LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 70, 30 August 1879, Page 3

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

The BuiiiWNo Tbade.— Anyone saur l er ing ; through; Feilding. cannot* help being S .ruck with the numerous evidences of the acivity if tl c building trade -m the town--' ship. . In adtinon to Mr. Belloe's new hotel— fast approaching completion— Mr. Thompson's new . ster*, 'and the Public Hal' r : several private residences as well as shops are going up m various directions. Th* Botal Ismjsic nists. — Messrs. Thorn and Darvin gave .another highly successful entertainment on Tuesday evening. Owing to the impossibility of regulating, the amount of light m the hall, and on the tage, the exposure. -of .-the ,- Katie King Mystery was not attempted;* The audience were not slack m expressing their appreciation of the entertainment. T_b Govi Uin's'i Bush.— The late fine 'weather has 'enabled the work of platelaying m th.. branch line foom Taonui to the Government bush, to he resumed, and a large gang of men' an busily engaged on it. We believe that it will be so far advanced m about .three w§ek»v.M: to allow , Messrs.; West and Cooper to remove their mill to* its future sitei The mul has been taken to pieces, and it now only awaits removal. ■:. : The Eibctions.— During the past week the various candidates have addressed the ale tin at Sausori. As a matter of course, Mr. Johnston was their choice, and at a numerously-attended meeting held on Wedriesdity evening, received a rote of confidence. The preliminary skirmishing is now almost finished, Otaki be'ng- about the only centre 'where the electors have riot had an-oppor-tunity of hearing the political views of the respective candidejtoiv--* ' SOABCITT Of 3 MoNBT.-r-Never at any time within ' the "memory of ' ariy but the oldest .inhabitants, has the dearth of the circulating medium been more severely felt than at the present time. We heard one of the chief settlers m a district not a ; thousand miles from Fpilding, express his opinion that £150 could hardly be collected m hard cash from one end of ' thedistnet to the _ other. "Better times and a freer 'circulatiori are "anxiously desiderated. yy '■--- \y^y- {■::■'■■ y''^\- ' ■ Tbhpbb-Kci : Entebt A-Nment. — The Flower of Feflding Lodge, 1.0.Gr.T., gave another .very successful entertainment on Thursday evening, when several addresses on the evils of intemperance were delivered and numerous temperance odes were sung m pleasing style. We tau-t congratulate. the Lodge ori the success of these popular entertainments, which are really well worth attending. We -*-» glad to learn that.;the number of Gopd Templars here is rapidly iricveasing. .-.,.'■.'....-."' "•■"'■ ,