Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume VII, Issue 97, 26 January 1886, Page 2

Local and General News

« i At Cambridge carters are making money by filling tnnks at the river and selling the water at so much the bucket through the town. , The two girls who stood highest for the Junior Scholarship are twins, and if ; born a day later w»uld have been disqualified. A new advertisement from Mr Michael Keen, bootmaker, will appear in our next issue. Mr. Keen offers the public some extraordinary bargains, especially in the Zealaudia boot live. Stevens and Gorton will hold theirusual Market Day sale on Thursday next, when a number of fat cows, forward bullocks, yearlings, and some fat sheep and weaners will be offered. Mr W. D. Nicholas has been appointed clerk of the works during the erection of the bridge over the Manawatu Biver at the Gorge. It has been estimated that the time occupied m the work will be about twelve months. The case of Grubb v. Evening News, an action for libel, which was to have been tried on Monday last, in Wellington, has been settled by defendants paying £200 damages. The business card of Mr H. J. W. Mason, architect, will be found in another I column. Mr Mason is a recent arrival in Feilding, and was formerly in the Public j Works Department and in Jthe Manawatu Railway Office. When the Duke of Edinburgh was in \ Nelson some years age, he was carelessly j looking at a picture of the Deluge. Pie ; remarked quietly " Ah, a fine day in Wellington, I suppose !" Wellington men will not repeat this story. This evening a meeting will be held in the Public Hall, when a report of the year's transactions will be read by the chairman of the School Committee, and the prizes will be presented to the scholars. Parents and friends of the children are cordially invited to attend. A list of registered medical practitioners in the Colony is published in the Gazette. The information is hardly up to date, says the New Zealand Times, some of the practitioners having for a considerable time left the towns or districts set opposite their names, and others being dead. An excellent opportunity is offered today to any head of a family who is desirous of leasing a conveniently situated and commodious dwelling house. The building is within three minutes walk of the banks, postofiice, and railway station, yet is withal in the most retired part of the town. There is a well-stocked orchard, and all necessary outhousos attached. A lady from Michigan related a very pretty story of her little boy, whom she took last summer for the first time to the seaside. The little fellow was greatly pleased with the sight. One day when he saw the first ocean steamer approach the coast he was exuberant : "Oh mamma ! I just come and see! There's a big locomotive taking a bath !" Two young girls in London who worked hard as seamstresses, determined to give themselves a holiday. They invested their hard-earned savings of a twelvemonth in a day's driye in a brougham in the parks and elsewhere, a clause being specially inserted in the agreement with the livery-stable keeper that the footman should touch his hat and say, "My lady!" A popular entertainment will bo given at St. John's Schoolroom to-morrow ovciiing. Among other itoms, a gontleman from Halcoinbe will give a few amusing songs accompanied by the banjo, on which instrument he is a splendid performer. A trio by three Feilding ladies will also be given. I'he entortaiuinent will also present several novelties not hitherto produced. In our report of the concert, held in the Public Hall on Friday evening last, we omitted to mention the name of Miss Boylan who presided at the harmonium during the first part of the performance. Her playing was much admired, and to it may be ascribed, in a grout measure, tho success which attended the rendonng of the sacred pieces. In another column we publish an advertisement from the Commissioner of Crown Lands which will be of special interest to those desirous of taking up small runs. The land offered is situated in the Wanganui, Tuhua, Murimota, and Eaugitikei districts, and will be submitted by public auction on Wednesday, the 24th of February, at Wangauui. '* It's a terrible thing to owe money," said Smith ; "to be compelled to dodge around the corner to aroid meeting a creditor on the street. It takes the manhood out of one, and he soon loses all self-respect. lam glad to say that I no longer owe a do'lar." " Then those old debts that hare bothered you so lons are all squared up, are they ?" " Yes, thank heuveu ! The last one became outlawed yesterday." Last night's Advocate says : — A painful sensation was caused in Marton, yesterday, by the news that Mrs Morris, a very old resident, had been found dead in a water-hole, in the Tutaenui, early in tho morning. It appears that Mvs Morris, who was comfortably off, had been in a very desponding state of mind. An inquest was held at the late residence of the deceased, when a verdict of " Found drowned" was returned. We notice that the handieappors of the Nelson Friendly Societies' Sports have a very wholesome respect for our Feilding men, They have put E. Belfit and J. Clark at scratch in each event. Heavily as they are handicapped, we will be somewhat disappointed if they don't take the " Two miles and the one mile handicap." The Manawatu Times says : — Mr Inspector Bindon is progressing and will soon leave nothing for the Education Board to do. This will be a relief to the ancient fossils -who solemnly chatter once a month at Wanganui. We observe that applications for appointment as pupil teachers are now to be sent to him. It may be safely inforred that if the same person who recommends the appointment of a teacher has afterwards to examine and report on that teacher's work, the pedagogue is likoly to have what the racing men call " a soft thing." The North Otago Times learns from a gentlemnn who hus made a tour of a great part of the district that the crops are not in so bad a wny as lias been snid. The early potato crop is not expected to be ( very heavy, but the quality is certain t . '■ he good and the late crop, with a sufficiency of rain will even yet be up to the average. In somo parts both wheat and oats have suffered to some extent by the drought, but on the other hand there are ninny fair crops which rain wouM improve Of course the longer tlie drought continues the worse it will be for the growing crops, but a copious f.ill nf rain will avert tlie threatened tnj tiry, and will certainly do niueJi to renew (lie pastures which have suffered far more luau the crops from waut of raiu.

A meeting of the stewards of the Feild- I ing Jockey Club was held at the Denbigh ; hotel last night. Arrangements were made for advertising, &c. The Working Committees will be appointed at another meeting to be held shortly, of which notice will be given by postcard. j . For the post ci clerk to the Napier Harbour Board 34 applications were received. The Telegraph iaya that the applicants wera all sorts and conditions of men, butcber/s, tailors, teachers, actors, and mechanics, and many others who no doubt considered that they had a thorough knowledge of contractors' wiles and the method of driving piles with a cross cut saw. One applicant inclosed his photo -but then he was a good look* intj man. The conduct of the men engaged in battling with the bush fires surrounding Adsett's mill on Friday and Saturday is described as heroic. In some instances hair, beard, clothes, and even eye lashes were almost burnt off the men, who stuck to the roofs through smoke, heat, and falling branches, untill all danger had passed. How the crowd of willing volunteers worked may be guessed when it is told that in one instance at least, the fire ran through under the flooring of a house, from which windows, furniture, and doors had been removed. It was saved by ripping up ,tbe burning floor and quenching the flames with buckets of water. The man employed driving the engine to pump water was obliged to keep himself saturated to prevent his clothes taking fire.