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Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 31, 4 July 1885, Page 3

'The Wanganui Chamber of Commerce are talcing lip the question of getting a f ast steamer to ply between- : there' and Wellington. They passed ; the.folldwing.' resolu tiqnvafc thejrfiaßt.. meeting :—^That this chamber recommends to the favour-, lible consideration of the UnipniS. S. 'Company th"=>^ request of :'. the ; busiineßs people- of ;WaDgatiui that they, should put the Takapu.ua or- some .. othorj jfirstclass boat m the ' Wanganui- Wellington trade. ".-.■-'■... .<:^ .'..-...'• „'.."•..-.,. \ ■■■■■,', ' v ' Captain Edwin ''telegraphed at 430 p.m. yesterday' as follows ; Indications of (the glass falling within 12 hours, and aft'ar that time , strong ■'■' winds between, north and east .and Bouth-eaßt. •'; ifessrs;, Thompson' and Ellerm, of Feildjng, the builders of . , the , Patea church and other well-lcrfowni buildings, .are the accepted tenderers for tho headmasters residence at the Collegiate School, Wanganui. ': '' We understand that at a wedcl ing party held on Tuesday at the residence of a settler on thoAawhuri road, so great was the number of guests' that to regale them a bullock was roasted whole. We ar« informed that the cooking, which occupied about nine hours, was a ' great success. This is, wo believe the first case of this kind onr.ocord any w.here on this part of the coast. — Star. ; ■ To-day is the anuiVersary known as Independence Day, dear to all true-born American citizens. ; We hear that as a xesult of the inquiry into the Wangaehu Hill the driver, Bowesi and. the guard, CPletcher, have both been reduced. As, however, they are, to occupy their old positions, it is difficult to see what 'real punishment ha's been meted out. Wei regret that the railway have not thought fit to furnish;, the Press with full . pa^ticularis of the inquiry, The interest of the trayelHp^ public demands a full explanation of hoyr the accident occurred* but withjthe preaentrailway administration theinterestof the public Beems to be the last thing ip be consider^d^G^vnMcZe. I The Radcliffe Company give a sacred concert ih the Theatre Koyal to-mprrow evening when they .\?ill be assisted by a number of our local antateurs. Selections from the great masters with flute, organ t and piano accompaniment; will;/ be rendered. From exchange critiques we be:'lteve %i these concerts have always been well patronized wherever they have been given Vnd lift ve; no doril.it' lovers of sacred music m Palmerston will avail themselves of this opportunity of heanng_a_corrgct_

It is certainly a remarkable, though we Buppose quite an unintentional, coincidence isays the Jewish Chronicle . that the (lay on which the lli vised version of the Old Testament will ha .'.published will be the eve of the Jewinh Feast of Pi-ntecost, which : commciuoratcs, according to tradition, the revelation »f Mount Sinai— -the first "publication" of the Decalogue m any version. . ThevTunaru Herald says : — lt appears there is an amusing side to the chase i after. Lucas, the prisoner who^enjoyed a' short respite from custody oil Wudnesy dav. The Inspector 'of , Police,. one of hiß ( Bta] wart henchiuen, anil the steward ;of' the Hospital, espying a figure: clad hi ■ai wbinanVgarb iii a certain field, bold,-; ly^Bcal(»d'tha hedge, :ns the figurePj i on-bbßerving tho ■ meg coming, at once H-made off, and m doing so showed great leugtli of stride, the suspicions aroused j v.tjhiat'it yt&a no" ijthVr '.] than the escaped * prisoner 'were' ■ v tq' the ; cliasing. party's • .mmd confirmed. A merry hunt then' !' took' place, only, ending, m the '^chased one^Snally. drpppj.ng'down thofoughjy ;al)6wod the pursuers .to corae.fUp^ apd they were, as Inay be: jmtich disgusted, to find ! that ihe^figure ' they hati been chasing ;/ was really and truly a W6niari ; l One, too, ftlmosVas near dead with fright as with • It Was. eyer thus, howeyer i. • —- jnan was-, doomed to be " had"' by .woman." '. ■„;.- -,'^ ,;-.'■'. ..';..