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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1659, 16 March 1886, Page 2

Mr D. Thurston's horse Larrikin djda long spinipn Sunday, not r jsrO| ided* jfor on any programme". Whillt V boy was riding him, near Ypfk Farm,) the saddle turned round, and/. of course, the rider came to earth— -fortunately without injury. ' Larrikin went d'if.at? at wild gal- 1 lop, clearing a number of fences on his way. , Ultimately : he ; was caugh.Vat Bonny Gleji, hii legs haying been sojn|what damaged during th* impromptu steeplechase. ', . ' , Whilst burning off was being: don© on ,Mr William Galpin's land, Paraekare-. tii, the other day a human skeleton, was discovered. All the bones were there except a portion of the skull whioh had been/consumed by the fire. It is conjectilred that the remains, aj^those of a Maori . , ' ■ .-O^ ■ ■ k :: - %\ Thfr.hsuses' Aga is to bi jndged by the following "sig ns :— 'After th& hjjise m9.yearß old, ; a wrinkle comes over tji'e eyfilid, at^the i. upper corner of the lower IW^id.d ;e^ery..-y(Bar % thereafter he has one well-dVfined JsrVinkle for eaoh. year over nine. If, for instance, a horse has thre© wrinkles, he ; is 12.' -Add the number of wrinkles to nine, and you wilj alwaysiget his t ige.rrExchadgi;; $ < C We {Herald^ aroglad to -learn that inatrqctiona. have . he.en; % faceiyed:ib»y /th« railway aiithoritiei ou the Poxtoß-New > Plymouth section to abolish the 25 per cent extra ratr. hitherto^ charged; on grain obrisigned'to^.Wanganui, riot intended for shipment: 'jfye abolishment of this, irritating^ and unjust clt'a^ge is a welcome relief \o fanijers and ' grain, dealers, ajid bag not come a day too soon. Some few weeks ago we (Chronicle) gave publicity to certain' rumors that ; were current respecting . probablg changes m the railway aervices; So far as this district is concerned, the rumors were scarcely accurate. The following change, however, has jast taken place : Mr Buxton, r of Wellington, has bi^sn appointed traffic agent, and takes charge of traffic department between New Plymouth and Foxtbn, thug relieving' Mr Han key of the work of one of the two departments of which he is at present m charge. The. latter gentleman will now morp.parficultrly "diavote hiraselfito |he maihtsnanca branch of the work; f tWe {Chronicle) understand that Mr Coker, of the Railway Department, has been appointed stationiuaster at Napier, The Minister of I^anda hag had a valuatujn^nadejqf f the 10,000 'acre's? in H\k j Mangataihdlco block selected by the Wellington Speoial Settlement Association, and fixed the figure asked for by the Association, yiss, £1 per ac««. The land is eaid to a be roagh m parta, but on the whole of very fair quality, and. it is m olpse proximity to the main road to the Forty-Mile push.--Pos*. v . - ; 11 What you want," said the barber, as he ran his fingers through the few remaining hairs on the head of a customer, " what you want is a bottle of my hair restorer." What J. want," replied the customer, "jq a divorce." Tj^e b,arb,Qr said ho tqovfi,:-::. ',- 'A: 7-