Local & General News.

Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 22, 31 July 1884, Page 2

Local & General News.

♦ The Feilding Horticultural Society will meet to-morrow evening at Mr Bray's office at 8 o'clock. The Lyttelton Times says that the 69 cats shown at Christchurch Cat Show recently were rallied by their owners at £'5304 11s. an average of £76 17s 6d each. We regret to learn that Sir Julius Yogel has completely lost the use of his legs, and has to be carried from room to room. Although partially paralysed in his lower extremities, yet his intellect is as bright and as active as ever. Where the solemnity really comes in. — A thoughtful old Scotchman exhorted his daughter in this fashion: — "Jeanie* my lass, it's a vara solemn thing to be married." — "I ken that weel, father," replied Jeanie promptly ; " but it's a great deal solemner not to be." We hear that an agitation is likely to set on foot for the establishment of a telephone connection between the post offices of Feilding and Makino. This is very desirable, and would be an immense convenience to numbers of settlers while we teel sure the accommodation thus provided wouid more than pay for the expense of working. On our first page to-day appears a new advertisement from Mr G. Crichton, of Glasgow House. The announcements thi rein contained are of a most startling kind, although of such a nature as to convey only pleasurable emotions to those who are really desirous of purchasing good* of the best and finest descriptions at rates which defy competition. We notice that Mr Penberthy, of Makino, has removed into his new residence near to his store, and is having his store enlarged by throwing that portion of building into it vrhich he and his family formerly occupied as a residence. Thi.he has found necessary to do in order to make room for his stock, and afford pro per accommodation for the increasing business of tho post office.

An o-dinary meeting of the Borough Council will be held this evening at 8 o'clock. The declaration of the poll for the Foxton election was made yesterdaysWilson 612, Izard 610, Brown 237. Mr Pharazyn's vote for Izard was disallowed. A Feilding suburban section containing teH acres was sold to-day at the rate of £11 per acre cash. Messrs Hulcombe anil Sherwill were the agents for the rendor. It is stated that five cases of cholera in France have been cured by inhalation of pure oxygen. The effect is to restore heat to the system and to make the pulse normal. If tin's mode of cure is proved to be efficacious by further experiments, a mosi valuable discovery has been made ■ one which will be the means of saving j thousands of valuable lives. The Taramiki Herald understands that the reason the Hon. Mr Waterhouse was appointed Acting Governor by Sir W. Jervois during his visit to Australia, was that that gentleman undertook the duties without any emolument; whereas had Judge Johnston been appointed he would have drawn the pay of the Governor during his absence. This being the la.«t day of the shooting season, a large number of sportsmen and others took advantage ot Lhe fine weather to go out "in pursuit of game." About sixty started at various hours antimeridian, armed and equipped for the slaughter of the innocents. Let us hope that all the birds and ground game will not be destroyed, but that some may be spared to raise families for the coming years. A man who must have suffered from acute thirst patronised a Willis-street hotel recently, nnd succeeded in passing off a bright half-penny for a sovereign, obtaining in return a glass of beer and 19s 6d in change. It was not long, however, before the fraud was discovered, and on the intervention of the police the man readily gave up the change, the hotelkeeper declining to sanction his arrest. — I'ost. At a late examination of a country grammar school, a clergyman said that the boys were often so excited when undergoing examination as to spoil many good papers by the most curious blunders. For instance a boy, after a very good description spoilt it by describing Moses as a builder. Another, in answer to the question, " Suppose Queen Victoria had died in childhood, who would have succeeded to the English throne" wrote, " Her eldest son." Mr Wilson, a public official in Victoria, a short time ago received from a family living in the South of France, a letter enquiring as to the whereabouts of a man who came out to the colony over 20 years ago, and who last wrote to .his friends in France in 1864. Mr Wilson, after making necessary enquiries, had the painful duty thrown upon him of informing his correspondents that the man about whom they had written was hanged in 1865 for murder. At a rather late hour the other Sunday evening (says the Home News), some commotion was created outside a house in a fashionable square. A quantity of straw was on the steps of the front door, and in the hall. Lights were burning high, and on the balcony there were also fancy lights. After a time the curious were rewarded by seeing a joung racehorse led down the steps, followed by several gentlemen in evening dress. The horse seemed to take things very coolly, and was led back to his stable, whence he had been fetched to fulfil a bet made over the dinner-table. The Hawke's Bay Herald says: — While very pleased that Mr Sheehan hns failed to keep Mr Orniond out of Parliament as the representative of Napier, we yet hope that a seat may be found for the defeated candidate. We believe ha came to Napier to voluntarily sacrifice himself for the party he is identified with, and fought a fight that was a losing one from the first with the knowledge that he might, if he had chosen, have conquered elsewhere. The partj on whose behalf Mr Sheehan consented to fight Mr Ormond owe a political di-bt to Mr Sheehan which we have little doubt they will endeavour to liquidate as early as possible. J. L. Kirkbride, of Marton, has been in the throes of labor, in the way of literary composition, for several days past, and has been finally safely delivered of an effusion in the correspondence columns of the Marton paper, rnent the recent Bangitikei election and his personal opinions in regard to one of the candidates. The letter is a gem in its way. We are glad to hear J. L. K. is doingwell, and will likely soon be about again. There should be a big demand for the literary production for scrapbooks. The recent bad weather is now ' satisfactorily accounted for, and also the meteors that have been seen of late. — • Manawatu Standard. According to the decision of Mr Justice Day, at Liverpool, a Scotchman is a foreigner in the eyes of English law. A man was charged for forgery before Judge Day, and counsel for the prisoner held that if any offence had been committed it had been done at Ayr, and was consequently outside the jurisdiction of the Court. Mr Justice Day remarked that Scotland and Ireland were in this respect as foreign as Turkey or Russia. For all he knew to the contrary, it might ' be a lawful practice to sijjn other people's documents. He knew nothing of Scotch laws or habits ; perhaps it was in the usual course of Scotch business. The prosecution admitted that they could not prove where the document had been signed, and by direction of the Judge i prisoner was acquitted.

