LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Feilding Star, Volume I, Issue 1, 21 May 1879, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

(FROM OUU SPECIAL CpitIIBSFONDBNT ) TIIE' AVOCA BOBBERY. RISE IN WOOL. ’ A MAN SHOT.' , RAILWAY STATION BURNT Defectives have, .rycofe/ed- an.addl» ti'ona 1 £BSO. of 1 lie proceeds bf the Avoca gold r bbery. ■/ bYDNEY. - .May 20. A rowing milch has been arranged between Ti ickett and, Ipaypock f r. £2OO a-side and championship of the.,world, to be rowed at the end .of -August. " ' NAPIER.' ' ... . ..... i ■■■!.; ‘ “ ; May-20. The Hawke’s Bar insurance Company lxa? merged into Union Company. ,» The, rise in t|io price of yfool means £40,000 to Hawke's Bay. . NELSON. ' . •: - May, 20. A whibeboa', bound frem Jackson's Biy 10 Hoki'ikn, has. brim ,driv-n in. Hus wus threp.'wrceks.ati sea. and twb jnea were o 1 ip.- a. stiurfi^^nJiiicin'^^ . : ’V;' ' bWiiLLINGTON. '• .yj-, vv May 20. ilie Mayoral clectio* mpcling* ;commmice toMiighi. Hu iter opgiis the:Ball. Hutchison foliows^to*rrofr>)w nights v The, a. cond magisirate takes , office; im.mediately,. ._ Vf-; „ The, Arbßcry ~'Band has jiiiued: (he Naval Biigade...,. . , , . W. M.,Marlin, barnian at Post -Office Hotel, was committed for trial tor stealing .£26 from the til!; . - . .. GREY MOUTH, - , •.. . ... May 20. Eichwd Reeves, member for Grey Talley, addro-sed. hw *nts, and rcc a iyed a vote of. co fidence. HOKITIKA. May 20. Tenders are called for three miles of railway to Greymouth. AUCKLAND May 20. Sergt Major Tolley, who served in the Maori war died yesterday. Lamb Kidson accidentally shot himself in his arm severely. Mercer railway station and refreshment rooms were destroyed by fire, caused by a stove pipe through the wooden wall.

Oroua Bridge —The Oroua Bridge has been closed for traffic during the construction of the new bridge. Bankrupt Stock. —Messrs D. E. Nathan and Co announce that they have taken premises opposite the Feilding Hotel, and are now offering the bankrupt stock of Mr A. J. Moore at very low prices.

COUNTY COUNCIL.—The next meeting of the Manawatu County Council wiII be held on Monday, the 3rd June next, A SMART REBUKE. —The use of needless|y strong language has been seldom : rebuked4n a-more telling m"iiner than in - Itic following' letter which, t ie Madras . ‘Times Says, was penned in perfectly good . . faith by the-manager of » great company . ...in Madras, li- d &ddre»*i.dk l n a KuiOp-;an .. -nibordilii e !—“ Dia r Sir—fit is with . extreme regret ‘ that T I ave t b i»'g to • jour notice'hat 1 obs erved very m.pro , fes,i nal eon tuct on ynuir prt this morning. when making, air a! trip. J i-llud-*. lo tlie.abusive Lnguige you ‘used to iliy ..driver* and-O'her*. This I c- n-ider an ..titiwarrauUibte B-aumetion oh my duties and functions, and I may say rights; and.’ 1 . privileges. Should you wi»h to abuse .. any of our-••tnploj’Ps. I think it will be brat in future to do so in regular form, and.l’beg,to point rut what I consider lhis,,t,Q be! . You wid please * submit to pie in v/iting the form of oath you wish jf.it meets our approval, I iHHKit oiice,snnction it,.but il not I shall r v — he same to the directors, and in the course of a few weeks their decision ..fvvilhbe'knowh. Perhaps, to save time,.it .’ roight bo as well to submit a list of ex« v . pictives generally in U«e' by you, and I i:J-. can then at once refer those to which I object to the directors for their decision, i But, pending flia.fr, you will plea»e ii'i.der- . staid that all: cursing and swearing nt drivers and others engaged on the traffic arrangements in which you may wish to indulge must be done in writing and through me. By adopting this c urge j.i .-i you will perceive how much responsibility ...■ ■•. you wiir save yourself and hov/ very, '.much the "business of the company will be expedited and its interests promoted ” ' < '-‘liilfnTKfl'iSM A Press Agency telei?4 gram say* Larrikitis from McKenzie - country* who vi-ited the Dunedin sports, have been indulging in midnight frolics. • These comprise the squiitters’ sons and etation bands of the back; country, and - -they are notorious for giving way l to unbridled lariikinism when they come in town once or twice a year, The other V evening, after the banquet held in ..i. connection with the sport", they turned opt very noisy, broke, all the b rb.rs poles, .-removed Bign boards knockers, 41 and w,pund up by hanging three bills from a pawnbroker’s shop over the door of the Bank of New Zea’and. Thelatter feat-was looked upon with much favor by ; V the general public! mr that institution’s .r waj of -conducting business lately has .made it-unpopular. Very probably some .7 .Court ca-Q? wll ensue from those pro* j! ,ccedinga.,'.V r

Vaccikation.—Dr. Johnston will be , Jn attendance at the Sclioolroom, Halcombe, .on Saturday, the 24th and 31st inst., between the hours of 12 noon and g p.m,, ,fpr vaccination purposes. Par- ‘ ticuiarsf’Willbe- seen in our advertising cqlpran*. : TENDERS —The Feilding School Committee are calling for tenders for the erection of a Schoolmaster’s residence. Tenders addressed to Mr A. F. Halcombe, the Chairman of the Commitee, must be sent in not later than noon on Wednesday, the 4th June.