LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 19, 19 August 1882, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

♦ Owing to pressure of advertisements, a quant ; ty of reading matter is unavoidab'y held over. We are glad to see that Host Hastie has qui!e recovered from his recent illness, and has again resumed business. Full particulars of the forthcoming Primitive Methodist Church Anniversary and Service of Song will appear in our next issue. We have to apologise to our Awa Huri subscribers for the non-delivery of their papers on Wednesday evening last. The illness of one of our runners prevented their delivery at the usual hour. It has been reported to us that some of the culverts on the road over Mount Stewart, are in a dangerous condition. Tbis should be looked to at once to prevent the possibility of any accident occurr ng. We regret very much to have to intimate that our esteemed Mayor, Mr W. E. Chamberlain, is laid up with a somewhat severe illness We are assured, however, that it is only of a temporary character, and that he will soon be about again to resume his duties The following schools will be examined by Inspector Foulis in the standards in the following order: Awahuri, 4th October; Feilding, sth and 6th ; Halcombe, 9th and 10th ; M akino Road, 11th ; Bunnythorpe, 12th ; Taonui, 13th ; Ashurst, 17th. A section of land containing 464 acres cofered with good totara bush, advertised in our columns for a few issues only, was disposed of on Wednesday last, at a remunerative price, to Mr A. Bell, of Halcombe. The land is contiguous to other property owned by the purchaser. Mr Charles Hodges received the appointment of Ranger for the Borough of Feilding. Among the applicants for the position were many good men. In our opinion the selection has been wisely made. We do not think that anybody in the Borough will be likely to " obstruct Mr Hodges in the execution of his duty" with impunity. ' ■ — Mr J. Mandel, hairdresser, of Webliugton, has commenced business in Rowley's- old premises. In addition to hairdressing, Mr Mandel is carrying on business as tobacconist, and his shop is -replete witl^ all the latest novelties in the shape of fancy tobaccos, cigarettes, merschaum and wooden pipes, &c. Anyone in want of p " good cut/ or some good tobacco or pipes, can be suited by calling on Mr J. Mandel. ; Old England, says "iEgles" in th* Australasian, seems to be short of allies in th* Egyptian business, and Europe ap pears to hold aloof. If she wants assistance, she has, pf course. „p«»e. resource. If she wW- ti-e Sttek banal protected, let her claim th* assistance of the Australian Eleven. Are they not to a man distinguished for stubborn def rice ? Imagine Spofforth or Palmer bowling on to the thin legs of an Egyptian army* Or Bonnor driving tbe ball like a catapultjdnto fhe pit of ah Egyptian stomach. Ihere is not a Pbaroah or a Ptotymy amongst them who would stand up to his ,Tncketi. In a local referring to an imposing stone supplied us by Mr D. Murray, of Wanganui, we mentioned that " competent judges inform us it is equal to; the best imported article.',' . Our contemporary, the Chronic)-,- takes exception! to this, and accuses us of diffidence (a compliment which we thankfully accept,} saying, " every printer of any standing should* ba able .to say at a glance, whether an imposing stone was a good one or .not." We never for a moment implied that he should not ; and we are utterly at a loss to know why the Chronicle should infer 'that we did-- for \ surely a workman should be'a " competent judge" of the quality of hit own tools. ' { ■ :\ . One of the first things impressed on the minds of observant visitors toFeild- ' ing is the remarkable physical development displayed by the school children — their healthy condition of body — which joined to the fact of their btjjng well and coinfoitably cla , makes an assemblage of them a pleasing picture to gaze upon. Thisinay be accounted for. by the good stamina of the parents; and by t'-e salubrity of the cli • ate, which, with necessary: absence from mental worry and anxiety, consequent upon a universal condition of comparative t - prosperity, assists largely in raising a well-formed and healthy race of people. These remarks are forced from us by a gentleman who stated, that in the whole colony of Nt w Zealand, it w ould be har Ito finji a healthier c r betler clad lot of youngsters than this se'thment could exhibit, and we endorse his opinion.

The Timber Company have declared a dividend of thirty per cent. The increase in the number of letters passing through the New Zealand Post Office last year was 2,733.463, or 11 per cent., a,nd in telegrams 134,060, or 10 per cent. ... ' Monday the 21st instant, is the day on which nominations will be received at Hnl<-ombe& Sherwill's for Ibe election of a Warden for No 6 Ward, caused by the resignation of Mr Geo Capper. Tbe election (if there are more candidates than one in the field) will take place on Friday, 25th instant. It is the intention of the officers of St John's Church, Feilding. to immeliately erect a building to accomodate horses &<*. There will be four stalls, and a room for j harness. Other conveniences will also I be provided. The order for the work was givea yesterday and will be completed i some time next week. This will be a great boon to worshippers from the country. Lar^e quantities of timber continue to be fo-wntded from tbe Feeding s'alion for shipment to the South, via Foxton. Large orders for more are a'so coming to our local sawmil'evs. Lhe one ihing needed is a spell. of fine weather that wiil permit of the men get-log in'o the bush. lYom the recent rains this has been almost impossible during the past few weeks. A capii'al mot was uttered in the lobbies the other n : ght. The member for Dunedin Souih, Mr H. S. Fish, had just delivered a tb ree-hours' speech, made up almost wholly of vulgar abuse An honorable member remarked that "he had often heard of fish coming from Billingsgate, but he now found that Billingsgate could come from Fish." In the English House of Commons it was stated that Government had decided to restore Ce.awayo to the sovereignty of the Zulu tribes, but that he would be required to receive a British Resident in his dominions, and that sufficient land would be reserved for those of the Zulu chief aud people who objected to acknowledge the King's authority. Mr Otto BerkefeM is now sole proprietor of the Manawatu Hotel, Fox'on, and w«- can speak from pei.onal experience ss to the excellency of the accomo--datioa for travellers afforded by tbis q..iet. bome'y, and comfortable hostelry, Mr BcrVefeld's refreshments are firstclass, and his table is all that can be des'red. This genial host should receive a good share of patrouage from the ' tiavellwg public. The Christchurch Star, of Saturday, says, in reference to the result of the fight of the session: — The streng.h of the parties is, therefore — Government, 49 ; Opposition, 45. A superiority of 4 is just enough to make the Government perfectly safe for the rema r nder of the session. Like Mercui io's wound, which was not as deep as a wet', nor as wide as » a church door, but served its purpose to i kill him, the Government majoKry is i quite enough to kill the Opposition so far as direct party ...niggles "go. T ' An accident' which might easily have been attended witfc fotji-jesults happened to Mr R. Fearon on Thursday last. He was driving a timber waggon, which- waa fortunately unloaded, on the Kimbolton w__e_f be was [jerked off his seat rigbl in front of the wheels of the first r ~pjwt ef^the waggon. One of the wheels passed transversely over his body ffom , tiie hip to, the shoulder. : M* Fearon! did > not lose his presence of mind ior a second, but, Held oo' with all his strength ' to the ieins so that he was dragged ft>r a fetr 1 pdbes'ra front of the la_c and much heavier wheels, escaping them completely. If they had gone over his body, he would mo_tie.taihry hare been killed. Mr Norman; , who was wull^.bin}. stopped the horses and relieved him from his perilous position. On~examination it was found ; that farther than a perfect imptiat of the : tine pf ; ;th? wheel no injury wks.don<. 1 his was owing in a great measure to ths soft nature of the ground on which .Vi r Fearon fell. ' Altogether he had a most fortunate escape.