The Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. TUESDAY, JUNE 1, 1886. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XII, Issue 1722, 1 June 1886, Page 2

Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. TUESDAY, JUNE 1, 1886. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A man named Gregg has informed the Wellington Post that he hast just come 'down, from Woodville with 36ozs of gold which he: had pljntined m that district, and that he intended to claim the £500 reward for the discovery of a new goldfield. From inquiries made the - Post does not believe the man's story. Neither do we writes the Examiner. Our experience is that tbe precious metal is precious scarce m Woodville just now. The Woodville Cheese aud Bacon Factor has received an order from Melbourne for ten tons of cheese. The man who hnd charge of the blastiug operations at Dunedin, by which one woman was killed, and aeveml injured, thinks that he may have put "a trifle too much " powder m, and so have caused the fatality. There were two lots of Bheep m tbe yards of Messrs Stevens and Gorton at Feilding on Thursday affected with lice, the owner of which will be summoned to appear at the R.M. Court and pay a penalty for his care-, lessness. The keen demand for small farms is manifesting itself till over the colony. Tbe Timarn ■: Herald states that 52 acres of reserved land at Pareora thrown open for: .application, m three lots attracted 43 intending purchasers, and thiS .excitement called baclj to nieinory the old ..day*i of the land fever; The deposits amounted m the ugtrr egate to over £10,000., As an indication of the effect the favourable news from the Kiiuberley goldfinlds has had on residents m Wellington, it may bu mentioned that local saddlers have recently received considerabla orders for money-belts and diggers baits. As the money required to enable ench. man to reach the field is necessarily large, it follows that the withdrawal of any large number «t' our population will be serion»[y felt iv ; thr Colony. It is to be hoped that those who \ contemplate going will thoronghly ascertain and be prepared to grapple with the usual difficulties known to exiit m tbe Kiraberley region-, UQtfibly the scarcity of water fit to drink, and tbe treachery o( tbe aborigiaei.^Wellingtoo

Notice is directed to the appointment of Mr Orchard as agent for tbe Manawatu Daily Standard iv Marton. Advertisement will be found over the leader. Names of subscribers and ordera for printing or advertising will be received and forwarded by Mr Orchard. We again remind defaulting subscribers that the p;iper will not be sent after to-day to those owing upward* of six months arrears of subscriptions. In this respect no disWnctinction of persons will be observed but all will be treated alike. We consider that six mouth's credit is as long as aey person lias a right to expect, and is ranch longer than allowed m most businesses. There is it limit. . The following choise effusion, bearing no siguature or address, has been received for publication. The original can be seen at this office : — "Standard. Sir. — A most detestable crowd of dupe styling themselves "Freethinkers," recently, are constantly trying to soft soap me over to their atheistic side of the Square. I heartily wish they would reserve their invitations for those that are more suitable. This cap knows its wearer. 1 am.— Common Sense.*' [Query. Which is the " aetheistic side of the Square ?" Ed., M.D. S.] The proprietor of the Temple of Fashion has jnst received the Autumn aud Winter new •tock? which comprise au nuusually . varied assortment of tweeds and cloths m all the latest fashionable shades. The «oods of courf e are only of first class quality and they are also being mude up at reasonable figures. ' In Mr Sedd on'a Auctioneers Bill, the final clauses of last year's measure are eliminated, aud there is nothing iv it which tends to lower the status of the. profession. Licences are made applicable to the whole colony, and substitutes arc to permitted m case of illness. Mr Richard Hennesßy, head of- the fatuous brandy firm, died at the end of March fit his residence at Cognac, aftor a very brief illness. By hi 3 death the i-Fi-tfueh turf loßtone of its best known .and most popular owners of horseß. It is the intention of the Union Steamship Company, if sufficient inducement should offer, to despatch the s.g. Hero with passengers for the Kimberley goldfielriß on or about the 18th of I next month. Early applicatiou for berths is requested. The steerage fare will be -JJIS. C. M. Eo.-S & Co,, the Bon Marche, beg to intimate that they have just received advice of a very large line of Ladies Ulsters, having been cleared for them at a Heavy Discount. The Goods are expected to arrive about Tuesday next, June Ist, and they would recommend intending purchasers to withold orders pending the arrival of the above at the Bon Marched C. M, Ross & Co.