Local & General News.

Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 126, 9 April 1885, Page 2

Local & General News.

j It is probable that a woollen factory I will be established in Hawkes Bay. | There will bo no mass in the Roman I Catholic, Church on r Sunday next. . ! There will be a meeting of tihe vestry I of St. John's Church to-sqiorroW' evening j at eight o'clock. The amount passed through tho totalisator at the Feilding Easter Euces was [£1311. We have to acknowledge receipt of Gordon and Gotch's English News Letter No. 3, dated February 27, 1885. Messrs Jones and Haythorn call for tenders for log fencing, particulars to bo received at their residence Taonui. ■ - ■ j The stewards of the Feilding Jockey Club will meet on Saturday night to close accounts for the Easter Monday Eaces. Several important additions have been made to Messrs Stevona and Gorton's I Pahnerston stock sale on Tuesday next. I The committee of the Sandon Public Library have requested Mr Win. Carthew to supply them with their English and American periodicals. Captain Davidson, J.P., of Taranaki, committed suicide on Tuesday last by blowing out his brains. Monetary j troubles wore the immediate cause. : j Execution has been stayed re fine in the Timms v Spurdlo . case until the Minister of Justice has an opportunity of dealing with the question of the remission of the penalty of £100. In view of the fact that the militia may be called out at any moment, it is strongly recommended that those young men who may object to compulsory servitude in that body join the volunteers as ,soon as possible. In this .connection we may state that there are a fow vacancies in the Manchester Rifles to fill which intending candidates must riidke application to Captain Macarthur at once. The Free Lnnce and t!i« Observer published in Auckland hare nmalgamated and in future will b* ids tied tiader the title of 'Ike Observer aad Free Lance. Of the former jnnrnal we have no knowledge, but of the Ltnce we can say, fhat for pluck, honesty, and a general desire to benefit the cammaaity *t large this journal Inm had no compeer in the colony, I while as a sporting paper and cnierer to ! i hose who love fun tempered with nnodesty aod good nuturc. it has occupied » high posi'ion. T?Ve wish the combination eyery success.

Some important bankruptcy advertisements appear in our issue of to-day. The Manchester Rifles will parade for Government inspection on Thursday the 28th May. The Manchester Rifles will parade for company drill on Tuesday next at the Public Hall sit 7 p.m. R. A. Edwin telegraphs.-— Barometer — Further rise at all places south of ; Lyttelton and Hokitika. Rise soon at all other places. We call attention to several important additions to the stock sale of Messrs Stevens aad Gorton, at Palmerston, on the 14th instant. The Press Association agent at Palmerston omitted to forward a wire of the racing events which took place" there on Easter Monday. Football is to be suppressed in America as brutal. This game is dying froa» inanition '• in these party." A little " suppression" might start it into activo life again. A week or (wo ago a fire occurred at an hotel adjoining the store of Mr S. J. Thompson, of Tamahere, aad late of Feilding. The hotel was completly destroyed and two lives were lost. A poitien of Mr Thompson's premises and part of his stock were destroyed. In to-day's issue appears an advertisoment re the election of a councillor to fill the extraordinary vacancy made by the resignation of Cr t'arthew. Nomination papers must be left at the Borough Council office on Friday, the 17th instant, before noon of that day. A poll of the Borough ratepayers for the purpose of determining whether the number of publicans or other liquor licenses, now in force in the district, may or may not be increased during the next throe years, will be taken on Friday, the 21rd instant. The excitement in London when the fall of Khartoum was announced is described as wonderful. The Strand nud Fleet Street were almost impassable. The well-known evening paper, the Pall Mall Gntette, came out with a gigantic black-bordered contents bill, inscribed in blood -red letters, "Too late. Too late. Poor Gordon." Mrs Langtry is experiencing much severe criticism upon her assumption of the role of Lady Teazle. Her beauty and her magnificent dresses, however, attract big audiences. Rumour says she will endeavour to get a divorce from Mr L., and will marry Charles Coghlan, the popular English actor. He has been in her dramatic company for some month* now. The challenge issued by Wallace Rees is not the only one which Beach has in hand. Early in February John Teenier, the young American sculler, issued a challenge to either Hanlan, Beach, Clifford, or Laylock, to row a match ia England. If Beach's friends would consent to his going to England, we hate not the slightest doubt a match could be luado with one or the other. A story is told of a shrewish Scotch woman who tried to wean her husband from the pablic-house by employing her brother to act the part or a ghost, and frighten John on his way home. " Who are you?" said the quid man, as tin 1 apparition rose before him from behind a bush. "I am Auld Nick," was the reply. " Come awa. 1 man," said John, nothing daunted. " Gie's a shake ©' your hand. lam married to a sister o' yoara." The police have received instructions t© proceed against all persons who either ride horses or drive vehicles, at a pace exceeding a wulk over any of the railway crossings. A* this lnw is broken hundreds of times every day on the Kinibolt.'B Koa-1 crossing, we caution U<ose persons who may be unconsciously guilty of thepractice that steps will be taken against everyone so offending without respect of persons. Verb. sap. The following names were drawn by the sheriff in Wanjjanui on Tuesday last to serre upon the jury (if required) at the sitting of the District Court at Palmerston North on the 22nd instant:— H. Collinson, H. Deards, G. Phillips, W. Pag*, J. Sax. on. W. Richmond, T. Sanson, Jt Harris, W. Summers, S. Brown, A. Macdonuld, T. Oliver, G. W. Fowles, R. Port, J. McCarthy. T. lagers, J. A'Court, M, Prendergast, J.Frecklington, W. Masters, J. Hanlon, G. Hitchman. L. R, Bryant. J. Knight, E. Turner. H. Waldegrave, W, Jacksoa, G. Dear,G. Wakers, W. Baker. H. I. Booth, T. Baxter, R. Parr, W. Luxford. H. Sanson, junr., T. Sutton. R. W. Stallard, it Thacker, R. Bownter, R. Gillies, W. Squire. D. Caldwell. J. Reid, C Pratt, J. Fagan, D. Lee, P. Berrr. C. Bridge. The following ii a summary of the Palmerston Races :— Handicap Hurdles of 35 soys— Rambler 1, Skylark 2. Shamrock 3. Hack Hurdle Race of 10 sovfl — Beauty Bright 1, Friday 2. Maidea Plate of 25 soys -.T. L. Sullivan 1. Gallant 2, Scic 3. Hack Race of 10 soys— I My Dream I, Nil Denper&ndum 2, Folly 3. Palmerston Guineas — Ascot 1, Germaine 2. Shamrock 3. Pony Race of 5 soys— Jumbo 1, The Wadger, 2, Midihipmite 3. Handicap Hack Race of 10 sovs— Hagnr 1, Touch-and-Go 2, My Dream 3. Flying Handicap of 40 sots - Lady Florence 1, Danebnry 2. Official's Hack Roc 6 of 10 sov«— Lady Napier 1, Royalty 2, Consultation 3.' Th« total amount put through the, totalis&tor was £1265. ..-..■■ ;.v