Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume VII, Issue 15, 16 July 1885, Page 2

Local and General News

Mails for Europe via San Francisco will close to-morrow. We direct attention to the advertisement of Mr W. Cook, proprietor of the Palmerston Cooperage in our issue to-day. In another column appears a card from Mr E. Larcomb, C.E., of Palmerston. Orders left at the Star Oflice will be forwarded on. English manufacturers are suspected of supplying small arms and ammunition to the Russians. If they are of the same bad quality as those served out to our own troops in the Soudan, there ought to be ho reason to make a fuss. The barmaids of Wellington are delighted with Mr Vincent Pyke for his gallant defence of tbeir righto and characters. All sorts of propositions have been made as to how these ladies should testify their gratitude and appreciation of his goodness. We learn from private sources that a Urge cabinet of photographs of the beauties; surrounding Mr I-yke in his character as. Sir Joseph Porter, is at present the meat popular idea. The report of the provisional directors of the Manawatu Co-operative S.S. Company, Limited, has been issued, and is most satisfactory. We learn from a copy which has been placed at cur disposal that from the Ist of April up to the 25th inst., the vessel earned the sum of £1091 6s lld, and there has been paid away and liability incurred during the same period the sum of £916 12s 6d, thus showing a profit of £174 14s sd; a most satisfactory result, considering the time of year and the somewhat fierce opposition, with reduction of f. eights, introduced by tiie rival company. Apart from the question of profits to shareholders, the company is purely local and co-operative, and its success will doubtless .give encouragement to settlers throughout .this district, inducing there to put their energies and capital into other necessary and lucrative undertakings, having for their object the employment of capital profitably, and also, what is of the very greatest importance towards semiring the permaneut prosperity of the district, giving profitable employment to a large number of its inhabitants. .: ; ' v -

We have -received Hansard No. 6 up to the 2nd inst. W. W. Taylor has been sent to serve his time in Hokitika goal. Messrs Snelson and Co. bave been appointed agents at Palmerston for the Tui. Mr Moss will champion the cause of the underpaid post-office clerks and telegraph officials. He is now collecting data on tne subject. The debate on tbe claim of Sir Julius Yogel for £6000 or ±7000 which will be entroduced into the House by Mr Macandrew, will be very warm. Sugar to tbe value of £218,224 was exported from Fiji last year. Copra to the value of £69,642. and bananas aud other fruit to the value of nearly £20,080. Tenders are called by the General Manager of Radways, for leasing the refreshment rooms at Halcombe Station. Tenders must be in by the 25th instant. A man under sentence of three days imprisonment for default in paying an amount ordered to be paid by the 11.M., served his time in the Feilding lock-up this week. A monster sale of clotning, drapery, Ac, is now going on at Messrs Bently Bros., of Palmerston. Special attention is invited to the terms offered to cosh customers. Our lady readers will be pleased to learn that a first class dressmaker is about to commence business in Feilding. (An advertisement giving all necessary particulars will appear in our next issue. A bid named Alfred Terry aged 17, was charged at tho Central Police Court London, with sending threatening letters to Mr Gladstone, demanding money. He was senteuced to twelve months hard labour. An order has been issued by Sir G. Whitraore prohibiting marriage by men iv the A.C. force. This will mean that men cau only get married with the consent of the officer commanding as is tbe case in the Imperial service. A great woman not imperious, a fair woman uot vain, a woman of common talents not jealous, an accomplished woman wbo scorns to shine — are four wonders great enough to be divided amoug the four quarters of the globe. The Wellington-Manawatu Railway Company open their line to Porirua Bay next month, and by December they wiil open the hue from the Palmerston end to the Ohau river, thus leaving only a gap of thirty miles to be " bridged" by coach. In " Sithors to Grind" Joe Stammers goes but and returns with a goose, two bottles of wine, ahd a lot of evergreens, supposed to have been won in a raffle. " I thought maybe I'd become bankrupt, as I notice after a man has become bankrupt he .'drops into a lot of property, and gets along first rate." The following remarks in the Manawatu Herald aneut our local footballers at the match played at Foxton on Saturday last, should be noted — " The Feilding forwards with one or two exceptions, played well on the ball, but some of them would play better if they disputed less, and if one or two of them left bad language out of the game." A meeting of the Loyal Manchester Lodge 1.0.0. F. M.U. was held at the Lodge room on Tuesday hist for the purpose of electing and installing the officers for the ensuing term. The following were elected and installed into thoir respective offices : — Bro C. E. Wildbore, N.G. ; Bro D. Humphries, V.G. ; Bro G. Proudergast, E.S. Two members were ad-nitted. The quarterly balance sheet wus read and adopted. After the ordinary business had been concluded, harmony prevailed, and a most enjoyable evening was spent. Upon ono occasion when Artemus Ward was in London, a children's party was arranged by the great humorist, and to which one of the sons of John Bright was invited. Tbe boy returned home aglow with delight. " Well" said the English statesman to his son, "did you enjoy yourself, my boy ?" " Oh, indeed I did/ replied the little Bright, " and Mr Ward gave me such a nice name for you, papa." " What was tbat ?" enquired the father* "Why, he asked me how tbat gay and festive cuss, the governor, was," replied tho child. — Brooklyn Eagle. The following are the names of the Junior Football team who will visit Marton next Saturday to play the Junior team of that place : — Full-back, G. Foster; half-backs, A. Parr (captain), and W. Bellve ; quarter-backs, W. Watts and J. Keen; forwards, R. Corkery, Taki Simeon, J. Crook, G. Worsfold, J. Robinson, John Robinson, S. Beattie, 11. Bilderbeck, R. FitzGendd, and G. Rowley. Emergencies — T. Jones and W. Jones. We hope they will give a good account of themselves. The break will leave the Square at half-past nine sharp. A letter was received on Tuesday last by a member of the House from Sir John Hall, in which the writer expressed tbe intention of returning to New Zealand in about three mouths, and of re-entering political life at the earliest possible opportunity after his .arrival. This is very satisfactory news. We badly need public men of Sir John Hall's stamp just now, and his re-entrance into publio life would be in every way beneficial. Sir John'a presence in Parliament at this juncture would have had an important influence in solving certain rather troublesome problems as to Opposition tactics. — Exchange. In Nevada, not long since, a teacher defined "hymeneal" as "wild and boisterous." On being asked to describe their favourite walk, one candidate for an English teachership answered: "My favourite walk is when I do not have far to go to it." Another d 'fined his favourite walk as ," a drive ia the country ;" another said 'he liked " it" best when he " stayed at home." Joan of Are was said to hare been " very pious and rathergenteeL" In parsing tbe words "Fierce Roderick felt the fatal drain," the teacher said, "drain, that is, a newer or sieve." "Man is mortal" means, according to another, "he is awfully drunk." Milton, the Author of "Samson Agonistes," was said to have written -'The Deserted Village," sometimes known as the "Hamlet." Referring to the' fire which took place in King street on Monday evening last, it was exceedingly fortunate that uV did not break Out later in the night when no one would have been about, or the cottage might have been totally destroyed, and Mrs Grantham burned to death in her be*?. She speaks in the highest terms of gratitude towards . those neighbors i and-- others who awoke her from, her slumbers, burst •■U' i n the door, put out the fire, and saved certain articles of her furniture. Mrs; Grantham, who is practically in the posi- ■ tion of a widow; had;;HOine.. articles .off needlework she had just finished for some: ladies in town, as well as some now ma-l terial purchased that very day for exacut- i . ing further orders, and these wo are sorry■ to find'wero destroyed by the fire.

