Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 145, 23 May 1885, Page 2

Local and General News

A special railway time table tor Monday is advertised. A cab stand ia wanted in tht so. vart in Pslmerston ; m says the Standard. The Choral Society will hold the next practice on Tuesday instead of Monday. Mr EUery Gilbert, piantf orte tuner, will visit Ftilding on or about Saturday the 30th instant. A match between the Palmenten and Feilding football clubs will be played here next Saturday. The friends of Mr D. Downes will be glad to ' learn that his illness has now taken a favourable turn. The New Zealand Times is now a fitreng supporter of the Government. It would be interesting to know the cause o the change. The Hpecial of an Auckland paper states that the Minister 'for. Justice proposes to deal with the Justices of the Peace by a Bill during the ensuing session. The hew measure will make it obligatory on Justices to perform Merrives for which an. honorary distinction is conferred; upon them, the neglect or omission of which will enable the Governor to cancel the Contmisinon at any time, and to weed the list of Justices whenever necessary. A writ fpr the election of a member to represent ft southern Maori electoral district in the House of Representatives vacant owine to Taiaroa being called to the Legislative Council; has been issued. Nominations are to 'bo made at Kaiapoi on the 3rd of Juue, and polling to take place at the several polling places on June the 10th ; the writ iS returnable by tho 19th of June. The Refereeof Friday last *\ys:— M The only change to. report in th<? Retting market* on tho New Zealand Cup' is that' July, having been nibbled.a t. by hackers, has hardened, and 100 to 15 is now tho best price obtainable al'> pi it him . " Backers must lie very infatuated to accent anything like 6to 1 about 'a' horse in May for a race which conies off in Novomber, in which oyOT;^T'WMlidat6i''a're engaged, and for wnvi-h tb* 'weights nave not appeared.

The Hon. John Bryce will address his constituents at "Wanganui and Waverley in the course of a few daya. Several additions appear today to Messrs Stereos and Gurton's sale next T«esd«y. The terms of the Bank of Australasia have been accepted for floating the Borough of Palmerßton loan of £50,000 A Gazette notice appears fixing the 25th instant tar the celebratiou of the Queen's Birthday. The resignation of Hori.Kerei Tniarna, Esq. of his seat in tho Hou«e of Representatives'? for the Northern Maori District in gazetted. ■ • ■ •-•■ The Advocate says that the battle between free trade and protection will have to be fought out here in stern earnest at no distant date. Mr C. F. W. Blucher is appointed a member »f the Weiti Licensing Committee, and Mr .fames Linton of that of Palmerstoa North: We hear that arrangements are being made for holding an entertainment in the Makino road schoolhouee in aid of the funds of the Makine Library. We call attention of our readers to the advertisement which intimates that Mr Fyvus will preach the gospel in the Foresters' Hall on Monday evening next at 7 o'clock. In Wellington it is rumoured that several noted promoter* of racing sweep* mad consultations will be prosecuted under the Gaming aid Lotteries Act. The Fkilding Stab is now prepared to supply book* for Koad Boards, ruled and specially lettered in accordance with the system inaugurated by the Gevernmeai auditor. The Telegraph Office will be open oa the Queen's Birthday (Meaday, 25th iast.) in the morning from 9 a.m. till 10 a.m., and in tho ereaing from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. A suit will be brought before the Resident Magistrate's Court Wellington on Thursday la which the fToited Importers Co. will sue Mr George Fisher for allotment*, feei, aa4 calls on shares applied for by him. We observe that the grass plots on the Squa/e are being cut up by drays and other vehicles being driven across. This practice should be put a stop to as it has the effoct of making tko Square very unsightly. The agents of the Shaw, Savill & Albion Company have received a cablegram frotu L-iudon stating that, owing to injury I to her propeller, tho s.s. Doric, which was to have left Plymouth for Now Zeaon the 23rd inst., Lax had her sailiag date postponed antil tho 16th July. Aa order in Council, under the Fablic Works Act. 1882, appear* ordering that a railway, having an average width of 300 links, extending from a point on the right bank of the Punui river to a point at the intersection of the FoxtonaadNew Plymouth railway, in Bangiteto district, shall be constricted through Native lands. It is high eomplimeat to Constable Gillespie thnt ke has been specially selected to proceed to Parihttka to krep order in that somewhat difficult spot. From past experience of his tact and courage as a peace officer we have every coKdence he will acquit himself with discretion and judgment. Mr Webster, the manager of the Bank of Australasia, took his departure by train on Thursday evening for Wanganni and will be absent for about a moat It. We uuder!»tand that M r W«*b»tor is about to be married,. M r Knowle* who is already favorable known in this district, it now acting as manager ia the place of iir Wobster. The Christchurch Football Club have had some difficulty in getting up a team to play the Wellington Club on Monday. They had nearly determined to fire the idea up, but a desperate effort produced 14 mea who promise lo play, and Jewjtt, who is an old number of tho Club, having offered to fill a vacaaey, they will beable to muster a fair team. Thoy leave on Saturday aight. As will bo seen by adve-tisement in another column the Bey. J. Clover will deliver a lecture under th« ausviees of the FeiMinu Lyceum in tko Foresters' Hall to-morrow evening. We understand the tveturo is not the oa* Mr Clover was requested to give, and tbat the subject— "Tke Genuineness of tho Christian Scriptures" — is oao of his own choice Itakould, however, prove very interesting and command a largo attendance. . Tho Telegraph Department have forwarded us the following memorandum : — " Route to Europe, via Tavoy Burtnprii, opened for traffic in the, event of interruption of the two Singapore Penang or the Penang Madras and Penang Rangoon cables. This will give an alternate roiite to Europe from Australia, via Cochin, China, Cambodia, and Siatn. Theirate will be 16s Id a word." /_ ; The annual return of tho Yoluntieer corps of Great Britain for. 1884 has been published, showing that tho force on (he authorised establishment has grown from 160,321 in 1860/ to 249,419 in 1884. tho number of efficients in 1884 was 208,366 ; non-efficients, 6,660; number actually enrolled, 215,015. Of these, 18,147 had qualified for the special grant of 50s. There were actually present at inspection 184,282. The percentage of efficients to those enrolled was 96-91. Tho Native Minister telegraphed the following message tc- Mr Samuels, M.H.R.. New Plymouth, tod*y.— " Have noticed statement* niade at your Meeting. They aro lither anfonaded or crossly exaggerated* Inspector. Pardy, or Mr Kennel, Government age'at, will acoarately inform you ef the state of affairs! The only deputation of bone fido «ct tiers I met was from th* Parihaka Road Board aad it assured me the natives were behaving well. The Pudgarehu deputa. tiea had only on« settler in it, and he had according to his own ad mission, misconducted himself with natives. The Now Plymouth papers seem to be manu* facturiag tho difficulty." •■- The Ptiritai. fathers were greatly laddieted r a smoking. Indeed the practice betame ho common that the weed was ' smoked in church during service. The tfjistom, it seems, soon caused consider* 1 able annoyance, as the exercises were •rreatly- disitirheil "by the clicking of flints and steel to light their pipe*, and el- lids uf j»«nnke in the church."; ' Hence. in 1669, th<* trol'iiy pinned thi* Inw -. It is eiiacffd <bat «ny i»er*i»n or pentnn* that >-lihll be found smoking of tobacco on the Lord*> liny-,- going to 1 *»r coming from the meetings, within two miles of the meeting hous-e. shall ; ny twelve pence for every such default." U idnr' tins aw mere fined Richard Berry, .lerlediab Lombard, Benjamin . Lombard, and Jame* Maker; "tor 'sinok in u tobacc«» at'tbe end of YnrmouiU wectiug-hease; e'4 the Lord's day."

