THE FEILDING CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER. SATURDAY, NOV. 15, 1879. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 92, 15 November 1879, Page 2

THE FEILDING CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER. SATURDAY, NOV. 15, 1879. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

Oub VonrsTBBBS. — Tlio Manchestei?. Rifli)3 were inspecteJ by Major Noake, the officer commanding the district, on Monday evening. At the bonclusion of tbci .iu^pec-. tion, the gallant mnjor expressed himself aa. highly pleased" with the progress made by the. corps since, its forniution. Accident.— O,n 'Xuesfiar, one of the hands employed afc J^essw. , ; Uarfcholomews' mill, while working one of the bencbtsa, by some u\eftus got entangled, m the inachinery, and it not been for his shirt giving way, heiuust inevitably huve been killed. A3 it was, it>?:. ujtMueJ with » few naat^bruis^ ; ,'.'-

----■ Whooping JCough.— We regret to say rfchat whooping cough is very prevalent hereabouts at present. Several ladTes and gentlemen who had ihtejad^ ■ to^hare taken part m the enterlaibnjent on Tuesday evening were prevented doing -So' "tliro&gh being laid up .with this troubbome complaint. Thb Weatheb. — An unloosed -for 'change $n the weather &ok= place morning, when a cold _ south-east wind set m, driving befdre-*it copious snowevs. The day was wet, cold, and miserable through-, out, more like July than jSovember, making ■one th\nk;iih.at:wintrei' ihad'Cbme iback again;, and recalling fa \. t.mirid- ,1 ." sjimmer ' •weather recently endured at Home. The Last Day.— ln i; ah advertisement which. appears iriranother column, Messrs. < lioadon, Haybittle & Go: announce thufc this day, Saturday, writhe last day of the gr»at sale,- held: at ; tlreir, stores, by Messrs. JSalcombe and Sherwill.: As there , will be no reserve, there wHI no doubt he n large attendance^ of thpse^wh^ are on, jpi.e look-out for' bargains/ so many of wlucti have been met -witKiduVing the pVe«ent sole. ERttATTTSr.—Ih* our last issue a fypoerroiv occurred; in '? fire; repprfc pf ihe case Smith V..-M alcolm &-. Go. In ~tfr.f Malcolm's croBS-Qxaminafion he is made,to *ay — " We have paid . AndWsnn an;l!'Gregory according to the -contract, and have also advanced them^ 1 ? for;the purnosa of enabling them to pay th>ir workmen." 7he;B^m^menliOT^B^wi|d liat^'b^n £S7*V end^as i^e^mis^e rat^a&c^lfefr,^ 's£al : . «olm & Gq., we .hasten toimake the ,cofrecr. iion.- r;, ,■•;,■.■■ !':.'>;:,|i.nv;/ / :^:. ; ::-;/;vx ' . ; PiTT*iw& ; :-THK"' ; Sii>i)tii L ''dKy*Hß' i Wiioira' HoEßß.— The Wanganui Cfoo.»fcfcpf.''ss& nesd^iy. has an aeoount.qf aTv : acf.j/|ent alleged ifco have taken plane on the Tailway<rluie,^ at H<ileomhe;:ohPMoriday!^ : !6iir bontfmV-' |)orafyhaß'been niisinformerV. ' The aHcuTent' flidjnot take place., on th^ railway. line at.ajl.; Tt was m Mr. Lash's timber-.varr], r wh ere • aoma e}nlflren:were l pl*ying!<Vifc]i ■ a'= troll ?y on Sunday afternoon, when one of them fell under ? th<e troltr, was j not? inSrfcr, iallv' h art. Had one of tire, railway trucks passed over the little igfirl's^leg, j.as^ staf e,di by our contemporary, she would not. have, escaped so lightly. As the, paragraph"; somewhat reflects on ; . the. ; ..rajlwayr pfljcials,- <we hare,, thought it rigtt to/correct it by stating the real facts. ■ ''"■'>■■ « f