Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 29, 19 August 1886, Page 2

Local and General News

The Auckland Bell say* that gold has been discovered at the (ireat Barrier. Messrs Freeman Jackson and Oo.'g opening sale in Falmeraton -will be held on Friday, 27th August. The list of entries appear in our third page. The largest pearl in the world was sold in London recently for £630. It was twe inches long and four inches in circumference and weighed three ounces. The following are the councillors who will retire from the Borough Council this year, viz. Richardson, Fowles, and Bishop. The election to fill the vacancies will be held on September 9. There is « large demand for bricks in Wellington which is at present largely met by supplies from Auckland. As soon as the line is open Feilding will claim a large share of this trade. A meeting of the Council of the Manchester Rifles will be held on Saturday I evening next at the E. and C.A. Corporation offices at 8 o'clock. As the business 1 te be done is of great importance erery member is requested^ attend. Mr Gerald mforfii% (Pahiatua Star) that he has tojjgffied fifteen names to the District Cwlrkt Wellington of those willing to form a Forester's Court at Pahjatua. The opening ceremony is likely to take place within a fortnight* Yesterday afternoon the Wellington train knocked over a bullock which was standing on the metals, on the east side of th» bridge at Aorangi. The unfortunate beast was so much injured that it had to be destroyed. We understand it was the property of Mr Charles Bull. A horse bolted with a trap in the Square in Palmerston on Wednesday morning. The animal was very clevorly stopped| by **r A Southey Baker, who at once dropped a bag which he was carrying— presumably full of briefs and other legal documents — ran after the trap. He succeeded in jumping in from behind, and the horse then stopped. — Manawatu Times. A decidedly objectionable feature in Press Association telegrams announcing the downfall or disgrace of unfortunate young men now-a-days, is the custom of appending the name of some well-known man as being related to them. In the case of Hill of Napier a blunder was made, and later in the case of Hall of Timaru the addition "nephew of Sir John" is a gratuitous insult to that worthy gentleman which serves no good purpose whatever.

Coal is now being delivered to consumers in Auckland at 20s per ton cash. An Auckland -woman wa3 fined &s for beating a goat on the head with a hammer. Special notice is directed to F. E. Jackson & Go's sale a&Kawa Kawa, on Saturday next. Our readers are reminded that Mr Matthew Burnett will lecture at the Public Hall this evening. To-day we publish the catalogue of Messrs Stevens and Gorton's Feilding sale on Thursday, August 26. It is probable that the Goverment witf grant the family of the late Mr Eustace Brandon, a compassionate allowance. During a storm at Bordeaux recently a child carried in its mothers' s arms was killed by hailstones. Official announcement will soon be made of the betrothal of the eldest daughter of the Prince of Wales to a son of the King of Sweden. The Borough Council will meet this evening at 8 o'clock sharp. In view of the attraction offered by the lecture of Mr Burnett, wo doubt if there will be a quorum. The. grass crop in the Kiwitea and Wanganui Harbor Board Blocks promises to bo very good this year. All over the district food is abundant, therofore oattle and sheep axein excellent condition. Sir William Fox and Mr Glover opened their temperance mission in Auckland on Monday night, the Mayor presiding. Much interest was taken in the addresses by those present. The Feilding Braes Band, under the leadership of Mr Samuel Daw, will play a selection of pieces at the Public Hall this evening, commeicmg shortly after seven, and continuing until the commencement of Mr Burnett's lecture. Some larrikins were out on Tuesday night m and tore down the canvas sign hung on the verandah to Mr 0. Smith's drapery store in Manchester street. This childishness on the part of people who should know better, is very contemptible. The rumour that Mr Andrew Thomson* Clerk to the Court, is about to be removed to a higher position, is at present premature. We are glad to know that his promotion is certain, but several months will probably elapse before ithat takes place. " A storekeeper" complains that the commercial travoller of a Wellington firm, takes orders from local tradesmen, and peddles to farmers aad settlers at the same prices. This is not legitimate trade by any means, aad is calculated to injure all parties. An Auckland contemporary says : — There were two woman in the police cells the other night, both with babies at tho breast. Ono of them was in for drunkenness, and the little one thus early initiated into prison life was simply imbibing diluted gin. A large iron and steel works is about to be removed from England to New Zealand. The extensive plank of the South Hyltoa. iron and steel works near Sutherland, have been purchased by an enterprising colonial firm for removal to ibis colony. Mr Fowles has lately out several stencil plates for dairy farmers, who find that butter in cases or kegs bearing a distinctive name, brings from a penny to two ponce better price in the market, once the name ia known. This hint may be worth pounds per annum to many a farmer. Commenting upon a case involving domestic happiness, which was heard in tho Wellington Magistrate's Court last week. Mr Wardell said the circnmstanoes j were very sad, but were almost the natural outcome of the conduct of a drunken husband. The scenes sometimes picturec to him in the Court as to the misery brought upon domestic life by such a state of things almost made him tremble whenever he heard the announcement of a marriage. Thomas Hall and Margaret Graham Homsten were brought up at tie Titnara R.M. Court on Monday, before Mr Beswiek, Mr White, Crown Proseeuter, who Appeared for the police, asked for a remand for a week. Accused's council did not oppose, but asked His Worship to allow bail, as it would be forthcoming to any amount. The police opposed bail, and Mr Beswiok declined the responsibility. The prisoners were remanded till Monday next, bail being refused. The affair has created a profound sensation in Timaru. The Manawatu Herald says — Thereturn football match between the Foxton v. Feilding teams takes place on the Foxton ground on the 28th inst. As this is tiie last of tho Cup matches, and the latter team have to score a win in tho above motch| to olaim the Cup, tho local men should lose no opportunity of practising. Considering the result of the last match against Feilding. and the fact that the Foxtonians are to play on their own ground on tho 28th, the result should bo slightly different. (Our Feildiag men should take the hint and roll up to the Oval next Saturday.) The following will show the koen competition that exists at the present time with reference to the coach route from Palmerston to Danevirke: — A Feilding resident arrived at the latter place on Thursday evening last, en route f or NapiejK The drivers of the two vehicles now plying along the said journey got wind of his intention, and both bailed him uto. and after a rather warm contest one offered to take him for 10s. Thinking this was cheap the traveller was about to book, when the other jehu laid "Look here, sir, if you want to go through I'll take you wijK the greatest of pleasure for nothing." Thereupon tho bargain was struck, and the noncharge was rigidly adhered to. Our contemporary the Advocate says : — "There is an opening for some enterprising storekeeper to start a store on the corner of the Feilding aad Ashurst roads. Tho district is rapidly being settled, and contains jpwards of 20 families within a radius oi two miles of the corner. Tho Taonui road is also the principal outlet to the Wanganui Harbor Board Block, and various other roads converge towards tho centre." This paragraph is somewhat misleading. There is no opening for a storekeeper in the locality named, and any " enterprising " man attempting it would be disappointed. The residents are quite satisfied with the treatment they receive from the business men in Feilding. There is nothing that adds to the appearance of a home, let it be cottage or mansion, like a pretty pair of Curtains. Mr C. Smith, from To Aro, Wellington, hae just received a case of the very latest * desings, and is selling them at extraor- 1 dinary low prices at his sale in Mr Head- * ing's shop, next Mr Eade, cabinet maker. Lace curtains, 5 yards long, 2/6, 2/11 ; i lac* curtains, 6 yards long, 3/11, 4/11, l 5/11 ; lace curtains, 7 yards long, 6/11 ] 7/11, 8/IL-Advt. i

