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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 95, 18 March 1884, Page 3

The holiday yesterday was. rery! /quietly ■ jafeierved " m: •• f Phlmeraton?' " No! business was done^ and the place wore aj a rather ; ' ' - ; • ' ; ■ ! , Mr Gardner,' ironmonger, is at present I od a visit to Pahuerston. At 'the WatigflTnui Supreme Court to— { dayJoaSp.h'Peipell, was bound over m i his own recognisances of £100 to keep the, peace. _ ... .. „.'•■ .A; Bebopd.- overland telegraph Tinu l io ) Fort Darwin fr%batKe Gulf ©^Carpentaria ia under cppsidqration, :\ " ; ; J. \) We are obliged, , to hold, pyer Dr Curl's letter on salary miUtera for wvautjfqf rotfrn-'is thii issu'o', ;.''' '. ' ." : There will be ,a sitting. of thetyatUe [ Land Oburtln PalmerstdnW Thursday jwfgfr:^ ,-:.-^ y,,V. -.■■ x: **'•■ << ; '■ There will be a Bitting of the Palmera- ■ ton District Court- next Saturday, and another,;^he regular sitting) oa tiiwl3vd' ;of nest month. ;, ; j. ]•■<<•:■; '}. L ; lt.is^prpba^le/lbat ;Dr. Mclntyre, of' 'Wellington, yr\\\ shortly taka up hsrw sufeocin Palmerston, : He if .(.he holder ;of (tie highest! cer'tificat^j ancl will b* an ; incqafisition to the" place. j L Mr"G.'iJruce ib to be,enter({iined a.tlft.. jfarewell ten meeting at the i Public J^»llj tafoehfo ; e < i|3fectfejd' to' be a very plea'sirit aocUl gathering. a ' ' •""' j The funeral. o^the youpg man, Jphansen, On Sunday was'-'a'vory lurig 'p dcrtsMori, comprising about twenty conveyances besides mourners on foot and qn hiifsebaclc. the poor young felfow was jusC 21. ; The WoodfHle Haya'the local Oqurljli.pu^ qji^tifl^ ,ba« jb r«.^>a.; prodefe : 0f Muffling from^^egjijningto.epdtpn thfej par't'df'th'e Govfernment, _ ' ' .' j .. 'Dailiel 0. MrtunsVli, cliarged with the embezzlemept pf £'2&T belonging t^.jthe Ge*heral' ; Gdve'rnmen'^' occupied 1 a ijobd * position: m -the Gi'vit Service, being p'riyate eecretary^tolthePfemiHrj^nd ; iD receipt of about £400 per annum, i Wt i'V.v'W. -.McOrtrdle/. hfls had an 1 interview with the Chairman of the Education Board, on ,t^e subject ofopbning a school at Pahiatua, aud it having "been explained that the settlers had ilready provided a building for the purj b&e, iaptomiee'was given' that ri master would be appointed at an early date.' 1 his should, be good news for patents in 1 , ti is new aettleujent, . , ;| ;■■ r -.'M

Mr J.h. N'atKnh'd son, a hoy of nbo-it 14 rcara of :ipp, ye neafly lo?t Ilia life while hjithl-gin the M-iVhttwatu river yesterday i tie "had gone under the water for tlio third tioio when he was pluckily rescued -by -a aon of Mr Dawick'n. Wh <n brought. : i". ■ t\H shore the boy wns quite helplass :ind exceedingly w»mk. From the Woodville paper we Idarn ih.t tho Abercorh Arm* has at last'bee'n. fold, land we hear nt a fijura not much to the advantage of the whose prospects of a lrirga dividend are n;nv pretty well.hJicbte '. The purch;>a*r is a Wtupawa gentleman. ' The Marton paper says the temporary bridge at Awsvhur; pver the Oroua nver will exactly <m ihd sHrae lines «O na " former teniporAry briai-O. Ita erection will not cost niiiclv, as the old timber is being uped. The l-rid^e will be open f<n? traffic m a day or twoi [We hear the briil^e is now open for traffic] Mr R. LeiKh, 1 local representative of Messrs Stevens and Gorton, was festerday married to the widow of the lat» M* Edward Marsh. We offer the customary congratulations to the ba;»ny pair, ■ We regret to learii tlm|;; Messrs G.irdner Bros., of Ash'urßt^'hud The misfortune to hrtve a valuable draff ho r'?9 Hiile.l yester*-. day. The.a'niihalwas tied behitid a; dray and commencing to hang b»ck, it maiiagei to fall into a ditch, when it was found tn have broker^ its neck. ,i ; .' There ( was h fair attendance at Messrs Stevens and. Gorton's sale, at Aw«huri on . TPi"itlay." About ,700 aho^ft; were offered, beiides ; cattle, ' Pripes r^l^d as follows; — Sheep: 'Bw^bs I ,' from 5^ 9.1 to! 8*; 1 ,wutheri», 6<i to 8s 6d'. 'Cattle : Two-year-,old.6tepc.s^ £2 13s ; eighteen months',! 39-: :cpws tT 2Qs.to 25s. ■•"> ; •'■'' ' j !^'- ' At a mealing of Ihe fob'tball Club; held on e.veninp it was ''decided to "open the season next Saturday wjth a, scratch match, on the ground used) last season, ' At the same mcc ing officers and , committee weye appointee], t j '''' ;' t 'There are 22,000^00. sheep afld 7o(J),009 nead of cattle in'New .Zealand". ■ , The e.'.'Tui left.Rangitikei river tor•Wellington .direct towards the end of la^ week', icflidda up with bales: of woui, il3o ißlieepj'rSO pigs,' and* a quantity of hid^and; tallow. Slie drew eight feet of watei, and got across the bar without) any trouble, '. ..,,.; >''. -;:.>' r, '.A'A. ( notice appears elsewhere from \ the Registrar of Dogs -for tlie. Taonui and Fitzherbert Hidings. .. j^ • •/;.;,