Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume VII, Issue 12, 9 July 1885, Page 2

Local and General News

A new coal mine is about to be opened on the south bank of the Grey River. The committee of the Poultry and Produce show will meet en Saturday evening at Mr Bray's office. A native named Hori Uripa was arrested by Constable Manning on Tuesday night for alleged stealing of 85 sheep from Mr Campbell. Prisoner was taken on to Pahnerston by the night train. The arrest was made in Hastie's Hotel, Feilding. The "Wellington, correspondent of the Wanganui Herald says that Waring Taylor looked a sad picture when brought up at the Supreme Court for sentence. He appeared to be utterly broken down physically and mentally. The Post says — "It has been suggested that the barmaids should all be called to the bar of the House to answer the petitions against them," and all the bald headed members have already " smiled sweet compliance " We are glad to see that our " local" commenting on the inconvenience which creditors in the estates of Corkery and Rees, bankrupts, would be put to by having the meetings at Palmerston, has had a good eflect, inasmuch as they will now be held in Feilding on Saturday next. The Rev. W. Tinsley, Wesleyan Minister, of Wanganui, will exchange with the Rev. J. Clover about the 26th instant. We understand that Mr Tinsley will visit several of the centres of population is this district, where he will give lectures, illustrated by a magic lantern. Prayer books in England are now made with bouquet holders en the outside and it looks as if in a short time a Bible will not be complete until it has a plateglass mirror, with little compartments for hair-pins, face powder, ana cologne, on the back. It is notified to-day by the Official Assignee, that the first meeting of the creditors in the several estates of Jeremiah Borkery, and John Louie Rees will be held at the Court House, Feilding on Saturday next at the hours of 11 a.m. and 1.30 p.m. respectively. A meeting of the provisional director of the Feilding Permanent Building Society will be held at Mr Hill's office at eight o'clock to-morrow evening. As there is a good deal of very important work to be done, punctual attendance is specially requested. A well-known sporting commercial lost heavily by backing- his opinion that Mrs Clara Baldwin the clairvoyant, would not name the horse he fancied would win the V.R.C. Derby. The name of the horse was not even written down, yet Mrs Baldwin mentioned it accurately, and our commercial fnend is now disconsolate. We remind insurers of the meeting which will take place in Mr Bray's office this evening. It is of vital importance that every one who subscribed his name to the schedule at the last meeting, and those who have not yet had an opportunity of doing so, should put in an appearance to take an active snare in the work to be done. A larrikin of middle age who was considerably under the influence of drink, came into the Hall during tke second part of the entertainment on Tuesday night and with the conceit engendered by intoxication ejaculated "bosh." Mr Baldwin in a quiet gentlemanly manner put down the delinquent, and gave him a moral lesson he will not forget in a hurry. ; An important new departure has been taken in Lancashire. Three workmen, well known as leaders among their class, have been elevated to the unpaid magistracy in order to give the benefit of their special knowledge in the settlement pf small disputes between employers and employed. This is merely following; a rule kid down on the gold fields of the colonies where mining assessors are appointed to sit with the warden for the same purpose. ' ', In the Legislative Council, on Tuesday last, the Colonial Secretary formally moved the second reading of the Whitmore Enabling Bill, to provide that Sir George Wbitmore's seat in the Council should not be vacated by his receiving, a salary as commander of the military forces of New Zealand, but that, his seat meanwhile should remain dormant. The bill was agreed to en the voices, and was subsequently read a third time, and passed. : A first-class piano (< available for public entertainments in Feilding, has long been felt to be a desideratum, which it appears the members of the Lyceum hare with praiseworthy enterprise determined to supply. They have just ordered one for their meetings at any rate. The instrument is expected to arrive in a day or two from Messrs H. Collier & Co., of Wanganui, and will probably be available for Sunday next. It is not unlikely that an entertainment to celebrate the opening of the piano will be held at an early date. A newspaper and a newspaper editor that people don't sometimes abuse are rather poor concerns. The . men and business that an editor sometimes feels it a duty to defend at the risk of making enemies ef another class, are often the first to show ingratitude. The editor who expects to receive much charity or gratitude will soon find but his 1 mistake ; but he should go ahead and do what he conscientiously thinks right without regard to the frowns or smiles.-4 Exchange. '■"'■ The Collector of Customs at Nelson received a telegram from Collingwood on Tuesday from Captain Bowden, master of the bngantine Helena; stating that his vessel went ashore on Cape Farewell: Spit on Sunday night, and was abandoned at noon. From latest intelligence it appears that the brigatitrae was bound from Wanganui to Melbourne with a cargo of timber, and ran on the epit on Sunday nightj when the" ; was very thick, ana it'was ' blowing- very hard ' from the south-east The ' captain and crew of six remained on Ward' till noon on Monday when they" took, to, the boats, and with difficulty reached Pakawftttif

