LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 20, 23 August 1882, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

-"The damage done in Wellington by I the recent floods, in the city and its sub- ' ''"arljs, is estimated to exceed £8000. i ! „.,S egtJelEs of teylindjjls fo<liel^n§itik< iJSrJtige co&tinu^ibSarri^AtFox^in. iFlv 2-and-twenty tons were forwarded to iHa combe on Monday last. , V JX OT »* The Defence Minister has ordered a tor] iedo boat to serve as a model for ' coh nial artificiers. Tins is all the proxjsim.toct o&aafal^defend* that»tb*?Goi.« v'era merit odnsiUerfe/nocffssriry!- 1 '•' i; '>••'} '" )of biiiteVJ.MWardeli'tV^idaej tyi *V W.[O? ftaybffc b'f •' tftk ! iown, 'realised lj/3 jper Ib. This leaves a considerable 'ttfaipn of fl ro^t ( ,, , . ..„, <!ii .; >! ]i,.-, ( , „„, jsy.Tlie first of the united religious ser- | vicejs took place in the Presbyterian j Chu i rch -,! r^fl fc | i!^F»ni»g>: i Land ] ijqftwithsfanding the inclement weather, I was 1 fairly attended.; T lid oexiJ'sep vice will- be in the Wesleyan Church this eveaing at Half-past seven, and to-night week it will be held in the Primitive Methodist Church at the same hour.

— y,> -ft — Mi\^ord+)n has^ntJai^yXnto hi^tiew. estabtTshnaerit^neaT ,-M-r tfewer^' and \ yesterday- commancpd operations on his i own uccoapt as alspn of Vul^ad. v , '^T^tcV' pf^'ent- at a"feftnquefy?iven x ' io Sir Henry Parkes, when in England, ' persons from the colonies whose total wealth amounted to the handsome sum of £ico*nn,ooo.^-' There i-'a slight demand ' for sec-l'.-n---in the township of ITalcoinbe. A quarU'i* acre -changed hands yesterlay for i' 2" 10s. The purchaser is a Feilding resident. By telegraph we le.irn that a farmer at Christchurch named Jlenry Shepherd, and residing at ]North l\:ikaia, was kdled on Saturday evening last through the cip-izing of his dra} r , which fell upon .his body: He leave's a wiclow,' arid'folir i young children. , ,-,,.. , , Lomlon was propose^ by 'Mr' !■>'. ' Barfriolomew, and secon.dt-'d , l/> - MrD. H. Macarlhur, as a candidate for, .^o GAVjipl in jLUii, Manchester Highway IloimL ' ko otluax candidate I>eiun; ikjuuna,ted, Mr London was declared, duly elected. ,-'.,.; Vl^aneciing of- the : Folding Joclitj'. Club will be held shortly to submit the vetyort: of'the committee and baiayfce 'J'h^et. ft>r last races. Arrangements will thea-.bo' 'udaeta for -jhe_coauingisiea.son, and ane!w working committee elected. It slibn-td -be'ftcrdtcss for us to urge oh t?ie" jWeipit niQinbcr^^of the club the --oecessity for' prompt action. - | i I >V (A'ch^ithl(lVt6n and fife band^^af tt\ : ' stituted at Makino last autumn,^.ajafl^s,. f s\indelr "t&dJl^le ' b'oVidkVtorsliip of iMf : JoliU: Curreen. It has been quiefridoHng* etie • Winter so far as public perfonifiitoces. .k?fe'.' IJct^ei^q^^t f(^ejfaj. ! uit is only'w/o.i'yn^J for warmer evenings, when it'wiH again t 'arscbursb sweet music, to the great delectatioiuof ikq M^ilYinoites. "" ". ", \^~ A Tnnn'hTrrneTf^Jaines Gavin, a carpenYtors reyiiiiig'Cn^ iVloftiFlat Station, Otagq,,. 1 was f*ound dead in a creek last week. It^ 'appears frdm > 4;hp'"eviffence that He 'was' .tipsy; whife'so he fq|l[Lnto the creek, a.Uji=l,., | was unable to extricate himself, dying ; from cold and exposure. The coroner i said he was sorry that he could uot i prosecute the man who served him with : the liquor. i A "working bee," in connection with ' the Primitive Methodist Church, has ! been very busy for the last two or three j days, fencing, planting, and doing other h improvements gr t oußels around the jiChurcfc.-i The wartn^weither has had i the effect of bringing out the " bees " in | goodly numbers, there being about a [dozen at w.ork as above .^tated on MouThe Rev E. C. Wilson, of Palmerston, preached nu able and impressive sermon ijfcihe C|nui<c"h] o£('Eiylfrs^ $*Ct^di?fg, Cff^ *oun3ay "evening last. ItTwas"ird dressed entirely to young men, the text being the first part of verse 1, chap. 12. of EcclesiPistes.*' « la. tVi*^ course of his remarks he i said New Zealand, rightly governed and developed, was destined to become one of [i tke creattst rnpat mmsperous nations 1 of the earth, but much depended on the moral and religious character of its young: men. A. F. Halcombe, Esq., agent for v c Patetere settlement, arrived in Auckland ;yb^)thf [ §frt| Francisco mail stepmer on Sunday last. Mrs Halcombe is to follow next mail. The company in which Mr Halcombe is interested is now definitely formed, the whole of the preliminary Patetere block will at once be prepared rto^racwv^r^he^aitlers, who will shortly leave Kngland to take up their homes there under the auspice* of the company. Several destructive fires are reported by t&lagraphjr-ooe^t n^w Pluniouth, and the o/l|er a^jimarp. T^j forn|er resulted, on Saturday last, in the total destruction .ofS t^, Andrew's Presbyterian was insured in ! the Victorian Company for £'100. An is ib'Tie* KeT(l7aT"Tncen3uins°mTs^ (ittfe^eciea.^ The second fire, at Timaru, I occurred on Sunday, and the circum- ♦ stan«e»'-injooniiecfci«niwith*itsH-«itbreak are or a very suspiciolis character. Several buildings were destroyed, the insurances on which were heavy. The Standard^ National, and Liverpool and »Glabfe-Are-c^ insupawoA^Ainpiinies affected. Another fire took place at Oainaru, on Saturday last, by which a cottage, insured in the South British Company, fer^lOO, was^d^jtroy^d. -^ j- . * A ithe Jg'eildi/g liftkugli. Council meeting. At the last meeting of tlje ctn#fal(^iawlg*Bient committee of the Wanganui Hospital it was decided to expend a sum of about £200 in the erection of two additional detached rooms , for-jthe .treatment ?f oontapous jiis^ages^ Since, jthe,' prletji ing . its ■^aye / niafip appj^atiw tq.the.Gpjr^rnn^ I;^r., ;1 sub3i4y.(, toward^,.^,]cq?t t pi , .>oirogpSQ4 l a.4dition« r .;find, l ,ha,ve fefietyed,;the fallowing reply :-rGolqt)sal nSaerd-i *»py- ! s Office, Wellington, New Zealand, i ilstli ( ' -Augnat, lS^2i ' i Sir.K+li; ibiawe nthe ! hunor'to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 10th instantr and" niv r/p^y ij^-fl^'^vd-b^hp Ciilofiiai^qc^e^ary to inform your Worship that the Govern- ■ tn^nt ; • will • >bo • ; pi'f^ai^d' io' icoulriLute a sum not exceeding £100 towards the iWpdsed ';id'dttii>n^' ib.'WidinW.-mganui ! ITixnital upon the terms mentioned therein.— l hare, &c, G. S. Cuopkk.

