Local & General News.

Feilding Star, Volume IV, Issue 9, 30 June 1883, Page 2

Local & General News.

« In a recent breach of promise case in Canada, it was shown that the lady wrote to her lover only eight times a day ! We again call attention to the state of the bridge near Mr Oliver's property on the Makino Koad. The bridge has been minus one hand-rail for a considerable time, and the decking is all but worn through. It is a high time the authorities gave their attention to the matter, so as to lessen the possibility of an accident. Not with tsanding the fact that we have frequently drawn attention to the numerous breaches of Borough Bye law Ho. 111, which provides that no driver of any veh'cle shall drive or stand in any street or public place within the Borough within sunset and sunrise, without proper lamps alight, the nuisance continues unabateii. A summoned meeting of the Court Loyal, Feilding. A.0.F., was held on Tuesday evening last for the election of officers for the ensuing term. The following were elected :— P.C R. Bro Worsfold, C.R; Bro A. Pinsent, SCR.; P.C.R. Bro Foster, Secretary (reelected); • .CR. Bro P. Thompson, Treasurer ; Bro R. D. Worsfold, S.W.; BroT. Huckstep, J.W.; Bro J. Turner, 5.8. ; Bro J. Thomas, J. 1 .. Tho building committee was authorised to carry out the arrangements for erecting n Foresters' Hall without delay.

The liaenelor's Ball held last night in (he Town Hall was a great success. An empty home in C>|>el.ind street, Wanganui, the property of a Mr Simons, was destroyed by fire on Thursday night. A chess club is about to be formed at Sanson, and Mr Thomas Sexton, of Feilding, is to inaugurate the opening by an exhibition, of blind-fold play. Sir William Jenner says that in Itlay, children when not nursed are fed on a pap of boiled bread mixed with garlic and oil, washed down with sour wine and water. A team of juvenile footballists arrived from Halcombe by the mid-day train today, and are playing a match on the Oval against " our boys " as we go to press. At a recent execution in Japan it took thirteen strokes of the sword to decapitate the criminal. The edge of the instrument had been purposely dulled, in order to make the agony as great as possible. We learn that one or two local Insurance Agents are likely to resign in consequence of the Offices they represent having declined to carry out the reductions in the present high tariff rates as recommended by the said agents. The following paragraph appears in the European Mail:— "A fish called a 'groper, weighing 251 b, which had been sent over in a frozen state in the ship Dunedin, from Australia, was exhibited outside the shop of Mr J. S. Fitter, Leadenhall Market, a few days ago." The sanitary inspectors nt Paris lately stumbled over an establishment where operators were busily engaged in maunfacturjns; ground acorns and burnt wheat into a stiff paste, which was then stamped into coffee beans. These were then coloured with an alcoholic solution of colophone, '" to give them a rich Mocha colour," and packed in bags for sale. The attention of contractors is directed to a notice elsewhere from the Town Clerk with reference to fresh tenders being invited for protective works. The flood has necessitated an alteration in the plans and specifications, which, as altered, are to be seen at the Borough office, where the tenders are to be lodged by 4 o'clock on Thursday next. An amazon died recently at Buenos Ayresat the age of 100 years, whose eventful career deserves mention. From her twentieth year she had been a regularly enrolled member of the Second Regiment of Cavalry, wearing the dashing uniform with enormous spurs. From its ranks she selected the seven husbands whom fate has torn successively from her arms, leaving her to die alone. The first meeting of the creditors of W. Lingard, brewer, took place at Wanganui on Thursday. There was a large attendance. The grand total of liabilities was found to £13,317 6s 7d, and the total estimated deficiency £3,907 6s 7d. . he debtor made a long statement of hi. affairs, and answered a number of questions. A motion to oppose his obtaining his discharge, the expense to come out of the estate, was lost on a show of hands. Apropos of the article in another column under the heading of "Temperance Beverages," it seems there is at least one that corresponds to its title. Sir Wm. Fox writes to the Wanganui Herald with reference to a certain non-intoxicating wine, which he says has been tested over and over again in Great Britain and Ireland by hostile professors and skilled analysists, and always pronounced en« tirely free from alcohol. This, he says, is used for sacramental purposes in 1200 churches, including many in New Zealand. The well-known "sensitive plant" which folds up its leaves when touched is said to be altogether eclipsed iv sensitiveness by another species of acacid, called the " angry plant," growing in Virginia and Nevada. At sunset it folds its leaves, and coils up its twigs like a pig's tail. The plant when bandied shows evident signs of uneasiness. It prows about 8 feet high, and when shifted to a new spot, it is described as having gone •' very mad." Its leaves began to stand up like the hair on the tail of an angry cat, and soon the whole plant was in a violent quiver. At the same time it emitted a most unendurable odour, and was fully an hour before it settled down in peace. The marriage of Mr Postans, the master of the Marton public school, to Miss Flavall, of Makino, took place in St. John's Church on Ihursday afternoon. The ceremony was performed by the Rev J. .Tones, the choir rendering their assistance in the service. The bridesmaids were Miss L. Flavall, sister of the bride, Miss Howie, of No. 2 Line, Wanganui, and the Misses K. and A. heading. The bridegroom's "best man" was Mr Stevens, postmaster of Feilding, and one of his oldest friends, the other attendants being Mr S. Fiavall. brother of the bride, and MrW. Howie. The bride was " given away " by her father. As the bridal procession left the Church, which contained a number of spectators, the wedding march was skilfully peiformed on the organ by Miss Goodbehere. After the *' breakfast " and usual formalities, the happy pair departed by train en route for Napier.