishment oh a soale to the wealth and importance of city/ . ■ : ■ ""•' It is wbrtii mentioning . thattlie man- - of- war Nelson has on board, ip; addition i to it* other possessions, a miniature printing office.. This is .fitted with ihe necessary applianpes, - inciuciing^a do?eri cases of type, of ordinary' and or jiamental styles, arid, is tnl charge of a cbm'oositor whq is a thorough^ adept at the art. The "oppy |* principally set up cbnsists of reports, &c. f u ioi the use, of ' the AdiniraL. : ;';, : ' .. ".'" ■' ?'.,' . ( '' '..: X ' .V. At a recent collection m one iof the Adelaide churches 600 coins were placed m 'the,' boxes,; of which 300 'were threepenny pieces.' • • The total was £10. \ On tv!edriesda[y, the ! 6th instant, the heat (says tHe Christchurch -Press) Was most intense at various poirits^bh the:Ashburton plains, and. those who were" obliged td be exposed to 'the. rays of the suri had anything ,but a pleasant time ; 6f it; jAt^lford Station, three' miles from the foot of the hills, various' reading's of several thermometers w6re taken on Tuesday and Wednesday One of the latest patent mercurial self-registering instruments, by the noted, makers, Messrs Negretti and Zambra, or London Was exposed to the^ sun betWeen'l p/m.and 2 p.ml on !Wed- ; nWddy, and: the mercury shewed ' 'l'6odegf heat, as did alsaa new patent spirlt'selfregulating minitnum J thermometer. 'Negretti and Zambra's instrument is. only marked to register up' to ißOfteg; and •wMff"the)aiefcury rose to' fthif- point the thermometer was removed to a cooler atInosphereto prevenli the glass frond bursting^ A ! very: reliable ordinary thermome- : ter was exposed to the' sun and registered 165de&Jof heat, varying, between I p.m. and 2 p.m., frbm46sdeg'ta 162deg. On Tuesday,- the sth, -the reading of the. therfnometer yatried fronoi 75deg to 76deg m the shade, while at one' period, of 'the day it Went up to Ig3deg m the: 'sun, On Wednesday the , temperature iq theshade varied from 1 ?sdeg to 92deg t and at 1 p,tq. it rose to 16^deg m. the; suq.