LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 79, 1 October 1879, Page 2

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

The Chops.-- The recent warm, rains*. ! succeeded as .they have been by mildgeniai weather, have had a most beneficial effecfc. upon vegetation. Jn every direction bath, . the crops and pastures, present an. excepI tiopally luxuriant appearance, the youngwheat e^oeciallyj. looking better, than we. ever noticed at this, seasbri.. • i' Em:ct3ihs_j -ov Trespassers.— A ver*. solayer capa of -ejectment, of -trespassers "was performed on Friday nightf The night. ! tiaiti fco.^oitojo, had not proceeded far on, i its way when, a couple of cows were ob-. ; served* 09, tb> line, ..just, irv fame tp, allow, of speed being, slackened before the. train, came upon them... The. beaptia were gently- , 1 shunted off out of harm's way by the cow-, catcher attached to. the engine; So neatly..was it managed that veryfew of the pass.n-. ger of the danger they hadjfieaped^ and grealj. credj^.H due. to. t^engine driver. Advance- HAi*oMBB.--._?eildi_ig's ; aißterJ township ~~Halcombe — is a quiet unobtru-. sive place, of iwhichpnji.fojrmprly heard) little or nothing from month's end to month's end. Of lat^, however, what with, its tea meetings, its balls, andj its musical, entertainment, it has; comp.iapre. frequently, to the front, and is now going, to take a^ leaf out of our book m one. d^ectipn and showing us tha road iq, anpther. A meeting, has been called for an early date, to take, into ' consideration the advisability of- - erepting* a Bubjic Hall and also to ccmsider. the expadieney of forming- a Local Board. We are glad to see so xnuch public -spirit, manifested m so young a community. That Land Tax.— -IbTjm heing the first, day appointed. for receiving. payments on account of the Land Tax, many persons are. aeverly exercised m, mind- a? '• to, the modus, uperandi to be. adopted- -Jine-tenthi of the comm^ty are m blissful ignorance ofr the aipoupt they are, ihddbted to tha (government m respect of this particular luxury, not havirg received any "memo, of account*."- They are m the dark also, a3 to how the. money is tp he paid — -whether, personal attendance is indispensable, or. Whether, m cases of small amounts po..»ge. A o^other stamps will be received. The G-o- - .eohfes. a, bpon if they would publish a little information on these points. All that we know at present is that for Manawatu County the tax is to be paid to the collector, -at the. Bo^ Office Savings, Bank, Palmerston Norlfh. • Tnifj B.UMiTTB,QBBa. S,ckpox. — Additional delay, we are afraid, is inevitable m the matter of the opening. 0$ tha Bunnythorpe School at Taonui Noi teacher was appointed at the meeting of the. -jfcard on Wednesday last, the only communication received by the chairman of the focal com-, iru-tee from the Secretary being a'request to be furnished with the probable number of children who would attend, and what accommodation could be obtained for the teacher. She answer to the first question' is wt believe, 40 ; and to the second, UaJ| * until a teacher'- residence be er acted* V*fl .

master would have to reside at Feilding or Palmemton. We are surprised that the Board do not at once erect a residence, as (the school is within a stone's throw of the : ; Messrs, Bailey's Mill, and should be erected at a minimum cost—^a capital sum very much less than that represented by the yearly allowance m lieu of residence. PiEAsurc*- Rumor.— A rumor of a refreshing and an exhilirarating nature has been m: circulation for the last few days . It is to the effect that a certain leading merchant of the Empire . Oity, recently returned from a visit to the Old Country, brought oat with him a few bags of excellent teed for which the soil and climate 0 f Uew Zealand are w«U adapted, its fruit also being relished by the colonists, the seed _ itSelf not being amiss. It is expected that the yield of fruit will be fully three hundred per cent, more than it can be made to produce at Home. Rumor asserts that it has been lodged with an eminent firm of auctioneers riot a hundred miles from the Rdngitik#i River, for judicious distribution pn terms, among applicants. The. seed referred to consists of 700,003 golden Bovereigps, We should like to iae a few of them over here, . Tbe Wbathbh.— The twenty-four hours' down-pour pf Thursday and Friday was the "tnoit continuous 'hriia ; wh haveexperienced for a long time. The rain commenced about twi o'clock on Thursday night, and,; with the exception of about an hour's breathingtime on Friday evening, continued without intermission until nearly one o'clock on Saturday mornfng. We have not heard of 'W7 «eridu«: damage having been done, nothing m fact beyond a little temporary inconvenience. Owing to the drain alongside A- the Kimbolton road overflowing its bank, -Mr. Brown's Hotel on Saturday morning ."f as ; , standing m the midst of a lake; .The low-lying land between this and Kiwitea .-. was flooded m places _mea-deep, as was also Mr. J. Wbi.ker'B; but, fortunately, the crops escaped. Tlie rainfall was by no means local, for we hear that what between lhe choking or the main, drain and the over* flewhigfrom the Tutaenui, Bulls was pretty WeU; under water for serendyhbura. The rivers, 'too, w flM very high, and it was feared that the English mail would be unable to come through from this cause, but it arrived m due course. There was a rumor here on Monday that the Masterton coach, with the mails, had been lost m one of the rivers owning to at accident tolthe \ "JJimt. - , ■