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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1705, 11 May 1886, Page 2

50 per cent of the Auckland marriage* are performed by the Regi*trar— in other parts of th* colony th* ratio is said to be higher. It is rumoured that Mr Robertson, the Wellington engineer who examined th* Tuhua, is about to bring an action against Mr Peyman for remark* mad* by him at the recent "Tulroa"- meeting. The damage* to be claimed trill likely b* pretty beavr. I Messr* S'eyens and Gorton held a capital sale of stock at Sandon on Friday. The bidding was brisk throughout, and I satisfactory prices were realinod. Mr E. H. Grigg. who ha* for *ighte*n months past edited the Carterton Observer, has relinquished his control of that paper. | According to th* Medical Abstract, tho discovery has been made m Colunv bia of a shrub which exudes a juic* having bo powerful aa effect m arrtsting the flow of blood that large reins may be cut by a knife and smeand with it without causing hemorrhage. Tho plant is called ♦• aliza " by the natives. We understand that under the bill to. be brought m this session by the Native Minister, for the simplification of Native Land business, Mr Ward, 8.M., will be appointed a judjre of the Court and hay* control of the district extending from Waitara to Foxton. One of the main objects m fixing districts is to obviate the many delays which now occur m th* matter of granting succession orders and appointing trustees.— Herald. ■ -