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Manawatu Standard, Volume XII, Issue 1723, 2 June 1886, Page 3

The ' Frisco Mail bass for Manawatu and Hawke's Day nrrived last evening. We learu that. Sir Carroll is about erefitiuir a very roomy bu ; l<Jinsr for public entertainments, adjacent to the Clarendou Hotel. Ton bnilding ivilj be a credit alike to the town and- its public-spirited promoter. Mr and Mrs Tbomns McKenzie, of Wellington, returned tliichnr I:i9t evening, after a visit to Prtlmcroton fcxtenditig over seme weeks. Mrs H. McNeil went back with them for a visit to I the Empire city. . | We are sorry to learothat Mr J. O. Batchclar iti at present confined to his ''house' througli somewhat severe illness. * The envelopes supplied to the Goveinmen t policvholders m rou<iei;t:on wilh the electiou of directors hnvini; been reudered usuless by becoming gummed down through the printed matter h»vio<r been e'nc'osed while m a damn state, by an advertisement cUfiwhere, it will be seen that fresh envelopes can he obtained at :ivpni:ie» of tbe Association and at the Post OiTiees. \1 r Greenwood will pay his nnxt visit to Pahiierstoti on Thursday, tho 10th June. ' We learn thnt qnita a number of residents o£ Palme,rston will be ofE to Kimberluy witliin tha next forlnight or 80. There will "ue a sitting of the R.M. Court to-morrow. Mr J. C. Sly announces potatoes for sale at elmap rates. . : At the meeting of the Road Board to day Mr J. R. F. Pratt was elected Chairman. ".; A. steady turnover is required .for a country newspaper. Application to be made to Daily Standakd, Palmorston North, m first instance. •• . > . An advertiser wants to bnv two good light draft horsf s for a brake. Foxtou is supremely happy just now. It has produced five pumpkins which weigh m the aggregate no less than 459 1b5. Pumpkins for ever ! Advance Foxtonl Showing the headway the Daily Standard is making m the country districts, H may be stated that on the Stoney Creek and Aaliurst lines alone, the number of subscribers has increased, within tha past year, by over 30 per cent. Iv those districts particularly, and also m and around BunnyUiorpft, the Daily Standakd is essentially the settlers' paper, Uaxng delivered to almost every, resident with scarcely an exception. Of course this result has not been attained without considerable outlay m the way of distribution, and tha expense of delivery keeps increasing indnth after month, as the area of circulation extends further and further. Late papers mention the death of Lieutenant-General H. H. Greer, who took a lending part m the New Zealand war of 1864 66— Hrst at the head of the trqop9 m the Tanranga "district, and later with his own regiment, the 68th, at the attack on the Great Pah, and subsequently, commanding at the action of Teranga. He dind at Moy, iv County Tyroue, on the 26th ult.