Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 50, 7 October 1886, Page 2

Local and General News

I The San Francisco mail will close on ( I Saturday' at 10.30 a.m. i Messrs Stevens and Gorton held a sale I &'.■ Palmerston North to-day. j The London Lancot has gone over to the ranks of the temperanco party. A letter from " We'se" on the Aorangi Bridge will appear on Saturday. The bridge over the Manawatu, at the Gorge ferry, will bo finished in about a fortnight. A rehearsal of " Patience," gentlemen only, will bo held m the Public Hall on Saturday evening. A Taranaki paper says Major Atkinson is likely to retire temporarily from active political life owing to sickness in his family. (This report wants confirmation. ) Tho Industrial Association in Auckland held a meeting on Monday night at which addresses wore delivered in favor of Protection. A general meeting in connection with tho Feilding Boxing Day Sports will be held in the Pubho Hall on Tuesday next at 8 p.m. Frogs have taken up their abode in some wet land off Denbigh street. They make a cheerful chorus to the " voices of the night." The heavy rams here on Tuesday last did vory little damage, while the benefits derived by grass lands and orchards are incalculable. We have to acknowledge receipt of a placard containing schedule of the Egmont cattle show to be held in Hawera in November. Volunteer Ball to-morrow night. We understand the attendance will be equal to that of any of the previous dances of the Manchester Rifles. A large party of ladies drove out in Daw's brake this afternoon to attend a Wesleyan Sewing Bee at Mr Boness's on the Awahuri road. We regret to learn that Constable Price has been compelled to go into the Hospital, in Wan^anui, owing to his illness assuming such a serious phase. The following are the dates fixed by Inspector Bindon for this month :—Halcombe, yesterday and to-day : Stanway, Friday, Bth; Bunnythorpe, 11th; Foxton, 12th to 14th. At the Wellington Supreme Court Te Whiti was sentenced to three months and fined £100, the rest one month imprisonment, and fined £20 on each count, to run concurrently. Some »f the new settlers for Pemberton are finding their way on to the land where their new homes are to be erected. We are glad to know they are some of the " right sort" to subdue the wilderness. Mr Christopher Brown has just received a new consignment of cashmere, drapery, &c, A further notice will appear shortly. In the meantime ladies are requested to make an early inspection. In order to prevent encroachment of the Makino we suggest to owners of land, through which the stream passes, that they plant willow stakes on its banks. To do this would cost nothing but would in the end save many acres of valuable land which otherwise will be washed into the Oroua river. The Home Mission meeting, held at the Wesleyan Chapel on Tuesday night, was not well attended, owing to the inclemency of the weather, which also prevented the Eev. Mr Bunn being present. However, good speeches wore delivered by the Revs. Griffin and Cannell. The monetary results were very satisfactory. It is a somewhat singular coincidence (says the Auckland Herald) that the Hunterville contract at the southern end of the Main Trunk Railway should be let to a contractor of the name of Coates (Jesse Coates), belonging to the South Island ; and the Te Kuiti contract let to a contractor of the same name (Isaac Coates, of Hamilton), in the N. Island. We regret to notice that the PalmersBorough is about to indulge in what may be an axpensive law suit, anent the proposed formation of a street across the Square. The battle is really between old and new settlers. As a rule victory goes with the latter. The pioneers may resist with all their little might, but they must ultimately be shelved and fossilised. We publish to-day a notioe from Horace Baker Esq., Commissioner of Crown Lands for Napier, intimating that •applications will be received up to Thursday the 21st inst. for 21 sections in the Woodville Village Special Settlement. The land is said to be exceptionally good and peculiarly adapted for the purpose for which it is designed by th« Minister of Lands. In the Referee of October 1 the following appears in the answers to correspondents : — " Secretary Foxton Football Club (Foxton,) In the opinion of our football editor and two of the best authorities on the game m this city, no try, in the view of the case as submitted by you, could bo claimed." No doubt this has reference to an occurrence at the match Foxton v. Feilding, played at Palmerston on September 18th. A paragraph is going the rounds of the Press that the man McEvoy, now lying in the Wangamii Hospital, suffering from burns received at Kiwitea, ' ' who arrived at Wanganui by the late train had to walk from the station to the Hospital, as he had no money to pay for a cab." We have made enquiries and find that McEvoy was provided with money for this purpose before he left Feilding. If he expended it for any other purpose he alone is to blame — not tho Wanganui cabmen, who are invariably kind to pationts who come under their hands. A man named .Toe Adams alias Cnffrcy lins been arrested Fernmont, New South Wales on suspicion of hnving committed the murder nt the Great Barrier Islands. A revolver and some cartridges and a piratical fine have been found in his swag. The prisoner denies ever hnvig been in New Zealand, but his nppearance exactly nnswers the description of Caffrey. His mate Perm lias not yet been traced. A qnantitv of wreckge and ship's stores have been found nt Port Mneqnnrrie ns well as a l^oard bearing the name of Auckland. The prisoner wa«= remanded. The handsomest younsr ladies in the enn^rosatinn of Trinity Ohuroh, Napier, ; wore occupied last Sunday in taking up ' the collections. The Telegraph hints that j tho innovation was a magnificent success. ! This plan may do very woll in Napier, ; but it would never answer in Foilding: ] whore all of the young larlics are handsome. If the curate, churchwardens, or ' vestrymen were to take upon themselves 8 s to decide who wore the " hnndsompst" in ' the oon srroaation they wouH ( ic ssay n ; most difficult task. Tho only way out of the dilemma would be to appoint thn ' first pair of young ladies who ontornd the ' c'lurch. They could not fail to " fill the 1 bill" aud the bag. *

