Local & General News.

Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 60, 30 October 1884, Page 2

Local & General News.

The elections for tho .YTnnawatn County Council will take place on the 12th of November. We have to acknowledge receipt of No. 16 of Hansard, and a quantity of Parliamentary papers from the Government Printer. Considerable dissatisfaction is being expressed at the rumoured removal of Constable Gillespie. This officer haR proved himself most efficient wherever he has been stationed. . The settlers of Campbelltown are bringing pressure to bear on the Government to obtain telephone communication at once with Foxton. ; Mr Retemeyer, of Westoe, will forward several cases of exhibits ot bacon and hams to the Christchurch show next month. Amongst the successful candidates at the late Canterbury Law examinationwas Mr T. G. Russell, one of the proprietors of the Weekly Advertiser. ' Nominations for the handicaps in connection with the sports at Palmerston pu Prince of Wales' Birthday_ close on /Monday next, November 3rd,- 1884, with JVIr Haultain, the hon. secretary, viz. : 100 yards, Hurdles, Mile, and Walking Races. | The Christmas cards issued by Mr Willis, of Wanganui, _. have created a most favorable impression in the South island, The demand in -Dunediu is very jjonsiderable. Some of these cards can be inspected at Mr'Carthew's. ' IWe are glad to congratulate Mr Fry in lis election to the Wanganut Education .oard. The large majority of -vote» ! recorded in his favor, speaks volumes for tho high estimation in; which he. is. held. The Education Board is tq he congratulated on having secured So valuable an accession to its numbers. Mr R. Loudon has arrived in Sydney alh well, and finds that the chango is exercising a most beneficial effect on hi* health. He was present at the opening bf the Kogara-Illawarra Railway qn the llth instant and the luncheon, hlso the banquet which followed in the evening. jHe hat a poor opinion of the hotel accqm* modation in Sydney. A young woman, resident on thin coast, heard that by eating pa per she' could' prevent the accumulation o_f adipose jnmtter with cheapness and efficiency. She devoured about forty- leaves of a (yellowback novel and-nearly killed herself.. She intends foe the, ,(pt--re;,-;to swallow pnly_plain _gl>jw,. wlnchjias m-jt, jbeen decorated with printer's ink. The House has "not 'struck the most jobje.tioria.ble prorjso out # Gpye*:rt> : ment Insurance Bill. \>V (Cnmerburv; ITinies) allude to tlie proviso for peru.ititing inehihcr.. of Pjfrlianipqt to hold the (position of paid directors ot the new .Association. The Disqualification Act Oujip ie> us with a very good nil*', -which ought to have no exception*. lt is uot Hood for a Government to havo the power of appointing members of. Parliament- to I positions -entailing' a j salary - .-'of £_0<) a i year. It is u>eless to lisguise fupts, and *' absurd to nink_ elaborate pretences. -'That) , sum is a temptation. Experience proves ; it. ■..--■- . Messrs- Svahninge' A Co'*:- sawwiill at ; Makino, which had been idle for a few . days ' previously, ."was - 'about to resume work again, on Monday morning , la st, when just a$ steam ***,as., t pp, and every- j thing else ready. 'jt.'was suddenly dis- ; covered that one of the main belts of the : machinery was gone. Although 'the affiir is iv t-he-haiulp of Constable Gilles. pie, who has since instituted searching i «nquiries, notraee O-fiheanissing, article has yet ucen '< fiscovered . Its disii ppearifl_<j<' is conjectured to have- some ; connect ion with the di.scliarge-of about ilO.bandsf com the mill, and to be intended to temporarily I stop its w.orkint* ; .and. jit L> > tlip.ijght, -llie i ' belt may vet tin I its way back as " uiys. ; O tenously" as v has disappeared.'

