Local & General News.

Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 95, 27 January 1885, Page 2

Local & General News.

Messrs O'Hara and Gordon are advertising for pick and shovel men. Managers of public libraries are reminded that applications for subsidies must be made by the 31st instant. Mr de Harven, and Mr McKerrow, the Surveyor-General, were in Feilding yesterday. ! Daniel Johnston, Esq. , L.R.C.S. , Edin. , has been gazetted public vaccinatorrfor the Halcoinbe district. Captain Edwin telegraphs to-day: — Warnings for gales and heavy rain'have been sent to all stations. - -- -„ Messrs Stevens and Gorton's stock sale tliis afternoon was moderately well attended, and most of the lots passed off at . fairly remunerative rates. A free pardon is offered to any accom- . plice implicated in _setting fire to the New Zealand Timber Company's premises 'in Auckland,- who wiU give such inf or-; mation as will , lead to the apprehension and con\ action of tho other offenders. The. demand for building . timber is steadily on the increase. Order- for good .lines in totara aro also coming in, so that we may expect to see the saw-mills in full work- during the autumn and winter months. "' is We are glad to notice that the depraved women who created such a disturbance in Warwick street on Saturday night are.not regular residents of ._he_Jßoroug__. They belong to Wanganui, and will be shunted back there as soon as possible; i • ' ' •■'■ UA

A breweiy is being erected at Hake Rotorua. The liquor brewed from thC; waters in that favored district will have most remarkable hygienic properties, and if the business is properly conducted, there o*_ght to be a good opening for an undertaker. '

The recent sale of sections in the Fortymile Bush, advertised in the Feilding Stae, has resulted most satisfactorily. A report was laid before the Land Board on Friday last, showing that up 'to date 10,352 acres had been sold, the amount realised being £14,553 19s 4d. ■

The annual treat to the scholars of the' Feilding State School is proceeding on the Oval as we go to press; The giving of prizes will take place in the Public Hall this evening, and we are requested to state that the business will commence at 7 o'clock sharp. The Town Band will* be in attendance.

It was a matter of comment at New Plymouth th_t at the distribution of! school prizes a few days ago, only about! a third of the recipients said ,":thank you." j We hope that the Feilding school children i will show better breeding than this at! the. distribution which takes place this' evening. ' I

The attention of contractors is directed) to ;a. notice from the Borough Engineer calling for tenders for" the erection ofj Manchester street Tu-idge,. ,the formation of Port street, and __efe__ng"of _)enlngh street. Tenders must be lodged at -Borough ; Council office by A. p.hv , :on Thursday next. .. .. ■_.-. . i

Although the meeting of householders held las. night for the Election of a school committee was not- a large one, the attendance was fairly representative of all classes •and opinions,, and considerable interest was shown in the business by all presehlj. .The declaration of tne result of the voting was received with applause,' and we have no doubt of the newly-appointed committee giving general satisfaction to their constituents and all concerned.

Rodent quadrupeds have evidently not much antipathy to music if we may judgje from the following circumstances The anniversary decorations in the shape of flags, banners, &c, which had, since the celebration of 1884, been stored at Mr Daw's residence, where the members of the Feilding Brass Band do nightly congregate for practice, , were required, and on someone going^o fetch them away for the purpose of decorating the, -hall the other day, they were found to - have been completely destroyed, arid'-mariy of them eaten up by rats, which 'had; made the bundle a temporary- home.

With reference to the 'a_vertisei_ent for fencing tenders from, the District Engin-eer,-our attention has been tidied 'by senr-; er al contractors to what thej* consider th& .great unfairness, shown by the provisian which aHdws 1 .- the' specifications "ahd conditions being seen at Foxton and Palmerston only. As it 5 isj any j person jin Feild^ig or the neighborhood who might be disposed .0 tender wo idd have to make a journey to the latter place in order; to inspectrthe 'documents named, J ari inconvenience which"" might easily have been prevented'by their ■ being on view here! a's well as at the above-named places. I 1

