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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 43, 23 January 1885, Page 3

The FoxtQn' Race meeting held yester-, day was n'oi'a very grand success. ! The „ „genejfal,o pinion, wast tha;fc> the manage,'HJe'nji^w.as.i pot, the best. Protests were ' e'ntere&'on.atop.st; every race causing excesslwclelay. The' affair did not terpaiiiate until 7.56r V . ... j We notioff' that 'the Bev. '"^ Griffiths has been stationedby the Conference at Te Awanrntii; W, worker, Rangitfltei : ' J. B. Sinamond, Sandon and Feildoiig ; Be ■& $unA, jPAlmerston '•North ; i and Otter Cnrisfophersori Scandinavian Ms,: sion Pfthndrston North. i ' . Wyeth's.bootmakers shop was desfroyed by fire at Mastertou, yesterday nabrn- ' ing. „.-. ; :- '"'_r±Cßotdifigl;o*latest" accounts troia the , Pukenia tramel the i bodies of George and had ,90t been: got out although the !l!jWpn p,t yyftjikeovAd. see the .former, i •sr.iu^The 1 ball; v iri : «6ritieciioii ' with | the v v'BriendJy' i SbcietfeB >/ Fete;".was, held j last Fbrefstsis' ' Hall "'and iwas i v.' well-iitteriddd, 1 aD ; Seerfling 'to 'tliorougly enjoy themselves. Dancing was kept np till the small, hovim, the music being sap-. plied by M«ss»s Cmteen, Jolly, and Cobbe,

Members of the Salvation Army held a large pie-nio on the race-courso nt . jßjulls'. yesterday. A large, najftber wccnt from PiilmerstoTi and FcildiDg, and upwards of .%0 were present. A moßt enjoyable day v/as spent. Messrs Russell Bros., on the Rangitikei Line, had about ten sheep killed by two dogs yesterday and some twenty, in'bro ■ injured. They .managed to catch tho dog.s and chain them up, and are now anxiously enquiring as to the ownve'rship of thc.se destructive animals. ... We aro sorry to hear that .Mr W. E. Ghautburlain, uli Foilding, is m a very poor state ol health, his present coiidi.tiou causing his family and friends considerable anxiety. ■Two of our subscribers -rcstdingiir Buunythope,^ whose papers alO left sit the platform, complain or irregular delivery, the issues of last Saturday and, Monday not having reached them. As the papers are regularly sent from this .office, enclosed 'in printed wrappers, it is ■Vy'ry annoying both' to our subscribers said ourselves* that irregularities in'delivery have to be complained, of. ; ,We' t.?uKt,thero will be no causy m future for similar complaints. . ; • , . The annual 1 public meeting of householders to select school eonuiuttees for the/ctlrreht year, "and receive reports o£ . coi'umjttces for past year takes place, on . Monday next. '."'■, , , :. Tenders for additions to the Awahuri, • Bridge and iorinatiou on the LongbuniKairanga road close to morrow at 2 p.m. •Atthu'Bnlls police court on Wednesday William 'Smith was charged wit,h (iavirVg ilidecniitiy assaulted'- Elizabeth /WiliirSnSj'a'gir^ about 15 yerirs ot age.' 'After'a quantity of evidence bad b'eeii j taken thb ; bench said the charge against.^ jiujctefcfidaiit was a most serious and', heinous one. and. had :it been pJoVed — had tlie. evidence ; substantiated thu cliarge.jhe' lU-fendaut would liav6 Iteeu sentenced to impriKonment for the fullost term allowed by- the Act. B|ut the evidence of the coinplainaijt aiid her Ur«ithijr ; was very contradictory ; the girl diil tint, know even whether tlio defendant had it '■candle m his hand «ir not, when. lie went into her room. "'After fill-' ly considering the evidehcfc, the Bench tWi i'tthtir iliity to disi'i'iiss ihe cane. , There was tremendous, excitement m bojh towzi' and country ;in Napier ,on, . Tuesday over the Harbpr poll, and tlie day was • observed as. a general holitlaj'. Out of a. possible 1500 voters, 1387 voted for- the prdposal , and only GO against it. Mr Goodall, of -Tiniaru, will be 'placed' hi charge of the Harbor ■ Works. : S teps will be immediately taken to commence 'preliminary, works, and to float the loan. ! • : jOharles Clark, sold, . on behalf of.Mi 1 Wilson, a-p.roi)erty, with 30ft frontage on' . HigU-street, ; Ghristchurcli> lately occupied by Hobb and Go.'s building (stibjoct •to foriy-four yoars 1 ground rent at ijb.oo per annum), for £7750— equal to . i^so . Gs ~Bd i>er' foot* frontage. This is trie jiighost pric.e.; yet paid jnr ChWstchureh' for freehold land..,; „; . ■• ■.< . '"" '' J Tlie firing foi^tlio. district prizes took 4)lace,at thebutts to-day; . •'. „•. ;' On Wednesday evening the Rev* T-.'i Fancourt preached m All Saints' Chuuoh.. t!o alarge'''c6ngWga'fcib : nj;Ktss%bje^tjbeiflg "The Offortory^" The choir fluring.,th6 service rendered etfectively appropriate hymns. -Mr Faixcourt who is the isdcretary to the general church fund addres' 1 sed a wel}-a,tten,ded meeting held m tho ; vestry at 8.30. ; i " In tho Premiei's address on Thursday evcuiug the most important discjos'uri* is m reTercnc<! to" the Io r :al (jovernineiit proposals. Certain «listricts arc to 1)6" , grouped together, and a mild return to 1 Provihciahsui-'is -foreßriad6wed. ■ " • . -William Shoohau was agaiuretnarided jforia wdekVftt_ Auckland '.Ut' copnection, witli the Castietmvn-Roche murder.. SuporintPiidant-Thoinsou staled that lie expected a'deteetive; who knew accused, •■ by the steamer Runlitaka. ' .;,;,, The Colonial Bank's half ycarlyi rerpoft i*ecomtn6Hdß tlie payiufif'of a, diyi,-. , idendof 7i>b"r cent.,to add ±'iOOG to tlio. lPßerve-fnudjaud carry- forW'arcl £2565 "19*' 8d.- ■•-:•' . ;;; "■;' • : ;- ;;-: ' i • ■'"''''}_ ;" " :l " It ik ruitibiirbd' in Dunedin that Go vernnioM i(ttend sending Mr Macand'rew" to Scotland to form a seittlcrnent of High-' litid crofters. ! • ; ' ..l/l • .- r - The jPre«byt.evian Synod has decided to use its endeavors to influence the ■ Legislature to ■aruond the Education 'Act ,by sanctipniug the introduction of the.: 'BirtWW^tWte 1 schools. ThY attempt at union'witii the Northern Church has beea abandoned.!., ;....■•.•. ■ '„"■•