Mr Macarthur, M.H.R., will leave for Wellington on Tuesday evening next. Members of the Manchester Rifle corps are reminded that captain's parade will be held on Saturday evening next at 7 o'clock at the Public Hall. Passengers leaving New Plymouth by the morning train are put to hard stress for food unless they carry it with them. There is no place for refreshment on the whole line until Halcombe is reached. | That is to say, twelve hours absolutely without a chance of purchasing food of any kind. We remind our readers that Eobson's Panorama of the Egyptian War will show to-night and to-morrow night at the Town Hall, opening at half past 7 o'clock. The panorama has been highly spoken of by the Press in other parts of the colony, and we have little doubt its exhibitions will be greeted with bumper houses. On Tuesday evening Mr Newman, who has just got a consignment of fireworks from Messrs Brock and Co., of London, sampled some of the specimens by letting them off, as did also several other persons. They gave every satisfaction, and were much admired. We noticed rockets going up in several parts of the town last night. We would warn any person against letting off fireworks in the streets, as this is dangerous, and is strictly topbidden by the Borugh bye-laws. The oppning of the fiist portion of the iSandon tramway for traffic will soon (says the Maniwatu Herald), barring accidents, be an accomplished fact. The county authoiities have received word that the overhauling of the motor Hibernia has been satisfactorily completed and is now ready for shipment to its destination. This cannot take place until next spring tides, as there being no suitable appliances on the wbarf tor lifting such a weight, the steamer people wish to land the engine when they can have the advantage of the river being at its highest, so as to give them the least lifting possible. After the motor arrives, doubtless a few days will elapse before the actual runniug on the line commences, but we should say that present indications are favorable to the line being opened by the middle of August.