Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 133, 25 April 1885, Page 2

Local and General News

_» There are several important additions made to-day to Messrs Stevens & Gorton's stock sale on Tuesday next. There will be mass in the Roman Catholic Church to-morrow at 11 o'clock a.m. Thirty years ago good tobacco was cultivated at Castle Point, on the East Coast, and profitably used in making sheepwash. The Manawatu Racing Club have removed the disqualification of William Arnott, he having paid the fine of £5 inflicted on him at the May meeting. There was a train load of men went up to Marton on Thursday night to take work on the central railway contract-. Most of them were from the Wellington works. Messrs S. Brown, A. Grammar, W. Gumming, R. E. Reed, and F. W. Whibleyhave been elected as the Licensing Committee for the Manchester Licensing District. Electors for Wards Nos. 3, 4, and 6, in the Manchester Road Board district, are directed to note the advertisement anent elections to replace retiring wardens. Last year there were 3.377 murders in the United States, of which 316 remain "mysteries;" and for the lot only 103 persons were legally hanged, while 219 were " lynched. ,r We regret to learn that Mr E. Woods, an employe of Messrs Stevens A Gorton, was severely hurt on Saturday last by some sacks of oats slipping trom. the slings and falling on him. He is now doing well. The Grand Master of New South Wales, Dr Tarrant, says the Sydney Freemason, forwarded at the latter end of March, to the Acting Colonial Secretary, a cheque for the amount of £500, the donation of the Freemasons of New South Wales toward the Soudan Patriotic Fund. As soon as telegraph advice reached New Zealand that English underwriters were charging a war risk of 2s6dpor cent, on vessels despatched to the colonies, a prudent storekeeper, not a thousand miles from Feilding, put an extra fiveper cent, on some of his English goods. This is taking time by the forelock. Mr Robert Kidd, a very old settler at Kai Iwi, arrived in Feilding on Thursday last with his family, furniture, sad effects en route for Kiwitea. where Ke -will for the future reside. It is his intention to erect a suitable residence At once. In the meantime he will be the guest of his son-in-law, Mr Corrie. Booth's 'Othello' was much liked in America. . An old Yankee who had nevor seen a play, was taken to witness Booth!* performance; of t&e. Moor, and on being " asked at the terimhatiOuof the pieoe if he Uked it, he replied. 'Yes, amazing: but Cusw me if 1 don't guess that little-nigger ' (Othello) played ac -well as any o' the white feller*— if not better !'

The largest talley of sheep shearing in Canterbury this yevr was done by Thomas Lester, of Kaiapoi, who got through 212 sheep in eight and a half hours. The auimals were well shorn, and had Lester been pushed, he could have increased his score. It is said that no other shearer was within sevemy sheep of him. The Manawatu Times learns on good authority that if war is declared between i ' England and Russia, tenders will not be ' culled for the Gorge Railway contract, the < survey of which is nearly completed. It ia, however, not quite clear why such an , event should delay the prosecution of a , work for which tbe money bas already , been appropriated. Messrs Halcombe and Sherwill announce that their next large stock sale will take , place at their yards in Warwick street on , Thursday, May 7th. The list of stock is , already lengthy, and sellers who desire , that proper pubheity should be given to the lots tbey intend to offer, should send in particulars to the auctioneers without ' delay in order that they may be advertised. ' A satisfactory way of paying a pastor is in use in the Presbyterian Church in Palmyra, Mo. On the first day of each month the pastor draws his cheque upon < the bank for his monthly salary in advance, and tbe banker always honors the cheque and charges it up to the deacons, who are personally responsible for the ■ salary, so that no delay or default in the payment of the subscriptions cau affect the pastor. The special meeting of the Borough Council, as required by the Act, for hearing and determining objections to the Burgess List, and which was advertised for noon yesterday, lapsed for want of attendance, and had to be held in the evening. That not a single objector put in an appearance was a sufficient proof that the burgesses were perfectly satisfied with the great care and correctness with with which the burgess list for 1885-86 had been prepared by the Town Clerk, Mr Hill. This is how a young woman in Dunedin writes to the Evening Star : — SlB, — I feel quite indignant at seeing so many delicate and puny young men enrolled for the first Militia. It is a great pity that some of the sturdy daughters of Dunedin cannot don the uniform of their sickly brothars. I honestly believe they would do as much food as some of my male acquaintances, would propose that eveiy young man who joins the Militia must have a doctor's certificate. — I am etc., " A Sister." The choral society has sprung into life again, and will begin active practice on Monday evening next. A number of the old members are still on the roll, and many new and valuable acquisitions have been mado, so that the performances of the rejuvenated, may be expected to be equal, if not superior, to those of the old society. Mr Dowling, who has kindly consented to continue the conductorship, will have good material to work with, and we are sure that the public of Feilding may anticipate some excellent performances throughout the coming season. Mr Hanlon, monumental mason, of Palmerston, hae just erected a very neat memorial over the grave of the late Mr W. E. Chamberlain at the Feilding cemetry. The stone, which is an artificial one, has been manufactured and the lettering thereon cut by Mr Hanlon. The material of tbe stone is his own invention. It sets almost as hard as granite, and it is claimed that the longer it is exposed to the atmospere the harder it becomes. It is eminently adapted for tombstones, pavements, hearths and mantelpieces, and also for fountains, baths, shoep dips, and numerous other purpos'g. Mr Hanlon has applied for a patent for his invention. A Gkeat BusiXKßß.~The United Stales of America is the home of some very large enterprises, but none per hap* urea ter than the business conducted by Mr G. G. Greon. of Woodbury, New Jersey, U.S.A. He is the proprietor ef ihe well-known Boschee's German Syrup which is unequalled as a remedy f»r Pulmonary and Bronchial aff.-cti«ps. He manufactures alse Green's Aueu-t Flower for Dyspepsia and all disorders of the Liver. These preparations are used throughout the civilized world and thousands testify to their valuable curative properties. Both these preparations have reached an immense sale solely on en their merits. Bample bottles ef each | are sold at 6d., or full-sized bottles at 3» 6d. All drucgists keep them. Truth, of January 22. has the following — I doubt whether we shall alter our watches so as to bave tbe hours op to twenty-four marked on their dials. In the meantime, however, I will explain how anyone may win a shilling. Let him bet a person this modest sum that he will not write in a eirele the figures as written on the dial of his watch. The person will, in nine cases out of ten, trace Roman numerals, making the foar by a line followed by a V; if, however, he does so he will lose, for the hour on watch dials ia made by four lines. I had a friend who seemed to enioy all the comforts of existence, and whose only means were, so far as 1 knew, making this bet. I know that he won a sovereign of me by it. Many strange reasons have been given for the formation of special volunteer : corps in view of war with Russia (says the i Auckland Star), but the strangest of all was given utterance to last Friday evening. A large number of young men from the city churches met to form a rifie , corps, and one of the promoters explained that they did not want to join the present Volunteers for fear of contamination. One or two old soldiers who were present expressed disapproval, and Mr Power said that he had both served in the army and | belonged to the Volunteers, and he did , not believe that such godly young men as he saw around him would haye been contaminated had they also been there. The i new company, however, was formed, and ( about 40 joined, so that if their services . are accepted, the city churches will do, • their share in defending this -fair city I " when the Russians are upon us." The followinc has been banded to us j for publication by a New Brunswick,. , King's County, man. Ths information contained therein will be intereatine to 1 our farming subscribers :— " Large Yield , of Oats To the editor of the Telegraph : Sir. — Mr .lames Robinson, one of onr most thrifty Scotch settlers, the owner of a very fine farm in this vicinity, broauht * to my office yesterday a splendid sample , of oats, known as the Burpee; .oat, and desired that I should give publicity to ) what he considered an enormous yield. , Mr Robinson says: * I received fnnr ou nre* ef those oats from Philadelphia hist spring. I planted them in fairly j rich ground on the 4th day of May and j cut them nn the 10th day of September following — just seventeen weeks after planting, aad when they were threshed I out the yitdri proved to be four bushels .:' and f>*ir qti'irt*.'— t sm. sir. your oWdi- j ent servant. Cr Hi WaIAACB. Sussex, I ■ IN of. 14, 1884." i