A striking instance of the curative powei\ of Te Aroha hot baths i-'recbrded by ihe Thames. Advertiser as follows: — "One day last week a gentleman • arrived in the -district' quite -talpless -from .1 sciatica, intending to. take advantage ,of the usual course oOiathing. Within a few days he was completely restored to activity, and on the arrival of another invaUd, suffering from acute rheumatism, the erstwhile sciatica cripplewas amongst those who' assisted in carrying him to the springs, frdm which he had himself derived so much benefit. I An example of this kind. i_ worth any quantity of theory." It is. a most melancholia evidence of the weakness of the Home Government that England has to appeal to. America for: assistance tps.pi-e.erve the peace in her own borders. We learn from our teler grams this morning, that the London papers appeal, strongly to America "to enact vigproufe measures against dynamiters:" This is tantamount to a confession that the. police arrangements in the United "Kingdom -, .-are. _ pigtcfeically , worthless in preventing crime jor inc^pablief of -1 even, taking • the ppf^uictory ..steps' to preserve 'the_ lives., and. property o_i the people" froih 'the attacks of a'riu__ber of cowardly 'assassins.: ' It . ha¥ (been openly stated tnat the police have been cognisant of many of the dynamite outrages, prior. to their, perj>etr_tipr_, with the vie-w of keeping 'up.tne l excitement : foWh&r own gain. • • '- ! '- - : -'"■ '•'•'■ ; '■'■ -'A. \/ 1 Tpß. P^eopw^Want, Pboof. — TheVe-is. . no uie'dicinV prescribed'-y 'physicians or sold by Druggists, that carries 'such Vvid.rfc- of its • succ-ss / and (superior { virtue- as Boschee's Gprman -Syrup for aerere Cough's^ Colcl** settled on the breast, Consumption.. o_r any disease of^the' /throat. -ind. Lnngf./ -Any Rei-pon aflßietSedv •■ .can get a'SVm_le i 'Bbttlp''fp'r it^.«'ni|l r.try : its superior ' .ff_6t' jipfnre buymgj the J "regiila'r size at " -.<T M.' : lts .otiderfut cures nre astonishing every oW :_____- vises it. Three doses will r«-li«*Te..any_case. _.If. . .youihafe a Couj*h.-oi-_3i'ld v tto|r^tf*ill *ipt yield to -other- reuiedif s : try -,<irerman Syrup and you will he surprised at the result. , Its has'cured many cases of socalled Consumption which doctors had I given up.; It is sold by all Druggists in the Civilized World. Advt.

Tigrediii has huit her leg at JMapier and it is questionable whether she will be well in time tor the Wellington meeting. In Napier on Saturday the body of another infant was discovered in a box at the mouth of tne Ngaruroro Rirer. It appears to have been in the box some time. At the inquest on the body of Holmes, scenic artist, the victim of the recent fire - in Auckland, a verdict of accidental death .Was returned. I here was no evidence to show how' theTire originated. " v A woman named Ann Mary Packer was on Friday last charged on Ormond-r ville with manslaughter for rough treatment of a child of-Mr John Bell at its birth a few weeks previous. The prisoner was committed for trial, bail beingallowed, herself in JB 100 and one surety in a like amount/.. _ - ' -.." f^l U. Fourteen persons more or less un_er J the influence x>i. drink were counted in our streets on Sunday last'. . Manchester § street was found very objectionable by persons returning from 'church ' offing to the number of larrikins about smoking and swearing..; ..■,-,-. At Teviot station, Dunedin on Tuesday ; morning last, James Isbester, a partner in a contract for ploughing, committed suicide by hanging. Deceased had latterly, beenlow spirited, as if (as a witness at >the injury stated) he were dissatisfied with his team of horses. A, verdict of suicide by hanging was returned. 1 The Napier Herald's correspondent at Makatoka telegraphed that on Saturday large bush fires were racing around. Makatoko. Parson's and Small*, sawmills, with houses and large stacks of timber, are entirely destroyed. ■■ The insurance is' believed to be £1600 in the National, but probably this is '' 'partially reinsured. Several other mills were in danger when the despatch left. The once celebrated Victorian bushranger Power is now approaching the end of the lone term of imprisonment to which he was sentenced at the close of his career of daring crime. In February he will.be entitled to his discharee, and in | the meantime efforts are being made,- by/ persons taking an interest in his welfare, i to-get-him sent to America as soon as he is set at liberty.

Writing about the rumored intention of the Government -to despatch the. Hinemoa to the_ racific, the Timaru Herald, says: — On'"'- one occasion Mr: Graham Berry announced to ' Lord Nor--manby that the Victorian Government were about to despatch their boat,' we> forget what her name is, to do something or other in ' the way of .fihbustejping in the Pacific. "Very well," repliecrthe .okj. Lord, who knew, his business, 'thoroughly,'" then I shall Brder theC-dm-modore to send aman-6f-'w_r after -her to seize her as pirate !" We presume -SipWilliam Jervois is acquainted with that precedent. ,-'• ;,;, -.. n ; ..

The Woodville Examiner thinks there has been some jugglery in the matter of determining the .site of the railway station. The site is on Mr Sydney ' Johnston's ground outside the town, the very last place, says the Examiner, that anyone would hare expected to 'be' fixed upon. The reason assigned for the selection was the exces.ir«< price demanded for a, : sit?; in the town ; but several owners of suitable sites aver that they were never asked what price they required for their land. Th. local paper -declares' that -?-f course when the Johnston family are about, their interests seem to be con.rderedbefore the interests of the public."