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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 25, 30 December 1884, Page 3

Captain Carroll has received a lawyer's letter from the owner of land adjoining the firing range used by the volunteers, complaining of the danger to property and damage caused by the practice. Letters of naturalisation have been issued to Peter Nielsen, settler, Kiwi, County of Orbua, and Marx Voss, farmer, Palmerston North. A flock of 1200 sheep, for the Welling, ton Meat Preserving Company, passed through Foxton en route for Wellington on Saturday last. An advertisement appears m the Wellington papers calling for tenders for the construction within the colony of ten locomotives. The specifications will be open on the sth of January, and the tenders will be received up to the 16th of March. Marlborough papers state that the late heavy rains have considerably beaten down and damaged the crops m the Wairau. Harrington and Heara are m steady training and m first class condition for the forthcoming contest for the aquatic championship. Hearn is slightly the favourite. . New South Wales is to join m the protest against German annexation. The Bingarooma arrived at Sydney from Auckland yesterday. We regret to notice that Mr J. T. Davis has found it necessary to seek the protection of the Insolvency Court. We notice Corporal Leigh's scoring at yesterday's practice is unusually high, being more than double the number of points required to pass. The coach failed to catch the train last evening, and the mails were brought on by this morning's train. The Hon. P. A. Buckley is to travel northward from Napier inspecting charitable institutions. The Standard Sheet Almanac for 1885 will be issued to-morrow. We remind our readers of the Oratorio "Paradise " to be given to-night m the Foresters' Hall. The N. Z. Government is to decide today what answer is to be sent to the Victorian Government . re German annexation. It is believed that our Cabinet differs from the Victorian Premier, as to the character of the protest to be sent. Mr Robert Gardner ,of Wellington, ironmonger, has we understand purchased a property of 8 acres m Collegestreet for -2800, formerly owned by Mr Evans, who we believe originally gave -85 per acre for the land. The new proprietor will arrive we hear next month. The Jane Douglas arrived early this morn ing. She was to leave at 5 p.m. this afternoon. The mail steamer Garonne from Melbourne, November 15, arrived at London yesterday. There was one error m our acceptances for the Friendly Societies Sports m last night's issue. W. Smith did not accept m the Open Handicap, half mile.