Local & General News.

Feilding Star, Volume IV, Issue 48, 25 September 1883, Page 2

Local & General News.

9 Mr THlery Gilbert will be in Feildinj; on Thursday next. A local tenderer is likely to secure the | right of advertising on the whole of the railway between Foxkm and Waitara. The Oroua County Council will sit on Tuesday, the 2nd October, at the request of several members, instead of on Saturday, as intimated by us in our last issue. Two horses belonging to Mr Lewers were run into by the engiue of the train 'on Saturday night, and were somewhat injured, but not severely so. A lady preacher occupied t?ie pulpit of the Primitive Methodist Church on Sunday morning last, when Mrs Douglas, of Cninpbelltown, delivered an able and very edifying discourse. All of our local hop-f;rowers have extended tiie aiva of their gardens this season. There is every probability that the favorable cr p liui-ested last year will be surpassed by thu next picking. The Rev. J. Jones returned on Friday last from Wellington, where he had been attending the Synod. Largo congregations attended St. Johns's Church 'both for the morning and evening services on Sunday. We are informed that the Rev. S. Griffith, of Palmerston, is about to resign the pastorate ot the Wesleyan Church there, and also to secede from the Wesleyan body altogether. It is understood that he will join the Plymouth Brethren. We would remind our citizen soldiers of the Captain's parade in the Town Hall at 7 o'clock this evening. Every member, including the band, is required to roll up. The parade will wnd uv with a inarch round the town. Those members requiring ammunition for next Saturday's practice can obtain it by applying to Lieut. Blackmore. An attempt at a bolt was made by a young mare attached to Mr Cottrell's parcel delivery cart yesterday afternoon. The animal was startled by a whip flourished by a youngster, and commenced at a run which was interrupted by the trap upsetting by collision with a stump. The m.ire fell also, and was promptly I secured by Mr Downes, who was riding past at the time. A few moments sufficed to extricate the mare and right the trap, when it was found that no damage had been done either to horse or tr.ip. On Sunday Mr Samuels, of Awahuri, was trying to catch a 3 year old filly when the animal attempted to jumped a fence, and in doing so became staked in a very nasty and awkward manner. It was completely balanced on the top of the fence, and was with great difficulty got off. The bowels protruded, and it bled considerably. Mr R. Logan, who happened to be present, at once made use of his veterinary knowledge by attending to the unfortunate animal, and stitching up the wound. Some of the settlers in the neighborhood of the Makino and Mackay's roads are being subjected to very great annoyance from their sheep and lambs being worried by dogs. Mr Bauckham has had nearly 20 ewes in lamb, killed, and others injured. The ownership of these ferocious curs has not yet been ascertained, although active means are being used to find it out, which, it is sincerely to be hoped, will succeed. It is thought they may belong to some Maoris who are known to be camping in the neighborhood in 6earch of fuDgus; bnt, whosoever they may be, it is more than likely that they are unregistered. Whether they are or not, however, makes no differe'nee; they should should not be allowed to worry peoplo's stock, and very stringent measures should be used to bring their owners to boot, and put a stop to this grievous annoyance.

The first instalment of timber from Messrs Roots and Co's Mill for the newForesters' Hall in Bowen street, was placed upon the ground this morning. An adrertiserof a patent medicine state? tluit no tkmv comet is genuine unless it Ims the words "Doctor Blank's Liver Pills" printed on its tail. Miss Webb, sister of the noted swimmer, Captiiin Webb, who was drowned at [Niagara, who has lately been living at the Oape, become franfic on h aring of her brother's death, and drowned herself. A newspaper is much excitod over what it calls the " Diseased Wife's Sister Bill." But what the wife's disease was, and why her sister's name was Bill, is not at all plain in the article discussing the subject. Over the stall of a public writer m La Rue dv Bac, in Paris, is the following inscription: "M. Ueehard, public writer, advising compiler, translates the tongues, explains the language of flowers and sells fried potatoes. Speaking of violent and bitter language lately used freely in the House of Commons, the London Times says that sterner demeanour on the part of the House will before long be necessary in view of these revolting excesses. Messrs Stevens and Gorton report that at their sale to-day the attendance was good. 120 cattle and 270 sheep were yarded. Bidding was brisk for steers and sheep, but was dull for female cattle. Fat cows, 85s ; forward steers, 100s to l]os ; 3-year-old steers, 96s ; 18---months mixed, 455; calves, 32s 6d to 30s; fat wethers, 13s. Patti's salary is £1000 a night. In the opera "Lucia" she is on the stage (during three acts) just 62 minutes. This gives her £16 a minute. This average rate of respiration is about 18 a minuto, so that for each brpath she draws nearly £1. In " Lucia" thero are 1200 words and 2800 notes. Patti is therefore paid about 17s a word, and nearly 7s a note. We still think it desirable to call the attention of the public (o the fact that the shops close at 7 o'clock each evening except Saturdaj'S. Lnst night although, the hour was punctually observed so far as closing the doors wna concerned, we noticed in one or two shops several customers making purchases, though living only a few yards away, while others were outside attempting in vain to get in. It is to be hoped the " Feilding Early Closing Act, 1853," will always be as rigidly enforced as it was last night. The author of Box and Cox is said to be a charity patient in the Plnladelphian Asylum. The composer of Kathleen Mavourneen is in almost equally poor circumstances. The author of " Home Sweet Home" has often gone supporless to bed. These examples surely ought to have a deterrent effect on people who feel themselves moved towards producing similar works. We may almost say that they have, because nothing to equal them has been produced in the last decade. An Order in Council has been issued making new regulations for the auditing of .'-chool Committee accounts, in lieu of those made in 1878, which are repealed. The new rules require every School Committee to make up its accounts for each year ending 31st December, not later than 15 days afterward, and to submit such accounts forthwith to an auditor appointed by the Education Board of the district. The Board is to appoint an auditor, who is to report fully on the committees' accounts, as to whether they are correct, duly vouched, and according to law or not ; and if not, in what respects they are defective. It is notified that the £6000 Toted by Parliament as a graat-in-aid to all free public libraries whose income is not less than £2, will be distributed on the 31st January next. The distribution will not be in proportion to the several incomes of the libraries ; but a nominal addition of £25 will be mado to the amount of each income, and the vote of £0000 will be divided in proportion to the amounts as thus augmented, but so that no institution shall receive more thaa £50 ami that no payment shall be made in reaped of income derived from endowments or erants from Borough or County Councils, or of moneys received for building purposes and not simply for the library itself. With the example of the farmers in the Wairarapa before them, it is surprising that the farmers and settlers in theOroua Downs are displaying so much listlessness in the matter of rabbit exterminaa tion, In the Wairarapa the evil has assumed such huge dimentions that the efforts of rabbit catchers backed up by the powers of the law, are insufficient to keep down the increase of this dreadful pest. A few pounds judiciously spent at the present time in the Oroua will save the expenditure ot thousands in the near future. It is much to be regretted that farmers are often too narrow-minded to recognise the fact that occasional liberality is often the cause of a great benefit to themselves as well as their neighbors. A gentleman from India who has had great experience in tea planting and who possesses large capital is (says the Wairoa Gazette) about talking a trip to see the land in the Kaikua Valley with a view to its adaitability for tea-raising. Should he succeed in getting a subitable site, he proposes to utiltie eoollie labour in its production, that tea can be grown in this North Auckland climate is a fact established beyond a doubt. Hitherto, the labour and cost of its manufacture has been its objection, but if coolie or other cheap can be introduced, there is no doubt that a wide field for capital and enterprise will yield a rich, return of revenue to its owners. (