Local and General News

Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 89, 3 February 1887, Page 2

Local and General News

The Borough. Council will meet tonight. Several welcome showers of rain feii to-day. Tenders are invited for 110 chains of by Mr Haythorne, of Kiwitea. Additions are made to-day to Messrs P. R. Jackson and Co.'s Feilding sale. F. R. Jackson and Co. held a sale at Glasgow House this afternoon. The attendance was good and the bidding brisk. Our readers are reminded of the grand concert to be held in the Public Hall tomorrow night. Mr Newman has just received a consignment of Hematite paints of all tints and shades. The Manchester Rifles will parade at 6.30 to-morrow afternoon for Govern- | ment inspection. The Evening News says it is expected the railway connecting Napier and Woodville will be opened in March next. ! Considerable disappointment has been expressed by a number of people because the Fisk Jubilee troupe will not again i visit Feilding. I There is a Bye-law m force in Napier which prohibits bathing in the sea, and if strictly carried out persons could be fined for having a "tub" in the morning, i Tenders are invitod for 11,000 sleepers for tho Maiton-Te Awamutu railway contract, Specifications may be seen at the Palmerston and Feilding railway stations, j A splendid meteor was seen here on j Tuesday night at about 11.30. It appeared to start from the constellation of Orion and fall towards the south. When the explosion took place the whole heavens were lighted up. A meeting of stewards of the Feilding Jockey Club was held at the Denbigh Hotel on Tuesday night when a programme .was drawn uj> te be submitted to the Wanganui Jockey Club for appro- ; val; About i! 300 will be given away in prizes. Wo understand tho .several events will be similar in all respects to those of < last year. j The Endeavour Inlet Antimony Coinytiny has received a telegram stating that the roof has been struck in a now levol, 175 feet lower than the pres<nt workings, which will giye them abi lit 1000 feet greater length of ground on stoping out ; also that a new experimental furnace is working very satisfactorily.

We learn there is every probability of the Rev. Mr Treadwell, of Wanganui, lecturing in Feilding at an early date.

Mr Tucker, assistant telegraphist, at the local post office, goes for a month's holiday to-morrow. He will be relieved by Mr Aiken, of Wellington.

Mr Bradey has been very successful in disposing of tickets for his Art Union of oil paintings. Thirty have been placed in Sandon and Feilding, and the rest will probably be disposed of in Palmerston and its suburbs. The paintings were forwarded to Palmerston this morning to be exhibited. Applications for tickets may be sent to Mr Bradey at Taonui.

A run-away horse and cart without a conductor safely negotiated the open gates at the Presbyterian Church during last night's meeting, it afterwards made a complete circle of the building at a splendid pace and pulled up short in the fence corner, taking a splinter from the corner of the church and causing intense excitement inside as the cries of children outside were heard above the din. Fortunately no one was hurt.

Mr J. W. McDuff, coachbuilder, etc., of Wanganm, who has become quite celebrated for building hose-reels for brigades, has lately built one for the Wanganui Fire Brigade, which will be taken by the representative team to Dunedin shortly and will be used by them in the competition of the various fire brigades in the city. The hose reel in question j.SiS miVei'nl* iiiijiiwvtMlieriMS, oilti OCIUg a screw for regulating the s-peed for rolling up the hose. Mr McDuff 's advertisement is on our first page.

A meeting of the members and supporters of the Church of England in Awahun was held in the school after divine service on Sunday last, January 30. Mr Weightman presided. It was remarked that the attendance had fallen off, and especially since the Rev. _Mr Jones had removed from the district. The lay reader, however, was unable to comply with the suggestion of some present to hold the service at 3 o'clock instead of 11 by way of enabling more to attend. A deficiency in the fuuds was all but made up by the subscriptions of those present. The retiring church committee was re-elected with the substitution of Mr Pilkington for Mr Bennet who retired.

The facilities offered by the Manawatu Railway Company to reach Wellington at a very moderate outlay are certainly being taken advantage of by many residents of districts adjacent to the_ line. ; As a matter of health the outing is eni joy able through the pleasant railway trip to the Empire City, while as to material and economical advantages these only want to be more widely known to be thoroughly appreciated. As the stream of visitors is steadily setting in towards one of the finest and most attractive buildings and businesses in the City, viz., the Te Aro House, WHOLESALE Family Drapery Warehouse, where the following i combination of advantages are offered : 1 Ist. A fine roomy, lofty warehouse, with abundance of light and all the latest conveniences, so as to ensure the utmost comfort in buying. 2nd. A magnificent \ stock of General Drapery and UJothing | bought in the best Home markets, directly \from the manufacturers. 3rd. All goods are marked in PLAIN FIGURES, are sold at ACTUAL WHOLESALE PKICES, and any single article can be purchased, and any length cut. 4th. Customers coming Jrom the Country will effect a considerable saving of time and labor by visiting the Refreshment Room on the premises, open daily from 9am to 6 p m., where tea, coffee, cocoa, and other light refreshments may be had at exceedingly reasonable changes. DRESSMAKING and TAILORING, both first class, are other special advantages to be obtained only at the Te Aro llouse, Wholesale Family Drapery Warehouse, Wellington.