Mr Kohler, who was in Feiiuing with a waxwork show not many months ago, is now insane at San Francisco. Tlie Anglo-New-Zealander, published in London, is the property of the Auck-Innd-New Zealand Herald firm. The English papers speak highly of this journal. An alphabetical cricket match will be ' played at the Denbigh paddock on Sat- ! urday next at 2.30 p.m. The respective teams will be chosen from A to G, and K to Z. The following tenders for tho conveyaa«e of mails have been accepted : — Feilding to Awahuri — W. G. Haybittle. ' Feilding to Kiwitea— H. O. Fowler. No mention is made of the Beaconsfield mail contract. The success which has folllowed tho \ efforts of Mr Retemeyer to make tbe cure of bacon aud ham a profitable pursuit has been so marked that he is now erecting a factory at Wostoo for the purpose of extending his operations. The building will soon be completed. We have been shown the plans ol a handsome building consisting of shop and residence, with upper story, balcony, &c, wiiich is about to be erected in Manchester street for Mr J: Freeman, boot and shoe maker. Mr Wright is the architect. We bave been requested to state that .the report of a fracas which took place'in! the Salvation Army Barracks on Sunday, evening last was not of tbe serious nature described. _\o one was injured nor was there any disturbance sufficient tp interrupt the proceedings. [Since the j above was in type we learn that several ' niiembers bf the Salvation Army are tc be prosecuted.] , A few days ago on the square near the railway station a horse was turned out with the saddle and. bridle on. The head of the animal was tied up, "a la Sample," head and tail, so thai he could not graze, neither could he stand still. The unfortunate animal was allowed to remain in its misery for oight hours, when a gopd Samaritan cut his bonds and let him "jmake tracks" for the bush. • For punctuality and despatch commend us to Hubbard's International Newspaper Agency ol tho United States of America. We have been favored by Mr Hubbard with a considerable number of most important and remunerative advertisements for which cash remittances have Ueen forwarded with business like promptitude, wiiich makes our connection with such a firm an exceedingly pleasant one. An important announcement appears in another column, by which it will be seen Dr Jo'ii.s on will leave Feilding for Wanganui on Friday evening" next on professional business. During his temporary absence Dr Mariner, of Paluierston, wil. visit Feilding ou certain days mentioned in the advertisement, and cases of urgency will meet with prompt attention either by Dr Mariner or Dr Macintyre, also ot Palmerston. The mode of repairing the Awahuri Bridge is intended to be done with the money about to be received from Government under the Roads and Bridges Construction Act, and it has been decided to add a couple more spans on to the structure- bringing the bridge right in to the main land. The Board have alio decided to plant willows on the banks of the stream above tbe bridge so as to strengthen the banks aud thereby make, a natural protection. — Standard. j The settlers on the Awahuri-Camp-belltown road held a meeting at the Endymion Hotel on Saturday last, and passed the following resolution, which we hope will be favorably considered by the Manawatu County Council. — •' That a petition be forwarded to Mr R. B Mckenzie, to present to the chairman of the County Council, calling attention to the dreadful state of the road at the Awahuri end cf the Campbelltown road; and praying respectfully to have the same formed, so as to form a complete road to and from Campbelltown." I The Evening Star concludes a leading i article with these pertinent sentences : | It is a true saying that one man may steal a horse whilst another may not look over the fence. Sir Julius Yogel seems io be able to bring down with applause and success measures which if proposed by his predecessors in office would have been stigmatised as a flagrant attempt at political corruption.' What would -he present ministerial press when in opposition have said abodt the Grey mouth and Westport Harbor Bills, the District Railways Leasing and Purchasing Bill, and last,: pot least, thp East aud West Coasts Railway r Bill?" lT -•' ■'' ■ ,: ■ ■ ' Summing up the character of the Hon. Robert Stout, and pointing put how ithas |)een modified by his recent political ex--petienpes.the Timaru Herald says:— "The. Premier's fairness and moderation prie--I sent a favourable contrast: to the*rancorpus impertinence and tlie flashy duplicity byl which' the- Colonial -Treasurer has so. ai-touished j andi mortified all .his wgljwisbers. We beliere_jre accurately miie rpfet the feeling of ttoe country "f hen ivo say" tha. :Mr Stout ' ifi very" warmly " regarded on 'the whole,' ahVl that the estimation in which he U held ( -by,. the. bubltc bhould be sufficient ta fill Mini with £ride and hope ,; and -ttigh -resolve. Yet. ith all this, he is -not satisfied. He is uot even comfi riable. To sum up his condition in a single sentence we should j-ay he is a self-made man who is half ashamed of his maker, and dreads lest other people )shqul£ fiutf it out."