LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 80, 4 October 1879, Page 2

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

Letters job Home. — We semnd, oar, readers that the mail fo> Europe via San Francisco will close at tjh» Feilding Post, Office on Thursday next, at, seven p.m. Rbmov, Al^ Q£ Plant.— The plast fta; the sawmill at the Qpvecament bush is now m course o$ removal, from Palmereton. Its removal b«« been considerably delayed owing to the, want of double^ucks, Teleo-rapk Poles, — Cooside^blia qjiantitios of Telegraph poles have been conveyed $p Wanganvu' within the past few v dajs, for ' shipment to Wellington. Ten , times the number could have been dispatched i had there, been, timber trucks available. Tap WbsiiEyan Homb Missiok. — A •meeting to advocate the claims of the Home Mission was held m the Wesleyan Church on Wednesday evening- Mr. Boundy m the chair. The Rev. Mr, Lee, Eev. Mr. Martin, and Messrs. Tompkins, and Short, delivered interesting addresses, after which a oolleoti<w was mad* m aid of, the Miawon;l'und. i

Kipai ! — We are given to understand that our Halcombe friends will soon enjoy the benefit! resulting from competition m business, A. well-known firm of butchers have taken Mr. M'Cullum'i late premises, and intend carrying on their' business there. They hare also engagad a Urst-clMs bakor, at they intend carrying on that business also m conjuncfcicn with the butcher/, Halcombe surely -will soon be well provided with the staff of life. . . Cbwisthas .Sports,— We are gladtosea y= that a movement is being made with. regar;X to our annual Feeding sports, JL public meeting has been convened for Saturday evening, to receive the import/and balance sheet of the last meeting and to elect offico bearers and committee for the ensuing one Our sports' last year commanded widely extended attention and there can be no doubti from the admirable manner m which they were conducted, that the throng of visitors, will be hugely increased »t the next. Ghrtstmas gathering, We trust to see a' laige attendance on Saturday and prizes offered. 7 worthy of the name of Peildihg. : : ApyAXQM, E^OMB&r^, tort that, »W^SVift"l; » b <^t^9 be erecied '*.* Halcombe on Mr. Bejl'i^n^rj^;. J^iirs. Duthie I and Whitlock haW; purflhajed Mr. Bougan's milli at present m operation 'at Kakariki, and intend removing it about tho, end of Jhis mbnth by which time Mr. Dougan expects to have finished hi« bush. A road is being made* to th<» site, at Hal' ' combe, 66m ; the, Stan way road; tiid (;he Rangitawa and Mongaone streams are being -bridged, so as to be ready by the time th a mill is removed. The site, i* about, a mil^.^. ;and 8j half from -the station with which itwill be connected by. tram^. Halcombe wUl^ be ; benefited -■ by th^ change owiflg; to - thW~ additional amount of money it will cause to be circulated there.. ' £\ V't ThrVFijweb Snowi.^t is ; gratirying -tof \ learn thaj| the i committee of the HoffciculturarSociety are meeting with success beyond ' their most sanguine expectation, m tjieir [' canvass, for exhibits iojt the forth^omiEg flowar show, wbich, thepa is erery reason to believe, will be a credit td 1 1 he i distrfct. 'Wa~ admire the spirit our cituens have^ shown m starting such a society,- ; for.there ? w^ n ofc a few y(h.o ridicu^d i>^i^ a^l" predicted . the complete failure of any attempt of tha Knd. TKe^ great' success /which hiaa sp. far attended the labpu,ra, of : the committee,, shoT^a what can be done by earnest and cojcu- : i bi^d' action.. Such societies have; achieved ; a great deal m the old country and we «cc no reason why tiiey should not be equally, beneficial m the colony. ..' ;.^, __ Thb Wtbow Airi^ ip. Orphans. rr- t Much Bympith^ is •xpreßSod here for thie/ i widow aha orphans left destitute by th« v late fatal accident ; a^ Bunny^horpe. We s would venture to suggest that an entertain-, ment shouloT be given here to supplemeDt ' priva^ doWtionsl It i^ true' ti|at theacci-; dent did not ocpur m the district t but ir* should be sorry to" think that that ;. would prove" a bar dr limit, to ;tt»eiohirity of tbe good people of JTeilding, or ■; the^ dijjtr]^ • geueratly^ ' ; Wft have .p^et^i^ '^mMceu-; _cea pi ' ho<r nobly they to_j»»lip- — peal of a similar nature, some years ago, the , them- destitute- widow being no.w iv compiirati^ely ; cirium/^ces/' li^es feel assured that were a lika appeo^to b» made on the present < occasion an equally liberal response would be accorded, seeing. ln«it f !