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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1662, 19 March 1886, Page 4

: sVrit.es; ,'f Flaneur" m the Wangantii Belaid :— The accident .tp .Te.tford at< the Maiiawatu River 'crossing, was [ti great lift tor the " books," asjt put the" WanganuiCun and Stakes winner hors de cotnbdt for' 3 t juje', ;: 'If- iyas at ;i silly thing to place so many racehorses on tlio punt at one time, as Borne of them wtre pretty sure to ploy, up and pfobably get hurt and cause others to be injured. v . Forty-fivci more of the Christchiirch unemployed passed through Wellington on Wednesday m the steamer Koraoui, bound, for Greyuiouth, where tb«y will obtain work. . '' .., ■-..■' ■ We have heard mnny complaints (says the Taran.iki Herald) of the potato crop having suffered from drought this season, but from the f^/Jowing it.iwoujdi seem that this is not. (tie case eyery-| where 1 . A settler at Stratfbid, for' the ; purpose of testing hta I crop of ' magnum bonuiris. measured off -a patch. : 28ft oy 19ft, and weighed the yield 1 from it; '< with a result of 4701bs of splendid poti-' toes ', which would give a total of over seventeen tons to the/acre... We sljould think this land wpuld be hard to beat under the most- favourable circumstances. . . "', : . f It will be a grand thing if the Mokau cement should turn put to b,e a success, writes the Hawera £fow\ .We observe b.y ; retiirhfl th at the im port of cement is constantly Increasing. Last year there was more cement imported than fn the previous year by 36,006 barrej.s, and stocks are stated to be lower npw than they, have boen for some time. past.