The Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1886. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1667, 25 March 1886, Page 2

Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1886. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

' ; ■ ~ - — *ts — t* Zi V ' . Mr Walker, Veterinary Surgeon, who had his leg broken on Sunday j is still suffering great pain, and is -not gressing ag favourably as could be desired. ■.-. : . .. ■ : ... ; .; :.. :■:.■:;■ On Saturday Messrs Barnt and Hogan will 'Mold their wool and produce sole; at Wanganui, sale at 2 o'clock. ;■;-.■ < To-morrow Mr A. Barns will hold hiß produce and stock sale at the Benj Nbyis . YardfjTurakiua.. The:salßj will copmeuce atl o'clock. -*'*"• . , ■ ; :..-..-'' ; •. t • : ■•■\-.v\} . •■•••.-; J . We remind our readers of G. M. Snelson and Co's horse .fair, to tajke ' place on Saturday next, , at Tatterialls Stables, at L3O p.m. ' • ••■•■■ j « Messrs F. R. Jackson and Co's salejat the Waverley Sale jass,_wii;i Ja;ke place to-tnorrow, at 1.30 p.m. : Messrs Siau and McGrath, auctioneers and commission agents At Woodviile, have an announcement m upur* fourth -page enumerating a number of town" jiand country properties," jj>laded fin thfefr' 'hands for sale aud to leias'e, also 'business sites m Pahiatua, and town sectionsjat . Daneyirke. , • ..\ Messrs Freeman R. Jackson & C 6's catalogue for their next ialeT at the St.Hill Street Yards/Tappears elsewhere; The sale will be held on next Wednesday. ■ ■■■•■■■ ;■■■■■■• •' i>fc <:< ■ ■<■:* I On Saturday, 27th instant, Messrs Siau and McGrath, auctioneers, Woold ville, will sell a variety of goods! at their mart, at 1.30 o'clock j' and at -two o'clock sundry casks of beer, and jarsand bottles of spirits: Particulars will be found m advertisement.. <v "?*%} i *" In the libel action , brought against him by the proprietor of the Pier Hotel, Wellington, Sir WHliinTTosrwlil bei represented by the Attorney General. Mr Downes has secured,, the services lof the legal -firm of wtoiolu, the Colonial Secretary is the jsenior' partner. ]It ought to be good fun vtb L listen to two members of the same dabm«t_ slanging each: other m tire Supreme jCourt.-— Marion paper. Vf/Th> Marton * paoer oughttoiknow that reipectable'tbemblrs of the legal profession do not '* slang each other ih 00urt.7 . . ED.MS.J \ .... The census is to be taken ron-Sunday, the ?Btb inßtan^^nd houaßhojdcrt will have to fill m tho..papersLwit"h the nanies of all pej-Bi>os\sloepiqg m (heir houses on that -night. The enumerators have been busy, leaving the papers at> the N seteiil houses m town during the- week, and it is requested that they bo taken care of, and filled up on the right dale, as soon after which as possible . thjey will be collectedi \ • A' correspondent of a Wanganui paper writes as follows :— lt is rumoured that tlie Carnarvon estate ; has, oris about to, change hands. The Oro^ia Downs station is having great chaagjss made, on it. Some little time; back tii^re were between 60 or 60 hands employed, butthiß number is ) now reduced {to either five or six. Haviug-iuchaJ l lange wage revenue cut off, must make a very serious difference to the surrounding

A Wairarapa exchanso atatei . Joa't^ the bull Which is effected by diieaSft jia that district is a valuable ahorthom tnat was purchased m Victoria for ifil4o, and imported ifyJlir'D'ubcan? McMaster. ; /A, ] maaichargad ;witli Jy£fgtmoyf intho Wellington Resident Magistrate's Court, was asked r whM ho was doing. „ Anything | can get hold fof," he jre v plied, inspector Brown promptly ire-' marked' that that was perfectly trW — the man had been convinced for lardeny. Mr Hprrocks, who has been for some years chief clerk m Messrs Stevens and Gorfon's office at nulls; ia about to give up hiit; post to enter upon -farming. ' Mr T. King, of Palmerston North, is his successor.— Marton paper. ' ' Sir G. M. Q'Borke, Speaker of the House of Beprasebtativei, was a passenger bj Tuesday night's train Foxton to Waqganui. • . ; ; ; On Tuesdayj a mob of 600 head of ca^' tie, the property of Mr Ralston, passe]! thtbttgh Bulls- from Loirer Rangitikei, on the way to that tceotloman's recshtly. purchased ran ia tht M*a«ia distriot. ;