LOCALA AND GENERAL.

Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 7, 8 July 1882, Page 2

LOCALA AND GENERAL.

The mid -winter holidays having< termil ! nati-d, the Feilding State School will rejpein on Monday next. 'Mr R. Loudon sold yesterday a block of jand-ia<t'he'M'akino district eontifniijig -, 117| acres to Mr Young, of Sandon. The priie was satisfactory. Tiie annual Sunday School treat for the schplars attending the Anglican Church Scli(^toolf,£laoe,.last W^dn^^day eyea,-,, .j ingj at the Town' Hall. Tiie Rev -Mr. Jones and his staff of teachers eXeit&tt themselves to the utmost to make the treat for their pupils thoroughly enjoy - * bl f- isffiiifr'.t ,hi<ml?..-.'| .*-i^/.-l'f io Several horses mana^d ,tp /StrAy n on,^. - thej railway line just as the tram from Wanganui was nearing the Feilding station on Thursday evening last. The I andf horse's lAleh^teVy^day'-ow-'' , ing to the present unprotectej state of ; pur railway lines. i? -iAI lingular fact connected with the J measles, which, we notice, still continue < to fyang about the West Coast, is, that i who have suffered V ) ft ct *v aid. , 1 whq consequently believed Weajsajh^fs l ' i freelfrom any future liability tx> a similar*'* illness have been attacked a second time. I 'much to their astonishment and disgust, j Wesupposej-J^tpl^gjl'K.'nid ex/3%-^ Several cases have occurred hpre and in~- . Wanganui within the last few days. ■

