Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 45, 25 September 1886, Page 2

Local and General News

Tho Manchester Rifles aro having an Orderloy Room fitted up in the Barracks. The warm heavy rain which fell yesterday did an immense amount of good. We have to acknowledge recoipt of the Landed Property Guide of T. K. McDonald and Co. for September. The Sydney Legislative Assembly has rejected the proposals to celebrate the centenary of Australia. There will be a meeting of the Manchester Rifles Ball committee on Monday night at the Orderly Room. Cameron's tobacco factory, Sydney, was burned down on Wednesday night. The loss is estimated at £80,000. Sarah Bernhart was imprisoned in Rio de Janeiro for horsowhippmg a certain artist named Madam Noirmont. We direct special attention to the several stock sales of Messrs Stevens and Gorton advertised in our issue of to-day. Mr Amphlett, of Awahuri, was th« successful tenderer for the erection oi the woolshed for Messrs Macmillan and Hunt. A letter from Mr Macarthur, M.H.R. on the subject of a bridge over the Orous river at Aorangi, will appear in our ncr issue. A requisition is in course of signatun requesting Mr S. Goodbehere to alloy himself to be nominated as Mayor for the Borough of Feilding. Mr D. Curry, for some time settled ii the Kiwitea, has parted with his interes there, and purchased land m the Whit more settlement, where he now resides Tho potatoe blight is reported to hay appeared in West Cork last month. I i famine is added to the present unhappj condition of Ireland, God help the poo people. We understand that Mr John Steven will be a candidate for a seat in the Hous at the next general election. He wil probably contest the Rangitikei or Fox ton seats. The Feilding Brass Band has now v rehearsal "The Bohemian Girl," Mr Daw the bandmaster, hopes to have it read; in time for the opening of the flower sho . early in December. We learn from the Chronicle that ai old Wanganui settler named R. Hill wa found dead in his house on Thursda 1 night. He had taken an overdose o chlorodyne to induce sleep. On Thursday last at Otaki Willian Jenkins was charged at the R. M. cour for not sending his child to school. Ai order was made with costs.^ This ough to be a warning to some Feilding people The Wellington Post is running th Dunedin Central election. The Dunedii people should feel grateful. As the Pos supports Mr Wales against Mr Hutchin son, the election of the latter may b looked upon aa certain. A fire took place in Auckland on Thurs day night in a cottage in Wvndhan street, occupied by Mr C. E. Madden solicitor, formerly in practice in Marton One of his sons, William Samuel, agei five years, was burned to death. Th cause of the fire was the explosion of i kerosme lamp. Our sporting readers are reminded o the show of athletic skill to be displaye< at the Public Hall this evening. Apar from the pleasure to be derived from wit' nessing friendly contests with the gloves the knowledge to be gained by the uae o: the Indian clubs is of great, value to thosi who desiro health aB well as muscular de velopment. There is no accounting for taste, aftei all, if the following paragraph from i Society paper is correct : — The story goei that Mrs Crawford received over a, dozen offers of marriage during the hearing oJ the recent case, and that one of these was from a gentleman learned in the law and eminent in its practice, who had beer captivated in Court during its proceedings. We publish to-day an intimation thai tho annual ball of the Manchester Rifles will be held on Friday, October 8, in the Public Hall. These gatherings havo been in tho past the most successful of the season, but the committee for this year intond to surpass any of the previoua attompts. Tho arrangements for music, supper, and decorations are now in course of completion. The following is the result of the examination at the Makino Roa_. school, held on September 14, 1886 :— Standard VT, 1 presented, 1 passed; standard V, 1 presented, 1 passed; standard IV, 5 presented, 1 passed; standard 111, 11 presented, 2 passed ; standard 11, 8 presented 1 absent, 6 passed; standard I, 12 presented, 1 ext m.-tion, 9 passed. Percentage of passes on number examined 55.5. Drop-kick, in the Manawatu Herald, in his account of the football match Foxton v. Feilding, says " the Feilding forwards played a hard bullocking game not pretty to look at, but useful for their backs. A few of them still maintain their reputation for noise, which was co noticible last year." The noisiest and most troublesome man on the ground that dny hailed from Foxton, so this remark from Drop-kick is somewhat out of place. A splendid opportunity will be offered on Wednesday the 6th of October to any one with a little capital, of securing some splendid improved sections of land. On that day Messrs F. R. Jackson and Cr. will soil (under instructions from the Public Trustee administrator iv tho estato of J. P. Hammond, deceased) several valuable properties, cortain particulars of which appear in the advertisement to-day. Further particulars, as to conditions of sale and lease, may be obtained at the offices of Mr Goodbehere, solioitor, or from Mr Sherwill, th© auct. n»er, .' ''eliding.

