The Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the Westpqast. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6. 1886.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1628, 6 February 1886, Page 2

The Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the Westpqast. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6. 1886.

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Miss Tessy B. Chapman the {brilliant leoturess, will lecture m the ' Lyceum to-morrow evening, subject, " The Popes of Rome." ' ' i ■ 'i The latest report from the wool Rales is as follows, under date London Febuary 4th. At to-day's "sales 9jf)OOl I bales i were. submitted, at i auctiori, aud' met with a quiet, 4>ut steady, coih^eti-i tiou. V- >. Bishopßarrjr, of. Sydney, P,rimate of I Australia, , will reach Wellington to- \ morrow. ' With the view of combining pleasure- \ wjth business, the Maoris, are arranging some races for Wednesday next, ttie Otalci Racing Club having offered the use of the course for, the occasion. A totalisaror is being made by native local talent, and the permission of the Colonial Secretary to. use the machine is to be sought. It is expected that aboui i-:dO will be given away as prize monty. An Invercargill telegram states that several deferred-payment selectors have applied, to the Land Board for relief. They have taken up laud at high prices which they could not now pay. In one case £7 15s per acre had been given, and the selectors had spent a large' sum on improvements, only" four acres remained uncultivated. On another section had been spent £1500 on the hold* ing. Consideration was deferred to ad-, mit of the applicants laying ,their cases} before the Minister of 'Lffirttff 1 Notlong ago a iTutcheV m this city fold^ woman a piece of meat, which when taken home, was found to- be Wd. It was returned, but ttie^butcner 'refused to take it back, replace it with another piece, or refund the money. The woman 11 nursed her wrath to- keep it warm," and she planned to get oven. One Satnrday night, when the butcher and his assistant were busily serving a number of customers, the irate female walked into the shop, and, throwing a dead cat on the meatblock, exclaimed : "That makes ten. I will get the other two by to-morrow." None of the cub- ' toniers m the shop at the .time 'took bologna, nor did they ask for a " nice rabbit."— Kington, N.Y., Freeman. The Oamaru Times has the following: —"It is siiid that a member of 'the 1 House of Representatives cleared bttween £1000 and £2000 by the colony taking over the district railways. .Between: the two sessions of Parliament the member m question is said to have purchased district railway, at a mere song, and when the Bill passed reaped the reward of his enterprise." The police have not been able tb discover any .traces of the man alleged to have stripped t*he newspaper/ runner/ Anderson m the bush near Invercargill. The boy's statement 'is so 'far corroborated by two buahmen, who iiaw him come out of the hush crying ; he has also-shown the police the place where the iimn kept him .captive four hours,, during which time he only spoke tp v himl l twice, . " : - J >■■ ■); Th< banquet to the Governor at BoVitika was a great succpbs. The Town Hall was crowded. His Exoelieucy referred repeatedly to the warmth of the welcorno, and seemed , highly gratified. His route through the Min T ing townships of Stafford, Waimea/and Eumara to-day was like a triumphant procession. The miners mustered m great force to testify their loyalty.