Local & General News.

Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 96, 26 April 1883, Page 2

Local & General News.

/ i • .-■:''•, I / •- .f. ;-. • r ,_..... '' /-. * Owing id pressure of advertisements a' quantity of reading matter is unavoidably held. over- .'. Y. "V .. We hear a scratch match will be plnyed by ouf local footall club on Saturday afternoon next. Storekeepers are complaining of the scarcity of eggs in the town at present. Dr Lemon was a passenger by train en route for Wellington, on Tuesday evening. • _ Prospecting parties, in search of diamonds, are now as "thick as autumnal leaves" on the Malvern Hills in Canterbury. The contractor for the building to be erected For Mr Stevens, tailor, in Man-chester-street", commenced work yesterday morning. The school building now in course of erection at Beaconsfield is progressing favorably, and will be completed and ready for occupation early in June. We regret to. have to announce the death of Mr Brebner, the father of the Feilding station master. Mr Brebner died after a short illness, and the intelligence of his demise was quite unexpected. Now that the cold weather has fairly set in we would suggest to the school committee the advis&bleness of providing the school with a few cords of firewood, to beep up a supply of caloric during school hours, . The Hawera Star is very severe on the action of the Native Reserve Trustee for not opening the tendevs for leases in public on the 23rd instant, and in holding a secret conclave, and opening tbe tenders iv private. These tenlers have already; appeared in our telegraphic columns. The culvert in front of Glasgow House is now completed, and apparently a very substantial and workmanlike job has been made of it under the supervision of Mr Nicholas. A good many yards of earth will now be required to. fill, in the hollow, and then one of : the., greatest public eyesores will be done away with : altogether. . :.-. •.'-, ' „ ,' •-. : ' Notwithstanding the failure 'of the potatoe crop : in and around; Fending,, owing to the unusual drought which'prev'ailed in the early part of the summer, it is gratifying to know that other districts have been more fortunate, the Maoris especially, who seem to have been singularly, favored . wiih ; . moderately . „good crops. ,: .;-.: . ...- :, vi,:. At Dunedin a story is. going about that down South a press ., reporter was taken for His Excellency the. Governor, and 3mW<#reefc® _fetß>rc^df.i3[|Was ...only, when oel removing his hat to acknowledge the comnlimenf^-'a piece of corned beef dropped out<- that they discovered' tlieir' mistake. Then that tf-porter fled, pursued by tlie enraged and dropped en routp p, bO9.iT sole and a coat-siceWer! Writing on the eritferpW-e of tfrfe insurance agents. _3_gles, in the Australasian, says,} — "In one- of 'tije l colonies; T l 6b"_erve ; from a newspaper that a while. greyhound has had painted on hisside,_ in junk let.- . lers, ' Assure[you?~ liife^ ,do niofc id^Wy.'; As an obvious consequence, a gentleman, making . a.-.^zig-zig froih his ••; -club,' - came suddenly upon-the. variegated . i dog, and coming-' to. the conclusion jthathe had 'got 'em again,' precipitately! gave him-' .self into the 'custody of; the nieare-t liceman."At the sittings ■ of the SupremeCou'ri in Wanganui. yesterday, : His Hoiiof thfe ' Chief Justice was very severe' in his remarks on our local tbnsorial 81*1181;. -for purchasing a horse and accoiitreirieut'js from a Maori, whd' was charged. with : .-tVp larceay therepf,, for 70s. .He^ said tjjat [ the witness, might think himself.luckyJ_;e, ; was not-charged , with 'receiving 'property well knowing it to be sto\c% yTh'e'Ci'bwn : •Prosecutor significantly^.obseryedii^ would . look into the matter. It is to be- hoped-, he will givei-Mr .Lyons an opportunity! of clearing himself, as we are <pjir'e satis- • fied that he acted in utter ignorance of the value of the horse. :

