Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume VII, Issue 62, 3 November 1885, Page 2

Local and General News

The Preparatory Sonool, conducted by Mrs and the Misses Gosling, was opened yesterday. We refer our readers to an addition made to Mr Edmund Goodbehere's advertisement. Btevens and Gorton held a stock sale at Awahnri this afternoon. A full report will appear in our next issue. We hare to thank the Government Printer for Hansard up to September 22, the date of the prorogation of Par- , liament. We have received from the Crown Lands Office the interim report, by T. Kirk, F.L.8., on frmit blight and diseases j of fruit trees in New Zealand. If any I of ov leaders should wish to refer to this, we will gladly place our copy at their disposal. We have received a brief but interesting account of the career of Mr and Mrs J. C. Williamson, the latter best known as Mia* Maggie Moore; the little work is by Garnet Welch, a well-known Australian writer. We draw the attention of our subscribers and advertisers to a notice appearing elsewhere, intimating' that overdue aooeunts to the Fkildiho Btab are requested to be paid forthwith; It is reported thai Mr Bollard. at*resent chief dork in the Napier offtee, is to be Mr Gannaway's successor ia charge of the local Post and Telegraph Office. Mr Gannaway's future station has not yet been made puMic, but (says the Manawatu Herald) he does not leave Foxtou for two weeks. The funeral of the late John Holman took placo yesterday afternoon. There was a concidurable attendance of relatives land friend* of the deceased who wore conveyed in a brake, several carnages, or on horwbat-k. The deceased warn a native of Cornwall. England. He had bsec an invalid *or many yoara, and waa much respected.

F. Robinson, of Makino road, commencod to deliver milk in the Borough yesterday. Tenders are invited by tho engineer of the Manchester Road Board for stumping and clearing about 35 chains of Reid's line. The Manchester Rifles will paradn this eveaing at serea o'clock sharp. Fines tor Bon-attendance will be enforced. To-day we publish tho catalogue of Messrs Stevens and Gorton's Palmerston sale which will be held on Tuesday the 10th inst. The amount of morfey expended ia fencing alono in the pastoral districts of Australasia is estimated at over 150 millions sterling. Mr Svendaen, bootmaker has just received another consignment of ladies', mons' and childrens boots and shoes for the summer season. Somo novelties in the ladies boots and shoes are well worth inspection. Mr J. P. Bestol, master of the Para* wai ■cboel, at the Thames, died on Sunday frem narcotic poisonise. haviuc taken an overdose of chloral administered as an opiate. Deceased was formerly latpecter of Schools in Canterbury, and has lived id this district about two years. — Chronicle. Sir Charles Li 1 lev. the Chief Justice of Queensland, declared that he will refuse to admit solicitors from Great Britain to practice in Queensland unless on (he terms that Queensland solicitor* are admitted to practice in Great Britaia. An application fer admission was made by Mr T. Graham, a Seottinh lawyer, lmt wock, and was refuted on the ground of want of reciprocity. To-day we publish the business advertisement of Mr E. B. Gichard, of the Smithfield Butchery, corner of ManchesI ter and Grey streots. Mr Gichard m thanking his customers for their support in tho past, desired them to especially note the advantages he now holds out to them. We refer our readers to the advertisement. A meeting will be held on Monday the 9th inst., at the Foresters' Rail, for the purpose of opening the new Juvenile Court in connection with the local Court of Foresters. Tho new Court promises to be a great success, some 20 or 30 names already being received. A tea, given by the committee will follow the opening of the new Court. Altogether a most enjoyable evening may safely be anticipated. In reference to the death of Mr Lambert, who was accidentally killed by falling over a cliff 96ft. high at the Eowai. Canterbury, a few days ago, it may be stated that his dog remained with the body on guard for about 105 hoars, frem tho time of tho accident till tho body was found. Tho sagacious animal appeared to have ohased a sheep orer the cliff aboat tho same spot, and had kept itself supplied with rations. The oldest mat in the world is laid by I a Continental journal to reside at Bagota. j He is now ISO years of age, of semi- | Bpanish origin, and his name is Migael Lollo. The signature of this venerable anciano is affixed to a deed relating to the foundation of a convent, and is dated 1712. Dr Hernandez, who had heard about this Miguel Lollo, was desirous ef making his acquaintance, and found him busy gardening. His skin is like parchment, and his hair is as white as soow.

A country editor lay in an unconscious condition, and for some time it waa feared that he was dead. " Can't you rouse him, doctor ?" was anxiously asked. " No," tho physician replied. " I fear that life is extinct. 1 ' Then the editor assistant bent over and wluHpored in his cur : "A gentleman wants to put an advertisement in the paper." Immediately the unconscious man's face showed signs of returning life, and, struggling to a sitting posture, he said, feebly : " How many lines f"

Notices of the Property Tax dus for th»year ending March 1886, have boos «#nt out the last day for payment being 10th December this year. C»mißg so soon after tho new valuation made on the Ist October, coasidorablo confusion has been caused. It may be explained that the notices just to hand refer to the valuation made ia October 1882, and have aoth ing to do with tho valuation made this year, which comes into force on the firat of April, 1886, th* tax on the iamo being payable in December 1886.— Herald.

