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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1661, 18 March 1886, Page 2

):, :Jt is ruriigu red m finanjctal circles thjjt flaige sums of English' capital will shorty ly be available ia this colony, at anprt-^ cedental low rates. Meantime ho appreciable differonc* mr ths money market can be noted.. Average : mor& gages are negotiated' 6u "following terms ; From £100 to £500, 8 per cent ; from £500' to ' £1000,' f£ per cent; £1000 to £10,000, 6i per cent. In connection with most loans, there are considerations which more or ltu modify quotations.^ Western 2iiMß. * Iri the : Contemporary lisvieip . fib* 'Bishop of Pof's sborough liberates 1 his mind on the subject of paths, which Mm would abolish m almost ever^r instance, excepting m. tnat of Witnesses and jurymen m a cou>t 'of law ; and this^h*« would retain.^qnjy until the entira t English people had grown so truth'fulp so > deeply .obnsoious 4hat^, . all;, words spoken are spoken iv the presence of » Divine jWitnegs£ancl' Judge, , that .their ; word should be to them as sacred -a» ; im- ; oatlr" ," •-'■■' ■■ . . ;. ' Before^ the N. Z. Rifle Association's meeting was 'held at Aramoho, an on- - official promise was ina.^e. that should that site be chosen the Tithua directors would give jßuf'-'as^a donation" to-fh* funds. This promise was not^coufinne<^ officially, and the. dirtc^or* having an application before! them for the sum, decidfed $£. reply that as) they had made no profit on the runs, arid had never promised such a donation, 1 : tfeey regretted they could not, under thY circumstances recognise the claim: — 4fr Bennie voted against the rei»lution.<-~ Hsrald. "'' " >? v . In. re^rejujse "to. £he {stats (of ? rsliffibb: among the North Island" Maoris, th¥ correspondent of - iheriLyttelton Time* states that Mr Ballance is of opinion that ifitheChurbh df.^Eogland oriMiy.;, of the dissenting churches exerted themselves they ■ could: secure the bulk p| the. natives, as they are m a frame of mind to join any of the churches. v Hi thinks the Church of England, , -. has . bo long neglected the Maoris, wouldf have a good chance of successfully raestablishing itself among them at tht prefent time.