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Manawatu Standard, Volume XII, Issue 1741, 23 June 1886, Page 4

Meiiri Brown Bros, of Sydney, report th* sale, ou account of Mr Fergusaon, of Now Zealand, of 14 cows, at an average of £10 per bead. I liere are ooly two free libraries m Ne_w York. Button has 11 brauches of """Kit libary. When Washington was born there was only one free library m America. Now there are 1200. A labouring man named Charles Crane was swept off the breakwater works at Otago Heads on Saturday afternoon into 18 feet of water. He leaves a wife and m Dunedin. A Wellington cabman was recently charged, (1) With having demanded {row a pticsenger a fare m excess of the amount which he wasentitlotf to charge ; (2) with having used abusive language ' towards a passenger ; and (3) with having neglected m keep the necessary scale of fares posted up m his vehicle. The Bench inflicted a fine of £1, with 9s coats, for the first offence ; and 10s with 9s costs, m the other two cases. On Friday Mr Mathieson, late of the Otakapn Station, accompanied by a mate left Bulls, for Wellington, on liis way to the Kimberley goldfields. Mr Mathieson takes, beside other equipments, a ; couple of horses and a dray. Two more .goldseekere from Bull* will follow next * week. The funeral obsequies of the late Archbishop Ooold were solemnised at L Melbourne on Wednesday, when persons ■■' of all classes of the Catholic community wert present m great numbers to witness the rites performed out of respect to their late chief pastor. Cardinal • Moran of Sydney officiated, and repre' ■en tatives from nil parts of the colonies were present. The ceremony was of a most impressive character. A funeral oration, delivered by the Rev Father- ; Cohill, 8. J., vho delivered a glowing panegyric of the deceased prelate.' The remains of the Archbishop were buried uin oneot the un6ni»hed chapels of St. iPitrick'n Cnthednl. The church was Kyp/owded that ReveraMadies had to be In a fainting condition. Hrhe antics of the i. s. Huiu, tinder nDipfin Fraser, proved a source of conff derabie amusement on Saturday to the on board and the spectators on shore m the vicinity of Fort Ballance. |As the 7 ton guns at the fort were fired 'the shots were answered from the Huia |by a small brast cannon situated m the | :»» of the vessel, Captain Fraser on 'etch occasion manceuvering his boat so ■•togivc th* fort the full benefit of each shot The ludicrous scene recalled Nit oner the familiar picture of " Dignity ■Dd Impudence."— Wellington paper.