Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume VII, Issue 94, 19 January 1886, Page 2

Local and General News

... ;■. . 1» ' : - The • banks will be closed on Friday next. . ' . ■ Letters of naturalisation have been issued toJohnLeonhardtSchniidt, butcher, . Halcombe.; The presentations will be ,made to the .. School children oil Tuesday, the 26th j inst. ... "■■-=■■ i The Napier Telegraph is chagrined ! because Wanganui has not raked up any Telfftions^ef^Mowardy-'o^ -•■"•^teHgtoyßwebHand" mystery. J. Almobof 4,1/K) shfeep th^oiigfr Feilding this afternoon en route from r" B*^8 *^ ■i Our readers need hardly be reminded that theTtmins will-leave with passengers for the Foxton Races on Friday at 9*15 a.m. ! . l ThCC StarT 'Jim&M r , tihlat Admiral Tryon already declines the '/toffy" which Wellington folks are laying on too thick. j Tenders for t the erection of a chemist's shejvin !Palmerstbn r which are invited by Mr Xarcombe, C.E., will close on Saturday next at noon. . . , „■ -. : An addition is made to the adverfcisenien't of/the^Prtspyterian Church fete on the f 22nd liufcv anent the charges for cpnveyance'of passengers in th« brake: The vestry meeting of St. John's Church called for tnis evening has been postponed owing to tne absence 'in Wellington of the churchwardens and sevei-al vestrymen We would like to see some movement made -by our local cricket clubs* The difficulty anent a practice ground is surely not insurmountable. >: We learn from the Nelson Mail that a company has been formed to work the Richmond Hill .silver mine at Collingwood, and that active operations, will be immediately commenced. _ The Manchester Eifles will parade this, evening for ordinary drill. Inspection parade will be .held on Thursday next, absence from which will entail a fine of £3 on each delinquent. ; We w,ould suggest to the Library Committee that they sell off "the old and tattered yellow covered vovela which now cumber lie shelves, and buy: a few well bbiind books to replace them. A.BittmgQf,theßaakruptpy Court will be held* in Palmerston "on Wednesday, the 27th inst., when 1 William Bond, of Bulls, a bankrupt, will undergo, his public, examination, i - ■;.-..; '.-,.. .. ! . Charles Lockwopd, for ■ twelve months employed in prospecting in- jbhe vicinity :of .Browning's Pass, .Canterbury, cpmmiited suicide ; there on Saturday. He 'had been low-spirited for some days. ' It is generally expected that the successor to Lord Carnarvon, a'sLord lLieutenant of Ireland",' will not be nominated at present, but that the office will remain in commission until the political situation in Ireland becomes more defined/ ' ' We learnfrom the Post that to the Hon. P. Buckley, acting Minister for Public Works; is. due the credit [of phyang ,all the.resources of, the, Railway; Department at .tlie service of the sufferers by the recent fires. The three following cases, all actions for libel from -Napier, • are "set 'down for hearing in the Supreme Court, Wellington, to-day :— Grubb v. Evening News, Evening News v. WaipawaMail, Sawkins v. Waipawa Independent. • The annual congi'egational meeting of the Presbyterian Church will be held here to-morrow evening at 7 o'clock. .After which a public meeting will be held, to commence at 8 o'clock; •' when :'. variou clergymen will, give addresses. Cheap railway fares to Wanganui and back on Friday, the 22nd inst., affords an excellent opportunity to get photographs at Mr Martin's celebrated establishment. Parents and others should not lose this chance of taking the, young people down to Tte photographed,— -Advt. , r 6n last Friday ; afternoon (Mr W, G. Haybittle, while, shifting sqmo : heavy goods, was unfortunate enough to injure his back. He has been laid up since then until ,to ; -day v :. when we,., were glad to see him able to go ; to business^ put .he has not yet: (juite recovered from the effects of the sprain. • ; .*.;-.. A grand vocal and instrumental concert will be held in the Town Hall pn the evening of Pridav next. The programme fe: a most attractive one. It app A on our third page and we can refer our readers to it with confidence as to the genuine merits of the performers therm mentioned. We are informed that nearly enough tickets to fill the Hall have already been disposed of. . The Englishman's idea of rising in life is to be free of heavy work, and he shares the feeling of the Lowland Scot, who, as a great American employer of labour testified before a committee of the 'House of Commons, are, as laborers in the United States, of no use a> all; They all become masters in two years. In the Dunedin Police Court a man named James Counsel was charged with wife desertion. It came xmt that nis wife, under many disguises, Had traced him all over the globe, including America, France, and Australia, finally hunting, him down. The case was adjourned in the hope of a settlement being effected. Particular* of the murder of Pa^tain Fryer and Walking in the South Sea* have been received at Brisbane. The murder took place at Teste Island, and the cause was Fryer showing all his trade to the natives. They surrounded the captain on the deck of his own vessel, and clubbed him to death. The great lexicographer, Dr Samuel Johnson, said that trying to do business without advertising was "as sensible as winking to a pretty girl in the dark. Advertising, Sir, is the invitation of tho merchant to his intended customers to make examination of his wares, No manof quality will visit the house of anpther uninvited. To-day we publish the catalogue of a sale of stock to be held at Netley, near Otaki, by Messrs Thvnne, Lmton, and Co. on Thursday, the 28th inst. Our Makino and Awahuri dairy farmers will notice that some . valuable milch cows: "wilt be offered. Under present cirtetimstances, when the demand for these is so great, a trip down the coast would pay expenses. A meeting of stewards' of the Feilding Jockey Club was held at Haistie's Feilding hotel on Saturday night. A programme was drawn up and a total sum of £262 allotted on : the several events. "If was arranged to employ Mr Abraham's totalisator, the terms offered by the proprietor being very liberal. The rules of the Palnerston Club were ; also adopted. A letter from the Manawatu Eacing Club was produced dated August '22, 1885. Tho secretary was instructed to acknow- I lodge it, and give a suitable explanation ' why this was not done before. The next j meeting will be held at Bellve's on Saturday night.