The San Francisco mail will close here on the 17th inst. The Borough .Council will meet this evening at the usual hour. A church parade of the Manchester Rifles will be held on Sunday next. It is understood that Waring Taylor will serve his sentence in Lyttleton goal. Mr Carthew received to-day seven cases containing stationery of all kinds and descriptions. We observe that a private residence is being erected on the railway line below Gladstone street. Captain Edwin telegraphs to-day. — Warnings for gales and heavy rains have been sent to all stations. The members of the fiandon Hack Race Club will meet at the Junction Hotel on Tuesday next. We regret to learn that Mr Betemeyer has been compelled to seek the protection of the Bankruptcy Court. Some wanted advertisements which appear to-day from Mr D. R. Lowers, will prove very interesting to our readers. It has been decided to open a Masonic Lodge at Foxton under the Scottish Constitution. The name of the lodge will be the Foxton Kilwinning. We understand that the insufficient accommodation at the Feilding Railway Station will be brought prominently before the Minister for Public Works, by Mr Macarthur, the member for the district, at an early date. The playground at the public school has been much improved by the addition of some excellent swings for the girls, a fly pole with ropes and horizontal and parallel bars for the boys. These were made and erected by Mr Watts. The Premier told the Mayor of Wellington in the House the other night that he believed if Wellington people had done as Auckland had done, and beautified the city and made it a desirable place of residence, the population would nave been fully one-tenth greater than it was now. I Where any important alteration is made in the railway tariff, it is advertised in the South Island papers, and th» public are thus kept well posted in them. With us in the North Island all changes are kept as much in the dark as possible, alterations only appearing in the Government Gazette. The amount spent by Official Assignees in Bankruptcy in law charges is engrossing the attention of Mr Fisher, who intends to move in the House for a return showing the amounts paid by the several Assignees out of assets in law charges, and to whom paid. This return will be interesting to bankrupts. The fact of the Borough bye-law No. 99, which provides that all theatrical troupes, showmen, art unions, and circuses, shall pay a licence to the Town Clerk, being ultra vires, will be good news to travelling theatrical companies as they will now escape a tax which has always been deemed oppressive. A man in Canterbury forged a cheque for ten pounds. He was sentenced to imprisonment for five years. Waring Taylor embezzled and robbed to the extent of thousands of pounds the widow and the orphan — he also was sentenced to five years imprisonment, After this who will dare to say there is not one law foi the rich, and one law for the poor sinner f A large section of the Wellington public is much agitated on the subject of the washing done for the Government Buildings. It appears that the wife of a messenger in receipt of £4 per week has been doing^ the work and charging for same. This is wrong according to the ethics of the " section," and. the head of the Soap and Towel Department trembles for his position. In the Supreme Court at Auckland, the power of the Licensing Committee to cancel the Cosmopolitan Hotel license, on the general ground that the house was net required in the neighborhood, was challenged by an application to compel the Committee to hear evidence or grant the License. Judge Gillies, without calling on the other side for a reply, said it was clear that the Committee had the power, and he over-ruled the motion, with costs. The sale yards of Messrs Halcombe and Sherwill this morning,' were <" a sight to be seen." All the pens were well filled with cattle, sheep, and pigs, of good classes and descriptions. Notwithstanding the heavy rain of last night, the approaches were dry, while the interiors of the pens were all free from slush or mud of any description. The attendance of buyers in the afternoon was good, and the bidding was satisfactory. A full report of the sale will appear in our next issue. ; . At a meeting of the Wanganui Harbor Board on Tuesday last, a letter was read from the Survey Department requesting the Board to state what roads the Board intended to make to give access to their endowment, and what lands they proposed to sell first. Mr Comfoot moved that 784 chains of road be made, opening up 5560 acres if the Waste Lands Boards would meet them. Mr Poison seconded. Carried. As every ten chains of road means a new settler, we hope the Waste Lands Board will refrain from putting obstacles in the way of this work Deing done.