Local & General News.

Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 102, 10 May 1883, Page 2

Local & General News.

* A Lodge of Instruction will be held in the Masonic Hall on Monday evening next, at 8 p.m Jt is proposed by the Wellington people to make a road to the Terawhiti gold fields. This ought to have been done years ago. There is (says the Morning Herald) considerable commercial depression iti Dunedin at present, being very dull. Numerous houses are vacant of tenants, i and many shops are empty.

The Willmott theatrical company will appear in Folding next Wednesday. The Awahuri bridge is now closed for traffic. Mr Edward Malcolm, formerly a guard on the railway, has filed a declaration of insolvency. Although more than a week will intervene before the next holding of the R.M. Court at Palmerston, there are alre-vdy no less than 48 cases awating a hearing thereat. By a Gazatte Extraordinary, which was issued on the 7th instant, we learn tliat Parliament has been summoned for the despatch of business on Thursday, 14th June, at 2 p.m. Constable Price visited this morning a number of persons owning great cattle in ! the Borough, and warned them to keep them from grazing in the streets. If the ] friendly hint thus given is not acted upon the parties will be sued. There will be a special meeting of the school committee this evening, to hear the reply of Mr Dowling, the state schoolmaster, to certain strictures that have been passed by the committee, on his management of the school. A full report will appear in our next issue. Joseph Levesey, one of the " Seven of Preston" (the originators of the teetotal pledge), having just entered Ins ninetieth year, has been presented with nn address by the Temperance Society of Preston, j and has received presents from all parts of the United Kingdom. j The usual fortnightly meeting of the Loyal Manchester Lodge, 10.0. F., | M.U , was held on Tuesday night last. One candidate was elected and initiated, and one proposed for membership 'I he question of bye laws was considered and will be brought on again at next meeting. The Auckland Charitable Institutions, to which Mr Costly left such large sums, are not to receive the benefits without a struggle. It is now well known that strenous efforts will be made by relatives in Christchurch to upset the will. In this case the " gentlemen of the long robe" will enjoy some excellent pickings. It is is very evident that the various ' Governors which --ew Zealand has had all agree in having an utter detestation >f [Wellington. Sir Arthur Garden *el np an establishment in Christchurch, wl ere he spent most of his time; and we notice that Sir William Jervois purposes to stay at Auckland as long as is compatible with the discharge of his official duties. The long-looked-for Foresters' Ball ; will be held to-morrow night in the Town Hall. Preparations of the most elaborate description have been made, to render the affair a striking success, aud invitations have been forwarded to the officers of kindred societies. The number of tickets disposed of is very large, and is a guarantee that the attendance will be the largest thafe has ever graced a ball in Feilding. The old saying that "it never rains but what it pours " is likely to bo verified as follows : — After many years talk about a local brass band, the Makino-Feilding brass band was recently started, and is now in good working order. An effort, however, has been made, and has somewhat progressed, for tho formation of a band for Feilding alone, to consist of about 30 performers. Should the movement succeed, and there seems every prospect of it, it will soon be true of Feilding that "music fills the balmy air." The mail coach from Wellington to Foxton on Tuesday last met with a series of mishaps, that resulted in the mails being left behind at Otaki, and which did not arrive at their destination until last evening. At tie foot of the Paikakariki hill two goats crossing the road startled the horses, so that the coach was upset. After this was put right, when the coach got on the beach the horses bolted and smashed up the conveyance so that the mails could not be brought on. The passengers did not arrive in Foxton until a very late hour. Mr Sherwill, of the firm of Halcombe and Sherwill, and Mr Dawson, manager of the Bank of Australasia, took their departure yesterday morning for a lengthened tour through the North Island on horseback. Tbey propose visiting the Hot Springs, and other places and objects of interest in the interior. They pro eed through the Manawatu Gorge to Napier, from thence to Taupo and Rotomahana, and overland to Auckland, visiting Pate* tere on the way. They will be absent for about a month, and we hope will haro an enjoyable trip. The case of the two boys who were charged at the R.M. Court yesterday with throwing stones, for which offence their parents were fined Is each, wiih instructions from the Magistrate to the father of young Bellve, to gire him a good flogging, (the other boy, Price, hay. ing already suffered that punishment), should be a waramg to other lads to desist from the foolish and dangerous practice referred to. The law, as represented by the R.M. and our local policeman, is determined to be obeyed in this matter, and the parents of those children who disobey i( will do well to follow the example of Constable Price and give them a sound " lambing" for their misconduct. We commend Mr Price for his action, nnd also for the impartiality manifested iv bringing his own son before the Magistrate.

The steamer Hawea went ashore yesterday. The second mate mistook Wai--tara light for New Plymouth. When the tide made she floated off. No damage to the ship has, as yet, been , discovered. Mr George Dixon, cordial manufacturer of Wellington, has received a heavy order from Sydne}' for his ginger ale. For years p- ■■■ the .tra ted waters manufactured by Mr Dixon have been the most popular on ship-board in the Australian waters. The Government are taking active steps to bring into operation the clauses in Amended Land Act of last session, providing for the leasing of rural lands. There are 2.264 acres on the West Coast, offered at upset rentals, ranging from Is 9d to 2s Gd per acre per annum. Any , person of 18 years and upwards can become a lessee under this system. A fireman named Samuel Chesson, employed ou the southern express, Canterbury, was killed on Monday last. He was standing with one foot on the tender and the other on the engine, when the coupling parted and Chesson fell. The whole train passed over him, mangling him dreadfully. His neck was broken, and his right hand and left foot cut off. He was 20 years of age, and unmarried. The members of the Borough Council have evidently made up their minds not to let the fact of the usual day for holding the fortnightly meeting happening on a general holiday interfere with the business of the Borough, as on Monday evening they passed a resolution for the next meeting to be held on Thursday, the 241h instant. That this will be the Queen's birthday was not mentioned till the resolution had been carried, but they decided not to alter it. It is nn interesting nnd amusing fact t at some of the parties who were so terribly afraid of having their properties included in the Feilding Borough are biting their fingers over the fact of their shyness. Under the Borough, ratepayers have only the ordinary shilling, and possibly special rate to pay, but those outside have to pay a County rate for main roads, the Carnarvon - Sandon Highway rate, tramway rate, and special rate for district roads, to which is added the County rate, and for all of which th-y do not receive one farthing of benefit.