T3IB PBILDING CHRONICLE AlfD ' ' ADVERTISER. SATURDAY, NOV. 8, 1879. LOCAL JNTBI4I4IQENCB,

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 90, 8 November 1879, Page 3

T3IB PBILDING CHRONICLE AlfD ' ' ADVERTISER. SATURDAY, NOV. 8, 1879. LOCAL JNTBI4I4IQENCB,

CnELTEKHAM.— The residents of the Kiwitea are greatly pleased to find $hejr. can 'now 'obtain their leiters and papers at thej Cheltenham post office without having, to , send or come all the way to Fellding. Thb Cattib Show.— We are glad lo' v learn that Manawatu was not unrepresented at the Wanganui Cattle Show.^ held on Thursday last. Some very fine cattle passed through Feilding per train on Wednesday and we can only hope that we shall see their owners names figuring m the list of- prizetakers. The Exc?b,sio,k Team.—T he facilities considerately afforded by Mr. Eot;heram to the general public for visiting the Cattle Show and races at Wanganui, hehi on Thursday and Friday last, were'krgejy' a failed off The accelerated morning trains on those days being well filled with excursionists, especially on the latter, day ■. - . ' ; Public Homday.— Monday-next .wilLbe observed as a general hpLday, being the anniversary of tbe^Prince of Wales. The Post Office will be closed and the. Telegraph Office open oriJLy as on Sundays. There will b^ no mai\ for Palm^jatop on that daj, but an extra mail for that township will be made on Saturday evening. The. Railway T^a^eio. — Allusion was made m our< last to, the,rapidly increasing .amount' of traffic on, our railway. Since then. we. learn that the statiojvinas^eri despatched m one, f^om Feilding, upwards of 72,0.00, ie&p of timber, which was con-.. 'veyed: in, twenty-four waggons; aftd % day or two aftergards another.lo.fc of over 20,000 ; was despatched. It will be. a considerable ; relief to theßawinuleys when the. new timber trwe^s come, into use, as a great difficulty at present, exists m, meeting t;h«. d,emand for, ■them.'-- •■.- ;•; ■ ■ „-., l ...,.•■ . • ••,'■:••_.■ „<;;; i; ; Babqaii^.-— Those. jVjho have. .a pprichfnt for. bargain^ w,ill do v well, 'to note. Messrs. London anc^ Haybittle's announcement m anotlier cqli\^n regardin^their avjc^ion pale by Messrs.' B[alcombe'ahd Sherwill'this'day. the goods slightly damaged at the late fire as w,eU as a large, stopk of general merchandise, will be offered,, and as. the gopda of the j previous, sale, were almost given aw^ay, and as. will bft no reserve at jjliat 6i. "to-.day, a large attendance of those, desirous of seourr '^njj bargain^ k i^bicipated. . . 'PqiiiTiOAi Bjq i 'Hdßß;~Th l^lateß't;PJ^i|^il ) '. T^ors. are to the effectithatthe dutieft o,n ; (ea and sugar, are, to be increased, and the d.uses qa foreign, |rain^and timber reimDps^

and that it is also probable that the duty on ! spirits will be increased by 2/- tho ■ gallon. We notice that some of the papers m giving publicity to these rumors omit the reimposition of the timber-duty, but tl'is must surely be an oversight, for no Government would be so insane as not to re-im-pose a duty, the repeal of which has done so much. mischief already. , CbiißStiaii Fibbwobkb.— The earth is now approaching one of those portions of her orbit m which meteors abound. The tleventh ' of the present month has been noted as the time when the greatest numbers have been observed, and some few years ago at Home, there was a magnificent display of these celestial fireworks, no less than 420 having been noted m the course of a single hour. Should the. firmanent be unobscured we shall probably witness Ja grand coruscation. , Those who are curious m such matters, will, do well to_ keep a good look out. PttEOHASED Pbivatblt.— The timber at the (Cheltenham sawmill, which failed to attract purchasers on the day of the auction sale 'by Messrs. Stevens and Gorton, has 'since been disposed of privately. Mr. R. Hammond, of York Farm, has purchased the whole lot, some 60,000 feet, and it is nqvr m course of removal per rail to Marton, the purchaser having sent down two of his teams for the purpose of conveying it to the station; Considerable difficulty is experienced m obtaining. the requisite number of trucks, owing to the demand for them m connection with the contract for sleepers and telegraph poles. The timber, we understand, is for a new residence which Mr. xHammond is erecting at York Farm. •■. " • U: - " v * r ■-•■-'■' QpBNtNO op "thb ,Bm.E Range.— The great event of Monday, which will be observed as a general holiday, is to be the opening of the Rifia Range with a voluuteer match— Married ; v. ! Single. I!or this the following teams have been selectedby lot : — Married^ Captain Sherwill, Lieut. Lethbridge, Assistant-Surgeon Johnston, Sergeant Haybittle, Corporal Nicholas, Volunteers Evans; bakley, Clark, Humphries, Pobl,' Todd, and Veitch. Single— Sergeant ! Foden, Sergeant Capper, La > uce-Carp,or4 Atkins, Volunteers Mansell, Palmer, Print, Daw, '.Q-osling, J.Laing, Owen, button, and. Oliver^- Slhould the weatber prove fine there will doubtless be a large attendance of visitors, as no other amusement, so far as we can learn, is on the tapis*.