LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 46, 4 June 1879, Page 2

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

P-^ttiakxD- VTott^Ambkt.-- W« undw ft*n'd that, a -billiard tournament, between \ four of the best players at Bulls, and a liki, / "number of those at had bee» ay» ranged to be played at the. Denbigh Hotel, on Friday, .. b,ut... ow;ing^tb the absence m : Wellington of several of the'choaeh Kjiighta 'of the Cue, the friendly match had i^-b^ p^tppn^^V future*; 3^ ■: .;;.'■ ':;_ ' ~ IPoutb j^ssTipv.—in iiaif of the ap-. proaching winter, and attracted no doubt bj( amount of rqa^y QiQfi^ystUi^ 4t Ik IBifc /

wit&in^tffi^TQ^nsffip, no less than fpur oft goods stores hare been: started at Feilding"within the last month, and " the cry is: . still they come." Some of these, we be. liere, are permanent branch establishments trot the majority are birds,of passage, offering "immense sacrifices." m the shape of bankrupts' stocks, for cash. Feilding must turoly enjoy an enviable reputation m regard to the latter commodity to 1 it no be . sought after by those : " alarming sacrifice „ Jupngers.! 1 ; ,';.:•:■..'■ 1. - L ';\- .■-.[, " ■:'. ■-;■. '.-.. ;.,.■ Entbbpbisb.— Commercial travellers as » jrule hare ,»;gmt: regard ; for tha Mana- . watu District, and are'most assiduous uftheir at^ntiohs to Feilding. They -will, we are ■•ure|:De glad iti learn that Mr" Roe ', of the Denbigh. Hotel, appreciating their kindly , offices, has erected .for "their, use and benefit a^commpdious 1 , sample room, adjacent to the hotel. The room is 45 xlB and 12 feet high; In the middle .are folding doors, and with those opened the apartment ia admirably adapted for dinner parlies or Cither .GPJ»y irinl meetings. Then, again, if travellers wish to go to Sanson, or other places inaccessible by rail^ Mr. Roe, haY provided a k nice* light buggy for their especial convenience, made to order by, Mr. Bilack, of Wellington. LiitfES, Attkntiqx!— -In these matter-.pf-faet days, when we hear of nothing but - A wars and rumors of wars ; of insolvencies, neither 'or 'predicted ; with " breaches of promise scarce, and sensational tales of love : and murder still more "rare ; .'now that the" goosbenry, season is over, and feathered domestic pets have pot comomencedHaying eggs of abnormal proportions or shapes grotesque ; { and having but few,' if any, aged spinsters m. our. midst eiclu- - iivelyiinteyested m ; the state of the money market, }t is but natural that we should poCMioiialiy"" hear the, ladies complain that '**. there im -nothing m the' papers." We . jhave, howftve*,. one <item which we think • ■w.ill interest not a ; few. of pin- iair readers, and we hasten to give themthe intelligence that the Benedicts of Feilding intend giving a ball early m tTuly.' Further particulars, m V V; •■'&■'- ''•■■/■. '■'"' . T - : - ; ' ; . ' : ' : .■\ r JL- Nbw yß^Ttraßr-^lt always speaks - ; "welf for a : conimiihity when l we ■finii ! it'lfber - supplied' with mental ; pabulum; In this puf. 1 haTe, nothing to , complain of, for m addition to Mr. Metard'i establishment, where a stock of standard or c high class works i» constantly on hand,- Mr. • Carthew ha^ been induced by } the. prospects afforded him to open another "shop m the premises lately- occupied by. Mr. Cramond, " pear the Bank'of Australasia, with 'ja, choice* '^■toeK !:r of stationery, and fancy - goods. ; .;•'"• ■ ;-"- ''■;;■•■.•- v " ■ . ■.•■■ r^At/.the last, sitting of the Wanganiii Education Bpaydj a letter Vts received '. from -Mr/ Halcombe, who, on behalf of the Corporafipn, offered to give to assist m building a , sShpbl at Ashurst", to supplement the teachers salary by £100", • beside giving one acre arid a quarter ground.' HhebSer was- accepted jrith thinks, and -it #as resplved' that school and dwelling houses be erected at once, £150 being , roted fpr'the. purpose.'. The secretar-y was instructed to call a meeting to elect a school ■ :.j>ommittee,-.' : :." ■■■- K:'^-' ' ■u»-i'i- .r '■■•■-. '■■ "MAir'? I»HTTMixn* to MA»."^-one of the most diabolical and atrocious pieces pf inhumanity 'which if has been pur lot to fcnromcle^waiporpe^ied a few nights' ago 'at Awahuri. From what we could learn , pf the transaction it would appear that a . brother of Mr. of the Awahuri Hotel, /called upon. a~ number of brother fScots, and, informed them that he had just arrived -from "Hawera, and that he had briJtight with him: a-tr-eatr for his country men ' iii the shape of a \ genuine Scotch ■haggis,- dilating -upon the- superior skill' 6f . the:particular artist by whom the dish had been manufactured, until Ifis hearers-t eeth .watered, and their souls thirsted fov an onslaught. Punctual- to the hour of invfiation fully half ja-dozen guests put m an appearancie, the majority orwfiom inT ordei tq •^hettheirappetites'atfd'the'moTO' thoroughly ■■' 'enjoy the "delicacy, had- maintained a'black fast during the^fpre^ and, afternoon. : L The -host presided but did not- pass a plate unti^ all were filled, so that the-- attack- upon the treasure 1 w&ssimultanepus v ;";8o; busily were they Engaged, however,' that no one noticed the sudden departure of the host, who pjaoiuj the length of tne robnii between himself and his guest stood at the door with a look of fiendish^eiultation. . He had not to wait long for the reSulti«a with a yell of -horror and a chorus of execration, one after another 4^g down theur knives, and made for the dobrj whUe the: cause of all werit j)oundipg out. into; space like a deer: : When the betrayed^pnes -.had _ wiped their eyes rufficiently to' examine tlie 'haggis, and cleared their throats sufficiently [to speak, thty discovered that it was- composed of' a ■■> 'guaßtity ; 6f 'bbiled'leather, inixed 1 *ith ajawf diist, and- seasoned with sand, along with Other materials; -but so adroitly was ; thfe de- ; peption covered .that' in' . tbeir eagerness to . enjoy^he tr^t'it w>s l n6t iintilHhe' victims' liad taken pfragbpid inqj^thf ul that it was L mlide.painfuliy apparent, [t would ao tha t y°V P 0^ o'.-to*,0 '.-to*, Mr. Schultze to-go within L atoneV throw of any pf his^ victims, pr even a stranger to mention the word hag git.