Local & General News.

Feilding Star, Volume V, Issue 15, 7 February 1884, Page 2

Local & General News.

There will be a meeting of the Feilding Borough Council to-night. Fully 60 per cent, of the New Zealand frozen meat, per lonic, was damaged by fire The Tasmanian cricketers hare decided to play matches at Wellington and Nelson. Preliminaries hare been arranged for a match between the Feilding and Ashurst cricket dubs on Saturday, 16th inst. The Boroueh AiseHsment Court will sit at the Besident Magistrates Court on Wednesday .the 27th inst., at coon. ; There. has been a conttiderable aug mentation of the timber traffic on the railway during the past week or 10 days. Mr Gordon Porlong will preach, morning and eYeninr, in the PrimitiTe TMethodist Church, Feilding, on Sunday next \ '' ' ' The Czar has decided to have a Russian army with repeating rifles of the ; latest American pattern, lie has ordered 200,000 of th'ese arms through London firms.-'. •■'■;*'.■ . ;. . /. " ,' ; The Chinese naVy consists of nearly 7«> Teasel* of aUsizes; by far the larger portion of ' which haire been constructed in China by natiye labor, and many under native iuperrlaiQn. . /

A newspaper in the Hungarian Language is about to be published in America. Martini-Henri is favorite for the Champion Stakes at 6 to 4, Commotion 3to 1. The meeting is on M arch Bth. The Marchioness of Normanby was taken seriously ill on Sunday last, and remained unconscious for sometime. She still lies in a precarious condition. The buyer for the Wellington Meat Preserving Company went down by train last night carrying with him 30 head prime fat beef from Waverley. Messrs Stevens and Gorton will hold their annual ram fair on Tuesday the 19th inst. On the name date a large quantity of general stock will also be offered. The Education Board difficulty at Grey mouth and Hokitika was settled by the Government taking possession of all the State Schools in the, Westland district, and dismissing the bailiffs. That block of land in the Kiwi tea known as Croskery's section was sold in Wellington by Messrs Hasell and Co. at auction on Monday, last to Mr Cotty, who has purchased it with the intention of settling upon it. It is announced that the election of v a Licensing Committee for the Borough of Feilding for the ensuing year will take place on Friday, the 22nd instant, and that candidates must be nominated before noon on Friday, the 15th instant. The Native Minister has stopped the pension to Rewi of £200 per annum. Eewi says he does not care as he did not solicit it. However he, with Tawhiao, and Te Wheora' have invited Sir George Grey to come up and see them and talk over this and other matters. Messrs Chapman and Hall are publishing a history of Newgate, by Major Griffiths. Those who are interested in the chronicles of crime will doubtless welcome the publication of this book, which will appear in two large volumes profuselj illustrated. It is said in Auckland that £4,000 has been subscribed towards defraying the expenses of King Tawhiao to England. The king has informed the Hon. Mr Bryce that he will make a regal visit to Kawhia before his departure, for Europe. On Sunday night last a perambulator was removed from the premises of a resident on the Makino road. Constable Price was communicated with, but as yet the article has not been recovered. It is understood that the act is one of simple larrikinism. . In Napier a Maori case was recently postponed by consent for a fortnight. One Maori sues another far the seduction of his wife, and claims damages for £100. The case is exciting considerable interest among the Natives, as in the event of a verdict being given for the plaintiff, other similar cases will be brought on. Considerable excitement hat been caused in Leicester by the strike in the boot and shoe trade against the employment of Jews in their own homes. . The union delegates informed the employers that they objected to Jews because whereever a Jew was employed a colony of that people was toon established, which was followed by a red uctiong of wages. The National Fire and Marine Insurance [Company, of which Messn Halcombe and Sherwill are the agents in Feilding, hare issued an almanac and calendar for 1884 which bears off the palm from all the other offices. It is beautifully got up, and decorated with drawings of New Zealand ' verdure and scenery. The Government have received despatches from the Agent-General, enclosing opinions of Sir Edward Reed, M.P., on Mrlsbister's scheme of unsinkable ships. He is of opinion it is quite practicable, and also that it would tend to lessen the dangers of ocean voyages. With some of the minor details of Mr Isbister's scheme he does not agree. The resides' s of the square in Palmergton were much exercised a few nights ago, over the pipe-playing of a fullblooded Highlander. The tune which caused the most pain to the agonised Englishmen was "Hey Johnnie Cope." The gallant piper has shaken the Palmerstonian dust off his feet, and wended his way to Opunake, where he purposes starting in business as a blacksmith, and where hit musical instrument will be better appreciated. It is stated that Mr Fraser, of Auckland, the purchaser of the Triumph, ha* reoeived notice from the underwriters that the legality of the sale will bn disputed. Messrs Russell and '■' ampbell have been acting as legal advisers in the matter. The probability is that, if the evidence adduced when submitted to the underwriters appears to justify them in resisting the claim, they will do so,, leaving the owners to sue for the amount, and also to settle the question of the sale as they please. ./,....-.. A meeting nf the parishioners of St. John's, Church was, pursuant to advertisement, held in the Corporation Barracks on Tuesday, evening last. The meeting was presided , over by the Rev, Joshua Jones, who, after a few preliminary remarks, stated that they had met to elect a people's churchwarden to fill the place made vacant by the death of Mr A. Dawson. Mr: Charles Bray was unanimously elected to the office. As | the election of Mr Bray to the churchwardensbip and the resignation o£..Mr Ham-; mond made tyro vacancies in the vestry, the chairman Ihen directed that the election of two vestrymen should be proceeded with. This was done and; Messrs Downea and K4rton were electfd. The; meeting was. then closed in the usual 'manner., ■•:. '.A •,■:.;■•■; .•■'■-.. -•- '. ■■' "^ ■ '

We remind mem ben of the Manchester Eifle Corps that there will be Government Inspection Parade at the Town Hall at 7 o'clock this evening. The Feilding Brass Band intend to perform on the Square on the second Saturday evening of each month, weather permitting. The programme for next Saturday will be found elsewhere. The grand amateur concert which will be held in the Town Hall during the current month will probably be one of the best ever held in Feilding. Further particulars will appear in an early issue. The settlers in the Harbor Block are at last about to bestir themselves as a body with reference to the matter of reads in thai part of the district. A public meeting is about to be held at Mr Pol* lock's Buckingham Palace, of which particulars will be advertised on Saturday. Eiwitea is a very successful agricultural and pastoral district, if we may judge from the splendid crops and magnificent stock which may now be seen there on every hand. Apparently there is not 1 better land in any part of the island, and given a good market for its produce, the district should be one of the most thriving in the colony. We have received from the publishers in Auckland, the first issue of a new venture in journalism entitled "The Little Pink 'Un," which, in accordance with its name, is printed on pink paper. It is full of amusing matter and useful sporting information. In the programme, the editor states that it will be chiefly devoted to Sport, the Drama, and Social Topics of general interest, at the same time avoiding personal scurrility and tasteless vulgarity. If this line is followed the paper will have a fair field.