The Manawatu Standard The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. SARTURDAY, JANUARY 16, 1886.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1610, 16 January 1886, Page 2

Manawatu Standard The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. SARTURDAY, JANUARY 16, 1886.

" The Christian Religion " m th« subject of the lecture to be delivered at tb«, j Lyceum to morrow. \\. V '. '$ ■ ,; -j The Re? Mr Copinger will" conduct service at the Jackeytown schoolroom to morroHT at 3 o'clock. :, ,•..: ' The lost gold watch key adverhsed for m Thursday's Standard^asretarni^ to this office the following day.- Owne* j can obtain posaassion oa applicatioq at this office." '• ' , :i: ' ' il! -'- : ; -■ ; ' 'r n:j Mr GBbrRB : J. Bruce will deliver a lecture to Freethinker* m the Wealeyan Church on Sunday evening commencing at 7 o'clock, i) , Tenders are invited by Mrß. Larcorab for the ereciioii of a shop m, Palmerston. Amended plans to be seen at his office.. . '. ,\ .'■.. - -. .; ;;,. ■■„.,. . . -...- ...\ \. An advertiser wwatsn ts 10,000 brioks made and burtit at Pahiatua. Mr W. M'Lean informs the Post that the manager of the Golden Crown iniue, Terawhiti, has forwarded him some good speoiiueus taken from the 60ft shaft, which has be«n cleared and is m good working order. The reef, the mining manager states, is looking well, with .'every prospect of its continufngVo. -, : From the Advocate we learn- that Laursl, wlio ran; «o well^at the" late Palmerston meeting, has completely brokeu ,down, and will never , appear again oft the turf. The fetlock of her off foreleg U nearly on the ground, and it is believ'od a sinew, has be«n broken. Mr Fraser appears to be singularly unfortunate "with his horsos. On Sunday afternorn Mr Gordon Forlong will hold an open air service m the township of Saiison, the subject of his discourse being " Extraordinary natural and spiritual powers." The Eoxton paper says* that a very large mob of sheep, comprising some 1600 head, was taken 6Ver the river/4)h Thursday morning en route for Wellington. The sheep were nearly all brought from about Palmerston, via Awahuri, Mr Birch ley beipg m charge, and , aro destioed for the '.'Wellington Meat Preserving Co's yards. He certainly has an onerous task before him m driving such a large mob aloug the coarit'io' tlife present weather. With regard to the Wellington 1 branch of the Federated Seamen's Union and the invitation to join m the Me]bqurne strike, the Tost understands from-' a leading office-bearer that it isthe tie- ' si re of the members of the society to weigh' the circumstances Ve*ry carefully before they join m a movement which will so seriously affect trade; and thai at, present they have every reason to be satisfied with their treatment by their employers. ! ■>.<■■■'•■ There is a probability that Mr Moody,; the revivßlist, will shortly pay New, Zealand, a vinit. The statemont was niade m a, Napier 'Church (says the Telegraph) by one who 1 ha^ authority' f*r inakhig it, and he added should^ Mf< Moody Visit the' coloMy,' it was to be hoped; thatj .the useless goody r goody people, of j the class -w o always .filled the best * seats m London, ' when ; Mr 1 Moody spoke, would' 1 aiway" ; t"hibtime and thereby enable some of the outsiders and masses to attend.