Local & General News.

Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 128, 14 April 1885, Page 2

Local & General News.

Mr B. Young has some novelties in his shop well worth inspection. A meeting of the Small Farm Association is called for Monday next. The Palmerston Soap and Candle Company invite tenders for the purchase of 12 tons of soap. Mr J. B. Hamilton opened on Friday last, and the display in the shop attracted a large number of visitors. The Hon. Mr Tole, the Minister of Justice, is m Wanganui to-day on business connected with his department The attention of ratepayers is directed to the burgess roll, wiiich is now open for inspection at the Borough Council office. An old well-known Featherston medico was lately sentenced to. seven days' imprisonmnent with hard labor for imbibing too freely. A Choral Society is about to be formed in Feilding. A meeting of the promoters will he held at an early date. We wish the movement every success. . John Bright says that the English system of patronage is nothing but " a gigantic system of outdoor relief for the aristocracy of Great Britain." Mrs £. Bradley advertises her house and land for sale. As we understand the terms are remarkably liberal the property ought to find a purchaser promptly. On Friday, the 17th instant, return tickets will be available from all stations between Wanganui and Palmerston to Turakina, where a race meeting will take place. It is hoped to have the new opera house at Wellington ready by next Christmas. MrChatfield, the architect, has gone to Melbourne to consult with theatrical managers as to the latest ideas. The body ot a new-born female child, much decomposed, was found in the Avon, Christchurch, near the cemetery, last Sunday evening. . The police have not yet ' ascertained how it came there. It is stated that the lowest tenderer for the first section of the' North Island Main Trunk Railway from the Southern end is that of <a^ Wanganui firm; the amount being iff rotind numbers £27,500. It is announced by the District Engineer of Railways that tenders #ill he received up to noon of the 57th instant for the Marton junction station buildings contract. Drawings, specifications and general conditions may he seen at the Feilding railway station. . Russia claims by virtue of conquest and sovereignty to hold Turcomania, and denies the rights of Afghan over important positions recognised as belonging to Afghanistan. : Theqe demands, if granted, would give Russia the command of tbe road to Herat and Meshed, and jrould place Cossack pickets trithin forty miles of Herat.' ■-■• ' A, .- ' The wool and wheat, market (says .the Wellington Time's) seem to be affected by the war excitement of the paßt few days. Wool, appears likely to he still lower in price, especially '• crossbred ' varieties. Wheat, on the contrary, is getting firmer in price, ahd ' in tho 'event of war would probably rule considerably' higher than for some yean past. The loss on wool may be. compensated for: by the rise in wheat. -.. Persons suffering from diseases of the eye, ear, or throat will be glad to learn fronuau advertisement in another column that t)r Schwarzbach, M.D.,has returned to Wanganui where he is staying at the Rutland Hote^. , .As this skilled specialist , will only remain there until Saturday, the ■ 25th inst. pationts desiring to' consult him I should <gd ; up f at once ias owing to the ! number of persons seeking the ready relief he is able to afford them, the time ' at hit) disppeal has to be economised to the utmost.

