LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 73, 10 September 1879, Page 3

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

The Engh.tsh Mail— We remind our yeader that the mail for England vid San Francisco will close at the FeildinsrPostpffice to-morrow evening, at seven o'clock. Ova VoLtrNTEEns. — The Manchester Bifles paraded for drill on Monday evening at the Immigration Depot,, when a strong mnster were present. Our Volunteers seem determined to render themselves " efficient " •with as little delay a« possible. They have •weekly parade* for drill, which are well attended. We learn that during the ensuing summer we may expect some interesting matches between our local corps and th,ose. belonging to other.localities. Bstbrtainment,— Qn Friday and Saturday evenings next, our citizens will have an opportunity of. enjoying a great treat. On those evenings Hudson's Surprise Party will give their elegant entertainment of mirth and music m Maysmor's Hall. From the very favorable Press, notices of this company, which comprises som.e- of the. most accompli?her| artistes which have yet appeared m Australasia, we may confidently expect an. enterJpinTnent of- a high order, and one. that cannot fail to please.' .> . " Mixed " BAyKEtrPTOT.— The somewhat mixed-up injolvencies of Mr., and Mrs. Bradley, which have led to .many legal enimfflements, assumod a novel and untgjpected phase on Monday evening. Mrs

Bradley having failed to obey a summons from the Trustee m Bankruptcy, Mr, Cole- , man, to appear before him at P&lmerston on Thursday last^ was obliged to accompany Constable Price to Wanganui ou Monday evening, that officer having received an order from the Judge m Bankruptcy fra produce Mrs. Bradley before him on Tuesday. •'.■.■ " : '.' '• ■:. ■.•.-. Election lNerDßirra. — Among the many incidents of election day, the most sensible, and, at the same tiwe, the most pleasingly - Satisfying, was the superb cold collation at j the Denbigh Hotel; , ; On, this occasion "mine host" fairly surpassed himself, the table presenting an appearance that would not have done discredit to the best of metropolitan hotels, and testifying to the merits of his chef de cuisine. Notwithstanding that alLabsorbing nature of the business which, had brought so many into the township, scorei found a few spare minutes to partake of the good things provided. Longevity/. — It; is curious to note the interesting facts that crop up m the course of ordinary conversation. Not long ago w« observed m the papers an obituary notice of one of the earliest settlers m Hew Zealand, who had passed away at the ripe eld age of 105 ; but the other day, m the course of casual conversation, i£ transpired that two of the' pioneer settlers of this district, Messrs. J. and W. Whisker, are descended from a still more long-lived ;family,' Mri. Whisker, sen., is now m her 80fch year, and her two maiden aunts, the Misses Stuart, at the date of last advices from Home, were hale and hearty, one being m her 120 th and the other m her HQth year { This is the greatest age attained m m.odern times that has come under our notice, v.;>.