LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XLIII, Issue 15000, 22 November 1899, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

\ Ail inquest ,wilf%e held'it the Morgue,? at' lo o'clock, this morning, on tb2 body ox the late Mr William Melody- ■ Among the attractions at the >. and.?. Show to-morrow ' will be a thr^quarter-brod-Lincoln sheep which, is the happy {or unhappy) /possesßor' of .six. legs, and which .is /placed in the pen by. ; Mess's Ferme Bros.. for exhibition only.' The natives of the Bay of Plenty district predict a. very wet summer on account of j the wild duck building on higher ground than usual Aceprding to native reservation" this is accounted »■ sure indication of a, wet season.— Auckland Wecfcty. News. The Dresden Piaqp\Cpmpaay, with characteristic energy, "aro-.aga4n holding a special sale of musfcaj instruments at the depot (Mr Herbert . Taylor's) . "Afi le supply of new instruments has ijeen lfjndfcd, .and Mr 1 I). Macpherson, .-wfae ,-irrived tfl-day, wil. conduct the sale. ... - | A polo match Between the Jfc-.fera and! Wanganui Clubs (two teams each) will be i played at Aries this afternoon, ut i o'clock, tho former team consisting of M-esis Atkinson, Moore, Tohk*; and Westeom ; and Buchanan, Lysaght'(2), and Vi lihams. Ihe visitors will be entertained: at luncheon at' the Rutland Hotel. . ! A brate will leiwt ■ the Butland Stables at Z p.m., re'urninij; .after the match." ■ ■. . r The ' Wanganui Horticultural Society's Annual Spring Flower Show is to be held in Christ Cliurch Schoolroom OB Thursday, 30th November. The catalogue fop this year's Show is inuohtlarger than last year's, and a large number of valuable special ; prize* arc being offered. Judging from the fact that entries are already coming m ; there is every prospect of the Show being a most" aucccssM one. Catalogues, entry forms, and all information concerning the Society, may be obtained ou application to the Secretary, lit Cecil Wray. We beg to remind purchase « that at the St. Hill Street sale yards next S'.jirday, Messrs F. R. Jackson and Co. will offer for sale, on account of Mr C. A. Dnrie, 12 building allotments, some of which adjoin No. 2 Line, and the others tho Purua Stream,, all within a veiy short distance of the Town Bridge. , These sectioi s should be eafjerlr soaflit after, as they arc beauti • fully situated, wall sheltered, and command » view of the town, :ts tbo 'oil being of fEe very best quality, ,3ml. a rare opportunity is seldom offers A to 4Lpse in want of a- good, building site. Another of Wavprley's old identities passed awny peacefully on the iTiih inst, in the person of Mr Robert Darh'ig. Mr Darling . was one , of the original Ruuiaki military settlers, being a "msjibei* cf No. 5 Company, commanded by Cap't. Thomas Wilson.' ' He "saw contidera j'.e a-t)ve service on the East Coast, nt Opoljki j also >n the Ruanaki district; being also one oi the Pipiriki defenders. He was in he Wairoa Rifle Volunteers, under Capt Robert Haines, and took part in the 3gl t at i>ioturoa. • Mr Darling whs one of 'he very few original military settlers who •eceive.l land and remained in the district, and the familiar face of "Old Bob" will be muchi missed. He attained the rips- iigr nf 87,

I Mrs ; W-a£t;<3^Hl give her o.iiiuil concert to^raomra evening .(Show Night), and it will, ho -doubt-, as tin former occasvns, De .yell patronise^. A first-class, programme .tas bcen'hrrjßn^MlJ'aTid a number I .' oi .welN tUnoxyn flocaj'.nmjfteurs will' corittilnte> items:" ;,'.. ' ■ A corresiptfndeijt deplores that a splendid opportunity qf-.-Kiising money for the Traus Yaal «reftjgees, in not having collection box esr.at-tlitf. gates at the Palm-isfc-Jii iShow,was- missed. ■He suggests that V:.- Secretary of the Wanganui A. and P. Society should take. the. matter tip, and fciU" sure V large amount would result.