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

LATEST NEWS.

♦- (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH— COPYRIGTHT) (REUTER'S TEI.EGHAMS.) Sydney, Monday. Sailed, on Sativ day afternoon — Wakatipu for Wellington. The Sydney Morning Herald makes a suggestion m to-day'sissne as to a set- ' tlement of th* political difficulty that the Government should meet Sir Henry Parkes* motion referring to the New Hebrides by moving the previous question instead of taking the resolution as -a vote of censure. Melbourne, Monday. The operation of Factories and Shops Act is being followed continually by increasing nightly disturbances m Collingwood and Fitzroy districts. A number of shop assistants and larrikins, resenting the keeping open of those shops which, m accordance with the Municipal bye laws, are exempt from provisions of the Ac*, assembled on Friday and Saturday nights getting together a large crowd and paraded the streets m the suburbs named, smashing the windows of obnoxious tradesmen and generally behaving m a riotous manner. The police were greatly outnumbered and were powerless to prevent outrages. A re-oc- *■ currence of the disturbance is feared tonight and precautions accordingly have been taken by tho authorities.

Mr Volkert, of Bunnythorpe, • was the .successful tenderer for the erection of 95 chains ; of wire-fencing fpr.^Mr Prendergast, at the rate oO Bs. per chain; A tenth call of lOsoer .share lias been made on the'caiiital of the Brewery Company. Thiswill<not be acceptable news to. the shareholders m this bonanza. • We henr Mr Wald^grftv* is about to take a trip borne to the Old Country, There was a sprightly sot to at fi stcuffs on Saturday evening m town between a well-known coatli-dnver and a looal carter. The affair was pretty hot whije it lasted,-, and the, balligerents could be easily distinguished this morning by their scarred hands and countenances which bore tangible marks of the fray. A local knight of the anvil interfered, and m , self-defence had to hit out pretty vigorously. The 'triangular duel caused' some excitement m the locality where ?t occurred. The demand for lotions, salve, sticking plaster, and other similar applications -jvas today pretty brisk,. and one of the trio is now suffering seclusion through a sprained ankle, obtained m the melee. Mr Albert Barns announces their fortnightly stock sale at the Campbelltown sale yards, on Wednesday next. Full particulars will be found m our advertising columns. „ . ... The TarauaK Herald would like to know if the wheel that broke m the Okehu aailway accident last week was any part* of the defective railway material about which so much attention was called a short ;, time ; since. We shfinld think it is highly probuble. The direct mail for the United Kingdom per Aorangi closes at the Post Office to morrow at 7.45 p.m. The Mnriposa, with tho San Francisco mail, arrived m Auckland on Saturday evening last, anil the Penguin, with the southern portion of the mail left One hiniga yesterday warning, and would reach New Plymouth during the evening and land the Palmerston bags, which may be expected to arrive by this even: ing's train. . We are pleased to learn that Ur Chalmers is progressing towards convalescence very satisfactorily, and will soon bo about an ain. . We learn this afternoon that Mr Walker, lately severely injured by the kick of ahorse, is now getting along favourably and is sufferine* less pain. The Road Board invitos tenders for •metalling on No. 4 line, Fitzher'nerf. The inaugural me4ii>g of the Blue Ribbon Tern peri ■ a Union is announ;<d for Friday evening at the For-Bt<««"s' Hall. An interesting meeting is looked forward to. Several of our country subscribers have lately complained of. their copies of the Standabd being abstract e:l from their boxes. This is a very mean act to be guilty of , and one which is liable to get our mounted runners into trouble, as naturally they get the blame. We went uo on Satar'day afternoon to institute personal inquiries into one. of these cases, (which are getting of late far too frequent), a cpmplaint having been lodged that afternoon. We foundthat* the abstracted paper had been replaced m the box m the interval of the subscri ber leaving- home and returning. We would be glad if each similar cause of complaint were made to the office with as little delay as possible, so that investigation might 'teke. place promptly;