Mutual Improvement Society.

Manawatu Standard, Volume VIII, Issue 124, 3 November 1884, Page 3

Mutual Improvement Society.

„ i According to. the published, syllabus tie snbjeot of. debate, this evening 1 ! JB, 't VS r hethev is .Shakespeare or M iltoa the £.»rea : teat poet ? " On the, affirma : j tive^Mdei viz., that 'Shakespear,e jis the greatt «r poet (of the two mentioned, we pr- ssume), the debate will be| lead 'liy'Mes wrs J. Gmce and^J. Dillon, und on the other, side Messrs W. Sjtubbs and H, Andrewartha. It does nofc appear q '.uite cleai- whether the debate is intend'jßdyto decide as to the superlative gi « iaLness of either poet over alii others, o. M nierely cd.rtipara,tive merit (between t :b«;'two mentioned, jf th^ latter it? m tended, the coirect wording "of life subji ?ct of the debate would .bq ". Whtiiher is Shukespear« QV Hilton ihS greater j >oet," and thut is, we shr-^ i raise, {what \\ r fl» intended, and sliould no doubt be fc 'übject ma'ttei for a very interesting au d animated debate.

A rather serious accident unfortuuately befell Mr A. Stewart to-day, wheii driving out of the Club Hotel stable gateway. By some means or other tho lioj-se swerved against the post, causing the ; conveyance to capsize and throwing Mr Stewart heavily to the ground. , In the fall his, right arm was fractured just above the wrist. Dr Macintii's was sent for, and attended -to. the injured man with his accustomed skill and promptitude. Although the accident, is a i>ad ode Mr Stewart is doing fairly well.. . . The; steamer Go-Abead while going down the Wanganui River on Friday night 6truck what is supposed to be a snag or 'boulder/carrying away hejr rudder and Stern post. A guy [ rudder was rigged^ and she went on tb r WellihprjtoA. ;i Tlie following •• mixed" item of news ( came among Auckland press messages : v —The proposed pie's<nt to Mr oeorge Fraaer, sen., with some memento if his sqcoess m connection, with the saving and the; repairing of ;the from the ci tizens of Auc^laad , , by prefesjnen ( and others, is to be given to Mr Thomas' Bracken, lecturer, on Monday J {