Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume VII, Issue 126, 3 April 1886, Page 2

Local and General News

Parliament will meet on Thursday, the 13th of May. The Manchester Eifles will meet for Church Parade at 6 o'clock to-morrow afternoon in Manchester Square. A number of additions are made to-day to the market day sale of Messrs Halcombe and Sherwill to be held on Thursday next. To-day we publish an advertisement from Mr Lemon, Superintendent of Telegraphs, calling tenders for the right to advertise on telegraph posts. Mr F. do J. Olere, of the firm of Atkins and Clere, architects, has been elected a Fellow of the Eoyal Institute of British Architects. The number of Fellows of this institute resident in this colony is now four, there being one m Invercargill, one in Auckland, and one in Wellington. Mr Clere was elected an Associate in 1882 while resident in Feilding. The boys have shown the men a good example in regard to football. A meeting was held on Thursday night when about twenty youths were present. It was resolved to form a club, and com- | mence practice at once on the Oval. Fifteen members have joined and paid their subscriptions. The uniform will bo navy blue jersey with star on breast, knickerbockers and stockings. [Since the above was in type we have received an advertisement from Mr Fred Eoe on tho subject to which we refer our readers.] An old offender named John Paine was locked up in the police cells last night on a charge of having stolen some brandy at Halcombe yesterday. It will be remembered that this man " got a month " for •toaling w.armg apparel not long ngo. The prisoner was brought up this morning and sentenced to three months imprisonment with hard labor. When being taken to (ho lockup ha made a bold stroke for freedom and fieri from the < on. « table who at onoe pursued and cap* t u'c-d him alter an exciting chane.

Mass will be held in St. Bridget's Church, Feildiug, to-morrow (Sunday) at eight o'clock in the morning. There is a Maine girl who boasts that she can make 388 different kinds of cake, and yet she wonders why it is that her male admirers have deserted her. The Transposition of quotation marks in a recent music catalogue cuused the following astounding announcement : '• She heaved a sigh in E flat for 35 cents." On January 6, being the feast of Epiphany, the customary offering sf gold, frankincense, and myrrh was made on behalf of Her* Majesty the Queen in the ChapeNKoyal, St. James' Palace. The Catholics have upward of eighty members in the new English Parliament, while.. Scotland returns one for tho first time since the reformation. The last Parliament had sixty Catholics. Hundreds of " dodgers have been posted from Sydney, addressed to settlers in this neighborhood, purporting to be "a consultation" on a race meeting. They are signed James Wallace, Secretary S. J.T.C. We beg to warn all persons who may receive them, that the whole affaix is a rank fraud. A lecture, which should be of deep interest to everyone, will be delivered tomorrow evening in the Presbyterian Church by the Rev. H. M. Murray. Tho subject of the lecture will be " Humanity to animals, a Christian duty." This will be the first lecture of a series to be delivered during the ensuing winter. On Wednesday a block of 10,000 acres, called Ahuahu, passed the Native Lands Court. The next important case will be that of the Awarua Block, containing 170,000 acres, in where is likely to be a severe contest. Napier., Bangitikei, and Wanganui natives are interested in it. — Herald. The ordinary meeting of the Borough Council, called for Thursday evening, lapsed for want of a quorum. Tho Councillors in attendance were Messrs Bishop, Worsfold, P. Thompson, and Fowles. Or Nicholas had leave of absence. After waiting for about three-quarters of an hour, the meeting' was adjourned until last night. A Dickens' Fancy Dress Ball has lately been held in London, when many of the creations of England's premier novelist were represented. Micawber, Barnaby Rudge, Weller jun., and sen., Pickwick, Pecksniff, Kate Nickleby, Mrs Bardell, Little Nell, Mrs Squeers, Madame Mantilmi, and a host of other immortals were present, and the affair passed off verj satisfactorily. We learn that the Government Insurance Department have constituted Wanganui the centre of an insurance district extending from Foxton to New Plymouth over which district Mr Quin will exercise the power* and responsibilities of resident agent. We (Chronicle) congratulate Mr Quin upon the extension of the boundar* , ics of his district, which bids fair very soon to become one of the foremost iv the colony from. an insurance point of view. Last night's Herald says; — A very critical and important surgical operation was performed at the Wanganui Hospital on the 30th ultimo on a young girl of 10 years of age, who had a large abdominal tumor removed. Drs Earle, Tripe, and Connolly were present, and the whole operation was got through with despatch and success, as the littlo patient is making a splendid recovery so far. The tumour itself was of large size, weighing some 16lb8, and necessitating a very large incision to allow of its removal. The Tablet has a strongly worded article on the insult contained in the census papers to the Irish and Catholic portion of the community, by the rotention of the example, "Bridget Connolly, Ireland, Catholic, cannot read or write," and demands Mr Buckley, who hns charge of this department, should expel the individual responsible for it from the Government service. For ourselves we would even, go further than this— we would leave the offender for a quartor of an hour to the tender mercies of Bridget. He would offend no more. The New Zealand Protective Association (Chmtchurch) have submitted the following qnestions to the Trades' and Labor Council Melbourne requesting them to make all necessary enquiries from agricultural associations and get direct answers : - 1. Has tfee protective policy of Victoria been approved of by the farmers and other producers p 2. Is there any likelihood of the farming corn* munity returning to a freetrade policy ? 3. Has the protective policy insured the looal markets of Victoria, and secured to them more remunerative prices for their products than they could obtain in foreign markets P In connection with the sudden departure of Mr Holt, the manager of the Bank of New Zealand in Sydney, we learn from an exchange that he had been suspended by Mr Murray, the general manager, ten days previously for certain irregularities. The circumstances connected with his last-known actions would seem to indicate an unsettled mind. When m Melbourne recently he was under Dr Fitzgerald, who stated that Mr Holt was • feffonng from brain disease. The deficiency due by Mr Holt to the Bank of New Zealand is stated to be about £11,000, which will be covered by his private estate. His total liabilities are estimated at £35,000. It is the intention of the bank to commence a prosecution against him. Has whereabouts is believed to be known. One of the absurdities of the present railway tariff was brought forcibly under our notice yesterday. A farmer here, Mr Simpson, on Lee's lino, had arranged the sale of a quantity of grain to be delivered at Fordell station. On making enquiry at the station here as to the charges', he was informed that the charge to Fordell would be 9s 7d per ton, but if he sent it to Wanganui — 12 miles further on — the charge would be only 8s 9d per ton. As the quantity of grain to be forwarded amounted to upwards of 20 tons, the loss would be a consideration. Now every one must admit that it is a hard nut to crack for an average farmer why it should cost more to carry grain 39 than 51 miles. Even the talented Mr Maxwell might puzzle over this.