Lambing has commenced on Mr Saxon's ( farm. j Franco intends during the current year to expend £1,350,000 in shipbuilding. Mr and Mrs Edmund Goodbehere returned from their -wedding tour last night, j A startling advertisement from Mr J. B. Hamilton will appear in our next issue I There will be a sitting of the R.M. ' Court at Halcombe on Thursday next at 9.30 a.m. j The Woodville Examiner says that Mr Mills has opened out a splendid lime deposit, and intends to start burning soon. Halcombe and Sherw ill's sale ef fruit trees was preceding as we went to press. There wns a good attendance of buyers. We direct attention to tbe dates of Mr F. R. Jackson's auction sales of stock which appear in our third page. Mr Forbes, who has succeeded Kohn Bros, jewellers of Wanganui, advertises that orders from the country will be promptly executed. There is some talk of starting a starch factory at Greytown. People also say that it is hard to knock the starch out of a Wairarapa man. Captain Edwin telegraphs— Barometer —Further rise at all places N. of Napier and Wangauuu Telegrams for froat have been sent to all stations. Lieutenani-Celonel Earl Percy, commanding the 3rd Battalion Northumberland Fusileer*- 1 , has received permission to proceed abroad and travel in Australia Major-General EldVrton, who resides at Paignton. Exeter, who has applied to the Bankruptcy Court. for relief from his debts, ascribes his financial ruin te his wife. Larrikinism is rampant at Bulls, and it is highly probable that owing to continued interruptions at their meetings, the Salvation Army will commence a. crusade against these posts to society. The new advertisement of Mr C. Brown of Manchester House will appear on Saturday. In the copy now twfore us we observe that among the cheap lines ulsters and fur capes are prominent features which will deserve the attention of all classes of buyers. On Tuesday last (says the Examiner) the Manawatu River made one of the most rapid rises known, doubtless due to the melting of the snow on the ranges behind Norsewood. At 9.30 a.m. it was six feet high, and at 5 p.m. it had risen to 28 feet, or a rise of 22ft. in seven and a half hours. The Manawatu Times seldom misses a chance ef havitig a sly kick at Feilding. The Maachester Rifles having attended chnrch parade on Sunday last gave that journal an opportunity to make some very uncalled for remarks which— if read by them — would give gratuitians offence to a very respectable body of men. This ia The London Spectator's not inapt definition of a church fair :— lt is tbat for which people make what nobody values, in order that other people may buy what nobody wants, all to help an association which badly needs both time and money, and ought, therefore to encourage in every way the economy of time and money. "What are you crying about?" asked a kind-hearted stranger of a lad who was standing in front of a newspaper office weeping as if his heart would break. " On, dad's gone indoors to hvk the editor." "Well, bos he come out yet ?" purused the gentle Samaritan. " Pieces of him have," exclaimed the boy, indulging in a fresh outburst of tears, "aud I'm expecting the rest every minute." A certain commissary in the We-*>t Indies returned to Inverness, and assumed more consequential airs than could be well brooked by the honest natives. One day, being somewhat on his high horse, he 311 ed himself "representative of her ajesty." Hoot, you represent her Majesty!" was replied in pure Doric. " Her Majesty — God bless her, honest woman ! — is muckle better represented on a bawbee. The Sydney Railway Department, which runs the tramway system of that city, has abolished cash payment of fares, and insists on travellers producing tram tickets. Two country people, not aware of the bylaw, were summoned for contravening it, and were fined £2 each, but went to gaol tor a fortnight, not having the money to pay the fines. Rather a high-handed proceeding! The unfortunate man Paynter, formerly a letter carrier, who was committed to the asylum as a lunatic some time ago, was at large again on Monday. He dressed himself in his post office uniform, and was parading the town, when the postmaster saw him and hud an information against him on the same grounds as formerly. He was examined by two doctors, and on their certificate of the unsound state of his mind, he was committed by Mr Wardell to the asylum again.— Evening Press.