NEWS AND NOTES.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 102, 24 December 1879, Page 2

NEWS AND NOTES.

- ;...-...- .- *>»■ ...*-J.' ' ■•' ■ ' THE RBSIDEIJT MAOIBTHATHB CqUE!?.— Thfi hqldipg of the District Court having interfered with the usual fortnightly sitting of the- Resident Magistrate Court on hist Thursday, it will be held this morning. . The Chubqb; of EKaiAWD, Pxlicbbstqn. —We haye been requested to intimate, to the congregatibh 'ftiat Services will be ] held at AilSaipts| Chiftch, at eleven o'clock "on* Chri-trtja3 ( 4fty, on which occasion the Holy Communion will be a"aministeredj • Our Next Pubmoatio.-t.-— -In qrder to give the members 'of our staff an opportunity of enjoving Christmas and Boxing "Qays, ire have dctertpinqd, in accordance with tho usual custom to drop'the publiia- 1 tion on Saturday. ; There, therefore, will be no issue of this journal upon that- day. The d-ntisT-ttAs Holidays. — We should advise persons wishing to make purchases for the Christmas Festivities, to dq so before the stores close, tliis evening, otherwise we.are'rvery' much afnaid thay wili b.a left in the lurch. .4- notice elsewhere, sighed by all the storekeepers in town, will giro ar>. explanation. H4t/sct>lab Ajj^isemejjt.— Mr. Archihald r^ykes, the lessee of the Palmerston Hotel, is leaving no stone upturned to popularise, his hostelrio. He is now having built to liis order a spacious American bqwling saloqn, where lovers of that scientific yet manly game can develop their inuseles and g'yeEalajation to the mind. PArajEssfo,K y. Mabtoj*.— ln consequence of the extreme inclemency" of the. weather on Saturday, 'the' Cricket J^atqh, between the -Balmerston and Martpn, teams, did not come off, a telegram frqm, Marton having, been received by. M. r. Pirani, hon* secßetaryi stating that the ground was in a perfect .state of slop. So ff-r,.it has. not •peen arranged when the match' .will come off.- -.■.■.'■ . 77 ■;•_■■ • The Sbobts Co3ff Mt^Bß.-^tfb ba^e-been asked to' *'bri»g prominently ander the no- | tic© qf thej'membera ,of ,t^e_ .Sptprts Cotn!.;mittee.'the,r&ct that thi* :erepi^ff->ftfc seven o'clock the fepai meeting, pnevious: to the Snorts,, will be held.' As the*; business is of a highly ■'important nati^re, it is most particularlyrequested. ifha.t. every mptuber will attend punctually at '_&i*ii»j instead of eight, as heretofore. , c ...... /.., • OHBISTMASi Pbbsents. — In order tp be prepared for the coming season, when gifts and present's are v th<_ ordar of the. day, Mr. Mefcard, oi Broad •street, has laid in*a large jewellery, and fancy goodsf^^^lpoßt^a^propriatisi-fciß keepsakes, The collection, which is a regular olln podridq,, has been selected from the.first English an 4 Parisian houses', and seen together. -the articles are a curiosity oh acfcqHht of their great variety, y ; v<rf-r . ;

Late Train. — The. evening train from Foxton on Saturday- wa9 full/ an hour behind time, the delay being caused by the^ waiting of the train for tha arrival of the' conch. On account of the swollen state of the, rivers the mails and passengers did not reach Foxton until considerably after five o'clock, but as it was Saturday ev.ening-had-the train started at the usual hour they would have been compelled to remain yin that town until Mondav, it was deemed advisable to delay the starting. Another Want Suppmed.— Each Jday as settlers oome into the district, wants, which have been more or less felt, -become supplied. Perhaps, one the most **pressing ! necessities experienced in the past, has been the want of a high-class private school, and we are pleased to see that with the advent of the Miss-s Young that difficulty has been removed. In another column those ladies intimate that, after the New Yea-;, thay will be prepared to give instructions in French, painting, and music, together witb a thorough English education. Benbbit Entebtain_ient. — As a fitting wind-up to the festivities of Boxing Day, j we notice that those popular favorites, the -members of the Working-men's Dramatic Club, will give another of their entertainments, and as usual in the cause of charity. The proceeds will ber handed over to the widow of the late Henry Mumford, and the performance is under the patronage of the Court of Foresters, of which order the de* ceased was a member. The programme has beeq divided into three parts— the first consisting of thb comic drama of " The Scapegoat," . followed by a grand vocal concert, and concluding with the laughable farce of " The Fast Coach." We had almost forgotten to mention that the evening's festivities would be finished up with a grand ball, at which a string band of five performers will discourse swget strains. An Impbndino Danoeb. — We would draw the attention of the Borough Engineer to the dangerous state of the Bangitikei Boad, quite close to the town boundary. On a, bush section a little way past the brewery, there are three or four trees standing which are positively ' dangerous to passers-by, and - may be hourly expected to kiss' the. earth. On Sunday during the high wind', which prevailed the roadway was absolutely blocked up, and traffic impeded: on account of the mass of broken trees and debris scattered in the way, while on Mon- . day a resident of the district had an' almost miraculous escape from being crushed by af -falling tree, "which crashed down upon the tail end of the cart he was driving. The section to which we refer is, we believe, owned by a resident of Wanganui, but still th© Council could have the -worlf . done and charge him with the expense. Sale op the PBiyrißOßs.— The sale of the privileges for jthe Sports to he ' held on the Racecourse ou Boxing Day, was held byMr.. Snelson on Saturday. The gates were the first itenj put up, nnd the bidding started' at £2Q but was quickl? run up until £37 10s. bad been reached, when. Mr. Benjanjin Pepper advanced £2 lOs.y and. they were fcijockad down to him at -840. As Mr. Pepper was the successful tenderer lapt year, he. was in a better position, than any .one else.to lpow the worth of the gate.,: and. . consequently it may be relied upon die 'has left . himself a very safe margin of profit. Booth No. 1, which of course had the pick, -becanie the property of Mr. _}eards/at £15 ; the secqud one being knocked down to Mr. Archibald Dykes for J^li. Mr. Deards.:tecured the Refreshment Booth for £6, and the Official Cards at £2 ss. The bulk sum therefore which will ga;tq the funds qf the • Club m ss. The Committee haye done everything ip their power to popularise the Sports, having subsidised Mr.. G-oodison, in or^er-to reduce the fare to sixpence for'' the trip to the ground. Father and mothers willbe pleased to learn that amusement for the small fry, will also be on ~|he ground£ as permission has been given Mir, (upon payment pf a mere nominal sum) to erect .his merry-go-round and 'swinging boats, when juvenilistio ani u^emerit inay be: - obtained at a ve>ry small figure. A.