NEWS AND NOTES

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 72, 6 September 1879, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES

A Rod jar "Pickles."— Quvestjwmed ocntributor "Pickles " sends us'tWrjeporjjQf a committee maotiqg hold a fow'nights ago; at Feildirig. It will be seen? in'" another column. -.«,•< • ,; m ::^.^' i? „ Hudson's Sttepeisb P ; 4Eo?|rl-- l ]3hiß talented troupe will appear m thS For^slerg'Hall on Monday evening. We rtgroßpressure on space precludes us quoting eomeo| the opinions of the press upon it, which' are of a vary flattering nature. A Pebsonai. MattebJ-^-lii view of the importance of • the all-absorbing topic— the: elections, we are compelled to hold over, our remarks on the meeting convened by Mr. Alexander M'Donald. We must also apologise for the almost total exclusion of local intelligence. We know, howeyer, that our patrons will excuse us, on the plea that "we have not a general election eveiy day. • Tgg Bq^ouoh Elbotions.— -The ..Borough elections are prer, and the new Councillors are Linton, Jenssen, and Amesb'ury. Captain Mowlem was also nominated by two ratepayers, but iipfprtunately he. vras hotawa^e that the contest would be held under Local Electiops" Act^ and consequently hp had npfc -signed .his. acceptance before noon on th'prdaj^>f'QomiQatii(>p^^-|i]U' disqualifying hiiß9e}f^ Wero.i|:.poib!*f6r-^iiia error, we wou^d haW had a contest. "'■': ' '■■ <■•■'■ M^. SiWET'g LBC^TTftg,— -The Town Hall was Qlled on ,l\hursday evening, when' Mr. B. Short gaye his interesting lecture on " Courtship a^Mamigß." 'Js\s . Worship the Maypj; presided j r^4 ip i^ few ! l h>ief remarks introduced the lecture^. Whether it was th,e low chipgeof admissiokr—gratis-r^-op the seductiveness of the Bubject we cannot say, bijt the attendance was not only large but the andience highly demonstEative.^t'ie speaker being repeatedly -applauded. We notica j;hat Mr. Short will preach at the Wesleyan Ohqrch-to-mprßow eyep,i^g. ?