Local & General News.

Feilding Star, Volume V, Issue 38, 1 April 1884, Page 2

Local & General News.

Choir practice will be held in St. John's Church to-morrow evening at 8 o'clock.

Mr J. Greenwood intimates that his next visit to Peilding will be on Wednesday, the 9th instant.

Mr James Morris has been compelled to seek " that protection which the Bankruptcy Court affords " from the attack t of his creditors.

Complaints are loud against the incon venience to which our local sportsmen are put by having to send to Palmerston for licences to shoot.

The Chronicle says that Mr George, the advocate of land nationalisation, is earning a good many nonetst penuies by preuching his doctrine of robbery.

The road frem Bunny thorpe to Feilding has been declared to be a main road under the "Roads and Bridges Construction Act, 1882."

By the latest Gazette the season for shooting game in the Wanganui district has been fixed. Cock pheasants, quail, and hares may be shot from the Ist May to the 31st July.

The contractors for the erection of the new Catholic Church are making good progress with the work, and have now got the frame of the building into position.

A Young Woman's Christian Association is about to be formed in Auckland on the lines of the Young Men's Christian Association. In a little time it is confidently expected that the two associations will amalgamate.

We regret to learn that on Friday night Mr Howe in riding from Feilding to his home in Sandon had a bad spill from his horse, and was rendered insensible. Dr Johnston was sent for. and found the patient much shaken, but no bones ! ,wero broken. He is progressing favorably towards recovery.

We are a little astonished to learn that the Hon. Walter Johnston has stated his intention to contest the Ylanawatu seat at the next general election, against all comers. We can assure him that he will have a fair field and no favor, but we confidently affirm he will receive a sound drubbing, if the electors treat him according to his deserts.

The Registrar-General (says the Times) estimates the population of Wellington at the end of last month at 22,213, and judging from other facts, we fancy it will exceed that number. The town is growing very fast; scarcely I any houses are empty, and any new ones readily tind tenants. The big steamers bring hither a very large population.

We arc pleased to learn that the building destroyed by fire this morning t.< about to be re-erected at once. Tenders will be called as soon as the plans and specifications are prepared. Mr Bees will, tor the present, work in one of the' shops of the Corporation. He will go to Wanganui this evening to purchase a supply of stock and the tools of his trade.

New Zealand cocksfoot grass seed is selling in London, ex warehouse, at 50s to 54s per cwt. At this price, cocksfoot should prove very remunerative to our farmers. Special care should be taken to keep it pure. The presence of perennial rye grass and " Yorkshire Fog " is objectionable. Middle Island farmers are doing a good deal of cocksfoot growing, <nd it is expected that a good market in t£«rope will bo found for several years to come.

The usual 8 o'clock train from Wanganui will leave at 7.15 a.m. on Easter Monday, and arrive at Paltnerston at 11.40 and Foxton 1.10 p.m. The 7-30 a.m train from Foxton will not run past Feilding, and the usual 10.50 a.m. train from Halcembe will not run at all. No traffic at all will take place on Good Friday, but return tickets issued on the 10th will be available till the loth.— Chronicle.

Even in the greatest misfortunes that may befall our fellows there nearly always evolves from them a modicum of comic element. When 'Mr- Bees was awakened this morning by persons shouting the alarm that his shop was burning, he was utterly incredulous and muttered that he was " Too old a bird to be caught by chaff on the Ist of April," and warn going to sleep again, but the reiterated cries at last convinced him that the alurm was no jest but in sad earnest, and in a few minutes he verefiod the extent of his misfortune by actual observation.

