Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 28, 17 August 1886, Page 2

Local and General News

The salaries and contingencies for Foxton harbor are £338 14s 10d. In our Wanted column to-day Mr S. J. Thompson has some interesting notices. The Woodville Examiner is about to be taken over by a joint stock company. A meeting of the creditors of S. J. Gamman, a bankrupt, will be held in Palmerston on Thursday next. A meeting of the Feilding Jockey Club will be held shortly to arrange important business. The Telegraph Commissioner invites tenders for the supply and delivery of 6000 telegraph arms. Mr Edmund Goodbehere advertises 50 shares in the Wellington-Manawatu Railway Company for sale. We have to acknowledge receipt of No. 22 of Hansard and a quantity of parliamentary papers. Mr W. Watts was the successful tenderer for the erection of Mr.S. J. Thompson's new store. Messrs Stevens and Gorton held a stock sale at Awahuri to-day. A report -will appear in our next issue. The annual examination of the Feilding State School will take place on the 8th, 9th, and 10th of September. Heavy rain has fallen during last night and to-day, which will do an immense amount of good to farmers and graziers. From a recent census return we gather that in the colony their are 6506 persons living in tents or dwellings with canvas roofs. Last year it cost £11,123 10s 10d to maintain the lighthouses on the coast. Light dues, amounting to £7,433 6s, were collected at the several ports. The Post is highly pleased that the Property Assessment Act has been amended so as to render Church Endowments ; liable to property-tax. Our contemporary states that the amendment will add between £3000 and £4000 to the revenue. A gentleman who has just returned from a trip to the South Island says that people on the Manchester Block may grumble about "the depression," but they are in far better circumstances than any other settlers in the colony. A meeting of the Borough council will be held on Thursday night. As many of the councillors may desire to attend the lecture of Mr Burnett which takes place the same evening, the sitting will be a short one.

On Saturday next Messrs F. R. Jackson and Co. will hold an important sale on "Kawa Kawa" native reserve. Several sections of land will be offered, also a complete set of butchering implements and tools, for catalogue of which we refer our readers to the advertisement which appears on our third page.

The recent volcanic eruption at Tarawera was not allowed to pass without some amusing features. A lady in Scotland, on hearing of the out-break, wrote to her sister in Feilding, and advised her to leave the colony at once by direct steamer. The lady so addressed " packed up her swag," but paused at the last moment, and is now waiting for another " burst-up" before leaving for the " land o' cakes."

We learn from the Auckland Herald that some of the officers employed in taking the census of the Maori population report that weore marriages between persons belonging to distinct tribes take place, the progeny are both numerous and healthy. Where members of the same tribe intermarry the reverse is almost always the case.

We are informed upon reliable authority it has been definitely arranged that the Rev. J. C. Dodwell's case against the Bishop of Wellington for damages caused by alleged deprivation of rights, will come on for hearing at the October sittings of the Supreme Court. We (Manawatu Herald) need not add that the issue of the case will be awaited with much interest.

In order to preserve cut flowers, they should be placed in tea water. It is not necessary that it should be fresh, water on leaves that have been previously infused makes a solution sufficiently strong. Whan flowers are sent from a long distance, and are not very fresh, they should be put into tepid tea water. Flowers from a warm climate should never be put in cold water : it kills them. Every day the vase should be filled up with tea water. Watering pots of flowers in rooms with tea water does them good.

Alluding to the statement published by the Advocate to the effect that two Baptist elders had amnoyed patients in tne Wanganui Hospital the Herald says : — Hardly believing this correct we made it our business to ascertain from Mr Adcock the custodian, whether anything of the kind had taken place. In reply to our questions he said that it was perfectly true that two individuals had been guilty of the charge about three weeks ago, and he had tured them out. He states that they were not Baptists, " but Brethren."

The Manawatu County Council has decided not to close the tramway during the winter months, but will only run one train per day each way. Only one engine driver is to be employed in the future and the guard is to assist him in working the train. The council also decided to call tenders for keeping up the permanent way. During the discussion on the subject it was stated by various speakers that the loss on this white elephant ranged from £1 to £4 per day.

The following is a summary of casualties to Shipping and Seaman reported to the Marine Department, during the financial year, ended 31st March, 1886: — Strandings — 41 vessels; tonnage, 16,803; lives lost, 4. Foundering 2 ; tonnage, 428; lives lost, 15. Collisions— 18; tonnage, 6417; no lives lost. Miscellaneous, 14; tonnage, 6035 ; lives lost, 1. Total number of casualties reported. 85 ; tonnage, 38,112; lives lost, 36.

The new Club rooms at Host Walkley's Commercial Hotel were opened for the first time on Saturday, and the quality of the appointments were favourably commentea on by members. The additions consist of five rooms, including two sitting rooms, billiard room, small bar and lavatory. The private entrance fronts Main street and from the passage a wide lobby leads to the Club apartments, the interiors of which are luxuriantly furnished.— Times.

The " Stella" cost £4630 17s 10d last year.

Captain Edwin telegraphs to-day: — Warnings for gales and heavy rain have been sent to all stations.

To-day's Chronicle says :— Mr Bindon, we understand, reports very unfavourably of the Mosstown and Warrengate schools in connection with his recent examinations.

As Mr Hawes is about to relinquish business as a pictureframe dealer he now offers some cheap bargains in pictures and in frames. The sale will continue until next Saturday.

Mr Robert Parr has just completed a new brake for Mr John Hensen, of Woodville. The woodwork is of the best hickory and kauri pine, the floor being kahikatia. The iron work came from the establishment of Mr Woods, of Palmerston. The workmanship is of the best class, the finish of every part of the structure being perfect. The painting and embellishment has been done in an artistic manner by a son of Mr Parr. The whole work reflects infinite credit on the hands employed on it, and will go far to keep up the well-deserved reputation of the shop.

Some interesting statistics as to New Zealand bankruptcies were presented to Parliament on Saturday evening. From these it appears that during the two years 1884 and 1885 the amount of fees paid under the Bankruptcy Act was £18,526, of which £9917 was paid to the Official Assignees and their deputies by way of salaries, commission, ect. The average dividend paid to unsecured creditors, not including those entitled to any priority, in respect of all estates administered during the same period was 3s 0 1/4 (three shillings and one farthing), the average on dividend (irrespective of that qualification) being 4s 4 1/4 d (four shillings fourpence farthing). During the two years 1770 persons became bankrupt, and 7 were convicted and sentenced for offences against the Bankruptcy Act, — New Zealand Times.