LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 61, 17 January 1883, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Patea-Manawatu railway line will be open as far as the Manutahi in June next. It is feared tbat the grass seed crop in Poverty Bay will prove unremunerative this season. It is reported that the Maori King, Tawhiao, has lost the gold railway pass presented to him by Mr Bryce. The assets in Australasia, held by the Australasia banks, at the end of Sept., 1882, were £100,623,635. The Feilding State School was reopened yesterday, after tho Christmas holidays. Mr J. C. Thompson proceeds to Wellington to-morrow, to complete the pnrchase of his new stock of groceries, drapery, &c. for the opening of his store, in February. Messrs Pope and Pearson, builders, are completing the internal fittings of Mr Loudon's new warehouse and shop. The work will be finished in about a fortnight. Householders are complaining at the price asked for firewood at present. Wood that was sold at lis per cord four years ago is sold now at 15s per cord. The failure of the Victorian loan in the London market is a complete surprise to the Melbourne people and the subject is the topic of general interest at the present moment. It is noticeable that experts in England, writing about the sinking of the Austral, are unanimous the ship was top-heavy, and that when the ballast was out of her, she merely assumed her natural position. The iniporiers of neaping and binding machines into Wanganui fiud a ready market for them in this district, fourteen machines having arrived during the past week. They were principally consigned to farmers resident in Sandon and Bulls. The district managers of the Wanganui and New Ptymouth railway lines have arranged a time-table which will enable passengers to travel from Wellington to New Plymouth in two days. The new time-table will be brought into operation in about two mouths. According to an Auckland telegram, Fisher and Company (Limited) have erected the first refrigerator in use in the colony in connection with tbe local trade. It is a Bell-Coleman patent, •capable of supplying 1000 cubic feet of cold nir per hour. They have also a canning plant for turning out 6000lbs of compressed meat per diem. We notice that building operations in Feilding are brisk just now, Mr Svendsen's new shop and dwelling house, the Station-master's house, Morphy's stabhs Major Liddles new house on tbe AWahuri Road, and fittings for Mr J. B. Hamilton's new premises, are all in hand, so that there is plenty of work for carpenters and builders. Oa Saturday evening last an accident of a somewhat serious nature happened to Mr A. Adsett while on his way to Feilding on horseback. While riding along the side of the road between Taonui and the Oroua River, his horse fell in a small ditch throwing its rider violently to the ground. The horse fell and rolled orer on its rider bruising him severely. Mr Adsett had a narrow escape, and will be incapacitated for work for a few days. Mr Ohilders, ou his retirement from office, will be in receipt of a pension of £2000 a year, £1200 of which he will draw from the Imperial revenues and £800 from Victoria. He has succeeded to the pension granted to Cabinet Ministers of a certain standing, which was vacated by the death of the Earl of Beaconsfield. He would be entitled to receive £2000 a year from the Imperial revenue had he not previously qualified fjr a colonial pension. As showing the advantage of giving due publicity to local trades and industries, we have pleasure in learning that the advertisement of the Makino Sash and Door Factory* and our recent paragraph referring to the same, has had the effect of bringing several good customers .to the said factory, who previously were about to turn elsewhere for their goods, not knowing of the existence of this local industry. We are glad, too, to learn from the patronizers themselves that they are perfectly satisfied with both the workmanship and prioes of the articles obtained. To the advocates of local industries we would say, "go thou and do likewise". A special announcement appears in our advertising columns from Mr J. B. Hamilton, the well-known draper and clothier of Palmerston. Mr Hamilton notifies that he will open the premises lately occupied by Mr Haybittle, and known as the Feilding Ready Money Store, to-morrow (Thursday), with a large and varied assortment of drapery, clothing, millinery, &c. The general excellence and low prices of Mr Hamilton's goods, combined with that gentleman's well-known courtesy and attention to the wants of his customers will, we feel sure, render this new drapery emporium a centre of attraction in Feilding for some time to come. We wish Mr Hamilton all the success he deserves in his new venture.

Tlie creclion of the Oamaru woollen factory premises is to be commenced at once. . In our Saturday's report of the Fancy Fair we inadvertently omitted the name of Mr Johnson, from the list of professional comedians wbo took part in tlie various representa tions of the Richardson Show. The special trains which ran for the "Old Knglish Fayrc" were not an unqualified success. We learn that the promoters of tlie show will have to pay a deficiency to the railway authorities amounting to £5 odd. M. Duclere, Premier in the Chamber of Deputies to-day made a statement in reference to Egyptian affairs. He reviewed the whole position at length, and concluded by announcing that, as England decided to act alone in the settlement of the Kgyptian question, France would in future reserve perfect freedom of action in regard to Egypt. A laughable incident occurred in an English church on Kaster Sunday. The clergyman announced that the offertory would be applied to reducing the debt on the church. During the singing, while ths collection was being taken up, the tenor, who is a German, had a solo, in which occurred the words, " and the dead shall be raised." He succeeded in electrifying the congregation by giving out at the top of his voice " Und ze debt shall be raised in ze twinkling of an eye." We call attention to the announcement of the public meeting to be held in Roe's Sample Room, on Saturday evening, at 8 o'clock, for the purpose of considering what steps should be taken to celebrate the anniversary of the settlement of Feilding township. The meeting was to have been held on Saturday evening last, but owing to the attractions of the Fancy Fair there was only a small attendance. We hope this will not be the case 01 Saturday evening, but that ail interested in this desirable movement will come to the front, and state their various views as to the best means of carrying the proposed anniversary into effect.