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Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 38, 20 February 1878, Page 2

A namber of interesting communications are unavoidably held over till. next issue. We. understand that the Wanganui coach will henceforth arrive m Palmerston at halfpast four instead of at night as heretofore. This is m consequence of- the trainhaving commenced to run between Wangann^ and Marton... The sale of sawn timber, at the Te Matai mill yesterday, was on the whole a success. Upwards of 60,000 feet were sold at an average price of about 5s 6d per 100 feet. ■ r jjhe sale of the mill plant, was postponed until Friday next,. There., was a good attendance atf tlie sale and. the bidding was spirited throughout. Op Friday next the . Feilding Choral Society will give tKeir second concert m the Assembly-rdoms,. Feilding. The programme, . which may be seen m? another column, is really expeljent, and if theSociety are anything like so happy m. their. execution.,as. they are m their selection the entertainment wiH: be of -a v.cry superior character., W^e cpmmend this enter^ainttient to all lovers of music and -feel-assured' that those who attend will hot be disappointed m their expectations of a trea^ It wiit.be, seen .by the list of candidates for seats on. the Education; Board for the District of Wangauui, which is advertised m another column, that two. names have been^added which were not included m the previous .insertions, namely, Henry Lacy Pt?ake.of Eai Iwi, and Jame3 t)ouilof Waitotara. Corrected^lists were posted from Wellington to the various School Committees on Mpnday the . 18th hist., and it will be necessary for all the Committees to, now. mate, their, selection from this corrected list, not excepting, those Committees who have already made their choice from the list as.it hitherto stood.. On Sunday last anniversary services. in cqnnection^vith. the Pulmerston^ Wesleyan Sunday School "were held m the Public HalL The aeryices took pltee m, tile .after-, noon and' at ■nijajhA, on which occasions the 'Bevv.J* L.awry of Marton preached interesting and impressive sermons. The subject wa?^ the n bringu>g of little children to Christ. In the, course of his discourses Mr Lawry descanted upon original sin, the temptations to which children are sublet and tlw obligations., of parents. A programme oF choice hymns had been prepared wiiicii were sting hy the children with a correctness that shewed they had under gone careful training previously. The services were fairly attended^ especially the ona at night, w.hen,,the- hall was comfortably filled. Collections were made m aid of the prize^ fund, and, w_e belie v.e,. resisted satisfactorily. : On Monday evening last the Manawatu 'Pgamatip Club- gave .their. fifth performance m the Foresters' Hall Palmerston. There was a good attendance, many visitors from Foxtoiiyandt-Feilding being . present . It was found that the.parformmca of the „ three pieces on the programme w,ould., tak,e up too lone a time, therefore the first. pieq<?, "•Out off> with a Shilling,", was omitted., The curtain rose, iqxm the farce " John Dubbs," and as the piece proceeded., the denouement of the plot was watched with igreat interest by.- tliß audience.. To. say that the characters were well impersonated, is but to do justice to. the CLab, anjl although ( a littfe. too! much, sel£-cqnsciousne3S.was at tm33 visible n\_ the acting of tlu yoiinger ,inember.,s^ of it, yet their- performance was . on the whole. creditable. D^bbs and Pater-, .npster were the chief characters and the, -, mystery that; surrounded. , the one aiwi the t ecc^ntricifies of ■•the otl^er mad# up, the, great^interest o-i the play.. The curtain deascended ainjds.t great applause... ".The Happy . ■ Despatch .".. was af^ a more cqmjcal pharacter and witlial highly seaspned^ with ? the .spice, of music. It wasin. consequence even ( more , enjoyed; tlwn the .previous piece.. The scene-, . .was a Japanese^h.pp, rich m a display .of . : such,. de.liuokcie» . a^. the . Japanese ., sumach yearn? fac. Tlie-chj33S33 werp. Japanese and j 'the acting m perfect keeping t wit-h the , characters assumed, anjj exceediiigW. vigorous . The phxy, therefore, was,. quite ,a novelty and , kept tho audience m roars,, of laughter, throughout. The acting of the ladies was an important feature iv" both the dramas

and well, (Reserved the praise it received. After. tlis certain fell on the- last piece a part of the, audience remained to a dance and supper, which prolonged the, gay scene to a late hourv . , We, have, much pleasure i,^: in^OTm^ng our. readers that Mr Horjip, th>e h^oad master of Ctffc Palm,6r3ton, North School,, may, be expected to commence his duties a,bout the beginning of March, and that Mr Hill, who, has been appointed^ to the Eangitikei Line School, will arrive about the^ same date,.. With the introduction of the above-named gentlemen into, this, schooj. district, the public may reasonably anticipate a marked improvement m the management o| our. schools. Our F.oxton corresppndent 'informs U9 that a school children's party, was held m ■ the sohool paddock, Fbxton, on Friday last under the auspices of Mrs J. T, Stewart and several other ladies. Gfamie&and' spoi'ts. of an innocent character were entered into with great zest by the juveniles. In the evening 207. child ren, together with a, number, of adult visitors, sat down to tea, After^ the tea was over certificates and- prizes were distributed to., the successful candidates by J ? T. Stewart, Esq_, Ohairmiin of the. Local Schopt Committee. Mr S,tewart raadp s a few appropriate remarks to ; ea,ch successful candidate as he handed them their prizes. The following' is a list of "the prize tinkers ': — Fourth Standard' — William. Gray, ' cer..^i{l> cate and: prize, also Dr. Rockstfow's prize. Third Standard — James Liddell, certificate and prize j William Ljd^lpll, dp do ; Ellen Evans, do do; Charlotte Ooi&y, do > do j Ellen Howan, do dp. After the prizes had been presented: Mjister William Qrayproposed three cheers for the ladie3 who had so generously helped to entertain them, which were mpst enthusiastically given by the children. ' ; The re3u.lt of the- balloting on Wednesday for the purpose of ascertaining tlie wishes of the burgesses of New Plymouth'respecting a proposal- of the Borougji CounciL fco > , borrow the sum of £25,0000 for water and ' gas works' and- the. inwovement of the, roads,"resulted"as fdflo'ws :— Votes' m "favor, of the proposal, 181 ; votes against, the • proposal, 50; majority m favor of the proposal, 131.; — "Tapanaki News." Tbe Wairarapa " Register " learns that a % farmer on the Upper J?lpin has tried, the plan of putting rags . soaked m kerosene m rabbit holes, and he finds .that the rabbits invariably leave the neighbourhood. He ' has nearly cleared his paddocks, w ; hjle.the neighbouring bush is full-of ' theu\