LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 16, 9 August 1882, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

We understand that Messrs Stevens and Gorton will have 300 head of cattle reedy for the first vessel that loads frozen meat at Wellington, for England. A meeting Of tbjTLl censing^ Bench was held on Mondi-y at the Court House, when the application of Mr George Harcourt, for a wholesale beer license, was heard and gran led. ■ Thirty tons of segments of cylinders for the Kakariki bridge went up by train this morning. .. Mrs Langtry proceeds to Australia and New Zealand, via America, as; soon as her tour in the English provinces is completed. „. . , A meeting of the School Committee was called for Monday evening, but as only three of the members attended, no business of importance was transacted. The Upper Waikato Natives are offering a reward of £1000 or 5000 acres of land to any person who will deliver Barlow into their hands. Two vessels have left London for this colony with Grant and Foster's Lincolnshire farmers, who arc going to settle on the Te Aroha block of land, Auckland. The body of a , man was found in the Manawatu River yesterday. It has been identified as that of the unfortunate man White who met his death by drowning about six weeks ago. An inquest will be I held to-day, at the Palmerston Court House, at 2 p.m.

Vegetables. are?very dear at present in Sydney. A cabbage" costs a shilling and French beans 3s a peck, whilst ''eggs are e gK s " ft t 3s 3d a dozen. ,Mr Seed," the Inspector' -and Secretary of Customs, will not retire on his pension. I At the request of the Government, and i on an augmentation of his salary, he has consented to stay in the service. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile j Agency Company have offered a piece of , plate, value five guineas, to be competed . for at the next Metropolitan Show of the ; Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Association, for the best pen of ten fat sheep suitable for the frozen meat trade, not to exceed 901 b weight when dressed. The Hon. Mr Chamberlain's " BUI for the prevention of juvenile smoking in public places" was thrown out by the Legislative Council. Col. Whitmore said it was not possible to make people good by Act of Parliament, and his confreres agreed. If this is the case, we would like to know what the Parliament is for, if not to assist in lessening sin and crime by preventive legislation. A quantity of clothing was stolen yesterday from the whare of a man named Hendersen, who resides on the property of Mr W. Whisker. The thief is well- , knowu, and will soon be in the hands of ! Constable Price, w'io is on the look out for him. [Since the above was in type | Wm McGregor has been arrested in Palmerston, and was brought up at the R.M. Court here to-day. Most of the stolen property ha* been recovered.] The following is a list of the players selected to meet the Wanganui football ! team iv the match to be played at Pal- ! raerston on Saturday next, the 12th in- ! stant : — Smith — Sanson; Pybus, Jones, I Wheeler, Ware — Haleombc; Greenwood, j Sinclair, Halcombe, Goodbehere — Feilding; HarrisoD. "-vendsen, Salmon, Pirani. I Horoslow, Stallard — Palmerston. Roe ! and Godfrey, emergency men; H. L. Sherwill, umpire. The OrouA River is making slight ioroads into the approaches to the north end of the railway bridge at Aorangi and there are "nly two men whose duly it* is to look after the work. We would advise the District Engineer to put on more men, and have a few trees felled into the river, on the north side, about two hundred yards above the bridge. This would have the effect of diverting the course of tiie stream, and preventing any further damage. There was a fatal accident at Palmerston on Saturday, a man named. William Moffat having been killed while felling bush on the east 6ide of the Manawatu River. It appears that a falling tree knocked down a decayed rata, the branches of which fell on Moffat, and caused his death. An- inquest was- held before D. H. Macarthur, Esq., on Monday, and a verdict returned of " Accidentally killed." Deceased leves a grown up family to mourn his loss. Mr Tole has proposed, in the House, to amend section 53 of the Public Health •Apt. 1876, , as follows : — Provided that where such local board does not make such application, then complaint or application may be made as aforesaid by any person or persons 'aggrieved by such foul or offensive watercourse or ditch; . and thereupon the like proceedings shall be had, with the like incidents and consequences as to making orders, penalties for disobedience of orders, appeal, and otherwise at in the case of an application as aforesaid relating "to foul or offensive ditches or watercourses, or a complaint relating to a nuisance, made respectively to a Resident Magistrate. The Auckland Herald makes the following statement regarding Winiata's execution : — " Through the crevices the executioner could :be plainly seen engaged in the horrible 1, task of tugging at the suspended man's legs for the purpose of eompletihg the strangulation, while Winiata writhed and twisted in a sickening manner. Gradually, however, the sounds of choking and stifled breathing died away, the violent vibrations of the rope ceased, and ten minutes after the bolt was pulled the executioDcr came forth from his ghastly wdrk and slipped away. The whole proceedings were of a most barbarous and scandalous character and were a disgrace to our humanity and civilization."