Mangatinoka.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume II, Issue 94, 3 January 1894, Page 2

Mangatinoka.

(From our owrCorrespondeut.) Our town has bad lively time this last few days. On Friiy evening last tha Salvation Army gnvem open air musical battle opposite Beuriw Boarding House, discoursing the sweetst music evsr heard in tho district. On 'riday evening tho email boys marched round strumming away upon saxhorn,mouth organ, tin whistle, and various ther noisy articles, amusing themselves wd annoying no one. On Sunday night Sie small fry gave another exhibition of leir discord , when they were awarded vaious donations from a coin to confectioner] behaving throughout ill a very orderly,nanner; I regret I cannot stop at this, feel it my duty to refer to a batch of uffians who oame .. down from PahiatuA romoyi posts, and everything taj hand, upon Co ,^ miUeH “oil "atm uestruction imaginable. Messrs l*->mback’« shop window was snaEshad by a luckily h« happened to htvtaooi boards .undrig up In front of a large numbu: of newly glared cashes. Other wisn these would alio nave been broakeo. Not satisfied they hroke down the gatei and did tiling that could be done- to annoy these unfortunate young men. At Inst not knowing what farther misehif f might be done, one of them endeavoured to frighten aft the assailants by holding a revolver bsfere their view, when one of the rioters struck him a \iolent blow in the eye, and took the weapon as booty. As all their names are known, more may be heard of thir. Even old \\ hillock fell a vio.im to their ruthless destruction. This is an aged man who has been in the Hospital formc.rv months past nerd in straightened circumstances. a,, iyet they must go and break down his fence. Shame on those animal* who eell themselves men l