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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1696, 30 April 1886, Page 4

A correspondent write.^ ft^her severe, letter anWt ltev^A.,':, ifo ..^rißhtfa, references to Mr, A. Sts-frari <at^.he.maet. ins: of school committee/ "As the letter i 6 published would probably; . cause Mr Wright flind'his frietfdr 'very considerable annoyance, and as he hpoligicerd fur iiis hasty, and indiscreet remarks, we. think it better not to publish the letter; as it would only stir up feelings that it were better should be tranquillized and pacified instead of fomented. . : • Mr F. T, Collins of the Head Butchery, Rangitikei-street, notifies that he is prepared to give cash purchasers the benefit of a very substantial reduction m the price of meat. Mr Collins should be well supported m his new departure. The Feilding Star and other district newspapers have referred m a very kindly spirit to the considerable enlargement recently effected m the size of the Manawatu Standard. The date for receiving tenders for wire fencing for Mr Prendergast, Bunnythorpe, has been extended to Saturday May 8. There will be a meeting of the School Committee on Monday evening at the Central School » t 7. 30: . Messrs T. Edwards and. M- Prendergast were to : day- nominated- as candidates fo'rNo; 3; Ward m the 1 Manawatu Road District. • ; " The Martini enfield rifles for the Colony are expected to arive within six months. C. M. Ross and Co., the Bon March, m a paragraph advertisement elsewhere call attention to som« special lines m dress material, to he offered to-morrow, and during the following week, The Australian Defence' Conference has concluded its sittings. The result will be made public next week. The Armstrong guns for the colony will be phipped shortly. All the Ministers with the Governor will be m Wellington next week ready for the session. • • , We remind members of the Caledonian.! Society that a meeting will bo, held: at | 7.30 this evening at the Commercial i Hotel, when we hope to see. a large? number preterit. ........ .•• • ; The Tarnnaki SeJ*aW^'Jß J t r,esporisible ■ for the following : On 6 of ; our country's noble ' defenders 'appeared, at the reviewyesterdav d*corateH,,wjth. a silTer medal, ami iri'one'of 'ihV 'evolutions performed by the cbriipany, he got con r fused and separated ! from his comrades. The commanding officer noticing this, expressed his surprisa to the man .that he, an o"M a'nhy'manjwhd\had seen active service ob ovidoncVrtTny* Ms medal, should have forgotten liiis dnli, and was met with the Teply that /n'e,nad not been, m any army. " How, iheh'do vow cbfne to wear a medal ?" asked the officer ; 11 Oh," replied the private, "our old sows won that tneda'l at the Agricultural, Show, and I didn't see why I shouldn't wear it." . ... , t