Local & General News.

Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 68, 18 November 1884, Page 2

Local & General News.

«, Nominations for «the office of Mayor must lie lod god witli the Towu Clerk tomorrow at noon. The death is annoan.ed at Patea, of Mr John Klink, who at one time kept a ( boarding house in Feilding. j Sir John Hall was a pas_«sger _y the San Francisco vntA steamer which arrived at Auckland on Saturday last. Captain Edwin telegraphs to-day ;-- Warnings for «or.lr<!r(y "R-a&fcs aad rain after 12 hours _.*_. foecm -«at to all stations. Mr Williamson lia'S been elected to represent the Kiwitea Road Board at the annual meeting of the Oroua County Council. We understand that the claim of the Feilding Publie Library, for its share in the £4000 grant in aid of libraries made by the Government, will bo forwarded in due timo. We notice that preparations for the erection of the Warwick street bridge have commenced, pa:*t of the material and implements for the work having been got on the ground. A new use has been found for sawdust by employing it, under a recent patent, as a substitute for use in house plastering. It is claimed to be cheaper, lighter, warmer, more porous, and to retain the heat better than sand plastering. Mr Young received a consignment of fruit on Saturday last, consisting of pine apples, apples, and oranges. As they are of most excellent quality and. the demand for them considerable, a large sale has been effected. A correspondent, S. F. E., sends us a letter on the Warwick street bridge contract. As this subj_ct bas beeu well ventilated already, no good end can be gained by continuing it. We therefore decline to publish the letter. In England the apertures of street letter boxes are surrounded hy luminous paints to facilitate their use at niglit. It would be a good idea for the Government to adopt that plau h.re aud apply it to the letter box attached to the , Borough Council oflice. Host Hastie, of the Feilding Hotel, is now making ample provision for the busy times approaching with Christmas and the New Year. The hotel is now undergoing extensive alterations, while additions and •improvements are being made which will add greatly to the comfort and convenience ot visitor*. We have received from the Commis Rioner of Crown Lands, Mr -Marchant, lithographed maps of the sections of the Kaiwhata, Mangahao, Mangaone, and Kopuaranga, to be disposed of for cash on deferred payments, and by perpetual lease. These maps aro now on view al the Star oifice, and may be seen on ap- . plication. The anniversary dinner and ball in O nection with the Feilding Lodge of Odd Fellows will be held in the Public Hall en Friday next. Those person-; who bave received circulars from the secretary ere requested to send in their replies at once in order to complete arrangements. Woodville is certainly a go-a-bead place. The Exammer says: 'The Lawn Tennis Club liave had their ground nicely laid out, and are waiting for the consolidation of the turf to resume play. It is intended to hold a match with the Palmers ton'Club about New Year " In the same paper tenders for 80)0 split totara sleepers are advertised for, to be used on the Ohau section of the West Coast Railway. We notice that Mr Henry has replen i-*hed his shop with a large and splendid sioik of saddlery ot all descriptions, including some of the celebrated N.S.W saddle, direct from Sydney. Persons requiring really good serviceable articles of the above description will do well to pay Mr Henry's establishment in Fergusson street a visit just now. Mr William Bell, who has successfully j carried on business as a general storekeeper at Halcom he for nome years, has 1 sold out to Mr H, Crabbe, who is also an old resident, well and favorably known among the settlers as an exceUent man !of business. We wish him every success in his new venture. We bave not yet heard the futu e movements of Mr Bell. The New Zealand Times says that in restoring Major Kemp to his office of Native Assessor, Mr Ballance acted in accordance with a minute on the case left by Mr Bryce, who desired to recognise Major Kemp's friendly action witb regard to the surveys for the trunk line of railway. Whether this be true or not, Major Kemp will only believe that he ia indebted to Mr Bullauce for the restitution. It is ominously whispered that a dark horse will be brought out to contest tbe Mayoralty election. The name of the candidate is to be kept a dead secreet until the last moment, when the present clique will bo " shattered like glass" by liis appearance at the front, and the business of the Borough carried out. on thoroughly liberal principles. — We don't doubt it Ohe of the great Smiih family, who i< now First Lord of the Admiralty, lately gave a party at Henley, and by payinj: the boatmen _•■ per hundred, secured 3000 lilies to adorn his parlours. He, however, depleted the river for miles, and made himself the object of much indignation. Spending six pounds among poor watermen appears to have been a crime, even when done by "a party of the name of Smith" in democratic England The naming of certain roads by the Kiwitea Koad Board yesterday in compliance with a letter from the District Surveyor caused considerable amusement. One road, from the . fact of it's leading to tbe site of a G- vernmenf bogus township was at first named •' Swindle road," and was so marked on the plan, but was afterwards given a more enphoneous name, while one road was unanimously called Ballance, in honor of the member for Wanganui and Native Miniister. Mr D'Arcy Hylnnd has been giving the Aucklanders a touch of his quality in a new line. Last week in the Northern City he tried his hand at, taming a wild bullock. The Star says the modus operandi was as follows .—He first secured the animal's head with a rope, and then fixed a stirrupless saddle on its back. Mr Hyland then mounted, and one of the assistants cut the rope. The bullock rushed madly aboat the enclosure but did not succeed in unseating bis j lucky rider.

