LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 84, 18 October 1879, Page 3

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

Thb Sports. — There was no meeting of the Sports Committee on Wednesday evening bub we learn with muck satisfaction that Mr. Halcouibe, has, with his usual courtesy, kindly placed his paddock at the disposal of Committee, for the purpose of holding the sports therein. There could hardly be found a better site within miles of JFeilding. We may state that ifc was the scone of the last sporla. : Railway Extension to Wqpdyille. — We learn from the Evening Chronicle "that the 3urveys for the extension of the Na-pier-Kopua Railway through the SeventyMile Bu9h have been commenced. The line is, we believe, constructed nearly to the new township of Ormondsville, and tenders for its "further construction to Norsewqod and Daneviek, .and so on to Woodville, will shortly be called for." lafMlffßATiou 1 Superseded. — The days of our costly immigration are numbered. An enterprising citizen of Wanganui adver Uses m the Sarald — "Infants from Is. up wards !" What a prospect for disconsolate wires! Who would be without the only link wanting m the chain of domestic happiness wheu for such a trifling outlay he can become the happy possessor of one of these " sweet pledges of affection F" As these infants jire alleged tp be " second to none," they must all be first-borns, and therefore entitled to all the rights of primogeniture. With such advantages we shall be surprised if the demand for " infants from Is. upwards " be not m excess of the supply. A Timber Saie Battieed.— The sale of * timber announced to be held by Messrs. Steven and Gorton on Wednesday last, at the Kiwitea, did not come off owing to the absence of purchasers. The present state the money market, arid the fact that pur-, chasers would have had to pay a portion m cash,, whereas "good marks " can obtain reasonable, credit at the mills, have been mentioned as., the compound reason of the non-attendance of buyers. We think, how ever, that the simple cause of such an undesirable state of affairs lies m another direction. On overhauling our files wa -find that the sale was not announced m thy County paper— a fact sufficient m its,elf to account most'satisfactorily. for the "milk m the cocoa-nut," Freaks oh Electricity.— Many are the strange stories related of the curious or wonderful freaks played by lightening— surprising, perhaps, because anomalous. One of these we heard of tlie other day as having; occurred between here and Wangal nui. During a thunderstorm which passed overjtbe district, the electric fluid struck one of the telegraph poles and damaged seven others. The pole first struck appeared as if riddled by small bullets just below the arm which supports the wires. The others were either jagged, as with a chisel, at one of the corners; or had large splinters torn off. In the last pole a hole about an inch m dinmotcr w.13 bored clean down the oentre from the arm to the foot, the portion m the ground being splintered to. pieces. As the poles are four chains apirt, the electric fluid must have travelled along the | wire more than a quarter of a uiile before entering the ground. Good Newsjor thb Farmers. — 'A telegram- appeared m the Wellington Chronicle of the 9th instant, which ran as fullews : — "Melbourne, October 8. — T.en thousand bushels of Victorian wheat were sold to a local miller, at 6s. 4d. per bushel." This proves that we were right m oiir vaticinations that before the present crop is harvested, wheatwill command an exceptionally high-figure: Owing to the deficiency m the harvest jit Home, m Europe, and jn many p,arts of America, we shall not be surprised to find it quoted at higher rates than have prevailed for many years past. The majority of the fanners around disposed of their last season's crop at from 2s. lOd. to 3s. 4rf., and it will be satisfactory tv them to learn that they stand a good chance of getting more than dqublp that price for i this season. Bu-NNYTHORPE School.— We are glad to learn that there is uvery probability that the new school at Taonuji will not remain much longer without a master. Tlie Committee have, had axtremely limited selection, not a single application for tlie appointment, having been sent m. The secretary to the Board of Education was, however, equal to the emergency, and forwarded to the Chairman' the testimonials forwarded by Mr. J. Dinsdale, who had applied for* a shn,Uar appointment at Otaki, at the same time recommending his appointment To prevent further delay, the Committee acted upon the Secretary's. recommendation, an.d pasied •a resolution that Mr. Dinsdale's testinaonials were satisfactory to the Committee. Should he accept, a school for which he. did not apply, no doubt he will be appointed. Wo would suggest, however, that m future a little less niggardliness m the directiun of advertising for application is highly desirable, and only fair to intending candidates, none of whom m the present instance, it is very evident, have seen any advertisement inviting application.