Local & General News.

Feilding Star, Volume V, Issue 73, 31 May 1884, Page 2

Local & General News.

v. " ' '•;;• '' "'"" — — a - His Excellency the Governor has returned to Wellington. The Hon C- j. Pharazyn is not to be proceeded against under the Corrupt Practices Act. MrW. F. Bussell, bank manager, of Wanganui, is a shareholder in the Oriental Bank; d In our report on Thursday of the police case against £. Holland, the defendant was made to have pleaded" guilty". It should have been." not guilty." 7 Nominations to fill the vacancy made by the resignation of "Sir Wm. Fox of his seat on the Education Board, Wanganui, must be in the.handis of , the Secretary on or before the 12th of June.

Archdeacon Thorpe has forwarded his resignation to St. Paul's vestry. Tawhiao, the Maori King, will probably ,be the guest of Lord Chichester during his stay in England. The Auckland Star says silk was produced in New Zealand more than 30 yeais ago. | We learn from the Herald that Mr i Home, of Wanganui. has constructed an apparatus for Martin, photographer, by which is adapted electricity to the process of touching up photographic negatives. New photographs of Bernhardt, inst produced in Paris, represent her completely clad in fur, with even a fnr bonnet and gloves, and a furtive look in her eye. She looks as if she w.-ighed 400 lbs. We regret to learn that Mr Nannestad, of the firm of Uiehtcr, Nannestad, & Co., Trondjein, lost one of his thumbs to-d;iy when working at the saw bench. He came to Feilding. where the wound was attended to by Dr Johnston. Halcombe and Sherwill's sale to-day was well attended. A section of land, the property of Mr Earls, was for £105, Mr Carthew being the purchaser. The bidding for the furniture lots was very brisk, and the prices realised were good. M. Mijznet, the French academician lately deceased, evrr wore a blue neck-tie with white spots, that was the pattern of the dress worn by his Italian love, when she jilted him 65 years ago. And there are people who say men are ungrateful. Mr Henry George, when asked if he would .stand for a seat in the House of Commons, declined on thp grounds that he would thpn be ineligible ior the Presidency of the United States. Geurjje's I modesty is not likely to interfere with his success in life. The Auctland'Free Lance now appears as an eight page paper. We congratulate the proprietors on the success which has attended their efforts to promote independant journalism in the colony, aud hope they will continue in the same same conrse " for all time." lt is stated in Wellington that Mr George Capper, formerly proprietor of the Feilding Guardian, is certain to offer himself as a candidate for a seat in the General Asembly ! The constituency to be complimented by the wooing of this gentleman is not yet declared. It is stated to be the intention of the Minister of Public Works to entirely reorganise the working of the Railway Department. It is believed that the changes -contemplated vr ill lead to far more profitable results than at present, while the lines will be made to sprve hettter the interests of the country settlers. —Post. Writing of the Wanganui Heads Rail- * way the Chronicle says — It may now be fairly anticipated that this long-projected enterprise wili soon become an accomplished fact. Tenders for the construction of the line are to be called for forthwith, and arc to be sent in lo the Secretary by the 16th of July. Steps also will be taken to ensure payment of all outstanding calls. James Newton, tbe oldest Freemason in England, has died very suddenly at Bichmond, Yorkshire, in bis 89tb year. For 57 years deceased was " Tyler" to the Masonic brethren, haying been appointed in 1827, when the Duke of Sussex visited Kiehmond. For many years be worked with the renowned Matthew Greatheaci, the centenarian, who died in his 102 nd year. Sir William Fox addressed a largo meeting in Wellington on the temperance question on Thursday night. He considered the present Licensing Act unworkable, as the number of the police was insufficient to put down Sunday trading. He stated that Justices of the Peace and Magistrates had an invariable leaning towards publicans. He also considered that the licensing benches displayed great apathy in carrying out the power vested in them. The many friends of Mr Gabriel Metard in the Manawatu will be gl.id to learn that he is doing well. He has finished his term of Military service, and is now manageing a fancy goods shop ib Paris. He is about to marry. His father is also settled in Paris 'where he represents an English House. His affairs are also in a prosperous condition. Both father and son continue to regard the Manawatu as one of the fairest spots in creation. They also speak in the warmest terms of the people!''' We learn from thp Auckland star that a Mr Levy, a commission agent from .Wanganui, was " done" ; out of a diamond ring by a man named Jackson. The ring was valued at £'30. and was intrusted to Jackson to sell for £20, anything over this amount to go to him for commission^ Jackson pawned the ring for £10 and "vamosed" to Wellington, where he was arrested. He had sold the. pawn ticket to one Phillips. '.. Poor Mr Levy ! he wil( have the sympathy of many. Wanganui settlers, and the loss of -the ring will be| - deplored. A A i The Melbourne Argns, of 16th May| " gives the following account of the recep-j tion of the Mayor of Wellington by the, civic dignitaries v df- Melbourne, on- hi*; visit there : ' " A VlpaVant'ineeting tookplaee in the Town' Hall yesterday a^ noon,= when the M ayor jai Melbourne met by invitation M r George , Fisher,, the Mayorj of Wellington. New Zealand, andj Mrs; Fisher, together with the aldermen andj councillors of the Melbourne Corporation,! their wives; families* and lady friends. The city organist performed selections utj , the organ. A numerous 'company •'wasj. present^ a'n.d'< after the' 1 tii ; asic> dtnWMayoij invited; his guests to refreshment."— -j Post; ' A" :. ' V 'A '" '■■

The Feilding Benevolent Society ♦ The Honarary Secretary notifies by an advertisement in this issue that the funds of this society are in a low condition and that the services of those ladies who so kindly volunteered their serrices as collectors arc much needed. Although we are fortunate in having remarkably few cases of distress in our midst, yet there are occasions for the exercise of charity ofEering themselves which it is impossible for the society to overlook. ' It is therefore necessary for the benevolent and charitable to be called upon to assist " suffering humanity " by sub- . scribing, as much as their circumstances in life will permit, towards so good an object. It is now some years since any call has been made on them, and which was heartily responded to. We have every confidence that the mission of the ladies will end in their " garnering up . treasure " to be dispensed with open hand to the sick and the distressed. — — a—— — aw