Untitled

Manawatu Standard, Volume XII, Issue 1745, 28 June 1886, Page 3

A roam's wanted to Irepair i jyjre fence. Apjily *harp at Standard office. . , ■ In the Counties Bill now before ParJiaiutnt, the. clause.; providing for a dnainnau's salary' was struck oat. A clause m the new Bill prbvidei that notice of extraordinary bUßiueß8 f roust be sent to each member 1 10 days before date oi meeting. : The New^ Zealand : Shipping Com-, pany'i Buapehu arrived- at Rio Janeiro on Thursday evening eiiroiite for London, iher cargo of frozen meat being -m good, condition. ■'"■ ■ ■ • ' ' ' ■ i The Hon Mr Henderson, M.L.C., who had. a paralytic ttroVe some few . daye igo^ died at Willington on Sjaturday might.; _ - :■■, : : .',. : .:.;'. ' . ;' . Mr Mtctrthur, M.H.R. wn» a passenge^by train on Saturday night. One of our business men called on a creditor at Terrace End on Friday liiJ to enquire the reason why a bill had been dishonored. He was promptly knooked down for asking such an iinptrtuot question, and before he knew what was to come next the insulted financier had disappeared inside the home sanctuary and could not be prevailed on to show himself farther. Mr "WilUam Featcn, Terrace End, met with a rather serious accident this morn ing while opening a door iti the Ce3mo politan Store with a knife. He was forcing the knife upwards to raise the bolt when the former slipped catching "him on the wrist and making a deep gash. Dr Macintire was immediately s?nt for to attend to the;iujijries., c , : ; . The montly meeting of the Education Board takes place to-morrow. The Penguin* with the Southern portion of the English mailjjpia San Fran--eor^clSB i d*tne'Manukau "bar for New f Ply month at 8.30 p.m. yesterday. The Manawatu portion should come to hand by this evening* train. Unfavourable* reports having been re-: ceived from Kimberley, some, of the, steamers laid' on for" Cambridge Gulf haveibeentaken off the berth. . Both Houses of the Imperial Parliament -werVi*!forogued on Friday. Moore's timber yard m Melbourne was tptaUy^^oestroy ; ed,by fire on Friday night. LW iio.OOO ; WBurances J66000. Will Mrs Hajnes kindly send her amaKUensu to. help us to decipher her letter, of which we can make neither head, nor fail. The characters somewhat 1 Siemble those m vie by the Chaldeans. On Wednesday night the cotter Hannah wa§ isapsued .off the cost of the Middle Island pear Havdoek. The crew got ashore m the boat. The Pelican, « ■▼•wel of 69 toni, timbe* laden, hai •. waihed ashore at Waitotara beach. ■= Allbands ■uppo«ed to be lost. It ii not improbable tnii ii one of the casualties caused by the fierce gale on Thursday nigbt.^