LOCAL INTELLIGENCE

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 78, 27 September 1879, Page 3

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE

■■-. : - fc&f.g^-A.i*.-...-*--*^-- -U-- ■•-.:: v c, :.-■_, "Wbot Astbat.— ThrougH JAfiinishap. a longreport of the^emperance Meeting went , attraj, arid did 'hoi* reach Paimeraton until lost night, top late for;pabUeatien.'':: : i^B ay Bankeott's Stock. — Mr. Jv Kaysmpr,^ttnder'f'^trupjtioiis Vfrpm I'Mr.1 'Mr. Wempu, fisH!?tee iii estate pf| "Thomas Bradley, hpld^a highly successful sale on the premises, on Thursday. .Many lots ; fetched higher prices, than those at which the goods could- be -pjirchajed- retail. Tliere was a good-attendance, and ; brisk bidd ing. ' ' l&iw STA^ioy.7-4 , neat^pJLatfornii lias ; ■brien erectedat Taomii-, npar the junsfcion of trancli line, of the. Gpfernmjint Reserve. There is a considerable: pspuUtion* roiind about, whpse. xiiiinbera: :^eill- be increased XWj 'shortly, when M^srs.; Wart and CSpo^por's Mill commences -operations. To . these the station rwill prove.a;. a; greg.t ooon, as m wet weather jiiereiis little.or, np shel-, tfir at hand. " " * ' '■'*["' ' ' Thb CoyBT-HOtT3E.— We; are plejsed to notice that^^O^B^iciuresjonVtheapproache^. to the Court-hdiwe'liave at last had ; the^e-, effect: The seistion oh 'wliioh tlie building stands is. being cleared, levelled, •nd gravelled and-. is fo be fenced- m; thu?. Qpnvertin^: what, has 'has hitherto, been something more than.an: : eye-s6re into, an qroament to the township, besides provipg a great convenience to those having business to transact at th'e s c6urt. " :. . IwcßßAsiNff. Railway T b kwxo .— We »re pleased to hear, thafc the traffic on the railway, is; steadily* ,but> rapidly inpreasing . Qne noticeable feature of late has been the tiie line for' the , cpnveyances Qf hpm'g^"Dpfcwiaeh.'tiie STariawatu and Wanganui, and vice versa. '" W.e have on several occasions. (jately seen no less than three boxes m. a train with, their living freight. A s the racing.seaaon approaches th ere will be an increased, demand if^or. this description of vCohveyanee. ~ ■»■■ Saib ok SiboKi-— Messrs. Stevans and^ Gorton^vheldf a-; highly •successful sale of itoclE at. the T)enbigTi Sale-yards on, We'd-. Wsday. The. attendance. w,as.yei!y good-, and the.bidding fairly briat; the lots^ witli Qne.smalleiceptioni being all dispose)? of at satisfaotory; jatesw r-The following, stock; •war: yarded :— 175 head of cattle, 250 «heep, and- IS horses: T-Tbi foHowihg. were: the prices reaHsed,:--]^ bullocks ;and-hei-; fers, £7-ss. to£li ; milch cows, Mto £td 10 ; heifers, £.* 17s. 6d ;■ - ; two-year old •teets,£4 ssVto £5 5 ; fat wefchers, lls; horses, broltep, and- unbroken,- £4 to £19, ■? HOBTIOULTUAAI SOOIBTT.— A meetin™ Of fcfiose favorable . to the f ojsxi?ition, of- a HortiQulturai Society, forithe; district, was held on Thursday, evening ; m Mr. Booth's office. The repprfewill^appe^r m our neg?Jss?e may state, however, f*atthe,Socie|^wafform l ed", officers, elected^ and a committeet*ppointedi who, it was resblvßdi should, canvass the district for subscribers and exhibits for the first saW, icybe.held m. the- first week m December; A sub-committee, was also appointed- to made, arrangements for a.prome : nade concert m, connection mth the. show. Tttß. DoaJ^triSANOß. A^n.— We have repeatedly had, to refer tortile, niimber. of "Worthless of; 'ferocious, dogs infesting, the townslup, The nfujlance. re»e]ied' the climax on the; eyening; oft- the, benefit given to Mr. William, J^pJany." A large- buji dog, obtained su/w»ptitibus. .ejitranpe. into, the Hia|l, and, eyery time there was any appjause V)P biOte, up doubt under the impression was "set on^ some, pnp, made straight fbr. the. nparesfc individual, 'k o . l^^ian ftt?Pe»on»weye. bitten, and b it

lias siiice proved one of them severely. One .individual cauterised hia wom^ds but was still laid up if or several days 5 the othar -di6Snbt>exß.ibit th« same amount of prudence, and' is^ now paying the penalty of his neglect; ; The clfog/we understand^ is to be destroyed.' ,-,!!. : . •