Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume VII, Issue 149, 27 May 1886, Page 2

Local and General News

The Borough. Council will meet this j evening. ' . We direct attention to Mr S. J. Thompson's new advertisement to-day. I Mass will be held at St Bridget's Church next Sunday morning at eight o'clock. Mr Sly, of Palmerston, notifies that he has prime onions for sale at seven shillings per cwt. Stevens and Gorton's stock sale is proceeding as we go to press. A full report will appear in our next issue. Mr Webster, of the Bank of Austra* lasia, returned from his holiday on Tues« day last. Under the proposed Municipal Corporations Act, Woodville will be constituted a borough. Mr Saxon invites tenders for felling 100 acres of bush in the Wangnni Harbor Board Block, particulars may be seen at Mr Pollock's. Captain Edwin telegraph ■ to»day — Warnings for gales and rain after from 122 to 20 hours have been sent to all stations. The economy of our Borough Council in failing to advertise for candidates for the office of pound keeper, is not unlikely to cost the ratepayers dear. The indiscreet action of the Palmerston Public Library Committee in attempting to crush The Nationalist has had the effect of considerably increasing the circulation of that journal. A man was found dead this morning at Foxton At the time the trM*n left, the body had not been identified. Constable Carr took charge of it. An inquest will be held. On Saturday next Messrs Halcombe and Sherwill will hold a sale of fruit trees, &c, from the nursury of Mr Alexander Laird, of Wanganui, at their auction rooms Kimbolton, road. At one time yesterday there was very nearly a scene in the court between two local practitioners, bat Mr Ward threw oil on the troubled waters, and " peacereigned supreme." The legal fraternity were assembled in. force here yesterday. Mr Hawkins, of Palmerston, Mr Esam, of Marton, and Mr Perani, of Foxton, being present in, addition to our local talent. We are requested by Mr C. Smith to | aay that Saturday will positively be the last day of the great drapery sale. Special reductions have been made for the last three days. The Woodville Examiner sa£« that Mr Ormond has had private advices of the \ rise of wool in England to the extent of : fd per lb. 'I his means a mitigation of the present depression in the colony* Criminal nonchalance has seldom been carried to puch a daring height as. in the case of a prisoner at Derby on April 7th, who on being sentenced to five years' imprisonment, asked the Judge to lend him .a shilling, and coolly offered to toss him for " double or quits." We (Post) understand that Mr Rusden's solicitors have lodged the sum of £1000 m the hands of trustees approved by Mr Bryce's solicitors, and have also given security for the costs of tho action^ The question has now to be argued as between . £1000 and £5000 damages. ' The return alphabetical football match will be played on the Oval next Sattirdny commencing at 3 p.m. We hope to see a large muster so that members may have a good practise. The first cup match will probably be arranged for the 12th of next month.

At the* First Chureh, Dune !in, on Sunday last, Pastor Gibb, in a sermon, made reference to the sage of Chelsea, ia term« : which roused the indignation of &i<ugs: worshipper, and on tho clergyman hinting at lunacy, she flourished*an umbrella and bounced out of church,

In order to support a case m the R.M. court yesterday, Mr Pirani qnotsd an act 1 3 Elizabeth. This not only excited some amusement at the lawyers table but was enough to make the bones of that rugged old damsel rattle in the grave at the idea of an act passed in her illustrious reign being dragged into a Maori horse case.

Mr I). R. Lewers, with his family, left by this afternoon's train for Foxton en route for England by the direct steamer Ruapehu. We hope he will have a pleasant voyage. M r Lewers takes with him the respect and good will of every one in Feilimg. and his place will not be easily filled. It is not likely he will return to the colony for some years.

The time ball erected by Mr Stovens rises about thirty feet, and may be seen at a distance of a mil* and a half. It wax raised for about three minutes and fell at 9 o'clock tbifc morning, New Zealand mean time, the signal being weeived from the siderial clock at the Wellington observatory. It will be dropped precisely at 9 a.m. every day, so that regularity may now be expected of even our most erratic residents. '

The sentence passed on Ashwerth for using bad language, of seven days imprisonment with hard labor in Wnajjanui, ought to prove a warning to those who allow their tongues unbridled licence in ob«cenity and blasphemy. Ashworth is otherwise a most respectable man, hard working and industrious; yet his one fault has brought disgrace on himself and his family which it will take many long days to wipe out.