Local & General News.

Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 40, 16 September 1884, Page 2

Local & General News.

On-3 or two eases of typhoid fov«?r are repo td :u W-.MiJ.anui.

Wo hare to'ncknowledffe roroinf of tho ann'.m :*.*port. of !'io Dnnediu Ci-n-übe-.--.--F Cvri*:;:ei*-;'*. Vv't- ii.iv.i already published lie; ad.Ji-j.si-- of 'hy .l'r.;_idenf, Mr Bell. It h:?s i*<-*.?n discovered that a lump of •**i-!£'_'- , -h'*:*\.--\1 w'th vine-j.*". given Lo er*. i. t'lvn < r i.c'i'lis, 'vill i in uitdi ately stop hicj-: ujii. Thi;-. ought to prove a most useful discovery. \V> a;;hir. c til .<?ttention to the monster stock sale to be held by Messrs Halcombe .-.ao t'la-rv.iil iv their ovrn yards, and also iii tbe y.i.-d? ci Mcisr.; Slovens aad Gorton c y. Thnvbdny iie_t.

A valirible row was killed on the railwuj y the en,','iue on '-Ynlay night near Port's crossing, and was lyi_„ r there at r.i;_ time cT our writing. No one seemed (-> i- -.--.l' --y.,0 the own:.*:* was, but public f.-.Kifh di. wands tliat it .should at once be re_iored. "vVe call _ti-ention to :i tea nieeliiu*; and service 'ji son* to beheld ■-> f he Wesleyan Ch;n\:h to-:no:*row evenii*.i». The subject of the service of soujj is a very intere-sling and even :imn-»i_g on., and tiie nieeliug, the otjeti. of which ia to assist the church luuds should __ weil attended.

On Saturday last a fatal -accident occurred at T.'iranaki street, Wellington, to a man mimed John Kudman, who was driving ono of the corporation drays, -md sitiing on the shaft. Tho horso was going at a icalk at tiio lime when the niaa fell oil on his head. He was was picked up and niOilical assi&tance obtained, bu'. be died in tea minutes.

Advices from Melbourne give some ttdditionnl particulars ivgirclin? the dp-s trnction by fire of the Mi?! bourne Onc'-cel Ground grand stand. Tbe accident was caused by a lighted ci^ar being left in the building, which was insured iv tbe Indemnity Company for £3000, the total cost of erection beint*; £6000. The pavilion was uninjured, and the club intend re-erecting the structure by the coming season.

The Salvation Army opened their Feilding barracks, being the place known as Thompson's old store in Manchester street, on Sunday afternoon last. Li iut Kerr of Palmerston officiated. Another meeting was held in the evening, when the place, whioh has been seated, pi att'ormed, and otherwise fitted up for the purposes of the Army, was crowded. In addition to the above-named officer, several local soldiers took part in the speaking, &c.

The Christchurch Star says : — " Since Mr Holmes has done good service by obtaining official information on one subject, we invite him to take up another. Let him move for a return showing how many imported sleepers were obtained by the Atkinson Ministry during this year of their reign, and from whom the sleepers were ordered and what were the prices paid. We venture to predict the information will have considerable educational value." This would be of special interest to the sawmillers of the Manawatu.

The Post says that Civil Service circles are becoming agitated over the prospect of a number of good "billets" being created in connection with the proposed boards of railway management, and already names are freely mentioned as having secured the promise of good things. If the House does decide to appoint these boards we trust it will take due precaution to prevent any undue exercise of patronage in connection with them. Some of the appointments which it is reported have been promised would be simply monstrous if made.

The Wellington Evening Press says : — Considerable amusement was occasioned in the K.M. Court recently. A powerful looking woman who had never been in a Court before was summoned as a witness. Constable Milton administered the oath in the usual manner, and was waiting for the lady to kiss the book, but she merely gazed at the orderly. " Kiss the book," said Milton, and the witness thought he said " kiss me" and at once proceeded to put her arms rounk the astonished constable's neck. " Kiss the book," said Milton " not me." And she did.

