PALMERSTON. NORTH.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 4902, 7 December 1876, Page 3

PALMERSTON. NORTH.

J (VROII ODB OWN - COR RESPONDENT.) ’, i | A most enjoyable l 6ohder¥was given in the rorestera’' Hairon"' Wedneßday evening % 'laat, when the hril contained the largest audience ;! Jthink ever seen dbtigregated before in Falmeriston._ The cohcett’ Was ' a thorough success; |thq .singing; ,ffi|qughdut was excellentlyi;en-; j dered,. w^)re'peiyed w ith > i loud , bursts of' [applause. ‘ The accompaniments .on' the piafib,, [which was ably presided at, - were, it* is almost ! needless. .to „ say, exquisitely played, ..and. I accordingly; enthusiastically, l applauded;; ;>; A pleasing diversion in the programme, was mafic ■by a number of school children?—fpt;:,whose, benefit the concert was giyen-r-whq,sang very spiritedly,:*rjl;Gipsy,”' which;.the ; audience fully appreciated.- The - proceeds of the entertainment' afnouhtOd to [’over £l;4, which is to be expended on prizes for the children in the pubfioischbbl;! The piano was very kindly lent by a gentleman who is always to the fore in assisting in, anything which has for its object the pqblic good, . ; ■ "We are not'exempt'from the general depression, even in our little commercial centre, and the knpd/ing ones amongst'us'may be seen very often shaking their beads and shrugging their shoulders, which is significant, I imagine, of the pending evils they suppose ore coming upon us. ....j f ,y_ . 1 have, very little-news to chronicle during the past I month; .'The town 'seeins to ,' : ,haye thoroughly settled down to a: regular routine.fit daily life, and the outbursts of intemperance which were .once so of ten witnessed i are now of rare occurrence. A general feeling.of disappointment is expressed on. account of the deferred payment selections of land in Fitzherberton, which we expected soon ;to be thrown open to. the public; having been sold-by the Provincial authorities. ..This,act will do permanent ’ harm to -the ■, progress of the district unless other, waste lands are; substituted.