Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume VII, Issue 124, 30 March 1886, Page 2

Local and General News

The Munga Munga Minstrels had a good rehearsal on Saturday night.

An English mail, per Direct steamer, arrived at Feilding last aight. The Hon. Major Atkinson speaks at Auckland to night.

We understand that the Feilding Dra matic^Club propose giving an entertainment in aid of the funds of the Feilding Public Library.

On Sunday evening next, the members of the Manchester Kino corps will assemble on the Square to attend Church parade.

Mr Charles Tarrant was the successful tenderer for the contract to foil Mr Currau's bush in the Harbor Board Block.

The Manawatu Times says : — The Tennis match played on Saturday between Feilding and Palmerston resulted in a victory for the latter.

The monthly meeting of the Education Board takes place to«day, when the result of the election for the three vacancies on the Board will be declared.

A notice from Mr Franklin, hon. sec. Feilding Jockey Club, which appears elsewhere, will be found interesting to persons holding permits to train horses on the race-oonrse.

A meeting of the members of the Acclimatisation Society will be held, at the offices of Messrs Halcombe and Sherwill, this evening, when business of importance will be discussed.

On Thursday next, at the Palmerston Borough sale yards, Messrs Stevens and Gorton will hold an extensive sale of stock. A number of additions to the catalogue appear to-day.

There was conformation service in St. John's Church on Sunday last. The Bishop of Wellington performed the ceremony and admitted five male and seventeen female candidates.

Mr A. Southey Baker has resumed his practice in Palmerston. Mr Baker has been attending the Supreme and Native Land Courts at Napier during the past five months.

The next market day sale of Messrs Halcombe and Sherwill will be held on Thursday, April &th. The catalogue, as published in our last issue, has been added to by several important items in both cattle and sheep.

The Full Court in Melbourne (says an exchange) has decided that newspaper reports of public meetings, notwithstanding their faithfulness aad that they are published for the benefit of the public, are not privileged.

A volunteer corps is about to be formed in Foxton. The Herald informs us that forty men have sent in their names as being willing to join. It is understood that Mr Larkworthy will be appointed captain.

Referring to a sermon delivered by Bishop Moorehouse soon after his arrival in Melbourne with reference to the poorness of the offertories m Victoria, Melbourne Punch published a woodcut of a threepenny piece, and subscribed it " the Bishop's one enemy."

A butoher in London was invited to attend a concert, but positively declined, even when a free ticket was offered him. Pressed for his reason, he replied, " If I went I should see 60 many people who owe mo for meat that it would spoil my fun."

The great clearing sale of Mr S. J. Thompson, at his promisos, Kimbolton road, commenced to-day, and will bo continued until further notice. Some of the reductions are of a most startling character, and well worthy of the consideration of thrifty housekeepers.

At the conclusion of the sale of Privi liges to be held at Messrs Halcombe and Sherwill's auction sale rooms, Kimbolton road, on Saturday next, a number of pure bred Houdan, Langshan,. Bramah, and Golden Spangled Hamburg fowls will be offered. As these birds are all bred from prize stock, they can be safely purchased by bird fanciers.

To-day we publish the advertisement of Mr Eobert Parr, coachbuilder, Kimbolton road. It will be seen that Mr Parr has also an establishment at Palmerston where he does a thriving and satisfactory business. The workmanship of Mr Parr is known to be of the best description and finish, also a guarantee for durability and neatness.

It is said, on good authority, that more than half-a-million pound* of willow-leaf were shipped from (Shanghai last year as green tea, a large proportion of it going to America. We envy the Americans (says an exchange) if this is the worst kind of tea they get. If nothing worse than willow leaves were sent to New Zealand as tea, we might be happy people, but the abominations we do receive are quite too utterly awful.

A writer in the Wanganui Herald say 9: — Polities in Victoria seem at times to reßult in great bitterness of party spirit, and the same ill-advised interference in secular matters by ecclesiastics appears to prevail occasionally, just as has been the case in the recent English elections. There are parsons and parsons, and I trust that the Rev. Mr Campian. of Warrnambool, is an exception to the ordinary run of the Victorian blackcoated fraternity, for if tho Melbourne Age be correctly informed, this worthy gentleman is more of a politician than of a Christian. Speaking of those of his flock who had dared to support a candidate fr«m whose political opinions the reverend gentleman differed, this charit* able member of the Church proceeded thus — " May their flesh rot from their bones, the gross wither under their feet, their homes be made desolate, and hell be depicted in their bosom." As a really choice sum pie of clerical intolerance, sacerdotal chock, and >in-Christian like lack of chanty, the above surely cannot be beaten. And thpn people wonder that the Freethinkers gain ground in the colonies ! I don't 2

We regret to learn that Lieut. Bleakmore is at present confined to his house through illness.

In addition to other items, an assortment of drapery, men's clothing, hats, shirts, boots, dress material, &c, will be offered by Messrs Halcombe and Sherwill on Saturday next,

An important notice to sportsmen appears to-day warning trespassers, with dog or gun, off the Kawa Kawa farm (late Hughey's). Prosecution will follow each offence without exception.

The average rental paid for agricultural land in England is now from 25s to 30s per acre, as aompared with 24s in France, 303 in Belgium, 30s in Holland, and 24 1 in Denmark.

We regret to learn that Mr Henry Curran, who met with such a very serious accident some eight or nine months ago, is still confined to his bed. The unfort» unate young man, however, is remarkably cheerful under the trying circumstances.

Eefomng to the report that has found currency that his Excellency Sir William Jervois is shortly to be removed to the Capo, the New Zealand Times states authentically that his Excellency has as yet received no intimation whatever of such a change being in contemplation.