A scene toot place in the Police Court, Christen urch, a day or two ago, when a man named Best was ordered to contribute toward his wife's support. His Worship asked him whether he ha. l any questions to ask his wife. He exclaimed, " No | I hare had quantum tuff. from that quarter. She and they can go to h — — ." He was instantly committed for 48 hours, and on being led oat he exclaimed jauntily, "So long 1" and to his wife, " Who'll keep ye now, Lizzie P He was re-committed for., ad-: ditional contempt, and was removed, : exclaiming afcain, "Oh i is that all ? I expected more. ■ ' '' "What has Tennyson Pone?— The fpllowing is from the Philadelphia Call : - " Mamma/ sajd a fashionable, > ew York young lady to her mother, ' " the papers i are making a great fuss over a Mr Tennyson, of England." •• •" Yes," responed the • mother, "he has been raised to the dear, delightful peerage." ' He has' been' made >a baron 1 , 1 see," said the daughter/ "'Y&s' and his wife Will' bef a ! bhr6n l eß's, < f suppose," reflected the old lady, '_" HW exquisitely 'beautiful it must be to "be a baroness !", '♦ What ' hai* he been a^dotng prto'oe 11 *' baron ?" asked the' cultured- young lady. '; What has he a-doing of P" repeated the ■ mother. ".'.'.' Why, he is the sole survivor of the noble six hundred who made the famous charge at Balaclava."

The Rev Father Kirk, of Wanganui, visited Feilding to-day where he was met by the Rev Father McManus from Palujerston.

We have to thank Mr Haggen, the secretary and treasurer of the Woodville Horticultural! Society, tor a member's ticket for the year 1884-5. The show will take place on the sth instant.

It is an odd and somewhat significant fact that with the exception of a few lines in a Times leading article, Mr G. W. Busdfn's " History of Australia" has so far been completely ignored by the principal newspapers.

The prisoner Thomas Hacket who was arrested by Constable Price for horsestealing and brought down to Feilding on Saturday night, was brought before the Magistrate yesterday, and remanded until Thursday next, at the request of the Police.

The Engineer states there ia reason to believe that the tonnage of steamships built in England in 1883 is the largest on record. It fears, however, that it has beeti in excess of the real requirements of the trade, and that there will be a considerable falling-off in 1884.

Today the old custom of sending friends and acquaintances on ridiculous errands on this the first day of April* was fully observed in Feilding. A large number of the wisest, or those who thus esteem themselves, were greviously "had." The authority has beea cancelled under which the Official Assignees under the Bankruptcy Act. 1883, have hitherto franked and received letters and parcels, and franked telegrams on the public service, except so far as related to telegrams forwarded to the Justice Department, Wellington.

MrF. Clarke, Q.C M.P., speaking at at a Masonic banquet at Plymouth last January, said the benefits of the craft were not confined to Masonry. because a good Mason was a loyal subject, a good citizen, and a faithful friend. It was not the object of Masonry to extend the number of its members, but to deepen the foehne in the initiated of charity and friendship towards all men.

A meeting of the Feilding School Committee was held last evening at the schoolhouse. The only business was to consider certain correspondence between the committee and the Board in Wanganui, relative to the appointment of a pupil teacher in the place of Miss Goodisson resigned. It was resolved that the appointment of a pupil teacher be held over until the Inspector's visit.

John Williams, a blncksmith, met with his death in a singular way at Plantation Creek, Queensland, on the Bth instant. Two alligators had been caught and secured in a net on board a coasting steamer, and deceased was standing lookine at them, when one of them snapped at him. He started back and fell down the hold, receiving such injuries that he died next morning.

It is reported by ay English paper that the following firms spend the undermentioned annual sums in bringing their respeotivc commodities before the notice of the public :— Holloway, pills and ointment, £30,000; Moses and Son, outfitters, £10,000 ; Rowland and Sons, Macassar oil, Ac, £10,000; Dr De Jongb, cod liver oil, £10,000; Heal and Son, bedding, Ac, £6,000; Nichols, tailors, A 4.500.

AH of the perpetual blooming roses, the Teas, the Bengals, and others planted out for summer blooming, are tender. They must either be taken up for the winter, protected, if they are to remain in the open ground. They are only half-hardy, will survive if given a slight protection. If the stems are bent over and "fastened by hooked pegs, and then covered with sods, they will usually come out next spring all right, and ready to bloom for another season. When "such ' bulbs as Hyacinths, Narcissuses, Tulips, and the like - are planted, they at once form roots, and prepare for an early blooming in spring. Those who have to purchase. such; bulbs.: should procure them as early as they are offered by the dealers. Those who have a stock on hand from farmer years, should not delay the planting too long.' The old rule, to cover the bulb with soil equal in depth to its. o«rn thickness, is a good one. ' ' When bulbs are planted early, they bloom all the stronger the next spring.