Local & General News.

Feilding Star, Volume V, Issue 7, 17 January 1884, Page 2

Local & General News.

- ; The banks will be closed here on Tuesday, the 22nd instant. - It is rumored that an Orange Lodge will be opened at an early date in Feilding. ''-' : '' "■ " General entries for, the Fexton Races close to-day, Mr jpbn R. Russell is the secretary. : ,.-.' .'-.■■.;•' v 1 Mes'sri Stevens and Gorton's stock sale at Awahuri will take .place $O' marww'aTT^tioti^; ;" r " " 2^'--> '■

We regret to learn that diphtheria is very prevalent in the Nelson country districts just now. The Christian Million is a new illustrated weekly religious journal published in London. 'The tone is highly moral. The Victory will leave Wellington for London either to-day or to-morrow. Her cargo consists of trozen meat. Mr Greenwood, dentist, will visit Feilding on Thursday, the 24th instant, and may be consulted at the Denbigh Hotel. We learn from the Advocate that the question of railway communication between Bulls and Greatford is again being discussed in the former township. The Borough Council will meet this evening at 8 o'clock |to receive the repor of the Mayor and Cr Loudon's visit to Wellington, and for ordinary business. The men working at Bray's contracts on the Taonui and Spur Roads, were stopped yesterday by the heavy gale. Mr Bray does not anticipate that they will be able to get to work again for a some days. The loan proposals submitted to the burgesses of Palmerston on Tuesday last were rejected. It is believed that they will be re-cast, and certain objectionable clauses struck out, after which they will probably be more favorably received. The Wellington conespondent of the Dunedin Herald says that the Premier, Major Atkinson, will not seek the suffrages of Taranaki again, having resolved to appoint himself as successor to Sir Frances Dill»n Bell, and to enjoy for a season the gantees of the English metropolis. Hunting seems to be an unhealthy occupation this year in England. Mr Whitehead, M.P., was shot by his son, who mistook him for a grouse ; Lord Lonsdale is in a bad state from having been thrown at a five-barred gate ; Sir Stafford Northcote is now suffering from the effects of an ugly fall. A meeting was held last uight in Wanganui to arrange a picnic for gsntlemen only. We learn that for two successive years similar picnics have been held, which have proved so enjoyable that great happiness is anticipated from a third. It is darkly hinted that only married men are the promoters. A Wanganui body of musicians called the " Sable Orphans" will probably visit Feilding in a few days. The company is composed chiefly of the members of the Christy Minstrel Troupe, who gave a successful benefit for Mr T. Coaklev. For this reason we expect all good footballers will give them a hearty welcome. Messrs R. Palmer and Co., a firm lately resident at Aorangi, and who have re« cently established a sawmill at Hawera, are doing well there. We learn from the Hawera Star that they have just imported a planing machine, which they will have in full work this week. MrR. Palmer has bought a leasehold near Manaia from .VJ r Wm. Brooking, also of Feilding district. It is now a settled thing that the contest for the Selwyn seat will be between Mr E. Wakefield and Mr McLachlan. As the latter gentleman stands in the Ministerial interest and is highly respelslkd by the electorate, his return is generally anticipated. We understand that Mr Richardson's friends feared h* would be defeated if he stood against the two above named gentlemen, and so ad' vised him not to stand. The San Francisco mail arrived by train from Foxton yesterday morning. The delay was caused by the heavy sea on the ocean beach, preventing the coach reaching its destination in time. If the postal authorities would arrange to forward our mails by way of f aranaki at the same time as those for Marton and Bulls, a considerable saving of time would be effected, and the convenience of the Feilding public considered. The wrestling match, Hudson v. Dinnie, came off on Tuesday evening in the Queen's Theatre, Dunedin. Hudson threw Dinnie twice in the Border style, and Dinnie threw Hudson in the Scotch style. In a style called the Higgine, or ancient Cumberland, Hudson threw threw Dinnie twice, but of three in Graseco-Roman style Dinnie threw Hud* son very heavily, and hurt him so severely that Hudson was unable to con* tinue, and it was arranged that the match stand over. The Directors of the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company have accepted tenders in England for 6000 tons •of 3301 b steel rails, and a first instalment of 339 tous is on board the 8.8. Aorangi I which is expected to arrive in Wellington to-day. A complete equipment «i rolling stock for the railway has been contracted for.' The passenger cars are being imported from America, and will be about 38 feet in length, and similar to those on the southern railways: Some of the waggons will be manufactured in the colony. r A series of very interesting articles headed "A New History of the Maori War," is at present appearing in the columns of the Wanganui Herald.,. The. writer, who is evidently well acquainted with his subject, professes to give, from a Maori standpoint, a narrative of events comtemporary with and consequent upon the advent of the missionaries in the Colony. The impress of truth is upon every line, and consequently the wrath of one of the descendants of the first missionaries is poured out on the devoted head of the author. That it was possi-: ble for a missionary to be disinterested is .frankly admitted by the Editor of the Herald, and the name of the exception isgracefully given in*an editorial note following a letter signed W. J. Will iariW who attacks the truthfulness of the hi*-;