Another unfortiftte bul^k w*f lacrifiuedon the railway bn»£fiar Taonii| < IWe ftjangfrom jgr itishj^tatmfes thai oi^p^e^'uglC't^he w^ iu^l> 9fc4>n au average, six per day. The friends of Mr E. Metard will be glad to 1.-am that himself and family ar-rived-safe-Mid-wel I i n . Melbourne, wbwfr»~ uil. tU^T k^ for .^ d >' l^ Tfl&P* • ""^We' In Wst apologise to MrGoodTehere, ,I?^l9i7W as \CSOQci ehougli to prepare a ajeteorological" table for the past week, " for its non-appearance in our columns. It will be published in our next issue. Land purchasers from other parts of the colony are giving considerable atren'iou to the Manchester Block. Two gentlemen from Wellington were in Feilding to-day, seeking for eligible inrestuicuts. Local land agents have daily enquiries made by wire and lett r. Cur attention has been drawn to the overcrowding permitted iv the.Jigtat.that K# I •ftofn Ihi mlrli^^r-rit^Sidiiy. The danger from this cause should be self-evident to the person whose duty it is to superintend this part of the trip, which should at once be put a stop to. ~"A*t the Tialf-yearly meeting of Court Loyal. Feilding, No 5768, A.0.F., held ou the 28th June, the following officers were elected for the ensuiug term. C. I. , Bro P. Thomson : .".0.K., Bro D. Laing ; •^eci-|lftyilre'.4ef|d), P.C.R., Bro T. VV. ' *K. Fbttef • '-Treasurer, P.C.R., Bro H. Worsfold; Trustee, Bro D. H. jMacarthur; S.W., Bro T. Hall ; 5.8., Bro R. Bowler, j We congratulate the settlers of Camp- ! on- the fact th»|-r|he dak* and , ■•cheese -facrory^wilf be ready for wolrk in a i short time, on the property of the Hon. , R. Campbell, Oroua Downs Estate. We j hope the enterprise of this gentleman ' will be a marked success, and an en:courageifieat tot onr /<-iiwu farmers aud settlers to similar enterprise. We regret that we are unable to report any progress for the better in the health of «ViT Gquld.j the tfalqjpmbe stationniastpr£ pre^ntj^taying with Mr Banks, at Kiwitea, where, we hope, he will soon have restored to him his customary health and strength, and be able to resume his duties at Halcombe, where '^i?rn"btren'ce' is much felt. We learn from our exchanges that a cargo of baulk kauri timber, ex ship Alcestic from Wliangaroa, was sold a& auc^ieu in M^eU»ouij|ge, andy nealised 19s ,9d je^ f^ugdi^d|fe^ty tb^i timber is in no way »uperior to' totara, we would like to see a similar cargo from Feilding ; but this class of timber cannot be shipped until the Wanganui Heads Railway is We beg to draw the attention of the Borough Engineer to the present state of the culvert in Manchester-street, near the private residence of Mr J. C. Thompson. Owing to the centre being at a lower level than the point of exit for the drainage a. quantity of water is kept back. We do not know of any engineering difficulty to prevent the necessarry alterations being completed at once. Just as we were i*omg to presi on Wediie.sd.aj' afternoon a Maori dog cart came to grief on Manchester Square. The horse succeeded in rubbing the winkers off, and made tracks for the main roajj. Hje|,reacl«d it minus*! the trap, WhiL wlfejpefaj, fl'ttotn qp^th a shaft broken, and the harness around the grass. The attendant Maori Jehu, aged 13, stood at a safe distance and bestowwd some good broken,- Kuglishe^pletive^ upon thewhole >c6i.£ah.. i:■ jho a 3 <y v m A requisition which appoars in another column, asking Mr W. E. Chamberlain to staud for election as Mayor, bears the Mgnjitures of some of the most influential men'Tri the piacr*, in the face of which opposition is very unlikely. [>ince the above was in type. Mr Chamberlain has consented to Haud. .J^i^r^y^tQ.tljej.re r •quisftidri" ' appears*'- telle wheiSl <JTlie%* w little doubt but that the requisition would have been more numerously signed had .itsip-ftmptejps had nipir^ fc^-^.*loL@'n|i^ We are in a positon to state that the first we k in August will see the railway ccattdunicatibn q^l iuo.^^<|^,Q)3 between ioxton and Wanganui. Out of 180 feet carried away from the Kakariki ib.«4|je, there are piers placed for 100 feet, the : mail dm&y&^QCm<i in Acting- the Staging on which to run out the monkey for driving the piles. The men are working long hours, and while the i moonlight obtains, ad vautajje the wOVk. AU' the forces that energy and skill can command are being brought to bear on it, so that the present state of .agaws may be ended with as little delay By train, yesterday morning, Constables Gillespie and McAnulty escorted Mr* Fowler and Lars Hansen from .Balmerston, ( .; »en . route tfi , -Wangaaui, . yhew they,, will JakeKnp €be*r-Se's»dehleli for a tew months m app irtments provided by the country for their ac omodation under the Vagrant Act. We congratulate the ,Pa|iper|toniaus on being rid >of" flies© 1 "nhtorlouslKr bad f T.«l|ifcref|fs-f We'beWve'.tliati the escort as" proviaecT at first was insufficient to satisfy the ideas of Mrs Fowler on the subject To show her sense of disapproval she was so jT^e^ that.the^ie^ti-a assjstance of Cori"Ae'eWufayf ftlnfed. Tshe was then satisfied, and permitted herself to travel in peace and comfort. ■-vYJfhj hji-vel h«4lk |etter. plftp^Ju, -our. f^fi^lthi iteferenje to* butter, from a merchant in Sydney, from which we make the following extract: — " The price of best to middling salt butter igtlWlf J-ft..^ p#Tlb| wholesale. We do bSf,- v P#t£, ! Wly, f»ut^v*meflrvpf ( ca >&liSiM *!]*»* frou i tne a, J3 ac e nt colonies rnar'woutd sun our trade ; only about a week ago we bought a parcel of Ne\r Zealand made, for one of the pearl lUUifiij.stations at 7£ per lb." One great cause of the contempt in which most samples of butter from New Zealand is ljeld, is tho bad coonering of the krg< atKKttfeh- bHng too^ifften used over aud ovct agairt for locitl-piirposes, and having become rancid and stinking, are esteemed just good (or bad) enough for export. and therefore only fit for tne pearl ushers who are uot verj' particular.

