The Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1886. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

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

Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1886. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A Property Assessment Act notice appears elaewhore. Foxtbri cant ' now produce turnips ? -weighing from 1211)8. to I7lbs ea^h Hurrah If Well done Foxteuj; According to a report in_ a WelHiig- " ton' paper a 'while! lias been , washeV ashore m one of the bays m the harbour ■ We are requested to give special' pro- j minencet* a notification elsbwhera ex-' posing the Norman Lighting Co fraud which has been sq extensively advertised m ; certain. newspapers m the Colony. ■ .. . ; „ . The New Zealand Times pretends to ignore the seriousness of the recent miraculous escape m the Rimu|taka ; tunnel. There ih no doubt. a' terrible • ratal disaster was only UVeAVd^ufrough the brakes' holding at the "critical time. The Palmerston portion of ' the ; fean Francidco. Mail arrived last evening.! "The latest Ame'ricati invention described as " the victory of electricity " announced by the Norman s Elertric Light Cv,, Phi!*de!phi»,^o-S..of-Amr,rica-is vow proved to be a complete fraud. It is toJbt hoped hoiresiileafs'-of these . districts have been victimized. Some of the local; sportsmen^ £re S\doßirpus o| hayitiy-an fenter "meeting on^tho E?oxtort r|cecoJVs« aid a" meeting of ihe Stewards orthe Kac ing Club is convened for Friday eveuing next t) consider thjeiraatt-jr . •• Puff " m the Evening ?fes8 r narijateg f the fdllowingttury ofcan incideni^hieh occurred m the street :—Th> re ■ was a : m^n lyini aslbep in' a dhiy 'ouWd* Kennedy MacdonaldVftod ; a larrikifi coming louplng aloujf, hid down under the. wheel and pulled the man's foot to wakeliim I, TU,en;a passing telegraph boy gave the larrikin a. kjqk a ..iemq !< The larrikin 1 jumped tip sharp and ' gave ? the telegraph bay a clout on^tho mug, th«, man. woke -up and smacked < the; larrikin's head,— and" ihe horsa moved on (suddonly abd let the man fall, bumpo, jn the raiddlt o£.the*atteet>L^ The information publishad a few days ago to the effect that the hurdle horse Rambler had been sold to a native at Taujpo turns out to be incorrect. The { horse has since been-v.purchased by Mr J. Hay wood, of Foxton. Last week a request was made to MiasT'.ssie Chapmnn, the lectureH?, to visit Fexto^, bjt wm loam thai the'request cannot beiacceded to. ff ■"' V ■ # ? f $ x. Mr Hacarthur, the member for the district, wilLad^resß^his conslifuients at -Ealmerston on^MonHay VAiSMlftli insl. , at Feiiding on Tuesday the 16th inst., at Halcombe. on- Wednesday the 17th inst., and Ashurst on Thursday the 18th . in«t* . ; , We are pleased to, observe the name of Miss Gibbs, at present assistant mis - trefls at the Foxton^Pohool, m the list of successful candidates i at the late matriculation examination; of tho University of New Zealand.. , A splendid set of Masonic jewels, for the Foxton Kilwinning' I^odgo Haye 1 -been received. The jewels havo bean supplied by Mr Drew, of Wanganui. The Hon B. Cambell is about, to have a thousand sheep from the Oroaa Downs station frozen and sent Homa par direct steamer. Messrs J. H. Betbuna and Go. 'of Wellington, held a sale of town and country properties on Monday afternoon. There was a good attendance. .Lot 9, town section, No. 643, containing two. roods, situated m Palmerston NgXth, was sold to Mr A.- A; Bar'netf for;£So. A eoation of land m Pal men ton North, hjivintr a frontage of 33 feet = by adettbT of 66 feet to Alexandra-street, wag pur chased by Mr E. Widdop fot £25-; and part of a section m Foxton, conaning 1 rood 24 perches, was knocked down to the same gentleman for £15.. A, B#,o--tion of land containing 8 " 'roods' '82 porches, situated m Carnavon Manawatu district, was disposed of to Mr G, Macarthy for &\Q. Several lots were withdrawn, and are now for sale privately.— Wellington paper, ",'.'' '■[ In one of the retail ihops |n Ohrlstr church, the Prw Bay* is to ' lie seen a 'quih|ity'ot mu»Hroo»qs grown m » jf*r« : 'penhtflt'from 1 mushroom $p'n>n -fmporttd from Enff!*»d. Munhtonmi grown In thif W#y o«t) bp had M tilt saw