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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1704, 10 May 1886, Page 4

A smart lad is wanted at the &TANDdard office. Bridge carpenters are wanted by the foremau -of works at the (Jorge Bridge. The tenders „,fo r- wire fencing m Fitzherbert,.advertised m the STANDARD* by : Mr' Prendersfast, were opened o,n: Saturday last and that, of Mr Kellsby accepted. ' •-,•-•. A letter-has been received by -us f rom a person signing himself T. Augustine. Flood, Karere, jjpma.of which is intended- for publication, though a portion of it is marked "not for publication," being, we presume, consid-red by the writer " unfit for publication," which as a matter of fact it is. Wo fancy we shall be exercising a wise discretion' by uot publishing any of it. We think the signature must be a forgery, as we are sure no gentleman, much less a teacher of youth, could be guilty of the expression of sentiments and language contained m the letter m .question. With a I viow to the detection of the writer, whoerer he may bo, the document Will be framed and glazed and hung m our business office, where Mr Flood and his friends, or any member of the Wanganui Education Board or of the Karere School Committee can peruse it. We will soon have quite a museum of this kind of literature. The Tajroa has now completely smashed up. It is expected that the boiler will be saved. According to rumor, the directors, of the Liverpool and London and Globe Insurance Gouvpany will have thoi sati sf act ion „of •. presenting 'ah' unusually favourable report to the shareholders when at their forthcoming annual meeting they celebratos their jubilee year. . Among the passengers per . 'Frisco mail steamer is Mr W. Noble, Temperance lecturer. Tlie s. s. Tatnui, of the Shaw, Saville, and Albion and Co's line,' which left P'ymonth on the 27th March for Auckland, arrived at her' destination, yester- . day. This is the vessel m which the Hon Mr Bryce is' a passenger. .Entries for the Wanganui Maiden Steeplechase and acceptances for the Handicap Steeplechase close at the secretary's . office, to-morrow night, at 9 o'clock. Messrs Nolan Tonks and Co's next stock sole at the Hawera sale yards, will take place on Thursday next, at 1 30 , p.m. The application to-day for tickets ad- . mitting to the dress circle for this .eveni?ing's performance was so great that additional chairs had to be added to those already set apart. We have, been requested to state that holders of the. above tickets should enter m the side door m the passage alongside the Theatre. A son of an Irish nobleman, who spent some years of his life m this colony, was, m turns, a private^ m . the Colonial Defence Force, a billiard marker, wood and water Joey, on a sheep station, a lawyer's clerk, a cab driver, and lastly, cook on board a small coaster sailing out of Auckland. He said he liked the last billet the best because it was ''just the next thing to yachting." He is now comfortably settled m the Old Country. We note m this issue that Mr Raven calls for tenders for the purchase of his farm at Bainesse. There should be no difficulty m disposing" of such a property, as it is well-known what properly drained swamp land is capable of producing. We can testify to the stock -carrying capabilities of the farnij which isinvariablv dry even during winter. The quaility of, the fruit also produced is wellknown, and the rich green of the past-tire at all seasons we have heard spoken pf by passengers who frequently pass 1 the "run by train. Tenders are to be m by ! Jun&-,\! and we believe if none" are accepted Mr Eaven will himself occupy the land. The question whether printers and their business is a nuisance has lately occupied some considerable time both m the Metropolitan and Provincial Law Courts. In a large town m the Midland counties,an old : established firm of news- ' paper printers and publishers were lately sued for heavy damages, for causing, it was alleged, a nuisance to their neighbors by ' the nnise and vibration of their machinery. The trial occupied several davp, and m the end the printers came off victorious; the Judge explaining that the nuisance complained of was of longer standing than the business of the plaintiff who sued tnem, and had not been added to since their cominp to the snot.