Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 23, 5 August 1886, Page 2

Local and General News

'..' ;';'jSir Boberti Stout has been a martyr ' to .1 diyai' '. '"■,'. \*^ N : Vr' ! '^"- ■'.'"■' VI The Borough Council wUI meet this rumors of dissensionß in the Cabinet. • ' '' l! .The.lipi^Qf suicides- in tiiq cojony wUI, ; Jbe.alp^gJdne'th^'^n^r..V ! ! ■' ' ' " : '"'

:■ 'A It is not- likely the MwsionjwiU be; prolonged for another fortnight.

'Messrs' Stevens and Gorton will' hold a 'Stock 'sale at Sansbn to- morrow. ; r ' •

„.T enders'f or falling oO; acres of bush on flection ftbi 23, wiUbl<Me^-i^^ ;'

/Next Parliament will 1 be compesed of borrowers ! and anti-borrowers,' the latter m a respectable minority .„ v ;

•'■'■'% quarter-acre ! «f land, ; with 'dhopv [dwelling .house; J &c^ will be sold at'the conclusion of Messrs Stevens and Gorton's sale-at'Sansdn-to-mbrrow. ; ' - : ■■»'■:'■

Oujr' local Mrs Malaprop whon residing in the Industrial Gazette about the Aperaan,^ndustry, wid— • ' D/ear me, but these ;pa,ie^t niiediciii^B^ Jdo work the pipers to 'ib^^ure^"', .,''.-'■"■_'; ■"'', .'; _ "^ / ' | ' I '.' i : '- i ,' i 'j'..''', ! /^V-: >.i i-'An-- editorJn Teoumqeh,i Nebratka, wh«i took •weptiop;to a statement m one of -jus-esteemed contemporaries, renpoot fully tfjiforax*, the^e^i{or;pf[ the f - ejiteera«rdf con'tentporarji tjiat -J'-fce is a liar of "the first iW*W . ■ " X^2>:cJl A\i -■• There is nothing purer than honesty rrtibtbintf • sweeter thsno charityf^nothing warmer ■ than Idre— npthing ■ richer #han 'wisdom-^ nothing brigh ter than rirtue— and nothing more •teadfast than taith. \s\ | In acquiring Barmalu Eneland -has i «ot "possession of Vast forests of, I'eaki WUikh, nerer plentiful in.lidia, was becoming commercially very rare, i alltne woods grown in the East things the rnqstraluable. ; ; The .sne^J 'shearers in Blraheitt^have bound themselves nqt to work for less" than 17s 6d per Kiindred. In view of the rise in the price of wool they are quite proposed "by tne Marlbprough runholders.

: ; A strong. breeae ffrom. the southward iprerailed for, some hours yesterday. The heavy clouds of dusi raised by it reminded us forcibly ef the long which has elapsed since we ha^d any z^ain, Viz., July 13th, on which day a Very slight shower fill.

j House property is >/Vwy- t; profitable in 'Wellington. We know of one proprietor there who haS let bqtqq dwellings at £2 each per week* to good tenants, yet each dwelling .has only six 'rooms each in it. This "pays splendid interest on the invest-' . ment. -We wish - some- spirited capitalist would come here .arid ttry the experiment, file would find it pay in the same propor- ' i Weather permitting, the,fojlbwing^rogramme will be played ,by\ the Fanning Brass Band to-morrow'(JS»iday)«yeuihg: 4-1. Quick March, "Sincerity." 2. SchotticheV •• Promenada." -3. Polkk, " U and I." ' 4. Valsef " Twilight Shadowb;" 5. March, -M Fair I^anda of Poland." 6. Cornet Solo, 7. Quadrille, ", Bosaknda." 8. ' "Loreß O;reetang." "The Queen^'— S. Daw, Bandmaster. ■■'"_"' '. ' ' ' '

