Local & General News.

Feilding Star, Volume IV, Issue 58, 18 October 1883, Page 2

Local & General News.

■ # ' ' ■■•"•■■•'. There will be a meeting of the committee of the Manchester Horticultural Society held at the office of the , Manchester Road Board on Saturday erening next, at 8 p.m. Messrs Halcombe and SherwiU's next stock sale will take place on Tuesday, the 23rd instant. Entries for this sale are unusually good, and should attract a large circle of buyers. Contractors should not forget that tenders for putting in culverts and forming a portion of Wilson's road must be in at the Manchester Road Board's office by noon on Saturday next. , The total financial results of the visit ! of Mr W. 'K. Redmond to the West Coast (Middle Island) is £1438, or £400 more than was expected , altogether in .Nevr ! Zealand. The West Coast is determined never to lose its reputation as being the most open-handed and liberal place in whole colony. At a meeting of the vestry of St.. Tonn's Church, held on Thursday evening, it was decided to put the financial condition of the church in a better footing, and that the parish be divided into lections, to be canvassed by the members of the vestry. The object will be to collect outstanding subscriptions. Persons inclined to undertake the collection of rates, either for the whole of the Oroua County, or for the separate ridings -respectively, are reminded that tenders for the collecting will be received by the Chairman till 10 o'clock a.in- on Monday next. Contractors should also bear in mind £hat tenders for certain works in the county, as advertised tn.another column must be in by the same time. Flans and specifications maybe seen at the office of the County Council. In another column, under the wellknown heading of Glasgow House, appears an announcement from the proprietor Mr George Crichton, that the season's goods have arrived, and are now open for selection by his numerous clientelle. It will, be * seen that the increased requirements of the business hare madeit necesv sary for the employment of a skilled milliner, from Wellington, who has brought an assorted stock of all the newest, modes and fashions for the coming season, that has hitherto been unequalled on the : Mancli ester Block. Saturday next is tne ' day selected when the ladies of Feilding are : invited to inspect Mhe great show of millinery * which will be on that day, for tbefiTst time, "opened; to' their view in the millinery show room, on the premises, Manchester street.

The English Mail will arrive by the 6.30 train this evening. The pj9t office will be open from 7 to 7.30 p.m. The Napier Daily Telegraph says: — We learn from Mr E. Lyndon, auctioneer, that during the storm on Saturday last hia gauge registered a rainfall of l£ inches. ' Pa, is it right to call a man born in Poland a Pole P' 'Of course my child.' ' Well, then, if a man is born in Holland is he a If ole ?' ' Tut, tut ! I'll answer no more of your silly questions. The cricket match, Married v. Single, which was left unfinished, will be concluded on Saturday*'nert, and a return match commenced thereafter. Players are requested to be on the ground «t 2 p.m. We are in Formed, on good authority, that the Rev. S. Griffith, has, after consultation with some of his senior : and official brethren, reconsidered his intention of seceding from the ministry of the Wesieyan Church, the duties of which he will now continue to discharge. Ether the Borough funds of Nelson are m a flourishing condition, or the people are waxinsfpoor in that sleepy city. A sum of £100 had to be voted from the rates to pay the expenses of the gubernatorial visit to-morrow. The inference is that the loyalty of the Nelson folk has a rateable value. A Mormon settlement was broken up at Dedham, Mass., on September 11th, and Elder Kvans, who had a large number'j'of Yankee wives, was 'sentenced to Ihvee years in the penitentiary for immoral practices. His wives came into court, nndexp r essed their belief/in Mormonism, and'defended polygamy. The Borough Council calls for tenders for forming 48 chains of the Railway Line Road, from North street to Port's Crossing ; also for 17 chains of metalling in Warwick and Fergusson streets. Pluns and and specification to be seen at theJßorough'Councii office, and tenders must be lodged not later that the 25th instant. Mr Young, greengrocer, has now received the "first fruits" of the season, and is submitting some splendid specimens at thp lowest rates; being perishable, "they must be disposed of. We hare made a careful examination of the pine apples and pronounce them excellent. Other fruits are in equally good condition. Mr Young has made arrangements for a regular supply of all the best tropical fruits by each steamer to Foxton and Wanganui. % The Post says the latest and bitterest Egyptian curse is not without warning to makers and wearers of fashonable hats. It consists in the formula, uttered with solemn fury, " May God make you wear a chimney-pot h at ." To the Egyptian imagination this is the climax of impiety and wretchedness. The Mohammedan sees in the brim of this article a hindrance to touching the forehead on the. ground in prayer. He discovers in the black barrel-shaped head-dress the maximum of discomfort and the minimum of protection. Hence this latest and most popular form of Egyptian imprecation; , The business card of Messrs G. Hi Clapham and Co., tailors' and outfitters, of Victoria Avenue, Wanganui, will he found elsewhere., The principal, , Mr; Clapham, was, for about nine years putter at the establishment of Mr Geo. Flyger, which should be a sufficient guarantee, that patrons of the new firm will secure a good fit. They have a splendid lot of tweeds to select from, and if need be are prepared to turn out a suit to measure within 10 hours of the order being given. A new and varied 'stock of hats, ties, and: general hosiery will also be found at this new establishment, which is opposite! Chavanne's Hotel. I ■. ., .. -„-.. A clergyman of a neighboring township received a post- card recently from a' person who, though not now a resident, is ; well-known in Feilding,aricL?r»s generally considered to be somewhat eccentric. , The missive was. to the following effect, omitting a few of the most absurd details: — "Dbae Sib,— l dreamed last night that you were drowned in Auckland har- ( bor. As this has much distressed me, kindly write per return and say if this is true." The rev. gentleman, who is himself our; authority for the story, replied at once in substance as follows : — " My Deab Sir.— l am afraid you hare been eating something which doesn't agree with you. I am happy to inform you that I am still alive and well, and at present have no prospect of lying at the bottom. of the sea. Take my advice, and try the effect of a few doses of physic."