The Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 1886. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1668, 26 March 1886, Page 2

Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the W es t Coast. FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 1886. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

. A hew advertiseoient from Messrs Reid and Gray, Of JDiinedih, appears' on v our first page. Special attention is directed to their double-f nrrow ploughs (which-.,were awarded a, gold medal at the 1 Exhibition) portable, scrcwpresß, patent bagging chaffcutterg, a_nd patent balancing disc barrows.. ,„.""" Messrs Jones and Hay thorn*, of Taonuij • invite tenders for 130 chains (more of less) of log"- fencing. Tenders close at the Feilding Post Office to-morr-ow evening at 7 p»in. ■ : ; : ■>--, \ The; Bishop of Wellington willhold'a confiraiation service at St. John's Church, Feilding. _ ..,-,_ „c ; The Carterton: Observer boasts jthat because it has a polilicalsonl;" and possesses y th» courage of its opinions, it is feared ; ' and.hated. .- It terms its" cpnteuiporary, tl»fGreytownJiSta?irfaj^a literar^, cojrp'i4 No'^fufther telegrams 1 . hiive^Beeri 5 re\ ceived with reference to the construction of the.Nelfion-Sprmgfield Railway. The Government have for some time' been m :Communication:Avitli^ ; the Agent-General . and tfie .syndicate 6rT the" subject^ w and. it ! is considered pibbiible that the 'whole 1 " 1 qu'estidn will ' b« discussed ' at? a meeting of the Cabinet this atternoon. The contract entered into between the syndicate m New Zealand and the^.Government, .under which', the t forme^ 'liad 'to pay r/r a deposit' of £5000 within 12 months; ek-^ pired m January, 1 /and ,the : contract has therefore been formally broken. bu£ a| : itis' optional for either party to break *the£ agfreement, the Governmeht.will- take no action... The Wakatipu, whibh passed through Wellington a few : days'ago*ra.ro?<te for Sydney, had on board. 92 hcirses, 3 head of! cattle,' and;; 19-; pigs^shipped at Southern ports, inc&aing jtKat<,shipped at Wellington. £\. ■; ".■ ' <*;■ '■/' "'f'':;:) c=^ V ;The Turakina Valley School Committee M?as^iinanimpuß : vih^YtftinftlV;r!or Measra Bosa^Gmo^t^^Fryf^^^- '"* iSeventy to eighty ; applications have >been received^ by the Dhectors of the Wellington Factory.-f prthd post of managing salesman arid travelling re^reaentative ior the Company:^ A selection will probably be made'in^a day or two. Sbirie of the machinery forthesWbolleri. Factory is already, on the grpimd. iOwners of racehorses and others interwted m ; the J'eilding race .meeting; tqbe [nel'fl. ./on Easter . Monday '.Viri reinindt'd that ' nominations ' for. V" thd Handicap Hurdles, B eliding' Handicap, Winter^ Oats ; Handicap,' and District Race close at Feilding on Monday next, th> 29th March, at 9 p.m. The weights wjll be,d.epla?ed on Monday, April, sth:) There is a capital joke- m connection with pete.ctiyc- Walker/ w.ho% was.rseuthome m charge of Sheehan, tho 'Ctstle- 1 tdwnroche murdefdr. The 'detective w&s ion his; ;w,ay^u ; p coast en^ r.pute* for. A.ucklaud. Goin^ ashore 'aTone^or'tne* Southern ports, all, ignorant of what.had. beeii i 'going on t in the colony' 'during' hi» absence, the iSrst thiiigthat" caught his e^<n was a triumphal arch, »hd the word "Welcome 1" Walker; thought that wa» good enough,, but being a, modest man r he 'ebqiiire'dVfthe first ptranger^ha' met; as to what distinguished -visitor they expected m the town./ The" v man eyed the queiit over^ half iuspiciouS that he was *bout to take af* ri«e " out rtl hirxuand. spreading « Queen Anne's fan, promptly ejaculated " Walker !" The, Auckland Vidocq's equanimity was somewhat rudely disturbed shortly afterwards , by his learning that the Governor had visited; the town a day or two previously hpnee the arch, hencßthe 'Welcome. Ue' now. thinks the adage, " Better late than never," is * mistake. . ' •'.-' :