The villa residence be / erecied by^Vl r Ch i les $bdtg|n his estate al^toranflf.Was c )i«jj&n>«-;yest»rday. Thfe arclifecfi& IM r^jOOTJiriibnU. of . Wplin»tortv s raWe m'll^velfitll particular pf thel«Jdini:, ita^iiafltosioiis and d^f^featm^ob a futura^ssue^^^. The post of Ringer will, we lJ>pe, soon be open for canrlidature.>s-tl*e yci>rumittee appointed to report to the Borough jQfllincil is.„cQ.i) posed „of„ gentlemen „wbq are well aware of the necessity for sucti tut. officer, and' a re not likely to allow any delay in bringing, iv their repo. t.tpjuter-, .. fere with it. l As will be seen in our report of the Borough Council meting, it is proposed to take preliminary steps towards the lighting of 'tiie ' streets of the town by rmeanis of lamps in the same manner as those of Palmerstpn, to whose Town* Clei'U a lette- has been forwarded from the (founcil to obtain information .as .to cost jof lamps, maintenance,- -&c. l J We. hope' the. result will be favorable, and enable Council to undergo the cost. Tliie London Daily Telegraph, writing of the jjeeent 'persecution of the Jews' - in Germany, says : — " There is no great difficulty in under&taftd^ng, ..why* as^iite, German ecclesiastics, conscious that! their influence o rer^ife. parses, -of .an pducated. . people is fast" declining, and apprcu'eusTt*e ' that jit may Jiie long vanish altogether, shoujd endeavemr'to' Terttiiinate i-TFaditff-faith! by„ preaching a .crusade against those whom tWy , brfe !! ple'aied-tQ''i!.ttijni«-l tise is the inveterate foes of Christianity."' Within the last half century more than 2,00(j,t)00 men ha v-dipeßyhed iAjthet stars' of Coristian countries, wliich wars have cost ;at least £3,00 >,000,000. At the present time there are 12,000,000 men in Eirape trained to arms, and existing. war ! armaments have cost at least ! £s,ooo,ooo,ooo extra to the«e nations, who. i between 1848 and 18^9/ added (by wgirs ! and Iwarlike preparations tlie sum of ; £2.624,00Q,00Pt0. T theii:.national debt. /s Dp J.„JI. .P^ble.Sto-wlio, was once here, saj's that Moses was wise in forbidding the eating of swine's flush. Jt is coar/se, impure, scrofulous food, often containing trichinae. 'The graceful • roihdeer of the . polar regions is a .standing proof against the nefeeisify of th-imal' flesh for food even.' in the frigid north. In the year 2000 v our advanced race vvlll' look upoir'a meai-eater very much a». w,e;.now look upod a cannibal. — Southern Paper. Aecordintf if) Jhe jl'apailui Co / i.iri* , r,'M>. C McDonald, of Crookston, has just threshed, out a (Crop o.f, wheat, averaging nearly 125 bushels tq the acre. " The land was* specially 'prepared," our contemporary Says 1 . ; We (Bruce Heraild) hazard the? remark that all land 'ought to be " specially. pref>arfed," which, in other words, means "properly farmed," and thed large yields would not be so often quoted as phenomenal. , Djuring-.the* -debate on the question' of payment ,of members some members quoted* Victoria .as ( ari' iustanpe. of, the success which followed* the 'system.. A perusal of the Parliamentary history of thai colony rereals the fact that since the intrfod dctidrt bf-'payment of members' the thej personnel .*-: of ; the 1 lower Ho use has been reduced and rowdiness and p- litical larrikinism has Deen very much on the increase. The salary paid,.tQ .members hasjinduced a lot of bla^ii^deiii^goglfcs to contest elections, and unfortunately for thejeouutry, some/if tneiuhave succeeded in entering the House.— Advertiser. It is generally reported- (among the. setders (says the Wanganui Herald) that' rabbits exist along the whole sea bea-eh between the W^g-^uir.a^d-thetMVia-watju rivers, and that their increase now appiears so rapid that in some place* they already threa e,u to beco.iue s/l. nuisance... If Sjiich is'th'e case it '-is --desirous* that urgpnt/'jateps'shbuM' be taken as s-iou- as" possible to prevent thj?jr-. spreading, lest we should have a t repetition, here, qf .the disastrous results 'brougTitf about by* the complete mastery of This nuisance of souie parts' * of •• Otago 'Arid 'Southland, t-where the land .is, liter, lly " eaten, up" -with them. -' ' Jl '" ' '' : *'■ ''■■ ' - '■ •'- For variety and excellence of design, Jumbitiity; of quality, and suitableness . If or [the 'winter t wear, the Kaiap6! Tweeds at R.'L-dtfß'oN's'Wre ttfhe'Hjest ever shown in Ifeilding, and at th,e..iuost reasonable prides. — [Advt.l „ 1 1 .VH-a a IW. <■!