: The opening of the Longburn-Otaki section of the Kfanawatu Railway was looked upon as a matter of small importance in Wellington." A very eigß^ficant sentence appears in a local paper'iirhich says — " Though' the -weather was not pleasant in "Wellington, we learn that from Otaki northward it was verj fine." When the line is completed, Wellington^ ansbf means Pwill be able to havetheif private residences along the line, so that they nay run otit of the foul weather, Which obtains so much in the /Empire City, into the clear and yigorating climate on this side of ..the hills. The difference between the- rent and taxes in the city and on the coast, will more than pay for the railway Beasbn tickets.' Some people ; argue that it is -false * economy to -buy anything that you' kave not an immediate use for. I contend if jyou can save 25 ito 35 per cent, by buying, 'say, three months earlier than, you rejqutre, that is true economy. ,Mr 0. Smith, 'from He, Aro, Wellington, is selling quite 25 to '3o' per cent, cheaper !ihan .other storwkeepers^., in Fejlcbng,.. therefore 11 ' would /advise '.careful and', ieopnpmical; buyers tj> Jay in, a Smith, in Mr Beading's Snppj next to* Mr Eade's, Cabinetniakeri-^-ADVT.

No 19 of Hansard is to hand. The Manchester Road Board will meet on Saturday next.

Mr E. Toung advertises seed potatoes in our wanted column. Mr Amphlett has taken the contract fo erecting the shelter shed at the Awahuri School.

;^ A moralist says that contentment^! ju«t as good as money. That's so : and" 1 it* just as scarce.

We have received a letter from " Bea^r^ er," of Marton, but as the writer has v *smlttedi»^append-Biguabupe,-the cemmunication cannot be published.

| -'Ifcy Au\Mand Star says PetUngell haa ; accepted Martin's terms re challenge, and : ; iß^6ingto'pulbhimself^owft4o»l4at.4lb^ The jdate of the match is not yet fixed. On Saturday next we will publish, at an .extra, an interesting communication to •the public from Mr;^.; Smith, oiT* Aro, Wellington. . < • / -. , ]$^)£ ;^i . ''-" f" Home Tooke wae the Jon L bf a poultererj which he alludedjto when culled upon iby too proud striplings of Eton* to de-. scribe himaelf by saying: " I am the son* o£,an eminent Turkey merchant*." .\ f ~f.

■-..(We have to acknowledge receipt of a complimentary ticket for the entertain-r men(t to ba held at ! St: John's Stiiiday School on August ,11th, advertisement of which appears on bur' third page., ; Torday we publish tW advertisement ofMrGk P. Church, who has , just pur-, chased the business lately carried' on l oy Mr Q. T. Currin, as general storeeeoper, Kiwjitea. '< We ,wjsh ilMi*; \ Ghurphi > everyißucoess in his venture... r : ■ ' •.,,..

, Tenders are. invited; for felling 150 acrejs of bush— on the Feildiug Small Farm Association Block, : — by Mr W^v Baker, of Makino. Particulnrs can be obtained from Mr Baker,, or , Mr Jeffries, at Bunnythbi'pe. ' '"" • ;/; •' ;i ' : ''•'■'.' - 1 ' ( '"'

. -V Sirj" ,Haid a tq an attorney -who;wa» parsing liii door, " will you tell me if this is » t;ood seven-shilling piece P" The| lawyer, prononncinss the pi«-c« ({bod,' deposited, it in hit pocket, adding, with •jjr&at gravity, " If "ybu'U send jour lad to my office; I'll return the four- pence." Small bey (in i shop).; "I waatto^et a birthday present for my mother./ Proprietor: " How would a pair of slippewjdo, mj boy P" "Have -you got 'em made of cloth, an' without any heels P" Proprietor: "Tea." Small boy (ntruck by a sudden and painful recollection): ; '? Gimme a pair.'!, ... •» ',:,,. >■- A; younc lady teacher in the High School at Tiffin. 0., accomplished th« feat; of whipping 36 boys, ranging fr»m 9 to 14 years, in 35 Next day she wrote an essay entitled, " Womaii tU« Weaker Vessel," and (hat night she sat j up with a younjj man sixihbdr-a.' Despite' her many talents, she enn't vote.

Notwithstandingtfie miserable accounts given .by " returned, diggers," ." one y^ho knows the country," and other fainthearted killjoys of that ilk, the exodus of raring men to Kimberley in search of fortune still continues from this colony. While their departure is to be regretted, yet it is a source of real pleasure to note how the old spirit of adrenture makes itself apparent when the, occasion arises.

