Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 10, 6 July 1886, Page 2

Local and General News

♦ We have received No. 10 of Hausard. On dii that the Foxton Harbor Board Loau will not be floated this year. The advertisement of Mr C. J. Gascoigne, of Marton, will appear in our • next issue. I The alterations and improvements in ! Mr Cottreli's premises are being rapidly pushed on. A coup d' etat may be expected any day in Pans. The French are in expectation of such au event. We have to acknowledge receipt of a number of parliamentary papers includ* ing the New Criminal Code. The assemblage of several of HM.'s warships at Halifax, Nova Scotia, is considered an ominous sign.

J Ifc took from 9.56 fco 11.30 this morning j for a short press telegram to struggle up from Wellington. I Trie steamer Mcßeth from Hong Kong for Wellington, via Sydney, is expected to arrive in Wellington on the 23rd inst. The' menaces of the Fenians have compelled Lord Hartmgton and Mr Chamberlaiu to put themselves under police supervision. Captain Edwin telegraphs — Telegrams _,for strong Northerly winds after from 12 'to 20 hours have been sent to all places -j South of Napier and Wanganui. ' A settler desirous of purchasing a block of land containing from forty to eighty acres advertises to- day in our Wanted column. Intending candidates for the vacant seat in the Borough Council must have their nomination papers in before noon j on Thursday next. i New Zealand Colonists, in London, ! complain that Dr Haast and his coworkers have made a " grand hash" of the Now Zealand Court in the Indian and Colonial Exhibition. The New Zealand Time« sayg it is stated that Mr William Hutchinson intend*! returning to Wellington to re«ide, and will contest the Te Aro seat at the next general election. An extraordinary geueral meeting of the Makino Butter Factory shareholders I -is called for Wednesday, the 14th mst., ! to pass a special resolution that the.combe wound up voluntarily. An entertainment will be held tomorrow evening in St. .John's School Room, commencing at eight o'clock. We understand that among other performers , Miss Atkins will smg several pieces. An unprecedented position (says< the Timaru Herald) has been gained by our roller m.-de flour in the Sydney market, where it is quoted by last advices at £13 per ton— actually 10* to 15s per ton higher that Adelaide and Melbourne town i. rands. Consequent upon the adverse criticism of the press, we understand that the banks have come to an understanding to change only one - eighth per cent, on cheques drawn on branches ia the provincial district of Wellington. The minimum charge will be six pence.. The official enquiry into tho causes which led to the truck being blown into the mam Une of railway from the loopline in in the railway yard, Feilding, during the recent gale, and for which the porter, Towler, is now suspended, will be held in Wanganui to-morrow. ' We learn from the Wanganui Herald that by the Stormbird on Saturday morn ing Mr Drew received a consignment oi one thousand Amerioan brook trout from the Christchurch hatching grounds , They arrived in good condition and wer« i at once placed in the Society's ponds. To-day we publish a bankruptcy notice , re Mr G, T. Currin, storekeeper, of Eiwi- : tea. Wo understand that the estate wil pay 20s in the £ and leave a surplus The cause of the bankruptcy was suddei pressure brought to bear by an outsid* creditor, and the step was necessary to protect the other creditors in the estate. The Napier Telegraph says that for th< first four months of this j'ear the import* of wool into England exceeded those 6 the corresponding period of the previou year by eleven million lbs, while the ex- . ports from Eugland of foreign and colonic wool increased by ten millions, so th . Home market's consumption had increase very slightly. ! i We understand that when Mr Ranger, who lately filed his schedule of bankrupt*- • at Marton, applies for his discharge, : number of circumstances connected wit his statement of liabilities and assets, an, the manner m which his accounts wei kept, will be brought forward, which wil be apt to create a favorable reaction i favor of the bankrupt. The bridge over the Oroua at Awahur wants looking to by the Enginee* Complaints have reached us that a plan of the flooring has been broken awa leaving a hole in the structure very dangerous for horses. Anyone riding or 1 driving even with the utmost care, run the risk of having a valuable animn seriously injured. " The Vagabond" states that the cheer ing for the Queon at the opening of th Colonial and .Indian Exhibition va xtarted by the Bixhop of Manchester, i i Moorhouce, and taken up by the eolo i nisti around him; also, that the diipln of enthusiasm was much atronge. amnn.'-t them than amongxt the English men irosent. We direot attention .to the new adver- ; tisement of Mr Charles Henry, which appears to-day. In connection with thi/ we learn from the advertiser that he received a telegram from Auckland yesterday wanting to know " why he was off fco Kimberley, ?" quoting the previou*advertisement. Mr Henry is convinced of the value of advertising in the Star. From a private source we learn that interest on money advanced by the Bank 6 on sheep in the Wellington province i** not charged at a uniform rate. In the Wairarapa in one instance 7 per cent, was charged, in another 9 per cent., and in a third 10 per cent. On this side of the ranges the higher rate gets the preference. In each of the cases quoted the security was the same. There is a screw loose somewhere. In directing the attention of our readers to the advertisement of the Wholesale Drapery, Clothing, and Grocery Company, who have now opened a branch business in Feilding, under the management of Mr E. J. Cottrell, we desire particularly to point out that this will be the first attempt to create a business on a purely cash system in Feilding. Elsewhere it has proved a marked success, and we have, no doubt Feilding will be no exception to the rule. • " Puff" in the Press writes Kimberley ! Kimberley ! Kimberley ! Men going from all point-*! Wait n bit! We shall soon hear of them returning and cussing their folly in ever hoAng gone! Each one thinks if he doesn't get there before everybody else, he won't get the nuggetx! The nuggets will wait, and the knowing ones who wait too, will get them ! I'm surprised we hear so little about the goldfields' I'ni not! It's a precious long way from anj where, and there isn't a mail leaving every day ! The Manawatu Railway Company hope to be able to open the through line by the Prince of Wales Birthday. The whole of the permnnenf way for the Hae between Oiuki and Waikanae is now landed at Shannon, nnd will be laid as quickly as the formation is ready. Afc this end l the directors are negotiating to take over six miles of the formation beyond Pnikakariki, which is completed, although the contract time lias not expired. If thin is tjiki-ri orer, the platelaving on the section will be immediately pro ceeded with. — Post.