Local & General News.

Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 129, 16 April 1885, Page 2

Local & General News.

The Borough Council will moot this evening, when a good deal of important matter is likely to be debated. Nominations for the vacancy in the Borough Council must be in to-morrow before noon. No information has yet been received by the police as to the mean thief who tried to rob the box containing the childrens' subscriptions in the Sunday School. In consequence of the sudden departure of Bishop Redwood for England, the consecration of the Roman Catholic Church in Feilding has been indefinitely postponed. Tho strength of the Manchester Rifles at present is as follows : — Officers, 3 ; non-commissioned officers, 4 ; men, 62. Application to make it a garrison corps will be forwarded to the Defence Minister shortly. The war news conveyed in Mr Eade's advertisement to-day is certainly very startling and will be found to cause a number of persons to visit his establishment in order to secure a aouveuir before he takes his departure for tho (canebottomed) seat of war. The following amounts of prize money have been paid by the Feilding Jockey Club for the Easter Monday Race Meeting :— F. B. Gentry, £130 ;" H. Hughes, £65 ; J. Paul, £25 ; J. Hayward, £15 ; D. Campion, £10; H. Abbot, £10, J. Hammond, £10 ; A. Campion, £7. Mr D. Miller, who was some time back bitten by a katipo spider, was yesterday the victim of an accident when at his work in Bartholomew's timber yard. It appears he let go the chain which held the timber in its place on a trolley, and the pieces of timber being loosely packed fell on to him and crushed him severely. We learn from a contemporary that the scramble for commissions in the militia has already commenced. We devoutly hope that *' back door " influence will be defeated by the tact of Mr Ballance, so that only competent men will be appointed who will command the respect of the men and creditably perform their military duties. The surplus of the funds raised for the erection of a tablet in St. John's Church to the memory of the late Alfred Dawson, which amounts to ten pounds, will be, by consent of the subscribers, invested, and the interest applied to the purchase of a Sunday school prize for scripture knowledge, to be called " The Dawson Memorial Prize." The Auckland Herald says : — During the first year the Wairareka Dairy Factory, Wanganui, made 4 per cent on the paid up capital. The directors recommend the amalgamation of several companies under one experienced cheese maker, so that a staff may be trained by which cheese of an uniformly good quality could be secured. Every day tho information is wired to us that " the Russian Govurnmont aro purchasing swift cruisers in the United States." If this were possible the news would be interesting, but as the United States have no " swift cruisers" for sale, or in fact any steainors whose construction it* suitable for the carriage and use of heavy guns, it is not worth the trouble of sending. v How are tho mighty fallen ?" "Ichabod, the glory hatk departed from thee !" The New South Wale* infantry have been turned into navvicn. and are now employed making a railway from Suakim. " A change has come o'er tho spirit of their dream," and instead of wading up to their knees in gore Arabic, they have to wade in with long handled shovel, if that colonial boon is vouchsafed them. O Tiimpore! O Mores! A correspondent to the Daily News writes: — "The way in which Press messages from the soot of war have been • edited' by the authorities on the spot tends possibly to the fact, widely rumoured in well-informed quarters at the present moment, that the whole text of General Gordon's last message was not officially made public in England. The message as publish* d was : ' Khartoum all right. Can hold on for years.' It is now said that these words were preceded by ' What are yon coming for!' I have not asked for you.'" Last Thursday, says Tho Aroha News, an accident happened to Mr Bradley's (a former resident of Feilding) coach on its way to Thames while descending the "Gorge" at this sido. The horses' feot were caught in the planking of one of the temporary bridges, causing tho coach to heel over, and the passengers, consisting of throe ladies and one gentleman, were precipitated into the creek. The latter passenger received a severe shaking, with Home bruises, and one of the lady passengers also received a shaking. : After considorablo difficulty, tho coach was again placed on its wheels, and proceeded to its destination. Mr Eade has manufactured, from; the-, design and to the order of a resident, a double action wool spinning machine on the American principle. The fly wheel is , Mfoet in circumference, and the machine, is so arranged that the belt, , which is of cord, can be tightened without shortening. It has beon constructed of black mairo, in a thoroughly workmanlike, manner, and has given full satisfaction, being, it is said, quite equal to the American made machines. By it the wool, direct from the sheep's back, can bo taken and spun into worsted for socks and other articles , of clothing. Mr Ea<le should g«t further orders for appliances.so useful .and money saving in. largo families. A L«ndoa correspondent writes (says the Napier Telegraph) :— t wdader whether you are awe re that the father of Mr« Lucille Y*ult Dudley, who attempted to assassin**** the. O'Donovnn Rossa, is no other than Captain Henry Edwards Handlv, of Auckland, well kaown all orer New Zealand as "Old Turfi&." Of course I "cniinot be' certain the Captain H. E. Handler referred to by the Surrey Comet and other papers is the Captain H. E. Hnndley I knew in Auckland. 'They merely say he "still lives some* where in New Zealand." but don't mention where. Mrs Dudley is ilJe- . } gitiniate. and was horn ,in the parish pf, K'ijgslojo-08-Thauieson Ist Ot'tober, 18ii).

