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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 142, 21 May 1885, Page 3

It is o pity some attempt to maintain decent order was not made at last night's entertainment. A number of larrikins managed to get inside the hall (doubtless through the door not being looked after) and they did pretty well as tln-y likud all the evening without any inLerfercuctt whatever Ukit;<r plabe.- Those who asHiale'l at the ei)U.-rtaii)!i)cnt wore certainly not shown much consideration. Cr Bentley Jast evening remarked that he hail huard numerous complain!* from ratepayer m reference to tin: diflay m floating this Loan. This statement, appeared to cause great surprise i () Cr Abrahams, who sniil 1»p. hail never heard a single one. Well, we have h%ird dozens and m pretty strong lan»anuage too. We have boon requested to state thnt tenders for ihc purchase of D. M. George's stock and book debts &c., will tie received up to the 90th insr. The date of postponement is notilii.-d by advertisement m which full particulars will be found. The Frisco mail will close at Palmerston ut 7 45 p.m. on the 22nd itist. The next show under the auspices of the lituigitikei Poultry and Produce Society, will be held »t Feilding ou Thursday September 10th. Iv our report elsewhere of last night's entertainment we omitted to mention that there wore several tta^s kindly lent by Messrs Akera mid ;. Feu ton, amongst them a New Zoaland and Sonudinavian. Mr HaybittleVs elocutionary rendering of " Asleep at the Switch, ' was a masterly aud effective delivery of a pathetic story of railway life. Mr Bett received a well merited au.l «iilhusias< tic encore for his song lC The Little Hero," rendeded with excelleut style aud expression. Miutou is agitatiug for a second constable. The Ayres-Hill matter was investigated m Committee at the Borough Council meeting last night. After hunring both sides of the question, no further action was taken m the matter. Cr. Hawkins stated Jast evening that he had authorised the insertion m the Standard of the statement of Estimated Receipt add Expenditure of the Borough, m which, as it appeared m the Times, thore wi-re several mietiikei. Cr. Abrahams aud Park , said they would oppose tha payment of the Stanuauu 'account wheu before the Finance Committee because it had not been authorised, aud Cr. Hawkins said he would oppose the Times account because it was incorrect, tie further said that he felt he had acted quite properly m the matter, and under similar circumstances ou any suhsqntnt occasion should exercise his discretionary power iv the sa.ne way. Cr. Abrahams seemed of opinion lascveuing that a Library rate was not ret quired, and that the Library should be. self-supporting. The Mayor considered the suggestion quite premature. MrLintonin forms us, as an entouraging sign of the times, thnt there ure inquiries for land m the. locality and that purchasers are applying from many places outside the district. It will be seen that the terms of the Bank of Australasia for floating the Borough Loan have been accepted. We congratulate the public and Council on the step that has been taken. Tbo Mayor expressed big gratification at the rosnltj and sain that it was within his knowlcdgo that tbo terms ottered by the Bank would not have been any higher had recourse not been had to inviting applications. Still, he believed the Council had done what was best m the matter. The question of advertising was before the Council last oveniug, with reference to wnicb. some of the Crs displayed considerable personal feeling. The Mayor remarked that the newspaper question threatened to become nearly -as ereat a trouble as the Borough Pound used to be. lie knew that it would bo a great advantage to the ratepayers, could the Council afford the expense, to have all their advertisements appearing mbotb l«cal papers. He hoped that satisfactory arrangements would before long be made by which this could be accomplished without too heavy expense to tbo Council. Miss Tsoylan acted as nccompanyst and Mr Hnrbot as conductor at the Catholic entertainment last evening. At the R.M..Couit thia afternoon the case Anderson' v. Schrnmka was adjourned for the production of further evidence on both sides. Cr Benlley, last night, strongly urged that immediate sttps bo taken to dispose of portion of Allotment 1, Suction 225, which the Council had been authorised to sell. After some discussion the question of advertising was left m the hands of the Finance Committee to de«l with.