LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 76, 20 September 1879, Page 3

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

1 The TBTrarertTHOBPE Schooi.— The ihternatfittings $ the school having been completed last week., the School Comniittee havd made application "to ' the^ ' Bo&rd ftfr .••the services of a- competent master. 'oie numerous heads of families m the- neighborhood "are very anxious that the school should be opened at once. We trust that a master ■will be appointed; , without 'delay!. '' . ■;• : . . ;; h ■'■ , i \I : A- ■. . .< ■ . ■" : .-, New Baki BtiiEpiJras.-— The^Bank •New South Wales is about ito erect fle^ premises m Manchester street. We have not as/yet, seen :the plans, but from ,, what we hear there can be no doubt .that ;the new building will be an ornament to 'the town. 'Messrs.- Pope and: Pearson are'th&succassful tenderers, and the ampunt of the contract is close upon £500. ■ ' • ; \- Wobthy. Ob NoTXCE.^Mr." JV Maysmor ; announces: the sale, by order yof the trustee, %t "S. CbiethanV of the etoek-ih-t*ade of Air. ThoinW Bradley, general stpi^kesper land baker, TBe sijerwiii'take place"' on Thurs- ! day, and the faot pf it being that of a bankrupt's s&ck^and without reserve, -will; no doubt ensure a large attendance. - i &6oj>' ■W'Oß.fc— &.b the iaeeting'^bf;^the Manchester, .Highway; Board on Monday | last the Engineer^ Jsl»ted ithat (there : were j now upwards of thirty- threemiles of metalled ! r^a^'ui -tTte. district^ Odns'idering that the • country- through' which :thesß);roads>have been formed wasa wildernoss pf .bush some half-dozen years; ; ago, the) , statement will ; W^icate.'the. rapid progress made m this pai't ; of the r colonyl>With the smalls,amount of ; funds -at thejr. disposal, such a result is 1 hVghiy.;cTfl.di.tftbV.tp.^ . Tsa P-EETfJ^^cs^ Bsi»Eind--!Pj > onvoiir \ report of th? monthly, meeting of : the Manchester, j&igliways Board, that that body has not escaped the. prevailing epidemic—"tightness of the cheit/' To, aU requests for works of any. magnitude, tney. are, obliged to turn a deaf ear pxi the' plea ; of " inippcuniosity. We believe, to 6, that^theipye^ent members are only' remaining m o^ce. u^til an election ; can be legally made, and "under these cir- ' cumstances they do not fe^l themselves; justified m incurring fre9h liabj^ties. which 1 their successors would have to meat; - - . * Change oiEottte. — We learn, on whatj we deem reliable authority, that it is. contemplated to make Feilding the starting: place for tl>e Napier coaches, instead of Palmerston, and the change of the route will be made afc ah early date. Were this a mere idle rumor we should hesitate before giving currency to it, but we have, our information from a source which leaves no question as to there being " something m it." ;■; ■•;•. ;;- ; " : .■; -„-: r;:^ , ' : - ; '.\ : '; : BwnBPXT.-r-Th> amateur entertainment of MrV; William Delaney, v.ttie "runner of thfr 'Oolony, given in' Maymbr's Hall on Thursday evening passed off successfully m all but a< pecuniary respect. The audience, though small, was appreciative, i "and seemed to thoroughly, enjoy the programme, paovidedi which was of a popular, rather than a classical kind. Where all was so, 'gpftd pi; so amusing, i t vwould bd j invidious; tp -Iparticularise. Tpm_ Margetts , was a host m .himself while the efforts of the' amateurs 1 elicited great applause. ]■-£.. dance succeeded, to which may stayedj and reamed thoroughly to enjoy themselves. ."HoKpB to Whom Honob is Due."— The Manchester Rifles to the number of between 60 and 70 attended parade for inspection'and exercise m Maysmor's Hall, on Tuesday evening.,, ■ Major Noake, the officer commanding- ' the district, and SergeantMajor Bezar werVpijesent. / Th* corps were put through their drill by Color-Sergeant Blackmor^ Major Noakes, at the conclusion of the procee.dings, ' paid the volunteers a high compliment, spoke m flattering terms of the smartness qf the corps which reflected credit oi^ themsqlyes as well as on their , dijilWnstructo^s, aijd observed' that if they continued to progress as j;hey, had done, they would become the smartest body on the Cjast. We are glad to learn ! that "the rifles motf number upwards of 80,: and additions ai;e constantly being made tq , the strength of the corps. ."'""'