For the first time in history a dress-im-prover has boon of some use. A tall mnjestic lady was tho other day walking along the pavement of an Ent lish town, when, from the upper storoj of the houst which the "buttressed" one was passing, a two- rear-old child fell oat ef the window. It would have dropped on to tho pavement, and have boon killed or maimed for life, had not tho dross*imprever which is said to have been of enormous dimensions, intervonod. The infant foil on that buttress of wire, and a (•ntUman. who was walking behind. caught the little ortataro before it atd timstorellcS. The child was nnharmtd, and the story go** that th* ladies of that town have one and ail from that day forth, determined to adopt the dress-im-prover as part of their toilette.

At the District Court, Palmerston, on Friday, Mr Eaam drew Judge Bawson's attention to the new Bankruptcy Act Amendment, which comes into force on the Ist December, and which provides, under section 11, that no bankrupt need appear for public examination except in special cases being therein defined. He ■aid he mentioned the matter on account of some of the eases being postponed till next sitting, and as the new Act would then be in force their need act appear. The difficulty would be that certain persons would not apply for their discharge and therefore prevent any examination. His Hpm>r thought the absence of a discharge would be a punishment to such persons. It was plain the Act was intended to warn people from giving so much credit, advice with which he quite agreed. — Manawatu Times.

An incident, not without ite amnsing aspect, happened on Friday night. Constable Heenan boarded the 0-30 p.sa> train for Haleembe in the discharge of bis ordinary duties. A passenger, named Haggarty, who had booked frost Palmerston to Bt. John's, was ia the smoking compartment of the same carriage. On the way he was very talkative, and was mttVff g a great boast about havinc "cleared out from the old woman," and was going to " shout for all hands" at the Halcombe refreshment rooms. He, however, no doubt smelt a rat, aa ho presently manifested considerable anxiety to alight before the train came to a stand. When it did, the " gentleman in blue" politoly put his hand on our hero's shoulder, and said, " Tou are my prisoner, sit down, yon are arrested on a charge of wife desertion." It appears that a warrant for the apprehension of the said party ha* been out for the last threo months. He was brought before the R.M. on Saturday and sentenced to one month imprisonment.

We regret to learn that Mr E. H. Wright, J.P., was attacked with a slight stroke of paralysis this morning. Mr H. Rutherford had on view to-dajr some excellent mutton, bred by Mr C. Bull. A hind letr of one of tho sheep turnod tho scale at 16J lbs. Mr Heading has forwarded us Russell's penny monthly time-table and diary for November. Mr Reading has been appointed agent for Feildmg. Summers and Mayhew nave determined te continue for a week the cheap sale of fancy goods. As the shop must be cleared on Saturday next the articles will be almost given away. Immediatly on receipt this evening of the telegram announcing the winner of the Melbourne Cup, an Extra will be issued from this office. We have received from Mr Frank SethSmith, chairman of a public meeting held at Oamaru recently, a copy of a resolution passed on a subject weprefer not to allude to in our columns. We therefore decline to publish the same. We regret to hare to announce the death of Mr Louis Brown, of Feilding, which took place in Wellington last week. The deceased gentleman had been a sufferer from a disease in the jaw for some years, which latterly assumed flo serious an aspect that he went to the Wanganui Hospital to get relief. Not being successful there, he went to Wellington with the same object in view, but without success. He leaves a large family of sons and daughters. There is hopes for Pobanginayet. We lenrn fron the Chronicle thnt anothor test of Polianeina stono was mode yetiterday. A amall lample of rery ordinary looking metal brought in by Mr Corly, weighing within an ounce of two pounds, wa* placed ia the hands of Mr For .c«, who proceeded to teit it in tbe presence of Meisr* Bain and Bassttt, both of whom remained nntil the proees* was completed. The res wit vai n yield et twe f rtiai of argeitiferous gold. Both ef the gentlemen who were preient were quite satisfied with the genuine character ef the text. A meeting of claim holders in the Pohangina was held at Palmorston North on Saturday afternoon last. Mr Armstrong, one of the partner* in Anderson's prospecting claim, was voted to the chair. Some ten claims were represented, among those present being Mr Nottnan, who attended on behalf of certain Wanganui interests. It was unanimously resolved, on the motion of Mr Notmaa, That the persons interested in the various claims share the expense of getting out and sending a ton of stone from Anderson's claim to tho Thames to be tested. It was agreed that a representative from each claim should form a committee to carry oat the arrangements ; the result being that Mr Anderson and a practical miner present were subsequently engaged to get the stone out as quickly as possible. — Manawatu Time*.