Local & General News.

Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 108, 26 February 1885, Page 2

Local & General News.

«. Beer is 2d a gallon in Munich ; yet it is said to be fit to drink. Mr Bruce, M.H.E. for Kangitikei, will address his constituents shortly. We are requested to state that mass •will not be celebrated in the Catholic Church on Sunday next, March Ist The monument which is to be erected to the memory of the late Rev. Father O'Eielly has arrived in Wellington. The Wellington Hospital is said to be the worst managed public institution in the Colony. The next English and European mail, via 'Frisco, will close at the Feilding Post Office to-morrow evening at 7 o'clock. A nursery for the rearing of pigs in the Eangitikei is euphoniously entitled The Hibernian Ostrich Farm. This Bounds well anyway. Sir Julius Yogel has promised to make certain alterations in the Customs tariff in respect of oil and other articles used in the manufacture of hematite paint. The bone collar-button has done more to release man from the tyranny of woman than all the philosophical works on humanity ever written. At Oshawa, near Toronto, a man named Kniver recently recovered £100 for injuries received during initiation into the Phoenix Lodge of Odd Fellows. The entries to Messrs Halcombe and Sherwill's sale on the 4th March continue to come in, and the additions which appear in our issue of to-day are worthy of attention. An advertisement which is of very considerable importance to vendors of stock at the auction sales of Messrs Stevens and Gorton appears in our columns to-day. The paddocking of cattle a day or two before the 6ale on land convenient to the eale yards will be a great advantage to both buyers and sellers. Mr Amesbury ought to be liberally patronised. The New South Wales Government have determined to extend the advantages of a free railway pass to all new arrivals from the Continent of Europe as well as from Great Britain, not only as a mark of hospitable recognition to the new colonists, but in the interests of the colony generally, for the purpose of allowing them to settle upon the land in the country districts. Bachelors are said to fee more liable to the terrible disease of cholera than married men. In support of this view it is stated that during the period of observation of a French physician he noted that 946 unmarried men ,died in Paris of cholera as against 542 married men, showing that marriage is a prevontative of cholera. Some bachelors will think " the remedy worse than the disease." We understand that our local licensed bill sticker will apply to the Borough Council at an early date to take steps to preventtherailwayauthorities "exercising the calling of bill stickers within the Borough " without taking out a license in terms of Borough Bye-law 107. We understand that the case is a good one, and refers to certain bills which, have lately been distributed by the railway authorities. We are glad to learn that Mr C. Bull has purchased a section of land near .Cheltenham, on which he will at once erect a sawmill. The machinery is all ready, and as soon as a suitable site for the null is selected, it will be shifted on to the ground. The timber standing on this section, and others surrounding it, is of the best quality, and there is enough to keep the mill in full work for many yeare. • A turtle weighing 150lbs has been secured "to assist" at the banquet to be given to Sir Julius Yogel on the 12th of March in Christchurch. This fact ought to be a groat source of joy to the friends of Sir Julius, and by a natural association of ideas, the descendants of the^ Canter--bury pilgrims, will in future connect Sir. Julius with the "practical" or real turtle" and Mr Stout with the "theoretical' or mock turtle, which is manufactured out of calves' head.

