LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 52, 28 June 1879, Page 3

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

,- . CjbSB"OTJBNHA m.— -The open i n g .of Mr, IJalziell's new .h\otel' at Cheltenhatti will take splaco on Tuesday, when the event will becelebrated in thehisual orthpdo^ -. style'..' Re...port spieaksv xeryt f a^pmbly. of '' the accomuipclation the ;hpuse: wili afford, and if ; cdnductodi; as f we' h'afa reaion to beJieve.lt infill be, u,nder the abWmahagement of Mr. v Anderiori, v in the same i style^as. Mr. I^alk ziell's hotel at Bulls, it prove, a greflt hpon, to -tniveriera -passmg (hrpu^h Kiwitea district. V . . . ■ : ' T^BW'BiO^'bi^rt is • gratifying to, notice, the almost \ uninierr lip' tf'd stream ' 'of new avrivaV in Manawatij. ' ,Th«y com« from eve;ry di/ectipn-^Nap.ier,^ rjWnak^i, V^air*;; rapa, arid^ even i Wellington itself -^-business tnenj. settlers, and ldbftt^rers- alike— all flockin x into our district to better their fortune*. We haver beforafailaded to the' settling . in our inids^ pf several old j-esi'denls Pf the Wjaii; irana. ; Another, is now -added to' the ■"list^Mi 1 . ' y @rvasj' formerly a.resident of -the, Valley,' Shaving bought Mr. Lash's interest in, his i >tpre. at Halcombe. Air. jjaah, we belieyej'giyes up possession to-day.' ' N«w' Roman Catholic 'Chueph;.— At home tjiey say that w.herever a church wjas built, a'-'publip' house.- was sure to follow. '- Xn the Antipodes, however the order seeiens to beXerersed, the first great ...want in any-

the church being left to follow, at leisure, \% is' well- that it does follow, i^nd we are pleased to..*- .see that ' our . Roman Catholic brethren at Halcombe have set a very good example • in jthia re3poct. .They .are now building a small but tasty church on the soutliiwn outskirts of tlio township. The ex'ei'ior work ia well forward, and the sacred edifice will be opened no doubt in a few weeks. Me&srs. Beard and^McChejney are the contractors, and have, as usual put; in Very good work. „ " .... , \ FBiipiNa Qat.ai.ut Corps.— lt will be remember »d that , at the Volunteer meeting held about- a fortnight ago, there were strong expressions of opinion ■ thaf a cavalry corps should be formed. The majority, .however,' suggested that it would be more prudent; to creep before we attempted to walk;, .and the movement was shunted to the formation of an infantry, corps. Seeing the strong dwireTnanifest-ed for a cavalry tropp>.Mr. Craniond Miook the matter up, and so earnestly that in a f ew= dajs> ;he hAs; obtained move names, than. the minilnum regulation number; The preliminaries having been completed, we. may expect to sea, -in a few. days, the. enrolment of the cavalry corps an accomplished fact. Oun, MAixs.-^Nature sometimes plays curious freaks, but we will back our ?ost Onice.authorities to beat her hollow. They are really proficient in the art of "How notto do it." We have a night train, yet the mail for Palmerston is made up at half -past ten in the morning and dispatched by. the eleven^ o'clock train* • : :W«: have a through Feilding to Foxtpu.-at-V^ip^m. whujh. formerly was also utilised "for mail purposes for J^almerraton and Foxton. For some inscrutable reason those mails have been discontinued, to" the great inconvenience ,pf many of the residents. A memorial to the. Postmaster- in-Chief might have the effect of restoring to U9 our former privileges. ■." . s •'•■•'.. • Haicombe Schooii.— The old school at Hal«ombe : .having bean found insufScient to accommodate -the ever-increasing number of children attending it, it t was; resolved to close it early next month, for the purpose of, enlargement.- This has been done without »t all spoiling the appearance of the origin«l elevation by; simply dnplicaiing the former edifice, and building an ornamental porch where ' the old, and new buildings join. . ; The School room is now fifty feet by thirty-five, andi when occasion require* a tMnporary.parlition will be formed by means of. curtains extending., the . whole lengtli of :,the school., p A class room twenty by fourteen,* with fire place, has besu added at the near ; and exclusive of this, there is sitting accommodations for 180 children. There are, at present 150 on the books, so that the s'ehool ; will be sufficient for the requirements, of Halcombe for some time to come. 1 To show-the need that existed for its enlarge- 1 menti we may mention^ that it was by no meiinsanunopmmtiffthiiig to find" teii child-' reu jammed togetherat" a -nine-foot' desk ; Mr. Honp^ue*^, the contractor for the additions, hascorri-d out his contract very creditable, and has made a present to the "' school of the curtain^ poles und rings requiredi Mr. Lash has presented a bell, a boon which, -will, be appreciated.; by all. Theloeal JBchool: committee - deseijt'e every credit for the manner "in- which they; have dischai-ged their duties as real committee' men, and not mere dummios. . '