We draw attention to Mr Crichton' s new advertisement to-day. The District Court sits at Palmerston on the 22nd inst. In making arrangements for Queen's birthday it must be remembered the 24th of Mny falls on Sunday. Volunteers are reminded ot the parade this evening. All absent members will [ be fined. j We learn with regret th»t H. L. Sher- j will, Es-i., hns resigned his position as Mayor of the Borough of Feilding. A requisition is in course of signature asking D. H. Macarthur. Esq., to accept a seat in the Borough Council. Messrs Hnicombe and Sherwill's stock j sale at Ashhurst will take place to- [ morrow. The rapid sale of tickets for the Roman j Catholic concert to take place on Friday j next is a guarantee for tbe success of the entertainment. The Government are now fencing off a portion of the railway line from the Oroua bridge past the Native reserves towards Palmerston. Mr Bonl who has been tince his arrival in the colony, in the employ of Mr Lewers, left yesterday for the Home country via Melbourne. An interesting and amusing sketch of the doings of the Manchester Rifles at the Nelson Easter Encampment appears in another column. The polling for tbe £50.000 loan was taken in Palmerston on Satarday. For the loan proposals there were 323 votes, against 12, informal 7. For local option in respect of publicans licences were — for increase, 113, against, 52. This is a most satisfactory days work for the Borough of Palmerston. Mr S. Knight is now in .a position to supply silk worm mulberry trees in nny quantity. Orders left at his shop in Kimbolton road, or his nursery at .-\waliuri, will be attended te. This speciality will be notified in Mr Knight's advertisement next issue. Donald returns from a visit to his brother Dugald. who ia in the Glasgow police force, and is quite proud of his white gloves. Father : " An' did yell see Dugald P " Donald : "Yes, I'll saw Dngald." "Did he'll wear the kiltP Na ; he'll wear trews on his breeks, an' breeks on bis bans toe, whatefer !" At the next sitting of the Resident Magistrate's Court which will be held here on Wednesday the 22nd inst., an interesting case will be heard where W. Arnott sues Mr Wallace, the Borough Ranger for £15 damages to cover injuries sustained through an alleged assault committed on Friday lastWe are glad te learn that the football season will be inaugurated next month. Weunderstand that a combined team will be made up between the Palmerston and Feilding clubs, to play a Wellington team which it is understood will play early in the season a series of matches up the coast finishing at New Plymouth. Colonel Howett, who has just been appointed te the command of the New Zealand Volunteers, is (if the Wellington correspondent of the Napier Telegraph is rightly informed) to hare a five years' engagement, at a salary of £800, with house allowance and travelling expenses. The Salvationists held a tea meeting at their barracks 'n Manchester street last evening for tbe purpose of bidding I farewell to two of the district officers familiarly known as "Jolly Jim" and " Happy Artiiur." The meeting waß well attended, nud tbe proceedings were of an enthusiastic nature, ending with cheers and hearty shaking of hands, Ac. Intelligence from Coonamhle New South Wales states that the two men, Angel and l hurston. who escaped from Coonamble gaol on the 12th March; and who have been at large since, attacked a storekeeper named Stewart on Friday last and shot him dead. The police shortly afterwards appeared on {he scene, and after exchanging.. shots wounded Angel mortally, and shot Thurston dead. The telegraph authorities are, we learn, devising a new form for use in sending telegrams. It will differ in shape from the form at present in use. and the dirisions for words, so as to facilitate counting, will be larger. The official " coding" will be so-arranged as to save four words in the transmission of eacn message. The new farm will probbaly not oome into use for some months yet, a* the supply in hand ef the old forms is almost equal tp a year's requirements. — Post. In order that there be a proper military display on the Queen's Birthday on this part of the coast, we would suggest that the respective captains of the Marton, Feilding, and Palmerston Rifles arrange for a parade to he held at some central point, and make all the' necessary train and other arrangements. We are certain the men of the three companies would: support their officers in. this. It is possible that by proper representation to Major Stapp, the officer commanding the district, this parade might be counted as an inspection parade; We would be much pleased to see the Manchester; Rifles entertaining their brothers in arms from: Palmersfon and Marton, if Feilding were selected as the most central point. A Beautiful Paintino.— -Mr G. G. Green, of Woodbury, : .New Jersey, U.S.A., is presenting to druggists and others in this country some wery fine pictures ia oil ot his magnifirent house and grounds and laboratory at that place ■Vir Green is the proprietor of Boschee's German Syrup and Green's August Flower, twe very valuable medicines, which are meeting with great favor, the first as ii remedy for Pulmonary complaints, and the latter for Dyspepsia and disorders of the Liver. These preparations have attained' an immense "sale solely on their superior merits and are solo by all druggists- throughout the world. The price is the same for each. 3s 6d per bottle, or sample bottles for 6d. The sample bottle* tfiinble sufferers to prove their value at a. trifling cost.