Mriy and Edith art sister*/ four and fire years old reapeetirely. May bad been very naughty and mamma had takes her over her knee to administer corporal punishment, when Edith suddenly pushed fhe dn*r ajar and peeped ia. Turning hjpr chubby fnce ai far aronnd toward ;her jiister 'as tho peculiar, position wpnld -iclmtt.' r May said/ZTsry,, grjjyeiy, "Go ri>;htout Edip ! Don.t you see I 'm busy P" It |s neediest to add that mamma granted a r respite.

k The Wo«s Which ■ the Kmperor »f GnJ r many recently presented the Pope tor his Icind offices iq the (Caroline Islands affajr Berlin ppurt jewellers of 20-carnt gold, ;with"hch < rvpousse ; ' ; w'«'rk, especially the head of Christ, after Th'orwaldsen. and ornamented with 160 brilliants and eight large rubies. Ihe curioualv wrought gold chain attached to the cross is aearlj a metre and a half long. The Wellington correspondent of the vDunedin Star jf Tl*aßnrer has promised Mr Taylor that during the recess he will consider the desirability -of amending the Stamp Act in jbe direction of increasing the stamp eem|pQait|on paid bj banks doing business in the Colony frpm 2 per cent, to 4 per cent. Mr Taylor say* that the. fprbfitf^fci banks s from lost ahd w de#troye4^ to 10 percent, per annum, and that the proposed increase would mean an increase to the revenue of £100.000; p«r,ahnum^ . J .

(The trans-Pacific and American route between England and these colenies is gaining in popular favor, and the rival railway companies of the United States ar« { i Zealand and Australian tourist traffic. Be-; dnced fares are' announced, an<) tne picturefigue features of the different waters are being.'placed before the public by means of beautifully-illustrated guide books and other literature. MrH.H. Hayr, of Auckland, is the New Zealand pjas^ger agent for the American Consolidated Trans-Continental Railways, to Whom we are indebted for copies of the above.

Sergeant Fox committed r suit-ide in Napier en Monday morning' by 1 swallowing half a pint of carbolic acid. Deceased had been drinking lately heavily, and went h«me at an early hour in a state of intoxication. Pox had bitni sergeant in the 14th Regiment, and was decorated WithCrimcan, Tarkish and New Zealand medals.. On retiring from the nerrice he was appointed drill instructor to the Volunteers. lie was afterward* ap» pointed depot blaster, and lately was Immigration officer, and bad charge of the Eefuge under the Chnritoble Aid Board. He leaves a widow anil a numerous grownlip familjf.-"- •' hh r ' ' ■' \ •_'■••'■-'■■■• ■ ■:•"'

The example of Communal Socialism in the.mntter.of fir^ iniurance,, trhjoh is ex]ubi^,(?d by tome SwUh Tilleßes (says an j)aperi, may hereafter, find imitiition. among; . greater ,naVidfl«, ',, ,The cpm^ , munnl nuthpritiev instead »f tW»tinjr in •■ranee against fire as a opneern^ot hou>ie»holdfr«]indiTiduf)l proTi(i«n6^ an^l ; thrift, insure all; the bHildingi— church, houses, stables, arid '»hed«f^wUlVin the , parish. Thus ' the comriiune of Veraqioi in Onnton Tirind — to giVe Jiibi (PXainple — ha* just passed a yote for the,iniiiir»rice of the entire yilles:^ "The coat Will be cheerfully met by a slight increase in the local self- taxation; One j»inKie^ polipy is drawn out for the whole "plnce. • '

As our curiosity was excited to know what was the nature of decorfcicatedbread, a sample was kindly forwarded to us by the maker, Mr j! Goulii which! we found excellent. It is; not i ordinary brown bread, but is made from meal specially prepared. We understand that high medical authorities on the' qualities of farinaceous food, have stated it to be more nutritious and digestible r than ■ ordinary 'white :> bread," and ' therefore' specially' adapted for invalids. : if: ;.