Tho last Hospital Sunday in Napier I realised £160. Wo learn from the Post tho Auckland Bell is in the market. Mr Munro's Indian Tea advertisement will appoar in our next issue. A new advertisement from Mr S. J* Thompson is unavoidably held over. Mass will be held in St. Bridget's Church te-morrow (Sunday), at 11 a.m. Tenders are invited by the Borough Council for some ditching and banking Mr Bruce, M.H.R., will address the electors in Marton on Wednesday next. Next Monday Sir G. M. O'Rourke will lay the foundation stone of a Woollen Factory at Onehunga We regret to learn that seyeral children in Feilding have been suffering from croup within the last few days. A printer of Chicago was so frightened during his initiation into the Order of Foresters that he has since died. Mr McKerrow, the Surveyor-General, was in Feildmg this week on business connected with his department. The Standard says a lawyer's clerk has suddenly departed from Palmerston and that a "well known resident" is about to follow his example. Notice is given of the intention of the Government to take land for defence purposes at Lyttelton, Waitemata, and Port Chalmers. Almost any man knowi more than hit father until he his forty years old. Then he drops into the ranks of the ignorant and begins to take lessons. The Manawatu and West Coast Agricultural and Pastoral Association wil] hold their show on the 9th November TheJWellington-Manawatu Railway Company are to be asked to run excursioi trains from Wellington on the occasion As a sign of the effects of the increase in the price of wool, it is interesting t< note that the Lands Department havi 1 received a telegram from Dunedin statinj !• that the pastoral rents are coming in ver_ 1 freely, that ever £42,000 hai ahead] ) been received for the half-year, onl; l £2000 remains te be paid. 1 A contemporary - states that the De partment are considering arrangement , for running in conjunction with th i Company a fast through excursion trai t from Wellington to Wanganui on th on the occasion of the Spring Rac Meeting. It is expected the distance ca 1 be covered in seven honrs, includin 7 stoppages. An article on colonial 'Hansards' i thej Age remarks that the acoustic pro . perties of the New Zealand Chambei are no better than those or Victoria, bi interjections there are firmly discoun tennnced, and, under the guidance, < c such a model Speaker as Sir Mauru f O'Rorke, the proceedings are coaductc r with a degree dignity, regularity, an r decorum that renders work less irkson to the Parliamentary staff than otherwii 8 might be the case." c A London writer says;— lt is a plea 1 sant sign of the march of intellect to fin - a Bishop .ita Temperance Congress at tually tolerating tobacco. Dr Temp has not only done this, but he deprecate , the formation of anti-tobacco league ' This is all the more creditable to tl * Bishop because he does not himse smoke, and abominates the smell of t< bacco. There is no more utter fallac 1 than that the use of tobacco promotes s craving for intoxicants. From my oh 7 observation, I should say the fact* are a 'f the other way. There was no valid reason for depri a ving the ordinary police of the right 1 k vote, and the present Defence Minish a had the right restored to them by leavii fc out the obnoxious clause from the ne '• Act. In addition to seeing that everj Q one who has a right is to be on tr a electoral rolls, there is another equal! t important duty, viz.. that of seeing tht names, whose owners have forfeited the c right to vote in certain electoral district as>e removed from the rolls which requii purging periodically, owing to the tei " dency of many of the people to chanjj 1 their place of residence. — Herald. [ A telegram from Auckland states tht j a man found drowned in the Te Aroh q River was formerly a teacher in thi a educational district. The unfortunat deceased would appear to have been a . elderly man named Stewart, who came t j Wanganui from Mawkes Bay, and wa : ! first of all appointed to a school in th Patea district, to which the committee re fused him admittance as he put in an appai ' ance in an inebriate condition. Upo taking the pledge and faithful! 9 promising never to offend again, he wa appointed to a Manawatu school, ii which he conducted himself well for . r time, but a month or two ago disappearei i suddenly and has never since been hean * of, unless indeed the fatality recorded ii ■ our telegraph, columns records the end o f his unfortunate history. — Chronicle. i _______________