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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1604, 9 January 1886, Page 4

1 The services m connection with All Saints Church to-morrow will be con- ! dieted by H. E. Copinger ; Ashurst, 3 ( p.m. Lay Header ; Taqniii, 3 p.m. and Stoney Creek 3 p.m. . , J : Service .will, be . conducted. ., at the Lutneran Church, Foxton line, to-ihqrrow by Mr Merger Soreiißoh, at 7 p.m.i and at Kairanga by' Mr J. Voss/a't 11 a.ni. Special attention is directed' to the advertisements inserted m this iesue by Messrs Bentley Bros. •'. , i The Hqq John Ballance and parly arrived is Pnlmerstoii' to-day from M^oodvi|Je. Two special carriages con--v«yed the vititors over. ' ■■■■•.•>■■-.'■ | The entries for the Caledonian sports } are by far the most numerous erer received for any 1 sports m Wangariui. For the various athletic events'the nnmbjers are— lUOyds 60 entries ; 220 yds, 54 ; jmile, 49 ; mile 34 ; hurdled, ,37 ; tfalking. 20.— Chronicle. > .. ■ ! New Year's Eve (says a local paper) was observed by the larrikin element iv ifrastertqn iq a style that miist -have tjeen highly pleasing to the participators. Not content pith . pulling off shutters and ifidulginir m the yells which usually form a portion of the festivities Vvhen this class is concerned, a sihall outhouse on the premises of the : Daily oflSc« wa« set alight, An alarm was quickly given, and the brigade station being next door, the • fire; \vas. put; ( out before any damage to the extent of more than £5 or £6 Was done, About jnidnight huadrifl '.p>tSons gathered m frout of the Police Station And Post.'offibejiand iajßelefcf Rang of. five indulged m moat disgusting language, which was addressed to the police. Two of them very quickly found tlnmsejves under lock and key, and for a time order was restored. Later on, however, feeling again ran high, and threats were uttered to pull down the police station. .Bail being offered by -respectable citizens, the two men were jljberated r and the crowd soon afterwards Small parties of men^ however, continued to parade the streets till jdaylighi, aridithe , police had tjjeir hands ■full to maintain order, ' j {The' l|elspn Mdil says that a parjty cdn> isisting of Messss Campbell ~(2j\ Yl»%W< ; Gully, Hartey,, dmith, and Connall, left Wellington m the Rotorua on Christmas :Eve^ taking with' them a whaleboat. On ; arrival ot Picton they puljed up to the .Grpve| and with the aid ojE : ahorsedrngig'ed theifhoat ovbr the' nebk b£ lany which' separates Quoen Chsfrlbtte from the Pelorus Sound, and pulled and sailI cd' dpwn the 'latter to the : iFrenqh.: ?as.«» /t . i the jjpurney 6ccnpying «i day. j Th^e next Imprtiing |:hey,/Bame ithtoug^-tlje'Pass^ bu^w^re preTentf,d,by thjß \jßtrpng' ,b<mwester which' was blowing from gelWri'g' down Blind Bay, where they- lay 7 nhtil 1 Wednesday morning, when they wer.o picked Up by 1 the Kenedy, and brought on to Nelson. The party returned to; WelUugton this morning. : ' ; ,