LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 57, 16 July 1879, Page 2

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

Ous Feibnds at JF6Jiß.— Don't forgot- VJ them. The outward English mail/via. San v< Francisco will close to-morrow, Thursday, H t'7p.m. „ ' The Public Hiii. Cokteact. — "W& learn that' the party whose tender was' ori- . ginally accepted' having found an iinsur; mountable difficulty m providing the requisite security, the coptraot for the Public Hall has been " let to ' tho next lowest ten- ■ derer, who have, already commenced operation", : ;' ; ...:1 Thb Geoegia Minstebis,— .This cele. brated troupe of sjible melodists ha? a bumper hou,ae on Saturday nighty our -dusty fellow-colonists forming no insigniflcant portion of the au;dien,c-e. Tap rperfprinnpces . , wqre highly successful, if we may jiidga from tJie frequent, bursts, of- applause x w it h. which they were greeled. FEiri'Tg and FI.O-WEE3. — Mr. Majamor 1 * sale qf frui^ trees and prnamentolßhruj^;

from the tiunery 'M "Mr. B. ffidnt, of the Bangitikei Nursery, wbs faivly attended. The following prici« «erAobtainjßd;: 7r :.Apples It. 6d. tb>.;.peaif», ( lß. ; Bd, to 15,,9 d ; plums, la. to Is. 6d. ;, peaches, Is. to Is. 6d, ; . c^e, 3tVi6a; { rle^n;^ trees were not m demand.:* • ■ • ' ' Aqua PtdA.^The oat«kse of tlie";p/>or brute thafr^s knocked-inco th* Makino, after being frightfully injured by the engine ©n Friday, night, is still lying in ' thejstream . Am the waftsr >!• v««i byi many/.fdr .domestic i>urpbwt,iit:iiiugh;;;j)Une t it; was ; remoTfld. Since the abovf was m fcyp«, we are glad tQ, l«»rn that the Inspector of Nuisance has bttn instructed to have the. carcase removed Wwtbb OLOiimia.T-r Tbe.npper portion of the KJLwitea on , Saturday presented », picturesqu^ippearaiice, reminding _bne, very: forcibly of 'Borne •c«nfls,idW 1 ?| a i rd winter. Snow*. commenced falling about daybreak, and 'continued without iiiter,mis<lion until J wju C6la|l'Pti s mantle of White " pure as an angel's tlar." Svovinsa.—A. match; ..to run : 100 yards' for £5 a-side between lines, the ex-champion of Nelson, »nd J. Blden^gf,\:cMnti^ff on Saturday. Mr, Eoe'tf paddoclc was the try- " iting groumd '^originally chosen! But ton -repairing thither, it was 'found too. wet, and it was decided, that the match should; be on the Kix%bolfcbti roadi bppbsi^'the ing Hoteli" BWdge;had. one good. ;start. 5 - both competitors got away 'to a fair start, bnt Lines toon pasted his opponent, who caved m before two-thirdt of the. distance had been oovered. ' , FlLLma r* tub BBBA'opBS.-r-The vacjant gpacet m Ferguipnjstre^t, are. being rabidly; filled up. £»9t v w^ej|tli^f»iie . of j. Mf Goslmj's newbusinesi^premiies was erecfed, andon Monjdaxth^frtm the i Saseftient portion ojF Mr Bellvee's new hotel was raised. There now remain only two sections unoccupied, and when these. are filled up, no dQubt, prestiu* wiilW bMnght'foWar upon the Corporation to |cut up their 1 paddock as Ferguson-street : is at present; undQubtedly 1 " the niiintiibrbtiglifaTe in;the t0wn. , .,. ; ;■ ■ : „ Nabrow. Eboapb. — klink*s boardinghou«» h«4 a narrow-- escape-from being burned down on Saturday; night. ■-, It teems: that the tofa m ? the a iutin*g-'rb6m drjawn up before the fire, and it is conjectured that one pf,.th^lodgers had .jbeen smoking before going to bed, and had inadjrertently dropped a spark on the teat yhich wat stuffed with. highly/ c<Jmbn»tiblelinß.te-5 rial. The alarm, was given about one o'clock, when it was found that the paper and ; scrim on the tides and ceijinj had been burnt and the woodwork W}f r ?Th* lo3ger> were roused, and m a few,mhni^*tu.icfceeded m extinguishing the: ; fl*in*s. The ; -tidet^ of; the room were ♦ery^mucli "charred m places, and the escape of the" building .fcpinj ■totol destruction ieemi almost 'miraculous. . The 1©» is fully cOTeredb^itoftMe^:^ l *' ' BiAßOir .pinMOTßp.THAbouttbe middle of last week' a man made his appearance m Cheltenham, where , he co.nducted Wnaself m such a manner aY to *.h6w that he 'was insane. Information was given to Constable, Price whoi on'- Saturdiyj.^went; out and brought /tbepoor> fellow "into 'town. On . Monday-he W««^takien5 Ito. •- -Marton^ 'and ' charged at the. B.M. Cburt with suspicion of lunacy, and remandedlito Wanganui?fdr medical examination. JWheu apprehended he had a large BumjOf .money m his 1 . possession.' He stated that his name Wiw.Laverty, , . that his mJiltheyjhad'cbnimi^Wd^ he was gpiugfedp^hJisjim^;".He will most; probably oV forwarded' toj the^^jiumj inj. Wellington, '" _ ... ■■■" Tbw WoißXtsa Mbst'b r Ci.trß.-yEhe | JProi visional Committee appointed at .'. ahe ■ nftet'-:, ing on Saturday nighbinet^oh Monday evening m the v Corporation Office, Mr. Whisker V beuig roted Wfcbe^HaW.^ ; -Atter cdniiaeV- 4 able dUcussion,^it w«s decided ithjt the title of the Assocmtion •hould be " Th> FeiW ing . € ( lub and T«mperanoe Hotel Co: '(Linii'teH) i l^ that the capital .should be. £2,000 m ; 2;0000 shares of £l-eaoh, to be paid as follows :—- --ft. 6d, on application;- 2s, 6d.-on -allotment, and the balance m .three instalments of f ss._ •aoh, at interval of thr* e months. -A Com Biittee comitting of 'Messrs. Beattie, Baker, Oakley, W. Nicholas, Jackson, and Halcombe wat^apppjnted to] draw , up] the pro-1 spectus, the first clause of the prospectus of. * ? The Coffee Public-Kouses National Society (Limited)" being taken as a basis. , ,