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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1599, 4 January 1886, Page 4

The recant ,dry weitiier has dried up many: of the streams m the Wairarapa m which trout have Wean acclimatised, and the fish, aB they lie impnsonod m the detached pools, are.being caught by the residents, : We are glad to hear that the receipts m., conn«ction with -the Friendly Riicietieß Sports held on New Year's Day, wjll it^ is expected, cover all liabilities. During the interval at the perform manco inFeildihg, given by the amateurs on Friday night lti'st^ Mr Haultain on behalf of the Cluh, presented the ladies: of the company with handsome silver brooches, its small tokens of appreciation for their services. .• M,r jbY'R. •Tafcksqtrof Wanganni, .has -admitted Mr F. A. Krull a6 a partnenin - his extensive businejis, which will, for the future, br- carried on under the title of Freeman ll.^JackWi and Co. , ; Mrs. Sala, wife of the well-known journalist, died a few days ago. ./; A fru-nd who saw the Auckland Cop tells me the sailors' from the HJVfc.S. Nelsou backed Major (ifeurge'g horse : "oh the machine, because he bore the name of their ship, and the great- Admiral. ' When : they got a fifty pound dividend for each ; ticket, their exuberant joy ku«w no bounds^ as my friend- says. " What a day they had !"— " Flaneur " m Wanganui Hwald. The! R. M.S. Mariposa, with the inward San Francisco mail j left San Francisco on the 20th Decethbc r, one day late. ;The s.s^Mararpa arrived, at San, Fianci«cq'with the outward mail onthe 291h of December, due diiy la'tei * '• lierehas been a good <lea of talk about the gold m the Pdhangina district, and we hope that the anticipations of the most; sanguine /may be] vealize'H'. \ Meantime, it is satisfactory to learn that the settlers of that district do not trust wholly to the gold that may or , may not be under the ( ground.. They ar« goitag m for " the' neede* 1 Mr C. Hunt,, a. well : l{nqwn settler of. Rangitikei, who has taken up- land'inthe Pohangina, has sent a flock of two hundred "sheep to his new 1 Ideation. Tnese.jwe understand, are the first sheep, sent to: the Pohangina block. — Marton paper. ! ■ ■ -.■■<■■..■,■.. ■■?■■•• The following notice appears m the Marton paper. — All persons are warned against exploding fireworks within the Borough. The v bye-law on' this subject will Vie strictly enforced. Lloyd Jones, iMayor." ,> . .'" ! +.-, . * , ' , - i . Through a boat accident m Sydney on New Year's Day fpur persons were drowned. * - ' *■■■■■■ • * The poor child who was so fearfully injured, by a cow at Woodville on Thursday afteruoon succumbed to its injuries the same evening. '' ' ••■ •* * ■* '•■ s '' Greepe ii stil.l^prt paring^ for war And-,; massing troops. The Powers have warnedherGovernraent to desist. "~? ( The Valeria with the London v No*e"tn- j ber mails has arrived at Melbourne. One result of the wharf labourer* strike m Melbourne is that 'several vessels have been laid up. The strike: has noyir spread to Geelong. , » From Central Africa the news has reached that toe King of Uganda has arrested the resident missionary bishop, and has ordered his execution. , .