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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1616, 23 January 1886, Page 4

There will be. mass at St .Patrick's Church to-morrow at B.m.i catechism at 3 p.iu . , and vespers and : benediction at 7 p.m. There will 1 be ihasr at Feildinir atlla.in. :■■• •'■ ■ ■>'»* i ..■•■ >,;.:;.,, '„.,* The fire-bell rang out an alarm at : 12; 30 p.m. to-day, the danger being m the direction of Terrace End. A number of the Brigade with applianoea; promptly left for the locality m teril, 5 ■'..... There will be services ati AH-jSaintb Church to- morrow at 8 a.m., 1 1 a.m., aud 7 p.m. j atAßhuratat 3 p.m. ;,at Taonui 3 p.m., catechism at 2..80 p.m.; and the lame hour at St.pney t Cieek. and JacjceyTenders for the Otago Harbor! loan of £150,000, at 5 per cent., were opened on Wednesday. Tenderp at $IQI ..8s receive 70, ps^ cent, of their application, above that m fall. ' '" ■ * J> '^ j

Cardinal Moran is to receive a suitable reception ou his visit to Wellington next ; inbnth» There will be a banquet and procession. One of H.M.S. NHuon's boats cap sized m Wellington harbour yesterday afternoon, but the occupants were rescued by other boats. __■ The latest advices from the wool sales is that the market is weak. The Bank of England has reduced its bank rate of discount to 3 per ceut. The. Waynakariri River Board 5 per cent, loan was subscribed for nearly three times over, • ; Alexander Laurence, a teller m the City of Melbourne Bank, has confessed to defalcations amounting to over £9000. He worked the oracle by manipulating mutilated notes. He has been arrested. About 200 acres of. grass m the Western Rangitikei District, intended for winter feed, were totally destroyed by fire a few days ago, through the careless : dropping ef an unextinguished. match. i Ah error inadvertently occurred m a paragraph m Thargday'f issue./ The two defendants m the chaig'e of furious riding were named respectively Bees and Bllvee. Mr T. L«w Js was the prosecutor. ! V s ;, At a bush fire at J^airaate, Bay of ; Islands, a Dridee^ which? cost £800"7 was destroyed. * '.' ' * * *> ? ±. A letter has been published from Mr GriadStofaejin! which' he decli&S'tp: receive; a depiitationf rom Belfast. In Mis' letter* he denies plain' attributed- to hm;-\lbr > the settlement of-tlie Irish question,, and states' that he awaits the proposals "of the Government upon the subject. It is announced that Mr Jas, King has abandoned nis intention of proceeding to South America. The valedictory address to Mr J. King has beeu completed. The truly artistic finish and style of the address reflects exeat credit on Mr Geq. Hawkins, who undertookyts' (prpparajipn; c The-; scr<ffl) :T is written entirely in~goia, aud sholild bY appreciated .by the receiver. The grass about Perrate End caught fire on Thursday afternoon and was for a^time the cause of considei able, excitement amongst the residents of that end the town.:-. Parts of; the cemetery were, burning, and the fences also caught m places. \ The fire was kept from spread ing by a few exerting themselves by beating "out the flames. We hear that to-day some of the fences were again alight*, and ,the .grass burning on the 'graves.*' '' ' *' .~ '" c '' n"' -"■*** * n , Mr Goodiaon had a pretty piir of Shet land ) omes" running m his conveyance r to-day belonging to a son of Mr Sinclair The pair were greatly adniired and sliould be valable .stock in ji vear^ov, Uso. s They, will* we Relieve, be ofEerefy for sale m a: week, or jiwo. ■ ,' ' ] Mr Bishop has turned out an excellent • sample of soup with his. new machinery^ The article. is of firft-rate quality, fi'^in,', ! bf good colour, and such as should find, a ' ready market anywherp. . • The Awapuni lagoon was yesterday patronized by a number of holiday makers; one.pic-ntc party ri umbered abfiuf ■' .40 ladies and gentlemen iilL of whom .seemed to thoroughly "en juy the outing. Tennis, croquet, and, other games wereiuilnlged iu'on the i banks of the lake'besides the boating trips on the' water taken by all .the party. One lady bravely tackled, the' rbb-rby-" ahP quite ?astDnis'ho»l hej^j' Iriends by her management of the canoe. ' One. .of the trapß pu returning home was upset throwing a riuhiber 6t ladfe3 'eutf,' fortunately none ot- them wei'e seriously hurt. i In the case of SVanninge - and others 1 ■ (V. Spratt and A. Bell, no dairu es wure foubd against the latter defendant. If the plaintiffs afe held entitled to ki veii diet, the award of the jury will be £550 damages against the other defendants. The Fire ; Brigade held excellent practic| pu Thursday . evetiiifjffj |iile/ % nevr sngin'e iind hose werr used for! the . fi-rst time and very satisfactory results were obtained. The hose was attached, and connected with a well near Messrs Mitchell and Sfcujtter's premises] and thjS i \yater forced ©vei'the 2hlgi»aßtil!ullsljn£f ih the vicinity. The ladders were also erected and the men drilled m their use. On the whole a most successful practice was held. • , , '{' ?■ r ■ A sad accident occurreoT^ Nelson on Thursday mor.iing to Mr William Tomlinso^ of the ;A,uckland |Colj«g6, who accidentally shot 'himself ' tlif ough the ' heart. • A boy nine years old lost bis life when bathing in-a creek at the Lower Htitt, on mrediy. nirt-lanorfier Mse AphfM^i about 'eigliteeii months ol(P wa's left? iaVl perambulator on the bank of a muddy stream and; < managed; to free itself from the perambulator fell into the water, au.J • !was<dro.wnedcor smothered iv the mud: 1 l * -■■■ - <!.T rii^^A