A despatch to the Lendon Times from ; Calcutta says that 60 X) people hare been drowued aud 150 Tillages submerged in. Orissa by a cyclone, and that 1241 square miles in the Moors, r[ebadad;andsHuddea. districts have been devastated.;.': ' s - .. No solution has yet been , 'got to the Waikato tragedy. The bo%; of' the supposed murdered man veniii^a- even without positive identification}?'/ Another wan who had lost a finger ti»f the lefjb hand was claimed to be missing, but' turned up the other day. , B^^ t. Bank of New Zealand was as follows PUiptjfiFa claim £2326, haying remitted bill of exchange, drawn on George Turn* JjttU^i*h,aJ>i&efiadin^^^ for which the bill was drawn. The' bill of exchange was accepted; praUdf^SSfnJk: April 1884. The sugar was %afelio{('sed in Turnbull's own bond, pending the'cojlection of the bill •fexch_aiujfi tr and tfrej warrants were BtretFfo3Ee^BaltkQi New Zealap4 i^_Thej'talk' of the sugar was In the meantime JBQld by^rurnßuii, and delivered to the purchaseiy and^ it 'wf » alleged that the proceeds w®j» pa! 4to the bank. The bill was not paidoq:mti^urit| v It seems that the fecant efforts -of the Government to lo*er the > ft^tas ipi the Commission of^eHoace in |N^ZeaUnch have attracted attention in the neigh** beuring colonies* '.'jf Hebrew betting firntj at Sydney who are engaged in netting up' a monster lottery on the Flemington, champion race, have sent a circular to every J.P. in New~ZeaUrid, atAumittg, no, doubt, from what jhej taye heard of: them, that they are just the'iclass.of peoples who. are -likelj- to -go in r tor that sore of thing; especially since the laws of this coToriv forbid their doing thoir gambling at home. It is a shrewd dodge, for the Hebrews? not only invite the New ♦Zealand Magistracy to join in the swindle themselves, but suggest that they should act as agents and victimise the credulous among their friends. If it wete-possibU; to obtain it, a return of the J-P.'s who send their. £1 or morip to, Sydney in response to this impudent communication would be an : interesting document.—Wellington Press. ' ;/ ■■■■•■ ■ j