LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 76, 8 March 1883, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Government have determined to release Te Whiti and Tohu in a few days, and arrangements . are now being made .for the purpose. - '• ' One of the mosfr popular errors which obtains among the sporting or gambling piibli(J is that sweeps, if not exceeding five pounds in total value,' are.perfeclly legal. .It, is generally known that the House, passed a clause permitting sweeps up to five pounds, but" this permission was not passed" in committee, so sweeps of any kind are still unlawful. I

The Rev Mr Allsworth will preach in the Presbyterian Church on Sunday next. There are 41 nominations for the Foilding Races, to he held on Easter Monday. A banana plant, standing about 6 feet high, was exhibited at the flower show yesterday by Mr W. Fowles, the grower of the specimen. Mr J. Morris is removing to one of the shops at the Town Hall, where in future his business will be carried on, Tlie Borough Council will meet ibis evening at 8 p.m. at the new Council Chambers, j\l aiichesier - street. This building was at one time occupied by the Bank of. New South Wales. TJie train for the north was well filled by p-is<cngtM*s for the Wanganui Races. About thirty Foilding people availed themselves of this opportunity for a days enjoyment. Mr Owen Pleasants, who arrived here during last October, lias been singularly energetic. Since his arrival he has felled 70 acres of bush, had it burned, and laid clown in grass. This is good \vc>rk for a period of about four months. We arc informed by the secretary of the Horticultural Society that the financial proceeds for the day were satisfactory, as, independently of other sources, nearly £14 was taken as the door. The society will be able to start next season with a balance in hand. When driving to Bulls to attend a concert there last evening, .VI r H. W. Haybittle was unfortunate enough to have his trap smashed to pieces by the horse, which turned restive. Mr Haybittle was not In any way injured, and he walked home to Palmerston this morning. One of the Makino band boys named Gray suddenly took a fit after the show last night. It appears he had indulged iv excessive smoking during the evening. He was for upwards of an hour insensible. Dr Johnston was called in and after a brief examination ordered him to be conveyed to his home. A telegram has been received by Government from Inspector Scully informing them that ..the murderer To N aera had -been arrested in the" bush while asleep on the night of the 28th ult. Two natives pounced upon him before lie had time to get his gun, on which he •was- sleeping. A horse, either- dangerously wounded or suffering from some severe illness, was found lying on the Awahuri road this moruing, by Mr Harper, of Bulls. It is supposed to be the property of a native. From the position in which it lay it formed a dangerous obstruction to passengers on horseback, or drawing vehicles. The gentlemen who are about to form themselves into a Lodge of the M.U., 1.0.0-F. met at the Feilding Hotel on Tuesday evening last. There was a full attendance, and it was arranged that the formal opening of the Loyal Manchester Lodge would be held on ! uesday evening next, the 13th instant, at the Good Templars Hall. The nomination of officers lias been made. Mr Knighty gardener to Mr A. Macdonald, of : Awahuri, has handed to us the specimen bottle of " Epicure Sauce," exhibited at the horticultural show yesterday. Speaking as we necessarily do from flavor alone, we cannot but pronounce this a very excellent table relish. We believe it is manufactured entirely from locally produced ingredients, and apparently is worthy of comparison with many of the imported articles of this kind. We see no reason why its manufacture should not form one of our local industries. The literary papers in London express unfeigned admiration for Sir G. Grey's munificence in presenting to New Zealand his wonderful library, but seem to doubt whether the colonists are sufficiently cultured to be capable of appreciating the gift. "It would," one writer thinks, "be a terrible thing if such valuable volumes, for the use of which many an English scholar and antiquary would give his" head, were to be allowed to moulder untouched and uncared for (save as. a curiosity) on the shelves of some commonplace Mechanics' institute at the Antipodes." ■•