Local & General News.

Feilding Star, Issue 71, 27 May 1884, Page 2

Local & General News.

♦ A quarter acre section of land, situated in Fergusson street, has changed hands for the sum of £40' \ or at the rale . of £3200 per acre. We have to acknowledge receipt of the May number of the New Zealand Industrial Gazette, which contains its usual amount of interesting and instructive matter. Mr Gichard'* establishment at the corner of Manchester and Grey streets has been well painted throughout, and now • presents a greatly improved and very neat appearance. A meeting ef the council of the Manchester Rifles was held at the Stab Office -last night. Pre sen t— Sergt. Evans (in the chair), Sergt. Nicholas (secretary), ' Corpl; Goodbehere, , aqd jYol, .Kirton,., The minutes of the .previous meeting were read and confirmed; <> In the absence of any of tbe commissioned officers it was considered advisable to "adjourn the meeting sine die.

A sitting of the Feilding R.M. Court will be held to-morrrow at 10 a.m. Monday next, the 2nd of June, being Whitmonday, will be observed as a holiday by the local banks. It is " good business " to be a popular preacher in America. Mr Beecher's i sti pond for this year is £5000, and Dr Talmage is to receive £'3000. The police in Wellington are making "a dead set" at Mrs Harding, the licensee of the Union Hotel. Her case is exciting a good deal of sympathy, aud the action of the police in adopting a system of persecution is freely commented on. Seventeen young ladies of Colorado Springs have formed themselves into a league and taken a solemn oath to have husbands before leap ye:ir is ended. There has been an exodus of " eligibles " in consequence, and the hotelkeepers are up in arms against the league. The heir apparent to the throne of Russia attained his sixteenth birthday on the 18th instant, and would be declared of age. This event is of considerable interest, and makers of dynamite and other explosives have been receiving large orders to be executed within a very limited time. It must be gratifying to the Catholics of Napier to know that, in response to the earnest and eloquent appeal made in St Mary's Church by the Rev Father Le Manet Des Chesnais on behalf of St Patrick's College, Wellington, the congregation al the several services subscribed the handsome sum of £400. — Daily Telegraph. A special notice appears elsewhere from Mrs Parr, dressmaker, late of Sandon, and formerly of London, who hus opened an establishment at her residence adjoining Parr's coach factory in Kimbolton road. Her numerous friends and patrons will receive that attention hitherto bes '.owed, and dresses will be made in the newest styles and at moderate charges. " Madam," said a husband to his youug wife, in a little altercation such as sometimes springs up in the best of families, • " when a man and his wife have quarrelled, and 'each considers the other ai fault, which of the two ought to be the first to advance toward a reconciliation ?" " The best-hearted and wisest of the two," said the wife, putting up her rosy mouth i for a kiss. On Friday last a semi-drunken man was making himself very obnoxious at ! the Junction Hotel, Sandon. by insulting • the barmaid and using very bad language. , Unluckily for hini Constable Gillespie was passing and noticing the girl in tears he promptly arrested the offender. Constable Price was telegraphed for, on whoso arrival the prisoner was marched off to Bulis and placed in durance vile. The writs at the suit of Mr George Thorn e, jun., against the Commissioner of Insurance were served on Wednesday I morning. The exact amount claimed is £4000 for breach of contract, and £400 for commission alleged to be due. M r E. Shaw, who is acting for the plaintiff, has retained the services of Sir Frederick Whitaker, of Auckland, and Mr James Smith, of Dunedin. The establishment of depots for the sale of New Zealand frozen mutton in the English provinces continues. Derby and Chesterfield are two of the latest converts. — The butter by the Aorangi has been selling at far higher prices than have hitherto been realised. Some of it absolutely fetched 92s per cwt., but the greater part varied between -56s and 70s per cwt. A big riso like this will, 1 should hope, encourage co'onial exporters to continue shipping.— Post's London letter. The sawmills at Maryborough, Queensland, have been reducing the price of sawn timber. The Maryborough Chronicle says :— *" It is on all sides admitted that a large trade in sawn limber has sprung up between New Zealand and the northern ports of Queensland, nnd the low prices at which the Zealanders are able to sell, in conseqnence of the superior railway and telling facilities accorded by their Government, have, for the present, driven Queensland millers out of any market except that containel within their own respective towns and districts. We regret to learn that Mr Cleary, station master, has received orders io proceed to Patea to take charge of the station there. At the same time, as the step is one of promotion, we must offer our congratulations to Mr Cleary. This gentleman came amongst us with the character of a most courteous and obliging pub ie officer, ahd he has retained it. On his departure he will be accompanied with the good wishes of every member of the community with whom he has come in contact. We understand he will be succeeded by Mr Roache, who was for sometime station master at Marton. The Feilding Variety Company gave their performance in the Town Hall on Saturday evening last. The attendance was fair, considering that several other' entertainments' had been given in the hall during the week. The per.o'imance.was, however, worthy ;pf arlarger house, the whole affair being-gone throutch in capital style, and giving th«t*reate.-*t satisfaction; and pleasure to the audience. Each periform'er was "up to; the ni.'i>lr," and the" programme was carried '''oUt without' a hitch -of any kind. The company fully maintained their reputation as a firstclass amateur, troupe, and fulfilled the promise held outby their first performance f in.F.eilding. ,We are glad. to jlearn that I the company will, in acc-nliince wiith : 'general desire, repeat the programme here at an early date.

