Local & General News.

Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 76, 9 December 1884, Page 2

Local & General News.

— ♦ • The first through tra ; u from Napier to Tahoraite, w ; 'l rnn on the 15th inst. We are glad to learn that there is a slight change for the better in the health of Mrs W. E. Chamberlain, who has been seriously ill for some days past. Mr T. Tanner hns donated £o to the Onea Onga Public Library. We wish we bad a half-a-crown's worth of such "tanners" who would donate to the Feilding Public Library. "We learn from the Manawatu Times that Mr Blackburn has arrived in Palmerston to relieve Mr Caverhill of the Bank of New Zealand tbere. Mr Caverhill will for the future be stationed at Temuka. Tt is understood that a propo«al will be laid before the|vestry of St. John's Church a meeting of which will be lipid this evening, at 8 o'clork, to go on at once with the erection of the Sunday School Budding, as the funds are now in a position to warrant it. We learn from the Herald that the Supreme Court offices at Wanganui and Palmerston North havp been appointed local patent offices, and Mr W. G. Wopn and Mr A. R. T. Haultain have been appointed patent office agents accordingly. Waring Taylor's cases were again before the R.M.'s Court la<t Saturday. Accused sum ndered to his bail on' various charges of fraud, but in accordance with the understanding arrived at when the matter was previously before the court, none of the cases were gone into, an adjournment til Tuesday being obtained. Accused was admitted to ba 1.

a— TTtir—rriiir-a-i aarin itfrn mn mi >iiiiujmu« , mmi-t There are five lawyers retained for the defence of W. Waring Taylor. He must have some money left somewhere to indulge in so much luxury. This day is the anniversary of the death by drowning, at Longbeach, Canterbury, of Mr Alfred Dawson, churchwarden of St. John's, Peilding. We have to acknowledge receipt of No. 7 of the Anglo-New-Zealander, and from the Government Printer No. 22 of Hansard. The additions to Mr Hastie's Feilding Hotel are having the effect of giving a most imposing appearance to the budding. We are glad to notice that Mr Stevens resumed his duties as postmaster yesterday, having quite recovered from his illness. Mr Christopher Brown has added to his already excellent stock of drapery goods, a number of new and fashionable linos suitable for the season. In our issue of to-day we publish an advertisement re " The Ladies Collegiate School, of Wanganui." We understand that no pains nor expense will be spared to make* this institution a first class one. Among the names gazetted as members of the Industrial Exnibition Committee wo observo those of R. C. Bruce, M.H.R. for Rangitikei, D. H. Macarthur, M.H.R. for Manawatu, J. G. Wilson, M.H.R. for Foxton. We understand "aknight of the cleaver," well-known in Palmerston, will probably commence business in Feilding in a very short time. He will take up the business recently given up in the Kimbolton road. We understand that the action, Blackmore v tho Feilding Borough Council has been commenced in another form. The preliminary steps were taken yesterday in Palmerston by the solicitor for the plaintiff. Good Mr Timms, the Wanganui philanthropist, is likely to be deprived of his well earned £100, the amount of the fine inflicted on the Mayor elect Mr S purdie. The Borough Council has put in a claim for the amount, which is likely to hold good. — Poor Timms ! A gallant rescue occurred at the Rivor Avon, Christchurh, on Sunday last, when a boy named Nelson, 15 years of age, though unable to swim, jumped in and saved a little girl named Scandrett, 7 years old, who fell off Montreal Bridge into deep water. Bandman's Hamlet is not entirely appreciated in the States. The critic of a Western paper observes : — " As a broad burlesque it was passably meritorious ; | as a sober rcpresentating of Hamlet the performance gives one a pain in the pericardial region." On Sunday last a number of persons made "night hideous" by going up Manchester street howling some absurd negro melody at the top of their most discordant voices. It is a pity these persons cannot be made to respect the sacredness of the Sabbath. There is a rumour in Wauganui to the effect that a monster meeting of Maories will be held at Aramaho in about two months. Titokowaru, the once rebel chief, will he present. It is understood that most of the natives will don the Blue Ribbon, unless they have plenty of j money to spend. In one of the letters read before the Charitable Aid Board the other day, says the Christchurch Press, the writer, who had been receiving charitable aid, but who was now going on a farm, stated that "so long as the rheumatism kept within reasonable limits" she would not trouble the Board again. The Hawke's Bay Herald saya that Mr Ballance's association land regulations have been adapted almost entirely from the old Provincial regulations of Hawke's Bay, framed by Mr Ormond when he was Superintendent. The leading idea is the same, and so are many of the details. The machinery has, says our contemporary, been proved by experience to work well. We learn from the Dunediu Star that some excitement was occasioned in Princes street, near the City Hotel, hy the members of the North Dnnedin Rifles and the Salvation Army falling foul of one another when marchings in opposite directions. The Army officers aver that the Rifles purposely dispersed their numbers, an'd have lodged a complaint 'with the officer in charge of the Volunteer district. The Wellington Times, is making itself quite ill over Mr Ballance's speech at the banquet held in his honor in Wanganui a short time ago. Tbe chief trouble appears to he not what Mr Mr Ballance said, bnt what ho_ did not say and what he should have said. Bad day for Mr Ballance when he has te go to the Times to learn a policy. The recent bank-note forgeries have made busines people exceeding suspicious with regard to notes issued at Christchurch. A case in point occurred recently when a local tradesman called at an office for a small account, in payment of which a Christchurch £1 note was tendered. The collector, although it was explained to him that the note had only just within that hour been drawn from the Wellington branch of the bank, positively refused to accept it.-«-Exchange. A Fact Worth Knowing.— Are you suffering with Consumption. Coughs, Severe Colds settled on the Breast. Pneumonia, or any disease of t^e Throat and Lungs ? If so, go to your Druggist and get a bottle of Boschee's German Syrup. The people are going wild over its success, and Druggists all over our country are writing u* of its wonderful cures among their customers. Tt has by far the largest sale of any remedy, simply because it is of so much value in all nbections of his kind. Chronic eases quickly yield to do. Druzgist recommend it nnd physicians prescribe it. If vou wish to try its superior virtue, get a Sample Bottle for 61. Large *ize bottle 3r fid. There doses will relieve any case. Try it. The London correspondent of the Auckland Star says: — To thos* who remember that only two nr three years aeo it wns impossible to make the direct voyage to New Zealand under about 90 days, the fent jußt accomplished by the Tongariro seems astounding. This fast steaming liner has liternlly been " three times round the world" in eleven months. Her last run home occupied 40 days 4 ' hours 13 minutes, including detentions, her exact steaming time being 3S dayu 10 hours 31 minutes. The Tonganro's feat is, I need scarcely say. unparalleled in the history of ocean steaming, though from what T hear from the Ruapehii it will not remain so long. Considering ; their size, the steamers of the N.Z.S. Co. . are amongst the safest and speediest nfloat Moreover, they are thoroughly well officered, a great thing in these dajs when companies too often go in for cheap young men.

