Untitled

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1656, 12 March 1886, Page 2

• . We 1 (Jlerald)t xegratfitQiUiTu that cable advices have been receiyod from Sydney 1 of irf all of 3d .on batter,' With the large stocks vow held ii* the Colony it r : is unlikely that' 'the market dwill rec over to 'any grtit extent. Wet ondeiw stand that some 3000 kegsairettSw held by New Plymouth traders, while the Freezing Company m Auckland hays jsptne&QOO m stock. JW» jinprehend JRejcjuseJif the*rfecl|n? n weather enjoyed by our colonial" neighbours since, the breakup of the drought m Sydney land Victoria m December, pastures having quite recovered, being, m fact, better-ihan for yean pact. The neighbourhood of Woodvill* appears to have great- attractions for the pedple around Taonui, as Sir >Curtis, who is leaving for that plscs 'shb'ftly, two or three other residents have taken up land there and will sooa be away. — — A story' comes 'from America of a millionaire named Newb»r,iy, thg itaun> chest.o£'BUutich teetotaien, who during a ypyage to Europe fplt Bick| and died. He was not Bewed' 1 op 4u * € Tbamtnock and flung overboardpaaJtabjaight have> been if he. had been a poor man, but was headed «d in' ahogshead of fine old Medfqrd ruin, apd* ;khipped back to Chicago!* Bis re] atiyes: were perplexed at recnVin& him'badliiiKtbfa unexpected form. If they were^ like hiiu, total abstainers', it is probab)J*that they could not have borne/either light or' smell of spirituous environment. They solved the djfficulty, by^ burying-hin^as be was —rum", cask, and all. 1 -*-«- •*- /. - *W« thought some tiraU ago we pub* lished j the champion . apcodni of « teacher V residence Je'xlraeteq from a Greytoouth paper, but the Lake. Waka* tip Mail gives o^ne "bottfen '^Th« writer says V-L * Twill 1 bri'efly*ib>erve that the teacher's residenc^iat Carqrooajjas only got two rooius. < One of.the/i/1 x 10ft . and iri this -roomiJtlSe members of th» Board expect a family ot ten to live, washj cook, aod,eat; iv it^thwre la no stove, no oven, only three' «nafl" bars «f iron temporarily nled m to hold as much coal as* one could pot m his hat. Tiie otHer apartment de'ii'iifned^ftir sleep, ing accommodation for a family of ton, is barely 7-x sft. Further, the teachers 'residence and schoolroom aregswarniing with vermin, which v are over .desks, forms, chiidrens' books.^aps, &q. In' fact it _ij not an undsu'ifl thing, especially m the dinner hour (m th« warm pari of th'eldayj^w see tfie teach* er takiug^n(s'Wals outside.*' X . The^Napier News Bas tUe^fotiowuiff t (ojdjW" the tttention ot the Chamber of uommerc* ana { otirtrb6die« fo- tßolSiecetMity that exists for.informiug the Press of this ■ tiWn with" the i'time at which Meetings are.to'ybe beld £ and.such other tacts as would enable us to pTop'erly and promptly - report, their . , proceedings. It is a courtesy which Vkl^aV^xtinded el.ewhere, and.we.feel sure that public a«d a^hp^ublic m do not want to be singular itf^RiS'respecl. ]At;^<uheral of thft>te Mr Wilinot Ppwelt yesterday iafFernoon, the Chris* ChuiM choir, by some of th« memoirs of^theJfardioriic Society, reoderef'th^Wth^salmi and also the 889 th Hjymri, r.- I .' .\^h>nouf b^ads are bowd with # *^\^z)£^ vret* draped with black, ana the seat occupied by Mr Powelll fof imanjf^years (h« had been .o.vcr twenty^y.ears a member of the v -ch6ir) L waa coverediwith/3i^a^tie sombre looking material. At the grave the ¥ cfioir%anlr - Hymn^^aol 3^Dsys and Moments" and eight members of the flarmonic ; Sodiety g%vjS! 4he • anthem " I heard a voice from Heaves say " '('Edges))' »TA.t-'iafrge dumber of the public attendei-tQ. pay their last respects to a worthy citizen, and the procession was "■rendereici riiore-effective -by -pretence of the volunteers under Colonel Stapp.— «-