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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1711, 18 May 1886, Page 2

The reports of the mountain firmer* of North Waleß, says the European Mail of the 26th of March, brings the number of sheep and lambs which' 1 hay* perisjjyd duriug the recent heavy snowstorms to upwards of twelve thousand. The farmers complain that their losses are the most serious of the past thirty years. Messrs Pollard and Simea hare g on* into the auctioneering line^having taken Mr Tod's premises, formerly occupied byMrJ. H. Horn. Mr H. B. Pollard, will act as auctioneer, m which capacity his business push should prove Tery Useful. The first sale by the new firm* takes place on Wednesday next at 2: p.m., when a miscellaneous assortment of goods, without reserve, will b* offered.— Hernld. . v ' . This is how an American paper refers to Mr Murphy's Temperance work m Cleveland— The efforts of Frank Murphy, the Temperanco apostle bleached 19,000 noses m Cleveland. A line of men on the sidewalk m that city formerly looked like a torchlight procession, v A fortnight ago it was reported to the Auckland water police that a seaman known as ."Mick" Had left the cotter Lark at Babbit Island ink dingy, and a* he had* not returned to his vessel it was concluded he had met with an accident and been drowned. It appears he has since turned up on Taratau, and the . dingy |found vsmashed on Mackintosh „ Island. No explanation as to the cause . of his disappearance from the cutter busbeen vouchsafed. - : _ The Auckland Herald hag thefollowing '• — "Among the various changes now? beini» made m the police force, Sergeant Donnelly, of Auckland, is to be trans> terredto Wellington, his successor being 1 Sergeant Lyons. Sergeant Donnelly is one of the oldest police officers m the colony, bis servicas-on and off extending close on 40 years. ' In early manhood he served m ,the Irish Constabulary, and thence on coining tojthe colonies m th* . South Australian and , Victorian police, and has now been many years m th* police force of this colony. *It is greatly to be regretted ;tbat provisions is not made m connection with the Police Poice of New Zealand, as m other colonies, either for long service pensions or retiring allowances, for men 'who have grown grey m the service, and havegiven to the country the best of theirdays." . f ;