Local & General News.

Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 104, 15 May 1883, Page 2

Local & General News.

«. Another lunatic went from Palmers ton to Wanganui in last night's train. Particulars of the forthcoming ball, to take place in Feilding on the night of the Queen's Birthday, will be advertised in our next issue. A baker, while supplying bread to the Wellington prison, handed a gaol-bird » bit of tobacco, and this illegal act of kindness cost the donor 40s. Two young ladies were fined oS each at Wellington the other day for fast and furious riding, on horseback, round a corner. The N. Z. Mail says the Mormon Elders are "gobbling up" the pretty girls of Melbourne, and are said to be a greater nuisance than the Salvation Army. It appears that the now somewhat notorious Dr Whitmaysh, who, by a false charge, recently drove his partner doctor to commit suicide, was a. prominent leader in connection with the Salvation Army movement at Home. The New Zealand Industrial Gazette concludes an article on New Zealand hops thus — " We are of opinion that a fair market price for next season's crop may also be depended on, but the hop market is ho sensitive and uncertain that it is impossible to say more. A ' fair market price ' — be it remembered is very little more than half the money at present being paid." A settler from the Makino named Nicol was in Feilding yesterday, and narrowly escaped serious injury. He was thrown from his horse when riding in Manchester street opposite Mr Stevens, the tailor's, new business premises. He attempted to remount when the horse knocked him down and trampled him under its hoofs. Mr Nicol's next effort was more successful, and he rode away apparently very little hurt. A good number of equestrians along the Palmerston road, in both directions, on Sunday, were apparently ignorant of the fact that the Awahuri Bridge over the Oroua is at present closed for traffic. The circumstance afforded too good a chance to be missed by the 'cute darkies living at the pa, who did a good trade in taking the horses through the water while their riders footed it over the bridge. The Makino Bridge in Mancheste-st. suffered considerably by the fresh which came down the stream on Saturday evening last, and its vibrations could be sensibly felt as one walked over it. The earth is being rapidly washed away from the foundations and sides of the bridge. It is otherwise getting badly out of repair, and it is high time something were done to put the bridge and its adjacent banks in proper order. Whatever may be the value of " sudden conversions," it is certain that they are sometimes very easily made, as is evident from the fact that at the meeting on Saturday night last for discussing the loan question, the seconder of the motion for rejecting the present schedule of works, declined at last to vote for the motion, and was observed to put up his hand in favor of the amendment pledging the meeting to support the Council's proposal to raise the loan. We are sorry to find there is little or no abatement of the nuisance so much complained of recently, of larrikins resorting under the verandah of Mr Thompson's store, and making a shameful disturbance as persons are passing to and from their respective places of worship on Sunday evenings. We think it is time some stringent measures were adopted for putting down this growing evil, which at present is a positive disgrace to the community. It is perhaps at least among the minor signs of progress in a community when fresh branches of the various friendly and fraternal institutions are being organised. A Eechabite Tent and Oddfellows' Lodge were not so long ago successfully started in Feilding. Johnsonville has now a lodge of the latter order, an ! Palmerston a new Freemasons' Lodge. Carterton is fioiug in for a lodee of the Order of Druids, and steps are being taken to open lodges of the same society in Palmerston North and Wanganui. An Orange Lndg', too, was recently opened in Palmerston.

Tin? local School Committee haw decided to put ventilators into the State School house . The services at St. John's Church on Sunday hist (Whit Sunday) were full choral. ! A small-p^x scare is m^re costly than many would think. Ti e cost to New South Wales of the last visitation was £81.00:). l A public subscription has been started in Tasmania for the relief of the widows : and children of the two victims of the murders at Eppmg — Wilson and Holrnan. | Return tickets -will be issued from all stations to Mart on, on Thursday, May ! 17th. for the Marton-liangiiikei Stoepltfi chase meeting. There will be no alterai tion in the time table. ' The attention of residents at Ulysses,' Jones,' Makara, Bunny thorpe, Pohangina, Whibley's, Mangaone, Junction, Valley and M idland, Wilson's Spur and Taonui Ko.ids, is directed to an advertisement of the Manchester .Road Board, in another column. The Thames Yallcy Kotorua Railway is being pushed on towards completion. Tenders arc called for the suoply and delivery of sleepers in any quantities by Messrs Stewart and Hunter, Civil Engineers, Auckland. Plans and specifications may be seen at the Public Works Office, Wanganui. The Earl of Shaftsbury, who, it will be remembered, at one time greatly favored the Salvationist movement, and liberally subscribed towards it support, now denounces the whole business in terms of the strongest reprobation, as have also \ir Spurgeou and many others of the leading clergy and laymen who were once its warm supporters. Mr John Stevens, M.Ti.R., announces that he will address the electors of Rangitikfi at Marton, Bulls, Turakina, Tutaenui, and Kiwitea on dates mentioned in the advertisement. We expect the Kiwilea settlers will be informed by Mr Stevens whether he will support the proposal to take the line of railway to Te Awamutu, through the Kiwitea Block. Constab'e McAnulty, of Foxton, arrested a man named Mahoney at the Douglas settlement yesterday, charged with wilful damage to property at the Endymion Hotel, Awahuri, on the 30th April. Mahoney was brought up this morning before ''. H. Macarthur, Esq., J.P. At prisoner's request the case was remanded until next sittings of the R.M. Court hero, to enable him to procure witnesses for the defence. As Constable Price offered no objection bail was allowed, and the case remanded accordingly.