LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 31, 4 October 1882, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A branch establishment of a large Wellington firm is soon to be opened in Feilding. We have been requested to intimate that the list of mares for the entire horse, Papapa, is now full. There has been a prolonged drought in the provincial district of Hawke's Bay for the past four months. Mr William Bishop, who wounded himsel. severely with an axe some days ago, is now progressing towards complete recovery. The Hawera and Normanby Star appeared as a daily paper on Monday last. We congratulate the proprietors on the success of their publication. The new railway time-table came into operation on Monday last. It appears to give general satisfaction. A marked increase in the number of passengers by rail is confidently expected.

Mr Macarthur, the County chairman, returned to Feilding on Monday night, from his visit to the Taupo district. Observer writes to the Wellington Post: " I here is a spot on the sun plainly visible to the naked eye. It is bigger than the spot that accompanied the late aurora." The usual monthly meeting of the local School Board Committee was held at the schoolhouse on Monday last. The business transacted was of a purely routine character. At the request of the Wesleyan and Presbyterian bodies, in Palmerston, Mrs Hampson, the celebrated evangelistic lecturer, will shortly pay a visit to that township. There is a steady demand for sections in the Manchester Block and in the suburbs of Feilding. Owners are "hardening th ir hearts," so very little business is being done. The Foresters of Marton have hit upon the happy expedient of hoisting a flag of . their order when the attendance of members of the lodge is requested to transact business. We have to acknowledge the receipt of Mr Fergusson's paper, " The Settler's Friend," for October. It contains a large quantiiy of useful information for farmers and agriculturalists, besides other interesting general matter. Upon Mr Clere's return from Wellington we understand he will almost immediately commence the plans for the Soman Catholic Church for Feilding. The build ng, we believe, is to be of a particularly handsome and substantial character. Our worthy Mayor, Mr W. E. Chamberlain, is at present visiting the Wairarapa for the benefit of his health. It is probable he will be absent from his duties for about three weoks, when we hope to see him return, restored to his wonted health. There was a short sitting of the R.M. Court on Monday last. One drunkard forfeited his bail for 20s, and a young man, arrested on a charge of lunacy, was remanded for eight days. The latter is a case of temporary insanity from the effects of drink. One of the wealthiest settlers on the Coast assures the Patea News that machinery is being ordered to ship frozen meat Home by way of iN'ew Plymouth. It is expected that a two or three hundred ton steamer will be able to load at the breakwater in twelve montlis' time. The Mayor of Wellington has despatched a cable message pursuant to a resolution of the Counc 1 as follows: "Gladstone, London. ( ity Council transmits feeling satisfaction rejoicing on success British arms Egypt." This is pithy and very economical. The Rev J. Jones and Mr F. de J. Clere leave Feilding this week for Wellington to attend the annual meeting of the Diocesan Synod. The rev gentleman will necessarily be away for two Sundays, and during his absence the services at St John's Church will be conducted by lay-readers, or by the Rev Carus Wilson of Palmerston North. The Administrator of the Government has been pleased to appoint William Edinburgh Chamberlain, and William Campbell, to be trustees for the maintenance and care of the Feilding Cemetery (in place of A. Tod, who has left the district, and of D. H. Macarthur, who has resigned), to act in conjunction with the other persons appointed under the Act. By reference to our advertising column s it will be seen that the Rev E. C. VV il son, M.A., of Palmerston North, proposes to receive for tuition a limited number of pupils. Mr Wilson is prepared to make special arrangements for private evening pupils. Mr Wilson has had considerable experience as a teacher, having bten head master of the Newmarket Grammar School. The lad Baker, a native of Manawatu, who fell from aloft on board the May in Japan, sustaining serious injuries, which necessitated his being left behind iv that country, returned to Wellington in the s.s. Te Anau recently. He has partially lost the use of one arm, and it is feared that it will be long, if ever, ere the traces of the accident entirely disappear. — Post. One million seven hundred and fifty thousand acres of Crown Lands will shortly be open for pastoral lease in the Provincial District of Otago. f his country is at present held under lease in fortysix runs until March Ist, 1884, and will again be offered in runs suitable to the nature of the country. No lessee wi Ibe allowed to take up more than will carry 20,000 sheep or 4,000 head of cattle. In the streets of Feilding, shortly before sunrise in the morning., may be seen a few sleepy-eyed and scantily-cad individuals, gazing with lack-lustre eyes _.t the star- gemmed heavens, and tracing the dimensions of the comet, from its head to the termination of its caudal appendage. A very few seconds appears sufficient to gratify the curiosity of each star-gnzer, for the chilly morning breezes, "playing on the unaccustomed skin," chases them back to their couches, where they nestle with sonorous expressions of satisfaction. It is a remarkable fact that ( vns view of the comet atisfies everybody.

The 'Frisco mail closes at Feilding on Friday, 6th October. It has been rumoured that Sr Charles Gavan Duffy is to be appointed Governor of Victoria. We doubt the truth of this statement. It is estimated (says the Palmerston • Times) by those competent to form an | opinion that not a penny less than £250 was taken at the circus doors in two nights at Palmerston. Official records show that the Wesleyan body is 100,000 stronger in num- j bers than it was 16 year. ago. This j increase is largely attributed to the har- | mony that exists among the leaders of the congregation. ' A cable message in the Age states that owing to the continued delicacy of her Majesty's health, the Queen has decided, on the recommendation of her medical advisers, to spend the ensuing winter at Mentone. A cow at Opotiki (says the Bay of Plenty Times), the property of Mr Sisamhad twin calves on September 14, which makes five that she has had within twentyseven months. Perhaps farmers will be inclined to ascertain where this prolific cow was obtained. An Act of the British Legislature which has just received the Royial assent, repeals the 4 Geo. IV., cap 52, as to the burial of persons committing^./, de se in a public highway. Coroners are now to give directions for their interment in churchyards or other grounds provided under the British " Burials Act of 1880," but the rites of Christian burial are not to be performed. A letter from the Pope to the Irish Bishops, dated Ist August, has been published in Rome. In it profound regret is expressed that tranquility has not been restored in Ireland, and that murders continue to be committed. People are advised to shun secret societies, and the letter concludes by expressing the hope that the English Government will do justice to all classes of the Irish people, remembering the nacification of Ireland constitutes an element of tranquility in the whole Empire. We have had the pleasure of inspecting the residence which Mr H~. Adsett, of Taonui, has just had erected for himself near his sawmill. The house is 44ft. in 1 >ngth, by 30ft. in depth, contains* 9 r )oms, and is superbly finished in every p rticular. Every inch of timber used in the building is picked heart of totara. The ceiling of one of the fror.t rooms alone contains upwards of v»ooft. of moulding. The total cost has been about £500, the contract for labor alone beiug £310. There is probably not a more substantial, commodious, and altogether desirable residen c to be found in the Mnnawatu. The architect is Mr Clere of Feilding, and tie builder Mr Govan of Palmerston North. We inspected yesterday, says the Wanganui Chronicle, at Mr H. I. Jones's establishment, a very fine sevenoctave grand piano, made by Messrs John Brinsmead and Sons, of London, and specially imported by Mr P. Ellery Gilbert, to the order of a customer at Feilding. The piano has several novel and important peculiarities. It is enclosed in a polished rosewood case, standing 4ft 6in high, and is mounted with handsome brass fittings. It has also a vertical iron frame, and copperjdated strings, to prevent that rust which gives to the ordinary piano a hard metallic sound. The instrument is similar to that exhibited by the makers in the Melbourne Exhibition, and has been constructed for use in colonial climates. (We understand this piano is for Mr Roe of the Denbigh hotel.)