LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 65, 13 August 1879, Page 2

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

Tnas -EsteiiSH , HAii.-r-'We remind oinv raiders that the next -English Mail vidSan IVancisco will close at the office on^ Thursday^ri^Ktat^puni; "'•• ' /•;'' ''■'■?. ■'■ LiE3ED. — The usual monthly meeting ofthe; Manohesteiv >High>ya^s ißpar,dv/which, should have been, hold on; Monday last, lapsadfor wantofaiaubyumj v .... : \' ■ - ' ; LAMBiNa.—Thet lambing season v is novr, pretty well over m the Maoawatu district, and lias proved very successful, yield' being^ expscte.d to reacha higher, pep; cent-_ - ■ afiteiltian it^ lias done "tor several yea"r«f p^ v ßf. \. The fine weather has befin very favorable and" : •we hear the death rate is exceptiomUy^V lo w » ■ '"- 'v' ' : A. FoBBSTEJRs' Fottejui.— Th© mortal remains of the lato - W. L Heayhs jvrerafifollowed to their last resting. ptoce by a considorable numbei' of friends and .acquaint- ' ances, the mournfui cbrf^e being beaded by. the membajs of the Eo^sitfrs' craft. Evferj ■ mar.kof respect was, s,hown, blinds -being.. i-drawnj and places of business closed all along the line of marcl^. ■'.■ -■-' IPooTßAiit.— A ma^ch at foofcbal], has, we understand, bepn arranged between pur, " local club, and the : Paiinerstonj antl' Ashurst Clubs, to be played on" the grp%d of tha former on Saturday. Should- "the" weatheu. prove fine, we may expect to witness some good play, as each of the opposing clubs number several excellent players.. ■' ) , FridavV the 15th instnnt,: being the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin, will be a holiday m the Catholic Church, and we hare been'rjs^uestod by the rev^nd^

