Local & General News.

Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 114, 12 March 1885, Page 2

Local & General News.

A fracas occurred in Rattray street, Dunedin, yesterday. A lad named Billows, who was run over at Wellington on Tuesday, died yesterday afternoon. A Foxton hotelkeeper has "the courage of his opinion," he advertises the brands of his draught beer. Mr James Linton visited Feilding yesterday for, the purpose of placing some shares in the Manawatu Co-operative Steam Shipping Company among our local importers. We are pleased to state that Mr Linton was very successful. We learn by telegraph today that the Hon. C. J. Pharazyn has resigned his seat in the Legislative Council. It is understood nothing will be done towards filling the vacancy until the return of the Governor, and probably it will not be filled then. To-day a very serious accident occurred on the Awahuri road at the bridge near Mr Dermer' s farm. Mr Fowles was driving his trap in the direction of Awahuri when he allowed the wheel to collide with the hand rail of the bridge, resulting in the upsetting of the vehicle. The whole of the occupants were thrown out. . Frank Behrendt who was one of them received such serious injury that he is partially paralyzed from the waist downwards. The others, consisting of Mrs Doreen and child and Mr Fowles escaped better, but the latter has sustained severe injury to his ribs by falling on the bolts of the bridge and he now lies helpless. Mrs Doreen who is a sister of Behrendts has telegraphed to Halcombe for their brother to come down by this evening's train.

We did not receive the usual weather report on Tuesday last. The bachelors at Kiwitea will give a ball at an early date. Wo are glad to learn that a majority of the burns in the Kiwitea hare been very successful this year. Prince Albert Victor is about to be proposed as a candidate for membership in the Masonic body. In the olden times it was customary to ratify an agreement with a bent coin. Now we do it with a "straight drink." Game is very scare in the Manawutu this season. The average of bags has been very small. Mr Corkery advertises that he has commenced selling that most wholesome and delicious fruit the tomatoe, at his shop opposite the Denbigh Hotel. Mr Shailer has been kept rather busy lately in taking photographs of family groups in Feilding. He finds his time on Wednesday's fully engaged. A new advertisement from Mr Samuel Daw, who is now sole proprietor of the livery and bait stables known as Daw's, appears in another column The Borough Council advertise tenders for forming and mettalling Stafford street. Plans and specifications may be seen at the Borough office. The dance which will be held on St. Patricks night at the Public Hall under tlie management of Mr John Turner promises to be a greut success. At Aramoho on Tuesday last Mr Firman's stables were burned dawn. The loss over insurance is estimated at about £100. We have received a sample of hops grown by Mr Saxon on the Poatatua farm a few miles from Feilding. They are, without exception, the best we have seen this season. The sale of the privileges of the Feilding races to be held on Easter Monday will be held at the auction rooms of Messrs Halcombe and Sherwill on Saturday next at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. At the end of this month a paper to be entitled The Wellington Figaro will be published in the Empire City. It is to be a serio-comic journal, and will find pabulum chiefly in political subjects. The members of the Anglican body at Patea have recently erected a very handsome church. Messrs Atkins and Clere, of Wanganui, were the architects. A man who signs himself as "50 years of Sojourn" in the Waipawa Mail says, "why not close the drapers as well as the pubs? Frivolous finery is the ruin of as many families as beer." This is a new departure. An attempt is being made to select a band from the repective bands of Feilding, Palmerston and Marton, in order that the west coast volunteers may be well represented in this respect at the Easter encampment at Nelson. To-day we publish an advertisement giving particulars of a land sale to be held by Messrs Halcombe and Sherwill on Wednesday the 18th instant. It is worthy of note that the whole of sections will be sold without reserve. The New Zealand Times and the Post have shaken hands over the War Map of the Soudan, and ratified a treaty of peace in some of Harris' spirits and Gillon's best cordials made from the Waters of Leith (Lethe). Some of the clergy of Auckland have denounced from their pulpits the movement of volunteering to the Soudan. They are not "on all fours" with their brethren in New South Wales, who volunteered to serve as chaplains for the troops. Some ultra-liberal papers at Home think that a rupture with Germany would not be an unmixed evil. The pension list would be thereby considerably shrunk from the excision of the names of German prince-paupers who now batten on the English taxpayers. The Post states authoritatively that the Government have not received any intimation from Sir F. Dillon Bell of a wish or intention on his part to retire from the office before the expiration of the two years for which he was re-appointed. A slight outcry is being made amongst London managers against the extravagant salaries paid to actors aud actresses at present, £20 a week is quite common for a good looking "first walking gentleman," and some get twice as much. Terris, who plays Romeo to Miss Andersen's Juliet, gets £60 a week. The fact that French ships of war are overhauling American and English merchantmen at Shanghai will not tend to close the breach which is so rapidly widening between the several great powers interested. On every side are evidence of a desire to fight and bring the present state of affairs to an issue by a fierce and bloody war. The Manchester Rifle Volunteers paraded on Tuesday evening for ordinary drill. There was a good muster. Captain Macarthur informed the men that in all future cases of absence without leave the fines in accordance with the Regulations would be rigidly enforced. A number of smart young recruits have joined the ranks recently, and they promise to turn out useful members. The young man Hunter who was injured on the Kimbolton Road a few days ago by his horse falling over a cow was taken into Wanganui yesterday in the charge of his father who came from Taranaki for that purpose. Mr Pollock, of the Buckingham Palace made the railway carriage as comfortable as was possible under the circumstances by placing at the disposal of the sufferer a well arranged couch. At the request (cabled), of Hon. Thos. G. Hewitt, President of the Exposition to be held at Grafton, N.S.W., (commencing the latter part of March), Mr H. P. Hubbard, proprietor, of the International Newspaper Agency, New Haven, Conn;, U.S.A., has forwarded for display on that occasion sample copies of over seven hundred leading newspapers, published in the various cites of the United States, Mexico, South America, the West Indies British India, South Africa, Europe, etc. Probably such a collection of periodicals in various languages has never been seen before in Australia; and possibly at no previous exhibition in the world. Mr. Habbard regretted that the short time allowed him for making this collection, (only one day after receipt of Mr Hewitt's cablegram), did not admit of the selection and arrangement of a very much larger representation of the Press of the world. The contribution sent, however, cannot fail to prove of great interest to all intelligent visitors to the Exposition, and especially to newspaper men and lovers of unique literature. Among the New Zealand journals The FEILDING STAR is represented.