The usual fortnightly meeting of lhe Oddfellows' Ledge was held in the lodge room on Tuesday evening. 1 here was a full attendance, and three new members were initiated. Messrs Corpe and Son will resign the lesseeship of their steam saw-mill at Makino at the end of the current month, aud Messrs Roots and Co, the proprietors, will again take over the mill and work it on their own account. Very little interest was taken yesterday by the ratepayers of the Manchester Riding in the t ounty in the matter of voting, with reference to the special rate under the Road and Bridges Construction Act, as only 7 persons voted at Feilding, representing 21 votes, 16 of which were in favor of the proposals, and 5 against. On Saturday, the 28th instant, a poll will be taken of the ratepayers of the ridings interested by the proposed -San- , don-Foxtou tramway. A strong committee has been formed in Foxton to use every endeavor to explain this scheme and secure all the votes possible in its favor. It is well-known by the committee that the strongest opposition will be in Sandon and Awahuri. Mr James Jenkin, late travelling agent for the British und Foreign Bible Society, has been engaged for a term as Circuit iVJ issionary, by the Primitive Methodist Church of the Manawatu Circuit, thereby acting as assistant to the Bey J. Clover. This step has been deemed nedtessaryVn account of the circuit being found toounwieldy to be properly worked by one minister. Mr Jenkin took up his abode in Feilding yesterday. Those burgesses who do hot wish their names to appear on the list of defaulters, but who do wish them to appear on the new burgess list which comes into forceon the first of June next, should make it a point to attend the special meeting of the Borough Couueil at eight o'clock this evening, which is being held for the express purpose of hearing and determin-, ing all objections with reference to said burgess list. ;.-■';. ihe Young Women's Christian Association of Wanganui, have had the intended tea and public meeting referred to in our last issue, and " honorable women not a few";, were present. Eeporters, however, were not allowed, and it is therefore impossible to say at present what was said or done, and as ladies have never been known to reveal secrets, the whole proceedings will of course be kept inviolably secure from the knowledge of the general public. ' : ' , : Judging from tbe appearance .of tne Eesident Magistrate's Court yesterday as well as at other times, it is; evidently never swept, cleaned, or dusted, between one sitting and another. The reporter's table is so dusty it might easily be written upon with the finger, scraps, of torn paper are distributed in various parts of the building, while the spiders hold un mo Jested sway in every corner, especially in the windows, which are; also so covered, with dust as to render the blinds almost unnecessary. The timely and periodical attention of a charwoman would make the place look a little more decent and civilized. . The judgment given by Mr Ward, E.M., in the Eesident Magistrate's Court yesterday, in thec-ase of Murphy v. Eoe, w.e consider to be a rery important one, as it shows that persons having horses and other animals in their custody which display unusual abilities for making their escape, are not responsible for such ani- : mals getting loose if it can be proved that .ordinary means for their security have ' been provided. In other jrords it shows that the responsibility of a custodian-can only reach certain, reasonable 'limits, beyond which it rests upon the shoulders of the owner himself. ;,.-., - On thefirst page of to-day's- issue there appears an- announcement from Mr E.J. Cottrell, the : wfU^nqwn 'clothier and draper, in which, he invites his. many cus* i tomers (whose ; name is legion)/ 'and the public generally* ' to • inspect 'his present ' "large and 'varied _t6ck, ( of drapery andclothing. . In brdejr to.meet the growing require#_ents,.of_his business, 1 MriCot- , trell contemplates shortly making_spme r extensive additions/ to his; premises. iHe is now offering his well-assorted. afcockat maryelJqpsly,low;.priceft w ! ttt A; view of effecting a speedy clearance. The pricea quoted*..^gether with -the quality of the goods, cannot. fail to prove a source of attrac t Lfdn i/ atr I Dun.tablc House An early call is also solicited/ We, under? -stand Mr Cottrell intends embracing with ■hi/ present business other departments of 'the trade at an early date. A female witness r named Archer; .was ."'too much" fora Dunedin' la 1 wyer named r Fraser the other day. In the course, of an assault case, Mr Fraser, whilst crossexamining' M rs; Archer.,' pressed -her very bard upon the point whether her husband wife not . responsible . for ,one of ; the . •braises .she laid at the door of defendant j ana urgingthe question .whether she and her husband did not >quarrelo fre-: w ;qu,ently, ±he ,hidy indignantly asked, !:*.YAnd'aren t'you'in the habit of ha vim; '•dfccasioßai-' tiffs - with' youir wife/ : _ir ?" . Aihid roars . dt ., laughter*. Mr" Fraser. is . . repprted {to hay% 1 was~relncaritly •cQinpelled to answer- Mrs Archer? - inr fbe affirmative. . : - . \ „.lt hurts John Bryce . .just about, as- ; mu'eh to burn 'him' in 'effigy as it' should toliave his shadow, on' a stone , wall ibnttisd ; by a : goat.— Thames 'Star.; ; j _,_ . . . . . ■ . . ..