LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 91, 12 November 1879, Page 3

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

•,4FhB HOBTICtTLTUEAI,^ |HO\fi-- The following bare been ; a^po'inted the judges for the -approaching horticultural, V Bhoir-;:-r-; Cottage gardens— Messrs/ H. .Worsfold, BaU,: and-. •Humdr. iJY.uifc, and flpirera— Messrs. Sherwill, Calann'an^ and ' jacfeibii. Yegetiihles— Messrs. . Halcomber Johnston, ;and>Le*libr^dge.iG^he.SUow promises to be • a'great sucee'ss;- .= - /",'"•■ >■' >'■■ I CEibiET?t-^Our local cricketera had their first prsif fcice .this- season on af terVnbbri. But few members of the club nut m an "appearance/^anVi even with .outsiders /•hpro were, not Bi^^cient present to mate up full sides for a Bor>tc,h match. Advantage . was ,^B,o' token of hblida j,\to haTe '^two or three hours' play- :on ; Monday. We'are "afraid that 'Feiiaing ; will cut" b'^t ; a' figure m. matches^this. seasoq, unless a littJe more'inierest ihpraetisihg be shewn. ti jLVcppx Sales!— Messrs. Haldombeand. Sberwill lield anotheiiai^cj;ji^^ai^At v Mesßrßv lioudonu andSaybittle's store oil Satiw^ayV -There; was a 'very* fair attenda4ioe,>:but the bidding --^as -far-from briski the- prices: realised [being v-erjr : qiuch m la. rbr"df a tiie ! I>argamspesers: " % Jsile unahnounced by iadvertiisenient :waßtals'a to haTe^Ba-helfl byi Mr. Maysmor at his rooms on the sam^dayjj but,as might have been expeofeed,, he.fajilod to secure' a congregation.! a^d the inteution : was: abandoned. : ■- - '-". -'-^ : [■'- ;'.;* r-.^uv-i 'Tii BTTJsrNYTHdkPE Soitodi:— -We 'are glad to learn; that-.lif b. Dinsdale is rapidly getting the now school at, Taonui- into working, order. Owing to the epidemic to. whiclr we have already alluded, the-numberi ■of, children; is. by 'no' means so large ast it ; will ,b'e'-'as ; sopn as the, evil has : ab'ates;' : The number present last week was only a little ovier. thirty, whereas ithere are nearly fifty ohildreninithe neighbourhood -fit to attend^ and we; shall riot ibe surprised to find a few from Feilding attending ,wl^o have at ; present a long way to go. 'to school, and wftbhj availing themselves of the facilities afforded b^raif willlw c reliev^ from :a portion of ' theirjailjr.jourheys.i .t^- 'ZtCOixOfli^, .. THB;biECijrATiN& MBDiua.T-Ife-is quite ■truetnafe asjbldod it to the human body,so, is money' -to tie Gpmmonwealth.. A plethora or depletion of it* is alike inimical itol. their tihqujjh. In the case of a community, the latter ; is attended, jyith fa»^ -grea^eh r incbnyenienije-than-the;former.?-<lti ib Jj^erefore gratifying to^be able to chronicle .the'fact. that while there is such an outcry raised^ ot&er places about tiieiscaroity : of^ tlie circulating aiedium-Feildiiig seems to. be, •' partially at least, exeinpl f roni the ;In pr-oofpf this^_we may mention thut .tbe, amount taken m ready money at the auction sales of "M(9Bsri. Loudon and' Haybittle. during ths Uist few jdays mil require fpmv figures to denote its principal item., -This speaks well^f or ' a . hew township, * and its jjubu,rbs, the *itfe of {which year^rago was more than a dens^ 'bjush. ■. • ■ ■-;'■ ' .; . ':/i : :h':i ....V ■ ■'; :ri, •■-•, :•: A Histi-rrWe have noticed of late,^when ttaYeiling per rail, that v while the interior : of, the. carriages has been scrupulously clean and^well-dusted, th4 iron guardis of- tfiaplatfoiuns, and the ends' of the carriages themselves have escaped attention^ and'have been liberally sprinkled ;over w&U soot and: the, pjly residuum i of smoke. :. During th» vfine Waath|«;the platforms are favorite places of \ !r«3or.f.,i and. qs;,"glbyes have generally beco. dispensed with since the Duke of Edinburgh set 'the example m Melbourne,' and -light; coats - are all ! the fashion, unsuspecting : t&i&MSPtif 'the star-net 1 sex often find tb ami selves m evil plight— -hands begrimed by" olutcliing the ironwork, and silk coats rendpre4 H> ?«W shades darker on the b^cjc by

leaning against the woodwork. Anathemas, loud and deep, have followed tW discovery, and a 'little attention to this diminutive grievance on the part of the employes would be appreciated.