LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 58, 6 January 1883, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A meeting of the Manchester Highway Board was being held as we went to press. A meeting of the Manawatu Couuty Council will be held on Tuesday next, at Foxton. Mr Freeman, bootmaker, is about to erect business premises opposite the Denbigh Sale-yards. We understand the Town Hall has been engaged by a newly-established musical company, of Feilding, for race night, (10th April.) The Key. D. Bruce has resigned the editorship of the New Zealand Times, and returned to lire in Auckland, and Mr Searle, for many years Editor of the Southland Times, takes his place. We have to acknowledge the receipt of a copy, from Mr A. T). Willis, of his Wanganui Almanack for 1883. It is carefully compiled and well got up generally. Complaints are common in Feildins; just now concerning the scarcity of vegetables, whilst those obtainable are retailed at absurdly high rates. There appears to be a capital opening here for a first-class market gardener. The new Volunteer Regulations came into force on Monday last, but our local company has not yet been re-sworn. It is to be presumed that the officer commanding is awaiting further instruction from Captain Neill. ! We have received the January number of "The Settlers' Friend," a monthly garden, farm and fireside journal, issued gratuitously by Mr A. Fergusson, of Palmerston. It is very neatly got up, and contains much useful and instructive information. The Feilding Public Library will not share the benefits of the grant-in-aid made by the Government for 1883. It appears that the question of the revenue, necessary to be settled before the application could be entertained by the Government, was overlooked by the Council until the time during which it could be done had elapsed. The coachbuilding establishment of Mr W. L. Rees, on the Kimboiton Road, is now remarkably busy. There are no less than seven vehicles o£ all descriptions under repair, and three new buggies are in course of making to the order of persons living in other parts of the West Coast. The workmanship of Mr Rees is held in deserved estimation. Considerable preparations are being made by the Maoris at Awahuri for the reception of King Tawhiao, now en route for the Manawatu. Provisions of every kind and description have been ordered, and contributions are on the way from the Natives in Southland and other parts of the South Island. The King has not yet deigned to mention the probable date of his arrival here. A day or two ago we had the pleasure of inspecting the old established aerated water and cordial factorj of Mr W. Deards, of Terrace End, Palmerston. We also sampled some of the wares, and can testify to their excellence. The machinery employed is most elaborate, and as a remarkable instance of what it is capable of accomplishing, we timed the filling and stopping, in one operation, of a dozen bottles of lemonade, which did not occupy the whole of one minute. Mr Deard is also manufacturing the popular beverage known as ginger ale. A rather singular accident befel a number of children recently. A butcher boy hod left his cart in the centre of the Makino Stream, preparatory to washing the same. During his temporary absence the youngsters took possession of the cart, and proceeded to amuse themselves in a manner as only children know how to do. By some means or other the cart tipped up, and deposited its freight into the stream. The discordant screams of the youngsters speedily brought several neighbors to the rescue, but beyond a severe fright and "good ducking," the little ones escaped without injury. FeHding is at present being visited by a middle aged female, who appears to be of a most happy and sociable disposition. One objection to her is raised by several of our residents, who complain that she addresses, them .without the formality of an introduction by a mutual friend, and as she is generally in that condition supposed to be superinduced by the indiscreet hospitality of her friends, it is suggested that Constable Price would do well to call upon; the lady and expostulate. [The person above mentioned has since been arrested, and will appear be* fore the Magistrate on Monday next. She has been convicted on ten previous occasions under the Vagrant Act, and under as many different aliases.] «

Mrs Harapson seems to have made a | nuch deeper impression at Wauganui han in Napier. Captain Edirin reports — -Bad weather ipproaching between north-west and west | md south-west ; glass rising ; indication ;o blow hard soonMajor Atkinson passed through Feilding by train on 'Ihursday afternoon, on bis way north. He was interviewed by the Agent of the E. and C A. Corporation, Mr Macarthur. The Hobarfc Mercury says of the Bishop of Melbourne — Men of the Moorhouse type create the impression that owners of long coats and shovel hats are not necessarily so foolish as thtir dress would indicate. The Greytown Butter and Cheese Factory was opened on Tuesday, when about 150 gallons of milk was receive!. It is stated that the amount would have been larger, but for the uncertainty as to the day on which the factory opened. Mr Gibbs, manager of " Ye Englishe Eayro," together with his assistants in fitting up the show, arrived in Feilding last night, from Wanganui. Several truck loads of scenery and other paraphenalia also came by the snme train. As a proof of the scarcity of skilled labor in Feilding, at the present timr, we may mention that Mr Gibbs, the manager of the " Fancye Fayre," was enquiring for the services of several artizans, to assist in fitting up the show, but without success. The local team selected to play against the Rangitikei Cricket Club appear to be too confident of victory. Admitting their well-known abilities, yet we would suggest that it is a mistake to despise an opponent, and it would be just as well for them to practice a little in order to ensure success. The stewards of the Manawatu Racing Club met on Wednesday evening, when the following amounts were paid away: — W. H. Chitliam, £175 ; Pollock, £75 ; Nicholson, i6O ; D. Fraser, £40 ; Wilson, £30 -, Bowen, £25 ; Martin, £10 ; Scott, £10. The Club still has a balance t of £200 to the good. The Feilding correspondent of the Wanganui Herald is evidently a "schoolmaster abroad." In his first, and last, effusion he states that the Feilding Sports were not so successful this year as formerly. This talented correspondent must have been suffering from the effects of an overdose of " Christmas cheer" when he penned the above mendacious paragraph.