A grand Catholic concert is to come off in Feilding shortly. The ( )tago t Canterbury cricket match, played at Dunodin yeeterdny, ended in a win for Otago with two wickets to spare. Messrs Stevens and Gorton's next sale will be at Awahuri on Tuesday next. We publish to-day several additions to the list of entries. Mrs E;ide, who died at the Wellington Hospital on Monday, had a Salvation Army funeral yesterday, she having been a member of that body. A witness in a case at the R. M". Court yesterday made a request that we should I not publish his name. It is needless to say that the former was reminded that his request could not be granted. The world is indebted to the Times for the invention of the new word • 'atrocitist. ' ' It is "a sign of the times" when the Thunderer condescends to follow suit to the lead of the Americans. We have to acknowledge receipt of a copy of the Otago Daily Times, containing the quarterly report of the Dunedin Chamber of Commerce, from the secretary of that body. We will refer to this in a future issue. We understand that several prominent supporters of the Palmerston Jockey Club are so disgusted with the action of that club in running opposition to the Feilding club on Easter Monday, that they have withdrawn their names altogether from the list of members. Constable Median arrested a man named T. Lyness this morning in Halcombe, and brought him down to Feilding. The prisoner, who is tuken up under the Police offences Act, has 22 previous convictions recorded against him. He will probably be brought up before tho Justices tomorrow morning. Several inquiries have been made as to why Mr Fry, as representing this part of the education district, did not recommend the purchase of the land nest the Feilding schoolhouse to extend the playground for the scholars. The space is wanted, and the land is not over- valued. \o doubt Mr Fry had good reasons for his opinion. We learn from the Manawatu Herald that E. S. Thynne, hsq., of Fuxton, advocates the formation of a Bee Society for Foxton. It is to be hoped that he will be assisted liberally in carrying out his idea. English buyers of honey will always give from £65 to £70 per ton for honey at the nearest shipping port. The Manawatu Times of yesterday has a scathing article on the Wellington Land Board. If the facts as therein stated are true — and they bear the imprint of verity upon them — the question of an enquiry by a Commission into the past action of this Board ought to be brought up at the next meeting of Parliament. In Wellington there is a newspaper proprietor named Harris, says the Christchurch Telegraph, who when summoned as a i uror in the Waring Taylor case, asked the judge to excuse him, as he had been communicating with the spirits and had learnt where all (he money hud gone, the judge said he could not excuse him on those grounds. The following are the names of local residents who have applied for space at the Wellington Industrial Exhibition : - Samuel Knight, lavender for distillation, tobacco for manufacture, sauce for meats, gravies, etc.; Geo. Boness, hops (pressed), four samples; Luke Ward, hops (pressed), four samples. Applicatitns for Space must be left at the Stab office on Saturday by 2 p m. The Wanganui Education Board has mnde a sad mess of the appointment of the schoolmaster at Awahuri We learn from a report of the proceedings at the last meeting of the Board that the secretary had engaged Mr Moggat a salary of £140 per annum,': but owing to an informality, the department would only pay £110. The Board has decided to pay three months salary at the higher rate, and give Mr Mogg three months' notice. We understand the matter will not be allowed to rest there. One of onrM.H.K. (says an Exchange) has been paying attention to a young lady for a long time, and iiad taken her to attend the House until she was well; posted in the rules. On the last day of the session, as they came out, he bought her a bouquet of flowers and said to her " Ma/ I offer you my handful of flowers?" She replied promptly, " I move to amend by omitting all after the word hand." He blushingly accepted the amendment, and they adopted it unanimously and thereupon formed a committee of two with power to add to their number. The late Cardinal McCabe, whose death was recently announced, was the son of a journalist and author, Mr Bernard McCabe, who originally was a Parliamentary reporter for the Morning Herald, in London, but afterwards went to Dublin to start the Telegraph there. He was considered then one of the best writers of the day. It may not bt« out of place to mention that Ihe late Cardinal is distnntly related and was god-father to Mr William Mahony, of Auckland, and was a brother of the late Mr Grattan McCabe, who died in Auckland some ten years ago, and who was connected with the Southern Cross, New Zealander, and other newspapers in the colony. Amongst our correspondence the other day we found the following unique letter : » _ Feb. 15, 1885. Sir— lt goes against conscience to keep on rending your paper (which I still do with interest) and not pay for it. Please find enclosed P. 0.0, for current year. ■." This is a rara avi* with a vengeance ! A man who reads a paper, actually with. a conscience, and thinks the newspaper man does want a shilling or two occasionally to pay for wages, material, telegrams, and the thousand and one things for which he h&s to find the "spons." This has come Hke an oasis in our path, and given us confidence as to the future, but at the same time we would give a trifle to any charitable fund if a few more of our subscribers would also prove to us they had a little con science left. Perhaps some of them will take a hint— Manawatu Herald. ■■•'<• In Canterbury in honor, of. the memory of General Gordon, the Mayor invited the citizens of Christcburch to close their places of business for two hours during Monday the 16th inst., andthe houses were closed, accordingly. In Wangnnui a few days ago Captain Hutchison and the men under his command paid - a graceful -tribute to 1 the deceased General by -giving a general salute whilethe band played the Dead March in Saul. The ; ' Governor made passing allusion, to him at some fete in the south, and clergyman of all denominations have paid high tribute to him. What should have been done was for the colony to- have joined in a united «?xpre_ssion,. of ! sympathy -with th.c. /dead hero, who>has .teen a>martyr f: to h|s high sense of honor : and. duty ;«o thatiVthe whole of the citizens of the 'colony would hove had .an opportunity of giving, public expression of their sorrow. -