pastor to mtimate- that-jMass v wiU;be celebrated at eleven o'clock, as by h"aving the iervice at that hour.it; will give; .the residents of both Halcpmßs and" Palmereton ah opportunity of 'being present. i: -.~'-; r : A LbOK-to' ioii f HAicojEsß.^-The want -of a lock-up at- 'Halcombe' ! which has long been felt, is, we are > glad; to learn, destined not to existiinuch longer; ..The Corporation .have granted a Bite, but as this was found inconvenient,- Inspector; iGtoodall came down laefrwe»k lor . purpose of selecting anappropriate^ohe.,.'.' tVe. believe- ;that ; ijijhas tueen decided that the i building shall b« erected on the Government Reserve. ' The etamnuii EißoraoK.Tr-yery.-. little interest has been' tateri, so far, m the election. After^the meeting iin Balmerston on Wednesday^We njay expect to hear tlia reepective candidate's" tickets " \ £ ully criticised. There seems but 1 dne feeling at present frtitof regret that file interest* of the North |hj^4d be. sScrinfjed to the ambitions designs of two ruraf 'candidates. Eboapbd EATSitT.-^Qn Saturday morning James Smith and the native woman, Huki Pilla, the individuals who'had hjadvsuch a narrow- escape from being cut' to pieces,•whilelying asleep Jon .the^'railway line the' night before, were brought before T). H. Macarthur, Esq., J.P., charged with having been druiil^Bfilyihciipabl^on thai occasion.' SDhey were severally fined 2Qs.,and costs. .Aw Oasis iw thb" DEaBBT.— We learn \fith pleasure that Mrs. IS. Bradley' s estate lias b»en assigned. to Mr.-W.D.S haw and Mr. Haybittlej and with judicious managoV ment is expected to realise ' fifteen shillings "m the £. It is [ Mtoshing.in the.Be 4 days,to meet with'Suchan exception to the gene ■= lal rule, which; saemingly applies to the vulg»r crp-jrd or^infolvent estates. 1 j,. 1 !Poiicb Intelligbnob.— At the Resident Magistrates Gou»|?;. on;; yesterday, leveral criminal cases .were heard m addition to a V>ng list of *civir 'cases. "Gheorge John Fisher, and Jpohn West waca fined £1 ss. each attdrjcostsrifor {malicious injury to the property of W.^ Harris, by atones and breaking'ffio windows and smashing his lamp, : and lookinp-glasi, on. the night of the 17th of July. William and Alfreifiang- on- cross' summons for-as-sault were severally fined 20s. an^d costs, Mr. Pryor appearing f oy Lang. Bahitm.— We are l'.glad to sea that a Tery fruitful source of complaint-is m coi^rse of removal. We t have often heard persons grumbling and declaring that it was no u,ao taking out summonses, as it 'was next to impossible to get them ierved int'ime to be of any use. During 'the l sitting of the- R'esidtnt Magistrate* Court, on Friday, Mr. , Ward took advantage, of one of several opportunites to express a hope * that inconvenience m this direction would now bo done away with,' as bailiffs had been appointed for Marton> Bull's, Feilding, and i Palmerston, an announcement which was | received with evident * satisfaction by coun- i eel present. i Stjicidb. — Intelligence was brought into ' S'eilding on Saturday morning that a Kiwitea settler* 6f %hename of Beayns, had committed suicide there on the previous evening. It appear*.; that' the deceased, who one of three brothers occupying a section m the Kiwitea, had 'been ailing for a llay-or twopre,vicus, and en Thursday exhibited symptoms of, aberration of intellect. One of the brotherjs rode into . town on Friday for T>r'. Johns|6^, who accompanied him homeland' having seen the sufferer, returned to town. 'with one of the brothers, ffihe latter took home some medicine, but found that deceased, * taking advantage of the temporary abson<ie(of tha brother left m -charge (who had gone out.\to get some firewood) had made his escape from the whare. Search wasicontinued throughout* the- night without avail, but on Saturday, morning the body was found man afljacenfc creek. Tha news cast quite a glo,om. over Feilding; where the deceased was wejl known and highly respected^ " " ' • ' " Nabbow Escape. — On Friday evening, just as the night, train had left Feilding for Foxton, the whistle sounded; and it was heard that the. train had stopped. The sta-tion-master, and those, who were aboutithe ptation, found-that the? cause* of the delay was, that an' intoxicated man was seen by ! the engine driver lying across the rails. The driver put on the brake, and, immediately brought the train to a stand-still, but not before the man had been -caught, by the cow-catcher, and. pushed off- the line, without having sustained any more serious injury than a bruise over the eye 4 where $he Gow-catcher^had , caught him,. The, t^ain had scarcely 'got under weight again, when it wag-stated thai a .well-known Maori voman, who had been m th«s man's company, was lying on the -line a further on. &cpstable Price and some of the by-stan-deis went m search, and found her lying on the line.but .clear, ,of ;the rails. Both werjß conveyed to the' lock-up. Too much praise cannot be given to the .engine-driver -lor his prampfraction m the matter. 'Had $c not been keeping a • careful look-out ,co smartly, the man would/at the least, haye been severely injured. , "How NpnTo.lio. I lt'.'— We. were com t pelled the other day, m the interests of those having business at the 'Court-house to draw the attention of the proper authorities to the disgraceful state of the approaches to it, or rathpr to the qua,gm,ire through which the approa^h^/will have to be made. The lock-up is* siniikrly >A suitable building hag been erected but it is at the rear of a section,^ aqd! about three chains norn the rjoad. To get to the section- from the road; 'requires no ordinary* amount' of comrage, and, during the winter, the result ' to those who make the attempt; is, J that they land on it after having .been orer their boot ♦ops -'n tnud._ From the gate to the lock-up, there is no regular path, but the unfortunates who are'CDnfined therein, have to be. taken through crab-holes filled with water, and through a blind creek knee-deep. Two or three pounds, wou^d put this matter all right, and p^ove'not only a judicious expenditure but also true economy, as it would prevent- a much larger outlay by the Government, now often repeated, for hospital expenses. It is gross inhumanity to allow it to remain m its present state, and now that tha attention of the Department has been called to it, we trust .to see Btepa being taken r t6 'make, everything oomme il fa/at, not only with respect to the lock-up 'but the Conrt-hoh3eas..well. >