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Wanganui Herald, Volume XX, Issue 5776, 23 November 1885, Page 2

The monthly parade of the City Rifles is to be held this evening at 7, when the Band are expected to attend. To-morrow the ordinary monthly meeting of the Education Board will be held in the Board's Office. Tenders for the purohase of Mr W. H. Porder's book debts closed on Saturday. Mr P. C. Watkins was the purchaser, The revenue received at the Custom House last week amounted to £224 12a sd, the items composing it being — Customa duties, £198 4s 7d ; beer stamps, £18 6s j and pilotage, £8 183. Opposite Murray's foundry the Heads Railway Company have rren busily engaged in erecting a ticket ofiice and platform. The latter will prove more convenient to the public than the present method of climbing into the carriages. A Dunedin paper states that the proprietors of another boot factory have been compelled, through slackness of trade, to suspend all work for some time to come. This means that about 40 men have been thrown out of employment. Mr William Alexander, Vice- President of the Wanganui Rowing Club, has presented to the Club some valuable cups which will be competed for during next month. The crews, which are to take part in the competition, have not yet been selected. From tho Hawera Star we learn that the percentage of passes at the school there was 88 8 of those presented for examination, or 934 of the number presented omitting those who failed owing to their not having attended half time during the last three quarters of the year. Mr J. Drausfield, one of the candidates for the Wellington Mayoralty, has stated definitely that he is not in favour of reducing tne Mayor's salary from £300 to £100. He believes that a gentleman chosen to fill tbe position of Mayor in a city like Wellington has a right to receive a fair salary* On Saturday afternoon, before the cricket match at Upokongaro, two young fellows, Montgomery and Mason, were wrestling, with the result that the former had his knee put out of Joint. It appears that he had thrown Masou to the ground, and the latter pulled him over as he went down, twisting his leg in so doing. The Lilly white Cricket Club sent out a team to do battle with the Fordellites on Satui> day afternoon, but on account of the ram the game could not be finished. The Fordell men went to the wickets first, and were all disposed of for 24 runs, Wicksteed taking 5 wickets for 6 runs. As %he Wanganui men did not go in at all, the game was drawn. The Railway Cricket Club met with similar fortune at Upokongaro, where they were playing the Makirikiri Club.

On Saturday afternoon Mr Chrietison, baker, lost a horse and a lot of bread near Kennedy's, The horse it appears jibbed on leaving the punt on Kennedy's side of tho river, and kept backing until it backed right into the river. The cart was got out again but the horse was drowned. We understand that the animal had only been purchased a few days and this was ita first trial in the baker's cart. It is said that had the Janding place being wide enough to admit of turning the accident would not have happened.