.-J'he 'ifrUco v ail arriV&l by mid-day | frairi v. a"\^Wnn|an&i, and was, fjelivoivrl cjtiriug the : after.n'oon. j t Two guaitor sere of land, in l^villn^.of N A\'ahun>-»«i*^"S-oH.:to-J:ij f.r£3s. * J Messrs Halcombe and SlTonvill sold . to-day, 2500 bushels of wheat, at 4.-sJ3'i ( cash, for local consumption. Tt is rumored in Well-ngt'in that at the dose of the session. Sir John Hall will ji.in the Ministry, and resuinb - : Lfis) ohl position of Premier. Messrs JVand.C. Bull, of Aorangi. have n received aaorder to fcufc* 180,000 feet o/ ... white pine for Australia. It will be shipped at AVanjiiiiiui. .3 ! '' 'i 7 , i\ T r Macartliiir intends making a toiir of the Lake Country shortly. lie will visit I'aupo, Hotomaluiiajjind* l :l 'L/' the geysers of note. We hope he will have a pleasant trip. •}- --•: A Canterbury company proposes to charfi'r- 'the ship' M'ataii-a on" her 'n'cxB 11 ' voyage to England,, to carry frozen. meat, ■ ■It is expected tnaK'tlie expenses' will be ■ less than 3^d per lb, which was about the cost offhe Dernedte shipment. ''■■ : ;j---i ■' considerable time ago we were •lfiSonned, that the building Jtnown .jls.\ I -Morphy's stabfes, were to be completed ; \ at jonccV. 1 We-(^«Ye,.a^ y.qt jse£ft ) ,i3q!p I r{>- ! 'gj-qss made in this direction, and the i 'Vjuildiug still preserves its wonted ugli----n 4s ' ' ■>■ ■■■ ••»• i. • ■ f . In present ing'tfi'e peopte' 6"f Au'ckiami 'vhlh his library and manuscripts, Sir. '.George Grey has displayed a most muniificjefitl Spttßitpand? the fcoiqingi generation • i/fitlie colony will have deep cause for towards him. The librarycpntains many books valuable to the antiquarian, bosules ONiers.. having m Ins* tutjical value from tlfetr prVrious possessors having inserted (heir names therein, njany <$f Which aw? enshri ! riied" l ih I the M a f hnal.s • .pf it-he world. Maiiy_of the works also i cont"ain~valuable marginal notes. All oi "the manuscripts are very valuable! ! n(rt v ■'6n\y from their intrinsic merit, but from ! tneii j.-aj;Uy.. 5 ;T^ >.i|e4br*C(Jio^« itnade ,'by., ; 'tfid donor are thoughtful., and exhibit a most '"ltficral'" spirit.' 1 T^ie' professors 1 o^ the Auckland Univcysitjf. i^o\ic^o^-^cijf^ reiliove and h ep for r(^er^bsgcj(pff orj manuscripts they require, with the permission f { jtrp6te^r,^ir G^eppg(| ; (ii|ey reserving the same right during his 1 i f t- tu«e, : a|t.er Jtrhj^A - /ty-usfcoes, ( %#&s< ■■ make , whatever /■/liegiula.tfoasi l :they .fcliiuk/ advisable anfl 'proper. •" i! •■■■■' (! ! .-i