Captain Edwin teleprnpbs to-day— Warnings f«r gales still bold good at all stations. To-day we publish a new busineer advertisement from Messrs Stevens and Gorton to which we direct the attention of our readers. According to Mr Glover, the Temperance advocate, the Church of Kngland has " coldtshouldersd" the Temperanoe movement in the colony. The Queen proposes t« make "Wales' eldest eldest son the Duke of Kent, Vie» toria's father title, which which will give him a seat in the House of Lords, and the people will be asked to give him an annuity £10,000 for his sitting. . At we Wesrern Virginia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church (says " Truth") a motion was made to send a Committee of Bachelors to congratulate Mrs Cleveland on her marriage, .and to kiss her in tha old fashioned Methodist style. This was, however,' successfully opposed by the married Methodists, on the ground that it might be distasteful to husband. The pukeko (swamp hen), "one of the most destructive birds to the small farmer, a bird that will .not leave a yeung potato, cabbage, pea or bean in the gars den, has been deolnred to be native game, and brought under the Animals Protectian Act. With the very wonderful Ministry that we have in power, we (Napier Telegraph) should not be surprised if His Excellency were to be advised to protect hawks and shags. The Napier Telegraph is responsible for the statement that " Father" Da men, whose noble self sacrifice in looking atter the lepers et Honolulu has furnished a paragraph which has gone the rounds of the Dew Zealand Press, does not belong to the Roman Catholic Church, but was a Congregational Minister. He reoeived the title "Father" from the seamen, among whom he formerly laboured. We learn from Dr. O'Carroll that there are at present two cases of highly infectious diseases in the New Plymouth Hospital. Mrs. Goldup has been sent through to the Hospital tram Hawera, suffering from puerperal fever. Mrs. Goldup is quartered in the women's ward, which has of course, had to be isolated. The other iafeetious disease is a case of farcy, a kind of glanders, a man named James Garrett, of Opuaake, having contracted that disease, it is supposed from some animals he was driving. Garrett also is isolated, being kept separate in a part ef the men's ward.— Taranaki Budget. A recovery in the price of fnngms has recently been experienced, and quantities of this produce which had been kept back by the settlers for a rise are new being sent into town and disposed of. One day during the present week no less than ninety-five bales ef fungus were exported from New Plymouth. That the settlers could afford to withheld this produce from. sale is a good sign, indicating that thej are not suffering from a shortness of money. A few years ago, says the Taranaki, Budget this independence did net exist, ; but it has been remarked elsewhere than in our own columns that the settlers of Taranaki are a prosperous class. A professional gentleman said the other day that his fees were always forthcoming from the couutry people, and that for a period extending over a year he had not contracted a single bad debt with them.