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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1633, 9 March 1886, Page 4

It is requested that' all accounts against , the Choral Society be rendered to the Hon. Secretary before to-morrow evening. , • The Road Board meets to-morrow at 10 a.m., and the Borough Council at 7 p.m. The weather to-day was exceediqgiy hbt, and a number of bush firps were'going ahead merrily. ' The funeral of the late Mr George Dnndas took place thfs aftercoon, aiid was attended by a large number jof the; friends and relatives of the, ; . deceased gentleman. , ; „'... j '.•„.,:. .;.j ; The Marlborough House advertiser ment will be found m, the 4th,page to- 1 day having been removed from ita' usual position, m the third page through ari alteration m the make-up, m torder ,to make room for Frisco mail summary,' The truth of the following story is vouched for by a clergyman : — A good old lady, speaking m a prayer meeting, and. giving' expressions to the joy and confidence she fell, said, " I feel as if I was ready to, fall into the arms of Beelzebub." ■".Abraham !. Ton mean Abraham J'' hastily corrected,^ brother sitting near. " Well, Abraham, then," was the response ; " it ( don't make any difference. They're' bbt/i good men.