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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1631, 10 February 1886, Page 2

, ' A^proclaination from New South jWales appears m th& Gazette prohibiting tho importation^ New Zuiland sheep into New S6"iith\K«lfeß for • period of. twelve labiths f wiii the St^VM arch. A farther prooiam^bi;|trj)m' tfrei same "colony prohibits t]ib importation or m 'troduction of any cattle, sheep, goats, •Mr Bwin*]ffsm]EurpJ>e, AM,] MncQ or tli* Australian cdldriies, fo p a period of t^elvejnojjths.frqmrthed^instant; ; : \ llt may be remarked (writes the Woodvilla Extkmirieri) as a cv rions coincider/ce that Mr J. J. Murphy was one of a I jiiry who; twelve yeari* ago at Wellington,- brought' m : a ; vdrdfct of guilty against* Jam'esHOameron on a charge 'of rape under extremely diabolical'circumstances. Cameron was stilte'iiced to ; 14 .years and 50 lashes; but'got' let off after seyviWg'lO years. •Mr M u rphy was ' owe ' of the jury who yesterday inquired into the circumstances of • Cameron'n suicide m the loclc-np at Woodville.' ' i Says the, Hawera Star :,— £o,w are the mighty fallen ! . Titokowaru,, ( whose (Woi-d'wiaji.the law on this coast a few years ago,' is nb ( w unable to keep eVen ..a few dogs contrary to tlie white, man's law, and m default of payment of<" the 'dog.tax ifsubjected to the iudignity of 'tiaving his'property taken m «% . Sergdajnit Anderson now 'hW .Tito's thresliinjf'uiachirib under a dißtress warrant, arid 'it is ,' to', be sold unless the old warrior pays tip. "/ . . i , The advertisement columns of th« London- Times aro not places whore you generolly find fun ; but last week (says, a London correspondent) they contained » really delicious announcement. "Country.— A young gentle* mkn and his wife, residing at their own beautiful place m the heart of the country (Berks), finding it at times rather dull, wish to meet with some Congenial soul or souls to live with them, i: Everything one can > desire ; hqrseß, carriages, etc., etc. Kindly write tally." ;An exchange has tne following which |is not inapplicable, to! Palraerston at the present time :— Since the rainfall the weather has' been' pretty: warm, and the resujt has been; that spots where filth lias been allowed to accumulate hare given forth very fouF vapours. : A good rajiny '• well-defined slinks "have been obseryable, suggesting the necessity^ for care to prevent the occurrence of fevsr.:,. ■ . ■■' ..- ".■; The Temper«n6e party Intend to make | a' bigfixht at the ensuing licunsiug «leo> tlbns. Mr Qlorer, who has just arriTed from England, will conduct, operations at AucklatidV Sir William Fox will officiate at Wellington, and t al Nnpiar the jocal Oood TeitiplarsMrHl' pnt'tMr •hodldert fo ! the wh«*»l. As Samuel :be wed Agsg to pieces w do the Tern* 7»er*!>oe ptppla propoio to 4o wfthtfje! toiior trade. No Byrrwodcr,; t>q gntnprpmifc, md nofliurter will he either »W«d |Bfqr^jv|n,^^^ f - j