}he cause of widow and orphans" m the .one which,- in .every place and at alt times, ;most pqwerfullj* commends it3elf to fefelings.' '; '*?- '')■ '':.- ' : : •■'• = ''..;";' r ■ I ?^^ renieiuber that some months ago some cliil- 1 ? dr*n were.crneUr deserted i by their mothei*, i whio_went o^, leavju|{ herVyouqg' family ab j Gfreatf ord.. The, children, however, found 'homes; kindly ii^rsons^-isakine 1 charee of t tnam. secures that one <^f,« taps has become tired of her responsibility and on i^onda^r- brought Hercbarge— an ioieiligent little girlisomp "sixlyeart xif iage/ ': to iteilding. . Here she sought to leave it,', with the constable but the wily guardian of the peace could not be induced to «cc tha. ! propriety of si^ch. at^-ar^Wenient :j p but* some' wag having informed r'tiui^ikdivoM^ benefactress that a certain good natunld I bachefor ijras upclejto^ l^'^hlid^Clthe^donf stable suggested that,' he' would; be the most . proper person to leave it with. This course was adopted and during the gpod natured ! bachelor's absencejthejvchjjid^ y^s lift at his" ; residence, and the acting mother made h>r exi^ frorn^ the town by the next train} On his return home the bachelor feund, to hi« dismay whai^ n, •• elephant " he' had^ become. pp9s«ised:of ;-but, to hie credit b v^ itsaid^ he- tended his' charge with almost •mate^na^ foudness. AscerJainuig, however, that the child's mother's mother was living m B.ulls he hied him thithor by the earlr' : train next morning .with, the girl, and by •' dint of persuasion and. threats combined induced the grandmother to lake charge' of^ .her. The w.ag has enjoyed his joke, winch* however^ hao proved anything but a. joke .to .its unfortunate victim, who not only loss - ■&^&ybnt was put to considerable expense, . iv. consigning his charge to her most natu.»' jrai protector under the cir.cumß,tauces. LEqLtniß.-—]i(j[r.^.h6rt,^betrft»clJing. agent for the Australian Mutual igave^a very mtereating lecture, in. tlie Immi- ' gration Dipot on Tuesday evening. There [was a very good attendance, the large room ' being 1 welt 'filled. In the absence of Mr. f Halcombe, who had been announced to pre-." side, Mr. H. L. Sherwifl.took the chair, and introduced the lecturer. The subject of the lecture was "Happy hone*, and how to make them.'*, T£is was handledjthroughout . ;in masterly style, the lecturer, possessing m a high degree the happy knact of giving .. sound* wholesome, adrice m a pleasing manner. The latter part of the lecture was devoted more especially to the^ fienefifrs of Ufo assurance, combating the urged, against it^—prihoipally by the ladies — and pointing out ;the superior advantages offered by t"he. Society he represented. An interesting sketch, of the growth of the' So'ciety, from its first establishmehtih 18*9, was given. During th»- first year its income was only £332, and the expenses £90. During the twenty-nineyears-it* has been m existence it has issued 41,000 policies.. »*b» "

•uring $1^300,000^ its accumulatsd fuud being now £2,3ad,0q0.' The liberaHty r with which policy .kolden ara treated by the Society was also passed m; review^ In, illua. tration of .tjiisjhe/ lecturer stated that if from any, cause, a per3on after, haying paid his premium for a few years,. found himself unable to continue paying it, his policy was not allowed to lapse ; but,' according to the amount paid, he" was credited With a fre sh policy> which J iej>t''a'ugmenting 'during its currency^ .j^piherleaturejof this liberality ' was that no condition's^ were imposed by the policy, as was the case with other offices. Thiis a poKoy" holder -was'allpwed to travel, and by whafjevef~m,eans deatlv ensued,.' th c amount was paid. *THe : lecture waslistened to throughout. with^Vn|arked . att«ntio.n r and. at its terjmma'tiori a'Vote of 'thanks' was accorded to Mr.' SUiort.* A similar compliment to the Chairman terminated the proceedings.