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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 184, 11 July 1883, Page 2

Sices iiru Otiiifs uikuu »h IViiiiing to form Fire Brigade ;iud also a Public Liur try. Weare^lad to hear that the J?eilding heesc and Batter Factory Company are siting theii- siiur s elf Imr y \\\u, and it is robable that they will be able to begin peratious before long. The capital is £3000 1 1500 shares of £2, each and liberal prolises of support have been given. The boring machine at the Patea swamp as brought up flax-leaves from the depth of 2 feet. This i^ a very pleasant look-out for he railway. During tbe making of the Liveriool- Manchester railway, Chat Mosa had to >c crossed, and after some thousands of tons i earth had been swallowed up, a floating ail road resting on fasciues was formed, and las stood satisfactorily ever since. This ystem of formation has been adopted clsevhere, we believe, and has proved the best vay of overcoming such a dtfficnlty. .Rabbits are becoming a regular pest m tbe 3andon-Carnarvon district, but the settlers ntend to take prompt measures to meet the invaders. It is not reassuring, however, to Learu from oiher parts of the colony, that it is considered that all the destruction that has lately beeu going on, only suffices to hold the rabbits m check. It is said that hunting them wilft dogs only makes them spread over a larger area of country , wd that ' bunny ' has learnt to fight shy of steel traps and poisoned grain. The Sale of Goods by Retail Bill has been thrown oat on tbe motion for its second reading. Its object was to abolish the recovery of retail debts iv tbe same manner as the Tippling Act does m the matter of liquor. Unless there is a radical chauge for the better m our Bankruptcy law there is little doubtjthat the passiug of such a measure would be preferable to the state of things now existing. A Southern contemporary says that Mr Edward Moorhouse was to be married on the 10th of this month to Miss May Rhodes, heiress of the late W. Bernard Rhodes, Esq. of the Grange, Wellington. In a paper read by Dr. O. W, Siemens before the English Royal Society lately, the ground was taken that all the heat ana energy sent from the sun find tbeir way back to the great solar centre, which thus suffers no diminution of its forces. The contract for the election of the lighthouse on Waipapa Point, where the ill-fated Tararua was wrecked, is progressing very satisfactorily, ana the framework of the tower has already been put together. It is expected that the work will be completed at an earlier date than has been anticipated. •-'•••■ - A correspondent asks, • What time of year do the days begin to shorten ?' When you have a note m the bank. A note iv the bank is the great anuihilator of time: The days are crowded together m thin layers, and the nights are like a smear from a blacking brußh. The thoroughness with which a Canadian journal occasionally gathers the news may be inferred from this briet extract from the Brockville Recorder of recent date : The Governor- General's hair wants shingling. He passed west yesterday for Toronto, and we had a chance to see the back of his head only, a«d his hair is altogether too long. — A special serum v for mumbcra-of-tfac-Iroynl-Orange Institution was preached by the Rev. R. Bavin at Wesley Church Wellington, last Sunday evening. The rev. gentlemen delivered an impressive discourse on the subject of Christiauity, and m the course of his remarks pointed out the duties which the members of Orange Lodges were called upon to fulfil. The chances of being killed m travelling by rail are said to be considerably more than five million to one, while m travelling by coach they are not quite six thousand to one. Considerable quantities of hay are now being exported 'from Lyttelton to Sydney. The United States gulped down ninetyfive million gallons of beer m 1881. To-morrow is the anniversary known as " Orangeman's Day." Mr Carroll is interesting himself to obtain for the Volunteers the rear part of the section on which the drill-shed stands. He has had a trip te Wellington over the matter. Messrs Jay & Hayns are pushing on vigorously with their contract, which is giving employment to a large number of men from Palmerston and its neighborhood. To-day's Chronicle has the- following:— Constable Ward brought into town last night Edward A, Grige, a printer, arrcabed ot Pal» merston, under a warrant of committal for a month's imprisonment, m default of finding sureties on a charge of wife desertion. The warrant was issued m Wellington, where the prisoner's wife and family are residing. Another horse killed by the train on Mon* day night. We wish some inquisitive member would ask for a return showing the total number of stick killed on the Poston-New Plymouth iailway since it was opened. Ths information^would be startling. We have just received a Parcel of Clothing from the Kaiapoi Wollen mills. These Goods are of a Superior Quality and should be m Great Demand. We have also m stock, Roslyn and Kaiapoi Blankets, Flannels, Tweeds, and Wool. All these Goods we can Confidently Keeommend to our Customers. A Special line m Trousers and Vests, incross size 3 for stout men to be seeu at Bentley Bros. Marlborough House. — [ADvr.]