Local & General News.

Feilding Star, Volume IV, Issue 40, 6 September 1883, Page 2

Local & General News.

The Borough Council will meet this evening at 8 o'clock. It is stated on good authority that still another lawyer is about to establish himself in Feikling.. Messrs Bailey, Bros., of Taonui, were the successful tenderers for supplying the 500,000 feet of white pine in logs for the Wanfanui Siisli and Door Factory. At a meeting held at the Town Hall yesterday a strong Provisional Directory was elected to form a company, to W called the Feilding Co-operative Company , for the purpose of taking over the businesses now conducted by Messrs Lowers. Thompson, . Loudon, , and Haybittle. A meeting of the Directory* will", be held in the Town Hall on Tuesday evening next at 8 p.m. ' "

Major &}*oure u«s already iet a cous'iderable portion of the bush fellinu on lii^ newly acquired property at ELhvitea. The present lambing season is said to be exceptionally favorable iv the neighborhood of Feilding. The coach didnotrench Foxtonin time to catch the evening train yesterday. Four M.H.R.'a were on board ; perhaps that had something to do with it. Mr Fowles has succeeded in taking some very fair photographs by artificial light. The magnesium light. and., instantaneous dry plates were used. A npw jonrnal called the Egmont Courier has published its first issue. The Hawern Star speaks in high terms of the papei and its conductor. The settlers near the junction of the Ashursl and Taonui rotids are about to petition for die establishment of a school. There are some 50 children who would attend. Mr Charles Diiys, timber merchant, of Mannia, called a privaJr meeting of his creditors last week. The total nssets of the estate wore estimated at £1210, and the liabilities at £I<XX>. We call atfentiou to tho advertisement of Mr Webb, the manager of tho Devon Saw Mills, Halcombe. Tenders are ivquired for fell inc. lodging, and delivering timber at the mill, and are to be hiinded in on or before Wednesday the 12th instant. We notice that owners are no'.r paying their sheep rates at the local Po.it Office instead of remitting tii-m (o the Inspector as hitherto. This is tho beginning of a sy.-U'in which might with advantage be extended to many other payments of a like nature. A correspondent asks whether the use i.i" the Public Library is confined strictly to residents within the Borough, and whether the Librarian is empowered to refuse anyone on tho ground that he lives too far from town-- six miles. A passenger by train yesterday informed us that a wonderful reformation had, in the short space of a month, been effected by the blue ribbon among the Maoris between Manawatu and Wnnganui, nine out of ten now being staunch abstainers. And much they needed it. Messrs V. and J. Bartholomew have just received a powerful engine froni the foundry of Mr David Murray, Wanganni. I hey find this necessary to enable them to extend their sawmill sufficiently to meet a large and increasing demand for timber of all descriptions. The Feilding Odd Fellows Lodge was subjected to loss and some inconvenience by the sinking of the Waitara. The dispensation under which the Lodge wou'd havi- been worked, and a lame quantity of stationery were on board when the ship went down. The other evening Mr Thomas Sexton won three games of chess in succession, at the Denbigh Hotel. During the whole time he lay upon a couch in the room with his eyes closed. He neither saw the men placed on the board, nor anything that transpired in connection with the games. The following tenders have" been received, by the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company for No 11 contract, Palmerston : — Accepted :J. and D. Wilkie, £13,0-4 10s Bd. Declined : Patrick Skelly, £12,177 7s 6d ;< J/Saunders, £16,422 16s; E. J. Armstrong, £18,787. Notwithstanding that firewood in unlimited quantities is standing or lying "all round the town," and that the highest price is obtainable for it, considerable difficulty has, throughout the winter, been experienced in getting it supplied. This is another evidence of. a happy state of. things. No unemployed in this purl, unless by their own choice. Government is going to assist the poor overtaxed sheep farmers down South, to protect their flocks from the ravages of the kea parrot. Tho " down trodden serfs" will have to contribute £ for £ to the money raised locally to destroy the pest. Why the Government should make the people pay for what should bo done by the sheep formers themselves, or their shepherds, is not very clear. Pure philanthropy perhaps ! Some time ago Mr Salisbury advertisedinourcoluinns the loss of a foal and offered ,a reward for its recovery, of which, however, all hope had been well-nigh abandoned. During the whole time the animal was onlj#within about a chain of the front door of the house, as Mrs Salisbury, whose husband is from home, discovered its remains in the creek in the garden, where it appeared to have fallen in without power to extricate itself; We are glad to learn that in spite of all the adverse criticisms which have been I passed on the soil of Patetere. the gardens being formed at Lich field. grow everything in a remarkable way. There are now primroses, narcissus, and violets already out, and the annemonies are budding and will be in full bloom in another week. Jtoses of oil kinds, are, coming' on:splendidly and by tho end of the summer will, make a magnificent show. ■ ; The sagacity of the canine species was rather strikingly illustrated the other day in Feilding. A certain housewife was about to draw water from; a well, and by some means fell- in. The accident was, observed' by** the dog belonging-' to the house, who at- once, looking down the well as if anxious to jump in to the rescue of liis mistress, set up such a terrible Barking" and howling' as Attracted the attention of the husband, wYio immedi-ately-rescued his wife from what might have been' death,, but nhat. fortunately was only an involuntary baptism by.immersion. • That do h lias amply repaid his registration fee. . • . . i '

Ail' Gilbert iVJair, Native Land Purchase Commissioner, is at present transacting business with a number of Feilding .Natives in Palmerston. | To day's Chronicle say« — Frem the prices sent in for various contracts in this district it is perfectly evident that the much-vaunted timber tariff has broken down and for the present, at any rate, the Manawatu sawmillers are likely to compete for the public advantage, instead of combining to the public disadvantage. Among the improvements now going on in town, we notice that Mr Fowles is having.an addition made io his shop m Manchester street, and Mr H. Worsfold is having a considerable enlargement, consisting of a new frontage, made to his residence in Queen street. It is pleasing to see Councillors improving the appearance and value of the borough at their own private cost. Several purchasers at tho sale on Satui'day last of surburban sections along the Railway Line, or those persons to whom some of them have been transferred, nave " concluded" to erect buildings upon them either for their own residence or letting purposes. They have been partly induced to do so by the fact that metalling the road facing tho properties has been ordered to be one of the first of the scheduled public works, to be executed by the Borough Council. The Horticultural Society acted very - wisely on Tuesday evening in re-electing their former Committee, the only change made being that Mr Kirton was appointed lo the vacancy caused by Mr Roe's election as one of tho Vice-Prosidents, and tiiat Messrs Stevens and Loudon's names were added. The Committee worked very unitedly and energetically together last year, and their re-appointment is a suffici.'iii. guarantee for the success of the forthcoming shows. Tho right of drivers to dijpoie of the boxaeat at there own instance him been challenged by Mr F. T. Wolaely. Euroke, near Walgett, who wns a panitnger by coach from Nyngnn. to Bourkp on the 25th June. He desired to keep the same seat to the end of the journey, but attempting to get up on the coach the driver pulled him off, and n*id " he'd be d d if he would allow him to get ou to tho bos-seat." A fine of 20s with 4Ss 6d costs mhowed the drirer that the Bench considered he hud exceeded his powers. _____________