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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1692, 24 April 1886, Page 4

We wert to day shewn some letters and packages including a photo, which had i#en resoued from', t ho Taiaroa submerged mail. They *eru m a rather damp, pulpy state, yet on the whole not so 'much damaged as might' have been expected. Copies of Messrs T. K. Macdonald & Co.'s Landed Property Guide can be procured gratis at the Standard office, some copies have been sent to us for distribution. Early application is necessary as we have not many on hand. A telegram from Kekerangu reports that tlie Taiaroa has broken m two at the main hiitch.^The after part is'breaking up fast, and the cargo and wreckage are coining ashore. Mr Samuel Austen, till- recently publisher of the Wanganui Herald, and wiio was recently m Palmerstou en route for the Hot Springs for tho benefit or his health, died at Wanganui of coni sumption yesterday morning aged 29. / ! There wer« services yesterday at All > Saints adn St Patricks, whioh were ■ numerously attended. There will be ' specially interesting services at both I places of worship to-morrow. There are 1268 men under- canvass at the Enster Eucimpment. [It Is fear.cd Fhat the principal attraction at the Easter Encampment, vii?;' : ;tKe Cavalry. Tournament, will have to bo abandoned.] " Ths Hon. P. Buokley, Colonial Secretary, and Mr G. S. Cooperj Under Secretary, for the colony, were passengers to Wanganurby last night's tram from the South . Tho vary interesting exhibition, tin Strasbnrg Clock, will probably attract a large attendance at the Theatre ttoyal this evening. It is well worth seeing. Messrs Stevens & Gorton's next stock sale at Feilding will be held on the 29th . inst. The entries at present received are published m our advertising columns. Mr Scott, of Kaupokonui, m the Hawora district, who was so badly injured by the explosion or powder last week, is progressing very favoraoly. On Monday evening next, m the Feilding Public Hall, Jhe Palmerston Musical and Dramatic Society will appear. The first part of the performance will tie " Done on hot!) aides," to be followed by ''Joffin's Latchkey." . Service will be conducted at the ' Lutheran Church, Malcombe, toruiorrow by Rev. C. Gaiißtad. = ; To-morrow ererijnpr, nt the Lyceum, Mr T. R. Walton will deliver a lecture, entitled. "The good old Bnok ;" for further particulars see advertisement m another col inn n. A general election of. members of thoManchester Road Boar<i will lie held on Wednesday, May 5. Nominations must he left at Halt'ombo a.-id Sherwill's of* / fife before noon on Saturday, May I, I Tlio cenaiiu returns for ..the Borough J of Fuildin? hliqw «q a leg ' 653. fern ales 646, $otaU29B. y