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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1652, 8 March 1886, Page 4

We lean; that tliu lute Ml' George Duudns was married, but had buen sep arated from his.' wife for a number of ynrs. Tim rumour that she is at present m Palinerstou is. incorrect, as she has never beeti m the district. We believe theie are no family. It is expected the yictorian Parliament will mcct /on 16th March ; members will then simply, be sworn m, and Parliament be adjourned for two months iii order to give' the' new Ministry time to prespare measures. A meeting of stewards of the Manawatu Racing Club was lu-ld on Saturday evening, when slakes to winners at late meeting amounting to £455 were passed for paymcut. For misconduct and jostling, Mr H. Cowper, the rider of Aleria m the Ladies Bracelet, was dis- , qualified from riding on the Palnierstou course. The Licensing Committee for the Manchester District met at Ashurst at 3 p.m.: on Friday. Present— Messrs Li. K. Re\d, A. Brown, Wru. Cummins, P. | Whibley. Mr Reid was elected chair- j man. \ i The prizes at the Rifle Association | M.-utiiig will;no distributed this alternoon at 4 o'clock.. - ~ )_ "■ ; The attraction at the Lyceum for th« next few-weeks to which many are now looking forward, m a series of lectures on the French Revolution; » We learn that the late Mr Dundas had just been offered a, pretty large surveying contract, viz., to survey some 4000 acres for the Crown Lands Commissioner, i ».'*:!£;. :- J:\ *..=.£ 4 iSi? ' In consequence of . pressure on our space we are oblieed to hold over the third quarterly report of the Palmerston North Rational Society, which shows a considerable increase of members and indicate^ very successful and' satisfactory financial results. 1 •'•' '« •' - J :# - '": ■ V / 4 The 'Frisco letters njay be Jooked for to-night via Wanganui^ and the Qews-^ papers, &c., tb-nibrrow. . , : is offered for a lost pocketbook. We have b«en requested to state it was Miss Dilke, not Miss Bryant, whom the Insurance Qoippany lately remunerated for assisting at the Terrace End fire. The hour of meeting at the Lyeemn • m future will be 7 p.m, mstead|of 7.30 as heretofore? 5 " ''■ ■ ~ s • ;• ••"* ' ■■■"■■■ Mr Evans, of Fitzherbert'-»treef, has grown some giant cucumbers this season testifying to the richness of the soil and carßfnl cultivation. . : ; -. ;. ■■•■ s. The Anckland manufactured amrauni'tioVteßted 10-day at t}»e" N.Z.R.A. meet* : ing at VVanganui proved an utter failure and positively dangerous. ' '_ .