Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume VII, Issue 67, 14 November 1885, Page 2

Local and General News

- Sixty head of cattle were impounded ' from Kiwitea <m Thursday" lwt, „,.,.* Owing to the lack, of new; books, the list of members subscribing to the Publio Library is gradually dem|nishing. . Wo learn from the Chronicle that the telephone will bo fitted up and the exxhange opened in Wanganui on pr about j tne^jt of /5 , i >

Tho name of Mr W. A. Sandilands has been added to the Committee of the Feilding Sports. To-morrow morning at eleven o'clock Mr F. Hill, of Woodyille, will preach in the Primitive Methodist Church. The Manchester Eifles fired for the District Prizes to-day. The scores will appear in our next issue. The engineer of the Borough Council advertises tenders for forming and culverting certain streets. : Subjectiveview.^— Clorgyman (instructing his lawyer in his first case) : "Ye know, sir, I am an honest man — my whole life long I never employed a lawyer." The Gospel Hall in Warwick street will be opened to-morrow evening at 7 o'clock. Mr Hinman will preach. Every I one is invited. ! We have received from the Government Printer a volume containing the statutes for 1885.- It is well bound and printed, reflecting great credit on the Government printing office. ' Mr Ellery Gilbert is now m Feilding, and will be occupied in the district for about ten days. Letters or communications left at the Stab Office will be duly conveyed to him. - Mr Hamilton has just received fresh supplies of ladies jerseys, hats, millinery, drees pieces, and men's and boys' clothing. His new odvertisment will appear in our next issue. ; We learn from a special wire to tjbe Manawatu Times that Mr Macarthur has obtained the balance of the money required for the Gorge Bridge. Tenders will be invited immediately. The Manchester Eifles were inspected by Colonel Stapp on Thursday evening. The attendance was not good owing to the heavy rainfall in the afternoon pre.venting country members coming in. A New Zealand Wool Growers Association is about to be formed m Chiutchurch. Provincial rules will be adopted. It is probable that branches will be established in each largo centre in the colony. The height of prudishness was attained by the clergyman who, when he had occasion to refer to the prophet Jonah, delicately spoke of him as having " passed, three days and three nights in the whale's — ahem — society." An Irishman going to be hanged begged that the rope might be tied under his arms, instead of around the throat ; "for," said Pat, " I am so remarkably ticklish in the throat that if tied there I'll certainly kill myself with laughter." A fellow once attended a masked ball without a mask or domino. The lady ot the house, a little piqued at the slight, approached him and said, "And pray, sir, what character do you assume?" " I appear as a gentleman," said he. " Ah ! a capital disguise !" and he made himself scarce. To-night will appear on the ground near the railway station, St. Leon's Eoyal Palace Circus and Menagerie of wild animals. Our northern exchanges speak in high terms of this show, and as a circus is a hover ending attraction we may expect to see a large attendance. On Monday next a meeting of electors (Church of England) will be held in Wanganui for the purpose of nominating one or more candidates to the Standing Committee of the Diocese to be appointed Lay Bepresentative to the General Synod for the districts of Wanganui, Eangitikei, and Manawatu. Tho Anniversary Ball of the Royal Manchester Lodge of Odd Fellows, Feildug, will be held in the Town Hall on Friday next. The committee of management are sparing no pains to stake t}.e ball a success. Mr King's band will supply the music, and Mr Gould is now gathering all the delicacies of the season for the supper.' The first of a. second series of entertain-; ments in connection with St. John's Sunday School will be held on Wednesday next the 18th inst. A large aud varied programme has been prepared, and it w confidently expected that the second series will be even better than the first. ' " I wish to ask the Court," said a facetious lawyer, who had been called to tho witness-stand to testify as an expert, "if I am compelled to come into this case, in which I have no personal interest, and give a legal opinion for nothing?" "Yes,; yes, certainly , replied the mild-mannered judge ; " give it for what it is worth." It is said to be the intention of the Government to take the Maori cencus next year; This work will be difficult 1 and somewhat expensive, but no one can; doubt its necessity. When; completed, the question of the supposed decadence of the Maori race will be set attest^ ■ ■ ' j Mr Henry George hat another rod in : pickle, another supposed fallacy to explode ; — it is a (hscourseuvthfl dhfepspf a y little volume intended to teach working men that a protective,- tariff is ; a rotten staff ! for them to loan upon, the idea being that ,the , $ariff question, : musfc be settled before bis own little fig tree— Socialism can bear fruit, '..'",. Mr Akers, who is one of the most popular bonifaces oti tho coast, took possession of the Criterion Hotfel at Bulls oh Monday last' 1 As Mr Akers is not only a good' 'landlord, but a most energetic citizen, -it ia i safe - to prognosticate ■ that others business • people is. JBulla . will be benefitted by his efforts towards the progress of that township. , Truth gives, the following pricket anecdote : Mr Hornby takeshi^, County team at the end of each; year to day a local eighteen of Nantwith aid district, aad four years ago. fit- the tail end of that team, came * veritable yokrL Tho first ,b«U Ji» received one of; irppsUnd'sifast yokers, hit him on the knee. "How's thatP" shouted both Pilling and Crossland. " Not out !" said the umpire. The batsman, however, carefully should tiered his bat, and was seen to be painfully limping for the pavilion. r *You're not out, my man," said the umpire. *■ jfctf* he said ; « but lam going." Tlie fcytfei ton Times thus writes of the abolition of consultations-;— Fotnur part wo are really anxious for the' tiafe— which is. fa«t approaching— when ererj man who wante to make holiday will have to be oloseted tor a . w«ek with the nearest Police Insj^cjor, several lawyer*, and a representative pf the Colonial Secretary, brf-re be can eoniiiler hiwwlf safe in taking bis plwunre. But we have one strong opiuion left. When this happy time. arrives, we ought to. bje supplied jfitfc copies of all the taws bearing oh t hi* roulti. tudinoßS and epnipli>x; interests affected. At; PWSCfIt PVrlianiirsjt' annually pae>e» a hundred statuts, more or less penal, ',/p,t^' ihe.Guvernuent Printer leaves the pubjie to exerctseof a more or les» Ijvely juiagin. at ion to disWver the length bj its teatber. Wo bare no hesitation in deelarins] that all convictions under these laws . before . their prorisipiis ( becariie known, will be so many cases of gruif oiitrdge and high*' Dttnded tynwnj," > . r ' v ' ' ; ;f

