INTERESTING ITEMS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 3556, 5 August 1905, Page 3

INTERESTING ITEMS.

jj Ti'ie Moa in due from Westport and the Ilimitangi from Greymouth. A church parade is to he held tomorrow morning. Both the Defence and school cadets will assemble at 10.30 at the school grounds, and headed by the Borough Band, will march to the Anglican Church, where service will be held.

The Thybl’-Carringfcon Company staged the piece “ Barnes of New York ” in the Public Hall on Thursday evening before a large audience. All the parts were WblbsUstained, and in the principal Carriagloh and Mr C. Taylor acted ia in their usual successful manner.

In many quarters it is considered not at all improbable an election may take place much earlier than November. There is at present, however, nothing to point to this probability; but the world of politics is a queer one, and many things are possible. Some of the visiting Parliamentarians on Monday were much interested in the quaint building which does duty at Bulls as a post office. It was remarked by one that the building should be preserved as a curio and placed in the Museum at Wellington, The Government is about to accept a tender for the erection of a new post office at Bulls, The marked progress of the dairy industry in the Levin district was pointed out by Mr B. R. Gardiner on Monday evening when speaking at the railway smoke concert. When started a year or two ago 45 tons was the season’s output. Last season it was 280 tons, and he believed in a very few years it would reach 500 tons. Previous to this Mr R. B. McKenzie had mentioned that the Rongotea factory had last season turned out 800 tons, and here were two other factories in that district. These had at present to cart their output to Longburn adding to the expense of production and the risk of deterioration in quality.