We have received No. 6 of tho Anglo- i New Zealander, j Clark Russells new serial story will begin in "Belgravia" next year. The title will bo " A Strange Voyage." Bishop Hadfield has returned to Wellington. He may be expected to visit tins part of his diocese at the conclusion of the Synod now sitting. I When the French were defeated by the . Chinese at Tamai on the 15th of October hist, one hundred aud six of them were killed or drowned, and a French flag was taken. Admiral Leseps endeavoured to recover the flag from the Chinese by offering two new flags in exchange, but the offer was refused. This is a new mode of retrieving lost honor. We have received from Mr Corpe a sample of the Makino butter, which was made last night, at the Makino Cheese I and Butter Factory. We have great | pleasure in stating that the article is firstI class, having a sound flavour, and good [ color. It is already salted and ready for packing. We congratulate the Makino folks on the establishment of this company, which is certain to do so much good to the settlers there. The surveys at the northern end of the Central Railway route will be commenced by Mr Koch fort, and from the Marton end by Mr BfackeH, a son of the Engineer in Chief, under (he general direction of Mr J. T. Stewart, District Engineer. It is expected that contracts for sections of the formation will be advertised in less than two months, the object being to get the work well forward before the winter season sets in. Tenders for sleepers should be out at once. The capacity of the Square for grazing purposes was well exemplified yesterday when our reporter counted on one quarter of it 26 milch cows in full enjoyment o£ an nninterruptcd feed. A few yards from the Square, a bullock with a dray attached to him was wandering about on Kimbolton road unattended, and perfectly happy. It was observed that a number of women and children passing looked very uneasily at the fat good humoured beasts, but any alarm they may have experienced is not to be considered where good feed for milch cattle is going to waste. We learn from tbe Manawatu Times that Messrs Paliuerson and Scott, who are now engaged in surveying the land of die Wellington- Manawatu Kailway Company, expect to have 40,000 acres mapped out ready for sale by the end of December. If is hoped that the Director* will not lose si_ht of the advantages to be gained by holding their first land sale in Palmerston. In' ending buyers wiU in anj case be comp Hed lo visit that locality The Directors nre at full liberty to use their own d «cre ion in all matters affecting ihe'rintresis. but we submit that the best interests of the shareholders will be served by holdiDg the sale near the property to be disposed of. ■ ur contemoorary wiH find that strong interest will be brought t-o bear on Director- to bave this *saic in Wellington. We remind our readers of tbe enjoyable " entertainment to be given by Mr Thomas Bracken at the Pul/'c Hall this evening. The full programme, published in another column, includes scire! ions from popular authors, combining humour and pathos in the highest degree. "An evening with poets and humorists " has drawn large audiences throughout the colony, and Mr Bracken's own poems are thus spoken of i.y the Welli lglon Evening Post: "Last evening t'^e reader gave two of his own pieces, viz., 'Old Bendigo,' and 'Passing through the Gate,' iu each of which tbe iiithor was heard to great advantage. But it was in the latter named piece that the reciter excelled himself. The pathos in this exquisite little morceau was touching toadegree. Tho feeling thrown into Thorpe's 'The Curfew must not Ring tonight,' held the audienc.- spell-bound, and a spontaneous outburst of applause rewarded tbe reader at the end of it. The inflection of the voice in the refrain was artistically managed, and displayed the elocutionist and the poet. In the old, and somewhat hackneyed, 'Charge of the L'ght Brigade,' Mr Bracken surprised those who heard him by his display of j iidicious declamation and actmg. neither of winch was in the least degree forced." Mr Bracken will appear at Palmerston to-morrow and Marton on Thursday.