Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) Suivant la verite. THURSDAY, JANUAUY 24, 1884. LOCAL AND GENERAL,

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 47, 24 January 1884, Page 2

Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) Suivant la verite. THURSDAY, JANUAUY 24, 1884. LOCAL AND GENERAL,

His Excellency the Governor and family are about to pay a visit to the West Coast Sounds. The bankruptcy is gazetted of the fif no of Moeiler & Co., of Wellington, merchants. To-morrow is the day of Dr Curl's weekly visit to Palmerston and he can be consulted at Remington's Medical Hall, duriug the afternoon. , ; Mr Flyger has made extensive alterations to the interior of the Terrace End Store, giving tnu.-h more accommodation and showing gqods tq bptter advantage. VN c understand that he has bought (m conjunction with Mr Ferguson) the stock m Kings estate and intends shortly to hold a cash sale. A picnic party left Prtlmerston on Anniversary morning for Feildin£. On their way back m the evening, they found the approach to the Awahuri bridge bad been washed* a way, and the ladies and gentlemen were "obliged' to return to Feilding, where they remained for the. 'night. They returned to Palmeraton yes. tertluy morning by way of fjtarburst. ; The young couple ,w>re • delighted, but' the seniors heaped hut blessings on County Government. SoNfnan r» qujena mass for the repose of the soul of the late Father IVjoreau was sung at St. Mary's Church, Wanganui onMonday morning by Bishop Redwood, Father Kirk officiating as deacon, and Father iVoManud as sub-deacon. The service was of a moat impressive and striking character, the Gregorian music to the Miasu de' defunclis being rendered by the St. Mary's choir. Miss Keddia, to whom the task of writ* inu the " Life of the Queen " hna been entrusted, is a Scotch lady residing at Kensington, The selection of this lndy us a biographer of the Queen was made on the recommendation of Lord Ronald Gower, who received her Majesty's com. mands to select some fitting person for this onerous and responsible duty. The ; work will be a companion volume to the '■ " Life of the Prince Consort." ' Dead wood, the city, of the Black llills, j takes its name from "a 'peculiar incident. ; A certain man lost his wife and ordered ' a firet clas* funeral. At the proceedings a i piece of the coffin was chipped offj and ; handed to the husband as a relic. When afterwards the man was sued for his bill he producted the piec« of wood with the i exclamation : — "l've got the dt ad wood 'on you. It's nob rosewood, as jou have charged me with, but pine." I • It ' "