B--B---£----_MHB----_-K32__BB-fS-_-6-S^_l_RS Mr Henry, saddler, notifies that he has received a consignment of new goods of speeial quality. The business at the R.M. Court here tomorrow is again expected to occupy most of the day. There are about seven criminal, and a good number of civil cidcs (some of which are defended) to be heard. As it has been decided, in a recent case heard at Foxton, that subscriptions to a Racing Club cannot be recovered by law, executive officers of such bodies will for the future be wise in keeping members "up to the mark" as regards their payments, i A heavy fresh arose in the Oroua River yesterday, doing considerable damage to private and public property. The Awahuri Bridge has been again washed away, causing a suspension of traffic. We understand that a united demon* stration of ihe Friendly Societies of Feilding, to take place on Anniversary Day, 22ud January, is in contemplation, and that a meeting of delegates to make preliminary arrangements will shortly be held. In the first event of the Boxing Day Sports programme, the competition has been extended to residents in the Oroua and Manawatu Counties, instead of being confined to Oroua, as previously advertised. Competitors for handicaps are reminded that nominations must be sent in to the Secretary on Saturday next, 13th instant. At a meeting of the stewards of the Feilding Jockey Club, held last night, the following resolution was adopted: — "That considering the loss the perpetrators of the Gundagai swindle have evidently sustained, and that the horse is now in the hands of a well«known respectable man, it is advisable to remove the disqualification, subject to the approval of the club under whose rules wa hold our public meeting." | To-day's Chronicle says: — Mr Spnrdle, Mayor- elect, haa decided to appeal against Mr Timms " victory," and the necessary recognisances were entered into yesterday. Whatever the result of the appeal may be, the informer will have to wait a few months in suspense. In the ovent of tho decision of the Judges being in his favour, we understand that the Town Clerk will make a claim on behalf of the council for the fine to be paid over to the Borough funds.