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Manawatu Standard, Volume XXXII, Issue 6059, 23 June 1897, Page 2

U.N.—Mr K.'i'easey, ulio took part in the church parade on Sunday, is a retired armourer of the Koyal Navy. Laid I'i-.— We regret to learn tlnit the Mayor (Mr W. T. Woodt is suit'cring from a aevere uttaek of iniluenza, and is eonlined to his house. Tub Ci.AKKjtmix.—Mi.«s IC. J". Crawford lias pim-hased Mr !'. T. .-pillane's interest in the Clarendon Hotel and t'lkes possession in July. Tin- sale was cflueted through Mr.l. 11. McMillan. Onrn'AKY,—The death is recorded el Mr \V. V.'ratt, of N'el-on, father of •VrsT. N. N, \v;li. ..if Kuxti,ll. Within less; than a iuvnt>i Mts ,\ewth has father, moli-.-r .uid huslw.ii. I' l '•' l'li.v 1.i.. — A finit hall ui;i! i ■!: u,is .\shr.i>t >i-.-:«T-iay at .Witiv.-t. hy p 'iiii- t > nil.

Absacj,t.—A man named Sweeney has been arrested at Waituna charged with indecent assault on a girl thirteen years of age. £1000.—At a meeting held at Patea on Satu.day, it was deei Jed to canvasa the district to raise £HMX> to recoup Mr Oldham lor his loss by fire on ins meatworks. (J.F.O.A. —Mr F. Bradey has been elected a director of the United Farmers' Co-operative Association in place of Mr A. O'Brien, who recently left for England. Inebriate.—A woman named Eliza Blane was arrested in the .Square this morning and will appear before the Court to-morrow on a charge of vagrancy. There is a tremendous list of previous convictions against her. Accident.—A horse attached to a baggy containing Constable Tuohy and two ladies, bolted along the FeildingAwahuri road yesterday, and running up an embankment, capsized the vehicle, the constable sustaining an injury to his arm and the ladies a severe shaking. Accident.—George Bright, who was catting scrub on Mr Coombs' place yesterday, met with a severe accident through the slasher slipping and cutting him severely in the face from the mouth to the ear. He was brought in to the hospital in the morning in a serious condition, but this morning was reported to be doing well.

Notable. —Mr F. Richards, one of our old townsmen, who is now settled in the Pohangina district, has come in to-day (says yesterday's Chronicle) for the record >■ ."bratiun. Mr Richards dates as far back as any Wangannite amongst hp. having arrived in VVanganui ns n >'i..iil boy of 0 years on Christmas Eve, 1842. Anglican Church I—lt1—It is announced that Thanksgiving Services in connection with the Queen's Reign will be held at All Saints' Church on Thursday when Mendelssohl's Lobgesang will be rendered as an act of worship. A collection will be taken up to defray expenses, which are necessarily heavy, some of the performers coming from Wellington. Any surplus over and above expenses will be devoted to the Dorcas Society. The hymn lias been in practice several weeks and the production is spoken of most highly.

Accident. — On Monday evening rather a painful accident happened to Mr Hutchison, as he was proceeding to his home at Hobowhitu. It appears th at he was mounting his horse near the Fitzherbert Bridge, when the animal suddenly started off, throwing him right over its back on to the road at the other side, dislocatina his right elbow backwards. Dr Reid waa at once sent for, and had to administer eholorform before the arm could be re set. The sufferer, we are glad to say, is now progressing favourably towards recovery.

A SunritisE. —Mr P. P. Anderson, of Terrace End, had a pleasant surprise this other day. In his leisure time he does a little fretwork, and one specimen, containing a variety of New Zealand woods, he sent to a friend at Home. This gentleman, Mr W. H- M. Bowman, considered it good enough to place in the St. James exhibition at Barrow-in-Furniss, where it was awarded a handsome medal in competition with a number of other exhibits. The first intimationJMr Anderson received of the matter was the receipt of the medal, which is a memento well worth keeping.

Fires.—Mr R. Hannah's house at Kliandallah, occupied by Mr ,t. 0. Gavin, assistant auditor-general, was destroyed by fire on Monday night. Insurance : £800 on the house and £700 on the furniture. —The Wereroa Hotel at Levin was destroyed by fire at lour o'clock this morning. It will be remembered that there was considerable trouble over the transfer of the licensdt from Manakau some time ago. it was 1 reported the other day that Sir Buckeridge had purchased the hotel, and that Mr T. Sidey, of Hawke's Bay, had become licensee.