LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 60, 26 July 1879, Page 3

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

POSTPOKWIBKT.— Mr.,J. Maysmor's sale of stock, advertised for Tuesday next, lias baen postponed to a future date, of which due notice will be gken. Ik Mbmobuh.-— We regret to.say that the adjourned meeting re the formation of a Building Societj. did not eventuate on Wednesday evening. When the public come to realise the loss they have sustained, we trust that inquiry will be made as to the. cauees that have led to the premature coll»p»o -xrt oavh. aJLopofdlrundorOakuog. WIKTBa AMtrsBKBNTS.-^We understand that the quadrille assembly has become quite a popular institution. On Wednesday evening, upwards of twenty couples passed a very pleasant evening " m treading the mazes of the joyous dance. The skating rink, enfchusiastuaJJy patronised at fiiat has had to give way before tjlie superior atti-ac-tions of the dance. ' Thursday morning as some men were falling bush for Mi. Drummfnd on, one of h^ sections; a couple 1 of tire M.tell together on Mr. James Palmer's ! house, M.6st fortunately, Mr. and Mrs. Palmer- and tiheiv f,amily-^-a, very numerous , one— -«*a/ qujter,. f nil of;- thf m," m fac<[— were nojb m the. house at.the timeybtheri wise, they must have met with serious, if 'not fatal injuries, as the buildingr-to use the words of o^r'inforni^~ ct was ciTißhed as flat as a pancake." ; : ' . Tsh CBpSS.--4s a xula.yery Uttle ploughing. has been done m this diitrict this sea- • son, the low prices obtained for last year's - wheat and oats^having apparently frightened '.the farmers into almoat^abondoning the growth of these cereals m excess of their requirements, .Mi- Whisker. an d Mr Hughey, - however form exceptions to thegeneral rule, and have each: put m upwards of 100 acre -of wheat. With .: avenge i^rjest weather . they will be m a position to avail themselves .of the high prices, that will most probably rule m tfit home market next year. , A. .Tbbat Losi,.—-The f .admirers of the beautiful and good m nature and art, no doubt, missed a, .great treat on Thursday evening, owing to Professor: Garland's non- ■ delivery of iis flowery- lecture on George Washington, whose memory still is gresn and y blossoms m the, -dust." I'he inclemency of the weather, was the thief that ' robbed, us pt ■ the treat, though somestrangers, we feel assured— had the temerity to hint that the real cause, why the lecture did not come off, was the FeMingites' lack |of vsympathy with, the, subject pf the lecture. > We repel the malicious insinuation with the scorn, ie, deserves ; the night was cold, wet, ' and tempestuous— the bitterest one we hay*.. experienced winter. UMaTABtH' BQpiiraßiujj;.— - A crash, near the comer of Ferguson street, a little before one o'clock on Thursday, .naturally attracted the attention of the publio to the spot, when it was found that the building m. process of erection by Mr. Gosling, had. sue- ■ cumbed to a gust of the , wind, and fallen over. The mass. presented such a. dissipated and ( dilapidated appearance, . as it. leaned ! against Mr. Maysmor's store, m a state of utter helplessness, that we were npt at all : surprised to see Constable Price immetli.ately on the spot. On examination tlie only ' wonder expressed was that it had stood so long,, for we have had several strong puffa tof late. The angle at which 'the building j was lying waij sufficient to reveal the ex;tremeljsr. faulty nature of its construction. There. was hot a tenon or' mortice through--1 out the budldrngt and not a single brace, the studs being- supposed to be kept m position by a couple- of- two-inch) wire hails driven ; obliquely through each iito the wall plate, and tliis for. a two-storey 1 edifice, too ! It is well the i eVocident happened when it did, as otherwiie the results might have been seriouß. As it was no one wa* hurt, the workmen being away at diunpr, at the. time it took place.