There will be mass in the Catholic Church to-morrow at eight o'clock. " You children turn up jour noses at eyer/thing on the tabU. When I was a boy I was glad to get enough drj bread to eat." " I say, pa, you are har* ing a much better time of it now you an living with us, ain't you?" remarked little Tommy. Licensed. — Scene ; Street in Glasgow. Saw Highlander te teetotal friend: "Fat does iicenesed' mean afore that public* house toor?" Friend severely : "It means that you are at liberty to go in there and got as drunk as you like." Highlander: "Then that is chust the place for me ; for she has no meney, an' she woult like to get as trunk all she likes." ▲ piece of evidence in a Quebec breach of promise suit was a cuff with "an offer of marriage written upon it. One night while the defendant was holding the plaintiff's hand and whispering fervid words, he poppled the question in manuscript on- the smooth linen at her rist. She was sentimental or shrewd enough to keep that article ont of the waah and now it is of practical value, : Gentleman ; " What are you doing nowadays, Uncle EestusP" Uncle Hestus; "Ise workin' for Sam Jones, sail," Gentleman ; "What atP" Uncle XtesUs ; "Pickin* blackberries on ole Mr* Brown's pasture lot," Gentleman ; " Dosea't if rs Brown ebject to it?" Uncleßestus ; "She don't know it »ah." Gentleman ; " What does Sam pay you for picking Mrs Brown's blackberries P" Uncle Bestus ; " He 'lows me half what T pick." .At the Taranaki criminal sessions last week John Caldwell was acquitted on a charge of assualting a Maori. On the verdict being announced Mr Justice Gillies remarked that the verdict ef the jury would not have effect of increasing public confidence in the fairness ef New Plymouth juries in cases where the Natives were concerned. At the parade of the Manchester Rifles on Thursday evening last, Col. Stapp announced that Sir George Whitmore would inspect the corps on this coast some time before the expiry of the year. It is probable that some central place on which they can be mustered will be chosen and that such point will be Wanganui. Only one day would be occupied and the men would be conveyed to and from the parade by train. The probability of a fierce renewal of hostilities in China on the one hand, and the satisfactory settlement of the Caroline Islands question between Spain and Germany on the other, have determined Messrs Summers and Mayhew teenntinue their great cheap sale of Cbinaware and Fancy Goods for a few days longer. While the whole world if disturbed by wars and rumours of wars, they are prepared to undergo their share of the ble and excitement by sacrificing the balance of their stock as a kind of loot or plunder te those who appear as nominal purchasers at the very smallest prices.— Advt.