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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1665, 23 March 1886, Page 4

• .VVauganui hiis uow^ ,53. .subscribers td the telephone exchange. Mr WHiley 4 , of Kateie, has^infofi^edjug of the recent dangerous illness of his lon Walter! aged 21 , whose condition has been very critidal for nearly Yhre'e months. .Relapse succeeded relapse; on each occasion deaift Seeming 'imminent;, but by. the skill of Dr. Mclntyre, unwearying home I solicitude arid careful nursing, the young man is -now rapidly :\ appr Caching conva lescenoe.; of the I . various w« ■ lapsWarid : ';th6, ultimate 'recovery from each is a tfitly marvellous" one, the'rdsulfc beirfg a source of great thankfulness to Mr WKiley's 1 family. ;We agafn request of all subscribiiW who will be called upon to-morrow, m connection~with arrears of. subscriptions' the favoT of a prompt settlement of accounts rendered M*--" '" The weather to^ay was* again very hot, and the indications of predicted rain appear, to have passed away. Some showers would ddHhe countiy a world. E of good. f; *• I We make ro|ai plsewhere' for an m teresting account or a trip* on the Wei-ling^on-Manawatu\Railway, so far as the foot ot Paikakariki Hill from Wellington, which is taken 'from the -New Zealand Timeß,anA will Be found well worth perusal.^ \Ve,presuu)e the day^. i^ot far, [distant when laVsiiailar accountVilrjappear m these columns^ of the inaugural trip to Otaki on the same T .l| ) ne. '. , . ] , ■ .' By tebg/amreceived as we go-tb'prerfs \ye learn that the cyclone m Fiji, .on the 2n«linstr, jwas a very .severe visi^ition. It blew 'itv 'frightful gusts, levelling houses m all directions, ■ the air being thick with sheets of iron and roofs ot buildings? being Scarriedv.away.jj. jrlass. - f ell to 28;4Q. I^evuka is almpst wrecked, three clmrciies being jilown I down. Eight vessels are lost and ibany" of the crews drowned. "Other disastrous consequences .attended the visitation.