Manawaiu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. FRIDAY, JUNE 25, 1886. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XII, Issue 1743, 25 June 1886, Page 2

Manawaiu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. FRIDAY, JUNE 25, 1886. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

; Several oersons came uo last etening to consolt Signor Renaud, and were touch diup- . pointed to learn that he had not yet arrived: Two patients had'eome long distauces for the special purpose. Special attention is directed to a preliminary announcement from Messrs Freeman R. Jack-, son and Co., intimating that their opening tale at the Johnaonville Sale Yards will be held iv July, detailed notice of which "Will be given subsequeotly. Hawera is agitating for a martet-day, .. : The Nupier coach could not come through last evening owiuff to a heavy fresh m theMui.awalu river, at the Lower Gorge. The pußtenuerH were brought down from 4#hurtt m a bnggy^ '^ -!. ■ 7 ;'{ .■'.'" / . ; ' . ' ' ' V,' ' We regret to learn tnat Mr E. Johnston, clothier, had several severe tits during the last few days, earning his friends considerable anxiety on his account. ~N<t bear that « six roomed home and eight nores of land m Foittm was recently pat up l>> order of the mortgagee and knocked down for eighty-six pounds sterling. The mortgage on it was six hundred- pounds. Tbebrewer«in the United Kingdom hnv 6 ftllen from 32 OOOiu 1870, to 18,000 m 1886---\O ■ tin- dH4» h'me qf a»kiug the vauaniy iv

The Pahiatua Star learns on good authority that the Mangatainokq Block will be m the market ia about two months. The block comprise! 8000 acres, sad will be sold m sections varying from one to two, hundred acres. The country is mostly flat, with light bush, consisting of tawa, rata and ritnu; and a heavy undergrowth. This is considered one of the richest pieces of Grown lands yet dealt 'with, and will no doubt be the means of m Wociug many valuable settlers from various Xptrts of the Colony to become settlers thereon, i-i:! After we went to press yesterday the folMojwtng weather telegram came to hand :-— Bid 'weather approaching between North West and North, very heavy rain, glass further fall* Indications bad. \ ',','■ ; The price of the 4lb loaf m Wellington has been increased by a penny. The LondoD correspondent of the Daoedin Star Bays that m political circles m London 1 the name of Sir William Hart Dyke is mentioned as a proboble successor of Sir WiP. i Jervois as Governor of New Zealand., . The Pall Mail Gazette of London has been mulcted m the sum of £1200 for libelling Frederick Bennett, by publishing the statement that he had whipped' children, whom he was training as acrobats,; until .they were covered with blood. • . I] The Salvation Army is completing arrangementi for holding m London a monster ' interuauonal religious conventiou. ; The managers annonnce uhat they have secured five of the largest halls m London for the accommodation of thousands expected to attend. The 2500 delegates expected, the managers say, will include- Hindoos, Negroes, Maoris, and American ludinns. \\. " rf J As instances of the destructive ■: fury TSf last nights gale, it may be rooutipned that a chimney m Sir Fenton's store at Terrace Eodj» was blown down, smashing through the, x roof, the bricks and thortar falling on a bed, which was Tor± tunately unoccupied at the time. One of windows m the Rev Buna's house, Church Street, was blown iv, just after the inmates had left it. A quantity of fancy nicknacs, Japanese ware, etc., (J wer« blown ' into . the fire. The etonn shook the Bauk Chambers with such violence, as to cause the dancers to break up a set. From a Wellington paper we learn that a motion for a rehearing of the action of Syme V. Rockstrow, m which £200 damages were given against the dan; for alleged unskilful treatment of: a dislocated arm, came before Mr Justice Richmond m the Banco Court on Wednesday. The chief ground on which a new trial is asked is that since the case was heard the defendant has succeeded in> obtaining fresh evidence. Mr Bell appeared m support of the application, and Mr Devine opposed. The applica - tion was adjourned until the.neit sitting of the Banco Court. •,....-, Accordingto Stables, Straker, and Co.'s Of 15th April, the declared valuer, of, shipments for New Zealand for the twelve •weeks eridfrig April 3rd -was £760,000, as against £830,700 fojc the,,, corresponding period of last year. !' .*•„/ On Tuesday .next, the 29th inst, , Messrs F. 4 I& Jackson & Co., will submit to public competition at their St. Hillstreet sale-yards. Wanganui, four hundred pure- bred cows from the well-known herd of Mr A. McHardy, Blackhead, Napier. This sale will, no doubt, draw a large number of breeders-, together- from various parts of the^ dietriot. i^ Messrs Stevens & Gorton's next stock I sale at Paltnerston will be held on July Ist. The entries at present received "are published m outadvertising columns. . A " spieler" m Timaru was charged with gambling m a public place, but his counsel contended that a railway carriage was not a public place, and asked, ior a dismissal on the technical point.' The bench fined him 405., but considerately offered to make it £5, so that he could appeal it he wished. The offer was declined, and the money paid. A gentleman, lately returned from Wellington, informs the Hawera Star ' that the genera! impression there is that ' the price of beef will be high before } spring ; feed beine: short down south, [beef is likely to be less plentiful than usual. ■ " ' : '■ : - ; ' ■ •'-■- - : *•• •"■■• ; - : '' ; , A bill has been introduced into Par liaineut by Mr : Buckley by which, all game, as defined by the Animals Protection Act, 1882, at largo within any district ; proclaimed thereunder shall be deemed to be "imported "game, and -it shall not be necessary m auy proceedings under the said Act to prove the fact of importation into auy particular district. .: ' • Several New Zealand journals are ; beginning to object to the lengthy Australian cricketers, coiuparea with! the painful bfevity and" one-sidedness of th% English political cables. In point of fact, hardly anyone cares about the petty details of every match, or is much the wiser after he has had the information thrust upon him that Mr So-and-so took so many wickets for so many runs m any one match. . ' '