The system of management of the Wellington water supply is characterised as " grossly bungling." The French are experimenting with a new rifle, designed for infaniry use, which is said to discharge three projectiles at a time. The Canadian officials announce that any attempt to swim the Niagara Palls j will be treated as an act of insanity, and lead to the arrest of the man who contemplates it. Mr Thomas Coris, an Englishman one hundred years old, and his wife eighty, have just emigrated from Michigan to Washington Territory, where the old gentleman expects to find some goodshooting. The cutter Agnes, Captain Berg, owned at Kaikoura, has been totally wrecked at Mana Island. Tae crew escaped with great difficulty. The vessel wan bound to Havelock. The Rev. Father Vaughan handed to the secretary of the Waimea Plains Railway Company, a few days Jago, the sura of £22 10s, being an amount em* bezzled some years ago by a person whose name is not disclosed. The Foxton coach driver says the heari. est seas known for some years broke on|the coast on Tuesday afternoon. Notwithstandiug the distance ima bee line over bush and hills of 22 miles the roar was distinctly heard here on Tuesday night. Some of the frequenters of the Reading Room will be glad to know that the first batch of papers, among which are the liish Times, Land and Water, Puncii, Saturday Review, See, arrived by the last l<uropean mail, and are now on the Heading Room table. The blocks have been put in and the timber got on to the ground for what will apparently be a good sized dwelling house at the south corner of Sherwill street and Railway road. We understand the building is for Mr L. A. Caldwell, and the contractor is Mr Holland. The concert given at Sanson by Madame Moller and Company last night wa» \ most decided success. The schoolhouse, in which the entertainment was held, was crowded to the doors, and the frequent and enthusiastic applause of the audience testified to their appreciation of the efforts of the vocalists. The march of civilisation still goes on. The sabre was the only weapon allowed to be carried by the police at Vienna until lately, but owing to the iß creased frequency of disturbances in the streets, aud of violence inflicted on the police, i hey have been each furnished with a breach-loading carbine. Owing to formal complaint having been, made on the subject, Constable Price will clear out the congregation of larrikins which assembles on Sunday evenings at Thompson's corner. As many respectable young men, .inadvertently no doubt, are in the habit of lounging in this spot, they may think it wise to take this hint to prevent unpleasant consequences. In another column appears the advertisement offering the Clareville Boarding House— better known as The Monastry — for lease. As the boarding house is a going concern, all the apartments being occupied by respectable boarders, such an opportunity should not be allowed to be neglected. It is to be let furnished at a very low rate. We are requested to state that Captain Lothbridge has intimated to the Anniversary Committee, through the Secretary, that the members of the Manchester Rifle Corps have his full permission to wear uniform, and to carry arms and accoutrements at the Sports on Tuesday next, in order that those who wish may join in the Volunteer's walking match as advertised. The Dunedin Star says : — This year will fully prove the effect of the direct steam service upon our markets, an I great caution will have to be exercised to avoid the evils of over importation. The pastoral interests of the Colony look well. - The value of bringing our grazing lands so near the markets of the Old World by the frozen trade is hardly yet appreciated, but must greatly assist future prosperity. Mr S. Knight, of Awahari, has placed himself in communication with the Govern ment on the subject of silk culture, and has received from the Colonial Secretary's Department a pamphlet and other matter giving full instructions for carrying on industry. Mr Knight proposes laying the Mubject before the committee of the Manchester Horticultural Society at its next meeting with a view to getting that Society to interest itself in what may be made a lucrative speculation. A French railway company has decided to introduce an innovation. On their .line "there will shortly be station mistresses, in lieu of masters, at all the small stations. These female officials I will Wear a uniform consisting of a dark colored dress of Quaker-like simplicity and masculine cut, on the sleeve of which there will be a badge with the letters P.L.M. The toilet of the station mis? tress is, to De completed by a close fitting hat with silver, braiding about it. At the Wellington Lunatic Asylum an inquest was held on the body of a patient, William Dryderi, who met with a death under, some what peculiar circumstances. He was taken to the bath-room for the purpose of having a bath. The warder 'turned, the hot. -water on, and while his back was turned Dryden j v inped , into it. Before being taken out he was so badly SiCaWed'as tv result in hits death! The' jury returned a verdict ot" accidents' death,'' and added the following ric<er: — "The i ;jury are of opinion that the head (if- I {mutant shall' be responsible in future for j MariotJj wiarryuifrout bathing i-tie*^