The latest London letter from the Auckland Star's correspondent contains the following: — The frozen meat trade continues in a sadly depressed state. The arrival of five ships has swamped the market with New Zealand mutton; in fact, many salesmen will take any price to get rid of it. The nominal top rate at present is 5d lb. Some few of the Oamarn's carcases turned out bad. The cheese sent over per British King was first rate, and fetched 60s per cwt., a better price than prime American.

Owing to the failure of the train service on Saturday night last, Mr Sherwill, who had proceeded to Wanganui on the previous day, was prevented from attending at the meeting called by the secretary of the Benevolent Society, and tbe custodian of the Public Hall not having pnt in an appearance to admit those who attended, the meeting lapsed. Notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather there was a fair attendance, among whom we noticed the Hevs H. M. Murray, J.Jones, and Clover, Messrs Boal, Webster, Stevens, Hartholomew, Lethbridge, Loudon, J. C Thompson and E H. Wright, and others whose names have escaped us.^ We. understand that the secretary will call another meeting for an early date.

We learn that Mr R. Loudon, the well-known clothier and draper, has sold out the business, stock-, and good will of the Cash _)rapery Warehouse to MrO. Brown, of Wanganui, and formerly of Masterton. Mi Loudon, we are glad to learn, does not intend to leave Feilding at present. fte : contemplates using the unoccupied portion of his store as an office, for the closing of accounts and other business. Mr Browp 13 ( A draper and clothier, of many' years' e_-perience, and while welcoming him as a valuable addition to our business circles, we also congratulate him on securing such a popular building site. The Cash Drapery Warehouse has won for itself a district reputation' as a drapery enippriuhi.'arid in Mi Bfown's' hands its refutation 'will; we are sure, be^grl^atly extended. "Mr'ifrown tnkes possession of the premises to-mor-row. 1 ' '*''*

Mr Moody, in a_3wer to the question, " Can a uses of tobacco be a Christian P" reylied, "Yes, I suppose so — a filthy one."

A J faon was drowned on Saturday while attempting to cross the Rangitikei River on horseback. The horse got ashore uninjured.

*' .\ny good shooting on your farm ?" asked a hur'.er of a farmer. " Splendid," said the agriculturist ; there's the taxgatherer iv the parlor, and my mother-in-\aw in the ' -tchen. Climb over the fence, young man, load both barrels, and shoot the lot."

A pious old woman, brought up in the Calvinist-ic faith of the Presbyterian Church, was asked what she thought of an Arminian sermon, preached by a visitor. She shook her head vigorously. " I don't believe a word ou'l," she said ; " at •ail events, I know the Lord chose me

d:.>tVre He ever saw me; for He never vfould ha' chosen me arterward."

The statistics for 1883 show that during tbat year there was a very large increase in the export of hops from New Zealand as com pared with ISB2, when the value of tbe shipments was only L9H3'_, while in 1883 it readied as high as L 62.423. Of course (says the Nelson Mail) this large difference is not entirely due to an increase in quantity, as 1383 was the hop-growers' fortuns«i--iaking year when the price reached an amount of which even in their most sanguine moments they had never dreamed.

History has repeated itself after a lapse of thirty years. On Thurschy, August 30th. 185_, a Ministry consisting of MeHsrs T- Forsaith, E. J. Wakefield, Trnvt-rs, and. Maeanurew wer? sworn in acd gazetted ; on the Friday they were defeated, aud next day tendered their resignation. On Thursday, August 28th, ISM, the Atkinson-Wakefieid-liiirst-hou-se Ministry wero sworn iv and gaaellod — on Friday ihey were defeated. It is curious chat the name of Wakefield fig i ire ii in both Governments, and that the lifo of the Ministries should havo been e_aeliv of Lhe same duration.