LOCAL IINTELLGENCE.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 85, 22 October 1879, Page 3

LOCAL lINTELLGENCE.

Improvtso Stock.— During last week a consider* ble num ber o? vjiluablo sheep J pissed through feilding per rail. They •were Lincolns and very fine, well-bred specimens of that class. . Several trucks loads passed through on different days, and the animalsclnring their temporary stay at the station attracted much notice, owing to the length and silky nppoarance of their wool. T*Seir destination per Ji.il was Palmerston,' but whether mi ended'f or any of the farms there ah mt or f.ir cross breeding purposes on the Napier side, we could not ascertain. Pedkstriak Match.— We are given to understand that a match for £100 aside has been arranged between ;W. Deliiney. the champion runner, and Wiltshire, the hero of the thousand miles m a thousand hours feat. The articles were to have been signed an Saturday last, the match to come off within a fortnight from that date. The distance is from Foxton. to Wnngariui, vi 4 P- ilmerston, Sxndon, Bulk, 7' -Marton-, and Tunkina. This is a sporting event whichdocs not come off very often, ; each party being a giant m his particular, line. A good deal of money is likely to change hands. - 7 Leisure. HoiJRS.-.—Sopie interest ing partictojara will, no doubt, have been made public m the. Besident Magistrate's Court ■at Bulla yesterdayj as to lion- the en.od people of that erstwhile flourishing township improve their leisure h»nrs and •"" drive, dull care away 'Xthe. case of- one oF its renowned Boniface.***, for allowing gambling ' m his. licensed house, havingbepn postponed from Friday to that day- Wehavenotheardithe rc.sn,lt, but haye been informed that not only the publican but eight or. nine, others, have been summoned, the latter forpnrtifi:piting m the game. Those who affect :." euchre '* or " poker" 'should he. larefnl how and with whom they, play m licensed houses after hours. Local Skxt.-govjsrnmest. —To-morrow / evening the ratepayers will be asked toi ex press an' op,inipn as to 7 their desire of managing the affairs of the township, themselves, or leaving th am m the hands of the Highway Board. Should they" adopt f ormer alternative it -will - th en be -incumbent upon them -; to decide' whether they, will content themselves with the administration of a Local Board, or whether they will aspire to the higher dignity of being constituted a municipality.- ■" The advantages or disadvantages of>each of these systems will donbtlo^s be explained, to the meeting m full, so that the ratepayers will have little ' difficulty m arriving i>t a. propsr decision. * TuE.ffEW AND the Olo^— -We learn that a new brewery is m the course of erection at Bulls. The site is en the top of the 'hill above tho old establishment. .It isgcnerall. v understood to be for one of- the.lrirge Wellington brnwers. It is agreat pjby that 3D-.ne arrangement : cqiild not. have be g I made by the creditors to carijy on tlie business of the late firm of Tray nor. and son, for the benefit of the estate. In that case the creditors would m. (he course of a year 'or eighteen months have received a very tidy dividend, whereas now they need expect little pr nothing, as from what we can learn the whole s of the. proceeds ancl -more, has been waited m law expenses, the b.n:-ine.^B me.in while, daily, accelerating its '•-Speed tothp dogs. Scouen Dkath.-^A mel&hchojy case of sudden death occurred at. the Cheltenham Hotel, Kiufitcn, early on Suu.Jay morning. The p .irticuinri* of whicli will be best g: lhere:l frc»'m the report of the inquest* on the body, which wad held atXeildirig on

Monday.. The deceased was well-known m Palmerston, where, he lived two or three years. He was an engineer by trade- and had at one time- charge of the engine at the Hokowhiti mill, and at the time of his death, that of Messrs. Cross and Cos., sawmill. His father was one of the head drivers on a home railway, and deceased used to refer with pride to his father having driven Her Majesty's special tram. He had no relations m the colony, but had made many friends and was universally respected. Sunshine. — In the present sombre and cheerless aspect of matters commercial it is .more than ordinarily inspiriting to notice a brake m the cloud 9, and to enjoy a glenm of sunshine however' transient it may prove. So we have found it here during the last few days. Our spirits have risen " visibly " owing to the presence of wealthy Victorians, who are on the look out for land. One would haye thought that unducements would have been held out, for the introduction of foreign capital, but our Victorian friends have as yet been unable to meet w ( itli any such inducement, as they have •hitherto failed to see the force of paying £7 per acre for bush land. They consider this figure rather too tall, and unless they meet with other offers more m consonance with their ideas of " eternal fitness," no sale will be effected.