The official notification of the election yesterday, will appear on Tuesday. We arc sorry to learn that tbe Palmerston Racing Club, made a lons of about £50 by their last meeting. We have to acknowledge receipt of T. Kennedy Macdonald & Co.'s Wellington Landed Property Guide for April. We learn from the Napier Telegraph that Mr J. D. Oraond, who has been confined to his room by illness for some days, is now able te get up. Tbe New Zealand Rifie Association has now six law vases pending against It. arising out of the late meeting- there must be wry bad management semewhere. An epergnc aad salver have been presen ted by the Nelson Volunteer officers to Mr H. Martin, of Stoke, who granted the use of his land for the Easter en» campment at Nelson. There was a very long meeting of the Cabinet on Thursday, but no particulars of their deliberations have been furnished to the Press. It is said that most of the business was of a routine character. Mr Rutherford is making considerable alterations and additions to his business premises in Manchester street. Besides having had new stabliag put up, he has had the verandah of his shop brought to a width of 16 feet and some further improvements are being effected. Mr Henry Lansdon, saddler and collar maker, has opened up in the shop between Messrs Carthew's and Fowle's in Manchester street. Some very cheap lines are announced in his advertisement, which will appear in our next issue. New York proposes to have a news, paper library. Two copies of all leading newspapers in the world will he taken, and tbeir enrire contents— prose, ven»e, even advertisements— will be out out. classified, dated, and indexed ia the miautest manner, and tben pasted in small scrap books for reference. Letters of naturalisation have been issued, to the following persons:— Lars Peter Pedersen, settler, Palmerston North; Nicelai Hansen, cabinetmaker, Palmerston North ; Carl Wilhelm Hanker, settler, Beaeonafield, Feilding; Frederik Peterson, settler, Makino- Road, Feilding; Hans i hriitian Thomson, settler, Stoaey Creek, Palmerston. The mounting of the big guns at Ferbury and Lawyers' Heads (Dunedin) have been completed by Mr T. B. Low (Public Works), and SergeantMa jor Mackay, A.C, and should ocoasion require it they could epen fire to-morrow. Dunedin is therefore in a state of defence against bombardment from the sea. Ttie mounting of the guns at Taiaroa Heads is expected to be finished early next week, thus completing the defence of tbe harbour. An incident which was rather amusing occured in town a day or two ago. The owner of certain premises, failing for a long time to obtain either rent for, or quiet possession of the same, made one other visit about 10 o'clock ia the morning. Finding the place locked, he secared a ladder, and effected an entrance, but not ia the right quarter, as he f«und himself in that part of the building occupied by another tenant. Nothing daunted, howhowever' he managed to get in by a side window. The defaulting one was found in bed. just awaking from his moraine doze, aud his surprise and consternation may be better imagined tban described.