Halcombc and Sherwill's next stock sale will be oa the 4th of June. Cholera has again made its appearance in France. Two cases were reported last Thursday in Marseilles. We refer some of our readers to the intimation which appears "over the leader" to-day. The tender of Messrs Davies and Leigh has been accepted for bushfelling and fencing required by Messrs Richter Nan- | nestad &Cc« A number of town sections were offered by Messrs Halcombe and Sherwill on Thursday la-it. The attendance was small, «nd the. heavy reserves put upon them made the bidding very* dull. The whole were of course passed in. The return of Mr S'«eehan to the House will be warmly welcomed by aot only* majority of the members, but by the colony at large. We only hope tiat he is sqfficieatiy restored to rifroua health to. enable him to tako that active part ia debate, for weieh his great, taleat, fiia* knowledge of the formp of .Parliament, junke. him soxeuineatly .fitted . , We have made enquiries anent certain alleged irregularities in clearing the mail boxes attached to the guard's vans of the railway tram, and find that the said "boxes aro cleared by the pest office officials at the several stations each train, .without fail. We also learn that if any letter is overcarried the postmaster whose fault it is receives 'immediate official information thereof from the next postmaster on the line, who is certain to detect the error. A terrible colliery accident is reported from Bhimeland. Tho loss of life is appalling. • and exceeds, anything of the kind ever known in Germany up to the present time. The disaster occurred on. the night of March 17, in a new pit, called the " Camphausen/'. which i» near Saarbrucken, on the, productive, coalfield of the Saar., - The cause of it was a' sudden and most deatni'tive explosion of fire^ damp. The main shaft fell in after the explosion, and the ventilating apparatus was destroyed. At the time of tae accident, no fewer than two hundred and nineteen miners, men and boys, were underground. Of this' number only 1 . thirty have been rescued. It is believed fckat the others, one hundred and eightynine in number, have all been killed* .. A Beautiful Paihtixo.— MV G. G. Green, of Wood bury, New Jersey, U.S.A., is presenting to druggists aad others ia this country some vory fine pictures ia oil ot his magnificent house and groands anil laboratory at that place Vl r Green is the proprittor of Boschee's German Syrup and Green's August Flower, two very valuable medicines, which aro sieeting with great favor, the first as a remedy for Palmonary complaiats, aad the latter for Dyspepsia and duordors of tho Liver. These prepare, tions have attained aa immoaso sale solely oa their superior merits aad aro sold by all druggists threughent the world. The price is Ihe same for each, 3s tfd per bottle, or sample bottles for 6d. The sample bottles enable sufferers to prove their value at a trifling cost. ■,