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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 302, 23 November 1883, Page 3

Captain Edwin £ ; p^e<lict ion of a frost niflpfcitie isduthefcn portion of the North" Island 1 was abundantly verified m Wring* aaui on 'Wednesday night. The Chronicle atja,test*;thafc pumkina^.^nd other,, tender young plants m the gardens ...at; the ,5,t.,; John's end of the town werVreduced to r the. condition of the Scriptural. gourd that; a jßibgle night. " i ' The Patea* tfire Brigade appears to ba f m a bad way* The Secretary (Mr Bright), hasigiven; notice of motion ihatfowing to the want of funds, and th» -ppathyof ;tne public the 3pg#de . be) disbanded, the^ plant be handed over -.to; {the Borough' Oonncil, a^d : jth,^ engine ret utned tojtheu New Zealand Insurance' Company, Wanganui. ThiswiH be a : good chance for the Palraerston North' 'Brigade. ' v The applsifarDa recently started at Ot^rpj. on'tbVDan'k'd'b'Rhe Tamaki River, Aucksfkn'd.5 f kn'd. bids* fafr to prove a great Buccjew.' The -tre'eia '{about 40,000) planted ssme months Bince are thriving splendidly. ''"" -, 'R«tce njeetings 'm Waikato : haVe now ceased to be blesßad,with the attendance of w^efcbf'forturie'&en^ tfirrnble-riggewV card shufflers, sajje canary manipulates, , yerbos^; betting ;me*V'i* n^ professional sweepstake organisers, the Gamiuf . and tiotterie^ Act having ont the exUnguisher, oh tKe imempera of the' speculative f rater: tw. ■'":.:, ■ i ;.;::;'.V..'VV'.' : 'i : ; New Zealand' inut£on, snys a .Hom^. ( paper, when it reaches this doumtfy, in' - good condition, ia fully equal to the be3t English mutton ; and those who may be Xtempted tot^y/the' -"' marbl«, ni&dir"> ifrthey are fortunate m obtaining a good cut, are hit llfcelyito Tf^ret the eipeiimbtrV. - ■;> . The New flpnth f > Wales Assembly at its rising on £ o'cfober 31 adjourned fora -week,- "OBteTrsibiy^ecsuße" there^Jjjw: no business to^q on wit^h,. but m reality m orderV tbic Haon^ mebVbers: might attend the Titelbburhe'Cup. ~ * ' '' i One t wj)uldhaye thought . that the bitter feelings entertained by generations o|r Scbtcnme'n agaihit the family of Monteith, .tljajjetj-ayierpf iWallace, would have died ,, v 'out ibyrthii. time. ..It is not so, however, '^aVih'e fojlawing, extract from the Glasgow 'Heiald of'a recent date will show: — George Haldane, .spirit merchant, and -OommWsidJier and Baillie of Gourock, Was fined" <m t'he 23rd- alt. for assaulting; iThomasiMontaitb, another spirit merchant," Th^iittSteri.aiajply ; wft»ted an' apology ; i ihe^ f qrme.| said "it would be a bad ''day for (^cpyaad whe'na ,]ffaldane apologised to a Monteith.'' " •' Ahgiii iluVt'ralian," m the 'European Mail, writes that the Emigration Department of the New- Zealand Agent-General's; (Mol is very Busy indeed. Inthe^ast week :of July and the firat week olAugust no fewer than 1300 emigrants were des- } patched m four Vessels," and judging; by all appearances, the colony will thereby some vfery desirable accussionß.to; the directly prodactive aecliona of .the - community. ;j : An action t6 recover £f6Q damages wasfailed ' [ Some "'time ago m theT Aberdeen ■Sheciff Oonrfc against a drnggist m Aber. , deettj by the widow of a man who paa , alleged'-tp . havei , died through the negligence of paepjF the druggist's shopmen m supplying sonjLe '"poisonpua compound: by 'mistake for ialicylate of'soda. The fease has oeeh taken out of Wurt, tbe defender having witftbut- admitting liability, yaid pursuer i£^oo topfull of the damages sued for and expenses; . ■:^r.'; >