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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1676, 5 April 1886, Page 4

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(DNITEP PRESS ASSOCIATION ) xnd, Saturday. Messrs F. J . Moss, M.H.R , and Seed, Secretary of Customs, Government Commissioners to Fiji, leave by tho Arawata to- morrow, accompanied by the Rev Shirley M. Baker, Premier of Tonga. It is Mr Baker's intention to cooperate with the coin miHaioners m their labours, so that the Kingdom of Tonga may secure the benefit of any reciprocal tariff arrangements that may be entered into. Wellington, Sa i v rd*y . The body of a young man partially dressed wns taken out of the harbour this morning, and hss not yet been identified. The body shows signs of havh:g been m *]»« water some tune, but ncil>ody has been reported missing. A half-penny circular post within town deliveries' will shortly be established by thb postnl authorities. The crimihal.seßßionß of the Supreme Court which commence to-morrow comprise sixteen charges against fifteen persons, none of which are ot a serious character. ; The temporance party m town are making arrangements to open a temperanco club, and the lease of one of the largest hotels m the city has, it is understood, been offered them on easy terms. Three divorces will be heard at the next divourcfe court. The Wairarapa natives have agreed to leave th« question of ownership of the Walrarapa Lake to b» decided by a committee.