Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume VII, Issue 63, 5 November 1885, Page 2

Local and General News

Cholera has made its appearanoe at Bilbao, in the north of Spain. Serious rioting has occurred at Copenhagen, the capital city of Denmark, and a revolution is regarded as probable. Monday, the 9th of November, being the Prince of Wales birthday will be observed as a close holiday with the banks ■ and General Government offices. . - i The first meeting of the Wanganui District Board for Hospital and Charitable Aid will.be held to-day ipf the ;B6r r ough Council Chambers, Wanganui, at noo'ni ■" '-■ . ' ■'■*'■ -•'.—-~^ ..•

We havo received the October number of the New Zealand Industrial Gazette, which is as usual very interesting. We learn with regret that Mr F. Eoe is at present confined to his room with an attack of inflammation of tho lungs. If G. A. Sala cannot be induced to lecture in Feilding or Palmerston, it would be a good plan to make arrangements for a special train to Wanganui. A meeting of the committee of the Feilding Benevolent Society will be held this evening in Mr Bray's office at 8 o'clock. The business will be ordinary, and to consider the Hospital and Charitable Aid Bill. To-day is the anniversary of that once celebrated, but now almost forgotten fireraiser, Guy Fawkes. If this hero had lived in these times he would probably have been either a liberal insurer of house property or a popular lecturer. Very severe frost was experienced here hist night and this morning. The damage done to the potatoe crops is extensive, while plants such as pumpkins, melons, and cucumbers — except where under glass — have been cut down to the ground. On one grape, vine in Mr Towler's orchard, particles of ice were discovered hanging in great numbers. Dr Monckton who \% in the Commission of the Peace for the colony and is now a vititor to Feilding in connection with the New Zealand Government Insurance has kindly placed his services as a J.P. at the disposal of the clerk of the Court until the appointment of other gentlemen to the position is gazetted. We understand that Mr E. H. Wright remains in the same condition he was immediately after the attack he is now suffering from. There are, however, some slight signs of a change for the better. Deep sympathy is expressed on all sides with Mrs Wright who is naturally, very much grieved at the sudden prostration of her husband. One more chance is given by Messrs Summers and Mayhew to the public of Feilding of purchasing articles from their extensive stock of fancy goods, at prices which are simply astonishing. The cutlery, glass, and crockery-ware are all really first-class, and are being sold for less than half their cost price. The shop must be cleared by Wednesday next. During the sitting of the Bankruptcy Court on Monday, the Official Assignee brought before his Honor the Chief Justice a matter which his Honor Judge Richmond had expressed an opinion should be brought before the Court. The estate of J. B. Harper had had to pay costs to the debtor's solicitor, he said — £30 odd; a monstrous amount— simply for servicesnn I connection with adjudication. His Honor did not make any remark. — Wellington Times. The Manchester Rifles met for drill on Tuesday night in the Public Hall, when each member present was handed a copy of the rules of the corps, for which a receipt was taken. Any member who is absent from parade in future, without leave, will be fined in every case, under the following scale : — Commissioned officer, 3b; non-commissioned officer, 2s t 1 private, Is. These fines may be recovered mtheß.M. Court. It is not often that professional creditors are done full justice to; a man's doctor is usually the last creditor he pays. On Saturday in the Bankruptcy Court, His Honor the Chief Justice said that in his opinion a debtor who did not pay his I doctor was dishonest. In a case before him, a man who was in receipt of £3 per week, and married, had neglected to pay ' his medical man. His Honor said he considered such as most dishonest debts. — Press. j In Vienna one day recently an officer bet another a large sum «f money that he ceuld not empty a quart bottle of champagne at one draught. Ho asked for half an heur to think the matter over, which wai granted. Wh#n he returned, he took the champagne, drank it off, and claimed the money. He was asked why it took him *o leng to accept the bet. " Woll" he snid, "I wa« n»t onite «ure that 1 could do it, my de.tr felUw; so 1 went home first and tried the experiment." One result of the exhibition by Mr Me? Duff of the horse reel at Wellington haa been that he has secured an order from f fire brigade down south for one similar to it. This is to be erected under the supervision of Captain Cummins, and has to be finished m time for the Napier eompetittion. Mr McDuffintendsmaking another for the Wanganui Brigade foruse at the competition. This latter is to be made according to special instructions to be given by Captain Cummins. We trust to hear of Mr McDuff securing a large number of orders in this line.— Herald. It is understood that the- name* of the commissioners who will represent this colony at the Indian add Colonial Exhibition, to b« held in fLondon next year to complete theiist, are ar follows *-»Bir F. D. Bell will act as •xeeuttv* commissioner; Dr Von Haut. «9mmts.siener in charge of exhibM*/S and the following gentleman will act as boaorarj commissioners. Lord Normanby, Bir Janet Fer» gassbn. Mr Dalgetty (London partner of the firm of Dalgetty and Co.. of Dun* edin). Or Walter Bitler, Mr Donald Larnaoh (of tfc« Bank ©f New South Wales), and the Hon. William Guborne. We are glad to learn that the report circulated in Feilding as to the demise of Mr Louis Brown in Wellington, was entirely without foundation. : Our . authority appearedio.be undoubted, and the surrounding circumstances^ of . the. ease led us to accept the information without the slightest suspicion of its inaccuracy. In fact the wording of a telegram from Mr Brown himself was the origin of rumour. It was to this effect "Come down at once expect undergo operation." The operator at this end wrote it " Come down at once expect under operation." The word " expect," was written so as to read _" expired," which explains the misconception. The foot of Mr Brown's name being at the foot of the message was not noticed until the first, passion of grief bad subsided. : Mr D. McKay George, the circumstances of whose bankrupted have caused a good deal of interest, was finally dealt with on Monday, when his order of dis- , charge was granted, conditionally upon it not coming into operations for three months. The bankrupt did not appear to approve of the decision of the Court in the least, and indignantly remarked that he did not-sec why a stigma should be cast upon him in that way. His Honor the Chief Justice pointed out that the debtor had failed, while conducting a large business, to keep his books properly. Eventually Mr' George remarked that '-it might Tie law,, but' it was not justice." His Honor replied severely that if the debtor had been in Ids sober senses . when he made Such a remark as that, he would probably have been sharply dealt with. Thereupon Mr George very wisely left the chamber."

