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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1621, 29 January 1886, Page 4

Jj']j3?hß pray erg JMb'jihtly offered* up;in.- the I churches for rain are being abundantly answered to-day, a steady rain having fallen 'the greater part of last night and to-day. ■■ We are glad to be able, to announce thatch* Standard Sheet Almanac will be isiuedon Monday evening, and will be delivered to all subscribers m town and country with the copy of the paper. •: '^ -^Northern writsi^ says :— "-I 1 - have seen four inajden races won m: New, , Zealand this year by' men who were cracks three' years ago, and aluo mile races by men under assumed names. Such- devices are by no means credi- .. table.". ■■ ' '■'■■'■ • \ ■" " ' It will be seen that the Eloise..Juno Dramatic Company opeir'on 'Wednesday evdhin'g for a sea son of three nights. Some very popular plays are announced for each occasion. ...:..,.» • { New Zealand mutton is realising from - :sid;tofsid m the London .market. *' ' • At the Feilding Police Court a solicitor was fined 10s and costs for a broach of the railway bye-laws, by getting into the train at Feilding while m motion., CO ji:C'.;.i\ r *. : I ,-. |<TS |k^j£ii^nK > is^.jiio^t|ai^|^tlia^ the Foxton "Kilwihning Lodge has o&bu opened ion strictly, .temperance prinpi plus, and congratulates the newly "elected W.M., Bro. Rockstrow, on his courage m making this innovation. Tjie i example thna given is one which will : paobably find many followers as well as admiVers'ih the near future. '^ For aly grog-selling at ■ Nentliorne, . Otago Central, John Troup was fined* £10 aud costs, or a month's imprisonineqt. For the same' effeiice, Elizabeth v Ca,oB was convicted on two' charges, aud fined £2(J) ami, costs on each. ". . A cablegram ; states that an official . messenger baa arrived atOdbome, where Her Majesty.' the Queen is now stopping, announcing the resiguatidn of the Mar- ! quis'bf 'Salisbury aud his colleagues. ■ Miss Welchman. the typhoid patient, by the Rurunuiywho._was m rather; a critical state,"a tendency to consumption having developed itself, has died, . \ The following unique advertisement appears m . the t ; Maryborough Daily Times ''Pied, at the end. of y«ar, Tick, ,at Chunk's' ; saddlery establishmerit!" Ticjt inay^ Have ' diidV;! or been chucked out m Blenheim, but he is all alive and kickiug m other localities. < Detective Benjamin, of Wanganui, is at present m the Waikato hunting lip evidence m the my steriqua tragedy. ; jiji ? .! for the Napier litigants m the recent libel cases; to have washed tfheir dirty linen ;at home, as by the time they balance accounts, they' will' find' the' lawyers the only ' gainers. : • .'■'■■■■■'::■ ' Frank Evians, formerly of the Bangitikei and Rutland Hotels,* has now taken over the Newton Billiard aud Refreshment;, saloon m Auckland, .a temporaube baVj'^in "connection with which great things, are promised, » ; A Wanganui meeting of policyholders m the Government Life Insurance Association has adopted, & resolution expressive of their strong disaoproval of.the appointment of Mr Driver to the Dunedin branch at so high a salary. : Tho 'three men who were charged witfceommitting robbery at the Commercial Bank, Collingwood, buve now. all been- arrested, riameljr Hopkiiis, Murray, and Alfred Beal. "Murray acknowledged he was one *f the gang,and that when the manager fired his revolver he instinctively put up his arm to shield his head and received the shot m the'arm, for which he was treated m tho Melbourne Hospital.' 110 the medical officer remembering the incident of his 'trentment " ttierej' and mentioning I.'the1 .' the matter- to the police, Murray's arrest Was cHi'-fly due. ; During the inquest on Mrs .Ravenscroft the, police produced a full confession made by the prisoner "Hopkins ot the plan of the attempted rob--4 biery. 1 ' 1 The jury found dceas&d iriet' her death through a gunshot wound inflicted ■ by Mr Hill by misadventure, and that Mr Hilhwas fully .justified m using firearms to defend his own life and his employers' property. .