NOTES FROM MAUNGATUROTO,

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXXII, Issue 5723, 26 January 1876, Page 3

NOTES FROM MAUNGATUROTO,

The c\utLiiient consequent upon the late election is subsiding, .mil things .ne '-ettlmg down to then us>uil quiet couise Itisgeneially suppoied tint bu R Douglas is the iauccusaful ciudul.itc, fioni the letums I h i\e seen I feel suie ot it, and although two 01 tluee othei bcttlements have to he taken into con suleiation, then votes will not altei thu lesult, as it is understood those votes .lie divided m about equal piopoitions between Mi Munio and Sir R Douglas. Theie is a decided feeling of lchef ui> heie m finding tli.it at last we aio nd ot the silent menibci " Kcquiesc.it in pace — On the 11th instuit the annuil spoits and conceit took place at the l'ahi township. The day vvat> a fine one, and people fioni far and neii, by nvei and by loid, vveie seen wending then way to the place of enteitaimnent. A veiy good dmnei was piovided by Ml. Ch idwick, and .it a leisonible chu<;e The boat lacing commenced about noon Theie weie not many competitor • in the bkiff only two, in the foui oaied lace tlnee, one of which was manned by Mions, and cime in second A svv ninning match t xcited a gi eat de.il of mtei est. Five staited. It was a good tl lal of the stiengtli ot the swnnmeis, pait ottheeouise being agnnst tide, then about half down. The tilting at the 'ing i^is almost .1 f.uluie, tlie lings being too high by a footoi 18 inches. An egg-and spoon l ice was the c.iu->e of gieit laughtei and ninth. The Spoits Committee deseive eveiy piaise foi the way the spoits weie conducted, and, except the uufoi tun.xto high poles at the ung, eveiy thing may be Mid to have passed oft, up to this time, satistactonlj Tea was piovided m the hall at about I p.m. ; attei tc.i a conceit. It was about tint, tune that anything like a. complaint was hist heaid. 'I his aiose fioni the doois of the lull being kept closed long aftei the tune it was undei stood they would be opened. Ciowds of people of all ages and both sexes vveie kept waiting neaily an hour outside. I asceituned that it i« always the same at Pain, the fiont seats being leseived for a few favountes, and who, it was. piesumed, had not ai lived to take then place-, up to tin-. tune, most of whom, ho.vevei, weie taking then places when the geneial public weie admitted. They must have gamed adnntt nice by a dooi at the loai of the hall As all paid alike this conduct on the pait of the manageis iclleets the gie.itest difcciedit, and deseives the ceusuie of the public. As tai as I could see and undeibtaml, theie weie quite as delicate ladies and chikhen outside, subjected to all the d.ingei and inconvenience of a cmsh, as anj of tliose foi whom the fiont seats bad becnicseived I, myself, with two otheis, succeeded, aftei seveie eftoit, in piotectmg the peisons of two little gills undei twelve yean of age The conveisa tion at the doois was not at all of .i coinplnnentaiy chaiactei tow.uds th<> manageis of the conceit, and ceitainly they deaeived much of what was said. The music and iingmg vveie good, especially the singing of Mi. K Coates and Miss Ilook The peifonnance of Mi. M. IJLanfoid on the tiape/e and hoii/ontal b.u weie excellent, and deseived the applause accouled Dining the time Mi. K. Coiteswas singing a i c illy hist class song, .md which deseived to be listened to with bieithless bilence, some peisons on the t.eit ne.u the dooi ■weie talking in a loud voice. The gentleni m who acted as piesident of the meeting did not appear to be used to public speaking. Aftei theconceit the middle of the hall was cle nod foi dancing, which was kept up with toleiable spmt until an enly honi in the morning. Dining the early hours of Satuiday the lam commenced to fall in downiight earnest, and many of the pleasuie seekeis must have letmnod home wet and weaiy -This is decidedly one of the most unf ivouiable seasons foi out ilool amusements, and the gatheiing in of npe ciops of gi.nn, \e , that we have expenenced foi a long time.