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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1669, 27 March 1886, Page 4

... Mr understand that '"Mjr' : James ' Bull and Mr Charles Bull ihteiid'to take a trip-' Home shortly,' and tha : t ; ' ! 'Mr J. Harris, 1 o£ San'donj willifoljow' their example. jfv';;W ! By a letter received m Auckland by last mail, \ve : learn that several capitalist fanners m Scotland coriteiiVplate einigratina: to New Zealand, to occupy soipe of our best watfe. lands. It seerrjs tliat. Dr;Heetor's Handbook\of.New;Zea- " "land | ' '.which contains h. jva : st,J.anfoji n t jof useful information; ; ,has been lately 6x tensively circuiated iq. several of, the ' fiij-inihg; distrjets of, Scotland, "and tliat our" varied .''attractions ; _"inV cliriiate, land, &c, are being seriously considered by „ agriculturists m" that country. There is 'p sco^e'enbu'gh for sucir in'^NW^Zfeaiaad. — Bell. it-x.v/tf.- ■ ■ •.- |-- 1 f .. The i New ! Zealand; Times . : sayg' it : is V- probable that ;dur|ng the past 12 orjlS motiths 300 shops,' and buildings of various descriptions have been' added to those inside the" city boundaries of Wellington. ;■ ' 1 have been requested t6 call atteor tion to the Lycenm advertisement ;in -another column for Snuday -evening, when a lecture will be /delivered/ ion fi"lMiracleß,lPVopheßießiy&c;V iglar'ge attendance is expected. -. - •■•; : • • ' £ ThnifWellington^s riot 'stiffpritig frbm *iy unemployed diffibulty/ : 4s/ nb ; doiibt 'maiiily 6vr'mg (says the . Pok)' to the Taif^e ojftouht 9f fcrnployirteriV pff^re'd jby the" Welhnt;ton : Manawatii Railway ■Company- m the :cbnßtructiori r of . their ljne iind l bythe; ..Gity, -.GduniciL in i'^theie,cjamatjo?i w.orks. ,S"''^- t , i< : C)f^ : ''U^ 1 ' • *~ Tlftt^ndef of'\lftßsrß A. ; Jonlon i and; P- W*Bt.h, ; Ht. |i fc i 69, for tho nitrations \ ai ■th« Foxton Si;l»ool,. has been accepted. The contractors 'will; 'oonj.rnen.'ce'T.iheir work at-the bftginning of. next month 1 , Tb« hftck :. y hurdle! liors A roha, hai ; been solH-io a bookmaker for £70. fcirhSriNorthdtago Times, says:— kn> «lderly lady,— who ; a . prominentA . .pofitibn.C-' 5 Iri C)*f "'| case nifffc »- "carho- : K»-fore- thr'e *. 'Resident, M^cistrat*?, created .a,, good deal iof ntn.iißßi.nont by tho answer she pave itlie cross-exiunining . .counsel. -.Counsel naked "if she had ever be^n drunk,, to 'whiclr'-tiio'-" witm-ss Rhnrply : rejoined :. " Have you ever been drifnk yourself, I should like to know ?" Counsel roflfioitedi ■ foivamomfint, and then r cqritin tied ithfi nation' m a different tion, as not bine: wjis ' apparently Mo ] be made out of the witness on this tender^ point. .. '.' ' I The regrnlfltions for a special settle»nent to be formed by members of the Police and Armed Constabulary Force m (he Gazette. - ; „ s < 'by tlie|next. Sari FrnYicisco' tnail steamer" will' be tho Hon. James Service, ex-Premier of Victoria. -. . : • Letters of i\atnralisation h&ve b6en granted to L. 3. M. Pascal, sheep-far-mer, of Palmerston North, and G. Jens--sen, settle^ of Trondheina, Oroua-coitnty. Women have a new occupation i m. London, that of a floral adorner. Ex- j pertain the art of floral decoration receive a fee of a guinea for adorning a a table or decorating a room. ; An extraordiriarv successful Gfuess was f ' made by Mr Childer? about the results of the British elections before they be#an. He calculated that there would be 330 Liberals, 250 Tories, and 90-Parnel-lites; whereas there are 384 Liberals, 248 Tories, and 86 Parnellites.