THE FEILDING CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 1879. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 49, 11 June 1879, Page 3

THE FEILDING CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 1879. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

Match toe £50 A-S-d'e— A match be- j * tween the competitor! who ran on Saturday/ — Delariey and Lyons — to run 200 ya-ds fo? £50 a-»ide Uheing arranged. In this match both ineri will ata-t from scratch. "v;. ThbGhoeoia Minsteeis— Tin's talented troupe have given two entertainments m Feilding' this week, at Maysmor's Auction Mart.^gThe' spacious room -was Well filled on each occasion, and the singing arid comicalities of the Minstrels gave unbounded satisfaction, /h . .-A '/ - Loat LAtTBBM.-— Qur Football Club are 'exerting, themselves to send a strong team on/Siluiraay: to Bulls, where a friendly match is. to. rhe played; with the local club. Tlie. Football Club at Bulls is a pretty t&ugh onei-and : we: hope our besit inch will be enabled to get away, arid retrieve the laurel* 1 lost m the recent encounter with "the Hfcltombe team. /. RujraiiNj MATCH.^Tbe : 100 yards' race • between, Delariey . and the ex-Champion of Nelson, came off on Saturday afternoon, m Manchester street. According to the terms of the: match, . Delaney 'gave his opponent four yards. The start was a very bad one, fen* Delariey was almost abieast of his antaggnist when the pistol was fired. A tight raee,7|i^eTer» ensued, Delaney coming m the winrier byj about half a yard. , | football match between the Halcombe and Feilding Clubs was played v'V'.f&^he/Oricke't (3-round on Saturday after- . rioon, .Feilding could only muster a scratch team, arid Halcombe was not m much better plight, the players on either side numbering only "eight. The game,' however, was played _ with spirit -and keenly; contested,, but the Halcombe 'men proved too much for their opponents, a goal and three forcedowns—seven points arid a half— while the FJBildmJf menVfseo" re. ; was simply ni£ iOp^pEFEyoßii-r-The meeting convened for Monday night last to consider the advi-•ibility'o.-;forriiing a cavalry troop for this district, had to be postponed until this evening, owing to the hall being engaged by the Georgia Minstrels. We do not regret th/ia. Events- have been thickening during the past few daya m such a manner as can-. not fail to inflame the martial spirit of our: townsmen and settlers, arid many more will now enrol themselves. From present indications there is no telling how soon their •ervices may be called into requisition. //-|.b-'» ; Jt^^B''Ain>VNABEOW Tiees. — We •re" glad to notice that the Manchester EKghways Board have rasolved to exercise trie powers they now possess of inflicting penalties for excessiv* weights ca-rled. by liftrrow-tiredidrays.r By the Act m that behalf ■ made; wi^l/provided, the weight allowed'tri be carried on two wheels having tires of less than Clinches, is restricted to' 25- cut,- and^ the, minimum .penaltvj"""*^ anything oyer that anjount is one ahiijwr .cwt." As nothing destroys the roads ■o much as overloading on harrow "tires, the Board, we think, have acted; m a very liberal spirit m adopting the minimum penalty. Sbeious : JUfßßSsrr. y^ We regret to say that Constable Price discovered on Sunday aat that' he had been robbed ef £75. It appenra that a- irian had been engaged dur"ing Mrs. Priee'a absence from home papering the rooms. - He flriiahed. last Monday week and went to Wanganui" t returriing on Taesday to square up •ome'littlßiiriiat.ters, arid having done this he left. "Otf^uriday young Price could hot find his best boots, and toia'-liis ifath^r he thought the f eljo w that had been working there must have taken them; This roused t Re suspicion that a mussing -key of the drawer m which Mr. "Price kept hia valuables had not heen mislaid, as supposed, but bad been utilised and ' A famed o&. He accordtnglyforced open the drawer, and found that a sum of £75 had .been extracted, tbe thiof. prudently refrain' ing.from taking a watch and some articlesof jewellery, which might have led to de- . -tecrion. On further examination, it was' ' found: that an atterirpt had been made by / the thief' to fire tbe house, some burnt sba- ; rings being found undemeath'one aide where .■.the ; weather-boards wore ; much -charred. ./.'This biad evidently been done with a view .'4p-. conceal the. fact of the robbery. The fAptiio* /a^i*n<j wwf immediately inforioed 7 A ■ .'■' ''

of the robbery, with a" description** of the suspected thief, and on Monday Mr Price went m pursuit. [Since the above was m type, weJeara that the thief has been captnred m Wanganui, and all the money recovered.]