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Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1568, 28 November 1885, Page 4

Mr F. H... Smith will occupy the platform at tho Lyceum to-morrow evening. He has chosen for his subject " The evolution of Satan from the Serpent of Genesis to tho Grunt Red Dragon of Revelations." No doubt there will be a larger attendance than usual oti this occasion. The No-Confidence debate m the N.S.W. Legislative Council atill continues. The Government party are weaker. The barque Hudson, which got ashore at Timaru, has floated off. A legal opinion hns been given that Colo n el Whitmore is not disqualified for a seat m the Legislative Council by holding the position of Undersecretary of Defence. J. Tyler, an Australian miner, has not a favourable impression of the prospects of Pohangiua. He has reported to a Wangnnui Company that he can discover no trace of a reef. Monday, being St. Andrew' Day, will b* a bank holiday. The Woodvillo cricketers came m by four horse couch this forenoon. The > match is proceeding as w« go to press. A sad occurrence happened at Lyttelton yesterday. The infant son of Captain Macey was found head downwards, smothered m its bed. -The final chapters of the serial file " His One Mistake " are published ingur Saturday Supplement issued with today's Standard. Summer seems te have fairly come at last, " the indications being for a lone spell of fine weather. Rev. Gordon Forlnnc, of Bulls, is to preach to morrow at the Wanganul Salvation Army Barracks," on the subject, " Why does God not kill the Devil." "; i ■'■' i Some more stone brought frorh the Pohangina by Mr Basset, and tested by Mr Forbes, of Wanganui, has yielded a result equal to 14oa to the ton. ' Major Sonllv, late Inspector of Police m Napier has been presented with a pnrse ot over. 300 sovereigns, as a mark of appreciation of his services. ' In an article on the Foxton State School, the local paper says : — " We do ' not intend to adopt a course which we regret to see taken by other journals, and " slang " the Inspector. That gentleman has a duty to perform, and we give him every credit for endeavouring to perform that duty faithfully, and to the best of his ability." The Auckland Education Board are being proceeded against for £200, alieged to have been illegally paid to Inspector Peacock. :