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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1577, 9 December 1885, Page 4

At, the Cominlttoe meeting of the Choral Society held last evening, it was resolved .that Mr M. Cohen be elected conductor of the society. A sub com.- . in*ifrtee' to draw up rules etc. was also appointed.' ; The" secretary was inst^uctedto communicate with the Dram ttio Clubland -also to see about procuring books used by late; society. ' The ladies . promised to use all, their influence m •ecarinjr the attendance of their musical " friends. Other business of a general kind was also transacted, and the meet-' iug^adjourned; "' - •:".*' : /Big: Bear and .eight other chiefs haye> bsen sentenced to til too years' imprisonment for complicity m Kiel's rebellion. Sixteen bthere are to undergo terms vatying from two to seventeen years for arnoh and horse-stealing. Four chiefs — rWanderinfi' Spirit, Mongrand, Dressyman, and Cliarlobpis— are to be hanged ■ for murder. Bcig;hteye receives a sentonce of twenty years imprisonment for , manslaughter. We are requested to remind intending competitors at the Friendly Societies Spirts | to^bq held at Pahnerston on New Year « Day that Nominations for Handicaps Nos. 3,5,7,12, arid 13, close on Baturday,December 26th, at 9 p.m.