Local & General News.

Feilding Star, Volume IV, Issue 14, 12 July 1883, Page 2

Local & General News.

The 'Frisco mail closes at the Feilding Post Office to-morrow afternoon. We are glal to learn that Mr Stevens, M.H.E., is rapidly recovering from his recent severe illness. A manufacturer of potted meats has been arrested in London for using donkey's flesh in his business. A paper yacht, to be propelled by steam, is nearly ready for launching at Lansingburg, N.Y., and the experiment promises to be a success. New Zealand rautl on is being sold at ;10gd per lb, in London, and is said by epicures to be in every way equal, when cooked, to English mutton, for which 2d to 3d.per lb more is charged. ( " f A spark from the engine of a' steam roller flew into a girl's eye; with there? suit ot involving the Melbourne Corporation in damages and cost's to the amount of overfloOO.. .._. . ; : - V : .;' U:t. Nellie Palmer, a strong-minded female, has been lecturing in the States-on '* Hell and its Tortures." She addresses 1 her lectures > ' to unmarried ■> men. •< ; iN o doubt she thinks married men know; all about it already. The "bit of blue" has been donned by 400 persons at Temuka; and at a place ; not-far from 'Eeildih'gi! where there is only " one hotel, the proprietor assures us;' the business of the hous'e l! i8 all tout ruinedb'y ■ the increasing growth of the "army !', T / r Edward A. Grigg, a printer, was arrested at Palmeraton r .pn ■; Tuesday under a 1 warrant of committal jfprla^month's. imprisonment in default of finding sureties on a charge of wife desertion"'" The warrant was issued at Wellington, where the prisoners wife and family'are residing. 1 He was taken to the Wanganui gaol. On Monday afternoon a boy in, the^ Collegiate School,' at, Wanganui, was charged by one of the masl^rs withshaking a form,. and disturbing^ the which he was punished. Next day it was proved that the boy was ; ianocent, the " mischief" having been done by an. earthquake. : .v-l We are sorry to have to record - the death of Mrs Port, of Makinb Koad, which took place yesterday morning. Deceased had been a great invalid for more than two years, and had been confined to her bed for many months, and for some time past no hopes had been entertained of her recovery. With reference to the accident to Mr Lightbourne, at Halcotube, reported 'by _ us on Tuesday, it appears that Mr Pybus was on the same horse, and was also thrown violently to the ground, receiving a severe, fracture of the skull. > Dr Lightbourne, who is attending him, reports his favorable progress. l The Crichton v Jones case was concluded in the Supreme Court, Wellington, on Tuesday. Verdict was given for Cri'chtou for 40s damages, and costs awarded to him in the two cases to the extent of £30," His Honor holding that Jones had abandoned the tenancy of the premises in question. The Feilding witnesses returned to town to-day, i . > - 1< A meeting of the Manchester Cricket 1 Club was held at Roe's Hotel on Saturday evening last to consider the state of the (ground,, and for general business. A balance'- sheet was presented ,by the treasure!* which showed a deficiency of £4 9s lOd. As' tlie attrndance'was father ■mall; the further discussion of the ground was postponed till an adjourned meeting, which it was decided to hold on Saturday! the 2lßtunst.;^ ij - oi*i, > "* •< Monday last was a red-letter day at' the laonuii (Bunny thorpe) School, the occasion' being the annual distribution' of prizes, between ,60 and 7,0 ,b00ks .were distributed by 'Mr Walter Bailey, and the 'proceedings terminated with three cheers for the Master (Mr Seaton) and the committee." •'" After the* ■prizes to tlie' scholars' had'beenjgiven away, two very hnndsome 'volumes were presented to Miss Ellen Prrndergast by the comrnittoe, in recognition of her services as cadet-teacher.

I Jv:izai'e{h has dovt v telei;r:ii;'.i oilire, the first opened in the HolyLtfnd. The Iris"' prisoners under ilie Coercion Act are now deprived of the privilege of friends' visits. The largest nuuiber of words ever sent in one despatch was wired to London for the Daily Telegraph during the coronation of the Czar. Ihe despatch contained 110,000 words. A phenomenon known as a parhelion or mock sun was recently seen at Dorchester, England. Some alarm was felt among the country people, and two women fell on their knees in prayer in the street, thinking the world was coming to an end. The meteor was also distinctly seen at Weymouth. An enlargement of the Halcotnbe railway station is to be made by the northern end being brought out to the platform, and flush with the oiher Bart of the bui ding. The addition will give extra accommodation for luggage. Mr Nicholas, of Feildinc, has been entrusted with the work. A correspondent writing to the Melbourne Argus on the question of malting in bond, made the statement that " barley is grown in California, New Zealand, etc., sent on to England (16,000 miles away), and from thence supplied to the very markets we have within two or three days sail from us, and where the consumers have shown themselves anxious to trade with us." The whipping post for wife beaters is to be set up in Illinois, America. The law not only provides that any husband who assaults his wife shall be whipped upon the bare back, but that he shall pay all costs of prosecution. We look forward to the day when whip- i ping posts for wife beaters shall adorn the land as the indices of an advanced civilization. We call the attention of those persons who wish to stock their gardens and orchards to Messrs Hal corn be & Sherwill's auction sale's of fruit and ornamental trees, shrubs, &c. To-morrow at 1 p.m. the produce of Mr Hanneke's nursery, near .Vlarton, will be disposed of, and on Saturday, at 1.30, {he plants offered for. sale will be from the establishment of Mr James Laird, of Wangauui. ' The frequent complaints that have been made by travellers of the insufficient manner in which the refreshment rooms at the Halcombe railway station are conducted demand that the. department ahould~lihtirqducc some stringent. clause in the: lease (which is to be tendered for [ on the 16th inst.), to prevent a recurrence of the neglect winch has distinguished the vitualling department for many .months. The person who gets the lease ifor-the next- term should be made to understand that selling drink is not the 'only object of the establishment. Sir George Grey, when speaking on the motion against Central Government, referring to a part of Major Atkinson's speech, said, " The 'Treasurer had said, with extreme unction, that they had a community of interest. The Treasurer and his relatives in many departments of the Government had a community of interest, which increased day by day, and made it more difficult to displace them." Why doesn't the gallant Knight of Kawau move for a return of all relatives of the Colonial Treasurer, directly or indirectly, connected with the Civil Service of the Colony ? . | The following paragraph appeared in any American ipaper iin 1879. It is no' doubt the foundation of the more recently : elaborated article on the. . same subject; which has been 1 going the rounds of New Zealand, papers :— Among the sensations of the day ' is' the successful ascent of Mount 7 by f . an .Englishman, ■Mr Bryce,' "of Lincoln's Inn, London. The mountain; is : 17,212 ifeet : high, .and in the last 4000 feet Mr Bryce had to i gojijalpnelt <The Armenians i of the region about Ararat consider the, mountain Inaccessible, and believe that N o'ali's Ark is B till to be found, on the summit. : ! In' another column will ba found the 'business, notice; of Mr G. ■ Lorimer, from [Edinburgh, and late with Mr S. H , Drew. Mr Lorimer ihas; started in -business for' himself as a manufacturing ..jeweller, watchmaker,- itc.,^opposite the'Conveht, Victoria Avenue, Wanganui. The establishment,-, is fitted with ; first-class machinery^ of '-local — 'manufacture, 'the rolling-machine being from the foundry pfjMr'P'," Murray; and tlife draw bench' being -cpniitiuctied- by, ,!Mr 5 Ferry. iThe proprietor. is aYe to turn out in first-rate style'every article known in the jewellery line. Watches and clocks- are also made and repaired by practical-workmen.