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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 282, 1 November 1883, Page 3

| ,The,Rey..Mr i Kea^iag is at.preaem on a visit to'Paiinerßton|' f . ,' ' , ;, , ( AThamei man.writea^to a Wellingten Qaeen of Beauty, claim in ! ' 3£alcara, never came from' 'that' claim. He has been threa ! tened j with ; a lawsuit for 'his 'letter. There .were nif less ihan'f oar Woq<iville earners' in 'tb'lrn'tWday,' taking "but goods. TraffidthroughHhe Gtirge is evidently ion the increase; .' - ; ■- -' - - The Olnb Hotel was opened to*day, and with flags flying, wore quite a festive appearance. -■-■--;----■■- --■- -- ; We are, requested to directattention to notioepf choral evening prayer m All ■ Saints bnurch this evening at 8 o'clock. The' Rev MrTbwgood will preach. »4Jt_Buller— asAetts—that -the. ... kea (a species of 1 parrot),' annually destroys from fifteen'-t? tW9 Dt 7 'thousand sheep and that I the birds' destructive properties we, m

At the meeting of the Dairy Company yesterday-interim directors were appointed nnd it was decided to register the Companj forthwith. A resident of; the Square^hae shewn U! a sample of welNgrbwri new potatpei grown m Auckland. .The tubers an wfll developed* firm, and of conaiderabl* siia. "" "'" - Some of the Woodville : .peoplerhave been sending copies of the Examiner tc their 1 friends iv Nelson, Marlborougb Napier, Invercargill, and elsewhere, and are greatly pleased with the flattering compliments on -the appearance of the paper passed on all sides. A Nelson friend of Mr A. B. Jackson writes him that he had shewn his copy to several persons iii Nelson, who asserted that it compared favourably with either of their* local papers. Both by residents of. the district and by those at a distance, especially m Waipavja, the new journal is held m high estimation, and a successful futureia pre» dieted for it. •• ' J ' Two young girls were arrested m J?qxtohidn. a charge of alleged larceny of jew* elieryi Asearch warrant had been taken ojit, and their boxes were searched, but the missing articles were not found. It is the general opinion: that both the J>ro« sec u tor and the police .acted too. pre» cipitately ,m ;this matter. Wh.af ever the oharactpr or antecedents of the girls, they should not 'have been subjected t.6-theifc-dignity of arrest unless the proof yf ' their . gUilt was most conclusive, something, substantial than very; slender ;■ circumstantial evidence,^ ■ •■■<-■ '■' . ■■-'• ''' - ; * '' )? ! Mr GK Oulleii notifies that he has opened a 'portion, of the premises -underneath the ; Stasdakd office as a repository for the sale of .novelties m. the way of fancy goods, glassware, clocks, furniture, netting, &c. [The. ;M6lbourneL; police have/ made a wholesale descent y>n racing,-jSv:eep ; ;prowf mlotef^eighieen of whom were avreste^d. QUantities of tickets, prospectuses, letters,' cheques and stamps, have been .seized. ; -The; master' of .' the 'Government schooner/ Pearl has discovered six, new island^ eastward ; : of "the ;; Normapiby Group, New Guinea.' They- contain mag« ni'ficent country well watered and thidkly populated. cA fiunedin.;' telegram states that ' tfie director of the National Fire arid Marine Insurance: Company have recommended pd} ment' of : > lO^per; cent dividend for the half-year, which, with interim dividend iv March, will be 20 per cent Der,. annum ron-the "old capital.;; . r ; ;: ■*3i. $