Manawaiu Standard. (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. TUESDAY, JUNE 29, 1886. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XII, Issue 1746, 29 June 1886, Page 2

Manawaiu Standard. (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. TUESDAY, JUNE 29, 1886. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A Wellington paper suggests that the' Hinemoaishould be sent m pursuit of the Great = Barrier murderers; ■ with a force of constabulary ou board. "■'.-;■'. Messrs Bryce and Maoarthur, M.'aH,ls' left early thja morning / to, catch ; the train at Ddngburn, which pjaco, they, reached at 7 a.m, Mr FulUn.acconi-c" panied the party; and undertook to reafetf Otaki m time to catch the coach for Wellington. Mr Atkinson, solidlto^ was. also one. of the party. . Messrs Bryce, Macarthur, ,and Fulton werei driven down m Mr t^aiklev's buggy and 3>air, }Mr F. Palmer "acting as ' JehW With the fine weather that prevailed tbis morning, a very pleasant tripsnould: be made. " •;•' the Manawatu and Napier portions of the Frisco mail reached Palueraton by rail last evenings ' The Education Board holds its meeting to day. The general impression seems to be that the election of the School Committee will not be Intfrfered^ with. ■ :,. m '.. % :$ M Mr John Anderson, of ! Victoria.! Ayeuuo, Wanganui.has two notices appearing elsewhere* to wbioh attention is directed. ' \ , %,.;' '.'/I The new bopth%eoted bp & %i*a£ watu Racing Club, opposite the Qrand Btfand.is how a complete wreck, having succumbed during the recent ; b>**y Rile. Theitableihasthe roof blown ■ oft. ■ ./'■■■■- -■ - ' T^ "vere ve»ttor m the South Island, the temper*turt bomg flower Ibim tot w*ny yisarp, &■ V^ Yutwd»y ww thi 49|h annjv»ri»ry ef gt oommtioßvPf htr Uo*i*&nmi Mftjei^ Qtt«n.Vwtpria.Uit niflit Pftrltiwont wm^v^.^i Hinembflrs.^ how^oww fm'o. jfiw wkxini ball «« tn« P«rijent Soiim ia honor of lh« Quwrf < »Coronßtion Da»i »nd of tha oom. 1 Miettcine Qt the JubiUa year tfUw Mafcity'ifiJifn, ■" . ,y d- ■■'> u;.'r!SWJ Awpwk hjiv« mm

The Christchurch City Council want to borrow £6000 by loan to pay for the erection of municipal buildings. A Bill is to be introduced iri" Parliament this session to enable the Council to do this. -/96 natives are still missing from the Rotorua and Tarawera^istricts, the total number lost is expected to be about 120. -r "Writing on the defeat ot the attempt to separate Foxton from this Education ' Board, the Wellington correspondent of the Foxton paper hints that .some, .day •ther'two .boards may be amalgamate^ whirr thrdugh railWay" communication becomes a fact, as a large Board could deal more effectively with the work." " >-7 A .iboy named Jones, six years oldi .-waa kijled the foot of Tinakori Range vnear Wellington, yesterday, J^y.,a^log» rolling oterWinr "A man !'on the hill had displaced a log, .which struck Jones, wiio was playing at the foot with other children, killing him instantaneously / * Writes a correspondent of thejW^aipawa Jtf^^TrThe public "through ihe^&orge t^ill be most thankful when the Manawatu;Bridge is finished. Ex . cellent progress is now being made wdtb ; this structure. There are riow^about 19 men employed on its construcltoa b6tt t will take three or four raon,ths .befDre it is completed. a'j/: -,! The Liverpool Weekly (courier says : — JTour minsionaries and 52Q0, gala of riiin left on the same ship to interview the native African. We don't see bow . ho can get away from both. judgment was given by Mr Wardell ;on Friday the action brought %y fyo SNiitives named" Ngahuka Tiiagia and Wi Nora against the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company for dam'ag«B*' sustained through the loss of , horses killecl on the defendants' line. Mr Wardeli held that the evidence proved that plaintiffs' horses strayed on the line m, conrgequon^e ibf an opening left m the' defendant^* fence ; that: .they were, subpequently. driven before, the train until thfirv- farther progress v? at bw|ed, aijd t^at driver had not con-: trolled the as he should have 1 done when he saw the position of the ; animals. He therefore gave judgment against the Company m both cae^s; assessing the value of the, lhor? e8 l° sfc by^, NBahuka^ngia at £7 i(te^witli|^^#' £5XJS¥Sth\, "£T7s obsi».— W ellington paper. The public arc requested to bear m mitid .that any books of telegraph forms . vow m use, should be returned "to the postmaster as early as possible after the Ist July, as a new form is to be 'used and th> old ones will become, ob%otetej «nd icanfon po account be used for'transmißsion of telegrams. . Amoug the Votes required for actual expenditure during the ye.ar for new works are-r-Railw«y§—NApier-Pulmerß-fon', £40,000* Wellinffton-Woodville, £40,(100 ; New Plymouth -sFoxton, £5500.;. and Wellingtoii-Foxton, £500. There are liabilities outstanding on the ■3ls,t; jltarch.'last on, all these works, ftfloong tH6 items for additions to open lines are -Napier-Woodvillo, , £?000 ; .67000 ; and Foxtbn-New Plymbuthj -£5000; £15,000 £fßT#qu?rad for permanent way, sleepers, and roHing stock during the year, and £3000 for surveys vof new lines.! :Oqlyg £5Q is set .down for roads and j bridges; inihe Wellington Provincial District. For subsidies to local bodies for providing work for the unemployed there is a vote of £7260 asked.— Wollingtou paper. ,