FEATHERSTON NOTES.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4772, 13 July 1894, Page 3

FEATHERSTON NOTES.

(From Our Own Correspondent.) Friday. The funeral of the late Mrs liidwill, senr,, took place yesterday afternoon, and was one of the largest that Ims ever taken place here. It was attended hy over four hundred people, there being over a hundred fool followers, nearly fifty vehicles, and about the same number of horsemen. 'When the procession arrived at the Knglisl church, theeolliu was taken in, and llj;' ( irsl part of the service for th" burial of the dead was Mr Grace, after which tlie cortege proceeded to the cemetery and (he rest of the service was solemnized, The eollin was covered with wreaths and crosses, while many beautiful wreaths were left to be placed on the grave. | The Hunt which was to have taken I place yesterday, anil whirh"was postponed out of respect for the memory of Mrs liidwill, will be held next Thursday, starting from Mr I fodder's ponyOn the same afternoon the football match between Fcathcrston and the eontractors who were engaged upon the erection of the Hall, takes place, For the last week wil lmvo been experiencing very peculiar 1 weather, one moment line and the ncxi pouring with rain. The ground is like a sponge now.

A now store is to he opened hero tomorrow, and To Aro Hous'e, Wellington, arc starting a branch here!

Last evening the usual quarterly social of the Weslcyan Cliurchi was held in St. George's Hall, which vlis tastefully decorated for llie occasion) Numerous songs, duels, musical selections, etc., were gone through, after w litih refreshments were banded round. Altogether a very pleasant evening was spent.'