Local & General News.

Feilding Star, Volume IV, Issue 32, 18 August 1883, Page 2

Local & General News.

"We are glad to welcome Major Moore back from the Old Country. This gentleman returned last night. The Oroua County Council will meet here at 10 a.m., and the Kiwitea Road Board at 2 p.m. on Monday next. An exhibition of insects is about to be held in the Tuileries Gardens, Paris. Among the exhibits will be 83 varieties of bugs, and 51 of fleas. The Key .1. ( lover, of the Feilding Primitive Methodist Church, will supply the place of the Rev. S. Griffith to-mor-row in the Wesiey&n Church, Paimerston. We are told that the Duchess of Edinburgh is never known to "' sinilt;." The inference to be <!r\vru frmu this interest' ing piece of information is, that tho ludy belongs to the Blue llibbon Army. The number of miles of railway opn for traffic in the Australian colon is are — '-ew Zealand 1344, Victoria 1216, New South Wales 996, South Australian 826, Queensland 800, aud Tasmania 180 miles. According to a local in the Evening Post the retorted gold from the Golden Crown Mine is worth " exactly" £4 per ounce. The wiseacre who made this estimate must be the man who could count nineteen at cribbage. The School Committee met last night when it was resolved to enclose the girls' playground with a board fence, and to apply to the Education Board for half the entire cost of £20, and also that the chairman and Mr Walts be the visitors for the next month. We would suggest to our local criket- | ers that the time has now arrived for them to prepare a suitable pitch for the coming season's, matches. If the matter is taken in hand in a proper spirit, no difficulty will be experienced in raising the necessary funds. One of the applicants for the post of Borough Banger and Deputy Dog Tax Collector was evidently determined that if he did not get the billet, it should not be from want of couching his application in courteoua terms, as it was addressed, "To His Worship the Mayor and Honourable Councillors," and concluded with the customary " I have the honour be" Ac. Since the meeting of tbe Borough Council on Thursday, Councillor Worsfold has given notice that at the next meeting of the Borough Council he will move— That the Town Clerk be instructed to notify to owners of unfenced toad lines within the boundaries of North, South, East, and West streets respectively, that they be requested to fence the said lineß before ths Ist of December, 1883, or the Council will proceed to do so according to the Act. The leader of the Feilding Town Band Mr Samel Daw, was a passenger by train this morning to Wanganui, which town he visits for the purpose of purchasing some musical instruments and printed music for the use of the band. With his usual goodnature Mr Daw took some of his pupils through with him in order to give them a pleasant trip. We are glad to be able to report that the Feildins Band is rapidly progressing and will prove a formidable rival to that of Y/akino. We call atteation to the anniversary services connected with the Feilding Primitive Methodist Church, which will take place to-morrow. The Rev. S. Griffith, of the Wesleyan Church, Palmerston, will preach both, morning and evening. On Monday the annual Church Soiree will be held, including the usual public tea, to bo followed by a meeting at which addresses will bo giren by several well-known ministers and gentlemen. Full particulars appear in advertisement elsewhere. England lost recently one of its veteran reformer* in Mr James Guest, who has died at the advanced age of 78 years Mr Guest claimed to be the first man who sold an unstamped newspapers in Birmingham. In 1 834 he and five others were sent to Warwick Gaol for selling unstamped papers. Mr Guest remained there for three months, treated as a common felon. When he first commenced business as a newsvendor Birmingham had only two newsvendori' shops, and the sales of stamped and unstamped papers were less than 7000 a week. Mr Hill, the Town Clerk, has very properly applied to the Borough Council for some consideration as rent fpr the. room used for the Public Library. In the report of the Finance Committee of 23rd of October last it was stated that 1 he was willing to allow the books taken over from the old library, to remain in the council room free of charge, but it was understood that the arrangement was only temporary, and would last only until the Borough should be brought under the Libraries Act, which was done by a vote of the burgesses taken on the 22nd November following. Since that time the Council has made no arrangement with Mr Hill, and we commend his request, t'>al they should do so, to their favorable consideration, aa there are, we are glad to know, upward* of 30 regular subscribers, and the room is consequently: a good dealjU.sed, and tbe number may be largely increased when new books are added to the library.

We have to acknowledge receipt of comulimentary tickets for the soiree on Monday evening. Mr W. Bowron, the Oovernraent Inspector of Dairy Factories, is at present in Wanganui, where ho will stay some days. He will lecture there on Monday night. When Feilding is to be favored with a visit from this gentleman is not stated. T'ne Rev. J. Clover delivered an excel- j lent lecture lust night in the Primitive | Methodist Church. Halcombe, on "President Garfield." Mr Linton presided. Pressure on our space precludes a lengthy report. We understand that the lecture ! will be repeated in Feilding shortly. A company of men, all of whom are six feot or over in height, have founded a town in Montana, which they have named Giantville. Lots in this town will be sold only to men six feet or more in height, who have wives five feet eight inches at least in stature. A curious case of suicide has taken place at Moscow. A young lady, well dressed with long fashionable gloves, blew her braina out with a revolver, on the steps of the new Temple to the Saviour. Her name is unknown. From the remarkable nature of her apparel we should judge the poor thing tohaye been insane. The cause of the failure of the cornet and piano duett at the concert last night nv.s this .—The performers, Messrs Currcen and Seaton, tried it over with the American organ, ;ind the cornet was arranged for this instrument. At the last moment the piano was substituted for the orsjan, and as the cornet was not adjusted to this instrument the result was a comparative failure. We sympathise with j Mr Curreen for the unfortunate mishap for which he was in no way to blame. An interesting discovery has been made by a birdcatcher named Sutherland, in Milford Sound. While pursuing his daily avocations he came upon a basin of water, which, so far as is at present known, has never been noticed before. The water is of considerable depth, and there is ample room for a ship to swing nt anchor. On proceeding to the upper sid'', he came upon a fresh-water lake of considerable size, which was divided from the basin by a narrow bar. Sutherland has forwarded a written description of his discovery to the Museum, and it will form the subject of a paper, to be read by Mr A. Mackay before the Philosophical Society.