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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1623, 1 February 1886, Page 2

Says an exchange: If all the araatinta under ten shillings, owing by debtor! m this coljony; )w.ere paid, there . would be no such word as "depression " floatinr- : about. '?'' , V ■ ..--.- * At the Blueskin; (Otago) A. and Pi , Show/ the young man who was to award ' the* prize ? for the best-looking, lady rjder wjas so bashful, tbatwhen brought/ face to' face with the competftoW h# bolted.! ( J (•;/""» ." .- r- . -v In ohe of the Northern States of America the pious young women ' established anassociatioa, which they styled •••♦ The Young Women's Anti-yourig-mei--wnitirig-at-the - church - doora - with - ul-terior-iqbjicts Society." ' In a city, which 1 shall be nameless im amateur dramatic entertainment was rtceutjy given tor the benefit of the burnt out settlors m Tar*naki, which had an , ainußing side to it. By some mi«take.,er .other the villain died m an earlier met than ; tHe play had.provided for, and *• may be imagined there wav great cpn», Bternation'araong the budding thespianV' bat, the villain was eqtfat to the occasisa and he dieU "again. A well know- * Australian' opera singer, whom we wil^ call A JB. sat out the whole piace^ and" hißcriticism w^s, short but eflfeotiTeJ ajgjdi jt meant much, "it was very funny." The> piece it isineedlessLto say was. *•; bloodi) \>i curdling tragedy. . •■••■■■* The ' Stratford and Fitzroy Sohool OommitteesH ffo'sw\ Tafaoaki: rdiatrictJ /, have nominated Mrs H. R. Bichmona and Miss Jessie Hey wood' as" members of the board. The>: ladies, have coQ»ent-»> ed to the nomination. „ . „i „» 'A bojy on board H;M.S. Nelson -feli .out of the rigging on Thursday, strilnac a boat m his descent He sustained |in> juries to his skull! and: broke several ribl t one of jwhich entered the Inpgs. ; Miss] Welchman.the Hurqnui tfjAod patient was buried on SoanW Island. From the Post we learn that the deceased lady was about 3Q years of age, and vn -. travelling^forthe^beiiefit of^her' tiealth^O Having been threatened with qonsumo* tio'^whUe v a resiaen't m the City of Lioh- ' J field, shedetennined to visit the Ana* tralian iColoniey, and took passage' m iM ' Hurnnui, intendipg te first visit a friend t jn Aucklandandtheniprooeed 1 to SydntV v where she has a brother liTing. Shortly .afternfaving England she wag attacked by bronoliitisf J an*a i ' subsequently 'My i>: typhod fever, which, acting on a coo^. stitutipn already enfeebf ?d 'by drt.«»« k left her m a very precarious coudltfot tfnd%cjtwith»tandin^ the inosk assidftQUi*, medteal att^riti oh f durin g the ' vo(jFajj». i and since her arrival, her- strength wait not sufficient to enable her to, overcomesthe ori«inai dfsease, to which she Wg fi 'cumbed. Miss Welchman hadletters ef> introductiou to the Bishop of Wellington from his brother, Colonel Hadfleld^