Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume VII, Issue 98, 28 January 1886, Page 2

Local and General News

Captain Edwin telegraphs to-day — Telegrams for strong northerly winds Lave been sent to all stations. We observe that Mr Eade, cabinet maker, is building an addition to his woi'k shop m Bowen street. The Duustan Times states that the feeling in favor of presenting Mr Pyke with a sestiinonial is gaining ground throughout his constituency. We have received The Landed Property Guide for January, published by T. K. Mac Donald and Co., of Wellington. Our report of the school fete and presentation of prizes, with the names of tho several prizetakers, will appear in our next issue. Tho contractor commenced driving piles at the Gorge Bridge this morning. Everything is in good working order, and the work will proceed with all despatch. Messrs Hubner Bros., the contractors for the erection of Mr Reading's new premises in Manchester street, made a start yesterday. A meeting of Wanganui Government Insurance pohcyholders will be held tonight for the purpose of condemning the Driver appointment. We learn from the Auckland Star that boring for copper is proceeding at Totara Point, Thames. The indications are said to be exceeding favorable. The Hon. Mr Ballance has informed the Chamber of Commerce, Wanganui, that tenders for the erection of a goal in Wanganui will be called for within 14 days. Mr J. Herbert Hankins, solicitor, Palmerston, will leave for England some time in April next. He will be absent about five months from the colony. We hope he will enjoy his well-deserved holiday. Over 100 claims for assistance, amounting in the aggregate to about £6000, have been sent in, m connection with the Stratford fire. The Star says that the joint committee were engaged in considering them on Tuesday. We learn from the Examiner that Mr Burbush, who was for a short time a resident in Feildmg, was the successful tenderer for the erection of the Church of England at Woodville. The contract has been signed and the work will be proceeded with at once. j Alexander Lawrence, a teller in the City of Melbourne bank, has been arrested for embezzling £170. On his arrest he confessed to having embezzled altogether over £9000, by manipulating mutilated notes. Lawrence has money in the Bank of New Zealand, Auckland. Mickey Keen is one of those energetic individuals who rise with the occasion. His advertisement to-day shows that he is determined to stoutly face all opposition from whatever quarter. He offers his boots and shoes at less than the Wanganui prices. We refer our readers to the advertisement. The entertainment at St. John's School Room last night was well attended. The various items on the programme were rendered very pleasingly. The banjo was a great success. A young gentleman from Napier, but whose parents reside here, made his debut before a Feilding audience, and was received with, applause. It is said that a lump of bread about the size of a French billiard ball tied up in a linen bag and inserted in the pot which boils vegetables will absorb the gases which often times send an insupportable odour to the regions above. 'It is well to knew those things,' as tho man said reading the death notice of Ms wife's mother. Mr Samuel Vaile sends the Auckland Herald the following comparative scale of charges for the carriage of a ton of goods, 21 miles on the various lines and districts mentioned : — Wellington, class A, 17/4 ; Auckland, class A, 15/3 ; Nelson, class A 14/- ; Napier, class A, 14/- ; Wanganui, class A, 14/- i Invercargill, class A, 15/4; Dunedin, class A, 15/1 ; Christchurch, class A, 8/-. On Sunday next Mr Gordon Forlong will deliver addresses, in the Salvation Army Barracks. The hour of commencement and the subject of each address is specially mentioned in the advertisement which appears in another column to-day. As Mr Forlong is known to be well informed on all subjects which he publicly discusses, besides being an excellent speaker, we expect there will be a large attendance on each occasion. To-day we publish advertisements stating that the Assessment Court will be held at Feilding on Wednesday, February 24th, at 10 a.m. and at Halcombe on Thursday, the 25th idem at 10 a.m. The following unique advertisement appears in the Marlborough Daily Times "Died at the end of the year, Tick, at Chuck's saddlery establishment." Tick may have died, or been chucked out in Blenheim, but he is all alive and kicking in other localities. The large double carriage, which was used on Tuesday to take down the " brethren of the mystic tie" to Foxton, was the object of much favorable comment. It was built in the Easttown Railway Workshops under the superintendence and direction of Mr Beattie, the Locomotive Superintendent. The system of the wheels and springs is ordinarily called the Double Bogie, which for comfort to passengers cannot be surpassed. The woods used in its construction are totara knot, white and red pine, and honey suckle, all of New Zealand growth. The general effect is lightness and elegance, combined with, great strength. In the opinion of men competent to judge this carriage is superior in every way to the " imported article."