LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 55, 9 July 1879, Page 3

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

The Haicombe. School.— After being closed for two months whilst the^enlargement and improvements were being "proceeded with, the Halcombe school was ro■opened last week. The progress of this school has been remarkable. Some three years ago the attendance was but 17, and it now srerages ; 130. the increment : continue 'at the •arneL ratio, aiiothftr enlarge;mentiwill.v©ry shortly be accepted; Tsjt- HATiCOiiiBB Statioit— We. notice that preparations are being made for the erection of another water-tank at this end of -the stdtfpn. This will not only obviate an unnecessary, but. at the present a compulsory delay of a!f c w:minutes^ but .will nlso give passengers, travelling South that additional amqpnt of time for refreshment^ as the engine will he able to take m watsr after the train has been brought up to the plat- v fbrrn. . ' ■ The' Benedicts' Bait,. — As. we anticipated, tjhe-Benedict s' Ball on Friday night proved.a signal success — the most enjoyable of the. many, enjoyable reunions for. which Feilding has- obtained an enviable pre-cml-•nence'randk d'eligMfillevemng-was enjoyed, by the numerous guests. The accessories '.were perfect, as they could not fail to be m the ''bonds' of suc.h.an experienced veteran m i such affairs at -the honorary secretary, upon detdlyed ■ the whole of the 'avranget mentis; 1 ; The room was tastefully docsrntsd with flags, and with the rich and elegant ' toilettes of the. 'ladies presented a gay and I brjlliant scene. E»ancing commenced soon after nine, and was kept up. with' great spirit until four o'clock. When we aay that lions.' Onion presided at tho piano, it, woull be superfluous to adcl that the music could not be surpassed. In fact, the ballrr-from commencement to finish— was a perfect carnivrtl' of unalloyed pleasure anu festive ,mirth. A Chxli> Wobbibd by Bogs.— On Frk day afternopn a little boy about six yoars of ace, having been sont on an errand, was proceeding along Warwick street., and when opposite Klink's boarding-house, a .bitch that was suckling a litter of pups flew at him and knocked .him down. Other^fcurs immediately joined m the melee and set upon the poor little fell«w, who would most 'certainly ha,ve been worried to death but for. the" opportune arrival of Mr. Belford, who was coming up the street at the timo. When he : first saw the dogs he 1 bought they were playing with a bundle of clothes, until he saw the. -child- thrown over the head of. .oneofthe'brrifces, .when he ran up and drove' the assailants off. Th^ little' Ifellow; was picked up imens.ible by Mr. Belford, and conveyed to his parents house, where, on examination, he was found to have been bitten severely m the side, the teeth, n\arks of both jaws boing.plainlv discernible. Had it not been for Mr. Belford, :the poor little : child would have been worried to.deiyth". \~'.' ''r_\ "' . J ; ...