The wrir for the East Coast scat was issued on Saturday last. The London correspondent of the Philadelphia Press says that if Lord Tennyson had not been turned a poet lie would have been a brilliant pawnbroker. Messrs Stevens and Gorton's stock sale this afternoon was not largely attended. The bidding was slow, and very few lots were disposed of. The prices realised were only moderate. Among the visitors to the Palmerston Races on Saturday was Captain Hume, the Inspector of Prisons for tbe Colony. He is reported to have remarked on the number of people present whom he didn't know. A well-known divine seldom preached longer than 15 minutes. When remonstrated with, as he sometimes wa«, for his too short sermons, he would answer. " When you are able to remember all I can say in 15 minutes, then I will give you more." Mr Gladstone's state of health at the time of the Duke of Albany's death was anything but satisfactory. He was wrapped up in a blanket and taken down to the House in a closed carriage, in order to move the vote of condolence to Her Majesty. The statement that Sims Reeves intends to make a tour through Australia and [ New Zealand very shortly turns out to be strictly correct. The great tenor will travel via America, singing at ail the principal cities en route. The date he may be expected to arrive in Auckland has not yet been determined. . We regret that pressure on our space prevents us giving a lengthy notice of the performance of the Cork Brigade in the Public Hall on Friday night. The attendance was not good. The singing during the first part was not up to expectation and the choruses were evidently unrehearsed. The dancing of Messrs Turner and Galbraith was remarkably good, and removed the feeling of depression caused by the first part of the show. In all other borough towns it is customary for the business people, when they desire a day to be proclaimed a public holiday, to consult the Mayor and obtain his official assent that such should he done. From some unexplained cause this act of courtesy was omitted in this township, and yesterday was observed as a close holiday for no apparent reason whatever and entirely without official sanction. Of course we do not dispute the right of business people to make what arrangements they like to gire their employes a well-earned holiday, but we must confess that we prefer to see things of this kind done in a proper and formal manner, and with due respect to the Mayor and members of the Borough Council. We have received a letter from Mr Chamberlain, our respected fellow-citizen, dated Sydney, the 15th instant, in which he informs us that the climate of that city doe's not agree with him so well as he hoped and expected. The sea voyage did him much good, and entirely restored his appetite. Shortly after his arrival in Sydney he became ill, and had to call in the services of a medical man, who was able to do him much good. Mr Chamberlain proposes to return at once with Mr James Linton, unless he receivemore benefit than he has done as yet. He states that Syduey is much altered since he last visited it. The streets are dreadfully narrow, and unable to fulfil the requirements of the daily increasing traffic. Business of all kinds is far more brisk there than in Melbourne, and the people are more confident. Mr Chamberlain expects to start on the return journey some time this week. His many friends in the Manawatu will be glad to see him back again restored to his wonted good health.