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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1600, 5 January 1886, Page 2

I The police At Bqurke (lays the Hodgee Independent,) report th« discovery of the dead body of a man found m the* bush at the foot of a tree 30 miles from the hotel ou tho niuoty-tntle track. Th* body when found bore' the appearance of having' been dead about cig bt or ninedays; There were iio marks of violence . on it, and f ro'ra the fact that there' waft no water within 20 miles; there is littl* doubt the deceased died from thirst. In a billy near him were several cheques, and it was ascertained that the deceased had beeu employed for a few weeks wool- Washing at Kerriboe station. From letters; contained m a swag found some miles away from the deceased hit ,name is ascertained to be J . A. Richard-*. son. • '"' ' ''"'" ' '"''- At a recent Socialistic meeting m, Berlin the fact was tne/iMoned that two prominent merchant tailors paid girls from sixpence to eightpeuce for making a complete suit of boys clothing. ' <) \ •:. A Greymouth telegram states that the report that Furuess, the Jockey is dead, is unfounded. It was spread by a par-. son 'from the hospital this morning, who ■thought he vras doing a kiuduess to the patient by preventing people from call- ; iug to see him. Furntss is progressing satisfactorily. From Blenheim we learn tha Mr | Duncan Sinclair, for five years manager of the National Bank at that town, hat I died after a lingering illness. ? He wu ; greatly lespeoted. ' He. Was'iu the.Ba*ky , of New South Wales service service ia* Victoria. for seventeeu years. Amougst^ those who have forfeited their commissions as Justices of the* Peace through non-attendance, ar» Captain Hume and Mr David Anderson.. It is said that the opposition to the» Bluff Railway by road waggons haft ■ been abandoned, the road being frighih f ully cut up. TheOtaki Races came off on New Tear's Day, the principal event— -tbe> Otaki Stakes Handicap of 35 sovi*-^b*> ing won by Mr J. Leopold's Grand Duke. The system of postal notes, which cflme into operation at the beginning ot the present year should prove a great convenience to pe-rsons who desire to transmit small stuns of money. There* is also an alteration .m regard to delayed ' telegrams, which will be hailed vitb satisfaction. Full particulars m regard! to postal noti>s and delayed telegram* may be seen m the lobbies of tkevariou* post offices. % • - . „.,,.._ Says an' exchange ;— The exceptionally | dry j season and the ' abnormal scarcity of water, should, make people - particularly cautious m the use tiiT matches and pipes. : ...■,.. Says the Wanganni Eerald,:—Th; junior scholarships, of the Collegiato School have been awarded to Donald Mcßetb, son of Mr Mcßtth, Ohief ' Poetmaster, and Hamilton CHlmef, a liugton lad. These scholarships entitle the holder to free tuition, and ' (o board) m the sclioolhouse- at haH the asna) cost for two years. We may mention that the school at present is, maintaining ,14 scholars, the value of whoq« scholarships amounts to £400 ia the aggregate annually. Some, f#u.r years ago there worft only 2§bbys m the school, and not 1 ' £' single free scholar. • We understand that the net result of the Awaliuri race lueoting, after paying all expenses, including a donation of £5 ■ to the school, there is a balance of £35* Tho meeting altogether was conducted ma ver-y eatiafactosy, manner and rcfleete ■ very creditably upon the secretary' 'and stewards^— Adweate. The steamer Hauroto which called at Wei Hag ton last week on her way to Sy<luey, had on board 85 horses, 23 head!, of cattle, and 985 tons of pVodice^ shipped at Southern ports. We hear of a remaAable case of" inind-ciire m Dtrjeeling. The military/ hospital there had-. |qt. some days past the resorit of severat patients, who ooold not by any means be brought back;- to > the eu^xyment of health ; but nosoptfer > ws»b the Regiment under order f or "Bmtmah t thon the news, like an electno shocks cured every, 'disease all at' ooioe* every " jad " jumping out of bed m hearing it, and being found as well and! aowid as if nothing had ever been ~tfcV matter witU him.