A fwrce of 15,000 troops, which is b>-ing dispatched to Bunn-ih tn q'ipll the rebellion li.-ie* started for li;ingoon. President Cleveland of the U.iited States is said to be the best informed man on the subject of potatoes, in the world. , The approaches to Port street »md ' Beattie street bridges have been so ra*icli | iuiured by recent floods that they are not safe for vehicles to cross. Captain Edwin telegraphs to-day— i Warnings for northerly gales nn.i ruin , ! after from 10 to 16 hours have been sent j to all places south »f Napier and NewPlymouth. I At the Supreme Court (Christchureh) ': Catherine Kelly, found guilty of the manslaughter of her husband, .with a strong recommendation to mercy, ,was sentenced to one day's imprisonment. This is another vindication of Woman's Rights. In the case of Spaiding, charged with burning down the Auckland Dniry Company's buildings, the jury returned a verdict of insanity. Judge Ward committed the prisoner to the Asylum pending the Colonial Secretary's pleasure. At the Homebush saleyards yesterday (says the Sydney Morning Herald of the 24th ultimo} an unusually prime lot of cattle from New Zealand was sold by Mr Graves, 30 bullocks brought an average of £14 8s 9d ; whilst for 31 steers an average of £10 10s was paid. The Chronicle says:— Mr Tawse, of Kai Iwi, has received a letter from Dr Lemon, informing him that a telephonic i bureau will be opened at that place shortly. The gaurantee required from Mr Tawse amounts to £15. It is high time for Palmerston and Feilding to awake. The Rev. Mr Eillein, an Auckland gentleman who desired to practice law with ministerial duties at Whangarei, has tendered a resignation of his charge. He made some singular statements, from which several members of the Presbytery strongly dissented. He found he could not consistently serve two masters. We have to acknowledge receipt of a business card and circular from Mr J. H. Keesing who has just commenced business in Wanganui as an auctioneer and land agent. We observe that both the Chronicle and the Herald write in high terms of Mr Keesing, not only as a business man, but as a resident in Wanganui, for many years during which time he has earned a personal reputation for honor" able dealing. It is alleged that a German named Paul Gortzloft alias H. Korlh has forged the name of J. G. Ruddenklau of Christ church to two cheques on the Bank of New Zealand for £5 14s and £4 9s re« spectively. He presented them to a tradesman in Christchurch and obtained the cash. Korth is of a smart gentlemanly appearance, and speaks English well. He is of rather brown complexion, as if sunburnt, and lately represented himself as a Freethought lecturer. Korth was arrested on Monday, and now stands committed for trial.