We publish to-day the train arrangements for the Prince of Wales' Birthday. The ultra-fine Beaton ladies say " rompled." The high class people of Thibet never wash nnd never take their clothes off. Happy Peoplr! Messrs Tmgev Bros, were the successful tenderers for paiating the Gospel Hall in Warwick street. It is understood that Monday next will be observed as ■ close holiday by the business people of Feilding, Captain Edwin telegraphs : — Warnings for gales after from 12 to 16 hours have been sent to ail places south of Napier and New Plymouth. A womai whose husband wa» blind, | being asked, "Gin her husband widna feell it dull, no'bein able to raad?" " Na, na," she answered, "ho diina feelLthat. I read the Scriptures to him every day, an' mony's the bit I put in for his quid." A resident m- Eyre street borrowed aj pistol to shoot a cat to cure it of its poaching proclivities. The sagacious animal (we refer to. the cat) appears to have scented its danger for it took refuge on the parapet of Stevens and Gorton's warehouse in Fergusson street, where it remained for throe days and three nights. The cat is still living. Some complaints have been made to us of the non-delivery of certain telegrams for persons resident within the prescribed distance from the post office. We 'have made enquiries from Mr Halliday, the postmaster, and find the errors were entirely owing to a misconception and are not likely to occur again. "Cotopaxi, a volcano in Ednador recently began a serious eruption. Streams of lava, with ashes and stones, overwhelmed part of Chimbo, situated near Cotopaxi, and 100 houtes were destroyed. The number of killed is uaknown. Guayaquil reports state that the eruption began at 1 a.m., sounding- like incessant discharges of heavy artillery. At times | there was a continuous roar. Guayaquil is 133 miles, fiea Cotopaxi.