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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1649, 4 March 1886, Page 4

Messrs Snolson wi]l offer on Saturday consignments "tif^wh'eat, oats, grass seed aad pot dtpes^."-' . i The smoke.; from several immeHse bush fires m Fitzherbert this afternoon . "quite obscured, th.e:.'Bun. Capital burns" should be the result. ' t f \Ve remind i.ttur readers of Messrs Beckett, Hiiminoudj-and^ Diclc'a speoial ■stock-sale; to.iiiic!elplace at Strathendrie, near HalcombtJ, to-morrow, at 10 o'clock. ■:•;•;":!' Mr Alfred Levy, the secretary of the Alliance Convention sitting m Wellington, stated at a meeting on Tuesday last that v lio had very good authority for saying that a general election would take place iv aix or seven weeks." : ' An old salt v/asi'inokink his day on a pier, when his attention was drawn to a yacht lying close at hand. With considerable difficulty he spelt out the name. vP-s-y-c-h-e,' and 'exclaimed m astonishment, ' Well,, if that aint the d.inieat way to fish that ever I ' sawr.' It is rumoured; that, whereas the. receipts of the lato,, ludustnal Exhibition aiuouhted to £6QQO, the expenses absorded rib Vißßß;tlian!il6,orto, tlius leaviling a deficiency of £!O,OOQ to be pro vided by the£ Colonyi— -WerHogtoo paper. ■ ■• -*•' ' ; L vThe:.nianager Dunedirf Savings B^jk^itates that mouey is being freely offered on deposiT at present, and this is regarded as a proof that Dnnedin is emerging from imder the. dark cloud . which has envirohod it for Boveu years. At the last meeting of the Fcxton School Cointnitt'ee the following applications for the, position of head master were received :-~«L- J. Pilkington, Herbert Woodhain, and T. A. Flood.. It was resolved that before deciding on the applications, i\ie Committee would like to receive any more applications up to the 14th March. Applications for the; position of assistant mistress were received from Misei. Dillon, junior assistaut Palmerston School, E4, and Miss Little.. Dunedin, D,—rboth well recom^ mended. It w.ms resolved to suggest the J appointment of the latter. On .the pro-' position of Mr Maclean seconded- by; Mr Gray, it was resolved the committee slionid vote for Messrs Wick steed and' Tuff-tine only fortheseatsoo the Board!