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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 173, 19 June 1884, Page 3

The lvi will leave FoxUn for Wellington on Saturday next at 5 p;ra. \ * Mr G. Hutchison, has announced himself as a candidate for Wanganui. Mr Snelson's next sale of fruit trees will take place on Saturday m the People's Mart, at 2 p.m. Mr Snelsbii had a capital aale of furniture at Mr Perkins' residence yesterday. The attendance was- very large, the rooms being crowded. On the whole good prices were realized, but owing to the number of lots the sale could not be finished yesterday. The furniture &c, was of excellent description, and was keenly competed for. A requisition is being signed m Palmerston to-day to D. H. Macarthur Esq., | asking him to stand for Manawatu, for which seat his return is a foregone conclusion. There is a probability of a coalition being formed betweeen Major Atkinson and Sir Julius Yogel should both be returned. There is a palpable tendency m that direction which a good many have observed. A billiard tournament is announced for the 25th at the Club Hotel, at which the splendid new room is now open. The regular monthly meeting of the Wanganui Education Board will be Held on Tuesday next. The Salvation Army will open m Wanganui on Sundny next, when Staff-Cap ; tain and Mrs Wright are expected to be present. The British King" arrived at Jljp on Tuesday. The refrigerator was working well, and the meat is id prime condition. The divorce case Edwards v. Edwards and Remington lias been a good deal before the public of late as it advanced its several stages. Rome persons, : we learn, have conceived the extraordinary idea that the c©-respondent is Mr! A. Remington, chemist, of Palmerston. We should have thought it was hardly necessary for us to state that the idea is altogether erroneous, but to remove such an impreesion which wo are assured dors exist m some quarters we make public the fact that the rumour is entirely iucorrect.J