Local & General News.

Feilding Star, Volume IV, Issue 65, 3 November 1883, Page 2

Local & General News.

Ike tender of Mr W. Spearing for the erectioa of fcho Uomna Catholic Church hag been accepted. The amount was £300. The building rs to be completed and Landed over by the 31st December. Auckland is now considered to be the most go-ah»ad city in the colony. Suburban land on the Surrey Hills sold at £40 per foot at a recant auction s.ile. | A local banking institutioa was the pur- , chaser. An exchange says : — ltosebud lips and pearly teeth are often met with in norels but the authors neyop destroy tho im- ' pression of the words by telling how often the owners of tho lips and teeth use them to eat onion*, or how seldom they eloan them. A t the termination of the inquest on the bodies cf the two men killed at the Manawntti- Wellington .Railway Works, Wellington, Thomas O 'Ma ley, tho oreraeer, was taken into t'Kßtody by the police on the Corouer'a inquisition for .manslaughter. Ii« wai immediately released on bail. We are well off for religious bodies in FeiWiug. The following is thn list : — Church of .England, Eoman Catholic, Church of Scotland, Wesleyan, Primitive Methodist, Christisn Brethren, csalvatioa Army ; and every place of worship is well attended. Some of the finest ox beef we ever ramembee. tr> have seea in Peildiajf was on riew iv Mr Gi chord s's shop yesterday 1 and f o-day. The beast; weighed, when dressed, 1010 pounds, ana shows plainly enough, what the land of thin district is capable of producing. »s ifc was fed by Mr Burrell, of Kimboltcn road, siiapiy on English j^ass growing on busJi laud. A gentleman residing in' Wantjaoai h«d a stylograph pen, which, iißTina pot out of order, he took to sereral watehmakarß See., in Wanganui, in fact to erery person thero he though;: likely to be able to pat the thing iv repair, but with no avail. Ho thon put it into the hands of lifr G-. "W. Fowles, of Fielding, who with bis U3ual mechanical ingenuity, noon put the instrument to rights to th« full satisfaction of it* owner. , Those who wish to avail thevnsolvcs of the adranfcnges of painless dentistry by moans of laughing gas, will be ab]e to do soon Thnrpday next, 8l)i inst., without requiring to risifc Wan^anui for the purpose, as we understand that Mr Greenwood, the dentist, whose visit is notified elsewhere, will hare the needful apparatus with him on that day, fit )>i» usual consulting rooms, Denbigh Hotel. On Tuesday last Drs Light bourne and Carl performed a Tery delicate operation on a man named Geghren. Some few years ago the patipat had his ilcall fractured by a kick froih a hor«e, and the bones were allowed to remain with a considerable depression on the brain. As 1 the evil effect* of th.it.- wore daily b«eont*g painfully apparent, the operation of trepanniag became This wa» iTiost successfully performed by the mcdi- 1 cal men named, and Ge^hren is not likely I u^ain to experience any i»coave»ience ' from the accident. - ,

If you want all sorts of goods at the lowest prices, read the Cash. Exchange advertisement on first page. We are glad to notice that Mr Remington has consented to close his establish* ment at 7 p.m. to comply with, the early closing arrangement. I Messrs Halcombe and Sherwill held a sale of horfies at Morphp's stables this afternoon. A fine lot of horses were entered. Notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather there was a capital attendance and good prices realized. The Manchester Road Board was to hare met at its office this afternoon. Only I Messrs Bailey and Jones, however, were present. These signed and sonlod a number of contracts, but no other business was done, as there wan not a quorum. Water proriding in Londou seams to pay. A *eloct committee of the House of Commons has found that although the water companies had spent altogether only £12.000,000 in supplying London with water, they refused to soil under £32.000.000. The Napier Telegraph gives currency to a rumor that the boat Resolute, so painfully associated with the late casualty in the inner harbor, was again in use on Sunday last, with her name painted out. The boat had the worst of reputatioas before th« accident. Her Majesty the Queen has by Order in Couari! declared that part 2 of " The Fugitive Offenders Act, of 1881," passed by the Imperial Parliament, shall apply to :\ew Zealand and ths Australian Colonies, on and after Ist January next. His Excellency the Governor has issued a proclamation to this effect. Mr Stevens has h(>d for some time in his shop window in Manchester streat some rery fine specimen* of roses, including some oi: the best of the named and most, popular varietiflf. The richness of colour and perfuma of these specimens could perhaps scarcely be excelled in Feiidin^ just now, us roses here are on tins vrliolu rather backward fliis season. The " fimperor of Morrocco" is especially ivorfch/ of notice. At fche Magistrate's Court at Asiiburton recently a man Tras sentenced to three months' imprisouniMit for cutting off the tail of his cat. On a re-hearing he was thought to hay© done it in a drunken fit, and the option was siren ot a fine of £10. which Traa immediately paid. To our readers we would say, this is a "caution." Cut off the caudal appendages of your lambs, your horses), pigs, dogs, or what not, and the law will not interfere ; but. dont curtail your cat, or it »;»y ent.til consequences which may be very unplaisant iv detail. Mr Poster has kindly furnished us with the following particulars of the Wellington district of tlie Ancient Order of Forester*, for the paofc fcwelremonths, of its operations: -Members admitted, 335, bein» the largest amount of initiation erer known in one year. The gain on tlio year is 210 members. The district represents 16 Court*, and 1.528 financial members. The value of the district funds is £1,516 135. 10d, of which £1,510 is invested at 8£ per cent. The financial gain on the year is £172 9s lld < notwithstanding £260 was paid for funeral claims. The next district meeting will be held at Blenheim. Notwithstanding the opposition to the scheme, Captain Eads's railway to carry ships bodily across the Isthmus of Tehuantepee has been begun. Captnin Eads has secured ample grants from the Mexicr.a Government to permit the prosecution of tha work, and ground was broken at the Atlantic terminus of (he railway, in the latter part of May, some 150 milos south-oast along the Mexican coast from Vera Crua, almost directly | south of Galvpston, and a little southwest of JS r ew Orleaaa. Mr John Fowler an i other authorities in Kngland have spoken favorably of the scheme. Should it be suueextiful s<hip railways will-become iflore frequent, and geographical difficulties will disappear. , The Eoyal Family of Denmark hns deroted. itself to the cultivation of mat— riageable ttaugMere with great assiduity and success. Russia, Prussia and England harp all goes a-wooing to that hret-ay liifcle country, *nd with the happießt results. The Danish Court boasts just one unique distinction — Us Cro'wa princes is the tallest specimen of female royalty extant. She is 6ft 2in high. Though rery fond of dancing, sho ia often obliged to forego the pleasure, because, using, keenly sensible of ridicule, uhs does not wish to have an inadequate partner. As nothing under 6ft is " adequate," Her Eoyal Hit'huoss'g opportunities of dancing are limited.