It is probable that Parliament will meet in June. If the Ministry meet a reverse on their local government policy, tin appeal will be made to the country. The last northerly gale promised by L'antain Edwin has yet to arrive. A stack of hay, the property of Mr Sherw.ll, was burned down on Monday night. The police hare the matter in ' hand. j Dr Schwarzbaeh may he consulted at the Rutland Hotel, Wanganui, up to the 2ft th instant. Mr C. Brown advertises his new stock of autumn and winter goods on our third page. The Hon. J. Tole, Minister of Justice, was a passenger by the noon train from Wanganui to-day. Mr Tole will stay in Palmerston this evening, when he will arrange certain mutter* in connection with his deuartment. The distinguished medical clairvoyant Signor Otto Hug was in Feilding yesterday. He was visited by two ot his old patients who called to assure him of their complete recovery under his treatment. Several new patient* were examined, and have ex pressed themselves highly satisfied with his diagnosis of their several cases. In the Supreme Court at Wellington, the other day, Mr Justice Richmond expressed an opinion that the owning racehorses was not a reevgnued means I of livelihood. In South Siberia there is an uncivilised race known as Bourats, who worship a human god. When their god reaches the age of 19, they poison him, and choose a male infant to be their god, who is likewise poisoned when he reaches that age. A friend in Edinburgh sent a gentleman in Napier a parcel weighing about a pound and worth some thirty shillings. The freight from Edinburgh to Dunedin was two shillings. From Dunedia to Napier, however, it cost fire shillings, exclusive of duty. Minister (after church) — You seemed yerj much impressed by my sermon this morning Deacon. Deacon (who had dozed through it all) — Y-yes, I was — cr — very much interested indeed ; but would you mind repealing the text? The exact words have escaped ma. Minister — He giveth His beloved sheep. At an inquest at the Auckland Lunatic Asylum en the body of Joseph Thompson, the warder killed by the patient, Charles Trewheelar, tbe jury returned a verdict that deceased was ki led bj Trewheelar, who was not responsible for his actions ; also, that no blama was attachable to the attendants at the Asylum. Deceased hi* a suter, Mrs Singleton, resident at Christchurch. Independence Beige, referring to the spontaneous offer of soldiers by Canada and New South Wales to the mother country, says. — "This attitude is rery significant. It proves that all the attempts of Prince Bismarck to humiliate the Gladstone Cabinet hare not caused disaffection in the British Colonies.— The fnde'pendance B'-lge sees in the offer a proof that the idea of a great federation of Great Britain and her colonies is already morally realised, and that it ciAinot fail to be eventually carried into action. We (Chronicle) understand that Mr Johnston, of Wanganui, is the successfull: tender for the Mai ton contract of the Central Ball way. The amount, as w»» stated yesterday, is orer £27,500. Mr Johnston was at Marton oa i iiesday engaging men, and making arrangements for commencing work without delay. M r Johnston, it will be remembered was the contractor for the Post Office, and quite recently of handsome and coinmedious premises for one of the banks at >ew Plymouth, and we hare no doubt, from his energy and experience, will carry out hi* present contract, though in a some*, what different line, to the perfect satisfaction of the department. In the Supreme Court, Wellington, on Tuesday last the action of Andrew Young and wire r. Nicholas lleid and wife was heard. This was a suit far daaiages arising out of slanderous statements alledged to have been circulated by Mrs Reid ngaintt Mrs Young. Defendants have no* pleaded that they had impacted documentary evidence of Mr and Mrs Youug'a marriage, and are now convinced that tnp statement was wholly and absolutely without foundation, and it in the course of conversation either defendant repeated the slander, they regret any annoyance and trouble it has occasioned plaintiff.