Local & General News.

Feilding Star, Volume IV, Issue 78, 4 December 1883, Page 2

Local & General News.

• I The five Supreme Court Judges have I been gazetted as Judges in Bankruptcy, under the new Act of 1883. Sir John Hall, our late Premier, is now in Dresden. His health has somewhat i improved, but he will require a protracted rest to ensure its complete restoration. ' He contemplates a somewhat long resi--1 dence in Germany, The plebiscite in favor of Scripture lessons from the Irish school-board books being taught in State schools, recently taken in Warnambool, Victoria, ended in very large majority of the parents favor , ing the use of the books in the schools. At the R.M. Court yesterday, before H. L. Sherwill Esq., J.P , Thomas Brennan was charged by Constable Price with being found drunk in a public place on Saturday last. Prisoner pleaded guilty < to the charge, and was fined ss, or in , default 24 hours imprisonment. The following have been appointed the working committee for the Horticultural show to-morrow, viz., Messrs Lucas, ! Stevens, Kirton, Reading, Ranger, Nich--1 olas and the secretary, Mr E. Goodbehere. This committee will meet at the Public Hall this evening at 7 o'clock, sharp. The working committee of the Horticultural Society met on Saturday evening, and made further arrangements for the show to-morrow. To-night they will again meet at the hall to arrange the tables, Ac, for the specimens, and otherwise prepare for the exhibition. Judging from a loaf of bread we saw weighed yesterday morning, our local bakers intend to keep clear of the meshes of the Adulteration Act where it more immediately concerns their own trade. This •' four- pounder" which was newly baked, was not only legibly stamped, but was two ounces over the required weight, which is unnecessary and quite ai much an error as if it was underweightIt is a fact that our borough bye-laws, especially those relating to stray cattle, are almost daily openly broken, right in the centre of the town. Yesterday a mob of seven horses was roaming about all day in the neighborhood of Manchester Square, and many people were repeating the now somewhat familiar enquiry— " Where is the Ranger ?" Another mob of ten horses was wandering alongside aud on the railway Hue this morning. Yesterday morning a young horse bolted at a terrific rate up Manchester street with a new empty dray. It was going straight for the left hand rail of the Makino bridge, on approaching which however, it appeared to have the sense to turn to the middle of the road. Had it been otherwise a terrible smash must have ensued. It was stopped in its career at the Grey street corner, and fortunately no damage of any kind waß done. In consequence of the wet weather en Sunday the camp meeting could not be held in Mr Thompson's paddock. United meetings of the Wesleyan* and Primitive Methodists were, however, held -in the church of the latter body in the morning, afternoon, and evening, the Wesleyan Church being closed. In spite of the weather the meetings were well-attended. Addresses were delivered by the Revs. Worker, Clover, acd several wellknown laymen of the town and district. A meeting of the Makino Cheese and Butter Factory Directors was held on Saturday last, when Mr J.yH. Vry 7 wa* elected Chairman. Mr W. Hammoud was also elected as interim Secretary. A draft prospectus was prepared and ordered to be printed ■. The . Secretary wais: instructed to obtain the necessary • signatures to the applications for .shares, and to collect the amounts payable on allotment, viz-i 10s per share. It was arranged that the company's offices will' be, for the present, at lhe private residence of the secretary, and the Bank of Australasia to .^i'.l_i;:^mfe»t^;;;t_wcompany.

Mr Donald Fraser paid £2.000 to the Ngatiuukawa yesterday, at Palmerston, for land. Edwards and Scott, the well-known pedestrians, concluded their 24 hours' walking contest at Wellington on Saturday night last. Kd wards, uf/er an exciting finish, won the match by a lap, the former walking 110 miles 16 laps, and Scott 110 miles 15 laps. A debtor on being sued, acknowledged that he had borrowed the money, but de. clared that the plaintiff knew at.the time that it was a Kathleen Mavourneen loan. " A Kathleen Mavourneen loan !" questioned the Court with a puzzled look. *' That's it your lordship — one of the ' it may be for years, and it may be for ever' sort. The numbers polled for Mr George Fisher at the recent May oral election iv Wellington were very remarkable. His 924 is a long way the highest number of votes ever polled in the Empire City for Mayor under the single vote system. Mr Dransfield's 740 in 1878 (in his memorably exciting contest with Mr Hutchison) was 184 behind Mr Fisher's. Messrs Moorhouse, Gisborne, Hutchison, Young, aud all the other Mayors or candidates never polled anything like 924. The animosity of the French towards the Germans grows deeper and deeper. The papers advise the removal of all employes in Paris of German nationality, and hostile demonstrations were made during the week ending October 7 against an establishment where they were known I to be employed. M. Charland, proprietor | of a large printing-house, discharged all I his Germans and a number ia the State tobacco factory were forced to leave. We iearn from the Advocate that the remains of the late Mr H. H. Hughes were interred in the Church of England Cemetary, Mount View, on Saturday afternoon, the burial service being'Jread by the Rev A. Towgood. Notwithstanding the continuous downpour of rain, the iuuerat was largely attended by gentlemen from aU parts of the district. The deceased had been huntsman to the Rangitikei club, and it was gratifying to notice that all his old associates in tbe field s'ood abound his grave. At the Timaru Agricultural and Pastoral Show, Messrs Reid aod Gray gained first honors for single furrow ploughs, double furrow ploughs, three furrow ploughs, turn-wrist ploughs, sub-soil plough, chaiu harrows, grubber and scprifier, corn and seed drill (grain, gras* aud turnip). b~oadca*t sowing machine reaping machi oe, chaff cuHers, besides three second prizes aod commendation foi* a large number of extra exhibits. Ia &ddi<iou tbe firm secured Messrs R. Wilkin A Co's special prize for the best collection of farm implements on the ground. The police, we (Taranaki Budget) understand, commenced operations on Monday morning by obtaining samples of liquors sold at various public houses ia town, for the purpose of having the same analysed. The result will no doubt be at satisfactory to the honest publican, as it will be to the public, while any dishonesty in the shape of adulterating liquors will lie speedily detected aod punished. Although the police are at present getting samples of liquors, they are also provided wiih funds for obiaimng analysis of bread I aud milk. Ac, and no doubt they will do so as soon as possible. i The weather to day has been ts cold aad miserable as if it was midwinter. A southerly gale blowing, accompanied by heavy showers of rain, makes the promise of to-morrow for the flower show, very poor indeed. Combiued with the bad weatber, the" common ereols of the day" for wbich the fourth of the month is so widely celebrated, has not been the cause of "universal joy" io our industrious citizens. Not that money is scarce, but the unseasonable chilliness makes holders disinclined to relieve themselves of even the smallest substance that helps to supply caloric to the system. The trial of Miss Booth, Miss Charlesworth, and four other Salvationists, writer the European Mail, charged with violating the law by holding illegal services in Switzerland, was concluded on October 1. Miss Booth and the other accused declared that they had obeyed their consciences in praying to God, notwithstanding the decree forbidding them to hold meetings. They added that they had no wish to break the decree in question. The speech of the public prosecutor lasted for two hours, and concluded with a demand for the condemnation of the accused. After an eloqnent address ! for the defence, Miss Booth and her com- j panions were acquitted. j